16 Week Belly

Cleaned House and Then We Played!

Today was a VERY lazy day. We cleaned most of the day but all three of us stayed in our jammies til late this afternoon. It was kind of nice! No joke, when we clean Griffin helps, he honestly does! He also waters plants and actually does it. He goes to each one and waters them. It is the cutest thing! He also takes drinks from the hose every so often. So, after a day of cleaning we headed over to Jumpin Jack's (an indoor inflatable toy heaven). I wasn't sure how Griff would do but he LOVED it. He is such a little dare devil! He went barreling down the biggest slide they had all by himself, several times. It was hilarious! He ran around that place like he owned it. He had so much fun so we were very happy. Kason and I also had lots of fun :)

On to other things...

We find out the sex in 10 days and I think I am pretty excited! I am apprehensive but I think it will be a great experience. The thought of knowing kind of blows my mind! I am pretty excited. Knowing will really help with planning, even if it's another boy. Again, I am okay with whatever! The only scary thing is, we have a girl name but NO boy names whatsoever. I have not a clue what boy names I like so that might be a bit tricky. Anyway, I am starting to feel more energetic these days. I am even running so that's good! It feels fine and so far it's going great. I am going to TRY to keep my body in some kind of shape but who knows. I eat like JUNK. I really, seriously do. It would probably scare people if I told anyone what I have eaten in the past 2 days, oh my. Other than that things are good. I weaned off of the progesterone slowly which made me very nervous. Hopefully things will be okay! I am looking a TAD more preg's these days but not really. I still have the fat roll belly. I wish it would round out and look pregnant already, ugh.

April 14, 2009

We picked a day to find out the baby's sex!! I cannot believe we are finding out, I hope I don't regret it! For some reason I feel like I really need to know this time. I will be 17 weeks exactly when we get our ultrasound. We are doing a 3D and I am super excited to see the little critter that's inside me! I am going to say that it's a boy because that is what I want and it's what I want for Griff. I also say boy because EVERYONE is saying girl. I am okay with whatever and I would be thrilled with either. This pregnancy has been very different though. I do believe that every pregnancy is different no matter what the sex is. So I say BOY! Anyone have any guesses?? Eeeeek I hate saying that I think it's a boy because I don't want to be wrong. I have NO gut feelings or intuition of ANY kind. So either way I will be very surprised!

Nothing Going On

13 week belly
Bubbles! He says HoHoHo when he does this
New Tractor
Eating, what a mess!
I have been trying to find reasons to blog but I have had nothing going on in my life lately! So, I will just update on life, pregnancy, etc. I am pretty darn sure we are going to find out this time. I keep looking back and realize how hard it was sometimes not knowing who was in my belly. In the end, of course it was worth it but the END of nine/ten months is tough! I feel like this pregnancy has been kind of hard with all my issues so I need some happiness and some kind of mood lifter! I am dying to know who is hiding in my tummy :) This will make clothes planning, room planning and all of that stuff so much easier for us. If we have another boy I won't be buying a thing! Griff has it all! BUT if it's a girl I will want to girl up the nursery eventually, buy some girl clothes, blankies, etc. I plan on trying to get most of the clothes second hand. That is why I am wanting to find out before I go to AZ! There are sooo many fancy used kid clothing stores there so I am all about that! Also, if it's a girl my Mom and I will want to maybe make some stuff while I am there. Anyway, so we might find out in 4 weeks! Ahhhhh! That is, if my doctor will let us go earlier than 20 weeks. Cross your fingers everyone!

Griff is doing well. I am so enjoying him right now because I am on Spring Break, yayyy! We have been taking a few walks a day, playing outside, going the park, and watching Oswald (Oggwald as he says) and Blues Clues. Those are his 2 favorite shows. He tries so hard to sing the songs that are on the shows, it is hilarious! Oswald has a pet dog named Weenie and Griff loves him. So today on the show Oswald's dog got lost and Oswald was looking everywhere for him. Griff was so upset until Weenie was finally found. It was too funny. I couldn't believe that he got that! He knew exactly what was going on haha. He is getting so smart and so fun. I am amazed by him everyday. He remembers things, asks for specific snacks and drinks, still asks to go "outdies" every two seconds and he loves the new tractor we got him. Right now his obsessions are tractors, 4 wheelers and motorcycles. He HONESTLY sits and reads his Dirt Wheels magazine allllll day long. He doesn't even want to read books anymore :( He hasn't brought me a book in ages! Ahh. Oh well, he is a boy!

Back and Forth

I go back and forth from not wanting to know the sex of this baby to REALLY wanting to know. So, I had some dreams last night and did a bunch of thinking while I was in the shower this morning and I think I want to know this time! As of right now I want to know. I am sure this could change in the weeks leading up to me actually being able to find out. So who knows! I think it would be nice to plan and prepare this time, even if it's another boy. That way I can get all of Griff's old stuff out and get it washed and ready. If it's a girl, I will need to do tons of shopping! It was so amazing not knowing with my first pregnancy. There were moments of pure torture because I really wanted to know but all in all it was so neat having no clue. Of course the labor was more fun and the actual birth was very exciting because there was so much anticipation. But with this pregnancy being so difficult and weird this time, I feel like I need something to excite me. I could possibly find out in 6 weeks or less! That is crazy to even think about! Nine months was a LONG time to not know. If I find out with this one and we end up having a third, I will leave that one a surprise! Anyway, what do you all think? Find out or leave it a surprise?

Deceiving My Husband and Baby...

Kason and I try our best to eat good well rounded meals but we don't always do it! It is sooooo hard for me to work all day, then come home and play with Griff and also find the time to cook. I am horrible at meal planning ahead of time. I know that I could do easy crock pot meals that basically cook themselves while I work all day. Like I said though, I am terrible at planning ahead and pregnancy (mostly the first trimester) makes me so dang lazy. My house has also suffered but that's another story. I also don't cook dinner because Kason is usually out of town all week so why the heck would I make a meal for picky little Griff and I? No thank you! So we end up eating some pretty strange stuff for dinner. So I felt like I needed to cook something good tonight. Last night I made ground turkey tacos but the only veggies we consumed were the one's in the tacos. I made a recipe out of a book called 'Deceptively Delicious' and it was downright amazing. Sounds crazy because it was only Mac and Cheese but it was made with pureed cauliflower and let me tell you, it was SO good. Kason and Griff both loved it and chowed down. We also had yummy salads to go with our meals. Thankfully, Griff likes salad too. This cookbook has been out for a while but I am just now getting around to trying it. I am sure you can find it out there for way cheap! I think I am going to puree a bunch of veggies to have them on hand for when I am ready to make another one of these yummy recipes.

Nascar and Appointment

Yes, I went to Nascar. It was crazy and every bit the hillbilly fest I thought it would be! We had so much fun though :) Kason and I enjoyed ourselves and relaxed in our nice little hotel room most of the time. We ate good food, shopped, went to Nascar Saturday and Sunday( Nicole joined us too!), got some yummy room service and just hung out! It was so nice to get away even if it was for one night. I have the hardest time leaving Griff so one night is plenty for me! Not sure when I will ever be able to leave him for longer, I am so ridiculous! But he had a great time at Grandma and Grandpa's so that makes me happy. Friday we had a baby appointment and heartbeat check. I guess with all my issues I expected to maybe not hear the heartbeat. Sounds terrible of me to think that but at this point I am ready for anything! So, we found the heartbeat and it was 165 bpm. Right away the doctor said, that's a girl heartbeat! Haha. I am sure all that is a myth BUT Griff's was lower than that at 11 weeks so who knows! I don't believe in wives tales but it's still fun to wonder. I will be wondering all the way to September, gahhh. Oh well, it's well worth it!