Week 27!

THE WEEK
27th week
about to say good bye to the 2nd trimester
i will miss you!
Thankfully...there is a newborn waiting at the end of the third!

THE GENDER
GIRL. GIRL. GIRL.
The more I think about it the more excited I get about the fact we will have 2 girls!

CRAVINGS
It is weird...food in general just sounds awesome to me!
I could eat about anything, at any time.

SYMPTOMS
I think she had hiccups this morning.
I had my hand on my belly and I was feeling a very rythmic movement.
Joe felt it also...so fun!
I also jogged a 5k this morning with some serious walk breaks in between.
I have ran a 5k every month since I have been pregnant.
Every month I wonder if I will be able to do it the next month.
It was hard, I am sore and stiff.
It is good to workout though and I appreciate doing it during pregnancy.

WHAT NORAH IS SAYING
oh my gosh...she has been sooo funny this week.
She is determined to feel the baby move but does not hold the patience to sit there until she does so she pretends that she can see the baby move.
She will say, "oh mom, I just saw the baby move."
It is not real movement but she wants it to be so badly.
The other day she was sitting at the kitchen table and I was walking away from her.
She all of a sudden says, "MOM! I just saw the baby move, she is in your back now!!"
Clearly does not understand the concept but I love her effort and desire to experience the baby movement.

PRAYERS
This week I have been praying for my attitude. As the second trimester winds down and the third one is beginning I am scared and not excited about it. My belly will get a lot bigger, the aches and pains will continue to rise and I pray that I can experience all of these things with an uncomplaining heart inside and out.
I am also really excited to meet her...now I just have 12 weeks to finish 2 bedrooms! haha!

Week 26

The Week
26th week.

The Gender
Girl.
Name still unknown.

Little facts about her: she weighs around 2 lbs. and the statistics say she should be around 14 1/4 inches long so I assume she is about 12 inches long because lets face it...height is not on our side!
She opens and closes her eyes and probably has found her fingers to suck on! She might even have enough hair that you would be able to determine the color and texture of it.
How awesome is our God!!
When I lay in bed at night and think about her and how she is growing inside of me it blows my mind. I think just the idea that she is inside of me is just a testament of How Big and Real our God is. What a gift he has entrusted us with.
It is so cool that just sitting here being still I can feel her fluttering and moving around.

Cravings
hmm...cravings have not been as rampant lately.
All food just sounds good to me. I find I get full really quick though because I think she is invading the stomach room a little bit.

Symptoms
My achy breaky body.
Poor Joe...my legs have started to ache more as well as my hips and back.
Besides that I feel great.
I have found a machine at the gym that seems to help me find relief from the hip pain.
It is a glorious machine.
I also have enjoyed playing tennis a couple times already this year but I must say I definitely pay for it later on in the day with stiffness.


What Norah is saying
She is constantly thinking of things she will have to teach her sister.
She will make a great teacher.

Prayers
Joe and I do not take lightly the responsibility that God places on us to raise our children. He entrusts these little lives to us to love and raise up well. I pray that I can diligently and without ceasing raise these girls to love the Lord and love others well. I fully am aware that I cannot change their hearts BUT I have faith to know that GOD can.

week 25- 15 more to go!

THE WEEK
25th week

THE GENDER/NAME
still a girl.
Norah keeps asking, "when the baby grows up will she be a boy?"
genders still confuse her.
Name is still unknown, we have one we have been saying a lot this week...it is a possibility!

CRAVINGS
UDF chocolate malts which happen to be on sale currently!

SYMPTOMS
belly getting bigger.
it is hard to bend over.
I was pulling weeds and playing tennis this week.
Both activities were hard to bend over multiple times.

WHAT NORAH IS SAYING
She is constantly asking when her baby sister will arrive.
I really should get her a calender.
She knows we still have to make it through her birthday, Easter,
mommys birthday, daddys birthday, and vacation before the baby arrives.

MOVEMENT
Norah really wants to feel the baby move but she is not patient enough to do so.
My favorite thing is to lay down at night and watch my belly flutter.
She is sooo active in the late evening.
This week was the week of my NURSING SCHOOL PINNING!
Norah said to me the day of...
"mom, I hope the baby doesn't kick while you are getting pinned that could hurt."
ha.

Week 24

THE WEEK
24 weeks and counting
The second trimester is winding down.

THE NAME
Okay..this is a touchy subject.
There is nothing we both LOVE.
We have read through hundreds of names, tried a few out for a few days...and VETOED them all.
I really would like to have a few names picked out then narrow it down after she is born, but even that is hard right now.

CRAVINGS
I just eat...a lot.

SYMPTOMS
I feel like there are just a few more weeks of feeling "GOOD" before you just cannot wait to meet her and for her to be out.
I already feel myself getting excited to meet her and hold her and love her. CANNOT wait!
I am feeling bigger and the belly is starting to get in the way.
We are going on vacation just a couple weeks before our due date {shhhh, do not tell my doctors}
so I bought a pregnancy bathing suit...ewwww.
All worth it...but ewww none the less.

WHAT NORAH IS SAYING
Norah bought a baby doll with her own money this week.
She is going to learn to change her diaper, wrap her in a blanket, and she is even struggling to come up with a name. She is excited to take care of her baby and learn how to care for the new baby well.
Love her and I am excited to see her be an amazing big sister.

PRAYERS
I am so excited to meet her I just pray that we can raise her well and do what is right with raising both of our daughters.

craft day monday

Today was supposed to be a trip to IKEA but when I woke up feeling gross

with a sore throat and stuff Norah and I decided to do crafts.

Norah worked on painting a cupcake


While I worked on making some clipboards for my school friends for a little graduation present.
At the hospital clipboards are a great asset to have when caring for patients.

I just bought plain clipboards from Office Depot

and made them beautiful!
Then tonight Norah and I played an intense game of bowling
Wii style.
{I had a good game!}


Now I am waiting for Joe to get back with some Icees
{our favorite late night treat and perfect for a scratchy throat!}

Have a good week!

Week 23

The Week

23 weeks and growing
still in pre-pregnancy clothes but probably not for much longer

The Name
...sorry to say there is still no progress on the name...
we don't even talk about it at all.
I think for now we are stuck

Cravings
Pepsi.
I am a coke person, not a huge fan of Pepsi. Pregnancy is weird.

Symptoms
feeling pretty good really.

What Norah is saying
Okay...so Joe works for amazon.com and from his work we get
a Britax {an expensive carseat}So we were at Babys R Us checking out the different brands in person deciding
which one we are going to buy at Amazon.
{we always shop for things in stores then go home and buy them on amazon,
does anyone else do that???}
So Norah sees us looking at new carseats and she says...
{in a little bit of a screaming voice}

"WHAT...why does the baby get a new carseat??
What is WRONG with the orange one I used???"

ha...it was pretty hilarious but she was really upset.
We then explained to her that nothing is wrong with hers but someone is buying us a new one.
Yes it was hilarious...
but disturbing because this was the first in many times she will think life is not fair when compared to her sister.

Prayers for the little one
Continually and long waiting prayer for her little heart that she will come to know the Lord and live her life for Him alone.

Things I want to Buy
this diaper bag from Pottery Barn kids

what a difference a month makes

it is crazy how my life has changed in the last few months. As of January 1st I no longer work at the bakery. My mom decided to downsize her business and so with me graduating it made sense to not work there anymore. Well I immediately worked in my role transition for school 12 hour shifts for 5 weeks!! This was a crazy schedule but I loved every minute of it. In the midst of that I had my last 2 HUGE nursing exams which I am happy to say I passed. Now I am DONE. Role transition is finished and I do not have one more test to take before graduating. I only have two more weeks before I am a:

{The pinning ceremony is Friday March 16th!!}

Life now is totally different. I find myself looking around the house wondering what I need to be studying and working on. Yes...I know I still have the national board NCLEX test to take and I will study for that, but as far as the hoops that I had to jump through for school...there are no more!!

Norah and I get to hang out all the time. We shop, play, go to the zoo, cook, and have fun. It is so nice to get to hang out with her all day long. We also get to do a lot of training. We are currently going through a parenting class at church called Growing Kids God's Way. If you have a 3 year old or older, I highly recommend the class. It is so great to learn how to raise our kids with a Biblical theory as well as provide practical ways in which to raise our kids.

I do plan on getting a job as a nurse...not sure if that will happen before our little girl comes or not, but in the mean time I will enjoy this time I have. I also look forward to summer so we can hang out by the pool:)