Happy Easter!!

Well, happy easter tomorrow. I'm sure I will be busy busy busy tomorrow. Cole visited the easter bunny this week. Surprisingly, he did amazing. We went with his friend Stella, who was less then happy to see the bunny:) Cole watched wide eyed. When it was his turn, I put him down and he held my hand and walked right up to him!! I put him on his lap and his sat there (with a deer in the headlights look:) the whole time. I was so impressed!

Sorry it's blurry, I took a pic of the pic because our scanner is down

And of course we had to get more pics in his handsome little outfit.

And now I'm off to bed. This pregnancy makes me super tired...or it's chasing after a toddler. We colored easter eggs tonight, so I will post more pics later. Have a great Easter everyone!

Half baked!!

I cannot believe I am half way through this pregnancy. I remember with Cole it seemed like it took forever to get to this point!! And to add to that, I feel really good. Like, I forget I'm pregnant sometimes. Then baby girl kicks and reminds me she is in there growing away:)

* How far along?: 20 weeks 4 days
* Total weight gain: 10 pounds
* Stretch marks?: None
* Sleep?: Pretty good. I started getting leg cramps at night. Boo!
* Best moment this week?: Find out we're having a girl
* Sex: Girl, girl, girl :-)
* Movement?: I can feel her AND see/feel her kick now
* Food cravings?: Meat!
* Labor signs?: No way!!
* Belly button in or out?: In betweenie
* What I miss: Still my energy and motivation!!
* What I'm looking forward to: Jared feeling baby girl kick:)

We're going to the zoo...

Ok, so we already went:) We took Cole on Sunday. It was 83 degrees here (which is crazy for April in Ohio!). This was the first trip we took to the zoo where Cole was very interested in the animals. He loved the aquarium and kept waving at the fish and trying to reach them. So cute!

They were so cute!!

He was waving at the kangaroo...

He was mesmerized by them

It was so nice out....and windy:)

It's a.....

GIRL!!! Oh my goodness I'm so surprised. Like I've said before, I had no feeling one way or another, but I kept having girl dreams. I woke up at 3:30am just waiting for Cole to wake up because he usually doesn't sleep that long and the baby was having a party in my belly! I actually felt her move on the outside for the first time:) Then I couldn't get back to sleep, then Cole woke up at 4:15 and joined me in bed where he flipped and flopped and fussed till 5am, then we fell asleep and my alarm went off at 6:30. So needless to say, I am tired today!

So my appointment was at 8 am. When they showed us back to my room, they put me in a non ultra sound room. I made sure to quickly ask why I wasn't in the u/s room. We had to wait for the room to clear and then we were moved back. Phew!! I about freaked out on them. So the u/s went amazing. She was moving around like crazy the whole time. It was so weird because a few times when he was pushing I could really feel her kicking!

He was doing the u/s for a while before he asked if we wanted to know what we were having "OF COURSE!!" I quickly responded:) He said "well, looks like girl parts to me. Yup, those are definitely girl parts!" I immediately teared up. I couldn't believe we were having a little girl. She was so active. It was so funny because her feet somehow ended up in every picture. Girlfriend has big feet and they were everywhere:) At one point we were looking at her heart, and the next her spine. She decided to flip around on us.

Everything looked perfect which is exactly what I wanted to hear. Cole's going to have a baby sister!!!!

Boy or Girl??

It's that time again. Time to play "Predict Baby Love's gender." I did this with Cole and I believe it was a toss up. Let's see what the online predictors say this time.

Labor of Love: Girl

Just Mommies: Girl

Bump.com: Girl

Babyman Predictions: Girl

Parents.com: Girl

Shettles Method: Boy

Old Wives Tales:

Girl:
Craving Sours
Leg hairs growing slower
Higher heart rate

Boy:
Carrying low
No morning sickness
Jared isn't gaining weight with me

Wow... so according to these I am having a girl. I'm not getting my hopes set one way or another. I really want to see a happy healthy baby. Finding out the sex is a bonus. If it's a girl, I will get to dress her like a princess. If it's a boy, Cole will have a buddy close to his age to get into trouble with:)

Spring Time!!!

I'm hoping Spring is here to stay this time. Cole and I went to the park with two of his friends a few weeks ago and the weather was beautiful, but of course with Ohio weather the cold came back and snow fell again. Now the weather looks like it might start to be coming back around in our favor! Cole wasn't so sure about walking on mulch and all the kids running around, so I think quite a bit of park time is in order to get him used to it:)




























So spring, please stick around and turn into summer!! I'm kind of over hibernating in the house with 2 babies. I want to get out and have enjoy the beautiful weather!

1 yr pics

I went to Sears to get pics for Cole's birthday. I'm not a huge fan of chain picture places like that, but I had a coupon and thought "What the heck?":) They turned out so stinking cute. He was such a ham. Sorry about the watermarking on all of them...I liked them, but wasn't going to pay an arm and a leg for the copyright! Can you handle all this cuteness??

New Poll ------>

Vote on whether you think Baby Love will be a boy or girl. We go for our big ultrasound next Monday. I'm so excited....and I just can't hide it:)

18 weeks

Wow, I'm almost half way there. Time flies when you're busy with a 1 year old:) I think having him around makes things go so much faster. Although I admit the last few weeks have kind of been dragging because I am so anxious about my big u/s where we will find out if we are having another little boy or a little girl. I've now had 2 dreams it's a girl, but not sure if that's mind over matter:) I would LOVE another boy. Cole is so much fun, but I think everyone deep down would like one of each. Either way, I am so excited to find out what h/she is so I can start shopping and planning the nursery.

I've been feeling really well. I'm still really tired, but like I've said before that I'm not sure if that's pregnancy or lack of sleep from Cole still not sleeping well. I've started feeling a little uncomfortable. I'm not that big by any means, but I think the baby is pushing things up so that I'm already having trouble getting deep breaths. I at first thought it was my asthma but when nothing helped...I figured it out. My hips are also starting to hurt. Nothing like they did with Cole, but still uncomfortable. Oh, and let's not forget my sciatic nerve. If I'm sitting on the floor and move a wrong way, I scream out in pain. It's even started hurting when I'm just standing. It's like I have to stand still until in "unlocks." Other then all that, I forget I'm pregnant sometimes:)

• How far along?: 18 weeks
  
• Total weight gain: 7 pounds
  
• Stretch marks?: None
  
• Sleep?: Good when I can get some.
  
• Best moment this week?: Feeling the baby more
  
• Sex: Had dreams it's a girl, but still no strong feeling
  
• Movement?: Flutters here and there
  
• Food cravings?: Hamburger and steak...I want meat. So weird!!
  
• Labor signs?: No way!!
  
• Belly button in or out?: In betweenie
  
• What I miss: Still my energy and motivation!!
  
• What I'm looking forward to: My big u/s

Leaps and Bounds

I LOVE watching Cole grow leaps and bounds. It has seriously been in the last few weeks that I have really seen him grow. He actually understands us. Not that he didn't before...it's so hard to explain. Now when I tell him "Get you binki" he goes and looks for his binki and gets it. It's crazy!! He is Mr.Independent that's for sure. He loves his snuggle time, but not too much:) I love watching him explore and learn new things. It's so neat.

We no longer give him any purees (ok...we give him prunes if we need a little help with issues) and we are down to 2 bottles a day with all but 1oz whole milk!! He is starting to take his milk from his sippy much better. I told Jared I give him until May to be completely off the bottle. I think we can do it. Such a big boy! He is also doing really good at eating table foods. His favorite food is cheese and any type of pasta. He also loves his water...LOVES IT. He goes through at least 2-3 sippies of water a day.

He has been keeping me so busy I have been slacking on my blog, but vow to do better at it. I've been so busy that I realized yesterday I haven't taken a picture in 2 weeks!! Unheard of from me. So here is my promise to do better:)