Skipping Rocks

The other day when the weather was nice (unlike today!) we took Carter down to the water to play! He loves skipping rocks and playing in the sand! We feel so blessed to have the beautiful Potomac right in our backyard! This summer, I know we’ll spend alot of time fishing and just enjoying the outdoors :)

  After we left the ‘beach’ we went over to Uncle Mike’s house to watch Grandad unload some dirt off the dump truck! Carter loves to watch the work trucks in action. Then, we came back inside and ate a yummy Pizza Hut dinner ;)

We had a busy weekend too, visiting friends and family. I will have to update on that later! I am 15 weeks today, but will post that update tomorrow after my Doctor’s appointment, along with my belly shot!

A Video From Our VDay!

In my last post, I talked about how Carter scared all the geese in our yard! Well, after our Valentine’s Day dinner at Applebees, we came home and played outside for a little bit! When we saw how many geese were in our backyard (I mean thousands, literally!) Carter had to scare them :) && he was so proud afterward!!!

 

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Hello 2nd Trimester!

I am 14 weeks today, yay! I am so glad to finally be out of the 1st trimester :) Nothing new has really changed with me yet, besides my belly really popping this past week! Everyone has noticed it now, its pretty exciting!!

( & yes I am wearing SpongeBob PJ’s lol…. thanks to my hubby who bought them for me a couple years ago!)

Next week I go for my check up and I’m pretty sure they will give me the sonogram slip, so I’m pretty anxious!!! Only about 6 more weeks and we’ll know the gender :)

PS. Happy Belated Valentine’s Day! Yesterday we celebrated by going out to eat at Applebee’s. Carter was a really good boy in the restaurant and even got a lollipop from a little girl that was sitting at a table next to us! The whole time we were there, she just kept staring at him and smiling, it was so cute! He was smiling back at her too so finally, she walked over and gave him a Tootsie Pop. I wish I could’ve gotten a picture of his face when she walked over, it was priceless!

Anyway, after that we came home and played outside for a bit before dark! Carter ended up scaring all the geese in the field and I got it on video so I will be posting that later. I’ll also be updating on his progress at daycare… I had a meeting with his teacher on Monday and it went VERY well :) So much to talk about – but its deserving of its own post!

Having friends over

Its always fun when friends stop by! Especially, when they are as cute and sweet as this little guy…

When Brandy called me Sunday morning & made plans to come over, Carter and I were more than excited! The boys haven’t been together to play since the fall blogger party we held at our house, so its been long overdue :) Beside’s that part, it was a really nice day out so we got to take them outside to release some energy…which they seemed to love! Our house is in the middle of a big field and there are really no other kids around so, Carter really loves when friends can come over to play!

“Come on Ryder!”

        Carter is very high energy ALL THE TIME so I think Ryder was looking at him at times thinking “whoa dude, chill!” LOL But we had so much fun!  So glad you guys got to come over and hang out :) Hopefully this spring we’ll have many more to look forward to!

13 Weeks!!

A few days late, but that's alright! I finally got a picture with Carter in it too… We had the self timer so we had to hurry! Otherwise, I would have had him put his hand on my belly or something cute :)

Then, after he posed with me, he had to have one of himself and goes “let me see it momma!” after I took it!

 

This week I am just ecstatic that next week I will officially be in my second trimester! It feels like its going a little faster now and I know it will fly once we find out the gender! Hopefully the last trimester doesn’t go slow since it will be summer and burning hot out!!!

I still don't have a feeling as to what it is yet…although I do find myself saying her or she a lot when I’m talking about the baby! Still, in the back of my mind I feel like it will be another boy – not sure why but I do. If it is a girl, I will definitely be very shocked….but happy either way!

As for nausea, that is pretty much gone now..yay! I have been getting more headaches lately though and they really suck! Mostly because Tylenol doesn't really help! Also, my sinuses have been horrible lately. My nose just gets really dry and I’ll get nose bleeds in the morning. But, I still get congested and have to blow my nose every morning too…weird I know. My energy hasn’t picked up too much yet, but hopefully it will soon. And finally, I gained another pound this week, so that makes 3lbs so far! Not too bad considering I gained like 8-10lbs with Carter in the first trimester !!!

The Park & A Tummy Ache

Welp, looks like life is just going too fast for me these days! I find myself re-capping from days ago, yet again! I need to get more organized ;)

Last Sunday, CJ and I took Carter to this park right over the bridge by our house. We’d never been, but it looked nice and it was another pretty day out so we wanted to enjoy it! No matter what the temperature outside, Carter always has a blast because he usually has a lot of energy to burn off! Today was no different…he had tons of fun playing at the park!

     

I love this picture because he looks like he is just soaking up the warm sun :)

 

After we left the park, we made a pit stop at Food Lion and then headed home. Once we were home, Carter started complaining of a tummy ache. I thought it was just cramps from him not pooping in two days because he was still eating so I didn't think it was nausea. Well, later on that night around 10:30 he woke up throwing up. He only threw up twice the whole night and no diarrhea, but I kept him home the next day just to be on the safe side! I guess it was just a little bug because he was fine after that. We enjoyed the day spending time together and even went for a long walk… so it was a good day even though he was sick the night before!

Visiting Baby Max!

This past Saturday, Carter and I made a date to go and visit little Max and his mommy Becca!  We had a really good time talking and holding Max. He was so sweet and did not cry once while we were there! Carter did really well too, even posing for pictures which is usually a challenge these days! He was a little confused at first because he thought Max could just be put down on the carpet to play and eat animal crackers, ha-ha! After I explained everything to him though, he seemed to understand ;) It was so funny to see the look on his face when I told him babies only drink milk for a while…..he looked at me like “are you kidding me? that's it?!” Too funny!

Such a sweet boy!

After this visit, I just know Carter’s going to be an awesome big brother! He even kissed my belly the other night and told the baby he loved ‘him’! ;) Definitely  a change from “Hey carter, what do you want to name your little brother or sister?!” Carter: “Nuffin!!” with a smirk on his face!

12 Weeks & a break from the cold

I don’t know how time got away from me this week, but some how it did! Every night after Carter goes to bed, I am just too tired to make the effort upstairs to blog! I know, pretty lazy….huh? Hopefully my energy comes back soon because it has been hard being so tired all the time!

Fatigue is really the only symptom that has still been bothering me a lot! I guess I shouldn’t complain, really :) Everything else is going great! No nausea unless I let my stomach get empty. I did get a call back from the Dr. last week and was told I had a UTI, so they started me on Ampicillin, but that’s been going good so far – no bad side effects from that so I’m pretty relieved. 

 

Now, onto other news…. Carter’s been doing okay lately too!!! I ended up taking him to the doctor last week because he still had a stubborn cough, but the Dr. reassured me it was nothing serious and that a cough can last weeks sometimes. He did prescribe him more Albutorall to use as needed IF he started wheezing, but he hasn't so we haven’t had to use anymore. He also prescribed Amoxilcillan – which I was honestly totally confused about… being as he told me it wasn’t an infection…. but, I started him on it and his cough does seem to be much better.

Here, he is doing a breathing treatment… it was the day before I took him to the doctor. He’s learned to do these treatments so well, which makes it SO much easier to deal with! Very proud of him!

PS. all of these pictures are from last Tuesday…the day we had gorgeous weather!! We definitely took advantage of it and played outside :)

 

Peek a boo

Then when Daddy got home… this kid couldn’t have been more excited :) Hopefully spring really is coming early this year because we could use more days like this one!