30 Weeks with Baby #3!

30 Weeks with Baby #3?!

How far along? 30 weeks

How big is baby? The size of a winter squash! 

Heartrate: 150

Total weight gain/loss: who knows. I’m so swollen! Like 30lbs? 

Maternity clothes? Yep.

Sleep: I sleep in nap cycles this go around.

Best moment this week: Feeling those rolls and kicks.

Movement: yes! 

Food cravings: everything :( 

Food aversions: nothing really. 

Gender: Boy #3!

Labor Signs? I don’t think so! 

Pregnancy symptoms? Swelling, rib pain, congestion, constant heartburn, leaky boobs started last night. 

Belly Button in or out? In.

What I miss: Feeling like my own person ;) being able to get sleep!

What I am looking forward to: Getting to see baby!

Upcoming appointments/events:  next Wednesday!

Weekly Wisdom: get real maternity clothes so you can feel like a human and get some breast pads BEFORE you start leaking 🤦🏼‍♀️

Milestones: third trimester! I’m counting down the weeks until I get to meet my little man!

Bump Picture: nope.

27 Weeks with Baby #3!

27 Weeks with Baby #3?!

How far along? 27 weeks

How big is baby? The size of a head of cabbage! 

Heartrate: ?

Total weight gain/loss: who knows. I’m so swollen! 

Maternity clothes? Yep.

Sleep: I sleep in nap cycles this go around.

Best moment this week: Feeling those rolls and kicks.

Movement: yes! 

Food cravings: fruit! 

Food aversions: nothing really. 

Gender: Boy #3!

Labor Signs? I don’t think so! 

Pregnancy symptoms? Swelling, rib pain, congestion. 

Belly Button in or out? In.

What I miss: Feeling like my own person ;) being able to get sleep!

What I am looking forward to: Getting to see baby!

Upcoming appointments/events:  Glucose test Thursday :(

Weekly Wisdom: get real maternity clothes so you can feel like a human!

Milestones: End of the second trimester! He’s tasting and hiccuping! My uterus is the size of a basketball 😳

Bump Picture: nope.

10 Weeks with baby 3?!

10 Weeks with Baby #3?!

How far along? I0 weeks

How big is baby? The size of a strawberry! 

Heartrate: 168

Total weight gain/loss: I actually lost 4 lbs from my pre-pregnancy appointment.

Maternity clothes? Not yet!

Sleep: I sleep in nap cycles this go around. ;(

Best moment this week: Trying to figure out what can help with the morning sickness! I'm so nauseated this time around— still.

Movement: not yet! 

Food cravings: fruit! 

Food Aversions: Everything depending on the time of day... even water!

Gender: No idea, but I’m not so secretly hoping pink ❤️

Labor Signs?

Pregnancy Symptoms? Some bloating and sinus stuff, super watery mouth and nausea.

Belly Button in or out? In.

What I miss: Not feeling like I have to puke every moment of the day, sleep, and clothes that fit!

What I am looking forward to: Getting to see baby!

Upcoming appointments/events:  Check up in 4 weeks!

Weekly Wisdom: Stock up on meds you are allowed to take during pregnancy. You never know when you might need it. (this is still true, so I'm going to leave it!) I will add that ginger ale, Preggie Pops, crackers, small meals, and no movement while you feel sick is probably the best you can do!

Milestones: Fingers and toes aren’t webbed anymore! And little one was waving at us :)

Bump Picture: nope...

2018... Where has the time gone?

Well, well. It's June of 2018 and I haven't written in a long while. Things are different and blooming around here at the O'Brien house.

Nathan is working from home and taking full-time care of the babies while I'm at work full-time for 3+ days a week and sprinkling in a little photography here and there. Ethan is 18 months old (wow!) and Benjamin will be 4 this September (it hurts my heart to see my little boys growing up, but I'm so thankful for it too). I'll be 32 in August. This is it. It's supposed to be my "prime" year. They say women have their prime at 32. So, next year has to be my best year yet, right?

I'm trying to recap on things that happened. My mom moved to Florida because her mother passed away. So that leaves me and Kenny in Georgia. We get together almost every Thursday night to play board games... mostly D&D (I said I was growing up didn't I?) Nathan and I went to Jamaica this year and had an amazing time. Although I'm not as skinny as I want to be (far from it) and I'm not as wrinkle free and everything as high and tight as it used to be, I had a really great time and didn't let it bother me. Maybe that comes with age too? Giving yourself a little grace?

Nathan has gotten really good at spoon and bowl making. Woodworking small things in general he is really into. We are still working on paying off some things before we can move. I'm ready for my forever home. We are thinking maybe one more baby if God blesses us with one. The thought of never having any more little ones makes me sad. And although they drive me crazy at times (and some days it's most of the time) I lay down at night and my last thoughts are about them and how much I love them and how much I pray for their health and happiness. Nathan and I have known each other for 7 years this year. It's so crazy to think that I wrote about him here when we first started dating, and here we are 7 years later with babies and the house.

I can't sleep. It's 3 AM and I don't know what made me think of this blog, but I did. I'm up downstairs watching Murder She Wrote and Psych (still one of my favorites), and thinking about everything there is to think about. I miss my Dad. It'll be 3 years this year since he passed, and I miss him more now than after it happened. I see him in Ethan. He's so spunky and "fresh", that I see my dad's sarcastic sense of humor in him. My grandma was talking about selling her house last year, which made me super sad, but in an unexpected turn of events, my grandma decided to sell her and Chris's house instead, so we get to keep the family house in the family. We still have Tangobutt and Pepper, although they are outside cats now.

I'm trying to think what else.

Nathan and I had a rough patch last year. We both did a 180 and are doing really well. I am thankful for that so much.