A Trip Down Memory Lane [2014]

Taking a look back at 2014..

 

January...we moved into our first home!

 

 

 

February..James was bitten by a dog and we attempted Valentines Day

 

March...we went to Vegas to visit family :)

April...we celebrated Emmas 2nd Birthday and our 1st Anniversary

 

 

 

May...we celebrated 2 weddings of friends getting married and bought a new car

 



 

June...we found out we were adding Baby 2 to the family

 

 

July...we went to the first annual Beer Olympics

 



 

August...we took Emma to the Corn Festival 

September..we found out were having another GIRL!

 

October...Emmas first Halloween where we took her Trick or Treating!

We also celebrated my 27th birthday with James in the hospital for kidney stones.

 

November...we did the annual Thanksgiving Day parade in FH. 

December...Emma participated in her first school show!!

2014 had a lot of ups and a lot of downs. I have learned a lot and grown a lot. Im a little glad this year is over. I already see bright things for 2015...for myself and for our family. We are welcoming baby girl in 5 weeks or less and its going to be wonderful (we hope ;) )  Here's to 2015 and may you accomplish all the things that heart desires! I have big goals and desires to complete this year :) Stay Tuned! 

Baby 2 // 34 weeks

Gender: Its a GIRL!!!!!!!! Gianna Pizza! (no middle name yet, still)

Weight: down another 4; for a total of -18 now...no concern though 

Size of Baby: Cantaloupe

Belly button in or out: innie

Sleep:a bit better this week! Ive gone in 4 hour stretches..but my hips usually kill when i wake up

Best moment of the week: it was Christmas and I really enjoyed watching Emma open everything, that I cannot wait till next year already!!!

Worst moment of the week: I was a tad sick on Sat/Sun over the weekend :/

Miss anything: everything haha

Purchases: we got the crib! It is put together and looking amazing :)

Emmas thoughts:  Christmas is over! My sister will be here soon!

Difference between pregnancies: everything

Movement: on Christmas day, I had a really intense 15 min kick session and it was confirmed yesterday that she is back to being head down

Cravings: nothing this week

Maternity Clothes: both maternity and non-maternity...depends on whats clean ;)

Queasy or sick: just over the weekend

Looking forward to: going through boxes and pulling out Emmas old things to use for this babe!

Baby 2 // 33 weeks

33 weeks...she was stubborn with her hands, but you can see her nose and lip :)

Ughh and she flipped breech and I can totally tell..these kicks in the bladder, not ok haha..i prefer the ribcage!!

Gender: Its a GIRL!!!!!!!! Gianna Pizza! (no middle name yet, still)

Weight: the 4 pounds I gained last week have fallen back off...but no concern from the Drs.

Size of Baby: Weighs about as much as a pineapple.

Belly button in or out: were even flatter this week

Sleep: I go to sleep between 930-1030 and usually wake up at 130 and 330 to pee and my alarm goes off at 530..usually running to the potty lol

Best moment of the week: getting ultrasounds every week until shes here!!

Worst moment of the week: its been an emotional week for our family. So over the hormones haha

Miss anything: bending over.. i wanna just bend in half again

Purchases: this week we ordered the crib :) and I got a few more misc things! I ordered a Boppy Cover from ModFox; bibdanas from MissMollyJuneDesigns; a sparkle puffy bow from LilMissBellaShop and my favorite thing i cannot to come is a personalized blanket for Gianna from AtkinsonDriveGifts!! I got everything on a sale and couldnt resist :) find all these places in IG and most likely a coupon code can also be found!

Emmas thoughts:  I just love how much she is really paying attention. 'Momma my sister be here after Christmas!' She will come and ask if she can give sister hugs and kisses. I cant wait for them to meet

Difference between pregnancies: The past few weeks: I have been measuring right on track with this baby. With Emma, I was always 2-3 weeks agead

Movement: we are running out of room in the womb! Her poor face is smooshed in my lower right side..but I am getting some good rib kicks

Cravings: nothing big this week

Maternity Clothes: just by choice! I can still button my pants :) but when I sit, I feel pressure, so I got a pair of pants for relief lol...and I bought 2 shirts, but they can easily be worn post baby as well ;)

Queasy or sick: no sickness this week! yay

Looking forward to: Christmas!! The last Christmas as a family of 3 :)

Gingerbread Houses

 Last weekend we built our gingerbread houses :) Emma mostly ate candy and broke her house haha, but it was super cute to do as a family. Emma and I built the small one and James built the 'big daddy house'. I love doing this as a family :)

Christmas 2014 festivities [Saturday]

We did lots of activities this weekend!! Here is Saturday :)

 We started out with making m&m pancakes! Made 'sunny' eggs and had some fun yogurt.

 We got ready and headed to the mall to meet Santa! I loved this year's Santa, they had activities to do while you waited for an hour in line. So it was nice for the kids to interact with the games.

 'Momma!!! I see Santa!!!' ----->

After we saw Santa, we stop at the merry-go-round for a ride! We then walked around and went shopping for the day :)...we were gonna do Zoo Lights, but someone was crabby, so we headed home!

Baby 2 // 32 weeks

Gender: Its a GIRL!!!!!!!! Gianna Pizza! (no middle name yet, still)

Weight: I have been up and down from being sick. I had lost 6 pounds over weeks 29-31..but ive been stuffing my face the last 4 days and yesterday at my apt, I gained it all back. So overall, still down 15 from the start.

Size of Baby: Weighs about a Jimica (sure) Baby is measuring according to ultrasound at exactly 4 pounds! She was measuring 31wks6days and I was exactly 32 weeks. So right on. (Emma was always at least 2 weeks ahead)

Belly button in or out: getting flat!

Sleep: This week has been hitting me hard. I will sleep in 3-4 hour stretches, but when I wake to pee, everyone get out of my way...then I struggle for 30  min to get comfortable

Best moment of the week: we got our ultrasound done yesterday :)

Worst moment of the week: Ive been extrememly emotional this week

Miss anything: putting shoes on hahaha

Difference between pregnancies: Still just everything.

Movement: we are running out of room in the womb! Her poor face is smooshed in my lower right side..but I am getting some good rib kicks

Cravings: turkey sandwiches this week! Ive had one everyday lol

Queasy or sick: I was in the hospital last week for a few days, now im back to normal

Looking forward to: the holidays. Im really trying to soak up all my time with Emma and not worry about the nursery, because really, that can wait till the new year.

 

Heres to the last 5-7 weeks!!

Emmas Christmas Show 2014

 

It was such a cute little show. Lasted 20 minutes and we were sweating haha...but those kids are soooo cute. Emma was shy the first 2 songs, all the parents starring, I would be overwelmed too.

By the 3rd song, she was dancing and singing along. She was so excited that she was a 'Christmas Princess', she got to wear a crown, tutu, and a bracelet with bells. I cant wait till next year when she is a year older and participates more. Overall, these teachers are amazing and all the hard work they put in, I LOVED it.

Thanksgiving [recap]

We'll keep this short and sweet :)

 

Thursday Morning, we headed over to my parents house to go to the yearly parade they have! The ONLY parade west of the the Missippi! Someone from our family has been in the parade for the last 8-9 years. From my brother and I marching with the band and now my dad's company has a float and he goes with!

 

Its short and sweet, but something fun we do every year. We then head back to hang with my parents for a bit. After that, James and I went to get in line with the crazies who need to get a good deal. We went to Target again this year and we got everything we wanted and more! Nothing exciting, but its our tradition and we love it! Hope you and your family had a wonderful holiday!! Now for pictures of my favorite things from the parade :)