17 Weeks Pregnant!

This week, I've really had a lot more time to sit and think about how much our life is going to change in 5 short months (maybe a little less).

Nick and I keep looking at each other, smiling, shaking our heads at the thought of two, two wonderful boys in our life! Nick is already planning camping and fishing trips as a family and I'm already praying for their wives ;) I feel completely different this pregnancy than I did with my first. I'm not constantly thinking about being pregnant, and with Owen being less active than Adrian it's easy to not think about it. At the same time, I'm extremely anxious for December. I know exactly what to expect, I know what kind of family Owen will be welcomed into, and I just want to "get this show on the road". I'm so so excited about watching another precious son grow up.

And I know my heart is going to get bigger with all the love it has to hold. I know that feeling. I know how it felt to hold my precious child in my arms and feel my heart physically swell with more love than I thought there was in the world. I know it will happen again. I know it will just double in size!

This week, nothing has really changed. Owen is obviously growing, but he's still not active enough so that I can feel him constantly like I could with Adrian at this point. I'm still dealing with migraines, but there's been nothing else to complain about.

I'm working on a mural for both boy's rooms. I'm excited about it (it's made of construction paper). I also bought a Medela Pump in Style Advanced breast pump and I am DETERMINED to nurse that child for at least six months. If you know how difficult it was for Adrian and I, please keep Owen and I in your prayers.

 17 weeks with Owen Judah

Teef Brushing

Adrian LOVES brushing his own teeth. He HATES if we try to do it for him.

Love this little guy.

Happy 3rd Anniversary! / 16 weeks pregnant!

Nick and I have been married for 3 beautiful years. Beautiful, very crazy, years.

I'm starting to write this at 9 am this morning and 3 years ago at this moment I was in my pajamas at the church, sipping coffee, praying constantly, trying to quiet my nerves and keep myself from exploding out of my head. Today was my wedding day!

Fast forward through the million events that have taken place that have made me fall deeper in love with the man I married, today I feel grateful and complete and excited about the next seventy years or so!

This past year, we've:

• Found a new church in Jacksonville that we're extremely proud to be a part of. We've made wonderful friends there and are enjoying getting "plugged in". I can hardly believe we've been there nearly a year already.
• Celebrated Adrian's first birthday! What a milestone, what an enormous event. 
• Moved again to a smaller little trailer. We're happy here, thankful to be here, and are enjoying making it "home" for however long this little season here is going to last.
• Several of our dear friends have moved to other parts of the country this year. We are missing them! It's hard to find precious friends as truly special as we've had here in Jacksonville.
• Found out we're expecting Owen. We're over the moon about him and can't wait to meet him sooner than we think!

This morning, as Nick and I exchanged gifts (he gave me beautiful leather sandals and I gave him a new watch with a leather band - 3rd anniversary theme is leather), we held hands and laughed about how our 3rd year has been so much better than our 2nd year. I can't wait to keep saying that every single year. It's wonderful to be married to someone who makes it feel like the rest of our lives together is just not long enough!

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16 Weeks Pregnant with Owen!

 Not much to report this week. I'm feeling better in general except for headaches. I'm wishing this little man would move some more - I was feeling Adrian A LOT more at this point than I'm feeling Owen, but the very very faint flutters here and there are reassuring!

15 Weeks Pregnant!

This is a big week for us! This week we find out if we have a boy or a girl on the way - a precious son or daughter! My heart is so full and I can't WAIT to know what our family dynamic will be :) Nick and I are discussing names and we for sure have a first name for either gender. We are deciding between two middle names for each, and while I wish we could have it all decided by today, I would rather us both really love it before he/she is named. SO, I'll be able to update later with our name and continue to update about the baby using his her name for the rest of the pregnancy - how very exciting.

This week:

-I felt the baby move a lot this week, on both sides of my stomach. Mostly on the left which is interesting because I've always heard the heartbeat on the right.

-Can hear the heartbeat on the doppler without "searching". I love hearing that beautiful sound!

- I've felt pretty sick this week. Lots of nausea and dry-heaving and major sensitivity to smells. I've been craving plain jane pepperoni and cheese pizza and have found that peppermints help the nausea.

- Had a stranger (an odd one) tell me it's a girl because I'm carrying low. I'm carrying a whole lot higher than I carried Adrian so I thought that was weird. Hmm.

- Have been getting dizzy a lot and blacked out on Sunday. I plan on asking the Dr. about that tomorrow.

 

Update:

He's a BOY!!!

Our ultrasound was great - it was so fun to get a non-medical ultrasound because we could ask to see whatever we wanted. We are calling this little one Owen! At this point, we're still discussing middle names, but hopefully we know soon. 

We are very excited!!

 

I love this boy already!!!

Adrian's Boo Boo

Poor little guy cut his mouth while playing with a frying pan the other day. Frying pans are dangerous - who knew? I usually like to let him bang on our pots and pans but we'll definitely be keeping him away from them in the future.

He is so good at posing for photos. I love it!

Little Rose Garden

This week, I found my favorite Knock-Out Roses on sale at Walmart! I am SO very excited. My Mother's Day gift bush has really blossomed in the last week and I'm excited about having more.

I have dug holes, got my fingers and knees dirty, planted bushes, laid mulch, and positioned stakes so they'll all grow well. Now I have five bushes that should be beautiful in a couple of weeks.

Plus...our little trailer looks all happy and homey now. I'm very pleased.

Hopefully more bushes go on sale by the end of the summer - I'm wondering if $1 is too much to hope for?

14 Weeks Pregnant!

Not a lot happened this week, but things are still going well!

-Baby is the size of a lemon!

-Experienced a little nausea for two full days in a row this week. First real nausea this pregnancy.

-Baby has been moving a lot, but is not as active as Adrian was at this point.

-Belly is higher and more rounded.

-Still having food aversions, but no real appetite and no significant cravings.

14 week Pregnant Picture:

NEXT WEEK we find out if we're having a little precious 

BOY or GIRL!

 Pray that baby cooperates.

Yay!

Roses

Nick got me a new rose bush for mother's day. I love it!

I had a rose bush at our old house and it's doing really well - every time I drive by I see it's almost as tall as the house now!

These roses are really pretty. They're a vibrant hot pink color. They brighten our little porch steps beautifully.

"Which is loveliest in a rose? Its coy beauty when it's budding, or its splendour when it blows?"
George Barlow