14 weeks (and 4 days): Belly & The Mom-Mobile!

Today I am 14 weeks and 4 days along (with 178 days to go) in this pregnancy and everything is still smooth sailing! The mild queasiness that I had early on is gone but I am still feeling pretty tired. I think that has more to do with the extremely active 16 month old who loves to get into trouble than the actual pregnancy.

I am showing now so I decided to take the first belly shot of this pregnancy (taken yesterday)


I am also excited to show off our new purchase. I am now the proud owner of a Mom-Mobile (otherwise known as a 2010 Toyota Sienna). I felt like a kid on Christmas morning when I finally go to drive it off the lot and it was mine! It will be nice having all the extra space when Baby Squishy makes his entrance this spring!

Shaun+Refried Beans= HUGE MESS!

What can I say, he LOVED them!

12 Weeks: Baby Squishy's First Portrait Session

Today we had our first ultrasound. It was a long 12 weeks, since with my two prior pregnancies I had already had ultrasounds done at this point. Everything looked great and Baby Squishy is measuring exactly on schedule at 12 weeks. I am feeling tired still, but I'm looking forward to that 2nd trimester boost. Thankfully, the queasiness I was feeling early on has subsided. It was something that I never experienced with David and Shaun and I have to say that it was not pleasant.

David is excited about the baby. He'll say "Mommy, there is a baby in your belly". He also says it is a boy baby because he wants another Shaun. We have had a conversation where he has told us his new "brother's" name. Went something like this:

David: Mommy where is the baby?
Me: You know where the baby is.
David: In your belly!
Me: That is right, is it a girl baby or a boy baby?
David: It's a boy baby, his name is Trouble!
Me: Trouble?!
David: YES!

Turns out after hearing him say the baby's "name" over and over he was saying CHARLES. From the back seat of the car it sounded like Trouble which he now thinks is hilarious! We're trying to explain to him that Charles is Daddy's name and we're going to pick a new name for the baby.

We also found out today that there is a very good chance that David will be getting his wish for another brother. During the scan the tech showed us the legs and I hear Charlie behind me say, "Am I seeing boy parts there?" The tech went back to take a look and, sure enough, there was "something" there. She agreed with Charlie's assessment of what that "something" was but wouldn't say with 100% confidence, since it is still very early and that it might "retract". I'm not sure if that would be a good thing either, though - retracted boy parts... Regardless, Charlie is convinced of what he saw and he now has me convinced. We'll know for sure the Monday before Thanksgiving.

Here are Baby Squishy's first pictures!




The creepy 3D image:

The Big E

This weekend we (along with the Stacks) headed to West Springfield, MA to go to the Big E. If you are not familiar with this it's a HUGE fair out in Western MA. It's probably as big as the Topsfield & Deerfield fairs combined.

The original plan was to go to the fair on Saturday, spend the night in a hotel, and head home on Sunday. Mother Nature had other plans, however, so we used Saturday as a fun day at the hotel and went to the fair today! The kids had a blast at the hotel. Honestly, I think they had more fun at the hotel than they did at the fair! We stayed at the Homewood Suties in Holyoke and, thanks to Brian, really lucked out with the rooms we got! We even got to take the kids swimming in the indoor pool!





Thankfully the Stacks were able to switch their room to the one across the hall. The way the rooms were designed we were able to put our boys in the bedroom shut the door and hang out in the living room area. The Stacks came over and we just left the two doors open. It was nice to be able to have some adult time while the children slept! In the morning we enjoyed the free continental breakfast before heading over to the fair.



This was my first time going to the Big E. I was very impressed. There was a lot of interesting food, vendors and the kids enjoyed the rides!









And of course no fair would be complete without seeing the animals. An Alpaca even gave David a kiss! I was sad I didn't have my camera ready for that one but he was so excited.