17 weeks

Pregnancy Highlights

How Far Along: 17 Weeks
Size of baby: 5 inches long and weighs 5 ounces. He or she is the size of a turnip.
Total Weight Gain/Loss: I won't weigh again until 8/9 at my appointment. I think I have finally gained some weight.
Maternity Clothes: Some maternity clothes. Mostly pants and shorts.

Gender: thinking BOY
Movement: Yes, still feeling movement at night and in the morning

Food Cravings: Fried Dill pickles
What I miss: My energy

Sleep: I'm starting to wake up more to go to the potty and then can't get back to sleep.

Symptoms: Frequent urination

Best Moment this week: Singing to the baby and feeling him/her move.

What I am looking forward to:My appointment on 8/9 to find out the baby's gender and our gender revealing party.

16 Weeks

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 16 Weeks

Size of baby: 4-5 inches long and weighs 3-5 ounces. He or she is the size of an avocado!
Total Weight Gain/Loss: Down 2 lbs (so gained 1 lb)
Maternity Clothes: Some pants and tops, but I can still wear some normal clothes. Maternity clothes are so comfy!

Gender: Find out August 9th

Movement: Yes

Food Cravings: Depends on the day. This baby knows what he/she wants.
What I miss: Sleeping all night without a potty break.

Sleep: I am sleeping fine besides waking up to go potty.

Symptoms: Sleepy, but I have stayed up past 9pm every night this week!

Best Moment this week: Hearing the baby's heart beat at my appointment.
What I am looking forward to: Finding out the baby's gender.

15 weeks

**I will post a belly picture soon.

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 15 Weeks

Size of baby: 4 inches long and weighs 2.5 ounce. He or she is the size of an apple!

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Will see at my next appointment 7/12/10. I was down 3 lbs at my last appointment.

Maternity Clothes: I pulled out the maternity jeans today.
Gender: thinking BOY

Movement: Yes! When I woke up early this morning, I felt little flutters.
Food Cravings: Sweets and Mellow Mushroom Pizza

What I miss: My energy
Sleep: I'm sleeping well and only waking up once to go potty.
Symptoms: My appetite is slowly increasing for dinner.
Best Moment this week: Claire pointing to my tummy and saying baby
What I am looking forward to:
My appointment on Monday and finding out the baby’s gender at 18 to 20 weeks.

You're my BLUE eyed girl!

Harry took this picture yesterday of Claire and I am in love with it. Her baby blues get me every time.

Claire Bear

I wanted to share this picture. Claire is in LOVE with the I-phone. She has had a rough couple of days. Thankfully our new sitter is on vacation, so we planned for a family friend and my aunt to watch her this week. Last Thursday her sitter told me that she was super clingy and had slept a ton. So once I picked her up, we headed to the Little Clinic. The nurse practitioner diagnosed her with double ear infections. We started on her antibiotic Thursday night. When I picked her up from the sitter on Friday, I noticed that she had a few little spots on her. I decided to wait it out and see if she got worse. On Saturday morning when she woke up, she had a few more spots. I called the Little Clinic and was advised to stop the antibiotic and take her to Urgent Care if it got worse. Claire woke up bright and early on Father's Day. Her rash was now raised and had spread everywhere. We had to skip church and our Father's Day lunch with her Papa. We headed to the Urgent Care. Thank goodness we arrived 30 minutes early to stand in line. The Urgent Care doctor said that he thought the rash was viral and sent us home. That place is so frustrating! We will be seeing our pediatrician soon if the rash has not cleared up.

We had a relaxing rest of the day and had Papa Mark over for a delicious dinner. I think Harry enjoyed his 2nd Father's Day and he can't wait for next year when we get to celebrate it as a family of 4.

A much needed update: The NEWS is out!

In my last post, I was dying to share with everyone all of the ways God is working in our lives. I am so excited to share that Claire will be a big sister near the end of December. We will be welcoming a baby boy or girl on December 22nd unless he/she decides to come before. Now that we are past the 12 week point, I just want to shout it from the rooftop that we are having another baby. Now that the shock has worn off that for a few day we will have 2 under the age of 2, I am overwhelmed with joy. I absolutely love my doctor here. She is watching closely and does not think we will have the same problems that we had with Claire.
If that news is not enough, the offer we placed on a house in Collierville was accepted. We should be closing on the house July 30th. I am so happy that our children will get to grow up in Collierville. (I can't believe I am saying that!) When I went to college, I swore that I would never come back to Collierville; however, most of our family lives in the area and I want our kids (I just love saying kids) to be around family as much as possible. Also, I can't wait for our kids to grow up in the church that I grew up and married their daddy in.
I will take pictures soon and post. Stay tuned for more updates on Claire and her baby brother/sister.

Easter and April Update

This is Claire practicing putting items in her basket before the Big Hunt.

Claire really understood the concept of hunting eggs. She was in the under 2 age group and looked like a pro. It was so much fun to watch her run towards an egg, pick it up, and throw it in her basket. Like we have said before, this girl has an arm!!

After hunting eggs, she had to relax on the quilt and wait for lunch to be served.

Claire did not mind sitting on the Easter bunny's lap. It was at the end of the day, so I was very impressed that she was so happy.

I just love this last picture. After church on Easter Sunday, we stopped by Mimi and Papa's to open our Easter baskets and take a few pictures of Claire in her Easter dress. I just love the picture below.

We had a very busy month in April, starting with Easter. Harry accepted a new position with First Tennessee Bank which we are so thankful for. At my job, one of my co-workers has been out on maternity leave, so I have been super busy. Harry and his dad took a guys trip to St. Louis. Claire and I missed them like crazy, but I am so thankful Harry was able to go on vacation before starting his new job. Harry started his job May 3rd and is learning alot during training. We are so thankful for all the wonderful ways God is working in our lives!