Flashback - November 11 2013

This old post was stuck in my "drafts" on my blog.  I've already printed my blog books for 2013, so I'm just going to throw it in and it can be a flashback...

At this point I am 16 weeks pregnant.
Last week I hit the point that it was uncomfortable to sleep on my stomach.  :(  such a sad moment... plus I went for a massage with Shannon and had to do the prenatal massage.  While it was nice, I would have rather had a normal massage.
I think I felt the baby move!  (It's hard to tell completely but now that I'm more familiar with what it feels like, I'm pretty sure.)
I have had a horrible cough that is slowly getting better.  It's been awful to have such a bad cough...bladder control is a friend who has left me.  :(  Plus sometimes I cough so much it leads to throwing up.
The nausea is basically gone!!!  But unfortunately, due to this cough, it means I am still throwing up.
My Biggest issue is just being tired and not wanting to do anything.
Most food still doesn't sound good.
I really need to exercise but have zero motivation.
I wore my maternity levis because I didn't have any clean clothes.  They were comfy but a little big.  I am still able to fit into my clothes but haven't totally told everyone so some shirts I am now avoiding.
I lost the bottom half of my belly button - it's so weird!
I've gained a lb and a half.
I had a dr. visit and it took a while to find the heartbeat (it's a little baby!) and it was nice because I wasn't nervous or freaked out like during my last pregnancy.
I thought I'd have to wait until 20 weeks but my doctor surprised me and said let's schedule your ultrasound in a wk and a half!  So we are going to find out at 18 weeks - right before we go to Utah!!

Pregnancy Week 17:
I let the cat out of the bag... I put it on facebook and it's out there...a few people at work knew but now I'm really sharing!

Do I get good mom points?

Sometimes I feel like I just don't measure up as a mom (see the last picture from the previous post where my son is extremely upset because I am working and can't put him to bed)... especially now that I am trying to meet the needs of two children.   Rather than focus on the bad, I'm going to focus on the things I am doing that are worth recognizing and giving myself credit for in this post.  :)

Do I get good mom points for having such cute clothes for such a beautiful girl? :) ( ...especially when those clothes are bought at a great discount at a second hand store?!!)

Do I get good mom points for making sure she gets enough food and breast milk to have those chubby cheeks?

(Landen absolutely loves his Emmalyn)

What about for trying a "trick" I saw online for bath time - - put them in a laundry basket and it will keep the toys close to them?  (The trick didn't talk about how silly this approach is if they want to just stand up the whole time - we never tried this again. It's just easier to shower and hold her on my lap the whole time rather than lean over the bathtub and keep fighting to get her to sit down.)

Do I get good mom points for bringing the kids grocery shopping with us instead of leaving them at home with Brittany? (note the darling shoes from Aunt Tawny)

Do I get good mom points for making homemade, organic baby food?

At least I can get some points for finding such adorable leggings, right?

Maybe I can get good mom points for staying up late putting in lots of hours creating a photo book for each month of Emmalyn's first year while listening to DMB?

I really do try my best and some days my best might not be good enough but dang-it, I do a lot that many moms don't do.  I need to remember that when I am tempted to just focus on the things that they ARE doing and I'm not.

Christmas in the Square

December is in full swing!  Yeah for the holidays!

This is what my Christmas shopping looks like - a bunch of Amazon boxes.  I am doing a lot of online shopping this year.

We took the kids and went to the city's "Christmas in the Square" event.  We met our friends Sarah and Brad there with their son Sam and new daughter Naomi.

Santa was arriving just as we were arriving so we got to see him before the official start of the "parade"

Max was not happy to see him

Reindeer Daddy

He was quite nervous knowing Santa was around

The girls!

The boys!  Maxwell didn't want to participate or do anything.  It was incredibly frustrating for me.

Sarah (Naomi), Sam, and Max

Let me correct myself, he was only interested in his funnel cake...beyond that he didn't want to do anything.  Remember how I mentioned that if anyone else is eating, then Emmalyn will get upset until she gets something? Yeah, so she was getting upset and I didn't bring food for her so she got a few bites of a funnel cake.  Sheesh - I couldn't believe I was letting my nearly 8 month old eat a friend funnel cake with sugar on it.  Maxwell was certainly not that "lucky" at that age.  That's what happens with the second child though, right?

Looking at the real reindeer

Max did play a couple of the "games" at the booths.  Apparently the vendors were cooler than Santa.

Waiting for the lighting of the Christmas tree (it ended up being colder than we were properly prepared for so we didn't hang out forever).

When we got home, we'd been "elf'd".  Max was really excited to see what one of our kind neighbors had left for us.

On our way to the event, we passed a big blowup Mr. Potato Head wearing a Santa hat in front of one of the businesses.  Maxwell said the funniest thing as we were passing.  He goes, "That a big potato!  He's wearing a Santa hat.  He should give it back to Santa.  But we should do it for him because he doesn't move."

:)  Isn't it fun to hear the way 3 year olds think?