Baby Bumpdate! 10 & 11 weeks!

I need to start making regular post! I am about 2 weeks late... ekk. I have an excuse though.. things have been super crazy at home. It's happen so fast too... within moments of how are we going to afford this and that...let me just say that having a child should be free because its ridiculous how much money they want, and if you don't pay it they threaten you with well we can not make you an appointment until you pay in full... seriously!?!?!? Baby # 2, you were almost birthed at home because you are already too expensive. On top of babies, sallie mae (B's college loan) you are ruining peoples lives. I think we have come to the conclusion that we are just going to keep deferring you until we die. So it seems like within a months time everything was just dropping onto us like a ton of bricks, Little Posh Bebe was doing so well i was helping out the family as if i had a part-time job... but as we know that income is not guarantee i went from a TON of sales to where i couldn't keep up to Nov and Dec i think maybe 10 total?!?! Not sure if its the economy or what but it hit our family hard. Of course we are smart and had did our christmas shopping back in October, we try to always be prepared but we weren't expecting things to get this bad all at once. For the past 6 months Brandon had been trying to find a different job, something with a little more upward mobility and see some kind of finical increase within years to come.. but when your current boss tell you that there is no chance of a raise for anyone, anytime soon... kinda makes you wonder.... Sooo that is why Brandon was on a job hunt... nothing. had a few interviews but all wanting to pay WAY under what he gets paid now. So we get an idea that we should be where the opportunities are and Florida has so many attractions, restaurants, its crazy how many hospitality jobs are located in Florida. So Brandon got a transfer to Florida (still waiting on a location) We put our house on the market.... it SOLD in 4 days ... yeah for real. Thats insane! everyone says things happen for a reason and i think that its a good sign for things to come. We might be taking a step back (moving into an apartment, from our nice pretty house) but Brandon does a good job providing for his family, we just got in a jam and needed an out. As soon as Taylor reaches the point where she can go to Kindergarten (hopefully its full time kindergarten) I can put baby #2 in daycare and I can go back to work to help brandon out financially... its just that logically we don't have 1,000 for daycare for two kids and starting off at the bottom in the career field for me would practically be working to put my kids in daycare. My dad told me to be a little tight for a few years enjoy your kids and with time, you can be a working mom and help out financially. So that is the plan for the new year 2012. Pretty excited about everything, except when we sold our house the Realtor told me I had to leave my curtains and curtain rods!! WTF i was pissed, he said we could counter but there could be a chance that they say no since they took our asking price. I was just upset because my parents paid for all those curtains and rods and they were expensive and now when we move to an apt we have to buy prob thin ugly ones that won't keep the sun out. I called my mom and she said that the Realtor did the same thing when they sold there house last year. Bummer.... oh well... we are pretty much starting new, so if you need furniture hit up craiglist in clarksville, we have furniture/bike for sale! I didn't explain anything on facebook, just that we are moving (i don't really like facebook) so if your friends or family this explains why we are packing up and heading to Florida.

Baby update for 10 & 11 Weeks!

How Far Along? 10 Weeks! 

Size of Our Little Baby?  Baby B is the size of a Prune! 

Maternity Clothes?  Not yet... 
Weight Gain? I am still -1 pounds from when i found out. I still have sickness at night. 
Stretch Marks? only my old ones! 
Gender?  must be a GIRL... hehe. 
Movement? None
Sleep? Sleeping good, put Taylor in diapers at night and she dosn't wake me up anymore to change her when she wore pull-ups
Food Cravings? Pizza. I want Pizza. Were on a budget..no Pizza. 
What I Miss?  WINE... a giant glass of WINE... maybe the entire BOTTLE. 
Symptoms?   just at night 
Best Moment of the Week?  there was not one. 

(I will take a picture of my stomach at 12 weeks!) 

How Far Along? 11 Weeks! 

Size of Our Little Baby?  Baby B is the size of a LIME

Maternity Clothes?  Not yet... i don't seem to be showing as of yet... i thought i would be now since its my 2nd baby... but nope. Books say the baby is suppose to double in size each week... so let see some stomach already..hehe. 
Weight Gain? Im back to my old weight from the day i found out i was Pregnant! 
Stretch Marks? only my old ones! 
Gender?  must be a GIRL... think girl... I've always wanted a sister!!! i think i was 15 before i stop believing that i was never going to have a sister even though my mom told me over and over again that i was not going to have another sibling.. do you remember me asking mom for a sister all the time??? I think i was just sick of playing GI Joe and Legos with the brothers... 
Movement? sometimes i feel bubbles but confused if its my stomach or maybe the baby... but i did feel those with Taylor, i just feel like its too soon to feel movement.. but i feel bubbles sometimes when i'm sitting doing nothing, kinda paying attention. 
Sleep? I sleep good when i fall asleep. I go to bed usually at 1am and wake up with Taylor at 8am i turn on Disney give her breakfast... then i go back to bed for another hour while she watches cartoons... sometimes. 
Food Cravings? Pizza. I want Pizza. still wanting pizza.  I've been on a chips and salsa kick and still love candy.. not really chocolate..like skittles/RUNTS/nerds/bottle caps... i think i just have a problem with sweets. 
What I Miss?  WINE... a giant glass of WINE... maybe the entire BOTTLE. 
Symptoms?   NONE
Best Moment of the Week?  House selling in 4 days!!! Our realtor didn't even make the sell it was some guy from Exit Reality  


Haven't really taken many photos latley, but Taylor and I went to dairy queen with bosley (he had to stay in the car) while we had that house showing... we were going to walk around the mall or walmart.. but both those places were packed... I hate going out during the holidays everyone and their mom is out in town.... so we decided to go get soft serve and fries... why i like this combination i'll never know..last time i ate this was when i was pregnant with taylor.... Taylor seemed to enjoy it!!

Baby Bumpdate! 9 weeks!

How Far Along? 9Weeks! , 216 days to go!! 

Size of Our Little Baby?  Baby B is the size of a Green Olive!  

Maternity Clothes?  Not yet... 
Weight Gain? I am still -2 pounds from when i found out. I am slowing getting my appetite back!! Who Hoo! 
Stretch Marks? only my old ones! 
Gender? too early to tell...  Everyone is thinking/hoping boy, I'm hoping for a girl... we shall see in 12 weeks! 
Movement? None
Sleep? Waking up for Taylor to pee (she pees in her pull-up to wake me up to change it!) then also for me to pee...lol.  
Food Cravings? Food cravings are so weird to me because i don't have any weird "pickle peanut butter" kind of cravings... my cravings are for example... went to drop off a redbox at Kroger yesterday and smelled the Chinese King place and thought "I want Chinese" all day... that is all i could think of... chinese food. That night after Brandon got off work we split a small meal and now i'm good. haha. 
What I Miss?  feeling normal as in not nauseous. 
Symptoms?   Have not gotten sick anymore, but still feel a bit nauseous in the afternoon... it has lighten up a bunch!!! 
Best Moment of the Week?  Mom and Dad came into town today, dad had an appointment in Nashville so they stopped by with pizza and to see Taylor! 


Still no baby bump, but i'm only 9 weeks... most people don't say anything until the 12th week because that is the "safe" time to tell, past your 1st trimester and show a little... but since i have been sick since week 4 its kind of hard to be like "yes i've had the flu for over a month...hahaha" 


I have a picture of Taylor during nap time.... You think she has enough baby dolls? She sleeps with all of them, they are like her children... she makes sure they are all tucked in for nap and bedtime. It really is so cute! I love how caring she is towards them, yes she will throw them down the stairs but most of the time she is kissing there boo-boo's and taking them to the potty with her :) Good night!

Thanksgiving 2011

We spent Thanksgiving at Oma's and Opa's house. Dinner was fabulous, i'm very grateful that i was able to eat everything...lol. I usually have my camera with me all the time in my pocket taking pictures but i just kept forgeting to grab it from my purse. I took a couple picture but not enough, Oma got a lot of good photos of Taylor and Opa and Oma playing down by there creek!! Taylor loves being outside, it was chilly and she was having fun throwing rocks in the creek and Oma grabbed some rain boots where she could go into the water for a bit. It was just so cold that i think she liked throwing rocks into the water. :) I took a few pictures below of Taylor playing before dinner :) 

Oma getting the turkey ready!

Taylor dropped McKenzie Goldfishes so she was helping Oma clean up the mess :) 

EeekkkKK... Christmas is right around the corner!!! My favorite time of the Year! Everything just seems more bright because of the decorations :) We have finished almost all our shopping. We like to get everything out of the way, stress relief... We have been thinking about christmas gifts since the end of October... kids are easy but the grandparents are the hardest! I think we got it all figured out... maybe! hahaha! 

Thankful For.... Baby Bumpdate 8 Weeks!!

Haha... I am more thankful than 8 weeks, but i have to say it has felt like 8 years, no lie. This pregnancy has been torture. My Doctor told me that week 12-14 i should feel back to my normal self.... can't wait, but it is a month away!! Thanksgiving was wonderful, i will write a post about thanksgiving after my pregnancy update! So as everyone knows i have been sick, but haven't actually gotten sick. UNTIL yesterday... holy moly... the day after thanksgiving was horrible. I felt a whole lot better after, but as long as i eat 3 times a day and small snacks like cracker-type i have it under control. Yesterday i skipped breakfast and only drank coffee... big mistake! It is so strange, but thankfully i have this blog to remind me that this is my LAST child... (erika if you are re-reading this 2 years later, you do not need another child...LOL). Okay so here is my update:

No baby bump picture, I still look the same!

How Far Along? 8 weeks...and 3 days, 221 days to go!! 

Size of Our Little Baby?  Baby B is the size of a Raspberry!  

Maternity Clothes?  Not yet... 
Weight Gain? I have lost 3 pounds... i thought i would have made it up from Thanksgiving, but i just don't have my appetite back. 
Stretch Marks? only my old ones! 
Gender? too early to tell...  Everyone is thinking/hoping boy, I'm hoping for a girl... we shall see in 12 weeks! 
Movement? None
Sleep? Would love more sleep :) 
Food Cravings? Healthy Food, salads and bread-like food.... Oma i've already eaten all those biscuits you gave me from Thanksgiving... they are so good!  
What I Miss?  Beer and Wine
Symptoms? Just sick all day still... you name a pregnancy symptom you can have and I probably have it. 

Best Moment of the Week?  being able to hang out for Thanksgiving and not feeling sick all day! :)

I will post about Thanksgiving tonight if i have time, i have a few orders that need to go out tomorrow and have been slacking due to laziness of pregnancy :) 

Baby Bumpdate! 7 weeks!

I found this really cute blog that she did a list all about the week of her pregnancy..since i am only 7 weeks i am not posting a bump picture because there is nothing there but a little bloat i'm thinking around 10 weeks something will show up since this is my second pregnancy... we shall see!!!

How Far Along? 7 weeks...and 1 day, 229 days to go!! 

Size of Our Little Darling?  Baby B is the size of a blueberry! 

Maternity Clothes?  Not yet... 
Weight Gain? Currently the same weight as when i found out! this time with Taylor i was already packing on 5 pounds because i was eating like crazy ( I gained 53 pounds with Taylor)! 
Stretch Marks? Only my old war wounds from Taylor...LOL.. HOPEFULLY my new stretch mark cream I ordered from "It Works!" better work..... or i will just be sad.  
Gender? too early to tell... 
Movement? None
Sleep? Sleeping fine, wish i could sleep more.. but a little 2 year old like to wake up at 7am even though i will put her to bed at 10pm she will still wake up early!!
Food Cravings? Salty food... and meat... CRAZY!  like i actually think about eating peanuts and meat... might be a mini-Brandon cause that is all he likes to eat. I really bought pork- rhines at the grocery store! My Taylor was strictly sweets, i could eat a bag of skittles and Cheeto Puffs for dinner and be completely satisfied. 
What I Miss?  Beer and Wine
Symptoms? I am SICK all DAY!!!! I have not gotten sick (i have tried to force myself to make myself feel better but no luck) but all day i feel pukey. Doctor gave me Phenergan (REALLY! how is this medicine going to help me when i work from home and take care of a busy 2 year old and it makes you pass out?!?!?!) i took this medicine at 4pm I was OUT at 5pm and woke up at 10pm no lie... this medicine is more of a tranquilizer (and i only take half the pill!) I heard ZOFRAN is awesome but its so expensive that most clinics don't offer it... shoot i wouldn't be able to buy it anyways if its that expensive! I guess i will just have to feel like crap for the next 6 weeks. 

Best Moment of the Week?  My Nephew was born happy and healthy! Sleeping from 5pm to 10pm with no interruptions. And that Gyro i ate today..LOL 

My Nephew RickyIII Born Nov 14th at 10:49am 

Potty Chart and a Sweet Pea

I started potty training Taylor at 17 months... of course it went no where. LOL She sure was curious about the toilet even went a few times when we put her on there, but no way asking to go. The day after Taylor turned 2 we started the potty training full blown.... so its been about a little over a month and she is doing great!! I wish is was easy like some kids where you hand them some panties and say don't pee on them, but that is not the case with Taylor! I tried the reward system with M&M's where when she peed she would get 1.... Um.. big mistake to a child who loves candy... she would through the biggest tantrum if i wouldn't give her more, totally understandable, have you ever just eaten 1 M&M?? would piss me off too. LOL. Sooo i just tried the praise method that has work the best, she would come out screaming "YAYYYY" but when she is playing or watching tv (not really paying attention to her body) she would have small accidents. So my friend on Facebook suggested that i use a potty chart.... at this point i will try anything! For taylor's birthday Oma got Taylor coloring books, well the first page of these coloring books have stickers... so i took those out and used the back page of the book for the Dora characters. Taylor LOVES this chart!!! We are on day 2 and this is her chart she is already almost done with the second line. She gets 1 sticker for #1 and 2 stickers for #2.... Since she finished line 1 we are making her favorite, Cake Pops tomorrow! She has not had 1 accident since starting this chart... not even a little dribble in her underwear...LOL. She knows that if she tells me she has to go, but then doesn't... she won't get a sticker... she is so smart! I swear, she pees halfway... gets a sticker, tells mommy that she needs to pee 5 min later and will go again, and of course i have to give her another sticker because she went!! Smart cookie she is! Here is Taylor's Chart:

So this is our little sweet pea... The ultrasound says 9w ... that is based on my LMP, which is totally wrong because i was having periods every other month and just randomly. SO we were really surprised when we got a positive test!  My doctor told me that i was around 4 weeks (almost 2 weeks ago, so i guess i'm 6 weeks?) I get a measurement ultrasound on the 15th of Nov so i will for sure know when i am due. At 4 weeks i measure at a poppyseed... 

Poppyseed Week 4! 

Currently I am 6 weeks and the baby is the size of a Sweet Pea! 

I plan on doing weekly updates of Baby B but there is really nothing interesting to show until about 12 weeks when i actually do show (I've heard with your 2nd you show a lot more, sooner) So we will see. All i know is that I am NOT gaining 53 pounds again, I used to be a smoker (ew gross..i know!) Well the min i found out i was pregnant with Taylor, i quit smoking which meant i was putting all kinds of junk-food into my body i think it was a hand/mouth fixation because i was gaining weight by the days, i must of gained 10 pounds before i was out of the first trimester! I hope this pregnancy is a 180 compared to my first pregancy. ALL i know is I have been nauseous since 4 weeks.. and its getting worse by the week. With Taylor i started getting sick at week 8-12 every morning i would get sick in my office bathroom, thinking i wish i could of just stayed in bed rather than have a full time job. Looking back on it, it was kinda nice because work took my mind of being nauseous...well since i am at home with Taylor all day, I feel it right when i wake up (the worst) then around 3pm and then again around 6-7 just feeling like crap. Last update about me and pregnancy... when i get hungry about that time... like brandon and I went out to eat Mexican with Taylor the other day for lunch and everything looked so good (i was starving!) i ate 2 bites of each thing on my plate and then just felt full, and like i wanted to vomit, then having Taylor telling me "pee pee" Brandon scarfing down his food like he never seen food before in his life (he was going on day 3 of quitting smoking.....UGH lasted 3 days and he quit, quitting?? so he is smoking again and needless to say he dosn't eat that much at all...haha!) I just felt so uncomfortable just wanted to crawl into bed and sleep... this go around defiantly more tired but im sure it has to do with Taylor walking up the stairs (14 times today) to go potty. So yeah all pregnancies are different i just wish mine was the one that was a breeze! On a better note, my sister in law is at the Hospital ready to give birth to my little nephew... so excited to meet my little nephew, hopefully i get to hold him the day after Christmas if everything works out and everyone can meet up :) 

Videos!

I wanted to share a couple of videos off my iphone.... the iphone video makes it really skinny, oh well it works :)

This Dora doll, Taylor loves it... she runs the batteries out of it constantly!! I slowly get around to getting new batteries but if you have to listen to this doll all the time, i wonder why i just tell her its broken.. hahaha its the happy dance that keeps me getting more batteries for this Dora doll!

My parents have been gone (they moved from TN to AL) for about a week and the other night my dad called to see if Taylor could "Skype" She loved it!! I think, she thinks she can jump through the computer or go through it... this is a small video of their conversation.

Last video i am going to share tonight...When i cook Taylor will grab these plastic bowls and plates and bang on them or pretend to cook, i was quizzing her on her colors... she got them right, but most of the time all colors are "Blue" and all letters are "B" not sure why.....

Good Night :)

New for the Holidays!

"Carmel" Perfect for the upcoming Holidays! 

I made a couple pairs of boy shoes last week and finally had a moment to take some pictures.... it has been so hard, I thought I had 2 more weeks before morning sickness would arrive... oh no, it has arrived last week... right when i wake up it feels like I have been on a boat all night long and wake up motion sickness...then around 3-4pm it hits me again, Im thankful i haven't actually had to get sick, but just being nauseous is worse, in my opinion :)

I made these shoes "Edward" they look like little driving tennis shoes, they are super soft black suede with two stripes on the outer shoe, inside is lined with race car checker fabric lined with eco-friendly felt.

These pair "Richard" are Tan soft suede loafers that remind me of a little western shoe. 

I am really hoping to get some boots out in a week or two, especially with the cold weather coming, my little girl needs some cute boots to wear! I have a few videos of Taylor that i am going to try to upload in my next post. I am now able to take video with my cell phone (i got an upgrade!! $23.00 for an iphone 4!!! not the new 4gs one, but its new to me!!!) usually i have my phone with me, so whenever i see taylor doing something really cute, i get to catch in on video!!! Gotta love technology!

Rrrgh.... Happy Halloween

That was my Pirate voice... Rrrgh... haha!!! Taylor had so much fun on Halloween, i was kinda of worried that she would freak out with all the the scary costumes... but as long as we were holding her hand she was going up to the door asking for candy. She said Trick or Treat, in her Taylor language... then when she would leave she would say "nite, nite" so very cute. I'm going to miss this, because in a few years she is going to want to go trick or treating by herself! (umm.. not going to happen until she is like 15... too many creeps out there!) She got the hang of it pretty quick she was almost running from house to house, brandon and I were trying to keep up... after a while we headed back to Lita's house and Taylor threw the biggest tantrum, so my dad said take her around the other way... Taylor got a lot of candy!!! I found her cute little pirate costume at wal-mart, but i made her Pirate Boots! 

My beautiful Pirate! She even wore her fake earring... when we got to the grandparents she took it off though. :) 

Taylor is a runner!! 

We stopped at the last house and Taylor saw what the man put in her bag... "Cake Pop!!!" that is what she calls lolli-pops, i had made cake pops for her 2nd birthday, now anything that is circle on a stick will be a cake pop, i correct her but she can't say lolli.. :) 

Stray black and brown cat came to see taylor, she fed him dog food, Last year an all black cat came to my parents front door on Halloween too... SCARY... 

Relaxing on the floor, my parents have only a few days left at Ft.campbell so everything is boxed up and Taylor made herself a bed on the floor... she curled up with my phone (Thanks to Beth, Taylor's favorite app on iphone!) she was ready for nite nite! 

Good Night! 

Fall Leaves....

We spent Saturday at Oma's and Opa's playing in the leaves....with an important message to give!

Taylor will be a Big Sister..... June 2012!!

Halloween Pictures tomorrow... My little girl was a Pirate!! She had a blast trick or treating!