8 weeks!

How far along are you?: 8 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: -1.6 from last week

Sleep: Can't get enough

Best moment this week: My niece being born!

Movement: Nope

Food cravings/aversion: Not really, just always hungry

Gender: Won't know until Christmas

Belly Button in or out: In

What I miss: Eating full, regular meals

What I'm looking forward to: Our next doctor's visit

Milestones: I started showing a bit of bloat

6 weeks!

How far along are you?: 6 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: +0.4 from last week

Sleep: Exhausted

Best moment this week: Eating without wanting to puke

Movement: Nope

Food cravings/aversion: Nothing particular

Gender: Not sure, but I've got that boy feeling

Belly Button in or out: In

What I miss: Staying up past 10

What I'm looking forward to: The first ultrasound

Milestones: Nothing big this week, honestly

5 weeks!

How far along are you?: 5 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: -1.6 since last week

Sleep: Feeling a little more energized during the day

Best moment this week: Sharing the news with our families

Movement: Nope

Food cravings/aversion: No particular cravings- it's just one of those oh gosh I need that now kind of things. It's different every time. It seems I will have an aversion to hamburger meat again this go round

Gender: Don't know... YET

Belly Button in or out: In- hopefully it stays that way

What I miss: Not throwing up after every meal

What I'm looking forward to: Confirming the pregnancy on Tuesday

Milestones: Made our first official appointment and told our families

nausea

Oh goodness... sickness and throwing up began last night and don't show any sign of letting up! This is about 5 weeks earlier than when it started with Rylee. With her I was just really nauseous for about 5 weeks, then I started throwing up. I've been nauseous with this one since last Thursday and well.. here we are!

Paul is being great and taking over when he gets home, making dinner etc. I'm keeping the laundry up to date and doing what I can but between being sick and exhausted, plus trying to entertain a curious toddler it has proven very difficult.

She is such a funny little sweetheart though! Today when I was throwing up (sorry if that's TMI) she came into the bathroom and just stared at me for a little bit. When I sat back for a break, she walked over to the toilet, leaned over the bowl, and started making hacking sounds like she was throwing up. I started cackling immediately. Then I told her mama didn't feel good, she proceeded to kiss my cheek a few times and then get my washcloth and wipe my face. When we went back to the living room to rest, she sat in my life with her hand on my face, like how I rub her face when she doesn't feel good or can't sleep. It was the sweetest moment :) I think she's going to be a pretty awesome big sister, once she gets past the whole sharing her mama thing.

4 weeks

How far along are you?: 4 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: +1.0 since last Monday, before the positive test

Sleep: I spend most of the exhausted, but once I wake up in the morning- no matter the time- I can't fall back to sleep. So if Rylee sleeps good, I sleep good.

Best moment this week: Seeing the positive test and sharing it with Paul on his birthday

Movement: Nope

Food cravings/aversion: No particular cravings, I'm just hungry or nauseous all the time- no middle man. Milk is my only aversion right now- found out the hard way.

Gender: Don't know... YET

Belly Button in or out: In- hopefully it stays that way

What I miss: A glass of wine after a rough day, and not being honest with my family.

What I'm looking forward to: Telling our families and seeing Nugget in a few weeks!

Milestones: Period is officially late, time to call the doctor on Tuesday. Darn holiday weekends!

Here's Rylee being very excited about becoming a big sister! I think she's going to rock at it!

And so it begins....

On Monday, we celebrated Rylee's 20th month of life! How cool is that?! I can't believe she's growing up so fast. She loves to talk, color, sing, and dance! I recently took her to a gymnastics place for "open gym" where they let the kiddies run around and play with all of the equipment, including the trampolines, for an hour and a half! She absolutely loved every minute of it! Now she has a cold, I assume she picked it up there, haha the joy of not being around other kids a lot. 

On Wednesday, we celebrated Paul's 26th birthday! He's almost an old man!! He had to go to work, but luckily it was his shorter day. The weekend before we went to Lowe's and got him new grill grates since the ones on our grill have been rusted over for awhile, and we FINALLY replaced all of the lights in the kitchen- something we've been putting off forever. Then, I had a last minute present for Paul that he knew nothing about......

....... I took a pregnancy test early Wednesday morning and it was POSITIVE!! That's right! We are having another baby- we've nicknamed this one Nugget, though Paul tried hard for G-Unit. We couldn't be more thrilled. I immediately cleaned and wrapped up the test in a present, added a note that said "Hope You're Ready for This" and gave it to him when he got home. His reaction and the smile on his face said it all! 

I tested early so I'm only 4 weeks today, due on 5/11/2013, but the symptoms are kicking in early and hardcore this time- not that the 15 weeks I spent sick with Rylee wasn't hardcore. I've already been nauseous, gagging, and exhausted. Being pregnant with a toddler is going to be a blast, I can tell :) We are so excited and can't wait to share this journey with you all over again!

18 months!!!

My baby girl is already 18 months old! I just can't believe it. It's been 3 months since I've updated, and you've done and learned so much in that amount of time! You are still talking and signing constantly. You have started saying "uh you" when we say "love you." It's probably one of the sweetest things EVER! You are still running and climbing and getting into anything and everything. You love watching mom and dad cook, and really don't like it when we make you get back if we are cooking something that might "pop" and burn you (and us!). You no longer like your food to be cut up small, though we still cut up to be your size. You have started using a fork pretty well, it's like it clicked just recently. You love to sing and dance, and we try and have dance parties every day. You love Maroon 5 haha You love to color- though we limit that because you also like to eat the crayons still :) You love swimming! You are good at it too when you are wearing your life jacket!

Last week, we had a little accident. You have been practicing with "big girl" cups, usually with our help. Somehow you got a hold of your daddy's glass cup and was showing off and before we could grab it, you dropped it and it shattered everywhere. You ended up with 3 stitches in your hand. But you are so big and brave and though there were a lot of tears, from mommy too. Now you show us your "owwie" every day and have us give it a kiss and then you are off like there's nothing there to worry about. We go in to have the stitches removed on Friday, which I have a feeling will be just as bad as having them put in.

Every day you seem to be bigger and older- I just can't believe it! Especially when I look at pictures from a year ago. Brings a tear to my eye. You are learning so much every day and it baffles me the changes you have made in such a short amount of time. You have been practicing jumping recently, though at the moment that involves you just raising up on tippy toes. I feel so very lucky to spend my days with you and be a part of this constant change that is taking place.