As of Saturday I am 9 weeks into my pregnancy. The nausea seems to only hit at night time now and my fatigue seems to be lifting the last few days. I have more energy which is really nice. I've been needing it.
And the good news is, Jay won't be starting work until 8:00 most mornings now so I will be able to walk before he leaves once again. It hadn't been getting light out early enough for me to do this anymore. The bad news is, Jay isn't starting work until 8:00 on most mornings now so he will be getting home even later in the evening. Bummer. I guess it's getting to be that time of year anyway.
Back to baby.
Your new resident is nearly an inch long — about the size of a grape — and weighs just a fraction of an ounce. She's starting to look more and more human. Her essential body parts are accounted for, though they'll go through plenty of fine-tuning in the coming months. Other changes abound: Your baby's heart finishes dividing into four chambers, and the valves start to form — as do her tiny teeth. The embryonic "tail" is completely gone. Your baby's organs, muscles, and nerves are kicking into gear. The external sex organs are there but won't be distinguishable as male or female for another few weeks. Her eyes are fully formed, but her eyelids are fused shut and won't open until 27 weeks. She has tiny earlobes, and her mouth, nose, and nostrils are more distinct. The placenta is developed enough now to take over most of the critical job of producing hormones. Now that your baby's basic physiology is in place, she's poised for rapid weight gain.
Hoping that doesn't mean I'm poised for rapid weight gain!=)
Still haven't been to the doctor but I am calling today. I know they will want me to take a pregnancy test before they set up an appointment but I like to call and give them a heads up and find out the best time to come in for the test. Not really looking forward to the whole routine but it will be exciting to hear baby's heartbeat(should be far enough along for that).
My other blessings are all sick. Just some nasty colds but they are, well, nasty. Snotty, coughing, grouchy, & overall ickiness. Poor kiddos.
Got some pears canned yesterday. Unfortunately I waited too long and ended up with only 6 quarts of bartletts. But we do have a ton of another kind that will be ready to can this week and although they aren't as good for just eating, they are good for canning. I think I'll get between 12 & 20 quarts of those. Not too bad.
We are also going to get cider pressed in the next couple of weekends. So if you've got any gallon jugs for us and feel inspired to come help pick, you might wind up with a few gallons of cider. Jay says we have a ton of apples and will end up with well over 50 gallons(honestly, I think he said like around 100, but I'm skeptical). Our first year we only had 27. The next year, they froze too early. And last year we didn't get apples at all. This year they are plentiful albeit, late. Too bad cider makes me horribly sick with awful stomach pains.
Still can't get this laptop to recognize my camera so I've gotta figure out how to get my pictures on here. I won't give up. Jay will have time to help me someday.
I'd better go make lunch. School is already out of the way for the day. WooHooo!
Monday, October 17, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
It's True
Yes, it's true, Jay and I are expecting our 4th little blessing.
I am just over 8 weeks along(I think). That puts my due date around the 19th of May. I have not been to the doctor as of yet but plan on going in soon. They don't usually want to see you before 8 weeks anyhow.
As far as symptoms go, this little one is making me the most queezy of the four. I also have been really wiped out but that might just be because I have so much more to do than I did with previous pregnancies. However, I don't feel too crabby yet. That's a bonus!
Even though I have been feeling a little green it has been random & I still have not actually gotten sick. It seems to be the worst at night and so I usually just go to bed & sleep it off. Not too bad really, compared to others.
I also feel like a 13-year-old girl with the sudden breakouts I am having on my face. Makes a girl feel glamorous with the nausea & spotted face but I guess it is always worth it in the end. It also makes me think it could be another girl as I didn't do that with the boys but I did with Avril. Of course every baby is different so I'm not getting my hopes up too much. Two boys & two girls seems pretty picture perfect. And, honestly, I am thrilled either way.
My biggest concern is weight gain. I put on a lot of weight with Avril and I really want to avoid that this time around. It is a little difficult when I start feeling sick if I don't eat and I have not had the time or energy to exercise much extra. Of course, laziness is my biggest adversary so I just need to push past it. This also relates to the size of the baby. My goal is to keep this child under a nine-pound birth weight. I am told I can help this by watching what I eat. I am skeptical though since with Adam I ended up weighing 10 lbs less after I had him than when I got pregnant and he still weighed 9 lbs 9 oz. But it's still worth a shot since it may mean weight loss for me regardless of the baby's weight. But if you all would pray for my diligence and self control in this area, I would appreciate it.
I guess there is not a lot more information to be told as it is still early on. We will most likely be finding out the gender of the baby just after the new year. We will wait to discuss names until then. And yes, we are very excited!
I will keep everybody updated on baby's progress. Right now little blessing is about the size of a large raspberry & weighs 1 gram. External ears, baby teeth buds, optic nerve and eyelids are forming now. And baby moves its tiny arms & legs. How amazing.
I am just over 8 weeks along(I think). That puts my due date around the 19th of May. I have not been to the doctor as of yet but plan on going in soon. They don't usually want to see you before 8 weeks anyhow.
As far as symptoms go, this little one is making me the most queezy of the four. I also have been really wiped out but that might just be because I have so much more to do than I did with previous pregnancies. However, I don't feel too crabby yet. That's a bonus!
Even though I have been feeling a little green it has been random & I still have not actually gotten sick. It seems to be the worst at night and so I usually just go to bed & sleep it off. Not too bad really, compared to others.
I also feel like a 13-year-old girl with the sudden breakouts I am having on my face. Makes a girl feel glamorous with the nausea & spotted face but I guess it is always worth it in the end. It also makes me think it could be another girl as I didn't do that with the boys but I did with Avril. Of course every baby is different so I'm not getting my hopes up too much. Two boys & two girls seems pretty picture perfect. And, honestly, I am thrilled either way.
My biggest concern is weight gain. I put on a lot of weight with Avril and I really want to avoid that this time around. It is a little difficult when I start feeling sick if I don't eat and I have not had the time or energy to exercise much extra. Of course, laziness is my biggest adversary so I just need to push past it. This also relates to the size of the baby. My goal is to keep this child under a nine-pound birth weight. I am told I can help this by watching what I eat. I am skeptical though since with Adam I ended up weighing 10 lbs less after I had him than when I got pregnant and he still weighed 9 lbs 9 oz. But it's still worth a shot since it may mean weight loss for me regardless of the baby's weight. But if you all would pray for my diligence and self control in this area, I would appreciate it.
I guess there is not a lot more information to be told as it is still early on. We will most likely be finding out the gender of the baby just after the new year. We will wait to discuss names until then. And yes, we are very excited!
I will keep everybody updated on baby's progress. Right now little blessing is about the size of a large raspberry & weighs 1 gram. External ears, baby teeth buds, optic nerve and eyelids are forming now. And baby moves its tiny arms & legs. How amazing.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
HONEST
Okay girls, the pictures are on my camera. I am just too tired and too busy to figure out how to get them on the computer tonight. But I will.
Yes I will!
YES. I. WILL.
Honest.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Ten on Tuesday
1) Second week/day of co-op was today. I am really loving it and the kids are too. So fun to see them learning outside the box.
2) Autumn is upon us. All I can say is, "YESSSSSSS!" It is my favorite time of year outside of Christmas season.
3) Jay has the first 3 days of this week off. It's weird to just stay home when he has time off. We usually go on a trip somewhere. But he had to use up 3 days before the end of the month and there is a lot of work to be done before the really cold weather sets in.
4) We got unexpected company yesterday. A couple that Jay has known for some time & their 5 younger children. This was my first time meeting them and they seem to be a very nice family. They have been traveling the country visiting friends & family for the last month.
5) Adam is doing better each week in his taekwondo class. Sometimes he gets a little case of stage-fright and is embarrassed to try really hard but I think he is overcoming it slowly.
6) Our church Christmas program is going to be a re-enactment of It's a Wonderful Life. My sweetie is playing the lead role. He, of course, is not the least bit nervous but I think I'm nervous enough for the whole cast. And I don't even have a part!
7) This weekend is the women's retreat. We are going to the Western Pleasure Guest Ranch. I am very excited. Last year's was a blast & I have been looking forward to the next one since coming home for the last one. Not sure I care for spending the night away from the family it doesn't make since to drive back & forth. And the rest of it's too good to miss.
8) I have photos for my Photo-a-Day project. I don't have exact dates for all of them but I know what order they came in. I just have to have Jay show me how to get them off of my camera and on to his computer because it's way different than mine.
9) Ordered the kids some much needed fall and winter clothes this week. Is shopping for kids' clothes anyone else's favorite hobby? Unfortunately, I was not able to get everything they needed but I did get the most important items. Getting spendy as they get older. I can no longer find as good of deals on ebay and yard sales and such don't have very nice older kids stuff because they wear it out before they outgrow it. In a couple years Rowan will not be getting very many hand-me-downs as Adam is wearing out more clothes. And he is wearing out the expensive items too. Such as jeans and shoes & coats. Couldn't be just a t-shirt or something inexpensive. Oh well. That old cookie crumbles as it will.
10) Looking ahead to the Christmas season again. We have decided to re-org our Christmas celebration this year. The kids will be getting ONE gift each this year & a few stocking stuffers. Last year was a good eye-opener when we saw all of the gifts wrapped under the tree. I tend to get things on sale and stash them away. Then when the holiday comes around I see it all together. Ridiculous. Jay & I have also set a very small limit for one another. The goal is to be able to give more to people in need and have our children be a part of this. I would like to pick a charity or family to give to each week of December(Jay gets paid weekly) and have the kids help me choose and deliver/mail the gift. Just a work in progress at this point.
2) Autumn is upon us. All I can say is, "YESSSSSSS!" It is my favorite time of year outside of Christmas season.
3) Jay has the first 3 days of this week off. It's weird to just stay home when he has time off. We usually go on a trip somewhere. But he had to use up 3 days before the end of the month and there is a lot of work to be done before the really cold weather sets in.
4) We got unexpected company yesterday. A couple that Jay has known for some time & their 5 younger children. This was my first time meeting them and they seem to be a very nice family. They have been traveling the country visiting friends & family for the last month.
5) Adam is doing better each week in his taekwondo class. Sometimes he gets a little case of stage-fright and is embarrassed to try really hard but I think he is overcoming it slowly.
6) Our church Christmas program is going to be a re-enactment of It's a Wonderful Life. My sweetie is playing the lead role. He, of course, is not the least bit nervous but I think I'm nervous enough for the whole cast. And I don't even have a part!
7) This weekend is the women's retreat. We are going to the Western Pleasure Guest Ranch. I am very excited. Last year's was a blast & I have been looking forward to the next one since coming home for the last one. Not sure I care for spending the night away from the family it doesn't make since to drive back & forth. And the rest of it's too good to miss.
8) I have photos for my Photo-a-Day project. I don't have exact dates for all of them but I know what order they came in. I just have to have Jay show me how to get them off of my camera and on to his computer because it's way different than mine.
9) Ordered the kids some much needed fall and winter clothes this week. Is shopping for kids' clothes anyone else's favorite hobby? Unfortunately, I was not able to get everything they needed but I did get the most important items. Getting spendy as they get older. I can no longer find as good of deals on ebay and yard sales and such don't have very nice older kids stuff because they wear it out before they outgrow it. In a couple years Rowan will not be getting very many hand-me-downs as Adam is wearing out more clothes. And he is wearing out the expensive items too. Such as jeans and shoes & coats. Couldn't be just a t-shirt or something inexpensive. Oh well. That old cookie crumbles as it will.
10) Looking ahead to the Christmas season again. We have decided to re-org our Christmas celebration this year. The kids will be getting ONE gift each this year & a few stocking stuffers. Last year was a good eye-opener when we saw all of the gifts wrapped under the tree. I tend to get things on sale and stash them away. Then when the holiday comes around I see it all together. Ridiculous. Jay & I have also set a very small limit for one another. The goal is to be able to give more to people in need and have our children be a part of this. I would like to pick a charity or family to give to each week of December(Jay gets paid weekly) and have the kids help me choose and deliver/mail the gift. Just a work in progress at this point.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Taiter
While working on spelling words today Adam said,
"My remembery is hard."
So cute that I didn't ever want to forget.
Love that boy.
"My remembery is hard."
So cute that I didn't ever want to forget.
Love that boy.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Thoughts
1) The "organize thoroughly" plan has turned into the "organize enough to breathe" plan. Since we are beginning the orchard work soon and we are starting school on the 12th I have decided to just clean and do basic organizing over the next week. My goal: to be done by Tuesday. Then I would have the rest of the week to get ready for school: lesson planning, ordering co-op supplies, menu planning, & so forth.
2) Even though I have not blogged as often as I would like, I am glad that I am blogging more often than I was. It feels refreshing somehow.
3) Mama Mondays has kinda turned out to be a flop. But I'm not giving up! It will just be more of an anything relating to mamas thing versus the "advice" thing. I discovered that when I would go to write out how we do a certain something, that the way I do it isn't really working for me. So I didn't feel qualified. I have gotten some really cool tips from other Mamas lately though. I've even put some of them into practice and it is helping a lot so far.
4) I have some cute pictures to post but my laptop is on the fritz and so I sent it to my IT guy. I'm bumming this computer off of Jay. But I will post those pics as soon as I get my computer back.
5) Our power(electrical) is freaking out on us again. It does this every August/September. We get big surges of power and appliances and lightbulbs start bursting and blowing out and the only way to stop it is to shut off the main breaker. Well, we may or may not have found the problem area. An electrician is coming tomorrow to try and fix it. Assuming that he's not digging my charcoaled corpse out of the rubble instead. But I don't think that's part of his job description. As to why it would only do this during this time of year, I have no idea. It's really weird.
6) Adam & Avril really need clothes for fall & winter. I have been eyeing some stuff for quite a while but just can't bring myself to spend the money. In the past I just always got everything on clearance the year before but since I failed to do that last year I feel like I'm playing catch-up. I have to buy things all at once and at a higher price. Plus Adam is getting harder to tell if something is going to fit him or not the next season let alone the next year. And in a couple of years Rowan will no longer be receiving Adam's hand-me-downs because Adam is destroying his clothes before he outgrows them. Lucky for me that clothes shopping for my kids is a favorite hobby of mine.
7) Hey! Do any of you have favorite healthy dinners that you cook? I bought a new cookbook and that is helping tremendously but I still need inspiration. I'm a baker, not a cook. I just have a hard time cooking with prepackaged stuff because it's so unhealthy and usually loaded with dairy products. But I get so boring when I am cooking from scratch. I tend to just do the easy and quick thing which adds up to about 7 different meals with my lack of creativity in the cooking department.
8) Any plans for the long weekend? We might go see Jay's brother in Washington but they may have other plans. Still waiting to hear from them. If not, we will probably work ourselves half to death with all of things that need to be done here. I do really want to do something fun as a family to say good-bye to the summer but I'm not sure what as of yet. We could always pic-nic and go fishing I suppose. The kids get a kick out of that.
9) Tomorrow we find out whether Beaux and Serina are having a boy or a girl. I think I am going to guess girboyl(gur-boi-ul). It sounds so fitting for them.
Honestly, I don't know what to guess. My instinct says girl but I am almost always wrong. And they seemed really happy. So that makes me think it's a boy. Gideon or Genevieve? Genevieve or Gideon? Who knows.
10) Anybody want a really awesome recipe? It's super yummy. I am making it for the dessert potluck tomorrow at Beaux's. It's Chocolate-Covered Cookie Dough Balls. They are very addicting.
2) Even though I have not blogged as often as I would like, I am glad that I am blogging more often than I was. It feels refreshing somehow.
3) Mama Mondays has kinda turned out to be a flop. But I'm not giving up! It will just be more of an anything relating to mamas thing versus the "advice" thing. I discovered that when I would go to write out how we do a certain something, that the way I do it isn't really working for me. So I didn't feel qualified. I have gotten some really cool tips from other Mamas lately though. I've even put some of them into practice and it is helping a lot so far.
4) I have some cute pictures to post but my laptop is on the fritz and so I sent it to my IT guy. I'm bumming this computer off of Jay. But I will post those pics as soon as I get my computer back.
5) Our power(electrical) is freaking out on us again. It does this every August/September. We get big surges of power and appliances and lightbulbs start bursting and blowing out and the only way to stop it is to shut off the main breaker. Well, we may or may not have found the problem area. An electrician is coming tomorrow to try and fix it. Assuming that he's not digging my charcoaled corpse out of the rubble instead. But I don't think that's part of his job description. As to why it would only do this during this time of year, I have no idea. It's really weird.
6) Adam & Avril really need clothes for fall & winter. I have been eyeing some stuff for quite a while but just can't bring myself to spend the money. In the past I just always got everything on clearance the year before but since I failed to do that last year I feel like I'm playing catch-up. I have to buy things all at once and at a higher price. Plus Adam is getting harder to tell if something is going to fit him or not the next season let alone the next year. And in a couple of years Rowan will no longer be receiving Adam's hand-me-downs because Adam is destroying his clothes before he outgrows them. Lucky for me that clothes shopping for my kids is a favorite hobby of mine.
7) Hey! Do any of you have favorite healthy dinners that you cook? I bought a new cookbook and that is helping tremendously but I still need inspiration. I'm a baker, not a cook. I just have a hard time cooking with prepackaged stuff because it's so unhealthy and usually loaded with dairy products. But I get so boring when I am cooking from scratch. I tend to just do the easy and quick thing which adds up to about 7 different meals with my lack of creativity in the cooking department.
8) Any plans for the long weekend? We might go see Jay's brother in Washington but they may have other plans. Still waiting to hear from them. If not, we will probably work ourselves half to death with all of things that need to be done here. I do really want to do something fun as a family to say good-bye to the summer but I'm not sure what as of yet. We could always pic-nic and go fishing I suppose. The kids get a kick out of that.
9) Tomorrow we find out whether Beaux and Serina are having a boy or a girl. I think I am going to guess girboyl(gur-boi-ul). It sounds so fitting for them.
Honestly, I don't know what to guess. My instinct says girl but I am almost always wrong. And they seemed really happy. So that makes me think it's a boy. Gideon or Genevieve? Genevieve or Gideon? Who knows.
10) Anybody want a really awesome recipe? It's super yummy. I am making it for the dessert potluck tomorrow at Beaux's. It's Chocolate-Covered Cookie Dough Balls. They are very addicting.
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