.:14 Weeks:.

Today I'm 14 weeks - second trimester baby!

In some ways this pregnancy is going by quickly, but in other ways, it feels like it's dragging. I don't know how to explain it, so I guess I'll just leave it at that.

I had an appointment today and was able to hear the baby's heartbeat with the doppler for the first time. (We've heard it via ultrasound a couple of other times.) It is always such a relief to hear that! Especially since it is still early on and I'm not feeling movement yet.

I keep waiting to feel movement, and I guess maybe I probably could if life would ever slow down enough for me to sit quietly and wait for it. But chasing kids (ours and a friend's baby) around all day long (I had five, two and under, one day this week!) and working on orders for my shop, along with church callings, has kept me quite busy lately. Hoping the summer will start to slow down a little bit. We've got a couple of trips coming up, which I'm really looking forward to.

If you haven't heard the news yet, we upgraded our Pathfinder to a minivan! We were sad to see the Pathfinder go; it's been a great car. But I am LOVING having a van! It is a bit older than we'd like, and the color is not our favorite, BUT it is in great condition and we still have no car payment! That will be really nice while Josh is finishing up school this year. It really was the hand of the Lord in that falling into place so perfectly for us.

We get to find out the gender on July 13th, so be sure to make your vote in our poll! We'll be thrilled with either of course, but it would be pretty fun to do something different this time around with a boy.

I'm feeling better these days. The nausea is gone and has been replaced with cravings for junk food and wanting to eat (and sometimes doing it!) like a bottomless pit. Amazingly, I only gained less than a pound since my last appointment, for a total of less than two pounds so far. I'm going to chalk that up to still exercising five days a week, as well as the food poisoning we got a couple weeks ago. Time to start using a bit more self control with my cravings, or else this baby might come out a mix of graham crackers with frosting and a Slurpee.

Here's a picture of me at 14 weeks with Remi vs 14 weeks with this baby. Maybe looking close to the same?

Preggo with Remi

Preggo with Baby #3

So happy to know that things are going well in there! Can't wait to know if we've got a little he or she!

.:Loose Teeth:.

The offender:

The damage (look closely, the two bottom middle teeth are both tweaked):

The verdict:

Still happy. (Doesn't she totally look like Gray in this picture???)

(Technically, I don't know if the teeth are loose. But they are definitely moved.)

If this was going to happen to either of our girls, I would have put my money on Reece, not little Rem!

.:More funnies with Reece:.

Me: Pick out what color of sticker you want.

Reece: I want color pee pee.

Can you tell we've talked about what color pee pee is?

I got after Reece for doing something the other day, and she said, "Mom, chill out!"

When I was tucking her into bed the other nite, we did our usual hug and kiss. Then I blew her a kiss and told her that I loved her. As I was closing the door, I hear, "Peace out!"

Whenever Reece doesn't want to do something that I ask her to do, she says, "Your turn."

We had about five days of decent weather, and Josh took Reece to the slide and swings. Now, just about everyday, she asks if we can go to the "slide and wings."

.:Round Three:.

APRIL 14th, 2011

Wow. Pregnant. Again! And on accident. Again! I'd been feeling a little off for the past week or so, and noticed that I wasn't finishing my Diet Coke. May sound silly, but that's really unusual for me! Combine that with a bloody nose yesterday, and throwing up the this morning and I figured that I better see what was going on. I was so surprised to see those two lines! And to be perfectly honest, scared. We weren't quite planning to get pregnant this soon. There is a lot up in the air, and we weren't thinking of trying until the summer. I feel like I've got my hands full most of the time with Reece and Remi, anyway, so I was okay waiting a little bit longer. I'm not quite sure how it happened - I was on birth control again, and still nursing! But I guess this baby is supposed to come! Bring on the usual rounds of bloodwork!

APRIL 15th, 2011

I had my bloodwork today. I'm still pregnant! The nurse said my levels are high enough for an ultrasound, so I don't have to do a repeat draw. I've got the ultrasound scheduled for Monday morning. Hope everything looks okay!

APRIL 18th, 2011

We saw the baby today! And that flashing little heartbeat. It never gets old, really! Everything checked out great, and I am measuring at 7 weeks 3 days. According to the ultrasound, my due date is December 2nd. So crazy! My first appointment is on May 5th. Now where's my 7up....

APRIL 25th, 2011

Ugh. The nausea. Someone make it stop, please.

APRIL 28th, 2011

I am so ready to start telling people about this baby. I have to catch myself from saying things all the time. My plan, if Josh agrees, is to tell families on Mother's Day. I'll be 10 weeks then, and will already have had my first appointment. If my doctor follows suite from last time, we should have another cute little picture of the baby to share. What better gift could we give our moms for Mother's Day, anyway?

Feeling okay today. I've been surprised with how tired I've been. I nap at least every other day, and sometimes more frequently than that. Not eating makes me feel nauseous, eating makes me feel nauseous - it's lose lose. I'm already starting to pooch a little bit. It happened this early with Remi, too. Looking nice and chubby, not pregnant. Awesome.

MAY 4th, 2011

Definitely pooching. Still not looking pregnant, but there's a belly there; just looks like I ate too many oreos or something.

The nausea hasn't been as bad lately, but the fatigue definitely has. And I haven't been having my naps because I watch my friends' baby during the day, so there's usually at least one kid awake all afternoon. I'm totally wiped out by about 4:00-4:30, but at least I sleep well at nite.

Can't wait for my appointment tomorrow!

MAY 5th, 2011

I had my appointment today! My doctor gave me a big hug when she first came in. She is so happy and excited for us, and she was surprised to see me back in there so soon! I had just been in for my yearly a few weeks earlier and told her that we'd probably be back in the summer with a new pregnancy. Little did either of us know that I was already pregnant at the time! She really is just the greatest; I adore her.

All we did was go over some of the information in my little goodie bag that I got, and then she did an ultrasound. Baby was reclining in there, looking so cute! Baby was measuring about two days ahead of where I'm at, so my due date will remain the same: December 2nd. She also let me hear the heartbeat, which never gets old. She sent me home with a cute little picture of our babe to share with Josh and everyone else.

After that, it was off to get about six vials of blood drawn. So much fun.

Can't believe this is really happening!

MAY 8th, 2011

We broke the news to our families today. Everyone is really excited for us. I don't think anyone was expecting it, either. It's nice to finally be able to talk about it with people! I am hoping Josh will be okay with me telling friends and everyone else soon, too. Just ready to have it out there.

The nausea seems to be pretty much gone now. Yay! I'm still pretty tired, but even that seems to be curbing a little bit. Hopefully I'll be able to start drinking my Diet Coke again soon. :) My belly is still mostly just looking like I ate too much, but it's definitely pooching out more. It will be nice to get a little bit further along and feeling better. The middle part of pregnancy is always the best!

.:Tired Babe:.

Remi was a bit tired after staying up late the nite before. She ended up taking a four hour nap after this video was taken. So cute!

.:From the mouth of Reece:.

Recently heard from Reece:

Me: "You're so cute."

Reece: "Reece is cute?"

Me: "Yes."

Reece: "Remi is cute?"

Me: "Yes."

Reece: "Daddy is cute?"

Me: "Yes."

Reece: "Jesus is cute?"

She saw the vacuum in our closet and said, "That's not Mommy's vacuum. That's Daddy's vacuum." Yep, Josh does all the vacuuming around here, and it has not been lost on Reece!

When Reece doesn't want to do something, she states what it is and then puts 'not' at the end of the sentence. For example: "I want to go to bed, not." "I want to take a nap, not." "I want to eat dinner, not." It cracks me up!

I call Remi, 'Rem' a lot of the time. Reece has taken to calling her 'Rem' as well. Love it! She'll often say, "I want to see my Rem."

I also call both of them 'sweetheart' frequently. Now Reece calls Remi 'sweetheart.' It melts my heart!

She's such a silly girl!

.:Remi's Rainbow Party:.

Our sweet little Rem turned one last weekend, and we threw her a cute little rainbow party. It was the perfect time of year to gather ideas, with it being spring and St. Patrick's Day, so I didn't even have to think - just copy!

I made these cute rainbow cupcakes.

And Remi got a double rainbow cake.

We had a fruit rainbow.

There was also rainbow jello and rainbow fruity pebbles treats.

I made a fun little birthday banner using felt circles sewn together, tissue paper flowers, and some pictures in a timeline.

I made little party favors for the kids using rainbow Twizzlers that had facts about Remi attached to them.

I had also seen peeps rainbow pops at the store, and while the peeps have no significance related to rainbows, I liked the colors!

Remi had to have a little birthday outfit, so I made her a rainbow shirt with a matching headband and bootie bloomers. She looked absolutely adorable, don't you think?

We ate dinner first, and then it was time for presents.

Lots of presents.

Remi enjoyed taking the tissue paper out of the bags, and we are still enjoying all of her wonderful gifts.

Spoiled much!

I was worried that Remi wouldn't get in to her cake very much; Reece was super shy at her first birthday, but I should have known better.

Girlfriend loves food, and her cake was no exception!

I think she liked it.

Reece had a fun time playing with her friends and cousins.

We were so blessed to have so many friends and family come to help us celebrate this precious little girl! It was a great time!