24 Weeks!

I'm a day early.. but who cares! I'm finally 6 months pregnant. I never thought this day would get here. Around a year ago this June I stopped taking my birth control. Ryan and I knew that as soon as we got married we wanted to TTC. So I figured.. if I stopped taking in in June, by July 19th we would be married! Even if I did just "happen" to get pregnant before hand, I could hold off on testing and still enjoy a glass or 2 of champagne at the wedding ( yes I'm a terrible mother like that! although with a CONFIRMED pregnancy, I don't think I could even allow myself to have a sip of beer or a glass of wine). As it turned out.. it wasn't an issue because it took us 7 long months of TTC before we got our positive! In fact I was so heartbroken every month that I had decided that if January wasn't our month. I wanted to hold off "trying" for a few months and take a weekend trip to Vegas. I wanted to plan something I could look forward to.. and not focus allllllll my attention on getting pregnant. It's amazing how obsessed you can get with getting pregnant. I actually looked at airfare dates and prices the day I got the Pos! It's funny how things work out.

These are pics from today.. yes I cut my head out of them. I wasn't lookin' too hot, it really hasn't been my top priority lately lol.

and as promised.. a 24 week picture from my pregnancy with Kenna. I looked sooo young lol

Week 23

I know, I know!! I missed taking a picture last week, but I'm back on track. This week has been a rough week and I'm really REALLY starting to feel the aches and pains of pregnancy. My belly doesn't look much bigger in the last 2 weeks but I can tell baby h. is growing a ton. I'm finding that I can no longer bend over, or lean forward without my rock hard belly getting in the way. Then when I really can't avoid it, I get a ton of irritated kicks to remind me that hello!! someone is in here! I also haven't been very good at "taking it easy" throughout this pregnancy. I don't like to ask for help, and I try to do everything myself. Well.. Monday I went to Costco, big Mistake! I lifted way too much.. with the in the cart, out of the cart.. into the car.. unload it all when I got home. I way over did it. By Monday night I started having a few contractions and freaked everyone out. So I've been banned from going to Costco.. at least by myself. They stopped all together after I drank 2 bottles of water and stayed off my feet. I'm hoping that was just my warning, that I'm not superwoman and I need to take better care of myself. I go into the doctor today for my ob check. I wonder what kind of fun things he'll have for me to do today!

Where do I even start??!?!

I've been getting asked by lots of people if the nursery was done. Unfortunately no, I haven't even started yet :( I'm going to start clearing out the room this week, so I thought I'd share some before pics. We're doing a garage sale in a couple weekends, so this has been the "holding" room. As well as, the place to store all the new baby stuff we've bought so far. It used to be our spare room, so ryan was storing all his "boy" stuff in it lol. Like his duck decoys and other random hunting stuff. I warn you.. it's a mess, but here we go!

* From the dooorway*

* Standing in front of the closet *

*standing in the middle*

The only thing that I have managed to get accomplished is the closet. I had Ryan install a closet organizer and I've been hanging clothes, sorting them into seperate sized bins, and stacking packs of diapers. I guess it's a start.

*left side*

*Right Side*

Hope you've enjoyed the pictures of my mess! I've got my work cut out for me....

21 Weeks

Now that I look at the Pictures I had Ryan take on Wednesday, I look T.I.R.E.D!! It's been in the high 80's here all week and the heat has just been draining me. By the time the last kids leave at 9pm, I have enough energy to help Kenna brush her teeth, climb into bed and pass out. I don't know how much more of this I can take.. it's not just the heat but the humidity. I'm contemplating buying one of those little blue plastic wading pools and sticking it in the backyard. I figure I can sit my booty in it all day and watch the kids while they play. I can always shout at them if they are being naughty. OMG can you imagine? I would never do that, although I don't think a single one of my daycare mom's would blame me. They are all so sweet and sympathetic. I suppose I'll probably revisit the idea when summer is really here, I'm blaming it all on Ryan and begging to be shipped off to antartica.

I started doing weekly belly pics with Kenna at 24 weeks. So a few more weeks and I'll post some comparison pics. Yay!! Oh I almost forgot, Baby H ( yes, that's a hint! His name starts with an H.. ) has been moving and kicking like crazy. All his kicks so far have been down low, so Ryan really couldn't feel much. Yesterday he was head down and kicking and we could actually feel and see his kicks. They were all towards the top of my uterus, so we were able to feel so much more. As much as I whine and complain, I really do love being pregnant :)

I'm so proud of myself!

After browsing Etsy, I was feeling inspired and was going to attempt to make my own burp cloths, washcloths, hooded towels, stuff like that. I figured even if they weren't the greatest, they'd be used to wipe butts and clean up baby barf. Who would really notice if they weren't absolutely PERFECT?!? I was borrowing my Mom's sewing machine but after making mannnnny trips over to her house and never really accomplishing much. I decided to invest in my own! So I started off working burp cloths.

They are all different widths and lengths, since I kinda "taught" myself while making them. I think they turned out pretty cute though. Ryan was amazed! He was so proud of me telling me what a good job I was doing. I have such a supportive husband lol

I have a ton more than this.. I just took one of each fabric pattern. I've been having so much fun making them, that I asked my bff Jenny if she wanted any. That way.. yanno, I could make some more! and pick out even more cute fabric. Of course she said YES!!! she'd take some off my hands, but what she really needed is Bibs. Baby Casen is teething like crazy :( and starting solids. This seemed a little over my head.. I mean, I had mastered the square and rectangle but could I really figure out how to use a pattern?? So I searched high and low (and even GOOGLE!) for a sewing pattern that I liked.. everything was either too big.. too small.. or had a tie closure. Feeling crafty, I decided to make my own pattern. After all my hard work this is my bib "stash" so far. They are all a different sewing pattern and fabric.. I'm still working out the kinks but I am really proud of myself. I made something, that I can actually use!