Baby Bump Update and More...

I'm currently 23 weeks. I had a Dr's appointment yesterday. Nate's heart rate was in the 140's. My blood pressure was great and I still have 4 lbs to gain to be at my prepregnancy weight. I'm hoping to be just breaking even when I hit the 3rd trimester, which is 4 weeks away. I'm feeling great, no real complaints yet. Nate is moving around like crazy but he's much nicer with his movements than Logan was. By this point with Logan he could kick my stomach and make me nauseous, but Nate likes to roll around more than punch and kick. We go back for our followup ultrasound Monday, so I'll update more then and have more pictures of baby Nate!

Logan also had a Dr's appointment yesterday for his 18 month well check. He weighs 23 lbs 3 oz, 15%. He is 34 inches long, 90%, and his head circumference is 19 inches, 64%. He's gone up 2% in his weight, but there's not been any real change since his 6 month visit. I think the Dr's are finally content that he's going to be long and skinny because they didn't mention much about his weight this time, other than noting that he'd been in the teens percentile wise since 6 months.

It Can Be Done!!

I guess around 6-7 mths ago I made a post about car seat safety and how we had chosen to leave Logan rear facing as long as possible due to the new studies and recommendations from the AAP and the NHTSA. When discussing this with others I had many people tell me there was no way, their child was wayyy too long at 12 mths and had to be turned, that he would kick, scream and pitch a fit because he couldn't see, he'd get carsick, and that I'd be turning him around in no time. Well, Logan is now 18 months and still happily rear facing. He doesn't seem to mind at all, but why would he? He knows nothing different. At his 15 mth appointment his Dr joked saying he was as tall as a 2 year old. He is very tall for his age but it doesn't seem to affect rear facing at all...other than the fact that he's almost too tall according to the limits of his seat. He has a few inches to go and he will have to be turned around according to safety guidelines of the seat but I'm hoping that he can make it to his second birthday, but if he outgrows his seat before then, I still did absolutely everything to keep my baby as safe as possible. So, for all you haters out there...IT IS POSSIBLE! haha. And I hope now that you know, you will do the same :)

Belly Bump Update

I know, I know. 4 posts in one day. I should keep up better! Anyways, here's a new belly pic. This was at 21 weeks. The shirt hides a lot of the belly, but it's the best we could get.

Daddy's Love

Logan has become quite the Daddy's boy lately. Most days it seems like he doesn't want anything to do with me if his Daddy is around. Each day when Brent walks in you can just see in Logan's eyes just how much he loves his daddy and how happy he is that he's home...and I'm pretty sure his daddy feels the same way about him ;)

Anyways, here's a cute picture I got over Easter weekend of the two. Such a good picture.

Little Memories

I have to write this stuff down here, so I don't forget...

Last week, Logan and I were upstairs. I told him we needed to change his diaper. He bolted off into his bedroom which lead me to believe that maybe, just maybe, he was going to cooperate and not fight me over it. I go in his room behind him and I find him crouched down beside his bed with his eyes squeezed shut. I guess he thought if he couldn't see me that I couldn't see him! So cute!

Friday, we went to the park with Taylor and her kids. Logan was running around like crazy and he's not quite to the age yet where I can just let him run and watch from a distance, especially with how crowded it was. This little girl, about Logan's size but a little older...I'm guessing 2....comes running up and says "hey!!" like she's just really happy to see him or they know each other. They out of no where they both hug each other like they are long lost lovers. Once they are done hugging, they lean back just a little with their arms still around each other. Logan moves in a little closer, she moves in...and she kisses him! It was so funny. Seems like he's going to be a lady's man because it seems like he's been getting kisses from every girl he sees since then.

Easter

We had a great Easter weekend. We traveled up to Chickamauga during nap time on Saturday. We dropped off the dogs at my parents house and headed to Brent's grandmothers house. Logan had two Easter baskets waiting on him there from his Mamaw and Pappa. We visited there for a couple of hours and then headed to Julie's house. The weather was perfect so we ended up hanging out outside. Logan got another Easter basket from Granny J with lots of yummies in it, including Jelly Beans which are apparently a new favorite of his. Logan and Landen hunted Easter eggs. Logan wasn't really sure what was going on and had more fun cracking the eggs and breaking them apart. They threw rocks, played with cars and threw a ball around....and ran, and ran and ran. Logan was exhausted and fell asleep after just a few minutes in the car, even with Jarrod in the backseat with him. As always, we had a great time playing outside and seeing the family!!

Sunday, we went to Orchard Church in Ft. Oglethorpe. A friend of mine from high school started this church a couple of years ago. We enjoyed the service as well as catching up with people we haven't seen in years. Logan stayed with Mom during church. Church started at 10, which is his nap time so I didn't want to mess that up since we had such a busy day ahead of us. After church we picked Logan up and headed to Mimi's. We had to wake Logan up from his nap, which was a HUGE mistake. He was absolutely horrible at Mimi's. So bad I ended up taking him outside while everyone else ate. Then we blew bubbles and played outside until we had to leave to go to my family's dinner. Once again, we spent lots of time outside playing. All the grand kids and most of the big kids had a marshmallow fight. Logan was happy as a clam walking around picking up everyone marshmallows off the ground and eating them. YUCK! I just hope he didn't get an half chewed up wet ones that the boys tend to shoot, even though it's against the rules. Mom had kites for everyone to fly but the wind would not cooperate. Later that evening we packed up and headed back to Atlanta so we'd be back at a decent time. It was a very busy weekend, but as always we had lots of fun and enjoyed seeing all the family.

Savannah

We had a great time in Savannah! We arrived late Thursday evening. We got a later start than we were hoping, but it worked out. We thought we were being smart and taking a route around Atlanta and Macon traffic, but I don't really think it worked out for the better.

Thursday night we met up with some other Frito-Lay peeps for some drinks (water for me!). I'm really starting to like a lot of these people and I seem to be seeing them more and more. I think we didn't head back to the room til around 1 a.m., which is EXTREMELY late for me! Seems these days I'm either going to bed shortly after Logan or right at 10 when I work the evening shift.

Friday, Brent was in a meeting from 10 to 3:00. The meeting was suppose to go til 6, but they let out early. The weather was BEAUTIFUL but I spent the day at the mall searching all over for Logan an Easter outfit that is also appropriate for Laura's wedding in late June, that also fit my fugalista budget. I'm soooo use to consignment prices that I just can't pay a lot for something in a regular retail store. I came across several things that I liked, but I was afraid it would be cool on Easter. The weather is so up and down this time of year you never know if you're going to be in shorts and a tee or pants and a jacket. I ended up settling on a short sleeve polo and plaid shorts in hopes that I could find a long sleeve button up that would match for Easter. All I could find was white. Buying white for a little boy is pretty much like throwing money out the window because he is sure to get stains ALL over it, so I didn't go that route. I never found a button up, but it looks like I lucked out and the weather is going to be beautiful. Around the time I gave up finding a different shirt, Brent calls and says they were let out early. I was thinking that I was still going to have time to go to the beach, but him getting out early threw me off! By the time I got back to the hotel to meet him, we only had 1 hr before the dinner/awards show began. So, we just got ready and met everyone downstairs.

Saturday, the weather was awful. It wasn't rainy but it sure was COLD! I had looked up the weather sometime the week before and it was suppose to be sunny and in the mid to upper 70's the entire weekend. I didn't bother to check it again and I only packed summery things. Neither of us had one long sleeve thing in our bag! Needless to say, I ended up buying one of the only long sleeve shirts in any of Savannah's little shops just to try to keep warm. I had to buy it a size bigger just to fit around the baby bump, so I looked like a bag lady walking around all day. What made it even worse was that it was a Paula Deen shirt that said "Hey Ya'll" on the back so I looked like the biggest redneck fan on Earth! Anyways, we ended up doing a trolley tour of the city. The tour we took allowed us to get on and off and spend as much time at a stop as we wanted. The history behind the city is really neat, but if I'd known there was a free city bus at each of the tourist stops I would have saved our $30 and just rode the free bus from stop to stop! Paula Deen's store was my favorite stop. I could have spent forever in there! She personally signs every single book that is sold out of her store! Who knew?! I thought at first it was printed or at least stamped, but we got to looking closer and they were all different, plus I asked the cashier and she confirmed that I was right. So cool! I ended up getting a cook book that is actually two of hers combined in one. I got Mom, as a "thank you" for watching Logan, her autobiography...but I got into the book on the way home, so I guess now she's technically getting a used book. Sorry Mom! LOL. It's a really good book and I recommend it to any of her fans. Saturday night we went to Uncle Bubba's Oyster House. This restaurant is owned by Paula Deen and her brother. In all reality, it was just another seafood restaurant. There was really nothing special about it. I wanted to go to Lady and Sons but you have to go the morning of and wait in line for reservations. The recording said people start lining up at 8ish a.m. and they start taking reservations at 9:30. I looked at the menu and it consisted mostly of country/southern food and we both were wanting seafood, so we bypassed waiting in line. Plus sleeping late was of more importance in my book ; )

Sunday morning we headed home, or to Cartersville, to meet Daddy with Logan, around 7 a.m. This was Daddy's first experience driving alone with Logan. Luckily it was nap time, but I'm not so sure he slept any because he ended up sleeping on the way back with us. We made record time back and were so happy to see our baby boy...and for once he was happy to see us! Usually he's ticked off that he has to leave his precious Mawmaw, but he was ok this time. On the way home he started calling her name. I told him she was at home, so he simply said "mawmaw bye bye" and that was the end of it. No fit or anything. Such a surprise.

We both really enjoyed our free/quiet time. We both were oddly looking forward to riding in the car in peace and it really was blissful....except apparently when I'm pregnant I get car sick! What?!?! I've never been motion/car sick in my life! Just goes to show how much you change during pregnancy! It wasn't so bad on the way down, but on the way back I think I complicated it by drinking some coffee. I ended up being fine, but it wasn't fun there for a while.