33 Weeks!

This was actually taken at 32 weeks, but whatever...



How far along? 33 weeks!

Total weight gain/loss: Still around 25lbs.

Maternity clothes? Yep

Stretch marks? Got 'em

Sleep: Every time I wake up to use the bathroom, I can't seem to go back to sleep for at least an hour...:(

Best moment this week: Getting to spend the weekend with Mike's parents. They came down on Saturday and just left this morning. We always have alot of fun with them and the kids are always sad to see them go. Just a few more years, and they will be moving about an hour and a half away!!! We can't wait!

Movement: It honestly HURTS when he moves sometimes. I've never felt such hard, sharp, painful movements with any of my other pregnancies. I'm gonna ask my dr. at my next appt. if it could mean that my fluid is low.

Food cravings: I've been eating alot of mushrooms lately. :)

Gender: I'm assuming he's still a boy...should I just keep this answer every week? I'm pretty sure he won't morph into a girl! ;)

Labor Signs: A few painful contractions here and there still.

Belly button in or out? Flat

What I miss: Nothing

What I am looking forward to: I'm really looking forward to the 2 day stay at the hotel, uh, I mean hospital! :)

Weekly wisdom: ?

Milestones: Every day is a milestone considering how tired I've been feeling lately.






How your baby's growing:
This week your baby weighs a little over 4 pounds (heft a pineapple) and has passed the 17-inch mark. He's rapidly losing that wrinkled, alien look and his skeleton is hardening. The bones in his skull aren't fused together, which allows them to move and slightly overlap, thus making it easier for him to fit through the birth canal. (The pressure on the head during birth is so intense that many babies are born with a conehead-like appearance.) These bones don't entirely fuse until early adulthood, so they can grow as his brain and other tissue expands during infancy and childhood.

32 weeks!

How far along? 32 weeks...moving right along!

Total weight gain/loss: Still around 25lbs.

Maternity clothes? Yep

Stretch marks? Got 'em

Sleep: It's been not so great lately. I'm so incredibly tired when I lay down, and I just lay there and start feeling itchy everywhere, and the insides of my eyes start burning (I know...it's weird), and I just get really restless. It's extremely annoying...

Best moment this week: My dr. appt...everything went great! I'm measuring right on target and his heartrate was in the 140's again. I actually lost a pound since my last appt. Yay for that!
Oh, and completing his room was definitely one of the best moments as well!!!

Movement: He's everywhere...it's starting to feel like he's trying to claw his way out. Funny story: We were sitting in Laney and Chloe's first karate class last night listening to the sensei go over everything, and this baby was moving all over the place. At one point, he startled me so bad, I actually jumped and made a sound. Only a few people heard me...Mike and I just started laughing. :)

Food cravings: I've been craving chocolate alot! Has anyone ever had the coconut M&M's?? Oh my...heavenly!

Gender: I'm assuming he's still a boy...should I just keep this answer every week? I'm pretty sure he won't morph into a girl! ;)

Labor Signs: A few painful contractions here and there still.

Belly button in or out? Flat

What I miss: Nothing

What I am looking forward to: My weekly dr. appts. Is that strange? I always look forward to my dr. appts. I love talking to my dr...she's so sweet and compassionate and funny, and never makes me feel like an idiot when I ask questions I should already (and usually do...I just want confirmation) know the answers to, ya know, this being the 5th time around and all.

Weekly wisdom: Painting for nearly 12 hours straight will make your feet swell.

Milestones: His room is done!





How your baby's growing:
By now, your baby weighs 3.75 pounds (pick up a large jicama) and is about 16.7 inches long, taking up a lot of space in your uterus. You're gaining about a pound a week and roughly half of that goes right to your baby. In fact, he'll gain a third to half of his birth weight during the next 7 weeks as he fattens up for survival outside the womb. He now has toenails, fingernails, and real hair (or at least respectable peach fuzz). His skin is becoming soft and smooth as he plumps up in preparation for birth.

~Jett's Room~

View from the hallway


The circle wall...that took us FOREVER!



The bedding


I wanted to hang his coming home outfit on here, but since we haven't picked anything out yet, I just put this shirt on here...it was the first thing we bought for him :)

The glider will go in this corner once we find different pads or a cover for it.

I would like to get a lamp or a little monkey figure or something to go on the changing table, but other than that, the room is done!

It turned out just the way I imagined it! I love it, and I can't wait till he's here to play in it! :) It took alot of effort, but it was well worth it!

Just a little bit worried...

It's no secret...my precious little Isaac is the biggest momma's boy in the world. If you're around him for 2 seconds, you'll figure that out. It's awesome. For me. Not so much for Mike. When Mike gets home from work, he likes to chill on the couch for a few minutes, and who can blame him? He's a hard workin' man! I love it! And I'd love it if Isaac would give Mike as much snuggle time as I get from him. But he won't. It's not that he doesn't absolutely LOVE Mike, he just always wants me. There are a few times when Mike is able steal some snuggle time from him, but it's usually when I'm out of the room, or when he's tired.



The snuggle time with Mike is not what I'm worried about though...

What.the.heck am I going to do when this baby is born? I plan on nursing, and along with the concerns I have about Elijah tearing my house up or starting a fire while I have a wee one suctioned to me, I'm more concerned about Isaac feeling neglected. I've never ever felt like this with any of my other children before I birthed the next. Laney was so excited for Chloe to be here...I think she understood more than Isaac does at this point. Chloe and Laney were both excited for Elijah to be here...it was their first brother and all. And Elijah could not have cared less when Isaac was born. Honestly, it almost shocked me how passive he was about the whole thing. But he's never been a momma's boy...he's pretty much done his own thing since he was born, and he's still like that. But Isaac is a completely different story. I am not exaggerating when I say that I get probably 50 to 100 kisses from Isaac a day. And that's only counting the times he comes up to me for a kiss. "Ma, tiss" is what I hear all day, along with feeling his chubby little hands grab my head and turn my face towards him. Of course, I'm in no way complaining about these wonderful kisses, I love and adore every single one! I just know he's gonna be so jealous when Jett arrives.

When I'm working in the nursery at church with Isaac's age group, there have been times when I've had to take Isaac to Mike so I could actually be of some help in there. He does not like me holding any other kids at all.



He's such a sweet boy, and I absolutely hate the thought of him feeling neglected in any way. As far as how much he's aware of concerning a new baby being in the house, I think he understands there's a baby in my belly. I point to my belly and tell him there's a baby in there, and he knows his name is Jett. Either that, or he just thinks my belly is called Jett. ??? I'm not too sure if he understands that this baby will actually come out at some point though.



Oh how I love this little boy!
I just hope he remembers that when this other little guy is taking up some of his time with his momma!

31 weeks!

How far along? 31 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: Around 25 lbs...

Maternity clothes? I broke down and bought a new pair of jeans... and a new shirt...

Stretch marks? Got 'em

Sleep: It's okay.

Best moment this week: I bought a bunch of summer clothes for next year for Jett this past weekend, and I ordered his bedding! I'm hoping it arrives sometime this week, as we plan on painting his room this weekend!

Movement: My active baby is still active!

Food cravings: It's back to cinnamon applesauce again ;)

Gender: I'm assuming he's still a boy...should I just keep this answer every week? I'm pretty sure he won't morph into a girl! ;)

Labor Signs: Still having braxton hicks contractions a few times a day. I've also had a few painful contractions here and there. It won't surprise me at all if, at my 37 week appt., she checks me and I'm dilated to about a 3...it seems like I always dilate early.

Belly button in or out? Flat

What I miss: Nothing

What I am looking forward to: Getting his room ready this weekend!

Weekly wisdom: I'm trying to snuggle alot with Isaac, as he's such a mommy's boy, and a snuggler. I'm a little worried about how he's gonna be once the baby comes.

Milestones: I'm leaking colostrum...I know, you all wanted to know that.



This week, your baby measures over 16 inches long. He weighs about 3.3 pounds (try carrying four navel oranges) and is heading into a growth spurt. He can turn his head from side to side, and his arms, legs, and body are beginning to plump out as needed fat accumulates underneath his skin. He's probably moving a lot, too, so you may have trouble sleeping because your baby's kicks and somersaults keep you up. Take comfort: All this moving is a sign that your baby is active and healthy.

I'm totally boy crazy!

I was laying in bed this morning around 5:30 or so...after I woke to use the restroom for the 17th time...and I got into bed fully expecting to feel Jett wiggle around in there. I mean, he always does when I wake up, so I just assumed it would happen again. Well, he didn't. For about 15 minutes, I pushed and poked my tummy hoping to feel any sort of movement. I woke Mike up after that 15 minutes and told him what was going on. I got up to drink something...all we had that was sweet was tea...and got back into bed. I was in tears by this time, so worried about my little man in there. I laid on my right side and just prayed that God would wake him up and let him kick me, to ease my worried mind. Not even before I was done praying, I felt a tiny little poke. I rolled onto my back and started poking around again, and thought I felt some little movements. I turned onto my left side, and he started kicking up a storm. I was so relieved! Thank God my baby boy is still safe and sound in there.
I honestly am so happy we're having another baby boy! I stood in the kitchen today, and just almost cried thinking about how excited I am to meet him! I literally CAN NOT wait! He's so much a part of our family now. As crazy as I know our house is gonna be, I just can't even imagine not having 3 boys!

First day of school

I'm gonna be honest...I hate the first day of school for my girls. I miss having them here. I guess I'm not to the point yet where I feel free when they're gone all day. Maybe it has to do with the fact that I still have 3 kids here at home (one of them is the little boy I watch for my friend), or maybe it's because I feel like I have more help when they are here, or that I just love being with them and talking about things with them. I dunno...I just know I don't like it when they're at school.

Anyway, enough about me...this is, after all, their first day of school...not mine. ;) Mike didn't go into work today until 1, so he was able to stay at home and watch the boys while I took the girls to school. We walked there, seeing as how we literally live right across the street from the school. We took Chloe to her class first, and she was the 2nd one to get there. Her teacher asked her if she had any papers or anything in her backpack that she needed to put up (which she didn't) and then told her where to put her backpack. She then walked Chloe over to where she puts her name card in the "hot lunch" or "cold lunch" slot. She put hers in the hot lunch. :) They wanted to buy their lunches today. Chloe then sat down at her desk and started reading a book for her morning work. I gave her a kiss and a hug and told her to have a good day, and we were off to Laney's room. I looked back into her room when we were out in the hallway, and she was just reading away. :) Thank goodness we're past the whole crying thing. I can't take that!! It breaks my heart!
We got to Laney's classroom and she was also the 2nd one there. She did pretty much everything Chloe did and sat down to color a picture for her morning work. I gave her a kiss and a hug and told her to have a good day. She was not excited about going until we got there this morning. I think she was ready to see her friends...she kept talking about which ones were in her class this year. :)
That was it. I walked back home without shedding a tear and resumed my normal every day routine with the boys. They will be riding the bus from now on, so I'm happy I was able to take them today!
We went to the open house last night to meet their teachers and to take all their school supplies in. Here's a few pictures from that...

Chloe sitting in the Reading Hut in her classroom

Here she is with her teacher

Laney and her teacher at open house

And here are the pics from today...

All ready to go!

Isaac snuck in for one pic :)

Morning work time

My 1st grader!

Laney in front of her classroom

Doing her morning work

I was anxious for them to come home to see how their days went. They both said they had good days. They answered my questions in their typical manners...Chloe said she couldn't remember anything and Laney gave me details on everything. That's usually the way it is.