15 Weeks

Oops! I am a little late on these this time. It has been a bit busy around here this time around.

How far along? 15 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 0lbs, I was up a pound at 13 weeks but lost two this week and gained one back
Maternity clothes? Long shirts and stretchy waist pants or maternity pants
Stretch marks? no new ones
Sleep: Mostly good after a rough week last week
Best moment this week: Sharing the news after finding out the sex
Movement: I've felt her move off and on but the other night we could feel her on the outside too
Food cravings: nothing this week
Labor Signs: this is a long time away
What I miss: feeling pretty good right now so nothing
What I am looking forward to: Feeling like I look pregnant and not fat
Differences from other pregnancies: Not much at this point, being busier I guess, less time to think about it
Milestones: I think we have finally adjusted to the idea of having a girl

Kindergarten

I am so far behind here, I need to write a summer catch up post. But today, kindergarten.

Somehow my big boy is officially a kindergartener. I don't really know how that happened. He has been so looking forward to it and was so excited for this day. I am so excited for him because he is going to love it and do great, but I am sad for me. It means my boys are growing up. In my job I frequently see kindergarteners and I get to see how much they grow and change in kindergarten, physically, mentally, emotionally. I know when Jacob is done with this year he will no longer be my little boy. But little boys grow up so here we go.

We went to meet the teacher night last week and were slightly thrown off and surprised when we were told Jacob's teacher would be out for two months for maternity leave, so he would be starting his school career with a long term sub. I was pretty nervous about that but emailed the principal for some reassurance that Jacob would be in good hands. I am thrilled with the principal for indulging my crazy first time kinder mom anxiety and being understanding about it. We have heard fabulous things about this entire school and since finding out who Jacob's teacher is, wonderful things about her. So I am still nervous but am hoping for the best. I know Jacob is a pretty adaptable kid as long as he knows what is going on so I'm sure he will be fine. We did get to meet both his teacher and the sub on meet the teacher night, and Jacob was the last one out of the classroom. He was so excited and wanted to do everything that night. We also found out two of his friends from our street would be in his class.

We have been practicing getting up (well I have been practicing getting up early, Jacob is always up early) and getting ready in the mornings for the past week. So this morning Josh stayed home and we made a big breakfast before getting dressed and getting out the door. Jacob was done quick and ready to go about 25 min early. We got the mandatory first day pictures done before heading off to ride/walk to school. Jacob looked so big riding his bike down the sidewalk with his backpack on. We made it to school early and took some more pictures there before getting to his classroom and getting him settled. Of course, as soon as we got his bike to the bike rack he was saying bye to us and we had to remind him, no no we are walking you to your classroom today. I had the hardest time when it was time to say bye to him. But we said bye and left, he of course was fine.

Bye brother!

I am so excited to pick him up and hear everything that he did today!

Owen's 2 year stats

Owen had his 2 year check up last week. Fortunately this one didn't come with shots, which he wouldn't have gotten anyways since he ended up having an ear infection. That was a first in this house. The doctor was impressed with his knowledge of colors (he knows all of them) and with his progression of speech. He is right on track where he needs to be now, although we will continue speech until his review next year (I may regret that decision later when he starts talking like Jacob). Other than the ear infection he was great, rather uncooperative due to lack of nap that day though.

2 year stats
Weight:  30lbs   74%
Height:   35.5in  85%
Head: 19.75in   86%

Still a big boy.

Happy 2nd Birthday Owen!

The past two years have flown by and now you are 2! You are such a happy but opinionated big boy (or baby if I ask you!). You will say no to everything in an adorable little voice even if it isn't your idea. For someone who was a late talker you sure have caught up and talk almost non stop, even while you are trying to fall asleep or there is no one there to talk to we hear you talking. You love trucks and Mickey and anything your big brother is doing. You are sometimes super shy and reserved, especially if its someone you don't know, but when we are just hanging out at home you are outgoing and loud and all over the place. You call yourself baby and refuse to be called a big boy. You try to tell us knock knock jokes that make no sense  but you crack yourself up. Your laugh is amazing and your cheese face anytime you see the camera is the greatest. You are starting to say people's names and sometimes make up funny names, Grammy is me, Aimee is maymay, Nickie and Mickey are Bickey. But momma hasn't changed since you started saying it (although now it frequently is followed or proceeded by no). You love your big brother so much; my favorite thing to watch is when you just lay on him and hug him and at rest time and bed time when you say nigh nigh baba, lo ou baba. You love being carried and picked up, any way you can be cuddled or close. Cuddling is definitely a favorite and I am convinced that is part of why you still want to nurse, you get good calm cuddle time to help you relax. You tantrums are epic when they happen, and the adorable little pout and crossed arms when you don't get your way is priceless. You are so expressive. I love watching you learn new things and figure things out, you are so proud when you do something new! This has been such an amazing year and I can't wait to see where you go this coming year! Happy Birthday Owen! 

Happy 5th Birthday Jacob!

I can't believe our first baby is 5 years old! What a crazy, fun, and exciting 5 years they have been. You are such an amazing little (big) boy. Always talking to anyone and everyone you see and always surprising them with what you have to say. You are so inquisitive and curious and never stop moving. It is amazing how much energy you always seem to have. But yet you still make time to cuddle and love stopping to pick flowers for Momma and making pictures for Momma and Daddy. You love playing with Owen and being his big brother, most of the time. You have grown up so much this past year and, 5 years later, still constantly amaze us with your new skills. This year is going to be such an exciting year and we are so excited to see what this year brings for you! Happy Birthday sweet boy! We love you!

18 Month appt

Owen had his 18 month apt about a month ago. He is once again a big boy. He is all over the place still and into everything. He climbs everywhere, except up the stairs because he prefers to have someone else do that hard work, he follows directions pretty well, is very opinionated, signs a ton, but still isn't talking much. With his doctor we decided to go ahead and have him evaluated for speech to see if we can't get him some speech therapy and get him using some of those words he knows! For not talking though he sure does get his point across. He loves Mickey, Jacob, and cheese. He is also still a huge Frozen fan. He is also a huge goofball. He will do anything to get a laugh and once he has people laughing he will just keep going. Dinner is a fun mix of the boys cracking each other up and us trying to get them to stop being silly and eat!

18 month stats
Height: 33.5"  83%
Weight: 27lbs  90%
Head: 19.75"   98%

Summer Wrap up

Whew, we have been super busy. So a catch up post.

The end of the summer was more time spent at Hawaiian Falls and the pool. Owen was jumping in the pool, swimming a little bit, and going down the slides at Hawaiian Falls by himself. Jacob was able to dive down to the bottom of the pool and get things now and goes down the big slides at Hawaiian Falls this year. He loves the big slides.

Josh headed back to school the second week of August. We had a great summer and we were sad for it to end. I have a feeling summers will just start to go by even fast as the boys get older. That first week he was back though my cousin Page came down from Michigan to visit. It was kind of a last minute trip that she planned while we were in Michigan. It was nice to have her come visit and get to spend some time with her. Jacob loved having her here and creeping her out by standing by the side of her bed in the morning staring at her waiting for her to wake up. It was a definite change in environment and schedule for her! We took a few trips to the pool, made it to Hawaiian Falls one last time for the summer, and took a trip to the Perot Museum (with a train and trolley ride as well). Even Owen enjoyed having Page here. She babysat the boys for a couple of hours one day and Owen had no problem hanging out with her. She is planning another trip down hopefully soon!

Josh was pretty worn out after starting back to school. After a summer of fun, work is hard to go back to! But he has gotten back into the swing of things and the boys and I have gotten back to our normal schedule too.

Of course just as we were getting settled into the fall schedule we decided to mix it up a bit and buy a new house and put our house on the market. Fortunately our house sold fairly quick and the buying process was pretty uneventful, although slightly time consuming since we had to do all the leg work as we bought without a realtor. While things mostly went smoothly, because Josh was already back to work it meant the packing was mostly up to me. September was a giant blur of getting numbers and paperwork to people, responding to emails from our lender and our realtor, and packing everything, all with both boys running around. Josh was responsible for fixing a few things at our old house and getting things set up to do things at the new house. We had a few minor issues the week before closing but got everything worked out. Then we spent a Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday closing, painting ,and moving. It was crazy. And by the end of the weekend we were exhausted. (As was grammy who had the boy all day Friday and Saturday by herself.) But we are in our new house and we love it, as do the boys. We are mostly settled but still getting a few things here and there finished, mostly decorating wise. We still need to make a few big purchases but haven't found what we are looking for yet.

So we are all caught up. Hopefully now that things are back to normal I will have time to return to regularly scheduled blogging.