I don’t know about y’all but this time of year completely overwhelms me! There’s something going on all the time. It starts every year on Griffin’s birthday and doesn’t end until Peyton’s birthday in January! But it’s also my FAVORITE time of year! Well, with the exception of cold weather!
Last Thursday after Reece and I got home from our hair appointment we started working on our ginormous( that so IS a word!) pumpkins! 
Happy Halloween!
How far along: 14weeks!!
Size of the baby: According to Baby Center, 3 1/2 inches long and about the size of a lemon.
Total weight gain/loss: I’ve decided I’m not weighing at home anymore. I’m just going to weigh at the doctor. I’ll fill y’all in on how fat I am then!
Maternity clothes: Nope.
Stretch marks: Old one.
Sleep: Sleep is ok.
Best moment this week: Carving pumpkins last night and getting Reece’s hair whacked off yesterday!!! It fits her sassy personality well!
Before…excuse the outfit, it was tacky day at school!
We cut SEVERAL inches off! As soon as she started cutting I knew it was the right move, it looks so much fuller and healthy!
Movement: Yes a little bit.
Food cravings/aversions: I really haven’t been craving anything this week. That’s weird. Still don’t want to look at eggs.
Gender: Is it April yet? I have a feeling it’s a girl.
Labor signs: NO, thankfully.
Belly button in or out: In
What I am looking forward to: My little brother’s ball game tonight, it’s a big game! He’s the #2 kicker in our region and he’s ONLY a junior. BOO-YA! I’m also looking forward to my step-sister’s baby shower on Sunday and Halloween next week! It’s almost Christmastime y’all!!!! YAYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!
Weekly wisdom: It’s hard to name your kids! Especially when it’s the 4th one! We have one girl name that we like. That’s it. And there’s no middle name to go with it. That’s not even wisdom, that’s just rambling.
Milestone: 2nd Trimester starts TODAY! Holy cow, we’ll have a newborn before we know it!
I thought my headaches were gone and then my head started pounding on the way to work this morning. Sheesh. I’m just glad I’m starting to feel a little bit more like myself! This is FOR SURE our last baby. I don’t like being ill and feeling like I can’t control how I feel…but I sure love the end result! :)
Hellllooooo baby bump! :)
I am having to force myself to take these weekly pictures. I am not one for pictures by myself AND I am not a serious person AT ALL. So I mostly just feel dumb.
How far along: 13 weeks!! Is it just me or is this pregnancy flying by?
Size of the baby: According to Baby Center, about 3 inches long and the size of a medium shrimp! I HATE shrimp so I found another website that says it’s the size of peach! MUCH better! ;)
Total weight gain/loss: I forgot to weigh this morning. oops.
Maternity clothes: Nope.
Stretch marks: Old one.
Sleep: Sleeping pretty well if I can keep the headaches away!
Best moment this week: We took the kids to the fall festival at school last night. They had so much fun! It’s nice to know that our move to a different school was a good one! The boys love it there!
Movement: Still feeling it every now and then! Bring on the kicks and punches!
Food cravings/aversions: Let’s see. Chocolate. Preferably Reese’s cups. Peyton got into my stash on top of the refrigerator and ate every.single.one. I was not a happy pregnant lady when I noticed! And a little side note: How about the ONLY thing that didn’t give me heartburn when I was pregnant with Reece was Reese’s Puff Cereal! :)
Gender:I think hubby has given up and given in. He never tells me no. Ever. Yes, I’m a spoiled brat. oops. So we’ll find out in April.
Labor signs: NO, thankfully.
Belly button in or out: In
What I am looking forward to: Our Tide smearing that ugly orange team tomorrow! ROLL TIDE!
Weekly wisdom: I don’t know. This one always gets me. Just don’t eat your momma’s stash of candy. k?
I am having some REALLY bad headaches. I had them with my other pregnancies too. It’s from pregnancy hormones. Not much I can do but tough it out. I have been taking Tylenol, which does help, but I feel guilty taking it. Sometimes it hurts so bad I can’t even see! I plan on getting as much rest as possible this weekend to see if that helps. If not, I’m calling my doctor Monday. I can’t function like this! I am not complaining, I will do whatever it takes and hurt for this baby! And on a positive note, I haven’t been nauseated much at all anymore! YAY!
This past Friday when I was picking up Griffin’s cake the boys’ school called and said that Peyton almost passed out and that we needed to pick him up. They were having a bike-a-thon at school and this is when it happened. My heart sank because a week or so before that he had a little episode where he felt like he was going to faint at home.
So, we decided to take him to the doctor and have everything checked out. We were there for 3 1/2 hours. They drew a ton of blood. That looked ok. Then the doctor decided to check out his heart just in case. I was very thankful that the doctor is/was as concerned as we were.
Now we’re just waiting on an appointment to have an echocardiogram done. That’s scary. If everything comes back fine with his heart, then we will just wait. If another episode happens then we will do a CAT scan on his head. Now even more scary.
Please pray for our little guy.
Our sweet, spunky not so baby boy turned TEN years old yesterday! How is that possible? We had his party at the McWane Center in Birmingham on Saturday. It was a hit! I was so thankful his sweet friends didn’t mind the drive up and had a blast!
Finding their inner James Spann the man…
Then last night we took him to Best Buy to get his present from us and to eat at Kobe, his choice. :)
Picture to come! Peyton almost passed out at school and I have been at the doctor with him all day. He is fine for now, update on him soon!
How far along: 12weeks!
Size of the baby: According to Baby Center, about 2 inches long and about the size of a lime!
Total weight gain/loss: Lost a pound so I’m up 4 pounds. It’s not for lack of eating, let me assure you!
Maternity clothes: No, but I’m ready for them!
Stretch marks: Old one.
Sleep: I sleep pretty well.
Best moment this week: Yesterday we FINALLY got to see this sweet baby! I can’t tell you how much relief I felt seeing that sweet little peanut bouncing around and seeing that heart flutter away! Lucky for me, I am so far along that I didn’t have to have the traditional first ultrasound(if you know what I mean) I got to go ahead with ON the belly!
Movement: I’m gonna go ahead and throw it out there…I felt the baby last night! I know it is early, this is my fourth child. But I also know that was what it was! cha ching!
Food cravings/aversions: Eggs=gross. Just pass me the fresh pineapple and the Cheese-its!
Gender: Hubby told the ultrasound tech that we weren’t finding out, maybe he’s turned the corner! Heehee!
Labor signs: NO, thankfully.
Belly button in or out: In
What I am looking forward to: Our sweet baby boy will be TEN years old Sunday! How is that possible? Just typing that brings tears to my eyes! HAHAHA! His party is tomorrow at the McWane Center and I can not wait!!!! Going to be so much fun! He and all of his friends are SUPER excited!
Weekly wisdom: Fresh out.
I think I’m starting to feel better! Dare I say it?! My sisters tell me I’ve been kinda pissy the last 12 weeks! HAHA! And I already knew that! :) Bless them and Josh. And Griffin and Peyton and Reece! :)
I can’t even begin to tell you how much fun the Color Run was! We had the best time! Afterwards the kids told us we were the best parents EVER! :)
Lots of white before…
Everyone had a fit over our tutu’s! :) 
And lots of messy color after!
Another photo by Skip, thank goodness he was there because we obviously couldn’t take these! This is what happens when you finish the race…every 15 minutes each participant has their own color packet and you throw it all together! This is when we REALLY got covered!
Dude. This was FUN! The kids dumped theirs in their hair. I scrubbed their heads 3 times each and I still found more in Reece’s hair! HAHA!
There ended up being over 4500 participants. Some of the money raised will go to Read Bama Read, which is to put books back in the libraries destroyed by the tornado! So we had fun and it was for a GREAT cause! :)
Can’t wait for next year! Who wants to keep the baby?!! :)
