Newborn Pics!

Here's our precious new son!

William 

I have been taking a little break from blogging to hang out with this boy! Also get some much needed rest :) 

I promise the birth story next!

So much chub

hahaha I love this picture :) She is in heaven holding him and he is NOT

We are in Love :) 

He is HERE!!!!!!!!!

Yea!! So happy to say our baby boy is HERE!

 I will post the whole birth story and everything else later this week but for now my hands are full with him and my toddler and husband back at work :) Unfortunately I'm also dealing with a nasty infection I picked up at the hospital so I will post pictures soon!

We are in love!!!!

38 weeks!!!!!!! Fullllllll term :)

Well I am 38 weeks today :)

 I am deciding not to dwell on the fact that today is the day (gestationally) that my 1st was born but this little one seems more than happy to continue to chub up in there. He will come when he's ready I guess! That's the bummer about being early the 1st time, you almost expect it the following times!!! So I am drinking some coffee, eating my second chocolate chip cookie (after I just had an ice cream sandwich :) And enjoying the time I have left with just one kiddo! While part of me really wishes I could know the day he was coming so I didn't have to clean my house every night because "surely tonight my water will break like last time!" the other part of me loves that it is a complete mystery and surprise.......few things in life are like that! 

haha notice the boppy and carseat ready to go?!

How far along - 38 weeks, full term baby! 

Weight Gain - 23........Thankfully stayed the same for 4 weeks! 

Morning sickness/nausea -NONE!

Physical changes - Lots of Braxton Hicks this week, noticeable dropping, pressure.......ya know all the good ol' pre labor stuff!

Pain - BACK! Mainly from carrying around my nearly 2 year old but whatcha gonna do

Sleep - Not great but better than it will be in the coming weeks this I know! :) 

Stretchmarks - 1 on my belly :( A leftover from Jules!

Maternity clothes - I think I live in workout clothes.........

Food cravings/aversions - Snow cones? Anything cold

Boy or Girl - My sweet boy with no name yet still  :) 

Lowlights of the week - Nothing! A fever bug is going around my family and I am praying it stays away from our house, I want a healthy house for baby!

Highlights of the week - Got to see the midwife that delivered Juliana yesterday and it was so great! I finally after 2 years got to see her again and thank her for being so amazing at my last birth! I SO hope she is on call when I have this baby!!! 

37 week maternity pictures!

We finally got some maternity pictures done! I wasn't planning on waiting to 37 weeks to do them but hey! 

I love love love them!!!!!!!! 

Of course it was nearly impossible to get my not even 2 year old to smile and cooperate but they still turned out cute! 

I am SO anxious for this boy to come! 

I love these pictures!!! So glad we have them to always remember this special time :) 

Life These Days...waiting for baby

I'm sure you're all just sitting around waiting to get caught up on my life right? I know I know :)

We are awaiting the arrival of our boy maybe any day now!!! 

I am 37 weeks tomorrow so I will be full term ! eeeeeeeek!! You can know that feeling where you really want labor to come so you can meet and hold your baby, but you don't because that means you have to go through labor lol? That's where I am!

It's so funny how different things are the second time around. His "room" (which is half office/half baby room) is unorganized, not set up or decorated or anything remotely close lol. 

I figure he'll be sleeping with us the first few months anyways! But I do wish I was one of those people who had the nursery all adorable and perfectly touched up before baby came........apparently I'm too distracted with my toddler :/

I am surprised I am as nervous/anxious as I am this second time around. We have been taking Bradley Classes this time (side note.....we LOVED them, and feel so so much more prepared then last time!!!! Jeremy is going to be a great coach) and I am definitely more "prepared" this time since I know what's coming.........but I am anxious because...........I KNOW WHAT'S COMING haha. As much as I am tempted to get medication this time and be smiling through labor I just can't sacrifice that amazing feeling after and flood of emotions for me AND baby. I love that they are so alert and ready to nurse and I love that I don't feel foggy or out of control by drugs. But it's still hard knowing the pain that's coming.

  Sigh.

 There is also the anxiety of knowing that life as it has been is coming to an end. I have often heard that going from 0-1 kids and 1-2 kids are the hardest transitions...............from there on out it's one more to add hahahaha!

I know she'll do great and be an adorable big sister but am I weird for almost being sad that the 2 years of just me and here days are almost over??? I am praying she adjusts well and that I can juggle the exhaustion of having a newborn with still spending one on one time with her :)

Anyways! I would be thrilled to be early again but am not counting on it so I won't be disappointed! I want to be ready but not expectant. I am tired constantly trying to leave my house clean "in case" or have things packed. I wish we could know when this little one is coming!!! But the expectation is so fun too :) I literally day dream about pulling him up onto my chest I can't wait!!!!!

ALSO maternity pics tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

36 weeks!!!!!!

How far along - 36 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Weight Gain - 23.............sigh

Morning sickness/nausea -NONE!

Physical changes - wow, where to start haha. TMI! Just the huge belly, bulging veins and the beginning of a waddle due to the fact that it now feels like a bowling ball is between my legs :) 

Pain - Varicose veins :( So bad I can hardly shave. Lots of downward pressure and tightness. Back ache and well......everything lol? Come on I'm 9 months pregnant!

Sleep - lots of bathroom trips, then I get hungry so I eat half a banana, then I am thirsty so I get more water, then my restless legs need to be stretched then I get back in bed but since I drank some water I have to pee again..................... oh the joys!

Stretchmarks - 1 on my belly :( A leftover from Jules!

Maternity clothes - yep yep yep, But it's SO HOT i basically want to just float in the pool all day!

Food cravings/aversions - It's been so hot honestly I can hardly eat very much. I drink a LOT of cold drinks and chew on the ice (i know i know) and cold watermelon :) 

Boy or Girl - My sweet boy with no name yet :) 

Lowlights of the week - Just not feeling "ready" I guess even though I still have weeks to go I know! But realizing my one on one time with Juliana is coming to a close and all the changes that happen with that. Also just feeling the normal anxiety that this birth is going to happen soon and I am not exactly excited about the pain. 

Highlights of the week - Going to the midwife today!!! Yay!!! Apparently our baby is about 6.5 lbs (oh my......still 4 weeks please no 9 lb baby!) and as she so kindly said "oh wow! nice big head".....................................................seriously!?!?! Don't tell me that lol!!!!! Talked through my birth plan and the tub and everything and am getting excited to just do this thing!

5 years!!!!

Yesterday was our 5 year anniversary! 

It's so fun to think back to that day and remember the joy, nerves and love that surrounded it. I was so excited to marry him and I am so filled with JOY that I did.

I think sometimes when you marry so young it's almost like you finish growing up together, like our lives have literally fused together as one. Seeing him as a dad now makes my heart seriously swell when I watch him kiss her or overhear him telling her how much he loves her! sigh!

We decided that since we are about to have baby #2 (eee!) we needed at least a little getaway! So our plan was to escape to Tahoe and leave Jules with my parents (overnight for the first time too!)

But once we started looking at places we realized that we just can't bring ourselves to pay $110 for the MOTEL 6 simply because it's June and peak season. So this may sound completely lame! But here's what we did and had so much fun haha!

 We dropped Jules off with my family and went out to a nice dinner -- Fats -- my absolute favorite. Jeremy had a list of all these really nice places but the 8 months pregnant person won that one and we ate our hearts out haha. 

Then we decided we could hurry and make it to World War Z.................ok............not my exact idea of an anniversary movie, but it was actually really good. And really really intense lol. 

We then walked around town and I was pretty devastated when we got to the cupcake place and they were closed :( But a girl was putting the trash out so Jeremy asked her if there were any cupcakes she could sell us  LOL (obviously I must have wanted them badly!) She ran inside and came out with a box of 2 amazing cupcakes and just gave them to us!!!!! 

We enjoyed coffee, cupcakes and live music. It is crazy how different you look at things once you are parents. We had so much fun not having to rush back for anything and staying out "late" haha.

The lame part of the story is then we went home ! But ya know what, we saved hundreds on that lol! And it was about the best thing ever to SLEEP ALL NIGHT and especially to sleep in as LONNNNNG as we wanted oh my gosh! Again, nothing like having a toddler or children to make you appreciate these small things! 

We took this picture on our way to breakfast so we would always remember what our "yard" progress looked like on our 5 year anniversary and me being almost due!

We had a huge amazing breakfast and then went to yard sales hehe, another thing we love to do but never can with Jules cause she hates getting in and out of the car a million times just for 2 seconds somewhere. 

Anyways, that was our fun "getaway" and we had so much fun!!! We both feel so refreshed and ready for baby boy, in a few weeks! 

I love this man!