6 Weeks

FYI, this will be a weekly update.


Baby's now the size of a sweet pea!

Growing like crazy, baby is starting to sprout eyes, ears, nose, cheeks, and chin. Those little hands and feet -- still webbed like paddles -- might wiggle by week's end, the heart is beating (almost twice as fast as yours!), and blood is starting to circulate.

I'm feeling great so far.  No morning sickness yet (fingers crossed).  I do get tired easier but that has been it.

Most women are just now finding out they are pregnant.  It amazes me that with a heart beat and it's own blood you can legally kill this small wonderful baby.  Makes me so sad, especially when there  are people who would love to have that child.

21 months

It's been a while since I've done an update on Patrick.  His will be 21 months in 2 days; only 3 more months until he is 2.  I know those months will go fast with all the holiday preparation and hussel and bussel.

Patrick is my little mountain climber.  He climbs up into the kitchen sink and most recently learned to climb up on top of his changing table.  Once there, he has dumped out the baby powder and squeezed out some of his diaper rash cream.  Patrick has learned to climb out of his crib, so we moved him to a toddler bed.  He is still down stairs next so his room is crowded with both a toddler bed and his crib.  He does well at night staying in his bed, but we still struggle a little with naps.

Patrick is saying so many words now.  I'm still guessing at some of the words he says but most of his words are pretty clear and easy to understand.  Tonight a dinner he asked for more kiwi by name.  He has also named the baby.  Every night before bed we pray and thank God for our coming baby.  I tell him to say "Thank you for our baby."  Patrick says "thank you, Choo Choo" and then laughs and laughs.  He is so silly at time.

5 Weeks

Your baby's the size of an appleseed!












Your embryo is now measurable -- though at week five, it's a wee .13 inches -- and she's gearing up for much more growth. At five weeks, she's already starting to form major organs (heart, stomach, liver, kidney) and systems (digestive, circulatory, nervous).  In fact, in the next week, she'll almost double in size. Grow baby grow!

Gender Trend

I've noticed a trend in the gender of babies that are being born to friends.  Right before we had Patrick every body I knew was having boys.  From June until we had Patrick that next January.  Then the trend switched to everyone having girls.

This continued from February until this June.  Michael's cousin then made the switch back to every one having boys when their son was born in July.

Now, all my friends and family who are pregnant are having boys.  Does this mean we will be having another boy??

Shh on Facebook

Just found out that we are expecting baby number two around June 11, 2013.  Please don't say anything on Facebook.  Thank you!

Toddler Bed

Patrick has learned to climb out of his crib.  This has resulted in numerous occasions on me putting him back in his crib at bed time.  During nap times I've resorted to putting him in his travel bed.  It is a little tent that zips close.  I moved his toddler bed down stairs into the nursery.

Last night I put him to bed in the toddler bed and closed his door.  I didn't go in to check on him until I knew he was sleep.  As I opened the door, I hit Patrick with it.  He had fallen asleep right next to the door.  I moved him to his bed and he slept in the bed the rest of the night.

I did the same thing for nap time today.  I put him in his bed and didn't check on him until I knew he was asleep.  This time I found him on the floor half under the bed.

Wonder where I'll find him tonight.

New Job??

For a while Michael has been considering finding a new job.  His current job has long hours and a shifting schedule that makes it hard to do family things.  Most nights he comes home from work says hello and plays with Patrick for maybe 30 mins before they both go to bed.  He also has to switch between day and night shift ever 4 months, the next switch is right before Christmas.  That all being said, he would like to find a job that is more steady with the work schedule and would have a similar take home pay.

He may have found something but we are still not sure about it.  While the pay would be about the same, the insurance would be more out of pocket than it is now.  This has him worried, especially since we want to have more children and would have to pay the larger deductible amount.  We also have increased our credit card debt amount.  This is another concern as well.  I now have two girls to watch which will help to pay off some of this debt.  The hours would be more conducive to family life and being able to be more active and involved in church as well as providing him with time to possibly study and take classes.  He will also be given a company car to use, so we could sell his car and lower our insurance rates each month.

I just wish it would be an easy decision to make.