16 weeks!!!

How far along? 16 weeks

Weight loss/gain: I was down 4 pounds at the doctor's office on Wednesday according to what I started at with them.  I've got my appetite back so now it's just finding the right foods to eat and eating enough!

Maternity clothes:  I'm slowly starting to run out of regular work tops. I need to wash all my old ones so I can start wearing those.  I'm in maternity pants full time now!

Symptoms:  I've got a lot of energy during the day which is great but then once Dylan is down for the night, I pretty much am too!  

Sex (of baby):  Appointment date is set for May 13th @ 9am!!!!!

Sleep: I get up to pee at least once a night.  Sleep is still great though.

Best moment this week? Hearing baby's heartbeat on the doppler at the doctor's office!  a steady 146!!

Movement:  I thought I felt something two weeks ago but I haven't felt anything since.  Hoping this changes within a week or two!

Food cravings:  I was on a pepper kick last week.

Belly button in or out?  Flat during the day and out at night

What I miss? Regular diet coke and iced coffee from DD

What I'm looking forward to? Finding out if this baby is a boy or girl!  Less than a month now!

Milestones:  Nothing yet

What I'm nervous about:  Going for a VBAC and ending with another Csection

Photo bomb by my almost 2 year old! ha!

13 Weeks

...And one day :)

This is our weekly update!!

How far along? 13 weeks 1 day 

Weight loss/gain:  I'm still down about 3 pounds from the beginning of my pregnancy.  I'm okay with this though because I was never back to my pre pregnancy weight anyway.  Plus I have 27 more weeks to pack on the pounds :) 

Maternity clothes: I'm not in maternity tops yet but I'm almost 100% in maternity pants.  It definitely is holding true that you show a lot faster the second time around.

Symptoms:  They are fading.  From about week 4 until week 11, I could barely stand the thought of eating food.  Water was even making me think about puking!  The past two weeks have been great because I've been able to eat meals!  I'm still working on getting all my nutrients I need but I'll get there!  

Sex (of baby):  We won't be finding out until sometime late May!  Feels like forever away!!

Sleep: Just ask Jason...he's not thrilled with my sleep. LOL  Most nights I fall asleep on the couch between 6:30-8 and I'm down until morning!  

Best moment this week? Nothing pregnancy wise but it was Dylan's 3rd Easter and it was so much fun watching him hunt for eggs!

Movement:  None yet.  I don't think I'll feel anything for a few more weeks.

Food cravings:  Nothing in particular.  Just trying to eat healthy.

Belly button in or out?  Flat?  It was an innie before Dylan but now it has this weird hernia on it so it won't be long before it's sticking out.

What I miss?  Philly rolls (sushi)

What I'm looking forward to? Finding out if Dylan will have a baby brother or sister

Milestones:  Nothing

What I'm nervous about:  Trying to decide between a VBAC and another c-section.

Easter Weekend

This past weekend was Easter and, as usual, we were super busy.  Saturday was spent at Papaw Phil's house where we had an Easter egg hunt for all the kiddos.  They had an absolute blast!  It was Dylan's first time hunting for eggs and he did great!  He was running around trying to find as many as he could!  He got a basket from the Easter bunny too!

Sunday morning we woke up to Easter eggs hidden all over our house by the bunny himself ;)  Dylan, again, was running around screaming "egg"!!  He was too cute.

 After he found all the eggs, we boiled some eggs and colored them.  It was definitely messy but he had so much fun dipping the eggs in the colors!  We cleaned up then headed over to Papa Ron's house for brunch.  Dylan was the center of attention.  He somehow snuck out of there with THREE Easter baskets.  We are truly blessed with some great family.

We're pretty sure Dylan is going to follow in Jason's footsteps because he's already taking great shots with our DSLR!

 After Papa's house, we headed back to Pontiac to cousin Jennifer's house where we go to do yet another Easter egg hunt!  By this time, Dylan was a total pro and knew just what to do!  Again, somehow the Easter bunny managed to make it here too! LOL  We were all spent after this Easter and headed home!  It's always nice to be with family but it's so hard to spend a lot of time with everyone!

Here we go again!! Baby Z 2.0 (12 weeks)

So everyone who reads this likely already knows that we are expecting baby #2  October 6th!  We are beyond excited to go through this process again and the end result being a sibling for Dylan.

For everyone to say that every pregnancy is different, they are right on the money.  With Dylan I had zero morning sickness.  This time around I still never puked but there were days where I felt like if I moved another muscle I was going to hurl all over the place.  With Dylan I didn't really lose my appetite.   This time around there were many days where I couldn't figure out what I wanted to eat and when I did decide, I could only get down a few bites.  It was all about survival mode for a while! The only thing that has been similar to Dylan's pregnancy is that I fall asleep on the couch anywhere between 7:30 and 8pm (some nights sooner).  Jason has definitely been picking up the slack at night so I thank him for that!  Dylan has waaaay too much energy for me right now!  I'm hoping now that I'm about to begin 2nd tri that I'll get all my energy back!

I'm hoping to get back into blogging now that we have another baby on the way and I really need to update everyone on how Dylan is doing!  He's growing so fast and is such a joy to us!  He will be turning TWO in ONE MONTH!!  Yeah, please tell time to slow down please!  Birthday planning is in full force.  I will definitely be updating once his big day is here!

Until then, I'll try and do weekly updates and that will hopefully help keep everyone updated on how we're all doing!

I will leave you with some fabulous photos of photos! HA!  We've got a beautiful camera but a crappy computer that I don't feel like dealing with today and I'm on my ipad!  Enjoy :)

Wordless Wednesday - Eyelashes

Feeling truly blessed tonight

Today I experienced something I didn't want to experience. I had to take Dylan to the ER...
Jason was at work so I decided to take Parker for a walk since it was beautiful out. I got Dylan in his toy car and we set off to the park. Dylan absolutely loves climbing up the stairs and going down the slide all by himself...nothing he hasn't don't a million times before. Well he was climbing up the stairs, slipped and bit his tongue. I've never seen so much blood. And all my kid wanted to do was slide down the slide. So I had to let him, crying and all, slide down the slide head first.
I had to call Karen to bring my car so I could load up Parker and Dylan in the car since we live 1/2 mile from the park. She was so awesome. She ended up driving us to the ER since Jason was at work today. She sat in the room with us the whole time too!! I owe her so much!! While we were in the car, you could tell Dylan was in pain but he was just sitting there sipping water out of a water bottle. We got to the ER and Dylan was not happy that nurses wanted to take his blood pressure and heart rate. They doctor came in and examined his tongue. She said she didn't think he needed stitches. She said maybe one but the trauma they'd put him through would have been pretty bad (tying up, clamp mouth, etc). Dylan fell asleep on my shoulder while we were waiting to be discharged since it was like 30 minutes past his nap time. We got home and he slept until 4pm. He woke up and was pretty upset. I felt horrible. I couldn't do anything to take away his pain. Slowly he stopped crying. He had his first Popsicle. After some snuggles, Dylan started to act more normal. He was running around like a crazy man all night. I don't think anyone would believe me if I told them what happened just a few hours before. Crazy!! Before we put him down, we gave him some Tylenol and he sucked it Down. What kid takes his medicine like he's supposed to?!
I feel truly blessed that he didn't have to get stitches (and hopefully doesn't have to either) and that he was back to his normal crazy self a few hours later. I love him so much!!

18 months

We're at that half year mark again...where the heck has the time gone?!  I know I say this every single time I write a post, but for realz...time is flying!!!!!  Dylan is getting cuter by the day (okay, he was never not cute).  His personality is really starting to shine and I am seeing Jason in him with every single thing he's doing!  It's crazy how we can procreate and our personalities are passed on to these humanbeings!  I'm sure some of it has to do with the fact that he's around us all the time but seriously?!  This kid is hilarious.  He's really starting to mimic us in everything we do.  I made a gagging face the other night at dinner because that bite didn't sit well with my taste buds and I look over at Dylan and he's doing the exact same thing!  I about peed my pants!  He's got this stare down too.  Like "seriously lady?"  It's the same look that I get from Jason from time to time.  I'm in a world of craziness when he gets older, that's for sure. 

I really need to do a better job of documenting everything he does because every day I feel like it's something new.  He tries really hard to repeat what we ask him to.  He does a really good job.  I love hearing his voice :)

The newest thing that melts my heart is that he says please and thank you.  He's signed and said please for a few months now but just in the past week or two he's started saying thank you.  We've had to say to him "what do you say?" (after he's said please and given what he asked for) but this morning I gave him a banana and he said "thank youuuuu".  Almost brought me to tears!

Dylan is still a little peanut.  He's still in all 12-18 months clothes.  I'm kind of hoping he doesn't have a growth spurt until after winter so I don't have to buy him bigger clothes.  I thought about buying 18-24 month stuff but he is drowning in the clothes! He finally moved up to size 4 diapers.  His eating habits are the same but he sometimes is picky and may only eat a few bites.  He knows how to use a fork and spoon.  Next we'll be working on using a regular cup but I don't see that happening any time soon since he still likes to throw his sippy on the floor :) 

Him and Parker are still BFFs.  Last night Dylan told Parker "down" and Parker actually listened to him!  It was so awesome!  Poor Rachel sometimes gets her tail pulled but secretly I think she likes it.  Callie is pretty much nonexistent when Dylan is around (I think a lot has to do with Parker but he wouldn't hurt a fly...she's just crazy).

Dylan still sleeps like a champ.  He sometimes tells us he's ready for "nigh-nigh".  It's never been a struggle and I am so afraid for when Baby #2 comes along!  I just have a feeling that he/she will be a complete opposite of Dylan.  But...you can't worry about something that may be perfectly fine.  We'll get there when we get there :)

I really wish I could do these updates at home on my desktop so I can attach pictures but I barely find time to write these posts as it is.  Enjoy :)

One of these days I'm going to make Jason write a blog post!