Week #7

BABY WEISS IS THE SIZE OF A BLUEBERRY!

• How Far Along? 7 weeks.

• Doctor Appointment(s): I have one tomorrow! :)

• Symptoms: Sore boobies, fatigue, dizziness, headaches, skin breakouts, morning all day sickness. I'm also running to the bathroom to pee every 5 minutes.

• Total Weight Gain: 0

• Sleep: I have had a hard time sleeping at night this last week since I have to get up to go the bathroom like 57,000 times. I have however taken several naps this week, which seemed to help a little!

• Food Cravings/Aversions:
• Craving - Spicy V8, Broccoli, Red Vines.
• Aversions - Meat, Cheese, Eggs, pretty much all animal products.

• Maternity Clothes: No.

I know it's still early but Old Navy & Motherhood/Pea In A Pod were having big sales this week ...so I picked up a few things for fall/winter to mix with my regular wardrobe This is what I got!  :)

      



 
 
 
 






 
 
  

• Showing: Not yet.

• Stretch Marks: Just the few I had already! I did buy a bottle of Bio-Oil this week so I'm hoping that if I use it every day I won't get any more!

• Belly Button In Or Out: In.

• Gender: Unknown.

• Best Moment(s) Of The Week: 

• This week I picked out and ordered our props for the baby announcement photos we are taking next month. Gotta love Pinterest & Etsy for cute ideas and products!

• I went to Babies R Us on Sunday with 2 other girlfriends of mine who are also pregnant! One of them is due anytime now with her 3rd and was there to pick up a few last minute items off her registry and the other is about 22 weeks with her 1st baby and was there to register for all the neccessities! It was so fun to walk around and look at all the fun baby items and discuss which ones we thought were best! :)

• What I Miss: Soft cheeses. I was at a restuarant this week and wanted to order something with blue cheese in it and I couldn't! :(

• What I'm Looking Foward To: Our doctor appointment tomorrow! We are going to have our first ultrasound, I'm so excited to see our little peanut!

 

 

Back To School...

Today is the first day of school for Gabrielle & Gracelynn. Gabrielle is going into the 2nd grade at Foskett Ranch Elementary and Gracelynn is starting Pre-K at Community Christian here is Lincoln.

 

They both really like their teachers and we are looking foward to a great year! :)

 

It's going to be so weird to just have Gwyneth with me in the morning now...I'm used to having at least 2 kiddos at home with me at all times! LOL!

Well, I guess I'll just enjoy the break until their new little brother or sister arrives in the Spring!

Here are some pics of their 1st day!

GRACELYNN

 

 

 

 

 

 

GABRIELLE 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parisian Birthday Party

So, we had a birthday party for our girls this past weekend! (And yes, I know it's a tad weird to throw a party for ALL of your children at the same time) However, with that said... you must understand that all 3 or our girls have summer birthdays with Gabrielle & Gracelynn's being only 2 weeks apart! With the summer being as busy as it is I figured it would be WAY easier for all our friends and family to just have to come to our house once instead of 3 times for 3 different parties :) 

Anyway, I think it turned out pretty cute! I'm loving the Paris/Poodle theme!

The Invitation (Zazzle.com)

The Food & Dessert Table

Drink Station

Candy Bar

Tables

Cupcakes (Made by my friend Courtney)

And The Birthday Girls!

Gabrielle Nichole - 8

Gracelynn Rose - 4

Gwyneth Evangeline - 2

 

 

Week #6

BABY WEISS IS THE SIZE OF A SWEET PEA!

• How Far Along? 6 weeks.

• Doctor Appointment(s): I went in for my first appointment with the nurse on the 16th. I filled out all the paperwork and discussed my medical history and previous births. They also did a bunch of lab work. They set up my next appointment with the doctor for the 28th! :)

• Symptoms: Sore Boobies, back ache, morning sickness started this week...it's not horrible, but definitely noticable. Also, I have been exhausted! I'm so tired that I have actually been taking naps in the afternoon!

• Total Weight Gain/Loss: 0

• Sleep: Yes, please! TONS of it!

• Food Cravings/Aversions:
• Craving - Broccoli, Salad, Soup, Pasta.
• Aversions - Chicken, Cheese, Coffee

• Maternity Clothes: No. Although I went online and was looking at some Maternity True Religions that I have decided I MUST have! They are so cute and will look great with my new boots :)

• Showing: No.

• Stretch Marks: Just the ones I had already!

• Belly Button In Or Out: In.

• Gender: Unknown.

• Best Moment(s) Of The Week:  Jeff & I took the girls out to The Fountain's in Roseville on Sunday. We went to the outdoor playground, played some games at Dave & Busters and had lunch at Noodles Co. Also, we did some shopping and I got the cutest outfit for our upcoming family photo shoot!

• We discussed baby names this week. I have a few names that I like for boys but Jeff is still on the fence about them. For girls...We are working hard to come up with another adorable "G" name!

• What I Miss: Nothing yet.

• What I'm Looking Foward To:  Our Doctors appointment on the 28th! They will be doing an ultrasound to check on the baby and give us a more accurate due date. I'm so excited to see our little peanut!

• Other News: Grandma Siino & Sam brought us a card this week.

And these are Grandma's name picks. Unfortunately, I don't really like any of them...but I do appreciate the effort. :)

I'm pretty sure she thinks it's going to be a girl. The jury is still out on whether we will be doing the "Junior" thing if the baby is a boy. :)



Week #5

This is the first of my weekly blog updates tracking my pregnancy with Baby #4! It's still sinking in that we are pregnant again, Jeff & I are both so excited to welcome a new baby into our family!

 

BABY WEISS IS THE SIZE OF AN APPLESEED!
 

• How Far Along? 5 Weeks.

• Symptoms: Sore Boobies, Cramping, Really Tired.

• Total Weight Gain/Loss: 0

• Sleep: Pretty good I guess! Having weird dreams the last few days though!

• Food Cravings/Aversions: I thought none...until I went to a Starbucks yesterday and within the 5 minutes it took for me to order and receive my drink I was so disgusted by the smell of coffee that I had to throw out my otherwise perfectly good Frappucino. :(

• Maternity Clothes: Nope! I'm pretty tall (5' 9) so I probably won't be needing them for awhile since I don't usually look pregnant until almost 20 weeks.

• Showing: Nope! Not expecting to for awhile :)

• Stretch Marks: Just the ones I had already! LOL!

• Belly Button In Or Out: In.

• Gender: Unknown. Honestly we aren't sure if we will even be finding out the sex this time! So, maybe it will be a surprise till the very end!

• Best Moment(s) Of The Week: Finding out we are going to have a baby!

• What I Miss: Nothing yet.

• What I'm Looking Foward To: Telling all our family and friends about the new baby!



We're Pregnant!

We just found out we are expecting! AGAIN! This little peanut will make baby #4 for us, and we are very, very excited! I will be keeping track of my pregnancy on this blog so stay tuned for all the exciting updates!

 

 

How We Found Out

I wasn't expecting my period till the next day so I wasn't even late but I decided to take a test anyway! So, I grabbed one out of our medicine cabinet, peed on it, left it on the counter and went to go make the girls breakfast. After breakfast I went back to check the test and immediately thought it was negative. On my way to throw it out I took a closer look and saw a faint line! I went and grabbed another test just to make sure! ALSO POSITIVE!

Thursday, August 9th

So...I immediately texted a few of my girfriends to share the news. :) Some of you may think thats weird to not tell my husband first but you have to remember that this isn't our first rodeo, this is baby #4! LOL!

Since my husband had already left for work, I figured I had the ENTIRE day to figure out an awesome way to tell him the good news!

If you know anything about us then you know that all our girls have been "Surprises"! This is the first time that we had actually had talked about having another baby before I became pregnant!

My usual M.O. is to call my husband at work hysterical, crying to the point that I cannot even get a word out because I am just so overwhelmed by the surprise and emotion of it all. He then gets to play the guessing game of whats wrong while I sob hysterically into the phone...."are the children ok? Was somebody in a horrific car accident? Is the house on fire?" etc...

So, when I can actually manage to get the words out, as you can imagine, it's a bit anticlimactic. LOL

"Oh, you're just pregnant? Phew! Thats cool, see you when I get home tonight. Love you, Bye."

I figured that this time around I would tell him in a fun way. What I decided to do was make the background of his laptop say this.

Funny right? I thought so. ;)

AND THEN I WAITED....

AND WAITED SOME MORE...

8 hours is a long time to wait for your husband to come home from work when you have something super important to tell him!!!

He came home at 4:30. And of course this has to be the day that he doesn't check his computer first thing! It took him an hour and a half before he sat down to check his email. It was TORTUROUS to say the least.

When he finally did...

It was awesome! He was so surprised!

We can't wait to welcome a new little one into the family!

EEEK! I'M SO EXCITED!