Update

Here's an update on the pregnancy front everything is still going really well baby is moving like crazy, it's fantastic! It's really amazing how much stronger her kicks are from week to week, we are getting to the point were you can actually see and feel some of them, Ellie doesn't like it too much, Ryne and Kaleb are fascinated every chance they get they push on my stomach and wait for her to move. I've been a little sick this week mostly in the mornings but it's not nearly as bad as it was before, I have been taking the zophran to help me through the day. So that's pretty much it next appointment I get to do the glucose test and get the Rhogam shot, yippee for me!

The kids have really been funny with this pregnancy it's nice having them so interested, they have been saying some of the funniest things especially Kaleb here are a few;


Kaleb told me I needed to take another "big belly picture" and measure my belly he wants to see "how many more inches big yours tummy is", last week he followed me around with a tape measure!

(I don't see much of a difference between 24 and 22 weeks, but Kaleb swears there is)

A couple days before we found out we are having another girl Kaleb asked me "how many stamps would it take to send the baby back to Heavenly Father if it's another girl?" I told him I didn't know and that he should ask Heavenly Father, so for the next couple of nights when saying our family prayers Kaleb would chime in " and please tell me how many stamps I need to send the baby back if hers a girl", it was all we could do not to laugh! Finally the day of the ultra sound came and he still hadn't gotten an answer he came to me and said with a sigh "Heavenly Father didn't tell me how many stamps I need so I guess that means we have to keep it *SIGH* even if it is another girl"

One night Ryne and Kaleb were talking about how babies are born Kaleb stated that "the moms poop them out!" Ryne didn't agree "cause I thought that too but mom told me how they are REALLY born", of course she was being a brat and wouldn't tell him what I had told her, so he kept calling her a liar she finally gave in and whispered to Kaleb how babies are born his response "now that's just gross!" we told him that's why we hadn't told him, he agreed that was a good idea and " I'm gonna pretend ya just poop them out!" apparently that thought is much better than the other!

Kaleb asked me if we could "name the baby a boy name, even though she's a girl, that way I can pretend it's a brother"

Ellie loves to lay her head on my growing belly the other day the baby kicked hard enough for Ellie to feel it she sat up looked at my tummy and said "ooohh I don't like that!" then she put her mouth right up to my belly and yelled "STOP IT RIGHT NOW BABY!"

After an episode of morning sickness Ellie asked what was wrong I told her it was because of the baby, she patted my tummy and said softly "baby stop make momma sick that's not nice."

Kaleb tells people "my mom has an alien in her tummy"

Ok so those are just some of the things they have said, at least the ones I can remember, they crack me up they are definitely making things more fun and interesting with this baby.

Well Checks

All 3 kids had their well checks today! Yes I actually scheduled them all at the same time, I prefer it that way verses going in 3 separate times with in a couple of months. Anyway  they all did really well, the Doc used Ryne as an example to the other kids he had them all sitting in a row on the table I just had to snap a pic.

Kaleb was well Kaleb and had a hard time sitting still but his Doc was so good and patient with him. The Doc made the kids feel so relaxed, he had them laughing and giggling before they new it the appointment was over! They all cheered when they heard they didn't have to have shots, Kaleb was actually a little disappointed when I asked him why he told me "I wanted to be brave for my girls" but he got over it when he got a sticker.

Ok so here are their stats

Ryne weighs 48 lbs and is 49 1/4" tall, I think they said she was in like the 35% for her weight and like 90% for her height(no surprise there) I can't remember I was a little distracted with Kaleb when the Doc was tellin me.

Kaleb weighs 43 lbs and is 45 1/2" tall, he was right in the middle across the board percentage wise.

Ellie weighed in at 30 lbs and she is 36 1/2" tall, I have no idea where she is percentage wise, cause by this time I was trying to keep Kaleb out of the drawers!

 I talked to the Doc about putting Kaleb on some ADHD medication,Dana and I talked about medication when Kaleb was first diagnosed we really wanted to try and stay away from meds, we started using essential oils which were helping but with the pregnancy the smells make me sick so we stopped using them, lately Kaleb has been coming home crying and upset when you talk to him this is what he would say " I'm just a stupid, idiot", "I'm just a dummy dummy head", "I'm a stupid dumb boy cause every noise bothers me" I tell it's heart wrenching to hear your child say such things about himself, the really sad part is he has himself convinced that he "just isn't smart" when the fact is he's brilliant! So we re-visited the idea of meds and looked into it a little more and decided we needed to do what's best for Kaleb and got a prescription today. We shall see how he does with it, I'm hoping we see good result and hopefully after the baby comes we will be able to go back to the oils. We've talked to him about it and he likes the idea of being able to "focus and not have everything bother me", but we have also made sure to talk to him about the side effects like mood swings etc.. that he may have so that we can all be prepared. I really hope things go well and that we are all able to handle the coming changes!

I'll be at this boutique tomorrow come check it out and enter to win a pair of crochet earrings!

Gonna be here this weekend if ya don't have anything goin on come say hi!

Small wonders

I've been meaning to post a little update about my pregnancy, I just kept forgetting! Things are going very well, she moves a lot during the day, and I am thankful for every little movement. I seem to finally be over the morning, noon and night sickness. At my last appointment my Dr. was a little concerned about some weight loss, some dizzy spells I had been having and I was also dehydrated, I just couldn't keep anything down even water. He had already given me some zophran but it didn't seem to really help so I stopped taking it, and I tried every home remedy out there to stop the sickness nothing helped. My Dr. tested me for anemia, and I figured I would test positive for it cause I have always struggled with it during my pregnancies, sure enough that is one of the problems and it could be a reason for the dizzy spells as well, my iron level was really low. I have never been able to take a prenatal because the iron in them makes me sick, It's kinda a dammed if ya do dammed if ya don't kind of deal. Anyway he did up my dose of zophran, and basically put me on an all greens diet to get the iron levels back up, and told me to drink lot's and lot's of Gatorade or powerade, to help keep me hydrated, I also went out and bought some kids vitamins with extra iron (that's what I did with the other kids I just ran out and never got more and boy did I pay for it!). I am happy to report I haven't had to take the zophran in a week, I am full of energy and the whole "nesting" thing has kicked in, seriously I have been cleaning like a mad woman!

The kids have wanted to be involved with this pregnancy which I think is awesome! We have been taking pictures every couple of weeks of my "tummy" and measuring how big I am. Here I am Easter morning;

 We go on line to baby center, (which is one of my favorite pregnancy sites) with each new week and look to see how big the baby is and what she is developing. They compare the size of the baby to fruits and veggies, so we started buying the fruit or veggie for the current week so they could see about how big or long she is, then we would have it for dinner or a snack, the kids have gotten a big kick out of it. This week she's as long as a carrot. Ellie is always talking about "the baby in yours tummy", Kaleb wants to give it a boy name even though it's a girl, and Ryne is exciting cause we have decided to give her her own room and let the little girls share a room (yes that's right I am giving up my sewing room).


I have been comparing this pregnancy with my pregnancy with Marryne as far as the experience of a first time pregnancy. When I found out I was pregnant with Ryne I was so anxious and excited, scared of the unknown but perfectly happy about what was to come. . With Marryne every little movement was so amazing I could hardly believe it, I kept track of her movements and when she was active and not active. We got a stethoscope so we could listen to her heart, we talked to her and put headphones on my stomach and experimented with different kinds of music.  When I saw the first ultra-sound I cried, heck I cried with every ultra-sound. I payed attention to EVERYTHING, it was such a magical experience.Don't get me wrong I was excited about my other kiddos too it's just that I didn't notice every little thing, the experience wasn't new to me. With the first miscarriage I never got to feel movement, with the second one I had just started to experience movement when we lost him. I had yearned to feel a baby moving and thriving inside me it just wasn't happening.

When I discovered I was pregnant again, I'll be honest I was terrified my reaction when I read the results was " you have to be freaking kidding me!", I had wanted the results to be positive many times before this and they weren't so I had finally put it out of my mind, so I wasn't expecting a positive result. Anyway I didn't know exactly what to feel, I was happy and sad and scared all at once, it's all I could think about I was an emotional wreck. When I told Dana my fears subsided a little bit, but I was still worried. I was 14 weeks when I went to my first Dr. appointment and boy was I TERRIFIED. I had been sick the entire time, I still felt pregnant but I wasn't convinced, I needed to hear a heartbeat. I had Dana go with me I was so scared that I wasn't going to hear anything, and with good reason I was 14 weeks when we lost the last baby. I held my breath, and gripped Dana's hand as tight as I could, they found a heartbeat almost immediately, I let out my breath and started crying, the nurse was very sympathetic and understood my emotions. I had been praying since the day I found out that I would know that everything was ok, at that point it had mostly been all day sickness I have never been so thankful to be sick! I started really feeling movements around 18 weeks but they were still hard to discern. Now at 22 weeks I am feeling every little movement, and it's been amazing I am in awe with every little kick. The kids love to sing to her, they love to rub and kiss my belly they can't wait till the movements are strong enough so they can feel it too. I cried at the ultra-sound I was so relieved that she was ok. I have often had the thought that it feels like I am pregnant for the first time again, I have the same feelings and concerns, and I anticipating every little thing. I've realized what a miracle carrying a child really is, I mean I have known this but now I feel it with every fiber of my being. Just to get pregnant is a miracle, everything has to be just right for it to happen, and then to carry full term is an even more amazing miracle, having a baby isn't anything to take lightly. I am so thankful to my Father in Heaven that we are being blessed with this tiny little miracle.