Bowling

In celebration of Mother's Day, we went out to eat with my family and also went bowling. We were planning on going to the Baby Animal Days in Kaysville, but the weather wasn't looking great. Bowling ended up being a lot of fun, and the kids really liked it! P2 was really good at it! Both P1 and P2 used bumpers, but for whatever reason, P2 knocked down a lot more pins.

Kite Festival

We went to the kite festival again this year! The kids enjoyed making their kites. P1 made a Transfomers kite this year. The wind was great, but eventually it did start to rain on us.

April Pictures: Part 2

P1 and P2 both started liking "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles". We've been watching the old cartoon from the 80's. Whenever they start liking a new show, P1 really wants to get toys from the show. So we ended up making them earn the TMNT toys. P1 had to not pick his nose for 10 days, and P2 had to stay dry for 10 days. They couldn't get the toy until both of them filled in their sticker chart. We hoped that they would help each other remember. It worked immediately for P1, and he got his 10 stickers really fast. I was worried that he would go back to picking his nose, but he really hasn't, so I call that a success! P2 took a little longer to earn her stickers, but she finally did it and they were able to get their toys! It helped us finally get P2 to the underwear stage.

P2 helping dad with work:

Getting ready to go to a sleepover at Grandma's house:

PE was at a work conference for a week, so we ended up sleeping over at Grandma's house one night. They got to try out their new sleeping bags for the first time. The kids had fun, but I don't think anyone got much sleep. I know I didn't!

P2 learning to play video games with dad.

It was too tiring, so P2 had to lay down to finish playing:

 

So one night, P1 woke up screaming. I went to check on him and found he had fallen off his bed (the whole 3 inches). He said his head hurt, so I felt his head in the dark and kissed it better. He finally calmed down and went back to sleep. Well, in the morning I discovered that his pillow was covered in blood! Turns out he hit his head on the dresser and got a nasty gash on the back of his head. I felt so bad! A couple of days later, after I got out of the shower, P2 came running in and said "P1's dripping!" I ran into the living room, and his head is dripping blood again! He said he hit his head on the wall, and I guess it decided to split open again.

 My good helpers, vacuuming the rug:

P1 loves Transformers. PE bought a couple for himself, and P1 thought they were pretty neat. So now we have a whole collection of them. Bumblebee is his favorite, although he also likes Grimlock and Sideswipe.

P2 likes to crash in the afternoon: 

Found some fun little rocking chairs at Lowes:

P2 likes to cuddle with me on the couch. I seem to spend a lot of time there lately!

 

 

Project 3

 We officially found out we were expecting on January 8, 2017. But I was already 99% sure that I was pregnant. I don't like wasting money, so I don't actually buy pregnancy tests until I'm a couple weeks late. At 6 weeks, I began feeling the horrible morning sickness.

At my 8 week appointment, we found baby measuring over 9 weeks. It was fun to see the baby move around. I got a prescription for Diclegis for my morning sickness, and it works so well. It was nice to not feel sick all the time.

I actually made an announcement this time around. Keeping with the theme of this blog, we announced it with a Gantt chart.

At the end of February, I got really sick for 2 weeks. It's the worst cold I've ever had, and I couldn't get over it. I got an ear infection, and my ear drum actually burst which was rather painful. Being pregnant, I wasn't able to take any strong medicine. Also during this time, I had rectal bleeding and was worried that it was a flare up of my colitis. After meeting with my GI doctor, we decided it was just hemorrhoid bleeding. Unfortunately, nothing really helped stop the bleeding. The joys of pregnancy!

13 weeks pregnant:

13 Week Ultrasounds:

Baby is head down, and you can see the spine really well:

A 3D image of baby:

17 Week Ultrasound:

Once again, baby was head down for the ultrasound. He or she is definitely getting bigger!

I first felt movement around week 16 or 17. My morning sickness went away at week 20. My hemoglobin count was low at week 17 thanks to hemorrhoids, so I started an iron supplement. At week 20, it went down instead of up, so I get to double my iron supplement. My energy has been pretty low, so hopefully we can get those levels up again. Also, I have seen some improvement in my hemorrhoids after using essential oils. It was the last thing my midwife had to offer, and so far it is the only thing that has seemed to help.

20 Weeks Pregnant:

20 Week Ultrasound:

PE and the kids came with me for the big ultrasound. It was fun to see the baby, and it was good for the kids to be there. During the ultrasound, we saw the baby suck its thumb, yawn, and drink amniotic fluid. Everything looked great, and the baby looks healthy and well!

Cute profile:

Baby yawning: 

Cute little foot:

Another cute profile:

3D image of baby:

We are excited to meet our sweet baby in 20 more weeks!!!