29 weeks and still growing...

Wow.  29 weeks pregnant.  Only 2 months to full term!  And I maybe be overly hopeful here, but I am certain this child will be born during, or maybe even before, the 38th week.  Both the girls came in the 38th week, so this child I think will be the same.  The only reason I say maybe even before, is because since I only have the ultrasound to go from to determine a due date.  Well...they have given me a due date based on the little man's size measurements, but both of the girls always measured small for their due dates.  Not having an LMP to go from is really messing with my head!! :)

Anyway....I am doing good.  I'm more uncomfortable all the time now.  I have days when it's REALLY difficult to breathe and I lose energy pretty quickly.  But most days I am doing pretty well!  I have certainly entered the 3rd trimester, and I am feeling it.  I'm tired most of the time, and I'm in the bathroom constantly!  But hey...I guess it comes with the territory!  I say that no news is good news when it comes to being pregnant.  The dr told me at the last appointment that she would call if my glucose test was abnormal...well she didn't call...so that's good!  The next appt. is on March 8th, so we'll see then.

I have fallen down on the job with taking pictures lately, so I'm lacking in that department, but I'll pick that up again, and post more of them!!  I'll be back with more news from us soon!! 

Love to all!

living life...busy as ever!

Ok...so once again, I have let too much time pass without an update!!  So sorry!!  So here goes...

I am 28 weeks pregnant today!  Wow!!!  My last update was 25 weeks, so I'll catch up with the pics first.

26 weeks

27 weeks

and today, 28 weeks

I still can't get over how much faster I am getting big this time around.  This is about as big as I was around 32 weeks.  And believe me, my back knows it!  I'm already so uncomfortable!!  ARGH!!! 

Anyway...I had an OB appointment yesterday.  Pretty uneventful.  I had minor concerns about some headaches, and since I am a veteran at this whole pregnancy thing, my dr. seems to trust that I will know when something is wrong, and as long as I listen to my body and rest when I need to...then I shouldn't have any issues.  So far, my blood pressure is nothing to be alarmed about.  =)  Thank heavens, because with two crazy girls to chase around, I don't have time to be told to rest!!  HA!!! 

Ok well, I will run a quick update on a couple of the last weeks happenings.  Caylie had her first dentist appointment last week.  Oh boy.  She was NOT a happy camper.  The kid hates people messing with her mouth, and put up quite a fight.  They didn't get the x-rays they wanted, but they managed to get her to calm down enough to do the cleaning!  And the good news....no cavities!  YAY!!! 

In the waiting room, being such a good girl!

And not happy in the dentists' chair!

But all in all, she did really well....and I was really proud of her!!  I cannot believe she will be 4 in May!!  Which brings me to my next point!  She finally got a big girl bed!!  A few months after I would have liked to have her in it, but we finally got it, and she LOVES it!!!  After she fell asleep, she looked so cute, and I couldn't help but just stare at her for a while!  I know, I'm a nerd!! 

Isn't she beautiful!!!

Ok...well.  That's all I have time for now.  It's bed time for the munchkins...but I'll post more soon.  I have been so exhausted lately...  but I'll be back!!!  =)

Three Year Old MAYHEM!

O. M. G.  That's all that really comes to mind when I think about the "phase" (and Lord help me, it better be just a phase), that Caylie is going through right now!!  It's like she has completely forgotten everything I have taught her about being a well-behaved child.  She's a very stubborn child to begin with, and now she is using that stubbornness in pure defiance!  She'll yell at us if she's in trouble, ignores me if I ask her to do something she doesn't want to do, and even if she just doesn't want to listen.  She'll just pretend I'm not right there, talking to her.  I have been at my wits end with her, and yesterday, I thank the heavens I didn't beat her!  I worked on getting her room all steam cleaned and scrubbed for two hours, and I leave her in there for her quiet time for the afternoon to watch a movie.  When I went in there, she had smeared lotion and baby soap all into two huge spots on the carpet!!!  I had to START OVER!!!!  AAAAHHHH!!  Yeah.  I cried.  She also decided to yank on the cable that is run around the wall in her room and pulled all the staples out of the wall.  She's been my little miss Destructive lately!  I'm not sure what is going on with her, but man.  I am living by that saying now...how's it go?  What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. 

25 weeks update

Today has been a very pleasant day!  We decided to drive up to the North Shore to have lunch at Cholo's.  Very yummy mexican place!  I told Jon that his son thanked him because I have been wanting TONS of mexican food this pregnancy!!  The waves at the pipeline aren't very exciting right now, so I'm hoping to go back in a month or six weeks to check it out again.  I want to get some pictures.  I can't believe that I've lived in Hawaii for over two years now and I haven't been to see the pipeline in all it's glory!  So we had a very nice family afternoon, and both the girls zonked out in the car on the way home!  I requested a stop at Cold Stone, and after picking up some very yummy ice cream, we got home and are relaxing!  We haven't had a day go this smoothly in a while, so I'm very pleased!! 

Today, I am 25 weeks pregnant!  Week after week I am amazed at how fast the time is flying by.  Even though it feels like forever some days, I know that before we know it we will be bringing out little boy home!  That's quite a thought!  Caylie is already do excited!  She is so cute when she talks about him coming.  "I'm gonna get a brudder!!!"  She'll tell anybody that will listen!  My next dr. appt. is February 5th.  I had Jon take this picture a little bit ago when we got home.

As promised!

Let me just say...I love this dog!  She's amazing!  And since I love this shot of her so much, I thought I'd share it!  And also, I'm going to brag about her for just a minute!  That animal is 95 pounds!  But she is the most gentle and patient dog I have ever seen.  EVER.  She is 3 TIMES Caylie's weight, and will let Caylie lead her all over the place.  She lays on the floor and doesn't move while Caylie literally does somersaults over her.  What makes this so impressive to me right now, is that Lucy is not even one year old yet!  She turns one next month.  That coupled with the fact that Lucy has been kind of sick, and on medication for almost two weeks to fight a staph infection!  Yet...she's still just as patient and gentle with the kids as I could ever ask her to be!  She's awesome!  Here are two of my favorite shots of her with the girls.  They just love her!!! 

She did take that piece of celery from Hanna!  She just knew I was looking at her, so she didn't want to take it while I was watching!!!  =)  Hanna loves feeding her, and Lucy waits very patiently for it!!! 

On another note entirely.  We got the news yesterday that Jon's packet didn't make it to yesterday's Warrant Board.  *crying*  Some guy in the security office didn't do his job in a timely manner and get Jon's security clearance stuff taken care of in time.  So now we wait until the May board.  There is nothing else that we can do.  It sucks, but we just deal with it, and be grateful that we get a few extra months in Hawaii.  On top of that, the news came down to the whole unit yesterday that the reservists are taking the deployment that was scheduled for some of these guys in June.  Good for some, bad for others.  Pretty irrelevant to us, but still.  Just goes to prove that things are constantly and forever changing around here, and in the military NOTHING is certain until it's on official orders!  No matter how much I am aware of that, it still manages to frustrate me on a regular basis! 

The pregnancy is going good.  Had a check up last week that went very well.  Nothing new or exciting happening.  I feel the little man move frequently now.  That's pretty cool!  This is my 24 week picture.  Since I'll be 25 weeks tomorrow, I'll take a new picture tomorrow, and post it then.

My next appointment is at 28 weeks.  I'll have to do the diabetes screening then.  YUCK!

Yesterday I had to take the girls in to get their blood draw for their hemoglobin and hematacrit tests.  NOT FUN!!  Caylie knew what was up and was on edge as soon as we walked into the lab.  Poor Hanna got a look on her face like somebody slapped her for no reason when they stuck that needle in her arm.  I felt so bad for my babies!  But the lady that did their blood draws is the only lady in there that I would ever let touch them.  She's the best one in there, and she has never, ever missed.  On me or them.  The first time I ever had to take Caylie in the girl that did it missed, and poor Caylie was traumatized.  After all was said and done though...they did really well.  I was proud. 

Hanna showing off her bandaged arm

When I took that off her arm this morning, I discovered she bruises pretty easily.  She ended up with two giant purple bruises.  Poor thing!!!

As for today...Jon is golfing right now.  I took the girls on a walk to the mini mart for slushies.  It was a nice way to get out and enjoy the sun for a bit before lunch.  Caylie was so funny.  She drank it so fast at first she gave herself a brain freeze!! 

So it's pretty quiet right now.  Hanna is napping and Caylie is resting in her room with a Barbie movie on.  It's been a good day so far.  I am thinking about making pizza bombs for dinner, but I have to wait for Jon to call and tell me if we are having a barbeque tonight or not.  I guess some of his friends from work might come over tonight for a while.  Oh well...should be a good night either way! 

a quick update...

I have lots to update since it's been almost two weeks since I have posted.  Sorry!  But I'll be doing that huge update tomorrow.  Right now, I am just jumping on here to say we're all still alive and kicking!  I'm stretched out on the couch watching Jon play Call of Duty, again, and decided to be a bit useful with the time!  I have a hanful of cute pics I'll be posting tomorrow as well, but they are still in the camera right now!  It's been a roller coaster week for us, but we're marching on and getting through the days!  So check back tomorrow for some cute pics of the girls!  I'm trying to take at least one picture every day to share, and I'll hopefully get lots better at sharing them more often!!!  xoxox  =)

family visit!

My Aunt Jean, Uncle Bob, and two of my cousins, Kenny and Angie, took a vacation cruise here to Hawaii this past week, and on their last day they had a free day so they came to spend the day with us!!  What FUN that was!!  We got to chill out and chat with them, and Jon decided to cut the bananas from the tree we share with our neighbors.  Kenny carried them in, and well....see for yourself!! 

Then we took them on a tour of Jon's boat.  Unfortunately, Aunt Jeannie took all the pictures, I didn't get any on my camera.  =(  But I did steal a few from Angie, the ones that she posted on her facebook, and I'll share those!  After the boat, we went over to the beach and hung out for a while.  It was a beautiful day!

mommy and hanna at the beach!

la la took Caylie to the water!!

loving it!!

what fun!!

Hanna's turn!!

After the beach we went to Ricado's for a nice italian dinner before going back to our house so they could change clothes and get their bags ready to go for their trip home!!  We had a really nice visit and I enjoyed it a lot!!  I'm really glad they got to take a vacation.  Aunt Jeannie really deserved a nice break.  And I'm doubly glad that we got to see them while they vacationed! 

And this last picture is my new favorite picture of me and my girls!!  It's hard to get a good picture of them both together!!  Love it!!