Tuesday, October 29, 2013

The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly...

Oh, the many ups and downs of pregnancy.

The Good: 

  • I have to admit that maternity pants are the absolute best! Elastic waist bands on all pants, count me in! You can always eat as much as you want with this expanding waist band. I'm not talking about the waist band that covers your entire stomach, which I think it slightly annoying, but the waist band that's like your sweat pants. I actually wouldn't mind wearing them year round!
  • Eating and not feeling guilty! For whatever reason I don't gain a lot of weight being pregnant and get by eating crap if I want to b/c I need to gain weight! I only gained about 20-22 pounds with Jade and am on pace to do the same with this one. So bring on the french fries, ice cream, and cookies!
The Bad:
  • Raging hormones. I'd like to think my overall attitude is pretty good most the time. I know I've had a couple days that nothing is wrong, I just seem like I'm in a bad mood, but the tears seem to find their way down my cheeks at any given moment. I don't have anything that's going to beat my last pregnancy and crying as Zach Morris crossed the stage during graduation in that episode of Saved by the Bell, but I have shed a lot more tears this go round! I've teared up sitting at church; I cry watching TV and listening to music; I cry watching Jade play and thinking how much our lives are going to change; I tear up for no reason at all! I cry when I'm happy, sad, mad, tired, etc! 
  • Being tired/lack of energy. I'm guessing it's because I have an almost 2 year old to run around with all morning, but I have been more tired this time around. I also don't do the best job of making time to work out like I did last time. I still went to the gym 4-5 times a week with Jade and with this one, I try to get my butt out of bed to work out in the house before Jade gets up but some days that's easier said than done. This morning I did try Yoga with Jillian Michaels! I can already feel the soreness coming on! Working out did help me feel better thought so I'm doing my best to keep it going. I'm too cheap to pay for childcare at the gym, so I find things to do in the basement between videos, the elliptical, and making up my own routine.

The Ugly:
  • Since the throwing up stage is gone, the occasional constipation and the heartburn have to be the ugliest part!! I already have acid reflux, but add being pregnant on top of that...yuck! With Jade, my heartburn got better for some reason...not how this one is panning out at all.



  • This picture has nothing to do with this blog entry, but I can't not post a picture of Jade. This was one of the last nice days of fall I think. She got extra dirty too! Gotta love sand boxes!




Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Big Sister Jade

Yes, that's right...Jade is going to be a big sister in March! We couldn't be more excited to add to our family. Jade is going to be the best big sister, I can already tell. She loves to help Mommy and I can just about imagine how much in love with the baby she is going to be!


Overall this pregnancy has been going just about as easy as the last one. I feel a little more dizzy/nauseous this time than I did the last time. Still at 17 weeks, I get nauseous feelings most days. I seem to be more hungry this time too, but have gained no weight like I did last time. I ended up loosing weight before gaining again with this one. I have started showing more again. I "popped" a little earlier this time, but really didn't start growing until recently. I don't think I thought I actually looked pregnant with Jade until about 21-22 weeks. I think I'm a little ahead with this one, but not much. I also think I've been feeling movement, but different than what I felt with Jade. This feels more like rolling where Jade felt more like kicks. Either way, being pregnant is such a miracle and so fun to go through even if there are days of pure torture.

We have also finally broke ground on our house in Fergus Falls. The weather has not cooperated as much as we would have liked with all the rain we've had, but are still happy that something is going on on our lot other than weeds growing. I think we are hoping at this point to moved in to our home in January. We ended up selling our house in West Fargo to a couple who is willing to let us pay them rent until our house is done. How we landed that sale is still a shock to me, but are so glad that we didn't even have to list our house! We also don't have to find a place to stay until our house is done. Nate and I are trying our hardest to stay ahead of the game in picking everything out for the house. So far we have a dark green siding I think it's called blue ivy, white trim, carriage style garage doors, and windows are ordered. As far as the interior goes, we have decided to go with hickory wood. Our kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities will all be hickory. We are trying to find flooring to go with the hickory cabinets now and looking into stone for the outside. This is quite the process to say the least. We sure do hope that all this pays off in the end and we LOVE our house!

Just had to add one more picture of Jade. We took her tailgating and to part of a football game for the second year in a row. She loved it this year! I think She could have stayed longer, but Grandma Noland was ready to leave :).