Hello Friends!
Wow, it feels like we haven’t chatted in forever. I hope you are doing awesome!!!! There has been so much going on the past week and a half that I haven’t had a chance to check in…so this should be an action packed update!
After saying good – bye to some of our favorite people and places in Corpus Christi, we have officially moved!
Beautiful Corpus Christi beach!
We’re going to miss our Saturday breakfast dates at Hester’s!
I have no pictures to share of our house covered in wall to wall boxes, because lets be honest I would like to forget that ever happened..especially since we are renting so I know we will have to do this all again someday. We were so blessed that my hubby’s company paid for movers – wow, movers – can I just say having someone come and pack your stuff, and then unload it is my favorite way to move – especially when you are preggo. I think I would still be back in Corpus Christi packing if it hadn’t been for that present from Jesus!
How are Jaxon and Sparta adjusting to their new life ????…all they needed was our their couch and our their favorite blanket to feel right at home.
I think its unfair for me to lose couch access because of these sleepy felines…but they look so cozy I don’t usually have the heart to move them….especially when we experienced a freak March ice storm our first week living in Central Texas. I am so glad you didn’t see I wish you could have seen my husband and I frantically searching for something to scrape the ice off the car at 6:30 a.m. Just a quick note for all the Texans who don’t have ice scrapers – giant barbeque spatulas work great!
And now for the most exciting part of this post…Baby Bean Update!
I am in week 12, which according to some people is the 2nd tri-mester although some sources say its the end of the 1st trimester. What do you think?
Being an eternal optimist I have been saying that I am at the beginning of the 2nd trimester…anything to distance myself from nausea, food aversions and feel like I am making progress. I can’t believe how much baby been has grown since Week 10:
Week 10: Baby Bean is the size of a Kumquat, which I learned is a garnish for beverages. And at $7 a pound…that’s all I could use it for. Try saying “Kumquat” 10 times fast without smiling…Its impossible to not smile when you are repeating that silly word!
Week 11: Baby Bean is the size of a Lime!
I like this pic because you can really see my baby bump =)
Week 12: Baby Bean is the size of a Plum.
Thanks so much for all your prayers for a healthy pregnancy! We met with our doctor before leaving Corpus for a last visit (so sad to leave her, she is truly amazing!) and she said everything was going really well!
We did find out at that visit that my iron levels were really low, which explains why I needed as much sleep as a 1 year old. Having never made it this far in pregnancy I didn’t realize that needing 10 – 12 hours of sleep at night and a 2 naps every day, while still feeling fatigued wasn’t normal. Ooooppppsss… Thank you Jesus for my Iron prescription, the first day I took it last week I felt like a different person!!!!! I still enjoy squeezing in a nap everyday but I don’t need as much sleep and I have lost the feeling that every movement I make is as difficult as trudging through mud.
More beef for me I guess…good thing I live in Texas!!!!
Are you on Spring Break? What are you doing for your break? Have you experienced iron deficiency before? When did your first tri-mester symptoms disappear??? – I am still waiting for that amazing 2nd tri-mester energy burst everyone raves about!!!!
Yay Charity!!!! I love the pictures with the fruits-I always thought that’d be a cool idea but never have done it! 🙂 I landed on second trimester starting at 14 weeks but think this time around my feeling better was later, 15 or 16 weeks because I’d been sick for two long weeks. It just took longer to recover! But now I feel awesome and you will soon, too!!! 🙂
Week 14 doesn’t sound too far away now =) But hopefully my 2nd trimester burst of energy will come even sooner. That is such a bummer you were sick for 2 weeks – sickness on top of being preggo sounds very miserable! I am so glad you are better now!!!!!
I LOVE the pictures of you holding fruit. I don’t think I’ve seen that before. Glad to hear an update!
Thanks Brittany. I’ve seen a couple of friends do the fruit pics before and always thought it would be a fun way to catalog baby’s growth. I wish I had started at the very beginning, but there was just too much going on and I was too tired to even think about it.
Congrats on entering the 2nd trimester! I also had an iron deficiency during my last pregnancy. Make sure you keeps some prunes and a bottle of Colace in the house. Iron makes constipation something aweful!
Miss you guys!!
Great advice Leslie, Thanks! Miss y’all too =)
I’m glad to hear you made it through the move. I’m sure unpacking will be another story though! I have always hated the work that goes into moving, but at the same time my family is currently renting and itching to move.
I am also loving the fruit pictures!
Thanks Dawn! Yes, unpacking is definitely an on – going process. I am trying to not feel too overwhelmed and just take it one box at a time.