21 week Bumpdate!

Had the Big Ultrasound yesterday. Everything looked great. And HE is DEFINITELY a He :) He's just under a pound and about the length of a carrot (according to my BabyCenter updates). Initially the whole family was going to the ultrasound, but neither kid took a nap before it was my appt time, and the thought of being confined to a small room with them while trying to pay attention to the ultrasound sounded like Hell....so Gentry stayed home with them and I had a nice little break. I LOVE ultrasounds!!! I could watch them all day long. He totally looks like a baby now too, so its adorable seeing him. The tech got really great profile shots of him. He had his hands up a lot. Half the time one hand was up on his forehead. I saw him open and close his mouth, put his hands up to his mouth, do a lot of kicking and squirming. Too cute!! There's something about his profile that makes me think he'll look like Raya. I feel like he has Raya's nose. I know, what can you really tell from an ultrasound picture? Not much, but there's something that reminds me of Raya...

Hand up on his face. Look at those arm muscles! 

 Feet

 Thats his thumb right by his mouth. Attempting to put it in his mouth?

DEFINITELY a BOY (arrow pointing at boy parts)

 His mouth is open in this one. Look at those little lips! I love how well you can see his mouth and chin and nose. So cute

He's measuring just a bit over his "Due Date Size" so I'm pretty sure my Doc will adjust my weeks, which is great! I've been so confused with my due date being the 10th and my weeks not matching. Anyways, I'm all on track now. So as of yesterday I'm 21 weeks~ and the Due Date is 11.10.12. I feel him move a little more now. When I sit down to take a break I'll feel a couple kicks or body rolls. When the tech was doing the ultrasound she had the wand thing way up on my belly. I had no idea he was so high up already. Every once in awhile I'd feel what felt like a kick, but I thought it was too high up to be him. I was wrong. When he stretches out he's all over.

21 Weeks!! 

Kisses <3

I was talking with my friend Stephanie yesterday who's also pregnant. She's due Aug 15th with a baby girl! I mentioned feeling so tired already. I really feel like I'm 31 weeks, not 21 weeks, and she said between the heat and being 33 weeks she's exhausted. The heat! Duh! I hadn't even factored that in. I feel a little bit better about wearing out so easily. I definitely have to factor in lots of breaks throughout the day. Its a bit frustrating because Kallen and Raya were just getting to the point where I could actually get a few big things done a day and now I'm back to square one. Whateves. Sometimes it drives me crazy having all these uncompleted projects around, but most of the time I'm like "Whatever, come in my home, there's piles everywhere, I don't care." LOL. So if you come to my house know that I have piles of papers waiting to be filed, or piles of clothes to go through and give away, etc. Deal with it ;) Steph, I can't believe the things you get done at your house! You're amazing :) And I can't believe its practically July! One more month and then its Addison's month!! Omg.

Newest Member to be added to the fridge magnets

Ps- Blog friends, are you having issues with the spell check? When I'm done writing I always hit the little ABC button with the green check and it highlights all the misspelled words and lets me click on them and get the correct spelling, but it doesn't highlight anymore. Anyone else having this problem?? So once again, I apologize for the misspellings :)

Gentry's Bday, Father's Day & 20 weeks!

It was Gentry's birthday on the 7th and Father's Day last weekend. We went to our favorite gourmet burger place: Slater's 50/50 for his birthday dinner and it was surprisingly enjoyable! Lol. All my family was out of town, so we didn't have baby sitters, which would've been choice #1 ;) but I packed good coloring books and Kallen was content with the iPad, so we actually got to eat our food! Slowly! And taste it! It was fun!!

We made cupcakes and decorated the sidewalk. 

Me attempting to get a belly shoot and also catching the birthday boy 

snacking on his cupcakes before dinner. Lol

 My FAVORITE picture of Raya right now!!

 This picture cracks me up. I told Raya to take a picture of us and this is what we got :) She held the camera up and said "OK! Say Cheese!!" She's so well trained.

 LOVE this picture. Such a good lookin family <3

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FATHER'S DAY

It was actually warm this weekend! Its been super gloomy here (June Gloom) and hasn't gotten warmer than 65-70, but it was sunny and 75-80! So we got to go swimming. I asked these 2 to watch cartoons while I got ready for the pool and came back to this. They're such cuddle bugs :)

How Father's Day ended

This was Father's Day last year, Still one of my all time favorite pictures:

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And I'm officially half way through this pregnancy. 20 weeks! Yah Baby! 

I should have my "big" ultrasound in the next week or so. I actually should've had it this week but it didn't occur to me until this afternoon and of course that was when my docs office was closed. Oppsies. At my last doc appt my Dr did an ultrasound. She's been doing a ton this time around. Just because she can :) Which I LOVE! And she lets Raya help. Its so sweet. Raya knows she gets to go with me to the baby doctor. Gentry usually gets to come home and he'll stay with Kallen and Raya and I will go. When we leave she'll say "Ok, just us are going. Kallen, you stay with Daddy. We're going to the baby doc." Anyways, this time around she wanted to check the gender and asked me if the last ultrasound tech got a good shoot of the "goods" because she couldn't at all and was wondering if it was a girl!!?? Omg. My heart seriously dropped. I try not to think about it much, because the last tech got what seemed to be the money shot  of this little boy's goods, and because I will be SO SAD if its not a boy! Isn't that crazy?! I was so set on wanting a girl. And then so sad when I found out boy, but now I'm so so so excited to be having another boy and will be so disappointed if the gender changes. Soooooo, I'd still say its 90% (or more) boy. As soon as I get my big ultrasound done I'll let y'all know. But cross your fingers we're still on team blue!

Waiting for my Doctor

HAHAHA!!! Doctor Raya

 Helping with the ultrasound! 

I'm still feeling pretty good. I get tried fast! I have enough energy for 1 "big project" a day. Lol. And usually that's a 40minute walk and an hour at the park. The stroller (with 2 kids) is 80lbs and I'm really starting to get tired pushing that bad boy. Omg. I feel him move now! I didn't really feel anything until I was 19weeks. The same day I really knew it was him I was feeling was the same day I actually felt him kick from the outside too! And Gentry could feel him :) So now at night I can lay down and feel him kick my hand a little before I go to sleep. That's my FAVORITE part of being pregnant. Uhhhh, I'm getting so excited!!!! Definitely feel huge this time around, but whatever. I'm making a baby. As long as I keep the weight gain under 40lbs I'm fine! Hehe. I can't wait until Raya starts feeling him. I'm sure she could feel him now, but when he's bigger it'll be WAY better! She always talking about how she's going to hold the baby, and pat the baby and make the baby laugh. She was made to be a big sister :) If these next 20 weeks go as fast as these last 20 went this babes gonna be here in like 5 minutes! 

We're having a....

Raya will tell you :) Watch the video:

And I will admit, I pouted the first day (or week ;) only because I'm such a "Girl's Mom" and have WAY more cute clothes and shoes to pass down to another baby girl. But I'm over it and super excited about the dynamics that a boy will add to this family. I love that it will just be Me and Raya as the girls. I can picture us doing BFF things like girl's trips and shopping. Which I could totally do with another girl, but I'm ok that it will be just us :) And I love that the boys will be close in age. I'm already planning a "Boys Room" with bunk beds when they'll like 3 and 5. How cute will that be!? And for the most part they'll be the same seasons in clothes so a lot of what I have for Kallen will work for Baby Boy 2. I didn't think about if I had another girl she'd be 3.5 years younger than Raya, so I love the fact that I'll have boys that are less then 2 years apart. That seems like such a good combination of ages and genders! Now I can't stop thinking about what this little boy is going to look like! When I was pregnant with Kallen I wasn't that obsessed because it was a boy, so I knew he'd look different than Raya, but now that I already have a boy its crazy to think of the possibilities with this next one. Will he look like Kallen? Will he be blond like Raya? Will I have another monster baby? ;) Exciting!!! I just ask that he comes in 3 hours like his brother did. Best. Labor. Ever. LOL!

Totally Calling the Hogs!!!

 He's currently measuring a week big, which was just like Kallen, but you still never know they're actually size until they're here! Other than being tired I feel pretty good. Haven't had an ounce of morning sickness. I get tried pretty fast, but at least I'm not ready for a nap at 10am anymore. The first trimester was intense. I was SO sleepy tired. But now I feel pretty good. Definitely have more energy, or at least don't feel the need to nap every other hour. I'm trying to walk as much as I can but I feel so out of shape. Omg. Granted I'm pushing a stroller that weighs 80lbs with the kids in it, but I just can't picture myself 7 or 8 months pregnant pushing that bad boy. We'll see.....
Now to find a NAME!!!

Totally showing early, just like with Kallen. 

I think I'm like 14 weeks or so in this picture. 

Kallen napping with his brother :)

I'm 16weeks and Kallens 16months!

This time around my doctor is measuring me differently....they don't change my Due Date, but they count my weeks based on how the baby is measuring. So based on that I'm just about 19 weeks. That would give me a Nov 3rd due date, but they keep it at Nov 11th. So sometime in the beginning of November he should be here! 

Party of 5

"No F*$%ing way" was the first thing out of my mouth. And then I ran down the stairs. Its funny because at the top of the stairs I was kinda smirking...but by the time I got to the last 2 I was in tears. I was sure in that moment I had ruined my life and my kid's lives and we were never going to be able to go out to eat again. LOL!! Because apparently going out to eat is just as important to me as raising happy, healthy kids ;) Anyways, I'll cut out all that went on those next 2 weeks, but I can sum it up with: Lots of Crying. And for so many reasons. Having kids 20months apart is a lot of work. So the idea of having 3 kids each 20 months apart scared the shit out of me. I'm a bit overwhelmed with life right now so this news probably threw me over the edge. Well not really, but it did lift me up and dangle me over the edge ;) I was really sad that I was changing the dynamic of my family. We're an even number, even sexes, the dynamic is perfect! Gentry and I can each manhandle a child, when necessary. The middle seat in our car is open for that 1 lone person that wants to ride with us. And I've always seen myself as a Mom of Two. So add all that to the fact that I'm not the most flexible person in the world, oh and I hate change, especially to my life plan, and multiply it by pregnancy hormones and you've got One CRAZY Lady!! During that time though some very special things happened. I've never really needed to lean on people like I did during that time. And honestly, I had no idea I was even leaning on them, but my girlfriends were absolutely amazing. I was constantly getting texts, or notes, or calls, or having conversations at the park. They were just "checking" on me. No one was telling me what I should do or giving me any advice, just simply letting me know they loved me and were there for me. It was really apparent how lucky I was to have such amazing woman in my life. I am one lucky girl and I have absolutely amazing girlfriends!! Its funny how people rally around you when you don't know they are and then you look back and realize it. Its a special thing! And I thank you all so much!

Ok. So of course my Doctor has the most jam packed schedule ever and it took 2 full weeks before she could see me. They were going to make me wait 4 but I told the girl that answers the phones, "I'm on the pill and theres NO WAY I should be pregnant. Please!" Lol. Yes, that's another awesome part of this story. I'm def on the pill and religious about it. Which also meant that all my girlfriends on the pill that don't want anything to do with babies are freaking the eff out. HAHAHA. Don't worry girls. Its like less that a 1% chance, and I feel like since you know someone that is officially that 1% you're in the clear ;)
The same day I went to see my Doc I also saw a Psychic! It was great :) My best friend's Mom mentioned that she saw one when her 1st baby was little and it was a great experience. Just to hear her say "Its all gonna be ok." Seeing the psychic was awesome. Except at the end when she told me she saw me having TWO MORE KIDS. And she thought she saw TWINS!!!! OMG. Yep, there I go again. Off the deep end. Bahahaha. And of course my doc had to tell me that my Hcg levels were high, which can mean twins. And did you know getting pregnant on the pill increases your chances of having twins? So I had to wait ANOTHER 4 weeks to confirm there was only 1. That was intense, to say the least.

So Thursday was my 11week appt. She's 90% sure there's only 1 baby. When we go in the next 2 weeks they'll be able to confirm 100% theres only one. Baby looks great. In the ultrasound pic baby's hand is up and totally looks like its waving. Or probably saying "What's up?!" I haven't been sick at all. Like maybe 15 seconds of nausea, but it was because I was hungry. The last 8 weeks I've been starving. And exhausted. At 10am I'm ready for a nap. This week I've felt pretty good. Probably the best so far. Still get pretty tired pretty fast, but not eating everything I see and sometimes actually feel energized. I'm guessing its another boy. I just can't believe I could be having another girl and no morning sickness. Doc said she'll be able to tell me the sex in 6 weeks! That's exciting :)

And yesterday I posted our announcement picture and got the sweetest feedback. More likes and comments than I imagined it would get. And I'm so pumped now!!!! For the first time I'm really excited. All the excitement of the people that made comments is pretty contagious, so I thank you all for the super sweet words! Especially those that said I looked cute ;) hehe. Cause the 1st trimester is the total "fat phase" and every time I get dressed I wish I could just put on a shirt that says "I'm not Fat, I'm pregnant."  I saw a newborn the other day and got so excited thinking about what this baby is going to look like!

So that's whats been going on the last few weeks! Its crazy how you can pee on a stick and your life changes just like that! I'm gonna be a Mom of 3. OMG!!! Oh yah, and I'm due 11.10.12! And as always, we ended up with a couple cute ones so I'm sharing my favs. The top one is the actual one I used to announce this baby on Facebook.

On that note....have a good weekend!!!

Kallen Gentry is Here!!!

 I am soooo glad I didn't make it to 39 weeks :) What's even better than that is sitting here looking at my TWO KIDS sleeping next to each other on the couch. Ahhh, couldn't be happier!

Note: If you don't like reading about things like dilation and epidurals this definitely isn't the post for you ;)

So we started moving our stuff into our new place on the 28th. I was able to leave Raya with her Nana and Grandma during the day just about everyday which was so very helpful. I literally could do about 20 minutes of work and I had to rest. SO ANNOYING! Our big New Years Eve plans consisted of Gentry taking over bedtime duties with Raya so I could soak in the tub. When I got out I started having very mild contractions- just like I did with Raya. I decided to time them and they were getting closer together and a bit stronger. I timed them for about 2 hours and was pretty sure we'd be leaving for the hospital in the next few hours, so I decided to go lay down and try and get some rest (and a few more hours of cuddle time with Raya) before we left for the hospital. Well, I fell asleep and woke up about 3 hours later. My contractions had totally gone away. Dang! I really thought I was going to have a 1.1.11 baby! Anyways, the next day I had no contractions. On Jan 2nd I woke up in the worst pain of my entire pregnancy. I was Ab.So.Lute.Ly over it! As much as I didn't want to be induced I just couldn't take it anymore. At dinner that night I decided I would call my doctor first thing in the morning and go in and see her and set up the first available time to be induced. I consulted with my other doctors that night (WebMD and Babycenter.com). I read a bunch of different girl's stories about being induced and the pros and cons. I started to get a little freaked out. I have no idea why, but I felt so guilty deciding when Baby Boy was going to come. I have no judgement towards other that chose to do that, and I was so surprised by how much it bugged me, but none the less it did and I didn't know if i could do it. After reading all the stories I was leaning more towards not being induced, but I was still going to see my Dr first thing in the morning and see what she had to say. I really like my doctor and trusted her opinion, so I felt comfortable telling her how I felt and that I was struggling with the idea of being induced but I just couldn't take being pregnant anymore. So at 11:30 I went to bed.

2:30am-Gentry comes to bed. I woke up a little when I heard him come in, and I also felt a bit of a contraction. I thought I just had to pee, so I made my way to the bathroom and by the time I got back I was getting a 3rd contraction that was pretty uncomfortable. I stood there for a minute and got another one. By about the 5th contraction I knew we were going to the hospital. I called my mom and told her to come asap. By the time she got to the house to pick up Raya only 15 minutes had past, but in those 15 minutes my contractions had become intense! I was trying to "walk them out" while I waited for Raya to get loaded in the car and for Gentry to finish loading our things. So we're all ready to go, and at this point my contractions were strong enough that I had to stop everything and just try and breath. In between contractions in the car I was laughing because Gentry was running all the red lights and I was sure we'd get pulled over. But, and I really thought about this as we were driving, if we did get pulled over that'd just make my labor story even better ;) At some point we decided that it was totally legal to put your flashers on and run red lights if your passenger was in labor. I asked Gentry to drop me off at the door of the emergency room because I needed to get in asap so I could get my EPIDURAL! That was really the only thing I could think about. I'm pretty sure I said "I'm ready for my epidural" to every nurse that talked to me just to make sure they knew I was super serious and they should probably get someone on that, like, NOW.

 3:30am- I'm checked in and in the delivery room. My contractions are sooooo strong. They're coming about a minute apart and lasting a minute. I remember the nurse trying to ask me all kinds of questions so she could fill my chart out and the only thing I could think to say was "Unless I can answer those questions with a four letter word you're gonna have to wait until the epidural kicks in." I didn't experience contractions like this with Raya.  The first time they checked me I was 6cm dilated. They called my doctor to come in and started preparing for delivery. I started typing a text message to update my family, and by the time I could finish the text and send it I was 9-10cm dilated! 

4:30am- My epidural is in full effect and I feel amazing! I could now answer the nurse's questions without using a single curse word and my doctor was in. She checked me out and broke my water. I was completely dilated and I'd probably start pushing soon. Gentry and I watched a little tv, facebooked and text our family and friends, duh :) 

5:00am- My doctor comes in to tell me I'll probably start pushing in the next 20 minutes. My epidural this time was very different than the one I had with Raya. When I was getting ready to push with Raya I could feel my contractions and could feel my body wanting to push. With this baby I felt nothing! My Dr didn't really like that so she had them turn down my epidural, but I still felt nothing :) 

5:30am- My doc comes back and they prepare the room for delivery! I start pushing at about 5:45 and Kallen came at 5:57am!!!! It was a very fast labor and delivery. I felt so so so very lucky. I'm not kidding, my entire pregnancy just about every wish I made had to do with a fast, easy, healthy labor. So thank you wish master for granting that wish!!!! When Kallen came out my doctor and all the nurses made comments about his size. Lol. They were like "Oh yah, this kid is easily 8lbs." The baby nurse said, "8lbs?! Oh no, that kid is at least 9!" I thought she was joking because my doctor has measured me a week earlier and I wasn't measuring much bigger than a 8lb baby. Sure enough they put him on the scale and he was 9lbs 2oz!!!! That was so reassuring to me. I would've been so ANNOYED if I had been in such pain for the whole pregnancy and popped out a 7lb baby.

So the baby nurse cleaned him up next to me. My other nurse finished my chart while I gave her a mini makeup lesson. And then I got him back!!! 

Kallen Gentry
Born Jan 3 2011 @ 5:57am
9lbs 2oz and 19.5in long

 We were all healthy and happy and I couldn't ask for anything more! They moved me to my room that I would stay in until I left. I just want to RUN! I couldn't believe how great I felt. I forgot what it felt like to feel "light." I just want to jump and do squats and power walk all around. Of course I didn't :) But it was still an amazing feeling to have that baby out of me! I was able to leave the hospital early, so we checked out the next day. I missed Raya, and wanted to be home with her. 

So that's the labor story! My facebook album is here: Kallen Gentry is Here!

I'll post more about what Kallen soon :) He's just perfect!