Pregnancy Update: 35 Weeks

Yesterday marked 35 weeks with this pregnancy! It's starting to get real, ya'll! I pretty much have everything ready for the baby, not that we needed much - swing, bed, carseat, and a few cute items. If its a girl, we have clothing galore but we will need to buy some if its a boy. Thankfully I have always been good about getting most of my newborn clothes in gender neutral colors.

Speaking of cute stuff, how cute is all this! I bought the muslin blanket from an etsy shop called The Bobbin Belle (its no longer sold in the store, but she still does custom blankets upon request) The rattle, hat and onesie I actually made myself. Nesting has been hitting me in the form of making things, not cleaning unfortunately.

As for how I feel, I am soooo tired! I manage to stay awake until 10pm most nights but I am typically yawning my head off my 8:30. I am also hungry 90% of the time, but take two bites of something and I'm full. My hips hurt most nights, which causes me to toss and turn which means I don't sleep much, and my movement is starting to become very restricted.

Funny story, yesterday I made the mistake of sitting on the floor to play with the girls (I normally sit in one of their little chairs or on the couch) and I couldn't get up!! I almost had to call Charlie into the room to help me. After about 3 or so minutes I managed to maneuver myself to standing position, but it was hard!

So note to self: don't sit on the floor anymore.

Baby has been moving like crazy, of course. Most rolling around and less kicking, but he still things my ribs are fun to push on. I had a follow up ultrasound Monday to check on baby's urinary tract development (I don't think I mentioned it before but baby has Pyelectasis, which means his/her urinary system isn't developing quite on schedule, in this case the tract connecting kidneys and bladder is measuring small which can cause urine backup into the kidneys. Nothing serious and it's actually not too uncommon! Most times it correct itself before birth, hence the follow up scan. The doctor said it's still a little small however 5 weeks is plenty of time for it to fix itself, so I'm feeling pretty positive about it.

But look at this little face!!!

The tech got a suuuper clear shot! Clearer than she has ever gotten with the girls. The tech also said baby is currently weighing in at 6lbs, and the doctor said she is pretty darn accurate so I might be looking at over an 8lb baby! Lexi was my big one at 7lbs 15oz, so almost 8lbs, but it scares me a bit that this baby will be bigger! Thankfully I had pretty easy and quick births so this one shouldn't be too much different (at least I can hope!)

I'm excited for the holidays coming up and can't wait to meet my little dude or dudette!

Things the kids say part 4

Kayleigh age 3
Me: "ooo a princess tea party book!"
Kay: " oh, no mama, you can't read that. It's too pretty for you."

-talking to another little girl-
"You can talk?!?! Can you breathe too?!"

"I can't read Juno a story, she's gonna fart!!"

Kay: "Its pre-school day! It's my day off!"
Me: "if it's your day off, why are we going to pre-school?"
Kay: "oh, no. It's my day off from you and Lexi."

-walking through the church parking lot-
Kay: "wait daddy, I need to be a froggy!" -starts trying to hop across the parking lot-
Charlie: "no kay, we can't be foggies in parking lots. You need to walk."
Kay: "ok" walks normally until we get to the sidewalk "now can I be a froggy?"
Charlie: " yup, be a froggy!"
-she happily hopped the rest of the way into church-

"Dada got a big boo boo?"
"Yeah, honey, he has a big boo noo and has to go see a doctor."
"....well, I guess even batman gets big boos boos sometimes, right?"

Alexis, age 1
-sees plane in the sky-
"Fly! Fly, mama!"
-jumps up and down-
"No, fly! I no fly!"
-cue tantrum because she couldn't fly-

-points to the hole in the bathroom ceiling where the exhaust fan normally is-
Lexi: "Uh oh. Uh oh, mama. Uh oh!"
Me: "oh no! Lexi, did you do that?"
Lexi: "yes! I touch. Uh oh."
Me: "well, how did you get up there?"
Lexi: "I fly. It no no. Uh oh."

I told her the turkey we were eating was chicken so she'd eat it. ("Bok bok" is what a chicken says)
-takes a bite- mmmmm bok bok yummy!! -takes another bite- mmmMMMMmmm bok bok!

(Lexi had been sick for a few days and had been sleeping with me at night)
Lexi: "I wanna go to bed."
Me: "...ok, let go to bed, then!"
Lexi: "no, mama's bed! Mama's bed!"
Me: "sure, go get in mama's bed."
-Lexi run and climbs into the bed and snuggles under the covers-
Me: "you look pretty comfy. Is mama's bed comfy?"
Lexi: -devilish grin- "no, no mama's bed. This MY bed."

October Picture Dump

Another month, another round of pictures!! 

I was working on the girls' halloween costumes and decided to have a little fun with Kay's batman mask

Charlie and I took Lexi to the park on day while Kay was in preschool. We were on a walk and I snapped this picture and later I realized that I took a similar one on the same path at the same park of Kayleigh when I was 7 months pregnant with Lexi, and this time I was 8 months pregnant with Lexi's little sibling.

Lexi and Little Bit have such a funny relationship - Little Bit hates how Lex will chase and harass him but he will always come running up to her for some love. I was lucky to catch this sweet moment because they don't last very long. 

I was supposed to be taking a nap with Lexi but couldn't stop starting at how sweet she was.

A little halloween fun with Kay!

Halloween 2016 Megapost

I normally don't get into doing special things for any of the Holidays, but for some reason this year I have been really wanting to get into the holiday spirit. Decorating, Crafting, going to events. I don't know what it is but I have so many things I want to do this year!

To start off, I dusted my removable vinyl off and made some Halloween window stickers for the girls to put up. They had a blast and would constantly take them off and put them back on if I let them. (They accidentally ripped a few doing such so I told them to stop so they'd at least last until Halloween!)

Want to know a little secret? I actually flipped this picture after I took it because I forgot to tell my Cricut to mirror when cutting and "Happy Halloween" is actually backwards if viewed from outside. Oops!!)

(If you want the .svg cut file for your Cricut or Cameo, I have it here for free!)

Then we went to Boo at the Zoo! We got there a little later than we meant to so we didn't get to go to all the events but the girls loved running around regardless.

I pulled out my stash of construction paper as well and whipped up some Halloween crafts. I first had the girls paint the sky while I cut out all the shapes. Then after the paint dried I let them glue everything down.

Kayleigh got to make a haunted house and Lexi made a pumpkin patch

For the first time ever we carved pumpkins, too! Kayleigh requested 'scary and angry faces'

Sunday night we went to a trunk or treat at Kay's preschool. The girls were all over but I managed to get a picture of Lexi digging into her candy bucket.

And then there was the actual Trick or Treating Monday night! We made a quick round at a friend's neighborhood because Charlie had to work that night but the girls were getting pretty tired by the end so it all worked out. They had a blast.

Charlie and I have already been talking about how crazy its going to be next year with three kiddos and what costumes we want to be.

Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween!!

Batman vs Harley Quinn

I am excited about this years Halloween costumes! Heck, what am I kidding, I'm always excited about making Halloween costumes. Last year since both girls were both so young I just picked the theme. They were especially adorable as Little Red Riding Hood and the Little Bad Wolf.

This year I asked Kayleigh what she wanted to be for Halloween. I had some suggestions, but she was adamant she wanted to be candy! After weeks of trying to figure out how I was going to pull that off, she learned her friend was going to go as Batman and changed her mind - she wanted to be Batman, too! This was much easier for me and decided Lexi would be the cutest Harley Quinn (I did the new version from the Suicide Squad movie since I figured it would be easier for me)

Instead of just buying costumes, I prefer to make and piece them together out of things we already own.

For Kayleigh's costume, I made the batman mask out of felt (2 layers of felt that I sewed together around the edges and hot glued elastic to) and the cape was some leftover black canvas I had on hand that I cut out and did a simple zig-zag stitch on the edged to keep it from fraying. The Batman shirt was bought at Walmart for under $7 and the skirt was a gift from a friend earlier this year (I think she got it at goodwill for $2)

 

For Lexi's Harley Quinn costume, I bought a blank red & white baseball tee off Amazon for less than $7 and designed the "Daddy's Lil Monster" text as close as possible to match the original. Then I used my cricut and some heat transfer vinyl to put the design onto the shirt. The shorts were just a pair she already owned and I had some tights on underneath them. I also bought hair chalk to give her the red and blue pigtails. (The baseball bat in the above picture was something we bought for the girls to play with at the end of summer, but I completely forgot to bring it for the photos. Whomp whomp. Thankfully a chain hanging on the door worked awesome as a prop.)

 

Total, I'm sure the costumes cost me less than $20. Not too bad, and everything can get used and worn again once Halloween is over!!

 

The girls love their costumes, too! Kayleigh would wear hers everyday if I let her. Lexi thinks having the color in her hair is pretty neat and will constantly play with her pigtails if I let her (and get the chalk dust everywhere!) We got a lot of cute looks letting them run around Main Street St. Charles when I was taking pictures.

I'll have another post of all out Halloween shenanigans coming up here shortly. We really seemed to get into the holiday spirits this year! 

Pregnancy Update: 30 Weeks

(So I had this post all typed up and everything last week, posted it from the blogger app on my phone and apparently instead of posting it went into limbo instead. Glad I checked! So, here is my 30 week bumpdate, even though its a week late.)

So I am 30 weeks!!

With my track record, I have less than 10 weeks left since I went into labor at 39 weeks with both girls.

I had my 30 week appointment yesterday and everything was great. Baby has been moving around like crazy, especially at night, and has a nice, strong heartbeat. I'm down to bi-weekly appointments now and next month I have a follow up ultrasound to make sure baby's urinary tract is developing properly (It was undersized at my 20 week, but doctor says its common and should fix itself before birth.)

My stomach feels soooo big and tight right now. I have been using lotion like crazy because it itches and I have already gotten some stretch marks. Most likely I have more on the way, but 3 pregnancies and I'm just now getting stretch marks so I guess I can't complain too much.

I am so tired anymore and can fall asleep at the drop of a hat. I actually laid down with Kayleigh today to try and get her to take a nap and I feel asleep myself!! Kay and I were in a wedding over the weekend, me being the matron of honor and Kay being the flowergirl, and it took me a full day to recuperate from it. I pretty much did nothing but sleep Sunday and still ended up going to bed not too long after the girls did.

I've gotten pretty much everything we need for the baby. I was able to score a Arm's Reach Co-Sleeper for $40 off craigslist!! They typically go for $60-100 used but this lady only used it for a few months and needed to get rid of it for space so she priced it low. I also won a few items for baby, and I have the most adorable donut swaddle on the way as well! All we really need is a carseat and we are all set!

Kayleigh is excited to be a big sister again. She will ask to snuggle with 'her brother' all the time (she's convinced its a boy, so we just stopped trying to tell her, "brother OR sister"), she told me she wants to bring baby a balloon when she meets him for the first time, and has a list of all the things she wants to do when baby gets here. Lexi, on the other hand, will poke my belly and say, "Baby, out!" but it mostly unfazed.

I'm getting super excited that the end is in sight and can't wait to meet my little dude or dudette!

September Pictures!

(Hopefully I can post this before the end of October, but I'm having some sort of issue with Google Photos and all my pictures, including newly uploaded ones, are showing as broken.)

Another month, another picture dump! I almost forgot about it this month, too. Shame, shame. I mean, it's not like I'm actually posting anything else besides them, lately, right? Life hasn't been really blog-worthy lately and since this is more a memory blog than a "write articles to get people to come to it" blog, I guess thats not a huge deal. Anyway, onto the pictures!!

I started making shirts to sell and me and the girls were the first guinea pigs! (if you're really interested, check out http://www.etsy.com/shop/thekohntribe)

I won a $100 giftcard to target and one of my purchases was finally buying a cute welcome mat for the house. I've always wanted to get one and it only took 8 years and 2 houses to finally make my 'dream' a reality!

Me and the girls went to Vintage Market Days over the weekend and had a blast. I loved looking at all the pretty things I would never buy, Kayleigh had a blast running around and dancing to the music and Lexi just liked to wave and say 'hi!' to everyone we passed.

24 week baby bump! I'm almost 30 now, so time is really flying!

My wild child in all her glory - messy hair, dirty pants and typically climbing something.

Kayleigh also started Pre School last month! Its only 2 days a week for 3 hours but she absolutely loves it!

The weather is finally cooling down, so more time spent outdoors and I am so excited for Halloween this month! I can't wait!