14 Weeks

Happy Valentines Day Y'all!  We are celebrating our day by making heart shaped everything and having a fun photo shoot with Kinley from next door.  More photos to come from the two little lovebirds later on :)  I saw this idea on a couple of the other blogs that I follow and thought it was a cute idea to post little weekly stats and both baby and mama.  Hope you enjoy!

Baby Size: 3.4" and 1.5 oz (about the size of a lemon)

Fun Facts: Baby can wiggle its toes and suck its thumb. Kidneys, liver and spleen have started to function. Baby is growing lanugo (a peach like fuzz to help keep him/her nice and toasty)!

How far along: 14 weeks

Gender: Unknown (although I have my suspicions ;) 

Weight gain: Holding steady @ 4 lbs, although the belly would say otherwise

Maternity clothes: Not yet

Stretch Marks: No

Belly button in or out: In (for the moment)

Sleep: Pretty good, except having to get up and pee throughout the night, UGH!

Best moment this week: Sharing Valentines Day with my two favorite boys

Miss anything: Alcohol (especially after this CRAZY weather week)

Movement: Not yet

Cravings: No real cravings. I just want to shovel EVERYTHING in my face.  Thank goodness for working out or else those donuts will be catching up with me!

Queasy or sick: Not at all

Looking forward to: My 3 day weekend with lots of cuddling with my boys

Just In Case ...

So hopefully everyone was able to figure out from the video, but for those who didn't we are expecting baby #2 in August (August 12th to be exact).  EEEK!!  We are so beyond excited that Macho Man will have a little brother or sister to run around and raise hell with with :)  This will make them 18 months apart (hopefully that's enough to not make mama and daddy crazy)!

I am choosing to not find out the gender of the baby, but Mr. Dubbs cannot wait that long and will find out the gender.  We have chosen to still keep it a surprise for everyone else and we don't want anyone to accidentally slip and tell me!  Let's just hope that he can do the same and keep his mouth shut!

I've been feeling great lately, only a couple weeks of being tired and a little sick, but I'm ready to kick some butt now (and eat EVERYTHING in sight).  I do tend to get exhausted a little easier, but I blame that on working all day, then coming home to chase around the little man for a few more hours.  I feel like my belly is expanding at an uncontrollable rate right now, and quite frankly I'm terrified to see how big it's going to get!!!!!!

Happy Birthday Cade

Holy.Cow. My little boy is ONE today.  I cannot believe how quickly that first year has gone and quite frankly, I'm scared shitless to think about how quickly the rest of the years will go.  But for now, I'm taking a nice deep breath and trying to enjoy every single second with him!

Aunt Amber gave little man his third (yes, third) haircut.  He was NOT happy this time!  He totally had no time for such BS - there was way too much playing and running around to be done, hence the totally sad face and lots of tears :(

We had such a blast for his birthday weekend.  We had so many family members come into town (which we are so, so grateful for) so we've been keeping ourselves busy.  We definitely missed all of those who couldn't make the trip (we'll have lots of pictures to share - we had our photographer come so we could enjoy the party).  Cade had a great party and was spoiled rotten by all his wonderful family and friends.  He has completely exhausted himself playing with all his new toys today.

Almost One

It's been a while! We have been super busy around here lately. There's been lots of party planning going on, Jason is going back to work which means we have been searching for a nanny non stop!

Little man is not so little anymore :( He is officially over crawling and loves to walk everywhere.  He talks up a storm, mostly babbling, but there is a definite dada, mama, and kitty. He is cutting 5 teeth right now, but you would never know because he's as happy-go-lucky as ever! He eats like a champ and eats pretty much everything we do now. We've started to work with a fork and spoon, which he absolutely loves, but is still trying to figure it out!

We are so excited to celebrate Macho Man's birthday next weekend with all of our family and friends :) I'm not going to lie, it's definitely bittersweet as we love to watch him grow, it's so hard to see him get bigger! I wish there was a pause button in life. Here's a little sneak peak of some of the cute finds we have!

Eleven Months

Happy Eleven Months sweet baby boy!  We are going to enjoy this last month as much as we can before this little guy turns O-N-E.  He has officially become a walker and is quite apt to showing off his new skills whenever he can - crawling is currently for chumps.  He still eats very well and absolutely loves his Cheerios.  He has been munching on lots of tofu, raviolis, spaghetti, fruits and while we try different veggies, he usually just feeds those to the dogs!  Pop Tart and Stryker just LOVE feeding time - hopefully they won't start showing the extra pounds :)

He is still sleeping through the night pretty well.  We try to have him down by 7 and he usually sleeps until 7, but sometimes he wants to start his day at 6.  We're currently battling a little cough which is causing him to not sleep as well, but hopefully it's ready to head out the door!

Hopefully everyone is surviving this cold weather that has graced everywhere.  Y'all can keep your cold and snow, we don't want it down here!  Here's to a health, happy New Year for everyone and a fun last month before my baby isn't a baby anymore!

Happy New Year!

Welcome 2014!  2013 was a pretty amazing year for us.  We welcomed our wonderful little man into the world and got to share many "firsts" with him along the way.  We had tons of visitors and were able to make it home a few times to enjoy the company of family and friends.  We are so thankful for all of the great things in our lives :)

Our evening was very uneventful.  I worked until 10 and came home and went to bed - Woohoo, big party animals right here!  After an incredibly busy night at work, I just wanted to come home and have a hot date with my pillow :)  Maybe next year will be a little more exciting!

We had a great Christmas over here.  We were sad not to be able to spend it with more of our family, but it was nice making our own traditions with our little man.  He definitely was not into opening presents - he was more concerned with the boxes that everything came in!  I'm sure next year will be a whole different story.