25 weeks

Today I'm 25 weeks pregnant. It seems to be going pretty quickly right now. I have so much I want to do before I get too uncomfortable and tired to do anything. I don't feel too huge right now and I'm pretty comfortable for the most part. The baby kicks a lot at night which is always reassuring and I've noticed the baby responding to Gavin's voice and it also kicks if I'm holding Isabelle, my friends new baby.

Thats all I have for the pregnancy side of things but I have some stuff about Gavin to talk about.

Yesterday night while Gavin was having a bath he stood up and started peeing. I stopped him and said no peeing in the bathtub and picked him up and asked if he wanted to pee in the potty. He said yes so I sat him down and waited. Nothing happened for quite a while but he was fine to just sit there and tell me stories. Finally I saw him concentrate and then all of a sudden he started peeing!! He was so thrilled with himself he started cheering and clapping. He got a treat from me and then we called all the grandparents so he could tell them what he did. I totally know he's not ready for toilet training but I'm glad he's starting to get excited about it and I'll encourage it as much as possible.

On saturday Frank took Gavin tobogganing for the first time. It's been such nice weather lately and he loves being outside. Here is a picture of Gavin and his cousin Sara on the toboggan. I have a video but blogger won't allow me add it for some reason.

Christmas, new years and Ontario

Wow, we've definitely had a very busy christmas season this year. Gavin enjoyed most of the celebrations but was feeling very sick with a fever on Christmas eve and Christmas day. He wasn't too interested in the present openings and we had to leave from a family lunch early because he wouldn't stop crying. Frank and I had a lovely evening at home with Chinese food and a movie. Boxing day was a busy day with a lovely brunch with my extended family, followed by a short nap, and then another large gathering on Frank's side in the afternoon. Gavin was feeling much better and had a great time. The following day we woke up at 3:30am and headed out to the airport to go visit my family in Ontario. I always get a bit nervous when taking Gavin away from home because he does so well in his bed and I'm afraid to ruin it. Gavin did great on the flight and to my surprise he slept amazing well thanks to my brother Caleb who so willing gave up his bedroom for his nephew.  We had a wonderful visit with my family. I think what I liked most was how much time we all spent together. Everyday there was someone visiting and my parents both had the week off of work so we got to see them a lot. I'm going to add some pictures but right now I don't have any on this computer.

My pregnancy is going pretty well. All of my friends and a bunch of relatives are having their babies this month and last month which is making me a bit jealous. I'd love to be done with this and I feel like I still have so far to go! To keep myself occupied I've been organizing Gavin's room and the baby room. We installed closet organizers in both rooms so I can start to get things in place. My next project will be to start painting both rooms. I figure that I feel pretty good right now and my belly isn't too big to get in the way so now is a good time to get things done before I get crazy tired and uncomfortable.

Gavin's second birthday is less than a week away and I'm so excited about this one. When I thought about what Gavin would want to do for his birthday I knew that he wouldn't like to have a house full of people and different kids playing with all his toys so I decided to plan something a bit different. We are going to have his party at the Children's museum and I think he's going to love it. We get the use of a decorated party room with a party host who will plan face painting and a little instrument parade around the museum by the kids. Then we'll eat cake and open presents and after that all the kids will get to play in the museum for as long as they'd like.  Since it's been so cold lately we really haven't gone out much and I think this will be great for all the kids to be able to run around and have fun. I still can't believe my baby is turning 2!! Time really does fly.

Well this has been long enough. My next post will be pictures of his birthday party and maybe I'll sneak in a belly shot.

20 weeks and other stuff.

I always feel like I don't have anything to write but I guess I do if I really think about it.
I am currently 20 weeks pregnant and tomorrow I have my fetal assessment first thing in the morning. I always get nervous that there will be something wrong but I'm also excited to (hopefully) see the sex of the baby. I don't plan on telling anyone though because there are some people who didn't want to know and I kinda want to surprise everyone when the baby comes. I'm feeling a lot better but still have my bad days. The nausea never seems to completely go away but I can deal with it now.

We've been preparing Gavin for the new arrival slowly. Although I'm pretty sure he has no idea what's going on, when we ask him if we are having a baby boy or a baby girl he always answers"beebee gerl" with a big smile. We also bought him his "Big boy" bedroom furniture. We didn't have a mattress on it yet but had it set it up in his room to get use to it. He loved climbing into the frame and often would pretend to sleep in it on the floor. When we got his mattress this past saturday he was so upset that he couldn't climb into it anymore. We put up his bed rails and now he's so excited about his bed. Last night Frank put him in his new bed and he went down without a problem. He just laid down and fell right asleep! I was shocked. He didn't end up having a great night in the end and was up from 11 till 5 but I don't think it was because of the bed. He had his second H1N1 shot the day before and he was pretty off schedule and was a bit warm. Tonight because I'm so tired I just put him in his crib and we'll try again tomorrow.

We've also been working on getting Gavin's medicine under control. He's taking seizure medicine and we need to get his blood levels at the right place but for some reason we can't seem to get the levels up. He's had a ton of appointments and blood checks and we are getting sort of frustrated with it all. Since he's been on the medicine he's had 3 small seizures which we are told happened because of his levels. He is now getting 3 doses a day which isn't fun for either of us and he's at his max dose for his age and weight. If we can't get his levels to where they should be then he might need to go on a different medicine which we don't want to do. We find out in Jan if his new dose is making a difference.

Well, thats about it for today. I'll post a new 20 week picture soon.

My almost 2 year old...

Wow, I cannot believe that my baby is almost 2! In less than 2 months we will be celebrating his 2nd birthday! He's grown so much and he is such a sweet boy. Here is one of many many pictures of him with his posed smile. Whenever a camera is near, he'll stop what he's doing and make an exaggerated smiley face. As much as I love it, I realize that's it's almost impossible right now to get a normal smile from him if he sees the camera. This should make for some interesting christmas shots.  Along with turning two comes the dreaded two year molars which this week he is painfully working through. His poor gums are so swollen and half of a molar has already popped out. He cries and cries when it's hurting and he is losing weight because he doesn't want to eat anything. I've been loading up on the tylenol which seems to help at night but I try to hold off during the day which makes for long miserable days. Last night he woke up and was up from 11:30 till about 3. I was not impressed but I know it's because of his teeth so I can handle it for now. I'm really looking forward to christmas this year because he now knows what presents are and loves hanging out with his extended families and seems to love the busyness of get-togethers. I can't wait to bring him to a christmas service so he can hear all the carols and probably sing along. (another favorite thing to do lately) Another thing he's really gotten into lately is building towers with large lego blocks. He'll play for hours by himself building a tower and then knocking it over and starting over again. He is so proud of his buildings and creations and loves to proudly show them off. Well that's about all I have for now. When I have a second, I'll add a new post with a 17 week picture and update on the pregnancy.

15 weeks

I think this picture makes me look bigger than I actually am and don't forget a lot of it is existing fat :) As much as I hate doing these pictures, I do enjoy looking back at them and seeing what I looked like pregnant.  I got to hear the heart beat finally for the first time yesterday. I was so worried because at first she couldn't find it for quite a while and then she made me go pee and when she tried again she found it right away. It was good and strong at 150 beats per minute and I was a bit teary eyed thinking about the new little life growing inside me. I'm getting more excited about this pregnancy now that I'm starting to feel a bit better and getting my energy back. I'm looking forward to finding out the sex this time around but hopefully I can keep it a secret from everyone. Gavin has no idea what's going on yet and most of the time if I ask him where's the baby he points to my boob. We can hopefully get him a new bed soon to start the transition before baby arrives so that he isn't feeling like the baby is taking all his stuff. Well Gavin is napping now so I think I'm going to take this opportunity to nap myself.

My little monkey

Reminiscing

So tonight while Frank worked on the hardwoods, I sat at the computer reading some of my old blog posts. It is so interesting to look back and see what I was doing a few years ago and fun to read about what kept me busy before Gavin got here. I'm glad that I posted so much during my last pregnancy and I want to keep up with it again. I do realize that before I had Gavin I had a lot more to write about. Every day was a bit different and I had so much more free time! If I write everyday about my life now every post will be the same. I'm going to try my hardest though because I really had fun looking back and remembering those days in 2007 when life seemed simple and exciting. I'm sure I didn't think those days were much fun at the time but I still wrote so even though now my days are bit monotonous, I will still write.

I am officially into my second trimester now which is so exciting! I haven't yet heard the heartbeat of this baby but I have my first OB appointment next week thursday and I hope I can hear it then. I did have an ultrasound already due to a bit of spotting early on but everything looked ok and we were able to see the little flicker of a heartbeat. I still don't feel like eating anything right now but I'm always starving and if I don't eat all day long I get sick very quickly and then throw up. It's hard for me to eat constantly because I'm so busy with Gavin but I'm sure it will get better soon. I am a lot bigger already in this pregnancy. Probably because I started out bigger this time around and because my body was already stretched once. I'll post a picture when I'm closer to 4 months and then I can compare myself with the pictures I took with Gavin's pregnancy. Anyway, thats all for today. I think I'm going to see if I can help my very frustrated husband with the installation of our floors.

Random stuff

Wow, it's been a long time since I posted something. I really haven't felt like writing anything because I feel like it's all whining and complaining stuff. I'm now into my second trimester and feeling somewhat better. I still puke often but I don't have the constant nausea feeling anymore and I'm getting a bit more energy back. Frank has been installing our hard woods and we've been living in a construction zone for way too long. Gavin doesn't understand that he can't touch most of the stuff that's out so he just gets frustrated. We got a new washer so that's great and now I can keep up with the laundry again. We are hosting a big halloween party this week so I'll be pretty busy with that. I'll hopefully post something a little more interesting later and put up some pics. Until then, I have one sleepy boy that's ready for his nap.