Week 18

How far along? 18 weeks

Total weight gain/loss? 6.4 pounds

Maternity clothes? Still mixing in some maternity shirts and pants as needed

Stretch marks? None

Sleep: Lately, I've caught myself needing a nap in the afternoon

Best moment this week: Shopping for this little girl

Have you told family and friends: Yes

Movement: She moves a lot before I go to bed and around 6 am

Food cravings: Not a whole lot these days

Anything make you queasy or sick: Sumo :( so sad!

Have you started to show yet: I've had several people tell me I'm hardly showing for 18 weeks and it being the 2nd... I feel like I'm showing, but I guess it just depends on the day and what I'm wearing

Gender prediction: It's a girl!

Labor signs: None

Belly Button in or out? In, shallow, and getting wider... so weird!!

Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy

Week 17

How far along? 17 weeks, 2 days (my due date changed from July 25th to July 27th)

Total weight gain/loss? 7 pounds with boots on

Maternity clothes? I can still wear some of my regular pants if I do the hair tie trick and I'm mixing in some maternity tops for the length.

Stretch marks? None

Sleep: Slight insomnia around 5am

Best moment this week: Finding out the gender!

Have you told family and friends: Yes

Movement: More and more each day!

Food cravings: Not a whole lot these days

Anything make you queasy or sick: Chinese food

Have you started to show yet: It seems that my belly has shrunk a little... I'm thinking the bloating is officially gone!! Woohoo!!

Gender prediction: Our gut feeling was wrong... it's a GIRL!

Labor signs: None

Belly Button in or out? In and shallow (like it was when I was pregnant with Connor)

Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy

Profile with little fists

It's a GIRL!

Being lady-like and crossing her legs

Her little foot that's measuring about 2.2cm

Connor's First Haircut!

I've been wanting to take Connor to get his haircut for a little while now. However, my mom kept saying "Oh no! Please don't!" So, we've refrained. This past weekend when she saw him, she mentioned how long his hair has gotten and finally agreed that he needed his haircut. I searched for a place online and found this cute place called Jellybeans. I called this morning and was able to schedule him at 10. Cameron didn't really care about going, so I took him in while he was at work. Connor did extremely well. I was a little nervous taking him in because you never know how a baby is going to react. He really enjoyed the racecar and the woman who cut his hair was very nice and gentle. He now looks like a little boy instead of a baby. He's approaching his 1st birthday so he has to look the part ;) 

Here are some pictures I took (there are quite a few).

Wild hair!

First little snip!

I thought he wouldn't like this too much, but he didn't seem to mind

Maybe it tickled?

All finished!

Snow Much Fun!

This is a quick post about Connor and the huge snowstorm that just hit. We've been stuck inside since Tuesday and have been going a bit stir crazy! It started snowing on Tuesday, February 12. Cameron had to work that day, so I waited until he got home to take Connor outside. Not much had accumulated by the end of that day so it wasn't terribly exciting, but enough to snap a few cute pictures!

Chipper absolutely LOVES the snow

 

 

 

He kept doing this arm flapping thing. It was so funny!

 

 

 He loves his dada

I was trying to re-create Randy from "A Christmas Story"... but seriously, he couldn't get up

 

 

When we woke up Wednesday, the snow was really coming down hard and it was starting to accumulate. Cameron went into work because the roads weren't terrible, but he came home around 10:45 because they were getting bad. We waited until after Connor's morning nap and lunch to take him back outside. It was REALLY cold outside!! Then, I wanted to take him sledding. So, Cameron and I were trying to think of how we were going to do this. We used and old laundry basket and Chipper's leash to pull it. We didn't have any rope or else we would have used that instead of the leash. Connor was NOT impressed by our attempt at sledding. Either he was ready for his second nap, tired of outside, embarrassed by his parents, or all three! I got a kick out of it at least!

 

I couldn't keep Chipper inside the house

 

Again with the flapping of the arms

 

 It's too cold!

 

 

Cameron's attempt at building a snowman... clearly, he is a man with little patience

 

 

 

 

This was only half the amount we got!

 

 

Connor's first sledding experience

 

 

So not impressed

 

 Mr. Play-it-cool

 



 

 

Thursday we didn't take Connor out at all. He's battling a runny nose, so I didn't want to push it. But, all-in-all I'd say our first snowstorm was a success!



Week 16

I've been really slack about posting these weekly updates. But, I'm going to try to get back on track!

 

How far along? 16 weeks, 1 day

Total weigt gain/loss? Somewhere around 5 pounds, I think

Maternity clothes? I can still wear some of my regular pants if I do the hair tie trick

Stretch marks? None

Sleep: Back to sleeping all night, thankfully!

Best moment this week: Feeling this baby move a lot

Have you told family and friends: Yes

Movement: More and more each day!

Food cravings: Not a whole lot these days

Anything make you queasy or sick: Red meat and Chinese food

Have you started to show yet: Yes

Gender prediction: Our gut feeling is another boy! This is the last week it will be a prediction :)

Labor signs: None

Belly Button in or out? In but starting to spread

Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy

11 Months Down... 1 to go!

Connor Miles is now 11 months old! It's hard to believe that we only have 4 more weeks until his first birthday! I didn't weigh or measure him, but I think he's around 20 pounds. I think he's finally hit a growth spurt this past month. He looks taller and is now in size 12 month clothes. He had been in his 9 month clothes since September!

He is still sleeping from 7:30 pm until 8-8:30 am. The only time he wakes up is if he isn't feeling well, like last night, when he had a tummy ache and didn't sleep well :/ I think he has nightmares. There have been quite a few nights where he just sobs, but he's still asleep. It's the weirdest thing. Luckily, it doesn't bother him too much and he stays asleep.

He's recently changed his feeding schedule. He's only wanting two 8 ounce bottles. One at 9 am and the other at 7:15ish when he goes to bed. I'm a little worried that he isn't getting as much as he needs, but I can't get him to eat that middle bottle. He still eats table food at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. For breakfast he usually eats yogurt and a banana. When I pack lunch, he gets a peanut butter and jelly fold over, a slice of cheese, and a fruit (peaches, mandarin oranges, or raisins). For dinner, he either eats off our plates when we go out, or he eats chicken, minestrone soup, and another food when we eat at home. He doesn't refuse to eat anything, but I usually have to give him his veggies first in order for him to eat them.

He is still not walking yet, but he is so close! Right now, he needs someone's finger to hold on to. Even when he's holding on to your finger, he isn't putting much weight on it. I think he needs to gain his confidence with standing before he takes off. He can stand on his own when he's distracted, but as soon as he realizes he's standing alone, he will crouch down to crawl. He still cruises along furniture, toys, people, etc to get to somewhere. I didn't want him to walk for the longest time because I wasn't ready to chase him. So, I kept him in his playpen with all of his toys. He was content with it, and I was just fine with it. One day, I realized how silly I was being and keeping him from walking. I took down the playpen and have allowed him to roam around the house. He may be walking by now if I weren't being so selfish. We'll see what happens this next month.

He just recently started saying "baby". It is so sweet!! The last time we had an ultrasound, he kept looking at the baby and saying "baby! baby! baby!" It was the sweetest thing ever. He also tries to say "puppy," but it comes out more like "bubby." It's too cute. We recently spent 8 days in Columbia with my parents and they have two cats. Every morning, he would see one, hold his hand up to wave, and say "hey baby!" I couldn't help but laugh every time. He also says "hey da!" Cameron loves this phrase a lot, and I can see why. We're working on "hey ma!"

Connor officially has two front teeth! The first one really popped through on February 1st, and the second one popped through yesterday. We've been waiting on these teeth for a few months. These teeth seem to be bothering him a little more than usual. He has had a hard time getting to sleep when he naps and at night. He's been wanting to be rocked to sleep and then put down. We usually just put him in his crib and he falls asleep on his own. The past two days have been a lot easier to put him down, so I'm thinking we are over the rocking to sleep phase for now.

Here are some pictures of Connor at dada's work!