17 Weeks

How far along: 17 weeks
Total weight gain:  6 lbs
Maternity clothes? Yep. I'm all about comfort.
Stretch marks? Nope
Sleep: Need more
Best moment this week: Getting ready for Christmas!
Movement: Little flutters!
Food cravings: Nothing yet
Anything make you queasy or sick? No
Gender: unknown
Symptoms: Tiredness, itchy skin (that's a new one for me)
Belly button in or out? In
Happy or moody most of the time? Happy
Looking forward to: 20 week ultrasound to see #2!

16 Weeks

It's a busy week getting ready for Christmas! My entire family is in town so it'll be a great week to have them all together! Now for the weekly post...

How far along: 16 weeks
Total weight gain: 5 lbs
Maternity clothes? The dresses I wear to church
Stretch marks? Nope
Sleep: need more
Best moment this week: Getting ready for Christmas!
Movement: A few little flutters!
Food cravings: Nothing yet
Anything make you queasy or sick? No
Gender: unknown
Symptoms: zero energy
Belly button in or out? In
Happy or moody most of the time? Happy
Looking forward to: Finding out the gender!

15 weeks

15 weeks and feeling pretty good. Baby #2 is the size of a navel orange. We will find out the gender in about 5 weeks! For now, I try to eat snacks to avoid feeling queasy and nap with Harvey. Growing a human is tiring! Here's the weekly post...

How far along: 15 weeks
Total weight gain: 3 lbs
Maternity clothes? Just the dresses I wear to church
Stretch marks? Nope
Sleep: need more
Best moment this week: Eating out with Brent and Harvey... when I'm full, I'm happy.
Movement: Not yet
Food cravings: Nothing yet
Anything make you queasy or sick? No
Gender: unknown
Symptoms: zero energy
Belly button in or out? In
Happy or moody most of the time? Happy
Looking forward to: Finding out the gender!

14 weeks... Hello 2nd trimester

I'm in my second trimester and feeling good. Hopefully, the queasiness is gone and my energy levels return so I can get some things done! (Like Harvey's baby book, my goal is to have it caught up by the time baby #2 is here). Here's the weekly post...

How far along: 14 weeks
Total weight gain: 3 lbs
Maternity clothes? I wore my maternity dress to church today. It's so comfy, why try to squeeze in my pre-preg clothes?
Stretch marks? Nope
Sleep: Love it, need it
Best moment this week: Not feeling queasy at dinner
Movement: Not yet
Food cravings: Nothing yet
Anything make you queasy or sick? No
Gender: unknown
Symptoms: tired
Belly button in or out? In
Happy or moody most of the time? Happy
Looking forward to: Finding out the gender!

Baby #2 is on the way!

Harvey is preparing to be a big brother! We are expecting baby #2 this June! We are so excited and a little nervous (2 kids?!). I'm 13 weeks and baby is the size of a peach. So far, I'm healthy and the last few weeks felt the usual pregnancy symptoms... nausea, food aversions and tiredness. The nausea seems to be subsiding and my appetite is returning. No cravings yet... but anything fresh is appealing.

How far along: 13 weeks
Total weight gain: None
Maternity clothes? No
Stretch marks? Nope
Sleep: Love it, need it
Best moment this week: Hearing the heartbeat at my dr. appt
Movement: Not yet
Food cravings: Nothing yet
Anything make you queasy or sick? Not so much now
Gender: unknown
Symptoms: Tiredness and nausea is subsiding
Belly button in or out? In
Happy or moody most of the time? Happy
Looking forward to: Finding out the gender!

Harvey's Rookie Year!

Our little man turned ONE!

I can't believe it, Harvey is 1!

Time to party!
We kicked off his birthday celebration with a pancake breakfast at IHOP. Harvey loves pancakes.

We celebrated his birthday with a baseball themed party. I love how it turned out! I made his smash cake and decorated it as a baseball. I whipped up some cream cheese frosting and baked a vanilla banana cake.

We invited family and Harvey's little friends over for a hamburger BBQ complete with all the fixins', watermelon, chips and concession stand goodies. I made vanilla cherry and chocolate strawberry cupcakes with baseball toppers.

Harvey got so many fun toys, books and big boy clothes!

He seemed to love the cake. At first he was a bit timid, dipping his finger in the frosting but then he got the hang of it and dug in!

This year has seriously flown by and it's been one of the best years of my life. I absolutely love being a mom and feel blessed to stay home and raise my little. Harvey is the sweetest little boy. He's so cuddly, totally a mama's boy and I love that. His laugh is contagious. He is curious, inquisitive and a smart little guy. We love him so much!

A BIG thanks to everyone who came to celebrate Harvey's rookie year!