Big Transitions

Lincoln climbed out of his bed.

21 months.  That's how old he is.  Brody didn't do this until he was a bit older and when he did it, he fell out and busted his lip so he didn't try again.

Up until now, he's been sleeping in a pack and play in Logan's room.  Their bodies are on much the same schedule (both morning people, Brody is much more of a night owl).  He's done so well.  We lay him down, he sleeps.  This transition is going to kill me!

So, we packed up the crib and put the pack and play, put up the bed and went to pick out some bedding.  We also went ahead and put the boys together.  This way they'll be done and used to it by the time their baby sister gets here since the girls will share a room.

He's thrilled.

Mommy's scared.  My nights might get a lot harder now.  And what about naptime?  Ahhh!

23 Week Bumpdate

So 23 weeks in and I'm still as sick as a dog.  I'm taking an anti-nausea med, and I'm still at the point where if I forget to take it I'm throwing up all day like I've got the stomach flu.  It's awful.  I feel bad for the kiddos on those days because I'm completely useless....though, they love it because we watch WAY more TV than their little brains need.  Thankfully, I've only forgotten it less than a handful of times.  But still.

How many weeks: 26.6

Weight gain?  13 lbs.  

Morning Sickness?  Yes.

Cravings:  Pickles, sour kraut, lemons, anything acidic right now!

Sleeping well?  Sleeping as well as I can with a one year old and being pregnant.

Labor signs?  Nope!

Things I miss:  Being able to go to bed not freaking out about missing a dose of medication!  ha!  Making it through a day without feeling like something is going to make me vomit.

Things I'm looking forward to:  Picking up some more pink, looking into girl names, and we're starting to plan for our upcoming school year, so that's exciting!!

Here I am at 23 weeks with all four kids:

It's a.......

Well.... it took a good while for our ultrasound tech to figure out what this baby was!  We went in and had a very routine ultrasound until she went to check and see what we were looking to add to our family dynamic.  This little baby had the cord stuck in between it's legs and it took forever to get the baby to roll around enough that it wasn't blocking anything.  After about 5 minutes the tech said she thought she was pretty confident about knowing but still spent another 10 minutes rolling the baby back and forth trying to get a good angle.  But.....after 15 minutes she told us to go ahead and start talking baby girl names, because she was 99% sure that that's what was in there!  (She says she never gives a full 100%)

So, to celebrate, we went out and got PINK cake pops!

We are so excited to be welcoming another precious little girl into our family.  It'll be nice to even things out a bit and you know I can't wait to get some big bows on that little one's head.  

As with our tradition, baby girl Kayle does not have a name.  We always have ONE name going into our ultrasound and every time it's been the opposite gender.  That should have given us a hint into what this baby was.  

We were all very excited, well, all but one of us.  It took several attempts to get Brody to give us a smile.  As it turns out, he must have really, really wanted another brother.  Not thrilled at all. 

Thankfully, we all know he will be head over heels for his little sister and will most definitely take on the role of "super hero brother" for her.  He just needs to meet her.  :)