6 Weeks!

How far along? 6 weeks

Weight gain/loss: 146 so plus 1. Been fluctuating a couple pounds up and down.
Maternity clothes? No, I live in scrubs at work and t-shirts and (comfy) shorts at home.

Stretch marks? No new ones
Sleep? Still been pretty tired. Last night I went to bed at 8pm! Luckily that was possible because Maddy passed out about 7:30.
Best moment this week? I had an appointment with a nurse and went over everything to expect. At my nurse appt w/ maddy they gave me a bill for the all my doctor appts. They didn't do that this time, so hopefully it really is only going to be a total of $500, like my coworkers said. (diff insurance then before)

Food cravings: Pizza...actually homemade pizza but I settled for Double Daves. I'll make homemade pizza this weekend probably:)
Gender: I have no idea
Belly button in or out? In

Movement? nope

What I miss? Not being tired all the time. And wine:)
What I'm looking forward to: 2 more weeks till we get an ultrasound! and a 3 day weekend this weekend for memorial day!

Milestones: Baby's arms and legs are now beginning to develop and is starting to develop facial features:)

AW my Maddy

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I can't get enough of this girl! Too much love and sweetness in one little girl<3

5 weeks

How far along? 5 weeks--not sure when I actually hit 5 weeks. Until my US I am guessing mon or tues.

Weight gain/loss: About the same, 145-146. Going to try and keep weight under control better this time.

Maternity clothes? Nope. I wear scrubs all day so its not bad. At night I like huge though.

Stretch marks? No new ones

Sleep? Been sleeping good, but no matter how much sleep I get I still wake up so exhausted!

Best moment this week? Told my mom I was pregnant yesterday on mothers day. It was pretty awesome:) And i had a really good Mothers day:)

Food cravings: Nothing really. Pizza sounded good for tonight so went ahead and ordered some:)

Gender: boy?

Belly button in or out? In

Movement? Uh NO

Other Symptoms: I feel like I've been pretty emotional lately. But then again not sure if its all in my head. Don't really have much cramping anymore. The symptoms come and go, but I'd wish they'd stay to help ease my mind...

What I miss? Mom bought me a bottle of wine for mothers day yesterday and I bought her a new brand that sounded delish. Wish I could have tried it

What I'm looking forward to: Get to leave work early tomorrow which is nice. Will get to see my brother that will be down from college for the day and have dinner.

Milestones: Baby's heart should start to beat this week and the brain and other major systems begin to develop this week.

Starting over again

I know nobody really reads this anymore since its been like a year since I've written anything in it. lol But I have found myself going back and looking at my posts from my pregnancy with madilyn and love reading them. So I am going to try and start posting again that way one day I can look back on this pregnancy to see what was going on also. Madilyn is 20 months now;) The love of my life! And I am currently 4 weeks pregnant:)

How far along?: 4 Weeks
Weight gain/loss: Starting weight was 145
 Maternity clothes?: Way too early
Stretch marks?: Way too early
Sleep?: I am so tired all the time. But I know work as a big play in that, and the lack of caffeine! But I've been allowing myself 1 Dr. P a day:)
 Best moment this week?: The BFP of course!
 Food cravings: Nothing really.
Gender: Way too early....hope a boy though:)
Belly button in or out?: in
Movement?: Way too early
What I miss?: wine and more then 1 Dr. P a day...
 What I'm looking forward to: My nurse appointmnet is on May 20th. But really looking forward to telling my mom this sunday. Which is mothers day:)
 Milestones: It's still so early so lets go with hitting 4 weeks lol

Here is My beautiful Madilyn Mae:) Love her!

5 Months

Guess who is 5 months old:)


I promise to update soon! Things have been so crazy and busy at work!

Pictures

Madilyn is 4 1/2 months now, but here is her 4 month pic:) I love her smile! At her 4 month appt she weighed 16.8 pounds and 25.25 inches long. Big girl!



She was all geared up for another win from the Texans this past weekend but unfortunatly that did not happen:/ But she did look darn cute cheering them on...


We tried cereal by spoon for the first time. We usually just put a tsp of cereal in her morning bottle, which is what we will continue to do. She is sooo not ready for solids yet haha She wasn't feeling the cereal...

We tried on her swim suit just because I was bored and wanted to see how cute she would look in it. She wasn't feeling that either haha

BUT, she does finally enjoy her winkel! WIN!

Me and my baby girl:)

Also, baby Zachary's funeral was this past Sunday. Our september mama's group all lit a candle in his memory.

Also, I will be walking in the March for babies walk in April. I'll be walking for baby Dylan whos momma is apart of my september month too. For some reason it's not letting me make this a clicky.....

http://www.marchforbabies.org/personal_page.asp?pp=4091133&ct=4&w=5214825&u=Amandaloren

Things we love;)

I used to love these posts and still do from other people:)

Madilyn will be 4 months tomorrow!!



Okay, things that I am glad we have because maddy loves and helps me:)

1. The Itzbeen timer! We use this sucker all the time. We used it a lot at the beginning and still use it for nights now. When you are sleep deprived it is hard to remember the last feeding. So this little thing is a life saver!

2. Her starlight papasan swing:) She loves to swing and stair at the stars. It also really helps when she wakes up at 4am and is done eating and we want to go back to sleep for an hour or two. Put her in her swing and after staring at the lights for a little bit she falls asleep.

3. Baby Einstein Dvd's. She loves these things. When you need to shower and get ready and you are by yourself pop one of these dvds in and she will be mesmerized!

4. Bumbo chair:) She loves to sit up so when she is watching her baby einstein dvd she can sit in this chair

5. Her Lovie blanket:) Don't have a picture of it but she loves to eat and hold her blanket. We had one made with her name on it and she loves it.
6. Her sleep sheep. She likes the sound of the ocean or the rain:)

7. Vicks humidifier warm mist. She used to be so congested all the time. Tried steaming her up in the bathroom, sucking her nose, nothing worked until we bought this humidifier. My pedi said to get the warm mist one.

8. Her bath tub...This isn't the exact one, ours has a different pattern but she still loves it. She just loves taking baths period!



Things that we have that she hasn't really showed interest in yet. Hopefully she does because we already bought them all lol
Her seahorse...

Glowworm...


Sophie...

I also wish we would have only bought one infant car seat. We got two of the britax chapperone infant carseat for each truck.

We love this seat! But we realized that one with two bases would have been enough. Now we have to look into buying a convertible one...

Girlyness:)

I know some ladies are anti hairbows, headbands, the color pink, and tutus... WELL haha that is not me! Madilyn has all of these things and she is so stinking adorable. I taght myself how to make tutus this last weekend and I am addicted now! I have made 2 for Madilyn, one for her 9 month cousin, and one for my friends baby that is due in Jan. Here are some pictures!








Madilyn is doing good. Still breastfeeding and pumping for her. At her 10 week doc appt she was 23 inches long and 13lbs and 4oz. Doctor said she was in the 90th percentile and that we needed to try to cut back on her feedings. We are doing are best, but I am breastfeeding more now unstead of EP so its hard to know how much she is getting. She still wakes 1-2 times in the middle of the night which sucks but we are working on that also lol I am looking forward to her first thanksgiving!

What you looking at?!?



And on a side note....I have about 4 more pounds to go to get to pp weight and 11 to get to the weight I was when I got married 14 months ago...Hopefully the holidays dont ruin that lol

And to leave you on a big smiley note....

Halloween:)

Halloween was fun. Madilyn was the cutest pumpkin ever:) My mom, Madilyn, and I took my sister trick or treating. She carried two bags because my mom insisted on getting Madilyn some candy lol And my husband really wanted some even though I felt ridiculous trick or treating for a two month old. Oh well it was still fun. She is just getting so big. My husband always says each time he picks her up its like she has grown so much more from the last time.


It has started to get cooler here thank goodness! For a couple days our high was low 70's which meant the mornings were cold out. Now its back to a high of low 80's again which sucks. But I did get to dress Maddy in some warm cloths for a day or two:)

Tomorrow is my birthday and I will be 26 years old. I am so thankful for my baby girl and husband! Ii will be the best birthday so far I am sure. Planning to spend the morning with baby girl and then my husband is going to watch her for the afternoon while my cousin and I hit up a couple wineries! I can't wait:) First winery visit in a long time!

And of course I leave you with a couple pics:)

She is saying man I hate this headband mom!



Soooo tired....

Work issues

So as of Monday (6 weeks pp) I have started back at work a couple hours each day. This is because my husband quit his job on the oil rig due to unsafe conditions. He has been actively looking for a job since then. Hopefully he gets somethings soon! I am only working until he starts working. I am jealous that he gets to stay home with baby girl while I have to work. Part of the reason I had to come back was because we majorly needed money. About 3 weeks before I had Madilyn my work moved my to part time. That cut my money in half. Then once I had her I found out that since I was a part time employee now that I no longer could receive short term disability. ( I had been paying for my short term the whole 4 years I have been with this company. And at the beginning of the year I even upped my plan to pay more monthly so I could get more when I went out on maternity leave. All of this for nothing. Needless to say I was extremely pissed off! But nothing I could do about it because I need the insurance coverage for my daughter. We are not sure what we are going to do about my job but I know that we can't afford for me to only work part time and pay for Madilyn to go to daycare. Hopefully Brandon gets a job soon and after the 3 month probation time we can have insurance with his company and then I may quit my job here.

There is alot more I could say about my work situation and our money problems but it could get really long lol

My best friend had her baby girl 2 days ago! And my other really good friend just found her her and her husband are expecting in June:) Lots of babies around here.

I'll leave you with some pics...