33 weeks with Baby #2 [#1 vs. #2]

I feel just awful that this post is a day late but Mommy & Wife duty called me yesterday, Brandon needed to go to the doctor and ended up getting Xrays. Ryder also had his 4 year well child appointment and is doing amazing... aside from the shots he had to get. He was exhausted and fell asleep after but it wasn't nap time at school so I stayed home with him, and I was so tired but he had other plans. Ryder woke up and wanted to look at all the NEW baby toys we got from Auntie Chana and I just wanted to nap. Unfortunately when Brandon came home from work it was just for a quick bite to eat and head off to a BHJFL meeting then back again to get dropped off at his brother Matt's house for a BTNH concert. Needless to say I can not wait to sleep this weekend. I hope I can sleep this weekend.


How far along? 33 weeks (Almost 8 MONTHS) -- 7 more weeks!!

Total weight gain: I was wrong last week couple weeks it was 147, THIS WEEK is 149, 14 lbs from my pre pregnancy weight of 135 OR 24 lbs from my lowest pregnancy weight 125. Still not tracking my food, I just eat. Whenever the moment strikes me, I eat, it's been striking a lot lately. Occasionally when I stay up my body wants more food but I'll just go to bed so I don't eat too late and have a hefty breakfast in the morning to make up for it.

Maternity clothes? I am REALLY enjoying all my maternity clothes right now. So comfortable and so toasty!

Weekend Wrap Up

Friday, we snagged Ry from school then headed home to make a plan (and add a coat of paint to my chalk board).

picked up Ry

We decided to eat at a restaurant called i.talia but once we got there it wasn't what we were feeling, we graciously bowed out (ran like we were skipping out on a check) and headed downtown for some Thai food at Nari. It's always fun eating there and playing eye spy with Ryder, the food is so good. I mean SO GOOD. Eat there. I love food. Brandon got curry and Ryder and I shared Thai Fried Rice. mmmm.

Food art @ Nari

Saturday, Brandon spent the day working at an open house so I spent the day cleaning and doing Ryder stuff (ninja turtles and being chased around the house with a cross bow, thanks again Auntie Jojo and Uncle Joe!). We even got a mid afternoon visit from some awesome friends Jill & Lenny dropping off some sweet hand me downs from their munchkin Barron to our little Baby, I am so excited to try the Baby Bullet! If only they came out ready to eat real food and had teeth I'd be in business, I'm not sure how long I can freeze food though. Too soon, so hard but it's too soon.

I also finished my chalk board for above Baby's crib/ photo prop.

Finished Chalk Board HERE

When Brandon was home finally we were all starving and Baby screamed out for burgers & onion rings, what!? They kid knows what he likes, I wonder if I can put that in the Baby Bullet? Maybe not... anyway, Norma's is delicious and just down the road from us in Lacey. 

I was so exhausted by this time and after finding out FAO Schwarz closed their Seattle location I was over the idea of going to Seattle, we went home and REEEEEEELAXED.

Sunday was...

COOKIE DAY! 

You know I've been looking for thumbprints everywhere and this is not nearly what I thought I'd be doing but I gave it a go because Brandon said Almond extract sounded interesting and good.. I personally thought they were TOO SWEET but the flavor was delicious. 

You can find the recipe on my Pinterest HERE. I know what you're thinking, they can't be the same there's no glaze, no I didn't glaze them after tasting because they were SO SWEET ALREADY.

All of the ingredients

 After chilling

fill with jam add sugar on top 

Baked and now cooling 

Ready to take some to Da.

Da is the most amazing and special woman in our lives to date. She is Brandon's grandma affectionately named Da by Ryder (and she just loves it). Da is sneaking up on 89 years old and just found out she will be moving to an assisted living facility and is taking it as best as can be expected. She is such a social butterfly I know she'll just love it once she gets into the swing of things and of course she'll have all of her doting grandchildren visiting often! We are taking these delicious cookies to her tonight to give her some cheer and sweets, Da has quite the sweet tooth! :)

32 Weeks with Baby #2

How far along? 32 weeks!!! (7th Month)

Total weight gain: My weight was surprisingly the same when I went to the doctor last Monday, I weigh 149, 14 lbs from my pre pregnancy weight of 135 OR 24lbs from my lowest pregnancy weight 125. Honestly I've fallen off the tracking my food bandwagon. I can't track all the snacking, I have so little room in my stomach right now that I have to snack more often and have less "meals". 

Maternity clothes? I just got some maternity leggings that are so comfortable and thick and warm, I may never get out of them again. I also picked up a few shirts for the last 8 weeks or so I have. I'm so glad too because my belly was getting too big for the ones I have, I like to think they've shrunk in the wash.

Ry's BIRTHDAY Weekend Wrap Up!

This weekend was NUTS! Ok, only like 4 hours of complete craziness but it was pretty crazy.

Friday was spent prepping food for Ry's party and making the last of the decorations. I think this post will mostly be photos.

I made these adorable gift boxes I found HERE. 

Once Finished and filled with chocolate gold coins and a sticker mustache they were ready to go!

I made your average vegetable tray and printed up my own food sings, I think made it even cuter. 

I bought a ton of sliced Tillamook at the grocery store and used a star cookie cutter to make Star Power Cheese for the crackers. 

Chocolate mustaches were easy to do, but TIME CONSUMING! I found the mold at my local craft store and melting chocolate. I wrapped them all because I figured people would want to take them with rather than eat them then and there. I was right. They were tempting me last night but apparently my dog thought he would save me the trouble and eat them all himself. He's fine. Ryder's crushed.

I bought cheese balls at the store and printed the name tag for them.

I forgot to take a picture of the cupcakes when they were all pretty up on the stand at the party,
but here are the 1 UP and Power Up cupcakes we had made. 

I printed off letters from MS Word  and cut them out with an exacto knife, also found a brick pattern and used that as the background, then your average Mario and Luigi for the middle. The Hands on Children's Museum made me use painters tape hence the blue. :/ BOOOO!

$6 spent on balloons. We bought 6 balloons and used electrical tape for the eyes. Thank you pinterest!

My sweet husband had a blast snapping pics while I was still running around like mad getting things ready. Who am I kidding? Things were done and I was still running around like mad, 7 months pregnant and birthday party was EXHAUSTING!

We found time towards the end we found time for a quick family picture. I can't believe our baby boy is 4 and about to be a big brother! 

After the party Ryder was so ready to play! Off he went.

We played everything!

I may have needed a rest after the party, the dentist chair is so comfortable. 

This is probably one of my favorite places for imaginary play in our area. It's amazing!

After all was said and done, or I guess I mean after I said I was done, we headed home and even got to take an extra special present home... Ryder's cousin! :)

It was exhausting and fun, the venue was fun but an hour and a half feels so rushed for a party. You have to really get into the food, cake, gifts and let them go. I had brought Super Mario Coloring sheets I found online and printed myself to the party for kids to entertain themselves. I knew it would be hard but it worked out so perfectly, we jumped into cake then presents then had 15 minutes for clean up and to shove everyone out the door. My amazing friend Chana & Gentry helped with set up and clean up and I was so fortunate to have ANOTHER awesome friend Alana take some pictures for me! It was an overall success.

Oh and while trying to figure out what to wear I tried on every dress I own and...

No, this dress did not make it out of the house on my body... that would be as ridiculous as wearing the wonder woman costume out.



This is me wearing it however pre-pregnancy last summer at a friends wedding. The Bride is in the middle, as if you couldn't tell. GORGEOUS GENTRY!

31 Weeks/ 7 Months Pregnant with Baby #2!

How far along? 31 weeks --> 7 short months

Total weight gain: I went to the doctor on Monday and my weight hadn't budged since the last visit. I weigh 147lbs, so from my normal pre-pregnancy weight I've gained 12 lbs. From my lost weight, 125 lbs, I've gained 22 lbs. My portion sizes feel smaller I think because of the lack of room I have in my growing belly, I haven't been craving junk really just those clementine oranges!! Those things are amazing

Check out THIS awesome weight tracker to make sure you're staying on point. I decided to help myself make good choices I'm also trying to continue to use MyFitnessPal app to track what I eat.

Ryder on the left, Baby on the right. I see such a difference. 

  

Maternity clothes? I was passing off some of my bigger shirts still but I'm not sure that will work much longer, they wont button around my middle. I'm trying to figure out what to wear for maternity photos... any suggestions?!

Weekend Wrap Up

Friday was nice and quiet and spent relaxing on the couch watching part of Life of Pi, Ryder is seriously entranced by the movie it is so neat to watch how excited it makes him and Brandon and I really enjoy it too. We had to pick up the U-haul at opening so we cut the movie short and went to bed about 1/2 way through, it was a total shame because Ryder's favorite part (in my opinion) has to be when the island glows before they escape.

Saturday morning we helped Brandon's Mom move and I was basically useless aside from directing with my hernia I'm not really able to lift much. I was quickly put on pillow duty with Ryder, who I think may have carried heavier things than I did. -_- Soon after we were finished we had to drop Brandon off at his football game and Ryder and I went home for a SUPER necessary nap, his last time in his toddler bed in Mommy and Daddy's room! He took it like a champ. Of course I set me alarm and woke up on time to text Brandon to see how late the game was running... oh you know just 40 MINUTES! So I did some cleaning and waited to wake up Ryder until the last possible minute.

Ry in the moving truck, he was SO excited!