Bump Update

Hello third trimester! 

It's crazy how fast this pregnancy has gone by. It seems like yesterday we found out. In only ten weeks we will be meeting out sweet baby Hayes! Big sister is BEYOND ready for him to be here. She is going to "share her princess toys with him." It makes me giggle but hey at least she's got the sharing thing down pat. In her mind he will be joining us ready to run around and play. 

Tomorrow we will be 29 weeks. Seriously 29 ``1qswsxccvg(a few words from Addie Rivers)

 

About a month and a half ago I decided to open an Etsy Shop selling accessories for littles. But to be honest they are completely great for mamas too! I've gotten just as many orders for adult sizes as I have kids and it is for sure an item I will be packing in my hospital bag.

Next weekend is our baby shower and I can't wait. I will admit I have two pretty great friends who decided they wanted to throw us a shower. SO Thankful

 

Gender: Baby boy!

Total weight gain: about 16-17 pounds which is SO much better than with AR. The day I had her at 39 weeks i had gained about 40 pounds or a little more. I know this is completely normal for some people but just imagine that on a 5'2 girl. Someone even asked if I was having twins.My doctor said 25-30 pounds would be a good goal. So far so good!

Sleep: I'm actually sleeping great. I went through a small phase where I wasn't sleeping much but that didn't last too long. 

Miss anything: A glass of wine would be nice. For now my wine glasses are being filled with sparkling water. It makes me feel a little more fancy!

Maternity Clothes:yep. all day everyday. I pretty much live in yoga pants and sweatshirts at this point. Let's face it being cold and pregnant is a great excuse for not getting dressed most days. 

Cravings:Strangely I haven't had many cravings at all this pregnancy. With AR it was ice cream daily. If I had to guess that is where the 40+ pounds came from :/

Symptoms: Having lots of Braxton Hicks! I don't really remember having these at all last time. And I haven't gotten the crazy line on my belly this time.

Exercise: Just walking about two miles about five times a week. I ran until five months. Also doing a little pregnancy workout about three days a week.(When no one is home. Barrett would get a kick out of watching that!)

Baby Love

Over the past few weeks it has really hit us. We are about to be parents to three children. Right now it's so easy to load Addie Rivers in the car and make a quick trip to the store. I just keep thinking, " How am I going to do that with two." A newborn and a two year old. Then I realize that people do it every day with 2+ kids! A little bit of relief :) 

We have completely redone our house in the past two weeks. Painted the kids rooms and switched our living room and dinning room. Talk about some serious nesting! 

We have been talking to Addie Rivers about how she is the big girl now. We even moved her to a big girl bed. (which is going great!) 

But one day last week she decided she was not ready to be the big girl. Our completely potty trained two year old is now wearing pull-ups full time and is refusing to let go of the paci's. 

It seriously frustrated me the first few days until I realized how huge it is. She has been the baby for two years. 90% of the time she is just with mom and dad. She has been the "big girl" (except for those darn paci's) for a long time. The first time she used the potty is because she told us she wanted to. We never had one issue with it. She has basically been talking in full sentences since the day she was born. 

So for right now we aren't pushing the potty and we are still letting her have paci's in bed.

In 12 weeks she will no longer be the baby and she obviously knows it. For right now I'm going to hold her as much as she wants, rock her and sit on the floor for two hours playing with the dollhouse. 12 weeks and she will be sharing my attention. I just want to bottle these little moments up and keep her my baby forever