Baby number 2!

I was just having fun looking at Prego pics and comments from my last pregnancy and I was sad I hadn't done it so far with this one. So here is the first post of my second pregnancy. I am 22 weeks already! And it's a girl!!! I couldn't be happier. I am already much bigger than I was last time. Not only bigger but experiencing all the lovely symptoms earlier (restless legs, sleepless nights, heartburn... Lots of heartburn!). What is so different about this time is that I really haven't been dwelling on it every second and time has gone by quickly. Of course the more pregnant I become the harder it is to ignore. Patton has kept me busy! I have so many crafts and clothes I want to make and I want to redo the nursery. The only problem is the lack of spare time. Of course Patton has been so kind as to help me out by trying on Alice's clothes so I can guess sizes. We just don't tell daddy ;). I am currently in bed not sleeping otherwise I would post a tummy picture. I will get on it soon! See you in a few weeks!

last post!

Patton was born on April 23rd 2011. The day before Easter. We had some complications and Patton had to taken to a NICU in Sacramento, where he spent the next nine days on oxygen and then two more days trying to gain weight and prove he could breathe on his own. He left the hospital with a clean bill of health. He is such a miracle to us and brings such a beautiful spirit to our home. We are glad to have him here and healthy! We love you Patton!

40 weeks!!

So I'm due tomorrow. Still no contractions or anything so I'm gonna guess at my dr. appointment tomorrow he is gonna say that we are gonna set an induction date. I'm hoping it's by the end of the week! Meanwhile it's just a waiting game.... hurray up and get here before I go crazy!! Also, Im so swollen everywhere! I'm ready to be back to my old self!

The Nursery pictures!

The nursery is finally complete. We are officially done buying things until the baby gets here and so everything is tucked away. So, I realize that part of it looks really crowded but everything has a purpose and I think it will be very functional and easy to stay organized so here it is...









So this is my little nursing station. I have everything (including chocolate for mom) to nurse or pump within reach. Also, Parker bought me this glider for Christmas and the crib he bought me for my baby shower... He is the best husband ever !


In this picture frame is a copy of a poem Parker wrote about love when he was 6. It is the sweetest thing ever.



The diaper station. The underneath is well stocked and ready to go!

Last but not least, the closet! I have so many outfits that I'm not sure he'll get to wear all of them but what else was I supposed to do for the last 9 months but buy cute things?! BTW all the clothes on the right side of the closet are newborn size... I'll have to change his outfit 4 times a day to make sure he gets to wear them all :) And I hung his socks on the wall because they are too cute not to look at!

36 week picture that I promised...

36 weeks

I know I haven't posted in a hundred years but I have been so out of it that I really haven't done anything in a while. Also, I dont have a picture yet because I haven't gotten myself together enough to look decent for a picture but I promise to get one going for tomorrow.

So this post is a depressing one. If you were hoping for sweet thoughts and all that then it's not your lucky day! haha.

I am so tired of being pregnant and today was one of those days ( which I don't have very often) where I can't stop thinking about how miserable I feel. I want this done! I always have aches and pains but today I just want to cry about them...

I am tired of being tired all the time. Even when I have a rare night that I sleep well I end up really needing a nap in the middle of the day. At night I am so exhausted from just holding myself up all day but I lay down to go to sleep and my back starts to hurt and my ribs hurt, man do they hurt! I lay on one side until the pain is unbearable then try to switch to the other side and wait for it again. The other problem is, is that my belly is so heavy and huge now that it requires a huge effort just to turn over. It is so painful. Not to mention this whole time I can't breath so you can imagine how out of breath I get by flopping around all night.

My new thing is to try to sleep sitting up... what a joke. So, I just lay there miserable looking up things on my iphone like, " What are the possibilities of early labor?"or " How can I convince my dr. not to let me go past my due date?" or I try to find baby blogs with women who are just as miserable as I am.

So, during the day all I can do is try to stay awake long enough to accomplish at least one thing... do the dishes, fold the laundry, pick up the living room... some days all I can manage to do is text Parker that I appreciate that he is understanding and working so hard while I just sit here.

I think emotionally that has been the hardest thing, feeling completely useless. I know I am very pregnant but I still want to live... I want my husband to come home to a clean house and dinner ready. I want to tell him all the things I did that day. I want to look pretty for him when he gets home. I feel like right now it's impossible to do all those things everyday. I hate it.

Not to mention that when you can't do anything, when all you do is sit and think about how much time you have left and wishing it were over, it makes it 10x worse!

Wow, what a pity party. I'm sure anyone who has ever been pregnant is thinking... "ya join the club, that's just what happens" and they are right. I just needed to vent and this seemed like a good place to do it so that way if it's too annoying you can just stop reading! haha.

I am way excited to just have my baby here and I am so grateful to be pregnant at all but today was just one of those days!!

31 Weeks

I hadn't taken another picture in a while because I didn't think I had really changed but I have changed quite a bit. I'm surprised. I kinda rounded out.

So up til now, whether I knew it or not, has been all peaches and cream because that pregnancy misery I had been hearing about is here.

My whole tummy is sore all the time and the baby is up in my lungs and it's hard to breath. Also, my hands and feet are way swollen, I am itchy like crazy, I have restless leg syndrome so bad that I can't sit still or lay down for longer than a couple minutes, I am starting to not be able to bend over and I feel like my " baby bump" weighs 100 pounds. Also, I have started having some problems with my blood pressure being too high so now I have to rest before and after everything I do, which is less fun than it sounds.

Have I mentioned that I still have 9 weeks to go!! Nine long weeks!

Also, I am super excited!!! I only have 9 weeks to go! I have baby showers coming up and that will be super fun! Parker is working on finishing our crib. The baby room is pretty much done. And I can't believe that I get to have a real baby in there soon! hurray!