Happy Thanksgiving

This year we did Thanksgiving on Wednesday night with my parents and one of her sisters. They have two kids Megan and Ryan who are in high school and college and I loved hanging out with them. It was so fun to have a relaxed night and enjoy each other's company. We miss Megan as she is away at college-but I can't believe this is her last year:( On Thanksgiving we went to my Grandpa's house and had lunch with him and one of his lady friends! She was super nice and we had a yummy lunch. However, we found out that day as well that my cousin that is mentally handicapped wasn't going to make it much longer. She had been fighting an infection and on the way to the hospital to do more tests she had a seizure and by the time her driver saw her she was purple. They got her immediate help, but it was too late she was determined brain dead. This was a huge blow to our family. Dad and Grandpa left Thanksgiving afternoon to head to Manhattan to see her and she passed away Friday morning. She has left a hole in our family and we will miss her terribly. I am so excited for her though as she is now running, singing, talking, playing, and doing all the things she was never able to do here. She also is getting to play and hang out with Grandma-which is super cool!!! I am so glad Grandma was there to greet her.

I have a Dr. appointment on Wednesday and can't wait to hear that precious heartbeat. For some reason I have been having anxiety over this baby and I need some reassurance right now. I will be back Thursday with an update.

15 weeks

I have 2 pictures today because I thought I would show you how different the belly looks in two outfits!!! It is here to stay:)

How far along: 15 weeks

Size of baby: Baby R is the size of an apple

Total weight gain: 4 pounds-I am back with an appetite!

Maternity clothes: Nope-just using my belly band on certain pants.

Gender: Find out in December

Movement: I feel the baby at night, but still not a lot.

Sleep: Sleeping great right now-I can still sleep on my tummy.

What I miss: Nothing this week.

Cravings: This week it has been chocolate malts.

Symptoms: After raking for 4 hours on Sunday I am super sore, but otherwise feeling pretty good. I am still tired, but not completely exhausted all the time.

Cute little cousins...

Today we went out to Grandma Becky's and played with Miss Ayla for a little bit. They both have the same outfit and Kendra and I dressed them alike to get a few pictures!!! Taegan LOVES her cousin Ayla and was so excited to be wearing the same thing and getting to see her today. She however, is in a bit of a phase about pictures and is starting this tongue thing. So needless to say getting a good shot was a challenge. We managed to get a few cute ones. Enjoy.

I will be back tomorrow with my week 15 post, be ready to see a baby belly:)

No more leaves please....

I wish I had a picture for my post today, but alas I didn't think about it at the time! We had a busy and productive weekend. I was finally starting to feel better so we started on our ever growing to do list. Friday we hung out as a family and just played and relaxed. Saturday, we got up and ready to go see Santa. Taegan was about to jump out of her skin with excitement to go see him and tell him what she wanted! We walk in the door and she is immediately a different kid. I have never seen anything like it. She wouldn't go near him or take her hand away from her face. Needless to say, those pictures will be great I am sure. We then headed home to get to work. We painted another coat on the bathroom so that hopefully it can be tiled soon and we can get it finished...fingers crossed! I then cleaned the house like a mad woman before the KSU football game. Which wasn't much of a game-boo!!!

Saturday night we went out to dinner with my parents for my Mom's birthday...Happy Birthday Mom!!! I know I am a day late(her birthday was really yesterday), but better late than never. You are the best Mom ever and I have no idea where I would be without you!!!! After dinner we went to Winter Wonderland here in town to see all the Christmas lights. Taegan loved it and kept pointing and talking about all the lights. Oh I can't wait for this holiday season with her.

Sunday we got up and did some quick things around the house before heading to church. After church it was time to work outside. It was a gorgeous day and that might be our last for a long time to come. Justin put up the Christmas lights-oh I do have a picture of that, but my camera is at home! Taegan got up on the roof to help him and she thought she was so cool being up there with Daddy. I was busy raking leaves and then she headed to nap and Justin started helping me. Mom came over to help as well...and we raked and bagged leaves for 4 hours!!! 32 bags later we were done. UGH. I am in some pain today, but the yard looks awesome.

Have a great Monday!!!!

14 weeks...

How far along: 14 weeks

Size of the baby: Baby R is the size of a lemon

Total weight gain: 0-I am back to my starting weight

Maternity clothes:Nope

Gender: Find out in December.

Movement:Felt the baby the other night again...what a great feeling!

Sleep: Since I have been sick I have not slept great, but that isn't because of the baby.

What I miss: Nothing right now.

Cravings: I have really wanted a Coke Icee all week...need to get one!

Symptoms: Other than my asthma, virus, bronchitis, and infection I am feeling good. In other words I am feeling great baby wise!!!

Best moment this week: Narrowing down the name:)

New baby furniture

Last Friday the USA Baby store in Overland Park was having a huge one day sale-well actually the sale was on Saturday, but they had the prices tagged Friday so we went that day. Mom, Dad, Taegan, and I loaded up to go find some deals. Justin was on his way for opening hunting season-so we were all doing something!!! We had talked and decided on what we liked. We love the brand that we got Taegan's furniture in so we really wanted to be able to do the same for this baby. We also like the lifetime cribs that grow with the child...so we set out to see what kind of sale they had. It was an awesome deal!!!!

The crib-but it is in white.
And the dresser in white.

The brand of the furniture is Munire and we have loved it. It is super sturdy and holds up great. I was so excited that they had an awesome deal on it and that my parents were so willing to get it for us!!! We are blessed.

Also while we were there I was looking at strollers and decided on this one by Graco. It is super easy to steer and we have liked our Graco now so far so I thought we couldn't go wrong there either!!! I'm not gonna lie and say that this double stroller thing isn't intimidating, but I think I will like it!!!
Overall, our trip was a success and we are getting somewhere on my list of things before the baby!!! Now if I could just get my bathroom done...

13 weeks

I don't have a picture this week because I have been sick and it has been the last thing I wanted to do. Promise to have one next week.

How far along: 13 weeks

Size of baby: Baby R is the size of a medium shrimp.

Total weight gain: 2 pounds

Maternity clothes: No, but I have used the belly band with a pair of jeans...ahh the comfort!

Gender: Find out in December

Movement: Haven't felt the baby this week-kind of makes me worry.

Sleep: Doing great as long as Taegan is...still able to sleep on my tummy!

What I miss: Being well and being able to take meds when I am sick....ugh.

Cravings: Still anything grape and a new one is chips. I just can't get enough of any kind.

Symptoms: Nothing pregnancy related this week, just the stomach flu!

Taegan's first KSU game

Last Tuesday we decided it might be fun to take Taegan to her first basketball game. We were playing Newman and it started at 7. She had taken a 3 hour nap and I thought it wouldn't be that close of a game so I would be able to go walk with her when she got bored. Overall, she did pretty well. She LOVED the music at the beginning and she liked it anytime the cheerleaders were on the court, but as far as the actual game she lost interest after about 5-10 minutes. We got lucky and there was an extra seat in between us all so she got her own seat, which was huge!

Cheering away and dancing at the start.
Watching the start of the game with Daddy.

Eating some popcorn and relaxing with Papa Greg.

I am glad we took her to a game-she seemed to really like parts of it. I was also glad to find out how she would do so we would know whether to take her back soon-NO!!! We had a fun night...but won't be taking her back this season. She is still too young.

Halloween 2010

This year Taegan was a bumble bee and she got to go trick or treating three different times!! She went with Grandma Becky on Friday to the mall, on Saturday she went with my parents to our church's trunk or treat, and Sunday we all took her out around the neighborhood. We have more candy in our house then we need for a year!!! Yikes. She had a blast all three times and finally got the hang of it the last day.

Here she is enjoying her orange cinnamon rolls for breakfast with Daddy!!!
All dressed up and showing off for the mirror.

Not real sure about the headband-she never wore it trick or treating.

This year she just dug into the pumpkins to help clean them!

Showing off the finished products...in her panties! Don't ask:)

She would go up to most of the doors all alone...she is getting too big.

Halloween this year was a good time, but now she keeps asking when she can go trick or treating again!!! Oh this girl kills me.

12 weeks...

How far along: 12 weeks

Size of baby: Baby R is the size of a lime

Total weight gain: 2 lbs

Maternity Clothes: None yet-although this second time around I am showing sooner.

Gender: Find out in December

Movement: Yes, very slight movement and not consistent yet.

Sleep: I am sleeping very well right now-except for the 2 bathroom trips.

What I miss: Being able to handle raw meat-I can't even get it out of the freezer...gag!!!

Cravings: Still anything grape, also I have been wanting anything crunchy.

Symptoms: Feeling pretty good, having a lot of muscle pain in my back and hips.

Best moment this week: We had our first Dr. appt and heard the heartbeat!!! Everything is checking out well and I did awesome giving the 4 vials of blood:)