A Girl and Her Boys

Sheesh. I'm totally slacking on this pregnancy and keeping updated on my progress/weekly status. A lot has happened since 11 weeks so I'll try to give a brief recap. I had my next dr appt at 16 weeks and at the end of the spot I asked Dr Rips if there was anyeay we could find out the sex of the baby before Christmas so we could do a surprise gender reveal for our families. I thought for sure she'd say no because it was still really early. But she said " let me go see if the sonographer is busy.."  And she wasn't and squeezed me in! It's a BOY! I thought I'd be disappointed but I wasn't at all. There's been a few, I wish I could have a girl moments but I'm pretty much in love with this little guy already so I don't wish he was a girl at all. So I painted an ornament and wrapped it up and let my mom open it at our gift exchange with my side. She was so excited! And everyone was so surprised!!   We played charades at Memaw & Papaws hou...

Braz's took his birthday quiz again this year. I had to help some last year but this year was alllll Brazos. How old are you? Four What is your nickname? My sunshine  What is your favorite color? Red  What is your favorite toy? Robot Dinosaur  What is your favorite fruit? Apples  What is your favorite tv show? Ninja Turtles What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? A pineapple, okay?  What is your favorite outfit? My ninja turtle shirt  What is your favorite game? Hide and seek What is your favorite snack? A banana What is your favorite animal? A rhino What is your favorite song? ABCs What is your favorite book? Give A Mouse A Cookie  Who is your best friend? Noah  What is your favorite cereal? Lucky Charms What is your favorite thing to do outside? Play outside  What is your favorite drink? Milk What is your favorite holiday? Halloween  What do you like to take to bed with you at night? A sleeping bag  What is your favorit...

My sweet, silly, fiesty, high maintenance little cuddle bug. I can't believe you are already a year old! This past year with you has been a whirlwind of sleepless nights and snuggles. When you were a week old, we had our first visit from 911 emergency crew because you were choking. Then lots of scary projectile vomiting. RSV to celebrate your 2 month birthday. Did I mention lots of sleepless nights? But you also are so snuggly and sweet with a smile that could melt anyone's heart, and generally does. You love your brother so much and try so hard to keep up with him. And he loves you too! The two of you are best buddies and I hope you always will be. You and I had the breastfeeding thing down. We never had any trouble with that. And I'm happy to say we made it 9 months without a single bottle of formula. We would have made it longer of baby brother hadn't decided to surprise us all! Of course, you are definitely a Momma's boy. No one else stands a chance, even though...

Had my second doc appointment today with baby tres. I've gained just under 1 lb and blood pressure is good. Official due date of May 27th is confirmed. Dr Rips had a resident with her today which I always say yes to allowing them to come in...education is important (and I'm a soon to be doctors wife so I get it). The resident had a hard time finding baby's heartbeat which she said she has trouble but then Dr Rips couldn't find it either...slight moment of panic for mommy. Dr said this isn't uncommon so mommy just got to have another sonogram. The sonographer was a little nervous at first because she thought I was 13 wks vs 11 wks but I assured her I was only 11 and then she found baby and heartbeat right away. I didn't realize just how nervous I was until she said "there it is" and my heart started beating again. Baby tres looks great and measures 12w1d. Heart rate was 153. No more scares, ok little one? It actually looks like a teeny beebee now so it ...

Oh my goodness, Beckett will be ONE in a matter of days. O. N. E. I finally got his invitations ordered and working on getting them mailed out ASAP. Lots of birthday party planning in the works. First birthdays are a big, big deal with this mommy so Beckett's will be no exception. It's going to be fun! Can't believe this little stinker is almost ONE... He's rotten but I love him (and that face) to pieces. A very long catch up post about his first year to follow...

So, not much to update. Feeling tired still but cutting out caffeine and going to bed at 9:30 every night has helped. Well, helped with the exhaustion but I get nothing done around the house or work at night. I've lost a couple pounds despite the non-exercise schedule and eating gobs and gobs. I guess breastfeeding and growing a human take a lot of extra calories. I'm going to tell my boss next week. Only 2 of my coworkers know and for some reason I'm dreading telling everyone. Probably because it's not good timing at work to go on maternity leave a year after you start. Plus my boss has been super stressed and I hate to add to that. But we have a team lunch next week and that feels like as good a time as any instead of awkwardly blurting it out in the small confines of his office, just the two of us. Wish me luck with all that. We are trying to figure out things financially on our end to get us through the end of Jason's doctorate program next year. Looks like we m...

So the Royals are going to the World Series after an 8-0 undefeated postseason sweep. First time even in the postseason since 1985...29 years is a long time to wait but this has been so amazing to see that it's definitely been worth it! Go Royals!!