weeks 31 & 32

How far along? 32 weeks

Current weight/ Total Weight: 154lbs- i think i have gained like 7ish lbs since i have seen an OB! not to bad considering I haven't been seen in 6 weeks.

Workout: RI30 week 2 with lots of modifications. I have been worried that I have ab separation so i don't want to make it worse i have been avoiding planks.

Maternity clothes? I feel like everything is getting tight. This shirt even makes me look short and bigger!

Stretch marks? Hard to tell the new from the old.

Sleep: The kids and I currently have a cold to so one is sleeping wonderfully! I have been having hip pain too wonder if that had to do with working out. I stretched before bed last night and that helped a lot.

Movement:  Who needs to count kicks when baby is so active. He rolls and kicks all day & all night long. I just had a smoothie which is prob why he is dancing up s storm right now. A lot of his kicks are painful and have been for a few weeks. He feels so big! My what to expect app says he is about 19" long and 3.9lbs but my guess is he is prob closer to 5lbd. Hence the reason I need to get my but in gear for workouts & stop eating sweets.  It's like he takes his knee or elbow, pushes out and drags it acrossed my whole stomach. I also feel what I think are his feet and knees up in my upper stomach which hurts cause the skin is tighter up there so it feels like he is trying to rip himself out. I feel hiccups several times a day. I feel him pushing out a lot around my belly button too. Sometimes I will cuddle Jerel and press my tummy up against him so he can feel baby on the move. Jerel says baby doesn't like they but he moves like that regardless. I can almost always feel a body part somewhere when I touch my stomach specially when I lay on my back for a few seconds. Some times he will kick or move around my right hip which really hurts or kick my ribs which also hurts. I also feel pressure on my lungs when laying down sometimes and sitting slouched do I can't breath. Sitting straight up helps. I should get my ball out this week. 
Best moment this week: Took Jade to her 18 month check up. She wasn't happy but then again she has a cold. Grateful we will have a dr for this baby now. Dr Wynn seems like a nice guy.

Miss anything: Not having to pee so often! 

Food cravings or things you can eat: black berries.... apples & oranges. CHOCOLATE & COOKIES!!!! pretty much everything I shouldn't have. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: Hamburgers... I haven't been able to eat them since before I was pregnant.

Symptoms: Ligaments are doing ok. Heartburn after eating pretty much anything!

Bloating? Sometimes. My hands swell when I go on walks & then my ring doesn't fit.

Gender: B.O.Y.

Names: Kasen Merrill 

Belly button in/out: OUT
Wedding Ring on/off: On, but it gets tight in the heat. My hands swell when I go on walks & then my ring doesn't come off!

Happy or Moody most of the time: depends on the time of day. 

Looking forward to: Jerel's 27th bday is tomorrow! We are going to dinner with his parents tonight and having cake and ice cream. I made a butterfingers better than whoopee cake! Also looking forward to my OB appointment on the 1st of Sep.

How far along? 31 weeks

Current weight/ Total Weight: Around 153

Workout: RI30 week 1

Maternity clothes? Everything is getting tighter

Stretch marks? Hard to tell the new from the old.

Sleep: Some nights are good and others aren't.
Best moment this week: One week down.

Miss anything: Oh i have my days where I just want to not be pregnant.

Food cravings or things you can eat: black berries.... apples & oranges. CHOCOLATE & COOKIES!!!! pretty much everything I shouldn't have. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: Hamburgers... I haven't been able to eat them since before I was pregnant.

Symptoms: Ligament pain randomly. Heartburn, need to start taking my heartburn meds regularly. Ranitidine seems to work the best if i take it regularly.

Bloating? Sometimes. My hands swell when I go on walks & then my ring doesn't fit.

Gender: B.O.Y.

Names: Kasen Merrill 

Belly button in/out: OUT
Wedding Ring on/off: On, but it gets tight in the heat. My hands swell when I go on walks & then my ring doesn't come off!

Happy or Moody most of the time: depends on the time of day. 

Looking forward to: Jerel's bday is next week.

30 weeks

How far along? 30 weeks

Current weight/ Total Weight: Around 152ish I actually don't get on the scale any more. As long as i am exercising and trying to eat good thats all i can do. I can't not eat treats, chocolate, ice cream... I just crave it more if I go without and then when I get it I eat it all at once. 

Workout: Went on a 3 mile walk and did 1 day of exercising this last week. Hoping this next week I can get the motivation to get back on track.

Maternity clothes? I feel like everything is getting tight.

Stretch marks? Hard to tell the new from the old.

Sleep: Ok.
Best moment this week: Feeling pretty good. Love those random times when I feel awesome and can't complain. The kids and I went to my Grandma's 80th birthday party and everyone kept asking how i was feeling cause it was really hot. Yes I was hot but I wasn't any more so uncomfortable in the heat than anyone else. I was like I'm actually just fine, hot & sweating but fine.

Miss anything: More selections of clothes to wear.... Jerel's mom bought me a few shirts from her catalog which is nice. The one I am wearing for week 30 is one of them. I also have it in blue, pink, and purple. I also got a few larger comfy plane shirts which i love.

Food cravings or things you can eat: black berries.... apples & oranges. CHOCOLATE & COOKIES!!!! pretty much everything I shouldn't have. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: Hamburgers... I haven't been able to eat them since before I was pregnant.

Symptoms: Ligaments are doing ok. Some days they hurt more than others. I had some random hip pain one night that kept me up all night. they just throbbed. I have random sciatic nerve pain i think, radiating pain from my but into my thigh.

Bloating? Sometimes. My hands swell when I go on walks & then my ring doesn't fit.

Gender: B.O.Y.

Names: Kasen Merrill 

Belly button in/out: OUT
Wedding Ring on/off: On, but it gets tight in the heat. My hands swell when I go on walks & then my ring doesn't come off!

Happy or Moody most of the time: depends on the time of day. 

Looking forward to: Jerel's birthday in a few weeks.

Jade 18 months

Wow 18 months! Time really has gone so fast! I can't believe it!

Jade:

Jade had her 18 month check up when we got to Utah. She was 26lbs at 88 percentile and 35" long at 99 percentile. Her head is average at 18.5" 69 percentile. She was above average on a lot of the things an 18 month older should be able to do and average or just below for talking. 

Words she says: Mama, Dada, Hi, yes but it sounds more like ssss, NO! She doesn't say much but does do animal sounds for a few animals. Dr. Wynn says he counts that as talking.

Clothes: 18-2T

Shoes: She has skinny long feet that keep growing. We bought her a size 4 sandle at the beginning of the summer and ended up getting her a size 6 to last. They were big on her but better than the 4.

Teeth: 16

Movies she likes: Toy Story, Leap frog, Frozen, Despicable Me.

Fav food: Chicken nuggets, pb&J, Oatmeal, gold fish, Chips.... yeah not much.

She loves her dolly and playing Mommy. She loves her elephant and puppy so much and goes to sleep with it every night. She loves to wear shoes and will bring them to you so you can help her put them on. She thinks she can do whatever Aiden can do and tries very hard to do so.  She loves to do animal puzzles and I have started her on the ABC puzzle which she can now put some of the letters in without me showing her where they go.

Eating cheetos is hard work.

Jade loves her walks so much that she kept pulling the stroller over to climb into it. I finally just opened it for the kids to sit in it.

Playing with Aiden under the dest.

Just chilling in the pantry sitting on daddy's tools.

She was very determined to learn to walk down the stairs. These were also the stairs she took her first fall when Aiden was trying to get inside the house and pulled the door open too far. We were very lucky she only got a few scrapes on her arm.

I love my Jade.

Packing for the move to Utah. She decided she will climb in and help.

The day that she doesn't like to side on my hip like this will be a sad one. She loves to sit by me in the corner of the couch.

Loving on Mr. Bear at Grandma Neesey's and Papa Al's house. She is so funny with it. She will pull down the welcome sign it holds and give it loves.

Some times, ok a lot of the time she doesn't like to feed herself so we have to get creative. She is pretty good at using a fork... not so much a spoon but she tries.

She loves going for rides on the four-wheeler at Grandma & grandpa's house. 

She got really upset when Jerel turned it off and it was time to get off

My silly Jade.

She decided it would be fun to climb into the cupboard. Silly girl.

She really likes to dip things so that helps her eat.

She has the best smiles.

First family pic living in our new apt.

This pic was taken by Aiden.

Full 

Of

Silliness.

Just chilling on the couch with their Daddy playing on his phone while Jade is on the iPad.

Jade found this cat mask and loved it. I was very surprised. 

Sitting in cousin Aliese's car seat.

Oh baby! She didn't want to hold her but was happy to sit by her. She was really cute and wanted to help with the baby, bringing her Binky to her and trying to wrap her up in a blanket. 

Jade loves dogs. This is my Mom's dog Zeik. She is pretty good to tolerate her.

Come her puppy. She was just a laughing.

Playing on the piano with Grandma Neesey.

 She learned to say No! at Aunt Alisha's house. She was randomly telling Alisha's dog no. 

 She thinks she is big. Cute little stink crossing her little legs while chilling in her high chair. She really likes to climb into it by herself.

Giving Aiden a ride around the house. She really likes to ride her bike while Aiden rides his too.

29 weeks

How far along? 29 weeks

Current weight/ Total Weight: Around 150ish

Workout:This week i didn't do any workouts but did go on two 3 & 4+ miles walks.... I really need to kick my butt back into gear and do my exercises!

Maternity clothes? I am running out of comfortable maternity shirts.

Stretch marks? Hard to tell the new from the old.

Sleep: Ok.
Best moment this week: Getting settled into our new apt in Provo.

Miss anything: Some days i am just so over being pregnant where other days I still forget that I am pregnant. I don't love the looks I get when going to stores where peoples eyes are just glued to my belly as if its the biggest thing they have seen...

Food cravings or things you can eat: yogurt, oranges, strawberries apples with peanut butter & black berries. CHOCOLATE & COOKIES!!!! pretty much everything I shouldn't have. I had a glorious Jamba Juice yesterday!!!

Anything making you queasy or sick: Eggs are gross.

Symptoms: Ligaments are doing ok. Some days they hurt more than others.

Have you started to show yet: Yep 
Bloating? Sometimes. My hands swell when I go on walks & then my ring doesn't fit.

Gender: B.O.Y.

Names: Kasen Merrill 

Belly button in/out: OUT
Wedding Ring on/off: On, but it gets tight in the heat. My hands swell when I go on walks & then my ring doesn't come off!

Happy or Moody most of the time: depends on the time of day. 

Looking forward to: Finding a OB & our Bear Lake day on Monday with Jerel's family.

Aiden 40

Aiden

My cute little Aiden, Please stop growing!!!

Cuddling with his Daddy. Funny little boy.

Aiden has been pretty sweet with this pregnancy. He loves to feel baby kick and move in my tummy.

Aiden loves this little kitty he got from Grandma Neesey's house. He sleeps with it every night and has for a few weeks.

He hasn't really been around a real can before but when ever he pretends he is always a kitty cat. So funny cause he pants like a puppy and meows.

My two fav people in the world.

 Aides found him and Jade back packs while I was packing and they were them around the house.

 My RS pres. Datha brought us blueberry muffins. Aiden really likes muffins.

 Silly Aiden.

 Taking a break while packing. Aiden has been pretty sad to see us sell things and pack his things up. The only thing that makes him happy is me telling him that we are going to go stay with Grandma Neesey and Papa Al or a little while.

Bath time is getting harder and harder for me to get a good pic without either getting wet or having them both look. Last bath in Alamogordo.