23 weeks

23 weeks, no update, super busy...the weather is finally beautiful and nice everyday so we are spending every minute we can outside. Not to mention it gets dark so early now so the kids have been going to bed even earlier, really nice.

21 weeks

Yes, I am behind. It has been a very busy week with something going on every single day. But I'm not complaining, I love it!

Here is my 21 week picture. Not sure if you can see but the stretch marks are really starting to pop out again. I wonder if this baby will add more to the mix, most likely!

Here are the kids getting ready to go Trick or treating in my in laws neighborhood. Our neighborhood is only 32 houses and most of the kids around us leave to go to their churches so we always go over there. M is dressed s Ariel, A is a monkey although she was called a boy(even though I put a big yellow bow on one of the ears!), a lion, and scooby doo, and

J is a transformer. John and I didn't dress up this year although I should've been a big pumpkin!

Here is M in her class for her fall festival party. It was such a nice day and she did all the activities and seemed to have a good time. She really just liked having me all to herself for a couple hours!



We always go to the same pumpkin patch every year for some nice pictures at sunset. This year and last year we didn't go until the day before Halloween so they didn't have much to choose from nor enough for the kids to sit on. At least they had their hay stack still up. It is near impossible to get 3 kids to all look at the camera at the same time esp. without making weird faces but we keep trying.

We had J's bday party at our house on Sunday and we scaled down on the number of people we invited and it turned out so much nicer. We kept it short and sweet and did a halloween theme which was cool to decorate for. Here are some spooky deviled eggs that I didn't want to make because they were so time consuming but John insisted and I am glad he did, they were a big hit.

Here you can see calzones looking like mummies and in the back is monster toes(pigs in a blanket) and a caterpillar which was meatballs wrapped in biscuits with legs and eyeballs to complete the look. We also had punch with a hand floating in that was just a glove that we stuffed with gummy worms and ice and froze it so it would float. The kids loved it. I also did this for M's class party but I think it freaked out all the 4 year olds more so!

The kids were so nicely making halloween frames in the backyard.

For John's 30th birthday, we went to Orlando where I surprised him with a helicopter ride over Disney parks, malls, sea world, all the nice hotels etc. Nito came down and went with him. John rode over the whole time with a blindfold because he wanted to be surprised. He was! he said it was awesome so I did good this year! It's hard to surprise him! Afterwards we went to Old Town where everyone met up with us and had dinner then walked around and all the kids go to ride rides. It was a beautiful night and all were exhausted on the way home!

Me, A, and John with his cake Bonnie made him.

My kids and Lauren and PopPop

20 weeks

I don't know why it turned out so blurry because it looked fine when I took it. Oh well, it takes too long to upload on this site so it will stay as my 20 week picture! I had my home visit yesterday with the MW and all is well....I am measuring one week ahead which is normal for all my babies and even the second ultrasound put myEDD at 3-8 but she is still going to keep me at 3/12-14. I gained 6 lbs this month putting me at 22 lbs, again, very normal for me! Actually that is less than my other 3 pregnancies so I celebrated with a milkshake :P

All in all I am really starting to feel human again, not so tired this week and just a little bit of crabby. I did return to the gym this week which seems to help give me a break for being a mom for awhile and just sweat! This weekend is going to be jam packed, thursday I am helping at the church, Friday J has a field trip, sat J's school is having a carnival, sat night we are doing John's birthday surprse getaway, Sunday morning I have to work in the church nursery, and Sunday is J's birthday party and also my mom's actual birthday! WHEW! This weekend every year is always a killer for me and my checking account. I did start Christmas shopping today and although my list is finished I still have a long way and hundreds of dollars to go to be done!

Gotta love a west coast Florida sunset!

J. and M. blowing bubbles at Tammy's wedding on the beach this last weekend.

A. pouting about something, not sure what!

Me and John taking a self portrait on the beach at sunset. It was a beautiful night and the perfect weather for a beach wedding.

19 weeks

I feel pregnant. Big fat no energy hungry all the time bitchy pregnant.ugh. Maybe because I haven't been to the gym in a week? Maybe because I crave bread all day long which always makes me sluggish? And of course I eat it. Does it sound like I am complaining? I really am enjoying this pregnancy, it just seems like I have crappy feeling days more than good days. I think these boy pregnancies are harder on my body. I always felt great with the girls of course I didn't know I was having girls but I was so happy with them.

18 weeks

Can you see it?!!! A penis!!!!!!!

We have a perfectly formed baby! All parts are in the right places and working as they should! And here is my belly today.





I was so nervous this morning and so afraid we would get cancelled or moved back or something would be wrong with the insurance....AND I had to pee soooooooooo bad! They were really only 20 behind but when you have to pee, that is a long time! The tech spent probably 30 minutes measuring everything and taking pictures and then asked if we cared about the gender. I had thought I saw a penis a couple of times but was thinking that was positive thinking and I was just wishing there was one! Sure enough she went between the legs and there it was, plain as day! I was so happy I started crying and if you know me, I don't cry about much but this was so overwhelming. I knew I wanted another boy but didn't realize I wanted one so badly. I had had a feeling since after A was born that I was meant to have another boy and now that premonition is coming true....I am beyond blessed :*)

I put M's tutu on A for the first time and she was in love! She left it on for an hour.

Definately a pop out this week!

17 weeks

I never took a 16 week picture so we are going straight for 17. We did get a date of Oct 11th for the ultrasound. John has to work that night so it works out. I did go to Old Navy today and got 2 dresses and a pair of pants for $14 each. they didn't have as much as I was hoping, and I don't like buying clothes online because of sizing so I am just gonna keep looking to build up my wardrobe.

Okay so blogger is having trouble with images right now so I'll try to insert the picture later.