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Yes, that is right. I am already 17 weeks pregnant! This pregnancy has been so different than my last two for various reasons. For one, the first 12 weeks were horrible. I remember being very nauseated when I was pregnant with Taylor but not to the extreme that I was this pregnancy. Not really sure why it was so bad this time but I think the medication that I was taking to help with the nausea was actually making me more sick than the nausea itself. The day I quit taking my nausea medications I began feeling better. Still not great but better. But, the great news, right at about 12 or 13 weeks I started feeling completely different. These past few weeks I have felt great! Just this past week I have started showing a little! Everyone tells me they still can't tell that I am pregnant by looking at me, but I can for sure. The last few days I thought I have actually been feeling the baby kick a few times. I thought it was a little early for that but it really feels like it to me!
Allie and Taylor are really excited about the baby. They have been guessing the sex, giving me ideas for names and Taylor is constantly wanting to rub my stomach so she can rub the baby! Taylor also has been telling people she has a baby in her stomach and it is coming out when she gets married...not sure where in the world she got that but I guess it is a little comforting to know she wants to wait for it to come out until after she is married. Anyhow, Allie really wants a brother and Taylor wants a sister. Allie also is really trying to push the name Summer if we have a girl. That name really isn't being considered but that is her vote! :)
Tomorrow I have an appointment with my doctor and then at my next appointment the third week of November we will find out the sex. So excited to get a look at this baby and find out what it will be!
On a random note, some pictures of Christmas because today, I am dreaming of a white Christmas!
Today was Allie's first field trip. We went to Priddy Farms pumpkin patch. It was the perfect day. The weather was amazing and it was a really fun time. All the kids got to choose a pumpkin, go on a hayride, make a scarecrow and play on their fun playgrounds. It was really nice getting to meet some of Allie's friends parents and spend time with her and her classmates. They all loved it. Above are a few pics from our fun day!
In other news, it is way past time for some pics of my baby bump. However, I don't have any to share! I will have to take some within the next few days because I am definetely starting to see a little bump in there!
This year we decided to host our first Halloween party for the family. We get together for pretty much every other holiday of the year but we all usually don't get together for Halloween. This year we decided to have a party and dress up in costume. It ended up being really fun...and funny!!! I have to say everyone did really good thinking of funny costumes!
Stacy and Drew came as vampires and looked quite scary. Mom and Dad surprised us all by being Barack and Michelle Obama! It was so funny!! Amy was a flapper girl and I was a redneck. Jeremy had the idea to go as a build a bear. When he told me this idea, I was a little unsure but it ended up being so funny! He looked so funny- we all really couldn't quit laughing at him!! It was the perfect night for a outside party. It ended up being a great time!
We also celebrated dad's 56th birthday! WOW!!
So thankful for the fun time with family! Hope to do it again next year but who knows if mom and dad and Jeremy's funny costumes can get any better next year!??
64 Days until Christmas! I can't wait!! I put the Christmas countdown on my phone a few months ago so everyday I have been getting a message sent to me telling me how many more days. When I say I love Christmas, I am not actually just talking about Christmas day or even just the Christmas season- I love everything from October until January 1. It is the greatest time of the year and I can't believe it is finally here. The weather has been so nice the last few weeks. We have actually gotten a fall around here in Memphis this year, which is not always the case. Lots of times we pretty much go from cold to hot in a matter of a few days. This year has been so nice we have had at least a few weeks of 70 degree weather- I am loving it!
Every year at Christmas time, we take a trip to Branson with my family. Last year everyone (Mom and Dad, Amy, Stacy's crew and Julie's) was able to go...which was tons of fun! This year since we already went to Disney, not everyone can make the trip to Branson but Mom and Dad and us are going to be going in just a few weeks. This is one of my favorite things we do all year. I love Branson but Christmas time and Branson together are the perfect combination. We are going to Silver Dollar City and hopefully the Dixie Stampede this year (this will be Allie's first trip to Dixie Stampede) and of course, lots of outlet shopping! I am so ready!!
This time of year always goes by way too fast with all of the fun festivities going on. Next month we also get to find out the sex of the baby! The week before Thanksgiving we will finally know if this little one will be a boy or a girl...my suspicion? Definitely a girl! However, the famous old "pencil test" says I am having a boy. So, we shall see!
Goodbye for now and happy weekend!
This past week, Allie turned 6 years old! I can't even believe I am writing that. Literally the time has flown by. These have been the greatest 6 years of my life! I count it my greatest blessing being able to be a mother to Allie and Taylor. I am so proud of the person that Allie has become in these 6 years.
To start off the week of birthday festivities, Kylie and Kenzie were able to come over for a sleepover! (Thanks Aunt Stacy for letting them come!) Allie thoroughly enjoyed that since she hasn't been getting to spend much time with them lately. They were so funny playing dressup, magician and everything else. On Thursday, Allie's actual birthday, she took cupcakes to school for all of her friends and G and Papaw picked her up from school to take her out to lunch to anywhere of her choice...no surprise her pick was Los Pilares! That night, she got to open her birthday present from Jeremy, me and Taylor. Finally, on Saturday, we had her birthday party. It was the most beautiful fall day and we had a great time celebrating her big day. She has been wanting an Easy Bake oven so badly and she finally got one. She was so excited so we had some fun baking up goodies this weekend! She made a yellow cake with chocolate icing.
So thankful for my sweet Allie Grace and all of the wonderful family that we have that were able to celebrate her big day with us.
I realize it has been forever since my last post. I am not too great at this! But, the last few months my life has been craziness! Finally, I will say we are getting a little bit more used to our new schedule. It has truly been a huge change having Allie in kindergarten and having somewhere to be on a daily basis! Plus, throw pregnancy and having a house on the market in the mix too, whew...
