Only 48 Days Till Christmas!

I can't believe it! In an effort to stay on top of things this year I have already ordered our Christmas cards and am about 80% done with the Christmas shopping! This is a very big deal for me because usually I am the person rushing last minute to get things done and our Christmas cards end up being "New Years" cards. Haha! I plan to send out the card the first week in December and wrap up my shopping on Black Friday this year. (Yes, I am one of those crazy people that likes to stay up all night and rush the stores as soon as they open to score some sweet deals!)

I am also thinking about putting up our Christmas tree and other decorations early this year. Like before Thanksgiving early!!! I think it will be nice to be able to enjoy the Christmas decor for just a little bit longer.

Here is what our Christmas card looks like this year! I think they turned out super cute! LOVE Shutterfly! :)

Stationery card

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Gender Reveal Party!

We had an awesome Gender Reveal Party! It was Football themed and it turned out totally cute!

 Scroll down to find out!!!

The Invitation

 

 

Name Suggestions 

 

 

 

GIRL: Lily, Goldie, Carly, Grayson, Gucci, Hannah, Glorianna

 

BOY: Gavin, Gabe, Savage, Alexander, Jacob, Blue, Garret, Dillon

 

 Lemonade

 

 

Favors

 

Decorations 

 

 

There are no men in this picture because they were all watching the football game! Haha!

 

HALFTIME!

 

 

 

IT'S A GIRL!!!

 

 

 We are so excited! :)

 





Week #16

BABY WEISS IS THE SIZE OF AN AVOCADO!

• How Far Along? 16 weeks.

• Doctor Appointment(s): We had our gender ultrasound on the 29th! We are waiting till the 4th to find out the sex with all our family and friends though! Only a few more days!!!

• Symptoms: The only symptom I had this week was headaches. I couldn't seem to get rid of the either. :(

• Total Weight Gain: 2 lbs. Since the morning sickness stopped I have been gaining about a 1/2 pound per week!

• Sleep: Pretty good this week, although I have reached the point that sleeping on my back/stomach is extremely uncomfortable so I keep having to roll over from side to side all night.

• Food Cravings/Aversions:
• Cravings: Hawaiian Bread, Turkey Meatballs, Sugar Snap Peas
• Aversions: Chicken, Apples

• Maternity Clothes: Yes!

• Showing: Yes!

• Stretch Marks: No. Still using the lotion every day to help prevent them!

• Belly Button In Or Out: In for now but I can tell it's slowly working its way out!

• Gender: YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( You will have to read the "Gender Reveal" post to find out if Baby Weiss is a boy or a girl! 

• Best Moment(s) Of The Week:

• Seeing our baby at the ultrasound this week!

• Our Gender Reveal Party! It was so much fun! :)

• What I Miss: sleeping on my stomach :(

• What I'm Looking Forward To:

• Picking out all the fun little baby things for our newest addition!



Happy Halloween 2012!

Here is a pic of the girls all dressed up in their costumes!

 

Gabrielle was Sally from "The Nightmare Before Christmas"

Gracelynn was a Butterfly

Gwyneth was a Fairy

 

(The little girls costumes had wings but they did not want to wear them for the picture, LOL)

 

 



Week #15

BABY WEISS IS THE SIZE OF AN ORANGE!

• How Far Along? 15 weeks.

• Doctor Appointment(s): None this week. Our next appointment is for our gender ultrasound on the 29th!

• Symptoms: I am so happy the the morning sickness has FINALLY passed! I am actually feeling pretty good now, I didn't really notice any symptoms this week at all!

• Total Weight Gain: 1.5 1bs.

• Sleep: Just OK. I kept getting woken up by weird dreams! LOL

• Food Cravings/Aversions:
• Craving: Halloween Candy & Chinese Food.
• Aversions: Cheese

• Maternity Clothes: Yes! Maternity Jeans are a MUST for me now. I need to go shopping and get a few more pairs!

• Showing: YES! :) As of this week I feel like I actually look pregnant and not just chubby! I even had a stranger ask me "how far along" I was!

• Stretch Marks: No. I am using the lotion 2x per day, I'm hoping that helps!

• Belly Button In Or Out: In. Although it's starting to look flat, like its slowly getting pushed out! Haha!

• Gender: Unknown.

• Best Moment(s) Of The Week:

• Going with Gwyneth & Gracelynn on the preschools fieldtrip to Bishop's Pumpkin Farm. the girls had so much fun taking a hay ride to pick pumpkins, riding ponies, and watching the pig races!

• What I Miss: Not having to get up to pee 2-3x every night, hot baths, having the energy to stay up past 8pm.

• What I'm Looking Forward To:

• Our Ultrasound & "Gender Reveal" party next week!!! We can't wait to find out! :)



Week #14

BABY WEISS IS THE SIZE OF A LEMON!

• How Far Along? 14 weeks.

• Doctor Appointment(s): I had a doctor appointment on the 15th for an NT scan. It was so cool to see how much the baby has grown in just a few short weeks! The baby looked great and the doctor said that the chances of their being an abnormality is less than 1/100,000. Here are some ultrasound pics from our appointment!

• Symptoms: Finally starting to feel better! The symptoms that I noticed this week were dizziness, headaches and food cravings.

• Total Weight Gain: 1 lb.

• Sleep: I slept really well this week!

• Food Cravings/Aversions:
• Craving: Fruit & Taco Bell
• Aversions: Anything Dairy

• Maternity Clothes: Yes, just the jeans though...my regular shirts still fit.

• Showing: A little! :)

• Stretch Marks: No new ones. I was using Bio-Oil but I decided I didn't like it and switched to a cream this week instead. So, far its working great!

• Belly Button In Or Out: In.

• Gender: Unknown. We will find out soon though! (November 4th)

• Best Moment(s) Of The Week:

• Feeling the baby move!

• What I Miss: Not having to get up to pee 2-3x every night, A glass of wine with dinner.

• What I'm Looking Forward To:

• Our Ultrasound later this month to check in our little peanut and find out the gender!

• Halloween!

• Our "Gender Reveal" party on November 4th. It's going to be a football theme, I'm excited!!!



Baby Love

My friend Vanessa is having her first baby soon (A BOY!) and we just had her baby shower! It turned out so cute, here are a few pics I just have to share!

 

The Mommy-To-Be!



 

 

Decorations

 

 

 

The Food

 

 

The Favors

 

 

The Cake

 

 

Group Pic!

 

 



Week #13

BABY WEISS IS THE SIZE OF A PEACH!

• How Far Along? 13 weeks.

• Doctor Appointment(s): None this week. My next appointment is on the 15th!

• Symptoms: STILL feeling pukey! :( Other symptoms this week include, dizziness, peeing every 5 minutes, headaches & food aversions.

• Total Weight Gain: 0. I'm 5'9 and 145 lbs. I was expecting to have gained a few lbs by now but I haven't since I have been feeling pretty crummy and have not been able to keep very much food down lately.

• Sleep: Ok, there were a few nights that I got up to pee and then couldn't fall back asleep after.

• Food Cravings/Aversions:
• My cravings & aversions have been a little crazy lately (And often)! One minute a particular food will be disgusting to me and then 10 minutes later that same food will be all that I can think about. I didn't even know it was possible to have so many cravings & aversions in the same day. I have never felt this way in any of my other pregnancies!

• Maternity Clothes: Yes, I have been wearing the maternity jeans. :)

• Showing: A little! :)

• Stretch Marks: No new ones. I am using Bio-Oil twice a day.

• Belly Button In Or Out: In.

• Gender: Unknown.

• Best Moment(s) Of The Week:

• On Sunday the 7th, I was FINALLY able to hear the baby with the doppler we got! (Sonoline B) I found the heartbeat right away (Right below my belly button, to the right) and even heard the baby moving around! It was so cool!

• Feeling the baby move! Now I know that it's still super early and a lot of people don't expect to feel any movement till at least 17-18 weeks BUT this is my 4th pregnancy and I absolutely, without a doubt felt the baby move this week! (I confirmed it was baby with the doppler because I could hear AND feel the movements at the same time!) I think the reason why I can feel it so soon is because when you have had a baby before you just know what it feels like and you are able to recognize the movements sooner. I know several other girlfriends of mine who were able to feel their 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. babies around 13-15 weeks as well, so I know I'm not crazy! Haha! :)

• What I Miss: Not having to get up to pee 2-3x every night.

• What I'm Looking Forward To:

• Our Ultrasound later this month to check in our little peanut and find out the gender!

• Our "Gender Reveal" in a few weeks! Since we decided to find out the gender we thought it would be cool to share the news with our close friends and family in a fun way! So we are going to have everyone come over and find out together!



Week #12

BABY WEISS IS THE SIZE OF A PLUM!

• How Far Along? 12 weeks.

• Doctor Appointment(s): None this week. My next appointments are on the 15th (NT Scan) & 16th. (With my doctor)

• Symptoms: This week I kept going between nauseous and starving! The morning sickness has been a little better but still definitely hanging around. I'm at the point now where my doctor is telling me that I should start feeling better soon. Let's hope!

• Total Weight Gain: 0

• Sleep: I have been sleeping pretty well this week, just getting up a few times to pee every night!

• Food Cravings/Aversions:
• Craving - Salad, Pickles, Fruit, Chex mix, Chick-Fil-A
• Aversions - Cheese

• Maternity Clothes: Yes, I have been wearing my "Secret Belly" jeans with the band folded down. They are just way more comfortable then my regular pants at this point!

• Showing: A little! :)

• Stretch Marks: No new ones. I started using the bio oil this week, hopefully that prevents me from getting any this time around!

• Belly Button In Or Out: In.

• Gender: Unknown. I really have no idea or feeling about what it could be either. Aren't I supposed to have some sort of "mother's intuition"? Haha! oh well. I think we have decided that we will definitely find out the sex though. At first we thought it would be fun to not find out but after taking inventory of what baby stuff we have and realizing we will actually need quite a few things before the baby comes, I have changed my mind! I looked online at all the gender neutral options for baby things and was really not impressed at all. I really want to be able to buy cute things for the baby in either pink or blue! So, we scheduled an ultrasound for the end of the month to find out! :)

• Best Moment(s) Of The Week: 

• Gracelynn's 4th Birthday was on Saturday! We went to Bishop's Pumpkin Farm for the day and had such a fun time! The girls went on a pony ride, got their faces painted, rode the train and picked out a giant pumpkin to take home. We are so lucky to have such a cool place only 15 minutes from our house. We will probably go a few more times this month, it's one of our favorite October activities!

• What I Miss: Subway sandwiches! :(

• What I'm Looking Forward To:  Our Ultrasound later this month to check in our little peanut and possibly find out the gender!