Been a While

Yes, yes, I know... I've been terrible at updating this. I don't know why, but I keep forgetting to get on here. So, for some updates- it's not a girl after all. We are having another boy. Andrew William will be his name most likely. Here are some pics-

This was taken at 16 weeks 3 days.

This was taken at 16 week 5 days.

This one was the most recent at 22 weeks 5 days, last Thursday. He ws weighing 1 pound 4 ounces.

Other than that news, nothing much else has happened. Jessie and James both have their last week of school this week.

We also have a ton of house projects planned. Hopefully next weekend we are going to put a patio in in the back yard. I also want Jim to help me with planting my garden. Now that his finger is healed he can help more. He had broken it at his birthday party. I'll have to post pics of that too.

Well, just wanted to get a quick update out there. I will try to be better at updating this blog. Now thatthe kids are out of school, hopefully it will be easier for me!

It's a GIRL!!!!

I am so excited! At my apt on Thursday Dr.Hux said that we have an 80% chance it's a girl. He also said Zach was 80% a boy and sure enough he was so I am trusting that he is right again. I also just had a feeling it was a girl but I wasn't sure if that was just my wishful thinking clouding my judgment. I actually picked up two really cute little sundresses on Friday when i was in the store. They were on sale, what could I do? It's really hard for me not to refuse a good deal. So here is a picture of Miss Natalie Grace.

Oh, and we plan to get another ultrasound to confirm this in a few weeks by a family friend. It's so nice to know someone who is an ultrasound tech!

Just Catching Up

OK I know I have been gone a while. Honestly, I have not been feeling well at all lately. This pregnancy has been kicking my butt as far as morning sickness and fatigue. I was telling Jim that only a girl would be giving me this much trouble already. I am actually hoping to find out a guess about what the gender is this Thursday. I have an appointment for my NT scan and when I had one with Zach, Dr. Hux was able to say that he was 80% sure that we were having a boy. He was right, so I am hoping for another good guess this time. Actually, since girl parts are hard to see I am hoping to hear that he doesn't see anything yet.
So what else is new here... Well, Zach is talking a lot more now. He has become quite spunky and is such a character. On a sadder note, he has finished nursing. I am sad about it but he did go til he was over 17 months, which is very long as far as most people are concerned. Me too. But I am still a bit sad about it. By being pregnant, whatever little milk I had left diminished even more and he also just seemed to want to nurse less. I kinda helped the issue by stopping to nurse him in the mornings and then he just stopped the night ones himself about 2 weeks later. I can tell sometimes he still wants it, which makes me sad, but he is over it kinda quick. I really don't have any to give him anyway. :(
Ryan is still as smart as ever. He is usually found playing on his computer and learning so much. I can't believe that he will be starting school next year. His favorite word lately is absolutely and also he has been asking if we are mad at him he he doesn't listen. Otherwise it's, "Hey guys, are you happy at me?" LOL He's such a funny kid.
Jess is still doing well in school. We signed her up for softball this Spring and she is so excited about it! She has her glove, bat and ball to practice on already. Practice will start around the week we come back from vacation and then games soon after that. I'm hoping she will enjoy it. She also just finished selling cookies for Girl Scouts. She sold the most in the troop (164!). So proud of her.
James is doing good also! He is pretty much the same height as me now (oye) and you can tell by the attitude he tries to give at time that he definitely is almost a teen. He is also doing ok in school, but needs to be reminded to take his time and double check his work.
Jim is still just Jim. Not much to update on him. He hasn't changed much lately. Still working hard and busy. He has been helping out so much with house stuff and making dinner every night since I have been so out of it. He is a wonderful husband and I am so grateful to have him in my life.
I guess that's it about us for now. After I get the ultrasound picture on Thursday, I will try to remember to post it. Fingers crossed for a girl!! ;)

Sick

So morning sickness is kicking my butt. I hate this. I would rather deal with labor any day over this crap. I have no energy, and constantly nauseous and not to mention the puking. Sorry if I made anyone feel gross there. Labor for me is a total of a few hours long and only about an hour of intense can't see straight pain. I am 7.5 weeks today and I am hoping that this only lasts til 13 weeks like it did with Zach instead of 21 weeks like it did with Jessie and Ryan.
Not only am I not feeling well but Zach and Ryan and James are not feeling well also. This past weekend James came with antibiotic and decongestant because he has a sinus infection. Also about a week ago Zach started to cough a tiny bit. But it wasn't until last weekend that he started coughing more and also with a stuffy nose. And then on Monday afternoon he wakes up from his nap barking and wheezing. Croup again. I didn't have any Prednisone left from when he had it last (he gets croup about once a winter) so we had to make an apt for him on Tuesday. So Ryan is sounding better, Zach gets a squirt of decongestant stuff up his nose about twice a day to help with the snot, and I have to constantly be munching on something to help my stomach from getting totally empty and feeling even worse. But since I have no energy, and nothing actually seems appetizing, I spend most of the day not feeling well. Sigh... I can't wait for all of this to be over.

surprise!!!!!!

Jim and I got quite the surprise recently. We are pg again! yup.. #5 for us. Crazy huh? This one was totally unexpected. I was even thinking the other day that maybe it would be nice to be done. Then I realized that I might be late. Thinking maybe I'm just off... but I went out and got a test anyway. So I peed and was still thinking I'm wasting money cause it's going to say neg and then I will start the next morning. But nope- it said pregnant!
So I figured out my dd was 10/10. Ry was due 10/4 and Zach was due 10/15 so I'm guessing this one will be right inbetween Ry and Zach's bdays (the 10th and the 28th). Hopefully it will be a girl this time, since this is def our last. I am already starting to show a bit, and I do feel sick already too. But please pray for us still because I do have a history of mc's early on but I think I am pretty much past my scary point. Plus the fact that I am feeling sick reassures me even though I hate feeling this way. With my mc's I never got to the sick point. Anyway... If it's a girl we are going to use the girl name we had since I was pg with Ryan and if it's a boy we can't decide on anything but I would like to use William in there somewhere since that was my grandpa's name. But I hope it's a girl since so far boy naming seems to hard! We can't agree on anything. lol

My gradfather passed away

So... emotions are going is all sorts of directions. This man and my grandmother helped raise my sister and I for a good portion of our youth because my mom worked. I was more beat up about her passing about 14 years ago because it was fresh from being around her so much. Plus her passing was pretty sudden. My grandpa has had dimentia for the past few years so he didn't really seem like the man I grew up with. He had pneumonia back in December and has been in and out of the hospital and nursing homes since. He was just recently battling a blood infection. My mom called me on Sunday to let me know he had passed early that morning. The viewings are tomorrow at Riggs Funeral Home in Lacey from 2-4 and 7-9. The funeral service is on Thursday, same place, at 10 am. here is a link to his obituary- http://www.legacy.com/app/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=123923864

Forget SAHM (Stay at Home Mom), I'm a Mousewife!

So my sister calls me this morning and said she knows what I am. A mousewife. Check it out! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1127353/The-rise-mousewife-How-mothers-home-using-computers-beat-recession.html True, because I am doing a mystery shop today even.
On a side note- who's ready for the Superbowl? I am! I'm also sad that it will be the last of the season though. What will I watch on Sunday's now?