4th of July

Get ready for a photo explosion. I enjoyed watching Liam so much, especially during fireworks!

Chilling in our 4th outfit.

Little firecracker.

 So grateful for those who fought/fight for our country so I can play with my little one.

Last 4th of July as a family of three!

Fireworks time with our firework popsicle! He loved watching the fireworks from daddy's lap!!! He shouted Tinker, Sparkle and Whoa a lot :)

19 Weeks

Black Kimono, Pink Pants

How far along: 19 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: Won't know until my appointment next Monday. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say I've gained 2 or 3 more. Waaaaahhh!

Maternity clothes: I love all my maternity clothes so much! I probably wear maternity pants everyday and I'm getting to where I live in tank tops and kimonos as you can see above :)

Stretch marks: Just the same new ones from 2 weeks ago. I can only imagine, if I'm getting them this early, how many more there will be at the end.

Sleep: I looked at pregnancy pillows today. I've got to do something to get some relief. I can't help but toss all night and in our queen size bed I always seem to bump Robbie.

Best moment of the week: Spending time with my husband. I love our lazy days and yesterday afternoon was really nice. Gotta get as many of these in as I can before Olivia gives us un-lazy days!

Miss anything: I honestly miss not being able to work for longs periods of time. We started painting our extra bedroom to get it ready to be a nursery and I was trying so hard to help and had to keep sitting down and resting. I also can't stay outside with our dogs for very long and play. Makes me sad.

Movement: Nothing yet.

Food cravings: Still just fried food. I thought I wanted a salad today and it made me sick. Bleh.

Anything make you sick: Just random foods and my low blood glucose levels sometimes.

Have you started to show: It's gotta be quadruplets right?!?!?!?

Labor signs: No.

Belly button in or out: In.

Wedding ring: On, except at night.

Happy or moody: I'm really, really happy. It all seems almost too perfect because I've heard horror stories of how moods can change at any given moment!

Looking forward to: My appointment next Monday. I had such a good visit with my Perinatologist last week and I can't wait to see what my OB has to say about it!

18 Weeks

How far along? 18 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: Haven't weighed in, but will find out when I go to the doctor on Wednesday. So far I'm doing so much better with weight gain this pregnancy than with Liam. 

Maternity clothes? Half and half like in this picture. Maternity shorts and pants most of the time with one of my pre-pregnancy shirts. 

Sleep: Not too bad. Still having to get up once or twice a night to pee. Not looking forward to when it's two to four times a night. Also, I was able to sleep on my stomach until about two days ago. Now, it just isn't happening. I'm really going to miss stomach sleeping for the next four months. 

Best moment this week: Watching Liam watch the fireworks. You can see videos of it on my instragram. It seriously was so precious. Tinker! Sparkle! Cool! Whoa!

Movement: I think I felt a kick in church this morning. I'm ready for them to be consistent so I can confirm this is what I'm feeling. 

Food cravings: just satisfied a doughnut craving at 10:30 tonight.

Have you started to show yet: Oh yes. When it pops, it pops. 

Labor Signs: nadda

Symptoms: pregnancy induced asthma. AWFUL! With Liam, my last month and a half of pregnancy I developed this dry cough. I coughed anytime I took a deep breath or laughed. After delivery my obgyn had a respiratory doctor come in and evaluate it. He said it was asthma. When I told him I didn't have asthma and had never had it, he told me that pregnancy can cause or trigger it. He put me on two inhalers and cough medicine. Within two weeks it was almost gone and it was gone completely after a month. About ten days ago, I came down with a simple cold and cough. Well the cold went away after three days but the coughing...not so much. I made an appointment to see my obgyn and he asked me if I ever had asthma. I of course didn't expect him to remember with as many patients as he's sees and the fact that it's been almost three years. He told me that he thought I had pregnancy induced asthma. I was prescribed an inhaler again. After taking it about a week now I feel sooo much better. I went online and researched preggo induced asthma and found something interesting...untreated asthma in pregnancy can lead to preeclampsia. Well, that's what I had the last month and a half with Liam..makes sense. Really glad I know about this now and am taking care of it. 

Belly Button in or out? Inny 

Wedding rings on or off? On and still loose.

Happy or Moody: Very emotional/moody. Rhett is I'm so ready to feel like myself again.

Looking forward to: Landon's anatomy scan appointment on Wednesday. It feels like it's been forever since I've seen him. 

Nesting already!

Robbie and I decided to go to Lowes on my lunch break today since we started cleaning our extra bedroom this past weekend. I've had our color scheme for Olivia's room picked out for a while now and it's so exciting to actually go and look at colors. It was so easy! Our eyes found exactly what we wanted! My Pinterest is full of my ideas and I love seeing them come to life and it's also awesome that my husband loves the colors too :)

                   

25 more weeks.....till CHRISTMAS!

I'm the later :)

So my day was completely made today when I went to our local Hobby Lobby and saw this:

Yeah, I know I know, if you're like my scrooge of a sweet husband you hate it, but holidays are my favorite time of the year!! This picture just solidifies that they're getting closer. I love Halloween and Thanksgiving but I do have to admit that my favorite is Christmas. My students and I are always addicted to this countdown: www.xmasclock.com It's great :)

But yes, I am holiday obsessed. I have to watch holiday movies, listen to holiday music, partake in multiple holiday activities and take plenty of holiday pictures. In fact I've already started pinning ideas of holiday pictures I want to take this year. Being a teacher and a mom makes holidays even more fun because kids love them as much as I do...so I'm a big kid?? Probably! That's all for now but prepare yourselves for upcoming holidays as the blog will blow up with holiday posts :)