Five Weeks

I'm only five weeks pregnant but I'm going to try something new this pregnancy then I did with the others. I'm actually going to take pictures and write about it. I decided to do this mainly because since this is my third pregnancy I don't want my life to get too hectic that it just passes by without me taking the time to notice it. I still remember Elijah's and Chloe's pregnancies and different things that made them special and I just want to make sure to do that for this one too. We'll see if I actually keep it up but for now this is my first post and hopefully I'll have one each month.


Me at Five Weeks:

The size of the baby at Five Weeks:

baby is the size of a sesame seed

Changes the embryo has gone through by five weeks:

Cells multiplied and the baby is surrounded by amniotic fluid to keep it nice and cushy. The baby is still an embryo right now. The baby's brain is beginning to grow. It develops from the neural tube, a structure that will also spawn your baby's spinal cord, nerves, and backbone. In the meantime, the primitive placenta and umbilical cord, which deliver nourishment and oxygen to the baby, are already on the job.

Eh's:
I'm already ridiculously tired all of the time. By 1pm I'm ready for a 3 hour nap, and if I don't take one when the kids take theirs I pass out by 5 when Jed's home for an hour and I can still fall asleep by 9 for the night.

The baby doesn't like sweets. I get nauseous when I eat sweets instead of something healthy. I suppose it's not such a horrible thing but I like my sugars!

I hate salt and it apparently hates me too. If I have the tiniest bit of salt I bloat up 3-5 lbs each day. I guess it's at least keeping me hydrated since I down water like nothing else to push the salt through.

My pregnancy symptoms start earlier each time. This time 5 weeks, Chloe it was 6 and with Elijah it was 8.

Amazingnesses:
I love how excited Elijah is for the baby. He's really involved and asks everyday to see the baby.

Pickles! mmmm... I had the same thing with Chloe. Pickles are just SO GOOD! I think it's a texture thing

I found an OB with a midwife (yea!) and I can take the kids with me to appointments! Last time was pretty lame that Elijah couldn't come with to see the ultrasounds or hear the heart beats. He's so excited to be able to hear the baby.

Chloe and Elijah are ready to be the older siblings. Chloe is always looking out for other babies and tries her best to take care of them. Elijah is probably the one who is most excited about the baby.

I love knowing I'm pregnant before the test proves that I am. With each pregnancy, I've always known I was pregnant before it was confirmed. That was a bigger deal with Chloe since it took 3 tests to finally show I was pregnant.

This baby will come in August, a week after our anniversary, but we'll finally have a party outside instead of inside because it's freezing outside. I like to plan parties and I already have themes til this kid is 5.

I get to stay in bed and read. It's nice that I can take a day off and not feel too guilty for not cleaning or doing whatever else is supposed to get done and read (mainly because I'm exhausted and just don't energy for it) I've already read 5 books this month.

Our December

This month has been so busy and hectic and just packed full of fun things. I'm just going to share a few highlights though.

The first Saturday, the kids and I went to the Festival of Trees with Jed's sister, Bonnie, and her kids. I loved it! It's so amazing the talent and creativity that people have for decorating trees and gingerbread houses. The kids got tired halfway through but we all had fun. You can see the trees and gingerbread houses on my other blog.

We all got our Christmas trees too. This is when I found out Jed gave away all of our decorations except for one box which had our star and stockings in it and a few other odds and ends. Yeah.... I was a little bit upset since Christmas was the only holiday I actually decorated for but I decided to wait until after Christmas to replenish our holiday stock. Jed did buy lights for the tree and I bought a few things at the dollar store. I love the lights though and how they reflect off the walls. The kids love their trees though! Elijah has been obsessed with getting one since Thanksgiving, and he was very adamant about everyone getting their own tree again this year. We decided to buy the kids their own fake tree so we'll have it every year.

Chloe's tree

Elijah's tree and trains

Elijah also has been protectively attached to his Santa hat. He wears it everywhere, even to bed. He pretends to be Santa and fills the stockings up with his toys and tells me he's ready for Christmas.

I've been busy making some gifts this year which actually took a bit of my time, I also did my first guest blog appearance for my friend's blog and first showed them off there. (You can see them on my other blog here)

http://mamavisca.blogspot.com

 Jed had a couple of retirement ceremonies to go to this month, he even was the narrator for one. They're held at the Aerospace Museum, so he decided to take us for a trip since he didn't get to go with us the first time. It's so much better to go with him too, since he knows most of the planes and can actually explain them to Elijah. Chloe also had a blast and got so excited pointing out the airplanes and helicopters. She literally ran to each one.

Jed and the kids decorated a gingerbread house together. Chloe wiped the frosting off with her finger to lick it and after Elijah put on all the candy by himself he ate the rest of it. He's really proud of his house though.

We also decorated the windows with paper snowflakes. Elijah had so much fun with this. He made a couple of his own and had me put them up in his window. He loves the shadows on his windows too.

These were Elijah's

We also took the kids to see Santa. It was kinda lame since they wouldn't let us take our own pictures except from a distance back in the line and charged $25 for one 5x7 photo. I was surprised Chloe didn't freak out like she normally does, but she actually talked to him the most. He asked them both what they wanted for Christmas, Chloe responded and said "Toys!" and Elijah smiled hesitantly and just nodded. Then he asked if they were good all year and Chloe said "yes!" and Elijah just nodded. He loved it though! He was so happy to be able to see Santa. He loves Santa since last year and talks about him all year long.

Our biggest thing this month is finding out I'm pregnant! We're all really excited, although I think Elijah might be the most. When we first told him, I don't think he quite got it and left the matter alone, but last Sunday he became obsessed with it. We were on our way over to Jed's parents' house and Elijah started to ask where the baby was going to sit and he decided the baby can sit between him and Chloe. Then he started to think of names for her (he's pretty sure the baby will be a girl... he says babies are girls even though he wants a brother but says Chloe wants a sister...we'll see). So far his top two names were Light (he saw Christmas lights) and E ("because E is his favorite letter since Elijah starts with an E"). Elijah was also the one to tell Jed's family. He was walking up the stairs with Grandpa and said he's "getting a baby but it's in mommy's tummy." No one's been surprised since I've been so baby hungry lately. lol Since Sunday Elijah's asked to see the baby and keeps asking me if my "tummy's big now so he can see the baby." He even makes drinks for me so the baby can drink it in my tummy. (It's normally his left over milk with water that he added stirred with a dirty spoon he found in the sink... needless to say the baby doesn't get it's drink) We're all really excited though and can't wait until August for this little babe to come :)

(this is kind of an awkward photo but this is our announcement)

I hope everyone has a wonderful and Merry Christmas!

A Quick Look

I've been meaning to post pictures of our new house, but I've been so busy I just haven't gotten around to it. I'm just going to share a few rooms downstairs though. I'm still working on the rooms, so they're not complete, but for now they'll do. :)

Our Family Room:

This is the first room you walk into. When we moved we only had the couch set and t.v, so we bought the t.v stand, which I'm in love with right now. It didn't exactly match though so I made curtains to make it match a little better (you can go to this link on my project's blog if you want to know how to make them). I'm going to make a few throw pillows to match also and I still have a few things in mind for the room. If I ever do get around to doing it, I'll post updated pictures later.

The Dining Room:

This room is really bare right now. I'm still trying to figure out what I want to do with it. I keep changing my mind. I'd love to have a country French look, for now we just have our shear curtains up, but I actually want to trade them for a different color. I'm still trying to convince Jed to let me do cream with pink or yellow accents. You can probably see why he doesn't those colors. lol


Our library:

The downstair's rooms are a little on the small side and we have big furniture. We were hoping to have this room as our t.v room, but it just wouldn't fit with our couch. We all love to read and I've always wanted a library in our house, so we decided to turn this room into the library. Elijah loves the idea of it. He even started taking all of his books from his room to fill up the bookshelf. I also made the wall art for this room (here's the link for it) It's a nice and comfy place to snuggle up with a good book. Plus, since whenever I start a book I get completely obsessed with it, so this is a good place for me to be able to keep an eye on the kids while they run around and play. This also leads to the backyard so I can keep an eye on them as they play outside.

So that's the quick look at our downstairs. :)