Little project #1

I finally got started on some of the projects I wanted to do!  

I had a whole bunch of white onsies 0-3 months so I decided to take some of them and make them more interesting.

First I had to wash the bajeebers out of them and try all sorts of methods to make them white again.  These onsies must've been through a war :)

I got them mostly bright, well, bright enough.

 And then I got brave and I DYED them! I was really nervous to dye them but with a little help from Matthew, we got the job done!

 In fact I liked it so much I did TWELVE!  hahaha  but 4 of them are 3-6 months

 And now I'm doing fun things with some of them like this...

I think they look a lot cooler in person.  The colors are richer than they appear in the photo.

28 weeks

Third TRI MES TER!!

Baby William is now an eggplant.  Information tells me that he should weigh babout 1.5-2.5 lbs now, but I'm just going to go ahead and say he's a whopping 20 lbs.  (Because I don't want to admit that the majority of that is actually my thighs)

I had the glucola test.  I love that drink.  No, I'm serious.   Really sweet to the point that it's almost fizzy sweet orange crush.  That's what it tastes like to me!  But I did notice that so much sweetness kind of upset my otherwise empty stomach by the time we headed to the doctor an hr after the drink for the blood test.  and I PASSED.  No gestational diabetes for me.  Which is awesome.  Because Curt was giving me a really hard time since I like me some candy!  

Also for the first time ever that my blood has been tested I was not anemic!  Yay for Raisin Bran!!!

Cravings:  still cheesey gooey warmness, lately I've really loved fruit, milk (after eating my raisin bran in the morning I usually refill my bowl with milk and tank it), NUTTY BARS (they are heaven), and sleep. haha

I went through the baby clothes tonight and I got so baby hungry seeing just how SMALL he is going to be!!    I'm still having a hard time picturing life with 3 kids and how I will juggle them all day.  Lucky for me I married such a good man and I know things will work out fine.  Getting a little nervous about the Cesarean.  Just thinking about having the stitches in me and the tenderness of the incision makes me a little woosey.  I'm worried also because there's no possible way that the recovery could be as amazing as it was the last two times.  I just can't be that lucky and it scares me to think of the alternative!  The date isn't set yet, but should be scheduled at our next appointment.  Sleep is still kind of difficult.  It takes me a long time to fall asleep and then I keep waking up with restless legs.  SUCH a pain!  Sometimes taking a warm bath before bed helps, but most of the time nothing helps!!!  It's especially difficult now because Hailey is going through a phase where every morning around 4 am she crawls into our small Full size bed with us and says "scuze me, scuze me mommy I wanna lie here."  just like that.  And squiggles her little way in between us so I'm pushed to the very edge.  I am trying to break her of it though.  She has always had this obsession with rubbing my ears when she's falling alseep and lately it is just too much for me!  So I usually say "mommy's too big for us to fit like this now, time to go to your own bed" and I carry her back to bed, give her a water sippie and leave.  MOST nights she'll stay in her bed but frequently she'll wait 10 minutes and start the whole thing over.  Ugh!  as if pregnancy sleeping wasn't hard enough.  Luckily she still takes 2 hour naps every day and I can usually catch about an hour of that for myself on the couch (or actually in bed if Curt is home) while Matthew watches a movie.  My "mask of pregnancy" is getting darker and more annoying the longer summer goes on.  hopefully it fades quickly and completely afterwards.  I LOVE the way Matthew and Hailey talk to my belly as if they already know this child!  At the doctor's office the OBGYN asked if we had any questions.  Matthew's hand shot up and the doctor says "yes?"  Matthew says "uhhh, well I don't really know WHY there is a baby in my mommy's belly, but I am going to love him so much every day!"  I laughed so hard!  I love my kids and can't wait for this little one to join us!

A little more than twenty four!

24 weeks!

Baby is the size of a Cantaloupe?  I always have a hard time with their fruit/veggie descriptions of baby's size.  Cantaloupes are very spherical.  I doubt this little guy is built quite like that.  But I get the point, same weightish, same lengthish, my belly pokes out about that far (or farther)...But really. 

My belly has POPPED OUT!  I love to hear people say "oh you're so tiny" because it just makes my day that they would try that hard to be so nice to me.  hahaha  because I KNOW that I am not.  Weight gain?  yeeeeeeahhhh.  like 15 lbs already.  And it is mostly hips :)

No stretch marks yet, but I think that this kiddo will be my first experience with em (on the belly at least.  Like I said, I put most of my "motherly love" on the hips and buns so they are no stranger to a little give and stretch)

I'm still having a hard time getting my exercising groove back (refer to previous weight gain comment).  It feels like plenty to go up and down those dang stairs as much as I do.  

I am always hungry!!!!  Still loving MEAT AND CHEESE.  And rolls, but that's been my weakness all my life.  Let's not even discuss chocolate.  

That love comes from a long line of genetic inheritance.

WATER!!!  GIVE ME WATER!!!

I am one thirsty lady!  I can't imagine how it will be in August when I am sweating to death.  It is already getting hard to sleep at night because my legs get so restless, which I am sure I can attribute to not enough water.  I still nap whenever I can.  Hailey is in a glorious 2 to 3 hour nap phase and Matthew loves the 1 1/2 hour down time while I sleep and he watches a movie.

My irritation?  Directed solely at my "mask of pregnancy" DANG IT.  Dark spots on my forehead, nose, and cheeks do not make me happy.  I wear sunscreen every day and it isn't helping.  I wonder if it is normal but the rest of me tans ridiculously easy too.  Like frighteningly so.  Yesterday it was cloudy the majority of the HOUR we were outside and I came in with a farmer's tan.  I would be happy if I were still 16 and dying for the "perfect tan" rather than 26 and fully aware of how bad skin cancer can be!

I shouldn't complain at all though, pregnancy has been good to me.  Curt already can't even remember me ever being sick in the beginning!  I mean I remember it yeah, but I am sure it was more mild than 80% of pregnant women.  

I love to feel him kick.  I like to compare how each of my children moved inside of me.  Matthew would push on me and just sit there pushing for probably as long as his teeny arms/legs would allow it and I would have this painful knob sticking out.  Hailey was a slow roller.  She just rolled and rolled and gracefully swished along.  It actually tickled sometimes.  Yeah it got more painful when she was bigger, but not as painful as with Matthew.  I am not looking forward to the last month movements with this baby.  He likes to SLAM fast and then he pauses, and then BAM fast and another pause.  Quick, powerful movements. 

I daydream sometimes about what he will look like, obviously.  I waver between thinking he will be another little Matthew and thinking he will be all his own, because to me Matthew and Hailey really look nothing alike, except their chins and foreheads (I think they look like mine).

We think we have a name picked out.  Well, first name for SURE (we have known that for a long time, like since we started planning for Hailey) but maybe middle name now.  Curt's sold on it but I'm not as sure.

William Crew Coates

I really NEED him to have a middle name that starts with C just because by coincidence Matthew's and Hailey's both do (I didn't even realize the significance of it until recently, we didn't plan it to be like that).  Curtis and Colette.  And since this is our last baby, yes yes...topic for another day, he'd better go along with it too.  Curt's done trying to pick a name.  He just wants to leave it there with Crew.  but others on my list:

Carter

Carson

Cory

I think Carter may be my favorite, but Curt likes Crew better.  hahahaha that's a tongue twister.

Enough Rambling, we're doing great, baby's healthy!

Just a few projects!

I love Pinterest.  I've found some pretty amazing ideas on there for cute things for baby boy!!



Any of these ties I think it would be way fun to make matching with a regular tie for Matthew. Maybe even a bow for Hailey!  They don't mind matchy-matchy when they're little, right?!

 These leggings are interesting, they're made out of adult socks!  Fun!

 I found this tutorial on how to die white onsies really good.  I hope it works because I have a bajillion white onsies I'd like to maybe make a cuter color.  And these felt guys are supposed to be ornaments, but I think I will make something similar for the mobile.  I doubt he'd care if he stared up at pink butterflies and ladybugs, but Curt would be more comfortable if it were manly!  haha  And the sleepers at the bottom are out of adult t-shirts!  I think I could do that!  I remember being so excited that I was having a girl when I found out with Hailey because I really wanted to do so many projects, but I am finding out you can do all sorts of crafts for boys too!  (I still have a ton I always want to do for hailey, though.)

*Disclaimer- I may not get to any of these projects....but I hope I can!

It's a.....

The View From Up Here 20 1/2 weeks

Thought I'd better post my 21ish week picture!

We had the big mid pregnancy gender reveal/see if baby is healthy ultrasound last Thurs!  We found out if baby is a boy or girl but due to lousy weather I haven't been able to do the reveal photo I have in mind. Tomorrow will be good weather I hope and we will get a chance.  Most family already knows.  No spoilers!   Good news is baby is healthy as can be.  Doctor/Bishop Evans told us this is such a boring pregnancy!  :)  Boring is so so so good!

I was ridiculously nervous going into the ultrasound.  I have had all sorts of fears but it turned out better than I could have hoped for ;)

Feeling baby move regularly.  YAY!  Not as much as some I guess at this point but I found out it's because baby's placenta is anterior (between baby and my skin) so that gives it a buffer.  I will be grateful for that as baby gets bigger (If it stays like that.  technician said it could flip) except for the dances on my bladder.  That is no fun...no no fun.

Cravings:  anything meaty, hearty, warm, carby, and CHEESY I go for!  Late night snack I would much rather a big bowl of  lasagna than anything else!  Obviously I rarely can give in to that one (but I have once or twice!).  

16 1/2 weeks

baby is the size of an Avocado!!

Baby can also hear our voices now. We've been doing lots of talking to this little one, especially Matthew. He really enjoys rubbing my belly and saying things like "oh you're so cute little lovey baby! When you come out I will hold you all the time and mommy can hold Hailey"

I have felt movements a few times, but mostly late at night and especially if I am taking a bath. This is such a relief to me because I never felt a single movement with Hailey until 21 weeks and I was freaking out! One less thing to worry about this time!

Although I still find plenty of things to worry about!! At my appointment the doctor listened to the heart beat for a long time with a strange look on his face. When he was done he said "well I thought the heartbeat slowed for a while but sometimes 10 seconds can seem like eternity baby is doing fine" Since then I have had late late nights up worrying about everything from heart defects to the umbilical cord being wrapped around neck, arms, legs...cutting off circulation.

Our Ultrasound appointment is SET!!!

May 3rd

we find out BOY or GIRL

I kind of want it to be a girl but think it's a boy

Curt would rather it be a boy but thinks it's a girl!

Matthew KNOWS it's a boy

chinese gender predictor test said BOY

but that's foofah

Hailey has no preference.

What do you think?

My morning sickness is GONE (unless I forget to eat regularly)

I have energy back (as long as I get to nap in the day while Hailey naps and Matthew is at preschool)

Exercising has become fun again!!! Especially biking the kids in the trailer around town. It is recommended to not bike after 20 weeks....how important is it to follow that recommendation? Riding my bike and pulling the bike trailer with my little babies back there is by FAR the most desirable exercise I could think of. If I'm careful and I am easily able to balance etc. is it necessary to stop right at 20 weeks or can I keep riding until it's uncomfortable?

One main concern still is our Health Insurance. I applied for Medicaid but got denied because our savings is too high! FRUSTRATING!

we're coming up with options to solve that dilemma and going to reapply though.

Happy We Are!

ps my forearm I have noticed is kind of freaky. It doesn't look like that in real life!