Anyone have any good ideas on how to get a wad of gum out of a pair of jeans?
Monday, July 27, 2009
Saturday, July 25, 2009
25 weeks
How far along? 25 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 13 lbs (told ya we ate lots while camping)
Maternity clothes? Some yes. Although I can still wear my normal jeans and a lot of normal shirts.
Stretch marks? No
Sleep: Not too comfortable
Movement: This is a very active baby
Food cravings: Cherries. I’ve gone through about 6 bags from the superstore. Good thing there cheap now.
Gender: Don’t know
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button in or out? Sticking out a little
What I miss: Being able to stretch in the morning without my legs cramping up.
Milestones: My mom felt baby move.
Total weight gain/loss: 13 lbs (told ya we ate lots while camping)
Maternity clothes? Some yes. Although I can still wear my normal jeans and a lot of normal shirts.
Stretch marks? No
Sleep: Not too comfortable
Movement: This is a very active baby
Food cravings: Cherries. I’ve gone through about 6 bags from the superstore. Good thing there cheap now.
Gender: Don’t know
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button in or out? Sticking out a little
What I miss: Being able to stretch in the morning without my legs cramping up.
Milestones: My mom felt baby move.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Picture post
Getting a ride on the boat. He didn't want to get off. He still asks for Papa's boat
Sleepy boy. This doesn't happen very often that he'll fall asleep on me. I took advantage of it.
Getting boating lessons from Papa.
Just chillin. He was so relaxed 
Having a great time on the peddle boat. We couldn't get him off.
He saw some girls on the beach doing handstands. Well of course he had to try the same thing. This is his version. 
Playing with a ring. This was fun for about a half hour.
He loves playing in the sand. Building 'towers' as he calls them, and filling holes with water.
Uncle Rick made a bow and arrow out of wood. They were playing on the beach for a long time. Rick would shoot the arrow, and Caden would run to get it.Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Many thanks/Camping trip
First of all, I want to thank everyone for the advice on my post about Cadens eczema. Right now I’m trying the coconut oil, so we’ll see how that works. But I really appreciate all the help. Having a blog really is useful.
This past week was our annual ‘family camping’. I say ‘family camping’ because for the majority of the week, it’s mostly women. My mom and I, along with 1 aunt and uncle and 2 of my cousins left Monday with all 8 kids. Wednesday my brother and sil came out. Then Friday is when all the other husbands come out. We’ve done it now for 20 years. We left on Monday, and came home on Sunday. We had the worst weather we’ve ever had. From Tuesday until Saturday afternoon we did not see the sun. It was horrible. Granted it didn’t rain the whole time, so that was a blessing, but it was a long few days. Thank goodness we had a camper to retreat too when we just got too tired of the weather. Of course, cooping a 2 year old up in a camper doesn’t last for very long either. Surprisingly though, Caden did so good. I couldn’t have asked for better.
What did we do with all our time that was NOT spent at the beach? Sat around a fire all day, took trips to the grocery store, and ate. Boy did we eat. Definitely gained a few pounds over the week. We were able to let the kids play at the beach a few times during the week. Wearing pants and sweaters.
Caden had a great time with a bunch of my little cousins. He became quite attached to Nick and Jack. It was so cute. They were great little baby sitters too.
My cousins who moved to Seattle 2 years ago were out as well. These are kids who I babysat full time from the time Jasmin was 2, till she was 8. I miss them like crazy, as I’ve only seen them once since they left. It was so good to have them out for this week. Gage has grown into quite the young man. So much changes in a 14 year old when you don’t see him for a year. He’s always been such a sweetheart, and that hasn’t changed. Savannah is now almost 8, and although she doesn’t really remember me all that much, she didn’t take long to get comfortable again. She’s a very outgoing little girl.
Because the weather was so awful, we’ve discussed going camping for another week. Hopefully next week. We’ll go somewhere closer than Falcon Lake. Maybe St. Malo, although I’ve heard the mosquitoes are horrendous there. Possible Stephenfield. We’ll see. I’ll only be going from Wednesday night till Friday because I do have to work 2 days. But we all feel like we got gypped because of the weather and letting the kids spend time at the beach. I’m looking forward to it. I know Caden will love to spend some more time camping. All day Monday we was telling me that he wanted to go camping (or tamping as he calls it) He loves it.
I’ll have some pics to share hopefully on Thursday.
This past week was our annual ‘family camping’. I say ‘family camping’ because for the majority of the week, it’s mostly women. My mom and I, along with 1 aunt and uncle and 2 of my cousins left Monday with all 8 kids. Wednesday my brother and sil came out. Then Friday is when all the other husbands come out. We’ve done it now for 20 years. We left on Monday, and came home on Sunday. We had the worst weather we’ve ever had. From Tuesday until Saturday afternoon we did not see the sun. It was horrible. Granted it didn’t rain the whole time, so that was a blessing, but it was a long few days. Thank goodness we had a camper to retreat too when we just got too tired of the weather. Of course, cooping a 2 year old up in a camper doesn’t last for very long either. Surprisingly though, Caden did so good. I couldn’t have asked for better.
What did we do with all our time that was NOT spent at the beach? Sat around a fire all day, took trips to the grocery store, and ate. Boy did we eat. Definitely gained a few pounds over the week. We were able to let the kids play at the beach a few times during the week. Wearing pants and sweaters.
Caden had a great time with a bunch of my little cousins. He became quite attached to Nick and Jack. It was so cute. They were great little baby sitters too.
My cousins who moved to Seattle 2 years ago were out as well. These are kids who I babysat full time from the time Jasmin was 2, till she was 8. I miss them like crazy, as I’ve only seen them once since they left. It was so good to have them out for this week. Gage has grown into quite the young man. So much changes in a 14 year old when you don’t see him for a year. He’s always been such a sweetheart, and that hasn’t changed. Savannah is now almost 8, and although she doesn’t really remember me all that much, she didn’t take long to get comfortable again. She’s a very outgoing little girl.
Because the weather was so awful, we’ve discussed going camping for another week. Hopefully next week. We’ll go somewhere closer than Falcon Lake. Maybe St. Malo, although I’ve heard the mosquitoes are horrendous there. Possible Stephenfield. We’ll see. I’ll only be going from Wednesday night till Friday because I do have to work 2 days. But we all feel like we got gypped because of the weather and letting the kids spend time at the beach. I’m looking forward to it. I know Caden will love to spend some more time camping. All day Monday we was telling me that he wanted to go camping (or tamping as he calls it) He loves it.
I’ll have some pics to share hopefully on Thursday.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
23 weeks
How far along? 23 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 9 lbs
Maternity clothes? Yup. I’ve started wearing a few maternity shirts, although a lot of my other ones still fit.
Stretch marks? No
Sleep: Getting a little more uncomfortable to sleep
Best moment this week: Feeling the baby move like crazy.
Movement: Yup. I saw my stomach move. Babies kicking the left side.
Food cravings: Peach flavored juice. Wish I could still find the frozen peach ice tea but its gone
Total weight gain/loss: 9 lbs
Maternity clothes? Yup. I’ve started wearing a few maternity shirts, although a lot of my other ones still fit.
Stretch marks? No
Sleep: Getting a little more uncomfortable to sleep
Best moment this week: Feeling the baby move like crazy.
Movement: Yup. I saw my stomach move. Babies kicking the left side.
Food cravings: Peach flavored juice. Wish I could still find the frozen peach ice tea but its gone
Gender: Don’t know
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button in or out? Almost level
What I miss: Still nothing.
What I am looking forward to: Other people feeling baby move.
Weekly Wisdom: Sorry, nothing this week
Milestones: Rob felt the baby move for the first time.
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button in or out? Almost level
What I miss: Still nothing.
What I am looking forward to: Other people feeling baby move.
Weekly Wisdom: Sorry, nothing this week
Milestones: Rob felt the baby move for the first time.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Any advice?
So now that summer is here, Cadens eczema is back again. We've been lotioning up to 3 times a day. I've put stuff in his bath water. Its not helping. Does anyone have any good remedies for this? We have his 2 year appt today, but I know the doctor is just gonna prescribe hydrocortizone cream and I'm not a big fan of using a steroid on my baby. I know about switching to natural detergents and soaps. Any other ideas?
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Night away
This last saturday our little family of 3 finally made it to the city for a night. We've been talking about it for a long time, but it just never seemed to happen. Well, the rain made the decision for us. What else is there to do.
We got to the city at 2:00. Stopped at best buy and future shop to look at laptops and then headed over to the Viscount Gort hotel. I was extremely impressed with this hotel. They are still undergoing renovations, but it didn't affect us at all. The rooms were very clean. There was a mini fridge, and a little counter. Bonus.
The pool was awesome. The water was a perfect temperature. They had a waterslide, kiddy pool and hot tub.
We discovered what a fish our little man is. Unbelievable. His first time down the water slide was with Rob. Everytime after that, one of us took him up, while the other waited at the bottom to catch him. I'm sure he went down the slide 60 times during our 3 visits to the pool. He also loved jumping into the pool, as you see in the picture. He definitely went under too. He must hold his breath cause he sure didn't choke on water. He had a great time in the kiddie pool as well.
We had supper at Mongo's on Saturday. Such a treat. That has got to be one of my favorite restaurants. Sunday we had our complimentary breakfast at the hotel restaurant, then went swimming one last time and packed up. Stopped at the Olive Garden for a delicious lunch of salad and soup and then headed to the mall. By the time we got there Caden had fallen asleep. See he only went to bed at 10:30 the night before and was still awake at 6:45. I thought with all the swimming he'd done, he'd sleep longer. But no. Oh well. So anyway, we decided to skip the mall and head for home.
What a great time we had. Normally things like this are saved for Winter, but I sure am glad we went. Its nice to have some uninterupted family time sometimes.
Here he is, coming down the water slide. Such a big boy
We got to the city at 2:00. Stopped at best buy and future shop to look at laptops and then headed over to the Viscount Gort hotel. I was extremely impressed with this hotel. They are still undergoing renovations, but it didn't affect us at all. The rooms were very clean. There was a mini fridge, and a little counter. Bonus.
The pool was awesome. The water was a perfect temperature. They had a waterslide, kiddy pool and hot tub.
We discovered what a fish our little man is. Unbelievable. His first time down the water slide was with Rob. Everytime after that, one of us took him up, while the other waited at the bottom to catch him. I'm sure he went down the slide 60 times during our 3 visits to the pool. He also loved jumping into the pool, as you see in the picture. He definitely went under too. He must hold his breath cause he sure didn't choke on water. He had a great time in the kiddie pool as well.
We had supper at Mongo's on Saturday. Such a treat. That has got to be one of my favorite restaurants. Sunday we had our complimentary breakfast at the hotel restaurant, then went swimming one last time and packed up. Stopped at the Olive Garden for a delicious lunch of salad and soup and then headed to the mall. By the time we got there Caden had fallen asleep. See he only went to bed at 10:30 the night before and was still awake at 6:45. I thought with all the swimming he'd done, he'd sleep longer. But no. Oh well. So anyway, we decided to skip the mall and head for home.
What a great time we had. Normally things like this are saved for Winter, but I sure am glad we went. Its nice to have some uninterupted family time sometimes.
Here he is, coming down the water slide. Such a big boy
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Must see
On Tuesday night, Rob and I, along with my brother and sil Rick and Amy went to see 'The Proposal'. What an awesome movie. It was almost 2 hours long, but for me it coulda been longer. There were funny parts, a few minor sad parts and so many other good parts. I loved loved loved it. Definitely one I will buy. Doesn't hurt that Ryan Reynolds is a cutie patootie, and I've always loved Sandra Bullock.
If you've seen it, let me know what you thought.
If you haven't, go see it and then let me know what you thought. :-)
If you've seen it, let me know what you thought.
If you haven't, go see it and then let me know what you thought. :-)
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Just driving some tractors on the floor in the sunshine.
One of the few pics I took while we were church camping this weekend. I was a bad mom in that way. We had a great weekend though. It was so super hot. Caden loved the beach and the water. I didn't go in the water, but I'm pretty sure if I had, he would have gone further too. He did sit at the edge and lie on his tummy. Little daredevil he's becoming.Not so impressed
So, yesterday I was suppose to have my monthly doctors appt, as well as Cadens 2 year check up. I left work and had a message to call the office. My doctor was sick, so she asked if I'd be okay to see the gynecologist. I said sure. Won't do that again.
He's creepy. He came in and sat down on the bench. He asked me how I was feeling. I told him everything was good, I'm feeling great. He said, 'you're not tired, you have energy?' I said yup, for the most part. He asked if I could feel the baby move. I said yes. He asked if I worked, and what I did. He stressed several times that I shouldn't be doing any hard work. I said ok, every time. Come on man, I've done this before. Then, he said we'd try to hear the babies heart beat, but he thought we may not be able to because i'm not that far along. I told him that we had heard it at my last appointment. He sounded surprised. Come on man, I'm fricken 20 weeks preggo. Pretty sure I'd be concerned if I didn't hear the heartbeat. Sure enough, loud and clear. He thought it was a really strong heart beat for how far along I am. Ha. But he didn't mark down the heartbeat. I like to know what it is. He didn't measure my uterus, which my doctor always does. Then, before he left, he said again, 'make sure you don't do any hard work'. Grrrr. So thankful I have such a good doctor. Now I have to wait until Aug 6th to see her again cause she's on holidays at the end of July. Oh well.
Anyway, if you can avoid seeing the gynecologist at the clinic, do. He's wierd.
He's creepy. He came in and sat down on the bench. He asked me how I was feeling. I told him everything was good, I'm feeling great. He said, 'you're not tired, you have energy?' I said yup, for the most part. He asked if I could feel the baby move. I said yes. He asked if I worked, and what I did. He stressed several times that I shouldn't be doing any hard work. I said ok, every time. Come on man, I've done this before. Then, he said we'd try to hear the babies heart beat, but he thought we may not be able to because i'm not that far along. I told him that we had heard it at my last appointment. He sounded surprised. Come on man, I'm fricken 20 weeks preggo. Pretty sure I'd be concerned if I didn't hear the heartbeat. Sure enough, loud and clear. He thought it was a really strong heart beat for how far along I am. Ha. But he didn't mark down the heartbeat. I like to know what it is. He didn't measure my uterus, which my doctor always does. Then, before he left, he said again, 'make sure you don't do any hard work'. Grrrr. So thankful I have such a good doctor. Now I have to wait until Aug 6th to see her again cause she's on holidays at the end of July. Oh well.
Anyway, if you can avoid seeing the gynecologist at the clinic, do. He's wierd.
20 weeks
How far along? 20 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 6-7 lbs depending on the day
Maternity clothes? Yup, maternity capris and shorts. My jeans still fit.
Stretch marks? No
Sleep: I can still sleep on my stomach
Best moment this week: Feeling pregnant. I no longer feel like people will think I might be pregnant. Its for sure.
Movement: Yup. I think I can feel it from the outside
Food cravings: Pickles. I know, so stereotypical.
Gender: Chinese calendar on todaysparent.com/genderpredictor says boy.
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button in or out? Almost level with my stomach
What I miss: Umm, nothing really.
What I am looking forward to: Ultrasound coming up on Friday.
Weekly Wisdom: Why don’t we wear pants with elastic tops all the time. So comfy. And you don’t have to bother with zippers and buttons.
Milestones: Starting with maternity clothes.
Total weight gain/loss: 6-7 lbs depending on the day
Maternity clothes? Yup, maternity capris and shorts. My jeans still fit.
Stretch marks? No
Sleep: I can still sleep on my stomach
Best moment this week: Feeling pregnant. I no longer feel like people will think I might be pregnant. Its for sure.
Movement: Yup. I think I can feel it from the outside
Food cravings: Pickles. I know, so stereotypical.
Gender: Chinese calendar on todaysparent.com/genderpredictor says boy.
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button in or out? Almost level with my stomach
What I miss: Umm, nothing really.
What I am looking forward to: Ultrasound coming up on Friday.
Weekly Wisdom: Why don’t we wear pants with elastic tops all the time. So comfy. And you don’t have to bother with zippers and buttons.
Milestones: Starting with maternity clothes.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Busy week!
I know, its been a week again. But it was a busy one.
Tuesday-girls night girls supper for Shar’s birthday. Her birthday was in April, but the person planning it didn’t plan it until now. The way we work birthday among the 10 of us is whoever’s birthday was last is in charge of planning the birthday lunch/supper for the next birthday. We started doing this in January of last year. It’s just a good way to make sure we go out and celebrate everyones birthday. Plus it’s an excuse to get together again.
Wednesday-re-discovered my hatred for painting. I took on the task of painting my bathroom. What a stupid idea. I began at 8:45am with sanding. My bathroom had purple stripes on it so those had to be sanded down before I could repaint. Then I washed the walls. This all took maybe 45 minutes.
Painting a bathroom is not fun. So very much edging to do. Plus, I have a very large bathroom, because it’s also our laundry room. I did forget to take a before picture, but I’ll look through some old pics to find one to show you, along with the after. I don’t love it, but its definitely better than the purple. I bought a new shower curtain, because the one I had is 7 years old. Yup, I bought it when I lived in my apartment. Anyway, at 4:30, I had hung the shower curtain and walked out of the bathroom. Its done.
Thursday-cleaned my house like a mad woman, tilled the garden and made 40 hamburgers…why??? Because we were hosting our care group bbq at our house. We don’t ever have care group at our house because our house is just too small. But our yard is huge and we have a lot of stuff for kids to do.
Thanks to my mom helping, it all got done with time to spare. We had a great evening, even though we were in the rain for part of it.
Ahhh, the weekend-Spent time outside on Friday, in between the rain. I was hoping to go see a movie in the theatres, but nothing good was playing. I’m waiting for ‘The proposal’ to come out.
Saturday, I had plans to paint my shed. Went to town to go grocery shopping. Of course Caden wanted Grandma to come with so we stopped in there. She decides she wants to go to wpg, so off we go. Caden, me, my mom and sil Amy. I was along for the ride, yet I managed to spend the most money. Found 2 pairs of maternity capris which I paid $100 for. That hurts a bit since I’m used to paying maybe $30-$40 for pants. But I justify it because I have been buying normal shirts and not the expensive maternity shirts. I found 3 tank tops and 2 dresses as well
I also found 3 bras. I was so excited. Normally I pay up to $50 for my bras. I found these for $10. And they are wonderful. I bought black, blue and pink.
We were back home by 6:30, making wings and wedges for supper. So delicious. I ended up staying at my parents house till almost 12:00.
Sunday off to church in the morning, then enjoying an unbelievable day outside. I lay on the trampoline and napped while Caden was inside with Rob napping. Painted a little bit of my shed, went for a 4 wheeler ride with Caden and Rob and made steak for supper. My brother Randy and his g/f Michelle came over for the evening. It was a relaxing end to a great weekend.
This week is going to be busy. Working today, doing paperwork for Rob tomorrow, getting ready for our girls night mother/daughter bbq at my moms house on Wednesday, working Thursday, and then off to Cavalier for church camping on the weekend. Not sure how I’ll get everything done, but it’ll happen.Enough of my rambling. I’ll try and post some pics soon. Have a great week!
Tuesday-girls night girls supper for Shar’s birthday. Her birthday was in April, but the person planning it didn’t plan it until now. The way we work birthday among the 10 of us is whoever’s birthday was last is in charge of planning the birthday lunch/supper for the next birthday. We started doing this in January of last year. It’s just a good way to make sure we go out and celebrate everyones birthday. Plus it’s an excuse to get together again.
Wednesday-re-discovered my hatred for painting. I took on the task of painting my bathroom. What a stupid idea. I began at 8:45am with sanding. My bathroom had purple stripes on it so those had to be sanded down before I could repaint. Then I washed the walls. This all took maybe 45 minutes.
Painting a bathroom is not fun. So very much edging to do. Plus, I have a very large bathroom, because it’s also our laundry room. I did forget to take a before picture, but I’ll look through some old pics to find one to show you, along with the after. I don’t love it, but its definitely better than the purple. I bought a new shower curtain, because the one I had is 7 years old. Yup, I bought it when I lived in my apartment. Anyway, at 4:30, I had hung the shower curtain and walked out of the bathroom. Its done.
Thursday-cleaned my house like a mad woman, tilled the garden and made 40 hamburgers…why??? Because we were hosting our care group bbq at our house. We don’t ever have care group at our house because our house is just too small. But our yard is huge and we have a lot of stuff for kids to do.
Thanks to my mom helping, it all got done with time to spare. We had a great evening, even though we were in the rain for part of it.
Ahhh, the weekend-Spent time outside on Friday, in between the rain. I was hoping to go see a movie in the theatres, but nothing good was playing. I’m waiting for ‘The proposal’ to come out.
Saturday, I had plans to paint my shed. Went to town to go grocery shopping. Of course Caden wanted Grandma to come with so we stopped in there. She decides she wants to go to wpg, so off we go. Caden, me, my mom and sil Amy. I was along for the ride, yet I managed to spend the most money. Found 2 pairs of maternity capris which I paid $100 for. That hurts a bit since I’m used to paying maybe $30-$40 for pants. But I justify it because I have been buying normal shirts and not the expensive maternity shirts. I found 3 tank tops and 2 dresses as well
I also found 3 bras. I was so excited. Normally I pay up to $50 for my bras. I found these for $10. And they are wonderful. I bought black, blue and pink.
We were back home by 6:30, making wings and wedges for supper. So delicious. I ended up staying at my parents house till almost 12:00.
Sunday off to church in the morning, then enjoying an unbelievable day outside. I lay on the trampoline and napped while Caden was inside with Rob napping. Painted a little bit of my shed, went for a 4 wheeler ride with Caden and Rob and made steak for supper. My brother Randy and his g/f Michelle came over for the evening. It was a relaxing end to a great weekend.
This week is going to be busy. Working today, doing paperwork for Rob tomorrow, getting ready for our girls night mother/daughter bbq at my moms house on Wednesday, working Thursday, and then off to Cavalier for church camping on the weekend. Not sure how I’ll get everything done, but it’ll happen.Enough of my rambling. I’ll try and post some pics soon. Have a great week!
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
18 weeks
How far along? 18 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 4 lbs gain
Maternity clothes? Not yetStretch marks? Uh uhS
leep: Pretty much normal
Best moment this week: Really starting to feel the baby move
Movement: Yup. Its awesome
Best moment this week: Really starting to feel the baby move
Movement: Yup. Its awesome
Food cravings: Licorice
Gender: Dunno
Gender: Dunno
Labor Signs: Oh no
Belly Button in or out? Still in
What I miss: only needing to go to the bathroom a few times a day
What I miss: only needing to go to the bathroom a few times a day
What I am looking forward to: When others can feel baby move
Weekly Wisdom: Feeling thankful that I’m still able to sleep on my stomach
Milestones: Well, I was 4 months on Sunday
Weekly Wisdom: Feeling thankful that I’m still able to sleep on my stomach
Milestones: Well, I was 4 months on Sunday
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Bye Bye suckies
We did it. Monday evening I decided it was time to get rid of the suckies. And wow was it easier than I expected. He didn't cry. He asked where they were and I told him they were gone. It did take him 1 1/2 hours to fall asleep. He just couldn't settle down. He slept through the night, although he was up at 5:50.
Tuesday, he went down for his nap without trouble. Tuesday night took him about 10 minutes to fall asleep.
Then, Wednesday morning, I was lying on the couch and I hear him say 'Sucky'. He comes over to me and says 'Mommy, sucky'. My eyes popped open as I remembered the suckie that fell behind the couch a few days ago. I figured we were in for trouble. I got it out from behind the couch and gave it to him. He put it in his mouth. I told him, 'Caden we're all done with suckies right? You should go put it in the garbage.' Well, he walked over the the garbage, with the suckie in his mouth. He sucked it a few more times, then opened the lid and chucked it in. I was so proud. I did expect him to ask for that particular suckie at nap time but he didn't. He went right to sleep.
I am so glad this went so smoothly. I was a week late from my deadline of getting rid of it. (I wanted it gone by age 2) but we're close.
Next up...night time potty training. I'm a little scared to put him in gitch for night. For some reason getting up at 2 am to clean a pee soaked bed doesn't really get me excited. Any hints from anyone as to how to make it simple...and clean?
Monday, June 1, 2009
2 year photo shoot
On Saturday afternoon my mom and I went to the railroad tracks with Caden to take his 2 year pictures. I am so happy with how they turned out. Here are a few of my favorites. I'll also post the card I made, once I've had a change to give it out to a few more people.
This first ones my favorite. It will soon be an 8 x 10 in my living room. Hope you like the pics.
This first ones my favorite. It will soon be an 8 x 10 in my living room. Hope you like the pics.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Cadens 2nd birthday
The invitation
The cake which I spent hours on. Its not as good as anything Amanda makes, but I was pretty happy with it.
The birthday boy, helping carry his presents
Opening up the coolest present. A t-ball set with a bat and ball. I'm excited for him to learn to play. Thanks Uncle Rick & Auntie Amy. He also got a tractor from Uncle Randy, and sand box toys from Sarah.I'll hopefully have more pics eventually. My mom did most of the picture taking so I have to get her pics.
16 weeks
How far along? 16 weeksTotal weight gain/loss: 3 lb gain
Maternity clothes? Not yet. Almost wore a maternity shirt the other day but I stopped myself.
Stretch marks? Nope
Sleep: not needed as much. I don’t feel the need to nap all the time. Movement: Yup. I know I felt if. I wasn’t believing myself just because it felt to early. But I know for sure I’ve been feeling baby. Food cravings: salad…lots of salad. With tomatoes, cucumbers and either creamy cucumber or raspberry vinaigrette dressing. Gender: not a clue
Labor Signs: heck no
Belly Button in or out? It won’t be long till its out. Contemplating taking out my belly ring already. What I miss: going for a walk around the village without feeling winded…lol
What I am looking forward to: Being pregnant with my friend, Jodi. Weekly Wisdom: There’s something so special about hearing the heartbeat for the first time. Makes it feel so real. Milestones: Put away 1 pair of jeans that are a little tight. The others still fit.
And here's a pic of my baby, being just like Mommy
Monday, May 25, 2009
Craziness
I've been busy. Overwhelmingly busy. Catered the last 2 weekends. Plus I had to get ready for Cadens birthday party which was yesterday (I'll write about that and post pics on Wednesday), and trying to get yard work done, and clean my house. We've really been enjoying the outdoors. Caden loves loves loves it outside, and is happy to be out there, playing by himself, or with Maddy, for hours. Its great. It allows me to get the laundry hung, or rake leaves, or trim raspberry bushes, etc. I'm glad I have a pretty independent kid.
Pregnancy wise, I'm doing really good. No nausea anymore which I'm so thankful for. Slowly growing. I had my first appointment on Friday. Got to hear the babes heartbeat. Wow, that just makes it feel so real. I love it. My bp was good.
That'll be all for now. Come back Wednesday to read and see all of Cadens 2nd birthday. (Can't believe he's 2)
Pregnancy wise, I'm doing really good. No nausea anymore which I'm so thankful for. Slowly growing. I had my first appointment on Friday. Got to hear the babes heartbeat. Wow, that just makes it feel so real. I love it. My bp was good.
That'll be all for now. Come back Wednesday to read and see all of Cadens 2nd birthday. (Can't believe he's 2)
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