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Sunday, September 2, 2012
Saturday, September 1, 2012
It's A...
healthy baby! That's the most important part.
It also appears to be a boy.
My OB does gender checks notoriously late. I remember this from when I was pregnant with Brennan and at my last check-up in August, the midwife at the practice told me he wouldn't do it until at least 23 weeks. I have an appointment this coming Tuesday and I'll be just over 21 weeks, so no gender check until my October appointment.
Kyle and I went to a 3D ultrasound place to find out if B was a boy or girl before my OB would do it because we thought he wasn't going to be home for the later ultrasound. We had considered doing that this time, but then he left suddenly and we didn't have time. On Thursday morning, all of a sudden, I decided I wanted to find out before Kyle left his current port. We are able to talk for a few more days and decided it would be nice to find out and at least be able to tell him on the phone instead of in an email that he may or may not receive.
So I called up the 3D ultrasound place and today was the big day. Val was nice enough to go with me to help entertain Brennan. As soon as the tech began my ultrasound, within what seemed like seconds she said, "Are you ready to know?" Of course I was ready and she pointed to the screen and said, "It's a girl." I was completely shocked because I've thought boy all along. She proceeded to type "I'm a girl!" on the screen and printed out my picture and then said she wanted to look from all the different angles.
As she was looking around and pointing out hands and feet she said, "Wait a minute. What was that that just popped out?" She kept looking and looking and said that the umbilical cord was right between the baby's legs and it was making it difficult for her to see if she had seen something or if it had just been a shadow. She ended up having me get up and walk around to see if the cord would move and then we tried again. She kept looking and looking and the more she looked, the more she started thinking it was actually a boy.
Once she was all done, she printed me out a new picture that says, "I'm a boy!" And I have to say it looks pretty convincing to me. She said he was just hiding it well at the beginning. She also said that no matter what it is, it's gonna be a spit fire and give me a run for my money. He(?) was moving a ton and I guess because he gave her a hard time finding out she thinks he's(?) gonna be handful.
My OB will do his gender check in October and this tech told me not to tell him anything beforehand and see what he says. If he happens to say it's a girl, then she told me to come back and she'll do another ultrasound free of charge.
So for now we're going with boy. But more importantly the baby looks happy, healthy, and hyper!
It also appears to be a boy.
My OB does gender checks notoriously late. I remember this from when I was pregnant with Brennan and at my last check-up in August, the midwife at the practice told me he wouldn't do it until at least 23 weeks. I have an appointment this coming Tuesday and I'll be just over 21 weeks, so no gender check until my October appointment.
Kyle and I went to a 3D ultrasound place to find out if B was a boy or girl before my OB would do it because we thought he wasn't going to be home for the later ultrasound. We had considered doing that this time, but then he left suddenly and we didn't have time. On Thursday morning, all of a sudden, I decided I wanted to find out before Kyle left his current port. We are able to talk for a few more days and decided it would be nice to find out and at least be able to tell him on the phone instead of in an email that he may or may not receive.
So I called up the 3D ultrasound place and today was the big day. Val was nice enough to go with me to help entertain Brennan. As soon as the tech began my ultrasound, within what seemed like seconds she said, "Are you ready to know?" Of course I was ready and she pointed to the screen and said, "It's a girl." I was completely shocked because I've thought boy all along. She proceeded to type "I'm a girl!" on the screen and printed out my picture and then said she wanted to look from all the different angles.
As she was looking around and pointing out hands and feet she said, "Wait a minute. What was that that just popped out?" She kept looking and looking and said that the umbilical cord was right between the baby's legs and it was making it difficult for her to see if she had seen something or if it had just been a shadow. She ended up having me get up and walk around to see if the cord would move and then we tried again. She kept looking and looking and the more she looked, the more she started thinking it was actually a boy.
Once she was all done, she printed me out a new picture that says, "I'm a boy!" And I have to say it looks pretty convincing to me. She said he was just hiding it well at the beginning. She also said that no matter what it is, it's gonna be a spit fire and give me a run for my money. He(?) was moving a ton and I guess because he gave her a hard time finding out she thinks he's(?) gonna be handful.
My OB will do his gender check in October and this tech told me not to tell him anything beforehand and see what he says. If he happens to say it's a girl, then she told me to come back and she'll do another ultrasound free of charge.
So for now we're going with boy. But more importantly the baby looks happy, healthy, and hyper!
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| The "I'm a boy!" picture! |
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
A Little of This, A Little of That
Here again are just some random pictures (taken with my phone of course) of what we've been up over the past few days.
On Saturday we attended two birthday parties. I only managed to capture a few pictures at the first party for our church friends Morgan and Camryn. Their mom went all out decorating the party like Candyland. I should've taken more pictures of the decorations because they were so cute. Brennan was such a good boy at the party. He gets overwhelmed by lots of kids, so he ends up just sitting down and watching them all sometimes. It's times like this when there are kids everywhere that I am especially thankful he's usually a good listener.
Both birthday parties were outside, so that night we came home and had a good bath. I still love bath time pictures!
When Kyle is home, our usual Sunday routine after church is to grab some fast food, bring it home to eat, and try to get Brennan down for a nap by 2 at the latest. This past Sunday, I wanted to be able to go visit some friends that just had a baby girl. They are moving to CA next week, so I wanted to hold that baby and hug our friends before we left. Brennan and I decided to grab a quick lunch at Five Guys before heading over. He was cracking me up at lunch. I love lunch dates with this handsome guy. I didn't get any pictures of the new baby because I was trying to love on her while keeping Brennan from touching everything in their apartment they are prepping for the big move.
Brennan has discovered he likes to sit on this big green ball in the basement. He bounces on it and then purposefully bounces onto the floor and says, "That's funny". He also likes to roll on this ball on his belly. And I think I've mentioned on the blog before how much he likes to be naked; yep that's still happening.
We sent this picture to Brennan's GaGa - my mom - on Monday morning because it was her birthday. I love listening to him try to say happy birthday. For this picture he said, "Cheese. Gaga's birfday!"
Using these dinnertime prayers I found on Pinterest, Brennan and I are started a new dinner routine. He gets to pick a prayer card, I read it as we pray together and then we read a short Bible story. Getting dinner prepped while trying to get B entertained can sometimes be overwhelming and frustrating, so this is nice way to at least make dinner itself start off well. I'll admit though, after praying and reading, I usually let him watch a show or two on the iPad during dinner. It keeps him happy and entertained and once I'm done eating I can clean the kitchen while he's still watching.
And we sent one more picture to Gaga on Monday night after dinner. Brennan ate his entire dinner, which is pretty much a nightly occurrence for this growing boy right now, but I was very proud of him, so he got some ice cream for dessert. With chocolate syrup. He was pretty excited. He gobbled it right up!
On Saturday we attended two birthday parties. I only managed to capture a few pictures at the first party for our church friends Morgan and Camryn. Their mom went all out decorating the party like Candyland. I should've taken more pictures of the decorations because they were so cute. Brennan was such a good boy at the party. He gets overwhelmed by lots of kids, so he ends up just sitting down and watching them all sometimes. It's times like this when there are kids everywhere that I am especially thankful he's usually a good listener.
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| Posing with the cutout. |
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| His first time in a bounce house. He asked to get in several times, but then immediately wanted out every time! |
Both birthday parties were outside, so that night we came home and had a good bath. I still love bath time pictures!
When Kyle is home, our usual Sunday routine after church is to grab some fast food, bring it home to eat, and try to get Brennan down for a nap by 2 at the latest. This past Sunday, I wanted to be able to go visit some friends that just had a baby girl. They are moving to CA next week, so I wanted to hold that baby and hug our friends before we left. Brennan and I decided to grab a quick lunch at Five Guys before heading over. He was cracking me up at lunch. I love lunch dates with this handsome guy. I didn't get any pictures of the new baby because I was trying to love on her while keeping Brennan from touching everything in their apartment they are prepping for the big move.
Brennan has discovered he likes to sit on this big green ball in the basement. He bounces on it and then purposefully bounces onto the floor and says, "That's funny". He also likes to roll on this ball on his belly. And I think I've mentioned on the blog before how much he likes to be naked; yep that's still happening.
We sent this picture to Brennan's GaGa - my mom - on Monday morning because it was her birthday. I love listening to him try to say happy birthday. For this picture he said, "Cheese. Gaga's birfday!"
Using these dinnertime prayers I found on Pinterest, Brennan and I are started a new dinner routine. He gets to pick a prayer card, I read it as we pray together and then we read a short Bible story. Getting dinner prepped while trying to get B entertained can sometimes be overwhelming and frustrating, so this is nice way to at least make dinner itself start off well. I'll admit though, after praying and reading, I usually let him watch a show or two on the iPad during dinner. It keeps him happy and entertained and once I'm done eating I can clean the kitchen while he's still watching.
And we sent one more picture to Gaga on Monday night after dinner. Brennan ate his entire dinner, which is pretty much a nightly occurrence for this growing boy right now, but I was very proud of him, so he got some ice cream for dessert. With chocolate syrup. He was pretty excited. He gobbled it right up!
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Saturday, August 25, 2012
20 Weeks!
I have been extremely quiet about this 2nd pregnancy on the blog. No real reason other than I guess I feel super busy and I feel like the pregnancy has been super boring. A real blessing as far as pregnancies go I guess. But today I am at 20 weeks and thought it was probably time to do a little update and share a baby bump picture.
This pregnancy has been identical to my pregnancy with Brennan. I have been convinced it's another boy all along and still feel that way. I haven't had any real cravings (maybe salty stuff more than sweets) and have had no real aversions either. Most nights right now I still have to get up and pee once a night. I was hoping that symptom would pass once I hit my 2nd trimester. I'm definitely having a more difficult time getting comfortable at night at this point.
So far I have been able to make through the summer wearing my regular capri pants and have only busted out one pair of maternity capris at this point. I am also wearing cotton skirts I bought at Target a lot. They're really stretchy and comfy and keep me nice and cool. I think the maternity shirts are going to have to be used soon though because my regular ones are getting pretty short.
At my last OB appointment I had only gained 2 pounds so far this pregnancy, but I am expecting a bigger jump at my appointment at the beginning of Sept. I haven't had an ultrasound since the initial one around 8 weeks, but the baby's heartbeat is always strong each month when I see my doctor. It's usually around 150-155bpm. I am now feeling flutters in my stomach, but no real strong kicks yet that I can feel on the outside. I'm definitely ready for those!
We will definitely be finding out the sex, but my doctor doesn't do it until late (at least 23 weeks) so it won't happen until my Oct. appointment unless I go to an outside place like we did with Brennan.
That's about all I can think of for now. I know I'll be as big as a house by the time Kyle comes home. I just took some pics with my phone, so I've been trying to get a one the past few days. Here's a couple from the past three days.
20 weeks with Brennan
I feel pretty big for only being 20 weeks, but after looking at this picture from my pregnancy with Brennan, maybe I'm a little smaller than I was with him??!! About the same I guess.
This pregnancy has been identical to my pregnancy with Brennan. I have been convinced it's another boy all along and still feel that way. I haven't had any real cravings (maybe salty stuff more than sweets) and have had no real aversions either. Most nights right now I still have to get up and pee once a night. I was hoping that symptom would pass once I hit my 2nd trimester. I'm definitely having a more difficult time getting comfortable at night at this point.
So far I have been able to make through the summer wearing my regular capri pants and have only busted out one pair of maternity capris at this point. I am also wearing cotton skirts I bought at Target a lot. They're really stretchy and comfy and keep me nice and cool. I think the maternity shirts are going to have to be used soon though because my regular ones are getting pretty short.
At my last OB appointment I had only gained 2 pounds so far this pregnancy, but I am expecting a bigger jump at my appointment at the beginning of Sept. I haven't had an ultrasound since the initial one around 8 weeks, but the baby's heartbeat is always strong each month when I see my doctor. It's usually around 150-155bpm. I am now feeling flutters in my stomach, but no real strong kicks yet that I can feel on the outside. I'm definitely ready for those!
We will definitely be finding out the sex, but my doctor doesn't do it until late (at least 23 weeks) so it won't happen until my Oct. appointment unless I go to an outside place like we did with Brennan.
That's about all I can think of for now. I know I'll be as big as a house by the time Kyle comes home. I just took some pics with my phone, so I've been trying to get a one the past few days. Here's a couple from the past three days.
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| Today - I only put on this shirt so I could compare it to 20 weeks with B. |
I feel pretty big for only being 20 weeks, but after looking at this picture from my pregnancy with Brennan, maybe I'm a little smaller than I was with him??!! About the same I guess.
Friday, August 24, 2012
OCD
Brennan is a pretty sweet boy in my opinion, but he certainly has his own special "quirks" about him. I guess all kids do. I sometimes forget about them because I'm with him all day every day and they just come naturally to me now. But when someone else tries to help him with something or do something with him and they don't know about his OCD, watch out! He will let you know he's unhappy. So I thought I'd record a few of his OCD tendencies.
Brennan loves Dum Dum suckers. They have become my go-to object for smooth transitions when we are out and about. He knows when it's time to leave somewhere, if he leaves politely that he will often get a sucker. Yes, he has me wrapped around his finger, but it's a little Dum Dum and if it keeps him from throwing a tantrum, it's worth it to me. If you're ever trying to get Brennan to leave somewhere and he is screaming for "suck" that's what he wants. That's not really the OCD part though. He now HAS to open his own Dum Dum. He will usually let me start opening it a little bit for him, but he has to finish it or it is no good to him at all!
Thankfully Brennan is almost always super happy to brush his teeth. It just takes a little longer than the average kid due to his OCD. He now MUST climb up on his stool independently. That part is great because he was unable to do it for a long time. When you hand him his toothbrush and turn the water on, he MUST dip the toothbrush into the water three times. It's dip in water, put in mouth, dip in water, put in mouth, and dip in water, put in mouth. Just like that. EVERY SINGLE TIME. Again, if it makes brushing teeth a happy time, I'm all for it! He also wants a little toothpaste on his brush so he can "brush" his own teeth before I give them a good brushing.
Brennan has also always loved bath time. I am so thankful because it's a peaceful and playful way to end our day. He has gone through various tubby time stages: tons of toys in the tub, no toys at all, only one particular toy. But one thing that has remained the same for a long time now is that when I'm ready to turn the water off (he's always in the bathtub as the water is filling up) he HAS to count to 10 before I turn it off. He used to get mad when it was time for the water to go off, so this became my way of giving him a warning that it was coming up and it has stuck.
Here's one of the weirder ones! A while back, I started reading Brennan a super short devotion from his Bible at bedtime. He then started wanting to read one at nap time, which was fine with me. We were moving right along through the devotions until we got to a page that had an illustration of a moon on it. Brennan loves the moon. He loves finding it in the sky at night and really loves if he can find it in the sky during the day. He loves Goodnight, Moon and always points out any moon in any story we read. After I read the devotion with the moon on the page he said, "More moon." I decided to flip through his little Bible and find another page with a moon illustration. I found one and read that devotion to him that night too. I didn't think anything about it until nap time the next day. He freaked out when I tried to read the devotion that was up next and would only let me read the "new moon" and "old moon" devotions. And it has been that way since. At least two months now I would say and at every nap and each night at bed I read him "new moon" and "old moon". He can recite them now.
I love my sweet, weird little guy!
Brennan loves Dum Dum suckers. They have become my go-to object for smooth transitions when we are out and about. He knows when it's time to leave somewhere, if he leaves politely that he will often get a sucker. Yes, he has me wrapped around his finger, but it's a little Dum Dum and if it keeps him from throwing a tantrum, it's worth it to me. If you're ever trying to get Brennan to leave somewhere and he is screaming for "suck" that's what he wants. That's not really the OCD part though. He now HAS to open his own Dum Dum. He will usually let me start opening it a little bit for him, but he has to finish it or it is no good to him at all!
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| Dum dum stockpile - always have to make sure I have some in the diaper bag too! |
Thankfully Brennan is almost always super happy to brush his teeth. It just takes a little longer than the average kid due to his OCD. He now MUST climb up on his stool independently. That part is great because he was unable to do it for a long time. When you hand him his toothbrush and turn the water on, he MUST dip the toothbrush into the water three times. It's dip in water, put in mouth, dip in water, put in mouth, and dip in water, put in mouth. Just like that. EVERY SINGLE TIME. Again, if it makes brushing teeth a happy time, I'm all for it! He also wants a little toothpaste on his brush so he can "brush" his own teeth before I give them a good brushing.
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| Happily dipping his toothbrush three times! |
Brennan has also always loved bath time. I am so thankful because it's a peaceful and playful way to end our day. He has gone through various tubby time stages: tons of toys in the tub, no toys at all, only one particular toy. But one thing that has remained the same for a long time now is that when I'm ready to turn the water off (he's always in the bathtub as the water is filling up) he HAS to count to 10 before I turn it off. He used to get mad when it was time for the water to go off, so this became my way of giving him a warning that it was coming up and it has stuck.
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| Playing a kazoo during bath time! |
Here's one of the weirder ones! A while back, I started reading Brennan a super short devotion from his Bible at bedtime. He then started wanting to read one at nap time, which was fine with me. We were moving right along through the devotions until we got to a page that had an illustration of a moon on it. Brennan loves the moon. He loves finding it in the sky at night and really loves if he can find it in the sky during the day. He loves Goodnight, Moon and always points out any moon in any story we read. After I read the devotion with the moon on the page he said, "More moon." I decided to flip through his little Bible and find another page with a moon illustration. I found one and read that devotion to him that night too. I didn't think anything about it until nap time the next day. He freaked out when I tried to read the devotion that was up next and would only let me read the "new moon" and "old moon" devotions. And it has been that way since. At least two months now I would say and at every nap and each night at bed I read him "new moon" and "old moon". He can recite them now.
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| Pointing to the moon. |
I love my sweet, weird little guy!
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Learning So Much
I know kids change all the time and with Kyle being away, I want to try to document some of the new things Brennan is now able to do. He wasn't able to do this stuff when Kyle left just over two weeks ago.
Here's B catching a ball. He misses the small baseball a few times, but he is getting much better at catching. He got mad when I tried to stop videoing him.
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Here's B finding number words. Again it's not perfect, but he's gotten super into spelling his numbers when we read his favorite number book, so I knew he was ready to start recognizing them. He's such a smarty! We got to show Dada this new trick while FaceTiming with him and B did them all correctly.
This one is truly impressive. Not only can he find each of the number words when asked, he can straight up read them in random order! I promise I don't just sit around quizzing him all the time, he just picks up on everything so quickly and asks to do it multiple times throughout the day.
Here's B catching a ball. He misses the small baseball a few times, but he is getting much better at catching. He got mad when I tried to stop videoing him.
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Here's B finding number words. Again it's not perfect, but he's gotten super into spelling his numbers when we read his favorite number book, so I knew he was ready to start recognizing them. He's such a smarty! We got to show Dada this new trick while FaceTiming with him and B did them all correctly.
This one is truly impressive. Not only can he find each of the number words when asked, he can straight up read them in random order! I promise I don't just sit around quizzing him all the time, he just picks up on everything so quickly and asks to do it multiple times throughout the day.
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