25 week update!

(don't mind the nasty full length mirror) I swear it didn't look that bad in real life! 

This week, Baby is the size of a: Eggplant

How far along? 25w6days

Due date: September 3, 2012

Total weight gain/loss: I had previously lost 2 pounds and at the beginning of May I had gained 6 pounds, next doctors appointment is Thursday so we shall see what more I've gained.  DR APPOINTMENT UPDATE: So far this pregnancy I've gained 14 pounds. 3 pounds since my last appointment! Not to bad! :)


Maternity clothes? Finally have switched to ALL maternity clothes, I feel so much more comfortable when I work and let me tell you what, the maternity stretch pants are TO DIE FOR! LOVE THEM!

Sleep: Let's just say every hour on the hour I go to the bathroom! I've tried to stop drinking water after 6 but I feel so dehydrated by 7 that I just give in. I'd rather keep drinking then to get dehydrated. Other than that I sleep pretty good, except for when I roll side to side I have to sit up and then lay back down on the other side because my hips pop badly if I don't and it hurts!

Best moment this week: Planning my baby shower with my mom! & having friends who want to help with it! :)

Movement: He has a pretty good schedule and it scares the h*** out of me when he doesn't stick to it. He is usually REALLY active between 10 and noon and today I hadn't felt him move AT ALL and realized this about 3:00. I tried everything and finally made our girls start barking and howling and he woke up just long enough to boot my bladder and go back to sleep. 

Food cravings: I have to start watching what I eat, I have a slight case of Gestational Diabetes, not bad enough for medication but where I'm going to meet with a Dietician at the hospital just for some helpful tips on snacks and meals. I never thought I would get GD and when 2 of 3 blood works during the 3 hour test came back higher, it threw me for a loop. I have downloaded book after book as well as probably read every Google site out there. I have always eaten healthy and couldn't shake the fact that even though I didn't give myself GD it just happens on it's own I was still blaming myself. So I'm taking every step possible to keep it under control, but man it is difficult!! 

Symptoms: By the end of the day my hips KILL! But with help from PT I do exercises at night that help ease the pain

Gender: Boy

Labor Signs: Nope.

Belly Button in or out? Still an inny, but you can tell it's starting to stretch

Feeling toward Pregnancy: It has gone by pretty fast, still amazed at what the body does to prepare for this new life. 

What I miss: Tanning! I'm whiter than CASPER! 

What I am looking forward to: Chris being DONE with school for good and us being able to start finishing up the nursery! Right now it's a hot mess!

Milestones: Chris being able to feel and see the baby kick as well as his brother Austin getting to see a 1-2 punch at my stomach! :)

This week on the MooPhone!

Chris and Cirrus snuggling - usually she will just lay there with her eyes open but she literally was out like a light!!

24 weeks - maternity clothes shopping!

Our camp chef turned temporary bbqer (sp) at our house

The first items we could eat from our garden & fruit trees.

Strawberries, Radishes and Cherries

We just love messing with Kyra! She is a good sport though and keeps coming back for more

The girls love to smother daddy when he comes home from work - they know it's playtime

Mike's dog Bella loves to snuggle up to my belly

My kitchen window flowers

The first rose I've cut and put in my kitchen

Flowers

My new pieces of furniture in our living room

Coffee table

Parsons Table

End Table

This past weekend we had a HORRIBLE wind storm - roughly 50 miles per hour, you can usually see the hills right by our house very clearly. 

Little Jerry Seinfeld (previously known as Tebow) asleep on the couch

Cirrus with her new toy grandma bought her

Kyra with her new toy - she throws it in the air for herself to catch

Little Jerry snuggling up

Hi Mom

The Princess Kyra Bean

We just had her groomed and she looks about 30 pounds lighter and much prettier

She gets a little mangy looking, I wish I had a before picture

The arts festival was going on yesterday and today and there were some interesting people, In the middle of the pic is a lady on stilts with a creepy mask on. 

This guy was walking around with this bee and a piece in his mouth that when he blew  into it made it sound like a buzzing noise, the kids LOVED it!

Baby Showers

A little early but I need to order baby shower invites & need addresses so I make sure I don't leave anyone out! Please leave your address in a comment or email it to me at maggiebrewer28@gmail.com

There will be 2 showers, one in Lehi on July 14th and one in Moab on August 5th.

Thanks everybody!

1st Camping Trip of 2012

Chris started his LAST, I REPEAT LAST, semester of school on Monday so this past weekend we decided to make a quick camping trip out of his last few days of freedom before the nightmare of this semester began. The reason it is a nightmare is it is not a normal semester they are cramming a 12 week course into 6 weeks, and if that isn't bad enough, it's MATH! Yucky!! ;-) 

We decided to go to a camp park that has been closed for about 2 years for renovations. Buckeye is just on the Colorado/Utah border and was absolutely BEAUTIFUL, they did an amazing job! Although, we got skunked fishing. I think all 3 of us caught a total of maybe 10 fish in 3 days. Really slow!! 

Curt, me & Chris

We probably saw in total 50 cow elk and I think 2 or 3 bull elks. Amazingly gorgeous animals!

So Chris and I have goals every year of what animals we want to see before the seasons over, since the season had just started and we had already seen deer and elk this trip we decided we wanted to see a bear!! We saw one for a split second last year but not long enough to take a picture. 

We were out driving one evening looking for animals and noticed there was a doe on the side of the road staring VERY intently across the street, she didn't care at all that we were there so we look across the street and see this thing running across the ground (thought it was a coyote at first). Chris looks through the binoculars and says, "It's a BEAR!" I was SO excited I jumped out of the truck without thinking and Chris and Curt followed right behind me! 

If you look in the middle of this picture there is a tree and a dark spot to the right of the tree starting to climb it. 

We then walked up a little closer and couldn't really see him until we moved to the other side of the tree. It still isn't the best of pictures but we didn't want to disturb/scare him anymore than I'm sure we had already so we decided to turn and go back to the truck! I had a perm-a-grin!

As much as I LOVE Kyra, when she goes through her shedding process, which is twice a year, I want to get rid of her for the time being. This is Chris trying to brush what we could out of her and my whole house has big clumps of hair in it that we are picking up/vacuuming every day. It's the sucky part of owning a husky but I wouldn't trade her for the world!

My little Mountain Lion! Hanging out while we fish!

Cirrus gets SO annoyed every time we cast because she tries to go and fetch the lures thinking it's her ball. She gets SO frustrated with us when we don't let her! :)

Chris and one of the few fish we did catch. Although the few that we did catch were pretty thick and nice sized.

My handsome outdoorsman!

I got the first RINGER! Even with my super sore hip I managed to pull this off!

Campfire Banana Boat Smores (didn't turn out how Pinterest said they would) 

Baby Kramer's 1st Camping Trip

Checking the campsite rules,