Are having another BOY!

Well.....guess who was wrong? Mommy intuition is apparently not 100% because I was  certain that we were having a girl but when the sonogram tech put the wand on my stomach the very first image that popped up was our little guy with his legs spread wide. Maybe he had been waiting for his moment to tell his mother to stop calling him "she." :) Oops. We are very excited to meet our little "Bump Bump" in a few months. Owen has been calling him "Bump Bump" because I was talking to Owen about going to hear his brother's heartbeat and I told him that we'd hear it say bump bump, bump bump. Now whenever I say baby brother he says, "Bump Bump!" He totally doesn't understand what's happening but he's excited anyway!

At our ultrasound we also learned that I have placenta previa which means that the placenta implanted lower than it should have. Most of the time, up to 90%, it clears up on its own as the uterus grows and stretches. If it doesn't move away from the cervix, I will have to have a c-section, so we're REALLY hopeful that it will move away! I don't have any symptoms that made me suspect that something was different and I still don't have any feelings that things aren't right, so I was shocked to say the least. The worst part of the whole thing is that I have to limit my lifting, which includes not lifting Owen very often.

We had our 20 week appointment this week as well which marks the halfway point of this pregnancy. His heartbeat has started slowing down a bit and was at 141 this appointment, which is perfect! We made our appointment to have our next ultrasound on February 9th to see if my placenta previa has cleared itself. We're hopeful that it will have moved up by then!

16 Week appointment!

Owen and I went to the doctors office last week for our 16 week appointment. The baby's heartbeat was 156 and was really easy to find again! Owen's heartbeat was often hard to find for the nurses at the beginning (the little bugger was hiding) so it's nice to not have that stress at each appointment. I am 17 weeks, 2 days right now and am feeling the baby every day. It's still just little kicks every once in awhile but it's reassuring to know that he or she is in there moving around.

We took a belly pic but it's seriously the worst picture, dark, oddly angled, just terrible, so I'm not going to post it. We're headed to Buffalo on Thursday and I'm sure we'll take pics there so I'll post one of those soon.

12 days until we find out what we're having! We can't wait to know so we can fight it out over a name :)

12 week appointment

13 week belly, just slightly bigger

10 week belly, just poking out a little

Owen and I went to the doctor last week to hear his baby's heartbeat. We decided not to do any of the genetic testing this time (we had a few done with Owen and didn't have to repeat those) so there wasn't too much to do at this appointment. The nurse warned us that they might not find the heartbeat right away before she put the doppler on my belly but the instant she put it down there it was! Super strong at 161. The doctor said that my uterus is growing well and that everything seems to be right on track.

We go back to the doctor on November 21st for our 16 week appointment and then December 9th for our 18 week ultrasound where we'll find out what our babe is!

Are baaaaack (again) with a sweet new addition!

6 week bellies (we were blowing out...I think)

8 week baby!

We're pregnant again! I am currently 9 1/2 weeks and this sweet babe is due May 5th. We can't wait!

We had our first ultrasound on September 27th to find out that our baby is growing beautifully and has a strong heart rate. At this visit the heart rate was 151. We know that will change at every visit but it's interesting that it was so much slower than Owen's at his first visit (O's was in the 160s).

Here are the things I've noticed so far about the pregnancies:

Same:

I haven't thrown up yet and never did with Owen

I'm T.I.R.E.D. and was with Owen as well

I don't really want any meat - apparently I'm a pregnancy vegetarian

Different:

I'm nauseas more often than I was with O

I am having trouble sleeping at night but with Owen I passed out early and stayed asleep

I have bouts of extreme crankiness, almost like PMS symptoms

I don't have much of an appetite for anything. I've been eating lots of small meals each day because I just don't feel like eating much.....I've been eating a lot of PB and J!

I'm marking it down now that my prediction is that we're having a girl. I was right with Owen and I just think this one is a little lady. We will see sometime in December.

My next appointment is in 3 weeks and I'll try to update again then!

Have a 1 year old...ee i ee i ooooooh

Owen turned one last weekend. It's hard to believe that we've had our sweet boy for over a year now, it's just gone by so quickly. He had a great time with all his family and friends at his birthday party on his actual birthday (I obviously planned well having him on a Friday so his first birthday would fall on a Saturday). Here's some pictures of his party!

He totally hated his cake...and not because it was gross (I did make it, but it tasted good!). I'm guessing he just doesn't want his hands dirty? He wouldn't even taste the cake and wanted down. Oh well, no smash pictures for us! We'll keep him anyway ;)

Owen spent most of his party....and a good amount of the weekend chasing his Papa's crutches. He loves to play with them and he loves his Papa. Here's the view from the top....almost worth the accident to see that face so excited about your "toys," right Dad?? Almost.

Here are some boys who appreciated my hard work and devoured some cupcakes!

Happy Birthday, Sweet Owen. Mommy and Daddy love you so much!

Visit family in Buffalo!

Owen and I went to Buffalo this past week with Nonni to visit Uncle Matt, Aunt Julie, Gram, and Aunt Diane. We had a great time! We went to Niagara falls on Saturday and got to see the snow that was still in the water....it looked like a glacier, it was so tall!

We also went to the aquarium. Uncle Matt was so excited to show Owen his first aquarium but Owen decided that a nap was more important....he slept through the whole thing!

We are busy with preparations for Owen's first birthday. We'll have an update soon with pictures of the messy birthday boy!

Walk, walk, walk!!!!

Owen learned to walk this week! He had taken one step two weeks ago but then we had never seen it again so we thought it was a fluke. Then Wednesday he took two steps, then four, then 16 by the end of the evening. Over the weekend he walked all the way from the living room to the front door and then back....which is about 25 feet away! We are so proud of our little guy and you can tell by the look on his face that he's very proud too!

We had a fun weekend as a family. We did some work out in the yard, Daddy worked on his bike, and we went to the library and the park together. Overall a very good weekend!

I took a photography class a couple weeks ago so I've been playing with my camera. Here are a few pics I've taken since the last post.

Enjoying the beautiful flowers in our backyard in his sun bonnet.

Owen seriously loves bouncing balls and rolling them back and forth with us these days.

We took a trip to Uptown Charlotte this Saturday to visit Imaginon. Owen took a little time to enjoy the view! And BTW, my photography teachers would be so disappointed that I forgot to push my flash up on this picture...it would have been so much better.

Check it out mom! I can pull out the grass and quickly stick it in my mouth while you try to adjust your f-stop!

Owen loves wheels....and anything else that rolls or spins.

Playing with mommy at Imaginon.

Our little Future Duke enjoys his Duke Dog, and yes, he did just rip the crown straight off his head. Duuukes!