Bumpdates: Baby 2: Week 31

How Far Along:
31 Weeks 

Size of baby:
a Pineapple, appropriately stabby

Total Weight Gain:
15lbs

Stretch Marks: 

Nothing that wasn't Addison induced

Maternity Clothes:
yes...the belly taketh over.

Gender:
It's a BOY!

Movement:
Lots.  Lots and lots of painful movement.  This kid is hanging out way way lower than Addison did.  And while I try to not be too much of a complainer, OMG he's killing me.  Like I'm supposed to keep this up for 9 more weeks...psh.

Sleep:
Definitely not sleeping well anymore.  Awake too many times to pee, can't get comfortable because my hips are killing me.

What I miss:
the ability to do ANYTHING without feeling like I just ran somewhere, bending over is painful not just difficult to do and stairs are like murder!

Food Cravings:    
nothing in particular but it was Christmas so I just ate everything!  

Food Aversions: 
notta

Symptoms:
See above complaining :)  

Best Moment This Week:

Christmas with a 3 year old, so much fun to watch her open presents.  Her expressions were awesome "oh my God, I lobe it!" "Just what I always wanted for Christmas!" etc., etc.

What I’m looking forward to: 

the next week off of work...sweet sweet vacation!

Bumpdates: Baby 2: Week 30

How Far Along:
30 Weeks 

Size of baby:
A Cucumber, how do you go from a round squash to a cucumber?  

Total Weight Gain:
13lbs

Stretch Marks: 

Nothing that wasn't Addison induced

Maternity Clothes:
yes...the belly taketh over.

Gender:
It's a BOY!

Movement:
Lots of painful kicks to my bits.  Kid is vicious, Addison was all up in my ribs for months, he seems to be trying kicking/punching his way out.  

Sleep:
I learned the hard way this week pregnant ladies need more than 2 shitty hours of sleep at night.  OH MAN.  Other than Monday night, wake ups have definitely been more common and finding the comfortable spot harder.

What I miss:
Not having aches and pains somewhere at all times.  Ah yes, the last 10 weeks of torture are upon me.

Food Cravings:    
nothing in particular this week, Just the usual, you have food I'll eat it.

Food Aversions: 
notta

Symptoms:
Hip pain still, the lovely night time leg cramps that I managed to avoid almost completely last time.  Getting tired faster/more easily.

Best Moment This Week:

When we went to the Monday night football game, even though I walked a TON, stayed up FAR to late and our team LOST.  But it was fun regardless.

What I’m looking forward to: 

Christmas!

Bumpdates: Baby 2: Week 29

How Far Along:
29 Weeks 

Size of baby:
an acorn squash, finally a considerable amount of baby to make up all that movement

Total Weight Gain:
12.5lbs, oh man Thanksgiving and that sweet tooth are doing me in!

Stretch Marks: 

Nothing that wasn't Addison induced

Maternity Clothes:
yes...the belly taketh over.

Gender:
It's a BOY!

Movement:
Tons, he's like me doesn't want to be touched, put your hand on my belly when he's moving and he'll quickly kick you pretty hard.

Sleep:
Since I've been sick this week (and I'm typing this late) I took two sick days from work and slept, and slept.  It was FANTASTIC though I still feel tired!

What I miss:
I've reached the point where I miss the ability to bend, pick up a pencil off the floor?  Fuck that.  It's dead to me.  Bending over all day at work KILLS me.

Food Cravings:    
celery with peanut butter

Food Aversions: 
notta

Symptoms:
lots of hip pain to the point of hardly being able to walk last Saturday evening, I feel like I needed a hip replacement.  I remember some hip pain with Addison also but hers tended to be more overall soreness where I think this is more of the sciatica pain I hear people talk about.

Best Moment This Week:

Santa Visiting see Addison section below.

What I’m looking forward to: 

my recheck ultrasound on the 30th, to double check and see if the fluid they noted in his kidneys at my anatomy scan has cleared itself up or not.  Not one to worry about anything I don't have to worry about so I'd like to know if it's something that we should prepare ourselves for being a problem or not!

Addison:
 This honestly probably deserves an entire blog post on it's own but I've pretty much sucked at doing blog posts about anything but being pregnant lately so I'm putting it here.  Anyhow not baby related at all- We went to the Parma Fire Station to see my favorite Santa (which we try to do every year except when absent minded mommy just completely forgets about it, as I did last year)  We got there early because we are impatient about waiting in lines.  We ended up being the 2nd people there with a small family of kids ahead of us.  We waited for them to announce that Santa was on his way (on a firetruck!) and Addison and I headed outside to wait for him to pull up.  I didn't take my camera outside with me nor did I think to video tape her reaction because I had NO clue it would be so great, but that girl FLIPPED for Santa.  I'm talking full hopping/squealing in delight making pregnant over emotional mom tear up to see her so fricken excited.  As soon as she could see the firetruck lights flashing from up the road the "Santa!, Santa!, Santa!" screams started.  They pulled the firetruck around the back of the station and then around the building to park and let him get out and she started screaming again.  Too flipping cute.  Santa got out and walked up to a girl close to us and started talking to her, not one to miss out Addison ran right up to him and grabbed his hand.  Starstruck but never one to be shy!

We let santa get in the building and Addison is all "me first, I'm first"  and I had to remind her that there were kids in front of us that she had to wait her turn.  Of course the girls in front of us were too shy/nervous to get up there first so when Santa said "Well, who's gonna come sit with me first?" my child couldn't run/jump up there fast enough!

I so wish that I would have thought to video tape her reaction.  I never in a million years thought it would be so great!  And I'm sure she'll never have such a great reaction again!  Girl loves her some Santa this year!

Bumpdates: Baby 2: Week 28

How Far Along:
28 Weeks, Hello third trimester!

Size of baby:
an eggplant

Total Weight Gain:
9lbs

Stretch Marks: 

Nothing that wasn't Addison induced

Maternity Clothes:
yes...the belly taketh over.

Gender:
It's a BOY!

Movement:
oh yes, I think he's a jumping bean

Sleep:
I NEED more, as in I'm seriously starting to lose it and I know my lack of proper sleep is 90% of the cause.  But not being able to go to bed till after 9pm (which is usually damn near 11pm or later) and waking up by 4:30 is my ONLY option so yippie.

What I miss:
My sanity, I knew work after a short week would be brutal but good god this week is killing me.  Tired, stressed too much to do not nearly enough hours to accomplish it all. BLAH.

Food Cravings:    

So hungry all the time. Nothing in particular this week, just want my candy.  

Food Aversions: 
notta

Symptoms:
over emotional, over stressed, on the verge of murder.....I mean really I've wanted to kill people this week.  Lots of being kicked to the point of pain inducing!  Kid is already violent like his momma.

Best Moment This Week:

My mom took Addison for two nights over the weekend so as much as I hate giving up my kid on my free days to spend with her, her threenage attitude lately has had me needing a SERIOUS break.  Unfortunately my free time didn't involve much extra "FUN" for me but I did get some things accomplished at home that I have a hard time doing with a three year old running the house!

What I’m looking forward to: 

Maternity Leave.  So close, yet SO SO far away!!!

Addison's 2013 Chrismas Wish List

I figured since this is the first year that Addison really is getting the whole idea of Christmas and making wish lists I should document the biggest/most talked about ideas on her Christmas Wish List.  It is the most hilarious thing in the world to hand her a toy catalog right now because she will "ohh, ooh I need this, I want that" over everything whether she needs/wants/knows what it is or not.  SO FUNNY!

tops on her list are:

iPad:  (really you are three!!! THREE!!!!  This came about randomly one day when out of the blue she shouted "I know what I want for Christmas!  I want a phone just like you guys!  No!  I want and iPad!"  and now she's stuck on it.  #1 on her list

Doc McStuffin's Doctor Kit:

and this Talking Tom toy:

The rest of her ideas aren't permanent and change from day to day.  Anything Doc McStuffins, Octonauts, Team Umizoomi makes the list.

Bumpdates: Baby 2: Week 27

400th post, this here little blog's been around a while considering before I was pregnant I was having a hard time sitting down to type anything!

How Far Along:
27 Weeks

Size of baby:
A rutabaga

Total Weight Gain:
8.5lbs

Stretch Marks: 

Nothing that wasn't Addison induced

Maternity Clothes:
yes...the belly taketh over.

Gender:
It's a BOY!

Movement:
lots!

Sleep:
not much of a problem this week, waking up more from laying in an uncomfortable position for too long but nothing that I'm losing sleep over yet.

What I miss:
walking for miles without feeling like I need a support belt to hold my belly up!

Food Cravings:    

I've never looked like more of a stereotypical pregnant lady than I did at the Meijer check out this week after work one day.  A bag of oranges, a couple of ribeye steaks, a bag of jelly beans (oh how I love my jelly beans) and parsnips.  Why parsnips?  Because Food Network mentioned them on one of their shows and my pregnant brain just HAD to have them NOW.  (They were delicious by the way!)

Food Aversions: 
nothing in particular but it does have to "sound good" at the time for me to want to eat it!

Symptoms:
nothing too awful this week, lots of low abdomen pain when I walk around/bend over too much throughout the day.  

Best Moment This Week:

having a shortened work week!  Even if it only was 1 day shorter.

What I’m looking forward to: 

Since I was slow on posting this week I was looking forward to Thanksgiving and possible black Friday shopping.

Bumpdate: Baby 2: Week 26

too early in the morning for smiling.  obviously.

How Far Along:
26 Weeks

Size of baby:
A head of lettuce

Total Weight Gain:
7.5lbs

Stretch Marks: 

Nothing that wasn't Addison induced

Maternity Clothes:
yes, I even finally gave in a dug out my bin of maternity shirts...the belly taketh over.

Gender:
It's a BOY!

Movement:
Who knew a fetus could move so much, seriously child, you are supposed to be my calm kid.  If you move as much outside of the womb as you do inside I think my days of clinging to sanity by a string are over. 

Sleep:
very tired this week, and have reach the point of sleeping discomfort from being smothered by belly.

What I miss:
being comfortable in my own skin.  Pregnancy is no joke, now I know why I waited three years to do it again.

Food Cravings:    

yes.  I crave food, all day.

Food Aversions: 
Nothing, if it looks like food, I eats it.

Symptoms:
I've never had problems with car sickness but I have throughout this pregnancy.  Mostly just when I ride in the back seat of the carpool van.  Belch.  Still a lot of lower abdomen pain at the end of the day, and my RLS has started driving me bonkers again.  Will be hard to swim in mom's pool all winter like I did when pregnant with Addison to get some relief.  January and polar bear swims don't sound any fun to me.  Who has a Jacuzzi tub and enough hot water to beach myself in it daily?

Best Moment This Week:

Had a Dr. Appointment last week and got to hear baby's heartbeat again.  Also got to schedule that lovely RhoGAM shot (yay Rh- blood type!  Call me if you ever need blood!)  & the next 1 hr glucose test (what fun!)

What I’m looking forward to: 

Family photo's on Sunday, hopefully it all comes together as planned and three year old is happy to be photographed and doesn't play stinker.

Addison:

May not truly understand child birth but if you talked to her, you'd think she has it pretty figured out.  She's gone from wanting to cut him out (which she still says from time to time) to telling about vagina's and 'pooping the baby out'...yep.  

Also three year old girls with a wide vocabulary- NEVER STOP TALKING.  Oh good God.  Half of what she says I find hilarious and very entertaining but this past week or two, spending a day or just a few hours with her is exhausting.  She literally never stops.  It's like she's a sports caster giving you a play by play of her life.  And when her life stops being interesting enough for her she brings out her imaginary friend "Balishia" (where did that name come from?!?!) and narrates her life for you.  Exhausting I tell you.  Hilariously exhausting.  

Bumpdate: Baby 2: Week 25

How Far Along:
25 Weeks

Size of baby:
A Cauliflower 

Total Weight Gain:
5.5 lbs up from pre prego weight, how is that even possible with a belly like this?

Stretch Marks: 

Nothing that wasn't Addison induced

Maternity Clothes:
Today I abandoned my medium scrubs for comforts sake I'll be rocking maternity clothes whenever possible to work, and the rest of the time for that matter.  

Gender:
It's a BOY!

Movement:
YES.  This baby is a mover.  I stop moving and he starts!   

Sleep:
still no major issues here, only the desire for everyone/thing else in my house to STFU and not wake me up when I'm trying to sleep.  (I mean that in the nicest way possible. Seriously though can't a lady get some uninterrupted sleep?  I ask for so few hours each night!!!) All crankiness comes from lack of good sleep this week.

What I miss:
bending over & still having the ability to breathe at the same time!

Food Cravings:   

All food, in my belly.

Food Aversions: 
Nothing, if it looks like food, I eats it.

Symptoms:
movement, uterus pain (is this a real thing?  I dunno but the kid feel like he is SUPER low which I never remembered with Addison she was all up in my ribs, I'm all kinds of sore after a day on my feet), my left hip is starting to bother me with jabbing pain at random times when I am standing (this happened with Addison also).  

Best Moment This Week:

This past week was a blur of crazy with five ten hour days at work & photo sessions over the weekend.  I'm just happy that I survived it.

What I’m looking forward to: 

Dr. appointment on Friday & a free weekend with nothing major on my schedule.

Addison:
Has been big on her baby dolls all week, toting them around more than normal and telling them that shes going to be a big sister so she has to learn how to do whatever it is she's doing at the moment.  I don't know where it comes from but its major cute.

Bumpdate: Baby 2: Week 24

How Far Along:
24 Weeks

Size of baby:
A Cantaloupe (with vicious appendages) 

Total Weight Gain:
5 lbs

Stretch Marks: 

Nothing that wasn't Addison induced

Maternity Clothes:
Pants for sure, still rocking mostly normal shirts, I'm probably reaching the limit of my medium scrub tops though, not much breathing room left!

Gender:
It's a BOY!

Movement:
Yeppers, kicking the shit out me.

Sleep:
a little harder to get comfy but not losing any sleep over it...yet.

What I miss:
I'm starting to feel like a T-Rex when I reach across something.  As in, the larger my belly gets the shorter my arms feel...  Go-Go-Gadget Arms is muttered almost daily at work.  I miss not being a T-Rex.

Food Cravings:   

All food, in my belly.

Food Aversions: 
Nothing, if it looks like food, I eats it.

Symptoms:
kicking, jabs, movement, a little heartburn and some incredibly fast growing fingernails

Best Moment This Week:

Trick or Treating last Thursday, Addison had a blast and repeatedly told people after they tossed a candy in her basket that "my mom would like one too"  thanks kid!  At least she's looking out for me!

What I’m looking forward to: 

This five day work week being over, I hate working overtime.  BLAH!

Addison:
Currently tells me that she wants to cut the baby out of me, I told her that isn't quite how it works and he's not ready to come out yet.  She assured me that when I have to go to the hospital to get him out, she's coming with me to help.

Bumpdate: Baby 2: Week 23

How Far Along:
23 Weeks

Size of baby:
A Grapefruit

Total Weight Gain:
4 lbs

Stretch Marks: 

Nothing that wasn't Addison induced

Maternity Clothes:
Pants for sure, still rocking mostly normal shirts

Gender:
It's a BOY!

Movement:
Definitely more pronounced this week, and you can feel/see it from the outside also.  Pretty much anytime I stop moving he's thrashing around in there.

Sleep:
No problems sleeping.  none.  I've gotten the body pillow in the bed now to be more comfortable but I still find myself sleeping without it and can still sleep ever so slightly on my stomach/half side ways.  I'm most definitely a stomach sleeper but my exhaustion since having Addison has pretty much cured me of not being able to sleep on my back/side at all.  Used to be awful to try and fall asleep in any other position!  But since the birth of Addison, hell the pregnancy, I can recall very, very few nights where I have had any trouble falling asleep, my biggest issue is keeping my eyes propped open long enough to accomplish all the things on my to do list every night before I stumble to bed.  Someday I'll learn 8pm bedtimes are good for people who get up at 4-4:30 am.

What I miss:
Being able to do whatever without my body saying "WTH?!".  I hate asking for help, the ability to do things on my own like move heavy things/carry stuff/squeeze myself into tight spaces, all gone.  I hate depending on other people to help me.  HATE.  

Food Cravings:   

Give me the Candy!  Halloween + pregnancy + 3 year old to take trick or treating...okay! Oh and no-bake cookies of the peanut butter variety.

Food Aversions: 
I'm about to have an aversion to McDonalds coffee can't a McDonalds employee in Jackson County make a proper pumpkin spice latte?  Seriously folks, remember to stir it up or don't put in 50 pumps of syrup...yuck.  At least my freebie card is full for the next attempt.  Oh and I wouldn't even buy shitty McDonalds coffee if all you fricken coffee shops in Jackson would actually be open early enough in the morning to serve us unfortunate souls who actually need our morning coffee before 6am! /rant

Symptoms:
I talked a little too much to people the past few weeks about how this kid is going to be bald because I've had ZERO heartburn this pregnancy and I had it horribly with Addison.  Well kid must have decided to grow a little hair cause the heartburn started yesterday!  Of course what did I have with me at work?  A bottle of tums that I have been carrying around in my bag for months anticipating heartburn which now equals a fine powder filled bottle of what used to be tums.  Travel size fail.  

Best Moment This Week:

Taking Addison to the Zoo Boo at Binder Park Zoo.  She had a blast!

What I’m looking forward to: 

Trick or treating tomorrow night!

Bumpdates: Baby 2: Week 22

22 weeks, how is this already possible?

Belly by Morning  (taken Friday AM, 2 days after the photo below!)

belly by night!  Good god, how is that even possible??! (Taken on Wednesday after work on my actual 22 week day)

How Far Along:  
22 Weeks

Size of baby:
A Papaya

Total Weight Gain:
3 lbs

Stretch Marks: 

Nothing that wasn't Addison induced

Maternity Clothes:
Pants for sure, still rocking mostly normal shirts

Gender:
It's a BOY!

Movement:
for sure

Sleep:
I should be getting some right now instead of posting this!

What I miss:
This week the world was falling apart on me for a few days, I surely missed alcohol for the first time in my life.  I don't know what the deal was but NOTHING was going right and I was a ragey bitch there for a day or four.  :)

Food Cravings:   

Just like with Addison this baby loves him some sweets, chewy delicious sweets.  Gummy bears, jelly beans, yum, yum.  Though this guy gives me some serious chocolate cravings and I've never been a huge chocolate fan.  (You still won't catch me eating any chocolate cake, but I can't walk past a snickers bar right now.)  

Food Aversions: 
nothing

Symptoms:
Tired, cranky, growing belly.

Best Moment This Week:

surviving a week that I felt like I'd never make it through!

What I’m looking forward to: 

Right now Halloween, I can't wait to do some trick or treating with Addison, she LOVED it last year and I'm sure she will be just as fun this year.  We're going to attempt to go to the Binder Park Zoo Boo on Sunday so I am going to be in a mad rush tomorrow to finish up her costume!  You know just call me last minute Amber lately!

Addison:

nothing new in baby news, but someone got her big girl twin bed in her room finally this week.  She thinks she's pretty awesome and that it's big enough for her to sleep in for a while, in her words : "until she gets too big for the new bed, then I'll have to sleep with Mommy & Daddy in their bed"

Bumpdate: Baby 2: Week 21

So this is a little late but you know, life.  This week was spent working as usual, a Tigers ALCS game for Tony and I along with my cousin & her hubby, a doctors appointment, Halloween costume making for a spoiled three year old that I know and sorting through BINS, and BINS of girl clothes to get rid of.

We had standing room tickets for the Tigers game which meant the whole game on my feet on top of walking to and from the game which really wasn't that far but my body on Wednesday and Thursday surely told me that I over did it.  That is something that I don't ever remember feeling like with Addison, though I also wasn't helping to carry/pick up a three year old around all the time then either.  This baby feels so much lower than Addison did when I was carrying her, which is maybe why being on my feet too long seems to kill me.  I feel like I got sucker punched in the uterus to be exact :)  and all the movement I've felt is like dancing on top of my bladder.  I've also noticed that any time I attempt to carry anything that is pressing up against my belly I get major stomach pains instantly, I don't know if its ligament pain or baby protest, all I know is it hurts!

I had a doctors appointment on Monday, which for a change I had Monday off because I had to work this past Saturday.  Anyway, when we had our ultrasound they found that there was fluid on the baby's kidneys.  The ultrasound tech said it was pretty common in male babies especially and it usually goes away on it's own before birth, that they would just keep an eye on it.  Dr. Farhat re-confirmed the tech's statement and said they would do a recheck ultrasound around 30 weeks to make sure that it had gone away.  I haven't worried myself too much about it since they and other people I have talked to make it sound like its a pretty common occurrence.

How Far Along:  
21 Weeks

Size of baby:
A Pomegranate

Total Weight Gain:
Up 1 lb from pre-pregnancy weight

Stretch Marks: 

Nothing that wasn't Addison induced

Maternity Clothes:
Pants for sure, still rocking mostly normal shirts

Gender:
It's a BOY!

Movement:
bladder dancing

Sleep:
Always want more, someone like to add more hours to my day just for sleeping?

What I miss:
Not feeling like I over do it with the littlest things

Food Cravings:   

no real cravings lately, I'm happy to be able to eat anything now again and not have the food aversions that I had with Addison.    

Food Aversions: 
see above

Symptoms:
Tired, over emotional, hungry, abdomen pains mentioned above

Best Moment This Week:

Hearing the heartbeat again at the doctors office 143, something about hearing it is comforting.  I don't know if its a second kid thing, a being super busy thing or what but this pregnancy just doesn't feel as 'real' it's strange and hard to explain.  I guess maybe it just doesn't consume my every thought like it did when it was the 'first'.  

What I’m looking forward to: 

Another ultrasound, and we'll get a 3D look at that one!

Addison:

Refers to the baby as "her baby" she still wants to name him Puddin' but also is ok with the name that we have picked out.  (Yes there is a name folks, but you'll have to wait to find out!)  When we ask her if we can name the baby _____ she says "No Puddin!", but if you ask her what other name she likes for the baby she'll tell you she likes the name we've picked.  I mean she can call him Puddin' for his whole life if she really wants to, I'm sure when he's 16 he'll love it.

Half Baked: The Baby Edition Bumpdates: baby 2: Week 20

How Far Along:  
20 Weeks

Size of baby:
A Banana

Total Weight Gain:
I think my scale is broken because I keep eating and eating and yet I continue to weigh less than the day I found out I was pregnant.  Still down a little over a pound.

Stretch Marks: 

Nothing that wasn't Addison induced

Maternity Clothes:
Give me all the maternity clothes!

Gender:
It's a BOY!

Movement:
yes

Sleep:
Still sleep deprived but now that I'm not popping codeine laden Tylenol every 4 or so hours I definitely stopped feeling like the walking dead.

What I miss:
starting to feel that "I over did it" feeling when I go on a cleaning mission or have a long day at work.  I hate the way pregnancy can kick your ass!

Food Cravings:   

Back on my candy kick, gummy bears, jelly beans, starburst.  This kid loves apple juice & all things dairy.  

Food Aversions: 
Nothing anymore, I had them so bad with Addison so it's nice to still be able to eat chicken this time

Symptoms:
a belly with a baby in it.  

Best Moment This Week:

shopping for baby clothes (I have an addiction)

What I’m looking forward to: 

Dr. Appointment on Monday, where I'm sure I'll be told to gain weight but I swear I am eating everything in sight already!

Addison:

Is going to be very upset with us when we don't name this baby Puddin' she's dead set on it.  Good news for her, we can't agree on anything so Puddin is the only sure thing.

Bumpdates: Baby 2: Week 19

How Far Along:  
19 Weeks

Size of baby:
A Mango

Total Weight Gain:
still -1 lbs, I'll take making it almost 1/2 way with no weight gain (thank you morning sickness & wisdom teeth for that)

Stretch Marks: 

Nothing that wasn't Addison induced

Maternity Clothes:
Give me all the maternity clothes!

Gender:
It's a BOY!

Movement:
yes

Sleep:
not getting enough, hopefully now that I got this bothersome wisdom tooth out of my head once it's had a few days to heal I can get back to normal!

What I miss:
again, I miss feeling good.  I feel like a sack of blah!  I'm attributing it to the mouth pain which is kind of the worse thing in the entire world.

Food Cravings:   

I've been a Popsicle addict because of my mouth hurting but I did discover the airheads flavored ones and they are delicious!  

Food Aversions: 
nothing, but I sure get full faster than normal.  I get what I would normally eat and can't even put away half of it some days and I feel stuffed!

Symptoms:
aside from the random round ligament pain I'd say my mouth took over any noticeable pregnancy symptoms this week!  

Best Moment This Week:

We got to see the baby on ultrasound (I HATE that they don't do early ultrasounds around here, its so much more comforting to actually see a little fetus kicking around in there)  and found out it's a boy.

What I’m looking forward to: 

Picking out a name. Ok not the actual picking out of the name but once we agree on SOMETHING actually having a name for baby.  Though I'd kind of like to keep it to ourselves until the baby is born this time.  We need some surprises in life.

Addison:
Is very happy to be having a baby brother, girl was going to cry if they told her that this baby was a girl.  She REALLY wanted a boy like her friend Audrina.  That's pretty much been her unwavering opinion since we first asked her what she thought the baby would be.  I took her shopping right after the ultrasound so that she could pick out a blanket (which is her obsession) for the baby.  She picked out a blue version of her purple "bouncy ball" blanket and said the baby will love it because one side is soft and the other is so cozy.  She also picked out an outfit for him.

This and a brown one with farm animals are her beloved "B's"

Baby brothers is blue with dark blue, green and brown "bouncy balls" on it.

Bumpdates: Baby 2: Week 18

How Far Along:  
18 Weeks

Size of baby:
A Sweet Potato

Total Weight Gain:
still -2 lbs

Stretch Marks: 

Nothing that wasn't Addison induced

Maternity Clothes:
Give me all the maternity clothes!

Gender:
Dunno yet, soon soon!!

Movement:
yes

Sleep:
hes been crap this past week with all the pain from my wisdom tooth I'm lucky to sleep a 3 hour stretch without waking up from pain.

What I miss:
my mouth NOT hurting, its been a vicious week. I have an appointment next Tuesday to have this bad boy extracted, until then it's me and tylenol 3

Food Cravings:   

nothing crazy this week, been limited to stuff that I can manage to open my mouth to chew!

Food Aversions: 
nothing right now

Symptoms:
aside from the random round ligament pain I'd say my mouth took over any noticeable pregnancy symptoms this week!  

Best Moment This Week:

Heard the baby's heartbeat 157 at the appointment on Friday and scheduled our Ultrasound! MONDAY the 30th which is also our anniversary!

What I’m looking forward to: 

Monday's Ultrasound so we can finally know what sex this baby is!