I Think We're Going to Have a Baby!

Today baby is 12 weeks! I'm 3 months pregnant! 28 more weeks to go!

I had my NT scan this morning and baby looked great! Such a relief! The NT measurement was .12, heart beat was 157, and baby even measured ahead at 12w4d. Lexi measured a few days ahead at her NT scan, too, so not super surprising. The tech said everything looks good. Yay! We'll get the full results with the blood work and everything in a couple weeks.

My doctor also gave me a lab order for a GTT. I was kind of surprised to have to do one so early in this pregnancy. I asked one of the nurses about it and she said it's standard now at their office to have all patience do one at the beginning and then another at the normal 28w. A little weird, but I guess if they think it's necessary I'll do it.

There's nothing I can do to jinks a pregnancy, so I'm going to go ahead and say it... I'm feeling really good about this baby!!! I'm really excited!! I feel like this is my second (or fourth) chance at an enjoyable pregnancy. Everything has been going so well, no actual scares (just PgAL brain). I feel naive again. I know in my head that there is no safe place in pregnancy, that there are no guarantees, but I feel like we are going to get to meet this LO in January. I feel like this LO will complete our family. Here's hoping!

How far along? 12 weeks

Total weight gain: 1/2 a pound. I gain back what I lost, so I'm about even now.

Maternity clothes? I'm trying out some new belly bands "The Belly Button Band". Last time I had one from Target that I really hated. I was just way too tight and constricting. I like the Belly Button much better! It buttons on to the button of your pants and then hold everything up pretty nicely. My jeans and shorts still fit well in the legs and but, so I think this will work well for the next couple weeks.

Stretch marks? Nope

Sleep:  Pretty good except for a couple nights. There was one night that I woke up about 3am and was so antsy I couldn't fall back asleep until almost 6.

Best moment this week:  Seeing LO wiggle and turn over on the u/s today!

Miss Anything? Wine. Omg I would LOVE a glass of sweet red wine.... 

Movement: Not yet.

Food cravings: Lately it's been veggie cream cheese, Nutella, Alfredo, and pickles.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Water on an empty stomach. 

Gender prediction:  KJ and I are both thinking boy

Labor Signs: no!

Symptoms: Fatigue!! Omg I'm still sooo tired!

Belly Button in or out? In.

Wedding rings on or off? On.

Happy or Moody most of the time: A mix. Feeling good most of the time, but. I get annoyed easily.

Looking forward to: My bump turning into a real unmistakeable baby bump. I kind of look like I've just gained some weight...

Next app:  July 21 for a check up and Doppler check.

Lots of Love,

KJsbabe

A Daniel Tiger Birthday Party

We had Lexi's 2nd birthday party yesterday, the weekend before her actual birthday. It went pretty well! Lexi had a great time, and that's the most important thing. We did a Daniel Tiger theme, of corse! Last year I tried to make all the decorations and invitations myself. They turned out well, but we're really time consuming. So this year, I still make them myself, but took a short cut... Printables!!! Best thing ever! I found a great invite on Etsy that came with a bunch of other personalized printables, like the banner. PBS also had a lot of free printables and activity ideas on their web site. And Pintrest, of corse, had some great DIY decorations. Printables saved me so much time and they looked great! I'm really happy with how they turned out.

For kid favors I did sand buckets, bubbles, play dough, sidewalk chalk, gummies, and chocolate covered "tiger tail" pretzels. I makes a bunch of the pretzels for adult favors, too. 

One of the Pintrest ideas I really liked were different activity stations. With two year olds I wasn't even going to attempt an organized game. So I set up different play areas so the kids could just run and play and do what they wanted. I labeled our play set as the "Clock Factory Park" and the sand box as "Jungle Beach" to keep in the DT theme. Then we had Lexi's play house, bubble mower, water table, and car out to play with, too. My SIL got her a play grill for her birthday, so KJ put that together for the kids to play with, also. I think everyone had fun! 

Lexi is finally starting to come out of her shell a bit. She's not so shy around new people any more and she's starting to interact pretty well with other kids. She's still a watcher, but she's interacting a lot more. We had a couple little kids at her party and think she really enjoyed playing with them. 

All in all it was a great party! It was kind of nice doing it early and not on her actual birthday. I was running around like a crazy person most of the morning and wasn't really able to spend a lot of time with Lexi, so it was nice to get the crazy put of the way and we'll be able to spend her birthday focusing on her. 

Lots of Love,

KJsbabe

We have a Nugget!!

I went it for my second u/s this morning and it went great!! Baby looked awesome and measured a day ahead at 9w1d (right on with my O day) and had a HB of 177. This puts me past my loss milestones and I feel great! I'm so, so happy!!!

Yay!!!

We got to see our LO wiggling around which was really cool. I know we're not completely out of the woods yet... but maybe 90% out of the woods :) 

The first thing I did when I got home was order this shirt from Etsy for Lexi. We won't be spilling the beans until around the 4th of July, but it takes a couple weeks to ship and we want to be prepared :) My next app is June 26 for the NT scan.

I'm jumping in with two feet!! Today I am pregnant and I love my baby!!

Lots of Love, 

KJsbabe

Diaper Cakes and Outdoor Play

My sister's baby shower was yesterday and it turned out really nice. She got lot of great stuff... Including a cloth diaper cake that I made for her! I have to say, I'm super jealous of this cake!! I would have head-over-heals LOVED to get a cake like this at my shower. As it was, I didn't get any CDs at my shower and had to buy all of them myself. But anyways, I'm super happy with how this came together. I found some good stuff on eBay, hit some great Earth day sales, and added a couple things from my own stash. 

Here's what in it:

12 infant prefolds

5 BG NB

1 Kissa 0

2 small Thirsties covers

8 BG 4.0

1 Thirsties OS

3 Flips

2 random prefolds 

3 CJ samples

1 CJ stick

1 small wet bag

1 pail liner

1 BG wipe solution 

1 BG odder spray 

1 jar coconut oil

2 snappies

5 BG detergent samples

1 Grovia liners

16 bum wipes

Bottom tier

Middle tier

Top tier

I spend around $220, give or take a dollar. I feel like I really got a lot for my money and it was fun putting it together. My sister loved it, so that's a plus, too! 

In other news, KJ has been busy acquiring outdoor toys for Lexi to play with. There was an old cozy coupe sitting behind our neighbor's shed that he had been eying up all spring. They're an older retired couple, so one day he went over and asked if they were using it. They gave it to him there on the spot! 

He cleaned it up and painted it to match my VW Beetle. So now Lexi and I have matching cars :) She loves playing with it!

Mommy's Beetle

Lexi's Beetle

We have a swing set and slide set out back that Lexi loves playing on. The only way to get up on the platform and slide was a ladder and that was a little too advanced for Lexi to climb. So KJ got creative and built a ramp that she can climb up herself. She does great with it! She can climb up and slide down all she wants now.

Lots of Love,

KJsbabe