35 weeks = 35 days to go!

How far along? 35 weeks - 35 days to go or 5 weeks! OMG!  The countdown is really on now! 

How big is the baby? Kendall is the size of a HONEYDEW MELON

At my u/s the tech said she is weighing in at 4lbs 14oz (80%)

approx length is 18" long

* At this point all of her major organs should be nearly complete.  Her kidney's are completely developed and her liver is functioning and capable of processing waste products.

Weight Gain/Loss: 25lbs (according to my dr appt on Monday) 

Maternity clothes? no. Now that it's getting cooler Ive been wearing comfy sweats and Jason's shirts unless I have to go somewhere.

Stretch marks? nope

Sleep: I don't want to jinx myself but I've actually been sleeping really well.  I try to make it in bed by 10 and I've been able to sleep through most nights without having to get up to go pee.  I am still having crazy weird dreams.

Best moment this week: Nowing that baby girl is growing right on track.
Miss Anything? what don't I miss.  having this sweet girl punch my bladder where it makes me feel like I'm gonna pee, being exhausted, feeling like the punches/jabs from this little girl is going to break my water, having to roll to my side just to get up, I think my list could go on and on.

Movement: she is still moving around a lot and sometimes when she stretches out it feels like she's going to bust out of my skin, it hurts!
Anything making you queasy or sick: string cheese & my dogs farts!

Gender: GIRL - KENDALL MORGAN

Labor Signs: None.

Symptoms: EXHAUSTED, moody, peeing a lot, exhausted, leaking boobs & oh did I mention exhausted!
Belly Button in or out? In the middle (its not really in but its not out)
Wedding rings on or off? On

Mood: good

Looking forward to: taking the girls to the pumpkin patch, ordering a battery charger for my DSLR camera, ordering the girls BIG SISTER necklaces & just spending as much family time as possible together! 
How the siblings are doing: the girls are doing ok.  Both girls have gotten their first ever cold.  Yes you read that right, Kaylee is 3 and has only gotten 1 cold in her life!  She missed 3 days of school and was really happy to be able to go back to see her friends and learn.  At almost 2 Keira also got her first big sickness, she was dianosed with BRONCHITIS after having a fever that wouldn't go away for 6 days. Since both girls were sick guess who now has it.....MOMMY!  Boo....


DR APPT
9.24.12

Both Keira and I had an appt on Monday.  Me for my check up and Keira to get checked out to figure out what was wrong with her.  I had called in that morning and made an appt for Keira at 12 and my appt was at 12:45.  We arrived at the dr office at 11:50 to check in, the nurse proceeds to tell me "oh Keira's appt is actually tomorrow at 12"  WHAT....I then ask her if there was any way to get Keira squeezed in cause she needs to be checked, shes had a fever of 101 for the past 6 days and baby ADVIL wasn't really working.  The nurse told me she would see what she could do.  At 12:05 they called me back.  I went in and peed in the cup, then got weighed and the nurse checked my Bp.  To me my bp seemed a little high compared to what it usually is.  Usually my bp is 115/79 and this time it was 130/78.  I asked the nurse and she told me that the dr would talk to me.  So Keira and I waited for the dr to come in.  She looked over my u/s report and said baby looks great, she's in the 80th%.  Good to hear.  She then did my Strep B test. And I then asked her about my bp.  She said she wasn't worried about it.  It was a little high compared to what I've been but nothing for her to be concerned with.  She said I did have a little bit of protein in my urine.  She said she would be worried if my bp was 140/90.  She said we would watch it.  After I got dressed we went back out to the waiting room it was about 12:30, the nurse called us up and told me that they could get Keira seen at 1pm.  I said great.  She was getting restless sitting in her stroller and wanted me to hold her.  She was so tired and was almost falling asleep while we were waiting.  We got called back around 1:30 where they checked her height & weight and then brought us to our room.  The nurse checked her temp 102.  She then said the dr will be right in, which really means "you'll be waiting here forever for the dr to come in"  After 20 minutes of waiting in which that time Keira fell asleep.  She listened to her chest and looked in her ears, she then said she has BRONCHITIS.  Oh great.  Thank you.  I then loaded her back into her stroller and we took our Rx to CVS to get it filled.  The awesome lady working at the pharmacy pushed us in front of everyone so that I could get out of there fast.  It was awesome it only took about 10 mins.  We finally got back home around 2:15 I gave Keira her first dose of meds and she went down for her nap.  She took a great nap and woke up in a much better mood.  Her fever was gone and she was even smiling.  I'm glad that we figured out what was wrong with her.  As much as I loved all the snuggling I just wanted my happy healthy girl back.  I have been lysoling the house like crazy so that Uncle Josh or daddy don't get sick and to keep Kaylee from getting resick again.

My next dr appt is October 8th.  I'll be 36 weeks 3 days
Our last 2 weeks have been spent doing a lot of this!!!

Reflecting and looking towards the future

(Written on 9.22.12)

Have you ever watched a tv show and while watching it thought to yourself, wow I have a pretty great life compared to these people.  On Saturday afternoon while the girls napped I was watching re-runs of 16 & pregnant and couldn't help but feel so lucky and blessed with the lifeI have.  Watching some of these kids struggle and fight makes me sad.  And makes me realize what a great job my parents did raising me.  (not saying that all teens who get pregnant at 16 weren't raised right).  I just hope and pray that each of my girls doesn't end up being one of those girls knocked up at 16.  I hope that as a parent Jason and I can teach them to have good values, ALWAYS use protection and not to give in to temptations.  As the parents of toddlers I am enjoying my girls each and everyday while they still rely solely on me for everything.  Where I can be the one to decide what's best for them and help them to make smart choices for the future.

As I approach becoming a mom for the 3rd time I just want what's best for each of my girls.  I want them to respect themselves and not give in to temptations.  I want them to always be there for each other.  I want them to make good choices in life.  I want my girls to look back when they get older and say that they had a great childhood.  I want them to each find someone that respects them and loves them for them.  I worry about them each meeting someone and getting their hearts broken, I mean I know everyone goes through it, but as a parent you never want it to be your child.  I hope that they always feel comfortable to come and talk to me about anything!!  I know they have a long ways to go before this happens but I often wonder where will they attend college? Will it be close to home or far away? 

 

Right now as a pregnant mom to 2 toddlers I know I loose my patience easy and I just hope that my girls know that I love them to the moon and back even when they make me mad or I yell.  As much as I enjoy my "mommy alone time" on Monday's I do miss the girls.  I often wonder if they are happy with the type of mom that I am.  I wonder if I add enough excitment to their little lives.  I don't know where all this is coming from but I guess when you sitting on the couch on a Saturday afternoon in semi silence it gives you time to reflect on things.  My girls are the most important thing in my life and I only want what's best for them.  I am very proud of both my girls.

I cant believe that in less than 40 days I'm going to be responsible for 3 little girls.

It really hit me that Kendall could come anytime, which means I have less that 40 days to enjoy all the time I can get with Kaylee & Keira befor the madness begins.  When I think about having 3 kids under 3 I think I might be crazy.  I mean can I handle it all?  Will I be able to show enough love to each of them?  Will I be able to give them each the attention that they need?  Will either of them be jealous?  What kind of mom will I be?
 

 

With less than 40 days to go the pack n play is set up in our room by our bed.  All of Kendall's clothes/blankets have been washed hung up or put in her drawers.  The swing and bouncer are ready and waiting.  The car seat cover has been washed and is ready to be installed in the car.  Her hospital bag is all packed just waiting for my mom to send the outfit she made.  Almost all my hospital bag is packed and we are all registered at the hospital.  I would say we are ready.  But am I really ready?  I don't know.  I know I don't have a choice to be ready or not she's coming soon.  I am really happy that Jason will be home that 1st week to help me before he heads back to work.  I am so thankful for Jason's mom, she's going to be taking Kaylee to school the whole month of November so that I don't have to leave the house with the baby.  It will be nice in December cause Kaylee doesn't have school for the whole month (parent/teacher conferences & winter break).  She will continue to take the girls all day on Monday's so that I still get that much needed break I will need.  I am just greatful for all the help she's given and will be giving us.
 

 

I just wish my mom lived closer.  My mom has her week scheduled off of work and plans to fly out the day I go into labor.  The flight from CO to CA is about 3 hours so I hope Miss Kendall doesn't decide to come super fast and my mom miss it.  I just hope she can get a flight the same day cause I cant imagine her not being in the delivery room with me.  She was with me during both my other deliveries, so I'm hoping she'll make it for this one too.  I hate that she lives so far away!

Sorry that this post is all over the place but I have so many thoughts going through my head that I just wanted to get them all out, in hopes to clear my head.  Not sure if it worked cause I still have so many thoughts and emotions going through my head right now.



34 week bumpdate

How far along? 34 weeks - 41 days to go or 6 weeks!

How big is the baby? Kendall is the size of an average CANTALOUPE.

At my u/s the tech said she is weighing in at 4lbs 14oz

approx length is 17.75" long

* the waxy protective coating, verniz, is becoming much thicker this week as the lanugo continues to shed and may be almost completely gone.  Her lungs are continuing to mature in preperation for breathing in the outside world.

Weight Gain/Loss: 24lbs (according to my dr appt on Monday)
* I might be feeling like I did in my first trimester (I will agree).  My body is going through physical strain, not to mention the overall discomfort of all the extra weight and difficulty sleeping.  As miss Kendall moves lower in the birth canal and exerts more pressure, I may get the sensation that she's going to fall out. (LOL) 

Maternity clothes? no.  Now that it's getting cooler Ive been wearing comfy sweats and Jason's shirts unless I have to go somewhere.

Stretch marks? nope

Sleep: Sleep has been ok, she must be moving down lower cause I've been having to pee a lot more and I can feel her moving around down lower. This past week I've been taking at least 2 naps a day cause I am just so tired. I'm ready for bed by 9:30 and I wake up around 12 and 3 to go pee.  I've also been having some pretty weird dreams, for instance the other night I was being chased by people and we were all riding on tricycles...

Best moment this week: being able to see my sweet girl on u/s & having her hospital bag totally packed!  Just waiting for what my mom made her to get here sometime next week.
Miss Anything? what don't I miss. I miss not being tired after just loading the girls up into the car, under boob sweating after being outside for 5 minutes, this little girl feeling like she's clawing her way out, taking 3 bites of dinner and feeling full, I mean my list could go on and on. If you couldn't tell I'm ready to be done....

Movement: LOTS & LOTS. A lot of rolling around and jabs that feel like they are down in my special place. Sometimes it feels like she's trying to claw her way out.
Anything making you queasy or sick: string cheese & my dogs farts!

Gender: GIRL - KENDALL MORGAN

Labor Signs: None.

Symptoms:  EXHAUSTED I feel like I'm back in the 1st trimester again with being so exhausted by the end of the day, who am I kidding I'm tired by nap time and have been taking naps when the girls take a nap.
Belly Button in or out? In the middle (its not really in but its not out)
Wedding rings on or off? On but might need to take them off at night cause my fingers get really tight.

Mood: good

Looking forward to: Ordering the girls big sister necklaces to give them from Kendall.  Spending as much quality family time together.
How the siblings are doing: the girls are still doing great. Kaylee missed her 1st day of school this year cause had a bad runny nose and cough.  Keira has all 4 of her canines just pop through and I think her 2 year molars are trying to work there way in as well.  Time to put the amber teething necklace back on!  They were super excited when I showed them the u/s pictures of Kendall

A fun little comparison of all 3 pregnancies at 34 weeks
Kaylee far L
Keira in the middle
Kendall far R

U/S Update:
9.19.2012

I had a dr appt on Monday 9.17.12 and the dr measured me and like every other appt I was measuring small.  Since I've measure consistantly small she ordered me an u/s to go make sure that Miss Kendall was growing right.  The nurse made me an appt for Wed morning bright and early at 8am.  I had to wake up the girls and drop them off at Grandma's and drive about 20 mins to my appt.  I haven't had to be up that early in a long time!!  So I got to my appt and they took me back right away.  The guy u/s tech was super nice and funny.  He explained everything he was doing as he was doing it and said that everything was measuring right on and little miss is perfect.  He said she has long legs, which she had right up by her face the whole time.  He switched it over to 3D a few times and it was so cute to see her.  Not sure who she looks like cause it was hard to see her with her hand in her front of her face or her leg.  But she is a cutie.  So everything checked out perfect with her.

I had to have these same u/s with Keira cause I was measuring small with her as well. 
At 33 weeks 5 days Kendall is weighing in at 4lbs 14oz
At 35 weeks Keira was weighing in at 5lbs 10oz

At birth Keira weighed 7lbs 1oz
So we'll see what Miss Kendall weighs when she's born.
I have my 34 week check up on Monday 9.24.12

Wordless Wednesday - Sweet Kendall

I know I said to check back on Friday for pictures but I just couldn't wait till Friday to show off my sweet girl.  Will update more on my 34 week bumpdate on Friday.

Life Lately

1.  I had a bump check up yet again yesterday.  It feels like these 2 week check ups come so quickly.  I do have another appt on Monday for a check up and to get tested for STREP B.  But at my appt yesterday I talked with the Dr. about my tubal sterilization and she put me at a little bit of ease, just a little bit.  I am still nervous as all heck.  I think I get a little more nervous as the day approches closer!  In 2 weeks I gained 1lb so that puts me at a total weight gain of 24lbs.  My bp was good, urine was good and baby's heartbeat was nice and strong.  When she measured me, she made a face and I said "everything ok".  She said "you've been consistantly measuring small, so I want to order an ultrasound".  This isn't really anything new for me cause I had the same problem with Keira.  Actually at this time in my pregnancy I had to go for an u/s cause I was measuring small with her, small as in 4 weeks behind.  But with every u/s with Keira she was perfectly healthy and growing right on track.  So tomorrow I go for my u/s at 8am.  So hopefully Miss Kendall is growing right and everything is fine.  I will be updating how that all went on Bumpdate Friday so check back, you also might get to see some new pictures of the little miss.  Speaking of the little miss, yesterday while the girls were with Grandma I started packing mine and Kendall's hospital bag.  I'm just waiting for the cute onesie my mom monogrammed for Kendall to come so I can put some finishing touches on it and pack it away and then her bag is totally packed.  Most of my bag is packed minus the stuff that I use on a daily basis that I'll throw in my bag as were leaving.  I like nowing that I have one less thing to worry about.  All her clothes are washed, hung up or put in her dresser, all blankets are washed, the swing, bouncy seat and car seat cover have been washed and are all ready and waiting!  While at WalMart yesterday I came across this adorable paisley fabric and just had to get it so that I could make her one more blanket.  I cant wait, I love the fabric.   Ok enough rambling about Kendall, check back Friday for an u/s update and maybe some new pictures.

 

 

2.  On Friday night we dropped both girls off to spend the night at grandma's so that we could attend the wedding of one of my best friends.  The wedding was about an hour and 45 minutes from us and started at 5:30.  We dropped the girls off at 3 and headed to the venue leaving us plenty of time before the wedding started.  The venue was absolutely beautiful.  We walked up a little path to our seats.  The groom and groomsmen walked up the walk way and the bride came in on a horse an carriage, it was really neat.  Stephanie made a beautiful bride and I loved her dress.  As soon as the groom saw her he started crying, so much love between the two of them.  Steph and Jaymie I am so happy for both of you and I am so glad Jason & I got to share in your special day with you.  The food was awesome.  When it was time for the boquet and garder toss it was totally fixed so that Jason & I would catch them...LOL  We had a great time! (sorry my pictures aren't that great, they were all taken with my phone since the battery on my good camera died that day and I cant find the battery charger anywhere)

 

 

 

3.  Kaylee is now in her 4th week of school.  I cant believe its already been a month.  Time is flying by so quickly.  She is loving school and learning so much.  She has started saying a few things in spanish (they learn spanish Tuesday & Thursday).  For the first two weeks of school everyday when I picked her up she would talk about getting lost and crying.  Some of the assistants would tell me she was crying too.  As a mom you don't want to hear that your child is crying.  So I got to school early on one of the days and talked with her teacher.  At 11:15-11:45 they play outside, when its time for the kids to line up the teachers clap and Kaylee's class is suppose to line up.  There is more that one class outside playing so Kaylee would get scared and think she was lost when she didn't see her class or any of her teachers.  So after hearing this I made sure to talk to her and tell her to listen for the clapping and to run over to her teachers as quickly as possible.  Since then these past 2 weeks no crying and no getting lost.  She loves going to school and I am so glad, she loves it so much that nap time has gotten so much better.  Both girls are asleep within 15-20 minutes of getting in bed.  The other day when I went in to check on Kaylee she much have gotten up and put her hat on and then fell asleep...LOL

 





4.  Keira is doing awesome with all her learning activities as well.  I am so proud.  This week we have been working on shapes.  I have a template that has a bunch of shapes on it and while I was making her cupcake toppers using the circle, she came over and started naming off the shapes.  I was really surprised and impressed.  She knows- CIRCLE, STAR, HEART, OVAL, TRIANGLE & RECTANGLE.  We are still working on SQUARE.  Keira is also getting really close to start potty training.  She has been telling us that she needs to go potty, sometimes she tells us to late but still wants to sit on her potty, other times she tells us before going but doesn't end of going once she sits on her potty.  I think once she lets herself go potty on her potty that she'll actually start pee pee in her potty.  I was going to wait till after her birthday but I'm going off her lead.  If you don't put her on her potty she'll get mad.  So I just might have her day time potty trained before Kendall gets here, wouldn't that be AWESOME!?  She is doing great and getting bigger and bigger each day.  I cant believe she's almost 2 months away from being 2.  I am almost done with all her birthday decor.  I just need to make the food signs, put together her happy birthday banner and make the pom poms.  I also got 2 of the 3 fabrics to make her a fabric tutu skirt.  I'm looking for Olivia fabric.  I've looked at both WalMart and Joanns and cant find it at either so if anyone knows where I can find OLIVIA FABRIC let me know.  Still trying to figure out how I want to do her shirt.

 

 

 

5.  While at WalMart yesterday I picked up some cute Halloween shirts and Halloween books for the girls.  I love FALL and cant wait for the weather to cool down and start dressing the girls in sweater dressed and boots.  I'm excited for the pumpkin patch this year and hopefully trick or treating.  Being able to do fall/halloween/thanksgiving crafts.  I've also started making out my lists for Christmas gifts, I want to get almost all my Christmas shopping DONE before Kendall arrives.  I don't want to take her out to do shopping.  Oh how I love this time of year!

 



 

Our Fall Family Bucket List

I had a fall bucket list last year and we marked quite a few of the things off.

This year I wanted to make another one.

This isn't an extreme bucket list

Its a fun list.

I didn't want to make it an extrmem list cause I will be hugely pregnant & then I'll have a newborn.

But I just want to make fall/halloween fun for the girls this year.

We are mid way through September and I know what the girls will be for Halloween this year

In 2009 Kaylee was a ladybug

In 2010 Kaylee went as a skeleton ballerina

In 2011 Kaylee & Keira went as red & blue M&Ms

In 2012 say hello to THING 1 & THING 2
I'm going to br getting all the stuff I need today to make their outfits. 

So here is our fall bucket list

I plan to document everything as we do it and then do a post on each one.



33 week bumpdate

How far along? 33 weeks - 48 days to go or 7 weeks! 
4 weeks until FULL TERM

How big is the baby? Kendall is the size of a PINEAPPLE.  She's about 17" long and weighs about 4.25lbs.  Over the next 4 weeks she will put on another half pound per week.  Her skeleton is hardening although the bones in her skull will not fuse together completely, but will overlap allowing for continued growth all the way up until early adulthood. 

Weight Gain/Loss: 22lbs total gained
This month I will gain about a pound a week.  The extra weight might make it hard to get comfortable (you can say that again) or sleep and I'll likely feel more tired this month (yes I have been).  The extra fluid your body is retaining might also cause aching & numbness in your extremities (like my hands and feet).

Maternity clothes? no. Still wearing yoga pants and my 2 tanks. I feel like I'm wearing the same thing every day but I refuse to go and buy maternity clothes.

Stretch marks? nope

Sleep: Sleep has been ok, she must be moving down lower cause I've been having to pee a lot more and I can feel her moving around down lower.  This past week I've been taking at least 2 naps a day cause I am just so tired.  I'm ready for bed by 9:30 and I wake up around 12 and 3 to go pee.

Best moment this week: after having 3 days of continious BH, cramping and lower back pain I'm happy to say that by Thursday it had subsided.  My dr told me I needed to rest as much as possible and sit as much as possible.  Sitting on the couch for 3 days wasn't so comfortable but whatever it takes to keep this little girl in I'll do.  I am slowly getting back to doing things but in moderation.  I'm still resting a lot and not over doing it.

Miss Anything? what don't I miss.  I miss not being tired after just loading the girls up into the car, under boob sweating after being outside for 5 minutes, this little girl feeling like she's clawing her way out, taking 3 bites of dinner and feeling full, I mean my list could go on and on.  If you couldn't tell I'm ready to be done....

Movement: LOTS & LOTS. A lot of rolling around and jabs that feel like they are down in my special place. Sometimes it feels like she's trying to claw her way out. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: string cheese

(comparison of Kendall at 23 weeks & 33 weeks)

Gender: GIRL - KENDALL MORGAN

Labor Signs: None.

Symptoms: lots and lots and lots of braxton hicks! EXHAUSTED I feel like I'm back in the 1st trimester again with being so exhausted by the end of the day, who am I kidding I'm tired by nap time and have been taking naps when the girls take a nap.

Belly Button in or out? In the middle (its not really in but its not out)

Wedding rings on or off? On but might need to take them off at night cause my fingers get really tight.

Mood: ok and kinda over being pregnant

Looking forward to: Ordering the girls big sister necklaces to give them from Kendall.  Getting my hospital bag packed (cause you never know) and just spending as much quality family time together.

How the siblings are doing: the girls are still doing great. Nothing new to report on them.  Kaylee finished her 3rd week of school, I cant believe how fast the last 3 weeks have gone.  Kaylee has been coming up and asking if Kendall is awake cause she wants to feel her.  She said she's ready to be a bigger sister and for Kendall to be here.  Keira is doing really well with recognizing her colors, we've been working on colors everyday for the past 3 weeks.  So proud. 

Here is a comparison of my pregnancy with Keira & Kendall.  I didn't have a 33 week picture from when I was pregnant with Kaylee.  I'll have a comparison with all 3 at my 34 week bumpdate
(Keira on the LEFT & Kendall on the RIGHT)

I think they look about the same size but I feel like I look lower with Kendall at this point than with Keira.  I don't know, what do you think??

A lot has been happening this week...

Sorry I've been MIA almost all week a lot of been going on around our house, but I am back!

 

1.  On Sunday after we all washed both trucks as a family I started to not feel well.  Jason did most of the washing and I just helped a little bit.  We came inside and I felt really tired and sore.  I started having a few braxton hicks here and there.  I ended up taking 3 naps that day which is totally not like me at all.  Monday I woke up still not feeling good and was happy that Grandma was coming to take the girls for the day.  I got absolutely nothing done and I pretty much laid on the couch all day.  I was having a lot of braxton hicks, cramps and dull lower back pain.  I drank a lot of water and tried not to do anything in hopes that it would go away.  Again I took naps off and on all day.  Tuesday rolled around and it was still happening so after I dropped Kaylee off at school I put a call into my dr.  She told me if my braxton hicks were coming every 10 minutes for 2 hours to go in to be monitored, well they weren't coming that quickly, so she told me that I needed to take it easy and sit as much as possible.  So that is what I did all day Tuesday.  By mid afternoon I was feeling a little bit better and the braxton hicks, cramps and lower back pain weren't as bad.  Wednesday came and I was feeling better, the dr told me if I was feeling ok and wasn't having that many BH that I could get up and do some stuff but not to over due it.  So I dropped Kaylee off at school and went to the grocery store to get a few things.  So I have been taking it easy this week and Jason has been helping me out a lot.  Its been really nice that the girls have been taking long naps so that I can take a long nap too.  I am feeling better today, very few BH, no more cramps but my whole back and legs do hurt.  I'll be 33 weeks tomorrow.  Check back tomorrow for my 33 week bumpdate and I have a check up on Monday. 

 

 

 

2.  Since I've been sitting around all week I decided I would print out and cut all of Keira's birthday stuff.  Wednesday I spent nap time cutting everything and making notes.  I've decided to get all her stuff ready for her party now before the baby gets here and I have no time.  Plus I want to make sure its done just in case this little girl decides to come early!

So here's a little sneak peek of some of her decor...

 

 

 

3.  I've felt bad this week not being able to do as much with the girls, but I have to do whatever it takes to keep Miss Kendall in as long as possible.  So this week we have been spending a lot of time snuggling, taking goofy pictures and watching movies.  I love all the snuggles that I get from them right now cause it doesn't happen very often.  Well at least at the same time.  They have been pretty good this week too which is nice cause I don't know if I could handle not feeling awesome and them being bad.  I'm so thankful for Jason.

 

 

 

4.  On Tuesday night Kaylee & Jason were in the front yard watering the grass when he asked her if she wanted to go to the store to get some flowers.  She of course said yes, any chance she gets to go somewhere with daddy she's all over it.  She ran inside and said she needed to change (she threw on pj pants to go outside to water, so she needed to change into shorts).  She changed and they left to go to ACE to pick out some flowers.  She was so excited when they got back.  She picked out pansy's and these other cute flowers.  Daddy told her that if I was feeling up to it on Wednesday (yesterday) that after nap time we would plant flowers.  Since I was feeling ok, we planted flowers yesterday.  It was just Kaylee & I cause Keira was still napping.  I dug the hole and she took out the flower and put it in the hole.  We were on the last flower when daddy got home.  So he helped us plant a few more plants in a different spot.  We waited for Keira to get up so that they could water them, I wanted her to feel like apart of it too.  They both loved it and of course I had to get some pictures of them in front of their pretty new flowers.  The flowers make the front yard look so much better and the girls love looking at the flowers.

 

 

 

5.  Last week we got a new dresser from Jason's dad for Kaylee & Keira to share, so that Kendall could take over Kaylee's old dresser.  So we picked up the dresser and brought it home.  I asked Kaylee what color she wanted to paint her new dresser and she said "Green".  So I pointed to the green on the bunting that was hanging in her room and ask her if she wanted this color, she said "yeah mom thats my favorite color".  So I took a piece of that green construction paper and a piece of this pretty blue paper in and they custom made paint colors for us.  Which I LOVE both colors.  The bright green dresser makes their room so colorful and cheerful!!  I love the way it turned out.  I haven't got around to painting Kendall's dresser yet, I might have Jason do it.  We also did a little rearranging of the girls room for when Keira gets her bed.  I love it.  When Keira gets her bed set up I'll take more recent pictures of their room all done!

 

 

Show & Tell - Baby Talk!

Linking up with BECKY for another week of Show & Tell.  This week's topic is all about babies!

 

 

1. Tell us your favorite baby names? Aside from your own babies, if you have some :)

I found that picking and agreeing upon names for our babies was hard.  But you know growing up you always write down baby names that you love.  Here are some of my favorites...

2. Show me your "dream" nursery {can be your baby's nursery or one that you love}

I absolutely love this nursery for a girl.  I love the grey & pink.  I love the stripped wall and the chevron.  Righ now I am obsessed with striped walls and chevron print.  I just love it all.
 

& I love this nursery for a little boy.  My favorite part is that wall!

3. How many children would you like to have? How far apart?

Orginally I thought we were going to have 2 kids and have them be about 2 years apart.  Well we were blessed with 3 babies instead.
Kaylee & Keira are 18 months apart
Kaylee & Kendall will be 3.5 years apart
Keira & Kendall will be 23 months apart

I will have 3 under 3 and I wouldn't have it any other way.  They are close in age, can share clothes, will all attend school together and be able to play sports together too.  I will say that I am nervous to have 3 kids, that's natural right!?

4. Tell us what you think the importance of parenting is?

* Patience
* Praise
* Disipline
* Understanding
* Guidance

5. Show us your favorite newborn photo {can be your children or random}

Here are my babies....

Pinterest has given me so many ideas for Kendall's newborn shoot and sibling photo shoots.  I cant wait!

6. Tell us some things you promise to never do as a parent {and if you are a parent, did you stick to it}
 

* I said I would NEVER lick my finger and clean my kids face, at Kaylee's open house for school I noticed she had something on her face and licked my finger and whipped her face.  She was embarrassed cause she said "mom stop my friends might see you!"  LOL

 

* Jason and I talked and we said that we would not spank our kids, we would do the time out method and talking it out.  We have stuck to this rule to this day.

* I said that I would let my living room turn into a war zone of toys.  Well that has been broken a lot.  But we clean up the mess in the living room each night before bed time.

* I said I would never let me kids eat junk food and I'm proud that I've stuck with that.  The only time the girls get cookies or sweets is birthdays or when we were potty training.

32 week bumpdate

 

How far along? 32 weeks - 56 days to go or 8 weeks!

How big is the baby? Kendall is the size of a Large Jicama (I have no idea what that is).  She's approx 16.7" long and weighs approx 3.75lbs.  Kendall is really plumping up and will gain almost half her body weight by the time I deliver.  The layer of soft lanugo hair is also starting to shed.  Over the next few weeks her real hair and skin will become soft and smooth.
Weight Gain/Loss: 22lbs total gained (my dr said she would be ok if I gained 35lbs cause she considered me underweight)

Maternity clothes? no.  Still wearing yoga pants and my 2 tanks.  I feel like I'm wearing the same thing every day but I refuse to go and buy maternity clothes.

Stretch marks? nope

Sleep: I've actually been sleeping pretty well.  I am still waking up every night between 3-4 to go pee. It does take me a little bit to fall back asleep once I get up to pee though.  This last week I've been having some pretty vivid dreams that are really random.

Best moment this week: Jason & I like to try and figure out what body part is sticking out when Kendall is rolling around.  The funny thing is we can never figure out what the heck we're feeling...LOL 
Miss Anything? ahhh what don't I miss.  Being out of breathe, sweating my butt off as soon as I walk outside in the heat, under boob sweat, peeing a little bit when I sneeze, I mean the list could go on and on!

Movement: LOTS & LOTS.  A lot of rolling around and jabs that feel like they are down in my special place.  Sometimes it feels like she's trying to claw her way out.
Anything making you queasy or sick: string cheese (Kaylee was earing string cheese the other day and she came to sit by me and the smell just made me want to get sick, I had to ask her to go sit in her chair.  I felt bad but icky!)

Gender: GIRL - KENDALL MORGAN
Labor Signs: None.

Symptoms: lots and lots and lots of braxton hicks!
Belly Button in or out? In the middle (its not really in but its not out)
Wedding rings on or off? On

Mood: happy and ready to have this little girl here!

Looking forward to: getting registered at the hospital, finish painting the girls dressers for their room and getting any last minute things for the baby.  Spending as much family time together as we can before the arrival of Kendall
How the siblings are doing: the girls are still doing great. I had a friend come over with her almost 12 month old and it was really cute to watch Keira with the baby.  All I have to say is Kendall is going to be smothered with lots of LOVE from Keira.

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32 week check up
(9.6.12)

Weight: 140lbs
Measuring: 28 weeks
Bp: 115/79
Urine: good
Heartbeat: good, baby was really active and moving all over the place

I had my 32 week check up today.  If you remember I posted awhile back about the really rude male Dr. that I saw, well I had to see him again today.  YUCK.  I had quite a few questions I wanted to ask my dr but that will have to wait till Sept 17th my next appt.  Still measuring small but they don't seem to worried about it.  I measured this way with Keira too but towards the end they did a few ultrasounds to make sure she was growing on track.  She was moving all over the place when the dr was trying to listen to her heartbeat, but it sounded great.

Keira came to my appt with me

 

Thursday Randoms

Its been a long time since I've done an Embrace the Camera.

But lately I've been wanting capture as many pictures with the girls & I as possible.

On Monday while Kaylee was at school Keira & I did a little photoshoot.

As soon as she saw my camera phone and I swiched the screen to face us, all the smiles came out.

I love all these pictures even if they are grainy or semi blurry.

I've really been enjoying our one on one time together.

 

 

 

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I've also been thinking a lot about a present to get both Kaylee and Keira from Kendall.

I'm not sure if the girls will be allowed to come to the hospital to meet sissy.

When I had Keira, Kaylee wasn't allowed to come in..which I was totally upset about.

But I'll be asking if the girls can come in this time.

 

Since both Kaylee and Keira love wearing necklaces, I went searching on etsy to see if I could find a cute necklace for the girls from baby sissy.  They have a lot of super cute BIG SISTER necklaces that can have their names put in the middle. 

Super cute right!?

 

 

Also my mom is making these super cute shirts for the girls.

I'll probably make cute hair bows to match once I figure out what fabric and colors I want.

 

 

 

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I've been looking around for a new diaper bag cause my purse just isn't big enough for my stuff, the few things I carry for the girls (sippy cup & diapers for Keira) but then I'll be carrying a lot more for Kendall.  I was looking on etsy and came across this adorable chevron bag.  I am totally obsessed with chevron right now.

Cute right!?

 

 

 

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I've already started getting ideas on what to get people in our family for Christmas.

Yes I'm one of those people who likes to make out my lists on what were going to get family members before shopping and then I shop.  This year I'm trying to get my Christmas shopping in early because I'm going to have a newborn and want to get my shopping done sooner than later.  We have a pretty good idea on what were getting the girls.  We just need to figure out what "Santa" is bringing.  I am loving that Christmas isn't to far away.  I cant wait to decorate and spend our first Christmas together as a family of 5!  Now that the girls are bigger, I cant wait to decorate, bake and decorate cookies, go look at Christmas lights and matching outfits of course!  LOL

 

 

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Tomorrow Keira will spend her 2nd time in the big girl bed and I hope she does just as good as the 1st time.  My main concern that I do have about the "big girl" bed is nap time.  I have a feeling that nap time isn't going to go as well as bed time.  I have a feeling she'll get out of bed and want to play with her toys instead.  So I'm thinking that nap time come the beginning of December is going to be not so fun!  But I guess we'll just have to wait and see.  Kaylee was younger when she went into her big girl bed and she did great at both nap and bed time.  Hopefully Keira will be the same way.

 

 

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I have my 32 week check up today.

Check back tomorrow for my 32 week bumpdate and all the info from that appt.

It seems like since I hit Trimester 3 the weeks have just been flying by.

I'm not complaining about it one bit though cause I cant wait to meet this sweet girl

I do have some questions for the dr today.

 

 

 

 

Wordless Wednesday - My Little Fashionista's

Out running errands with mommy

Kaylee - Day 5 of preschool



Look who's a big girl?

Yep thats right my sweet girl slept in a big girl bed.

Jason and I talked and we decided that on Friday's when Kaylee goes to spend the night at Grandma's house that Keira would be able to sleep in Kaylee's bed.  So on Friday 8-31-12 we tried our 1st Friday with her sleeping in Kaylee's bed.

I will admit I was a little worried that she would get out of bed, cry or fall out of bed.

NONE of things happened!  She did awesome.

She was so excited to get to sleep in sissy's bed.

I got her jammies on for the night and both Jason & I wanted to put her to bed.

So we put her in bed, daddy laid with her while I read her a book and then we gave her kisses and walked out of her room.  After 30 minutes I went to check on her and she was fast asleep!

I am so proud of her!

I cant believe how fast my baby girl is growing up.

I know its only one day a week but it's in preperation for when she gets her bed for her birthday.

YAY for being a big girl!

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Party prep for this little girls birthday is in full force.

I have almost all her DIY decor done...

And it's adorable, if I do say so myself.

I just need to get some thicker paper to print it all out on and assemble it all.

As far as her outfit goes.

I want to do a fabric tutu (red with whit polka dots, teal and find an Olivia fabric)

And see if I can find all Olivia applique, if you know where I can find a cute one let me know please.  Or if someone has an embroidery machine that can make me an Olivia the pig shirt with Keira's name and the #2 on it.  Any takers??

I am excited for her birthday

Now I just need to figure out the food

I have all the desserts picked out.