Third Trimester Update

All is well with baby boy and I.
We had an elective 4D scan last week. It brought me to tears to see my precious boy. He is still breech with his little face buried in my ribs but we got some good shots.

To be 32 weeks and a day has me feeling incredibly blessed. So far this pregnancy has been smooth sailing. Heartburn is coming back to me but all else is well.
My blood pressure has been stable and there are no signs of him coming early. I am so grateful.
If all continues to go well, we will be induced somewhere around June 21st. I am so excited and so ready to meet him.
I am so sorry for slacking on blogging. Life is hectic with 2 (about to be 3) under 3. I have also gone back to school full-time. My plate is very full :)

Baby #3 is a....

sweet baby boy :)

We are so excited to be adding another sweet boy to our family. He is as healthy as can be and everything looks great.
We go back on Tuesday for a rescan because baby was rolled over and they couldn't properly visualize all they needed to.
June 28th cannot come quickly enough for us. Cecili.a will probably be jealous since she'll be 15 months when he's born but I'm hoping she adjusts well.
I leave you with a profile 3D pic of baby boy sucking his thumb. <3

17 weeks pregnant

I am 17 weeks pregnant (tomorrow). I am so excited.
Our BIG ultrasound is on Tuesday. I cannot wait to find out if baby is a boy or girl. I've thought baby was a boy from the beginning but lately I find myself leaning towards girl.
This baby has me totally confused on gender. I find I crave sweets (like I did with my daughter) but also french fries and salads (like with my son). I'm also able to eat meat this time around (Couldn't eat meat with either of my other babies).
Ready to see how much baby has changed from our last official ultrasound. I leave you with a 12week ultrasound photo.

Any gender guesses for me? :)

News :)

So I totally realize that I have been slacking in posting. So sorry about that but that's what happens when you have terrible morning sickness.
That's right. I'm pregnant with baby #3. We are 12w3d today. Had my NT scan today and everything looks great. Baby has a nice strong HB of 150. The placenta is also posterior ( I am really excited about this because it should make feeling the baby so much easier). Speaking of feeling the baby, I think I've felt a flutter or 2 but isn't it too early?
Oh I am so excited for this new baby and thankful to God for this beautiful blessing.
5 weeks until we find out if baby is a boy or girl.

catching up

Life has been a whirlwind lately.
Cecilia is almost 7 months now and trying to crawl. She's teething but we've yet to see teeth....hopefully they pop through soon. Bryce is in the terrible 2's. We started speech therapy today which I don't see the benefit of.
We've been taking walks every evening lately. Its so pleasant outside. The kids really enjoy it.

What's been happening...

The kids have been keeping me busy.

Ceci.lia is 5 months old now. She's in the throes of teething and is pretty miserable. Tylen.ol and Hyla.nd's Teet.hing Ge.l seem to help some. She's more miserable than Bryce ever was though. Any other suggestions for relief? I'm open to most anything. We do have S.ophie for her to teethe on and Ceci.lia loves her.

Cecil.ia has gotten so big. She can roll over both ways, scoots around in circles on her gym and can scoot forward. She really loves sitting up and can sit up unassisted for a few seconds.

She gets bored very easily though. I constantly have to move her from one toy to the next. Of course, her favorite thing to do is stare at my face and smile up a storm *insert heart melting here*

Cecil.ia has been sleeping through the night for a couple of weeks now. It's been great! :) She goes down between 7:15-7:45pm and sleeps straight through until 7-8am. Naps haven't been great though. She only wants to nap in the swing and most of the time doesn't end up napping. I'll put her in the swing and she'll stay content for about 5 minutes for she starts crying. I can only assume it is her teething that is upsetting her nap schedule. I'm lucky if she takes 1 one hour nap.

Bry.ce is such a ham. He's really starting to talk more. He also recognizes letters, colors, and animals. We have a speech appt. on August 9th to see if he needs therapy. Please pray that he is advanced enough so we don't have to return to speech.

Bry.ce is definitely in the middle of the terrible 2's. He's very good most of the time but can throw the mother of all tantrums. Thankfully, time outs appear to work well for him.

Baby Signing Time and other things

Have you ever used the Baby Signing Time dvds? Or anything similar?

We bought a Potty Time app on the ipad for Bry.ce which led us to Rachel and the Baby Signing Time dvds. Bry.ce has been behind on his speech so we thought learning some sign language couldn't hurt.

The videos are better than I could have ever imagined. Within a couple of days, Bryc.e's vocabulary has increased. He's started saying grow, go, help and doing the signs associated with them.

I am SO proud of my sweet boy!

Are there any other dvds you can recommend for speech or general learning for toddlers? I would love suggestions.

In other news, Cec.ilia turned 4 months old yesterday :) She is growing so fast. She loves tummy time and is so good at it. She loves to sit up (assisted of course), talks constantly, smiles and giggles a lot. She melts my heart every day.

My heart is so full with my 2 precious loves.

Of course I have to include pictures of my babies.