I'm a pushover!

Who doesn't love a freezer pop in the summer? I'd been craving some and I thought I'd share with Katie even though they're basically crap in a tube.

She loved it!

And even shared with Daddy!

Turtle Mountain, the maker's of the awesome coconut milk Katie drinks is just giving me more and more reasons to love them. They recently came out with a coconut milk kefir. It's basically a drinkable yogurt, dairy and gluten free and full of probiotics. She loves it!

With the upcoming move and my ditzy pregnant brain I was thinking our sono was next Thur, but I was wrong, it was today.

The baby looks good and is growing appropriately. The heartbeat is still strong and we could see it moving around. The subchorionic hemorrhage has not gotten any smaller, but it's not larger either, so I'm happy with that. The sac is a very abnormal shape, similiar to an hour glass. At first it appeared the baby was stuck in the bottom part of the sac, but at one point during the sono, baby moved up through the narrow part. The sono tech seemed to act like that was a good sign. We're not really sure what significance this strange sac has as we won't hear from the dr until probably Monday. For now though, the baby looks good and we're focusing on that!

The pictures we got today show the baby and the odd sac really well. The baby is head down, you can see it's little feet towards the top.

Tomorrow we close on both houses and then Saturday is moving day. I can't believe it's already here. We have been very truly blessed to have this be such an easy process for us. Hopefully the move goes just as well. We couldn't get this done without all our family and friends helping babysit, paint and move stuff. Thank you so much!

LONG Weekend

We had a sono on Friday morning to confirm dates. According to when I got my positive pregnancy tests, it was possible that I might be further along than I thought, but impossible to be less.

The heartbeat was nice and strong, consistent with what the doppler got on Wed (180) and we even saw the baby moving it's little stubby arms and legs. I could see some areas that looked like bleeds on either sides of the sac, but wasn't very concerned since I'd had a small one with Katie as well.

After this, the sonographer did nothing to ease my mind. In fact, all she did was make me panic. To her the bleeds were more significant and she was surprised I hadn't had any active bleeding. Then out of the blue, she mentions that my sac is abnormally shaped. At the end, the baby turned out to measure a week behind. I called my dr office and was told to try not to worry (yea, right) and to call back on Monday because they wouldn't have the results until then.

There was lots of packing to do this weekend, but Eric and Kelton took care of all of that. Katie and I spent the weekend hanging with my mom and shopping for shower curtains for the new house. Thankfully this took my mind off the baby, because for me, shower curtains are soooo hard to buy. It's the basis of the bathroom. Everything else you buy for the bathroom, depends on the shower curtain. I literally spent all day Saturday and Sunday obsessing over this before I could make a decision.

Thankfully, Kohl's was having a sale.
I saved almost $200 after the sale prices, plus my coupon.
For the master bath, this is what I went with:


The kid's bathroom stuff, I found at Walmart.

Also at Kohl's, my mom discovered this moose
for Kelton to give to the new baby.

And we found this duck on clearance for less than $2.
Since Kelton loves go duck hunting,
I picked it up to save for xmas.

I finally got some of our ginormous zucchinis ground up and put in the freezer. I have 10 one cup bags and more to grind if I can find the time. These will be great for bread!

Katie was a super good girl through all of my indecisive shopping. She's going to be a great shopper, just like her momma. She found the snugglies at Kohl's and wanted to check them all out. I think she was holding at least 10 of them.


In a couple weeks, we'll finally get to see Eric's brother's family again! YEA! The kids were excited to say HI to Uncle Shawn on the phone yesterday.



Hopefully tomorrow we'll know a little more about what's going on with this pregnancy and I'm praying that sonographer didn't really know what she was saying. We'll find out soon enough.

Lots of Excitement!

We've had lots of exciting things happening around here lately, starting with the fact that Katie has not nursed in 8 days! Last Thur night, we realized she hadn't nursed for 48 hrs and decided to make a clean break. She's doing awesome with it and Eric has been such a trooper stepping up by doing bedtime and getting up with her at night, although she's doing really well sleeping at night lately too!

I ate Sonic cheese sticks that night. They were so wonderful. Since then, I've had Coldstone, Taco Bell with cheese, a candy bar and a bunch of other crap I probably really shouldn't be eating, but it's soooo good! My mom made me biscuits and gravy on Saturday and I just finished those leftovers yesterday. Delicious!

I had my first OB appt this morning and was so shocked to get to hear the heartbeat. It really took me off guard and I got a bit emotional. It's no secret that these last nearly 17mo have been really rough on Eric and I all around. The stress Katie's problems has created has been unimaginable. We've been so blessed to have such luck with the houses and it's been such a whirlwind of activity that we haven't even had much time to think about the baby or even let it sink in. It finally seems like our rocky road has smoothed out a bit. While I know it won't always be like this, I'm really enjoying life again and getting excited about new baby and moving into our new house.

I had a $10 certificate to TCP that I needed to spend and decided to get something for the new baby. I LOVE their stretchies and when I saw this one, I knew we must have it!


I have a gymboree order going in tonight. I'm not really that crazy about the new lines, so I'm not even spending all my gymbucks. They have a really cute yorkie line, but it's just big girls and the smallest is a 4. Katie will probably be 6 before she's in that size. I am getting this cute little yorkie in a purse to put away for xmas.


We're also getting this watermelon dress for her 18mo pictures. The picture doesn't do it justice. It's adorable in person.


We're moving in 10 days.
We still have a lot to pack, but all the boxes are ready!

Eric always does Katie's bathtime and now that he's doing bedtime too, I'm honestly feeling a little left out. I do think it's very good for the both of them though as Katie's always been a huge momma's girl. I'm back to doing Kelton's bedtime now, which is fun. It's probably be a few months until I start doing Katie's bedtime again.

Katie's hair is getting so long,
Daddy made a huge soapy point on top!

And we can't forget the best big brother EVER!

The most exciting part of today must have been the turtle who slowly crawled across our backyard. Jasmine spotted it first. Then Kelton wondered if it was coming inside and Katie was insistant on going out to see it. Needless to say, he was pretty frightened of us, even though we offered him some lettuce.

Slacker

I feel like such a slacker with my blog lately. My evenings have been spent laying on the couch and going to bed early. I promise to do better after this killer first trimester is over.

Weaning is full speed ahead. I waver from feeling guilty for weaning her so soon and being so ready that I want it over yesterday. I'm trying to cut out nap time nursing first. While she's plenty old enough not to need a bottle anymore, we have to transition somehow. When I gave her a bottle for the first time before her nap last week, it was the first time I had given either of my kids a bottle, ever. It definitely felt weird.

We harvested all the potatoes last week.





Having a drink from the hose after all the hard work


We might get to pick our corn before we leave after all.
We're going to be cutting it close.

Whether or not we'll get cantelope is iffy also.

I do have some beautiful bell peppers!

I hear a BLT calling my name! Those tomotoes look delicious!

While I was bummed we couldn't make it to St. Louis for my family reunion, Forth of July was still fun. I have 5 uncles that my cousins and I affectionately nicknamed "the druncles" many years ago. I bought them these hats over a year ago and was sad I didn't get to give them to them myself.


Eric's parents came to eat dinner and watch the fire works. Our neighborhood goes a bit crazy on the 4th. Thankfully, I got Katie to bed before everyone got started and she slept right through it.

Kelton and Papa lighting their race cars!

I have been a total slacker on my couponing lately too. If it looks good, I buy it. That includes huge honey buns and a box of coconut shrimp that cost $10, which I still haven't eaten. I went to Dillons on Monday night, wandering around until I returned home with quite the random asst.

I have a new plan for our grocery budget and although Eric's not totally on board with the idea, I think it'll work great. I'm going to start the month with $350 cash to use towards our groceries and household items and spend no more than that. That's just a starting amount to see how the first month goes. After that I'll see how things look and adjust or lower. I'm not going to try to buy Katie's food within this budget because I don't want to limit what a buy for her. I plan to start after my first paycheck after we're in the new house.

We did hit up Target today and did pretty well. The Kashi cereal was .66/box, the cereal bars were .50/box, the cake mix was .34/box, and the paper plates were .50/pk. The Market Pantry fruit bars are one of Katie's favorite snacks and were $2.99, the most expensive thing we bought!


I couldn't get over how "big" Katie looked today.
Maybe she'll be ready to be a big sister after all.

Of course, Kelton is ready for another baby and was disappointed today when I told him this would be the last baby.

I'm starting to feel a little anxious about the upcoming move.
This house feels so much like home,
I hope it doesn't take long to settle in to the new one.

Long time no blog!

Mostly because in my free time, I've been busy keeping the house looking decent or napping. Okay, mostly napping. Then there's the nausea and the migraines. Okay, let's catch up... Friday after Katie's nap (she slept terrible and was up for the day around 4:30am, so a nap was a must), we went to Mimi's work to see how much she weighed. We were delighted to see that she was 19lbs 14.5oz and 29in! Yea for growth! I just really hope the consistent growth continues throughout the weaning process.

To mix things up a little, we all had waffles for lunch. Kelton had blueberry Kashi, Katie had blueberry Vans and I had pomegranate Nature's Path. I'd love to be able to eat the Kashi with Kelton because I've been getting them at Target (with this coupon) for as little as .26 a box, but they contain milk.

We wore matching outfits


On Saturday, I went to World Market to pick up some ginger candy. I'd heard that it's supposed to help with nausea, so I grabbed a variety. At work this week, I had doctor and the girls try it with me. It didn't make me feel better and the only thing that was remotely tolerable were the chews.


While I was in Wichita, Eric got busy outside smoking me some dinner. I'd been totally craving some ribs. He also smoked some deer meat and sausage. It was so good and there's a whole rack left in the freezer for when I get that craving again.


We invited some of our favorite neighbors over to enjoy it with us. I'd also been craving some spicy deer chili, so Pete made me some the next day. Unfortunately I was too sick to eat it, but we saved some in the freezer for when it sounds good again.


Since we've been so busy with house selling/buying, I haven't had time to worry about being pregnant. I seem to have an imbalance of hormones that causes me to miscarry if I don't start taking supplemental hormones early enough. Although for the first time ever, I didn't have any symptoms that would happen, my OB put me on the medication just to be on the safe side. Even with the med, now that things have slowed down, I'll surely worry for a few more weeks and do crazy things like take more pregnancy tests (as if 4 wasn't enough). As you can see, I'm still pregnant.


I was lounging on the couch in our waiting room during my lunch yesterday, when the flower delivery guy brought in a really pretty arrangement. I was so surprised to see that it was for me. It was the great pick me up, because I've been pretty worn out from being pregnant, nursing and keeping the house immaculate for showings and inspections. Very sweet of Eric to think of it.


This monster zucchini is from our garden. I'm thinking I'm going to shred it and freeze it to use in breads and cookies.


The boys have been out doing fireworks EVERY NIGHT since Saturday. Katie has managed to sleep through most of it if I can get her to sleep before they really get going.

Eric's parents are coming for the 4th and that morning I get to have breakfast with a dear friend that I haven't seen forever. I cannot wait!

And lastly, Jasmine is 7yrs old today. She was my first baby and although now she can be annoying, disgusting (ie:vomiting everywhere), and stinky, we really do love her. She has grown so tolerant of the kids, plays so well with them and they just adore her. I hate to think that she probably won't be with us for 7 more years. She is definitely one of a kind. Here she is eating corn on the cob!