Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Pregnancy tracker: week 23

I'm now 24.5 weeks and I forgot to do a 23 week picture with the chalkboard. These random shots are the only pics I have from week 23:)

Size of baby: Grapefruit

Total Weight gain: 10-11 lbs 

Maternity Clothes: On occasion! Still wear my reg pants just unbuttoned:)

Stretch marks: no

Sleep: My husband worked 36 hours in a 2 day period on top of his reg work schedule last week, but has had all this week off. It has been soo nice, but with him home in the evenings we find ourselves staying up till 12 every night despite knowing the kids will probably wake us in the night plus be up early. Therefore I am tired! We've cherished those kid free hours though!!:)

Food cravings: fruit, sandwiches, cheese/milk, and pickles!

Symptoms: Some discomforts here and there, but mostly feeling good!

Best moment this week: my husband being off all week:)

Gender: Girl

Movement: Plenty of acrobatics going on!

What I miss: Sometimes I miss being able to lay flat on my back or stomach! This always laying on your side business can get old.

What I'm looking forward to: My birthday is next week(July 1st)..this is my second birthday to spend carrying a baby in my tummy:) 
Everyday we are closer to being in our house and closer to this little girl being here...it's getting very real!!

Pregnancy tracker: week 22


Size of baby: Papaya..about 10-11 inches long.

Total Weight gain: about 9.5-10 lbs

Maternity Clothes: on occasion

Stretch marks: no

Sleep: same as last week pretty much....

Food cravings: Fruit, salsa, pizza, and sandwiches.

Symptoms: Mostly my growing belly and movement! Though my belly button is officially making its way out...getting close to being flat/flush with my belly.

Best moment this week: Had my monthly checkup with my midwife and always good to hear her say everything looks great...and of course hear Lyla's heartbeat. 

Gender: girl

Movement: Plenty of movement! I think Lyla just likes to reassure me that she is doing good:) Love watching her movements though! Sometimes the amazing-ness of this opportunity takes my breath away.

What I miss: nothing really

What I'm looking forward to: We picked out the paint color for miss Lyla's room this week. Though we can't paint for awhile I needed it decided so I could start working on the pom poms and other details so that they'd coordinate. Just can't wait!!

Still sticking with the sort of aqua/mint wall color...Just like my baby room color my mom had for me. It's so cheery and calm:) The color we chose is somewhere between these two rooms:



These are more of my inspiration colors:

Then masons grandpa is an antique collector and he is giving us a phone just like this for her room...I love having vintage touches! I can already see her play chatting on this phone in a few (short) years.

Saturday, June 15, 2013

House progress and baby D updates!

I've had such a fun week with my two boys (and girl in tow). This whole having a pool anytime we want business is pretty awesome. I take the kids pretty much everyday. It's always tiring getting us all there and back, but then relaxing in the water and feeling weightless is so good on this pregnant girls body. 

I have just been seeing more and more Gods perfect timing and hand in everything. With the people we meet and just all the little details...especially all over again with the selling of our first home, moving here, and building our 'forever' home. 

I thought I'd give a few quick updates: The home building is going great...all the rain did cause some delays where we may be pushed back to middle of September for it being completed. Hopefully Lyla doesn't come TOO early:) Other wise process is moving along smoothly- we are loving the way everything is coming together-and it's neat to go out and see each step as our home is built. I haven't posted a pic in awhile so here is where we are at:

About to be bricked.

The inside is sheetrocked and starting to look like a home..this is the living room from the kitchen standpoint.
 
This is master bedroom.

Also, I know people have been asking about baby D and I haven't wrote anything because at this point there hasn't been too much I can say. Here's a quick update:

As far as baby D being with us things are going great! We couldn't love him anymore than we do. I can't even imagine a life before him or without him. At almost 10 months he has really a started developing a personality and he is hilarious. He is sooo smiley and happy pretty much all the time. He loves to play a peek a boo game where he crawls really fast into our bedroom and 'hides' then peeks out laughing hysterically then ducks back in. Unless you see it then you wouldn't understand how cute it is...I have been in tears laughing so hard several times with his antics:)
He and Breyton love each other in a way words can't describe. Yes, they have sibling arguments and fight over toys...but when either one of them wakes up the first thing on their mind is where is the other. Baby D always crawls and sits besides Breyton's door and Breyton immediately says where is baby '_____!'

I however can't give too many updates with the possible adoption process. We have had court dates, but nothing is really happening at this point. Our next court date is in the middle of July and as always I would appreciate your prayers for God's will in whatever lays ahead. I can make myself feel almost physically ill thinking about about a possible life without baby D in it. Then there is all these things that need to get into place for that to happen and at this point I don't really know where this is going. I just prayer for God to cover us(everyone involved) and provide his peace that only He can give as we walk this road. 

I never doubt the fact that we are supposed to have baby D in our home...he is our son and for now this is where God has him placed. I pray that with us his forever home, but I also pray for his bio mom to find eternal life through God's grace and to be able to turn her destructive pattern around. So that's where I always stay in my prayers somewhat 'neutral' just asking for His will. Though my flesh screams for baby D to not be taken away and sometimes the fears overwhelm me...I trust God did not lead us to this place without a divine purpose. That's where I'll leave it. I hope to have some updates about the process moving along in the future, but for know we are at a stand still just trying to leave the whole thing in God's hands.

Here are random pics from past week of my boys!

Breyton in his new shades.

Mommy and B!

Playing outside with pots of water on a hot summer morning!

Chatting with dad one morning.

Fishing in Grammys pool.


Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Pregnancy tracker: Week 21

I forgot to take a chalkboard pic for week 21...I'm already almost 23 weeks now...so a little too late :) Here is a pic I took when my bump looked especially big one evening lol.

Size of baby: Pomegranate 

Total Weight gain: 9-9.5 lbs 

Maternity Clothes: On occasion.

Stretch marks: no

Sleep: I usually have to wake up to pee at least twice a night...I know that symptom is not going anywhere any time soon:) Then I get up with D about once a night.

Food cravings: fruit, salsa, cereal.

Symptoms: growing belly, growing(sore) boobs, and lots of movement from this little girl...bout sums it up:)

Best moment this week: Finally deciding on a name for our daughter. I'm just not one of those people who likes waiting...I love having a name to call her by...makes the bond feel even stronger for me. We are already so in love with Lyla Grace:)

Gender: Girl

Movement: Lots of strong movement! Mason gets to feel her often:) Plus we can now watch her moving pretty easily.

What I miss: nothing really..

What I'm looking forward to: Been picking out more ideas for the nursery. Excited to decorate it....problem being I have to wait till the very end bc I don't have our house or her room yet! I'm at least about to start getting some things ready like making the pom poms for above her crib. All exciting none the less. 

Pic of Breyton offering to share his animal cracker with his sister...logically he tries through my belly button:)


Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Pregnancy tracker: Week 19

 
                                   

Size of baby: Mango!

Total Weight gain: 6-6.5lbs still steadily going up...but starting to notice it rising a little quicker. Which is ok! :) Seem to be right where I need to be.

Maternity Clothes: On occasion still...mostly just my regular clothes unbuttoned or with a belly band.

Stretch marks: no

Sleep: Baby girl definitely is very active at night...especially around 12 and 3am. Hoping her high activity at night does not elude to my future nights this fall:) Oh and mr baby D has been waking up at 5-6 am everyday...which is about killing me. I'm pretty grumpy till 8 or 9 rolls around lol.

Food cravings: Fruit. Pizza. Potatoes. Cereal.

Symptoms: Lots of movement....and occasional growing/stretching pains/twinges in abdomen.

Best moment this week: I love feeling her move! It will never get old. Each week the movements obviously get stronger...so this week I just tried to enjoy all the activity....even at 3 am.

Gender: Girl

Movement: Yup, plenty of reassurance from this little girl that she is alive and kickin!

What I miss: Nothing

What I'm looking forward to: The big anatomy scan is next week @ 20 weeks..so I'm of course looking forward to seeing her again and praying all is progressing healthily.






Part 1: DIY Farmhouse dining room table.

I'm so excited our new dining room table is getting close to being finished! I first saw this farmhouse style table on Pinterest and pretty much fell in love with it. I sold our old table on craigslist a little while back because our family has grown quite a bit, so I knew we'd need a bigger table to fit around:)

Loved the look of this table, so we are following this tutorials staining process, but we altered the construction process quite a bit. My hubby combined several different plans, so I can't share just one link for that.


 

Once I saw the farmhouse table and bench I knew that's what kind of table I wanted to get for the new house.

It's even 100 hundred times better now that my hubby is building it....going to be a very special piece of furniture now for us to be able to watch our kids grow around this table and have family over for holidays.

Since we are in our apartment Mason has been using his grandpa's garage to build the table.  Here is the stages thus far:

This was a month ago the night we bought the wood....just laying it out to decide what length we wanted the table to be.


Then I don't have pics of all the in between steps to get to this finished table skirt frame and support for the table top....but here it is!

Attaching the table top to the frame...

Three generations of great men working on the table.

My husband with his completed table top:)

Looking great! Just have to add legs and sand/stain the table.

Can't wait to have it finished and in our new home:))






Saturday, June 1, 2013

Pregnancy tracker: Week 20

Halfway point!!! Though probably past halfway if she is a little early like her brother was.


Size of baby: Banana...baby girl is about 10 inches long!

Total Weight gain: 7.5-8lbs 

Maternity Clothes: still wear the few I have on occasion!

Stretch marks: no

Sleep: Pregnancy is not keeping me awake really....though I do find it hard not to sleep on my back(not recommend 2nd trimester and beyond). I wake up on my back often, so I've been trying to be more aware of it! Baby D has good nights and bad nights, so just depends with him.

Food cravings: Fruit still. Pretty much same as last week..potatoes in any form, cereal, and sweets.

Symptoms: Feeling pretty good. Made it to the gym 2 times this week which is probably the most I have any week lol. With Breyton I worked out at least 4 times a week...but now having two kids nobody has time for that:) Those two boys keep me active though.

Best moment this week: Our 20 week anatomy scan! So amazing to watch her moving around on ultrasound...just love her too much already!

Gender: anatomy scan confirmed yet again...Girl!

Movement: Lots of movement
this week of course....Becomes more frequent and stronger each week!

What I miss: I suppose sleeping on my back a tiny bit...but that's about it!

What I'm looking forward to: I'm hoping time goes kind of slow now...I'm past the halfway point and feel like this pregnancy is going too fast! Weeks 20-30 are probably my favorite--lots of movement, look obviously pregnant, have energy, and not in the uncomfortable stages yet! 

Pics from week 20:

Hubby, baby girl, and I at his Battle of The Brave baseball game...between Edmond PD and Fire Dept.

Ultrasound pics from 20.5 weeks. Our sweet daughter was curled up in a tight ball the whole time. She had her knees by her nose and feet above her head. Not sure how that could be in any way comfortable, but she seemed to be snug. U/s tech tried to get her to change positions, but she would even roll around staying curled up. Everything looked great though! Very blessed.
 
She would cross her ankles by her feet like a little lady at times. Then her hands she moved around a lot..mostly keeping them behind her head though!

Here is her little feet!