Hunter 19 Months and pregnancy update

Hunter at 19 months is talking in phrases and sentences. He is still a great sleeper, sleeping from about 8:30-9am with one nap usually at 1 and lasting about 3 hours. He weighs about 28 pounds and is very tall. He is wearing 2T shirts mostly (some are still big) and 18-24 mo pants. He is wearing a size 6 shoe. He is going through a phase where he doesn't want to eat anything and I HATE it! I wish my good little eater would come back! If I can get him to eat anything it is a miracle. I hope I can find some foods he will eat again! I am constantly filling his cup up with his whole milk to make sure he gets some nutrients somewhere! He prefers regular milk to chocolate milk, silly boy... doesn't bother me though!

 I have enjoyed my time off with him during Christmas break. I am not looking forward to returning to work; we have been having so much fun! Christmas was really fun this year! We had our first Christmas the Saturday before and one or 2 everyday until Christmas day. Hunter kept saying "open presents" every time we had one to go to. My favorite phrases he said were "looky there" "whoa dude!" and "oh boy!" with every gift he opened. He eventually started getting overwhelmed though and was over it by the end of the last one we went to. I think he had so many things to play with he didn't really know where to start! That is what happens when you have 6 Christmas' to go to! Phew! I am glad I have 2 weeks off. I couldn't imagine having to go back to work the day after! My house is STILL a mess and it has been almost a week now.

Pregnancy update:
I am now 15 weeks 4 days pregnant.and feelin great. I am craving pickles and pineapple juice. Every time I go to the store I have to get these two things. I know that is a lot of sodium and acid, haha so probably not the best things to eat/drink but hey it makes me feel good for the time being! If you were to look at the pickle jar in my fridge it would currently be out of pickle juice too; I know this is so bad but oh it tastes so good... until the stomach ache follows later. I go back to the doctor on Thursday for my 16 week appointment. After that we will get our sonogram scheduled for the 20 week appointment! It is seriously FLYING by this time around! My house is not near ready for another baby! We will be switching around some rooms and painting and making Hunter a big boy room with a twin bed! I can't believe my baby is getting so big! It sometimes makes me sad to think of him not being the baby anymore :( I am praying all goes well with this pregnancy and that Hunter adjusts okay to being a big brother! Can't wait to find out what we're having! Baby is approx 4 inches this week, and I have already felt the baby move! Will update again soon!

1.5 years old and baby #2 announcment!

At 18 months Hunter made a big announcement publicly! Here are a few pictures from out little photo shoot with the big brother :)

 

Jared, Hunter and I are very excited our family is expanding!

 

At 18 months Hunter is such a turkey. He is constantly making us laugh with things he says or does. We sure are enjoying every minute with him! Our days usually consist of juice, "nacks", books which Hunter tells us "up here, read it", Elmo or "gigbellies", lots of pictures of our cute guy, and playing with toys. He also loves to "weep and clean", if he sees a broom or a rag he will quickly want to start sweepin the floor and wiping anything he can. Although deer are still his absolute favorite. I've never seen a kid so obsessed with deer at such a young age. His next room will probably be camo and deer related because I love seeing how excited he gets when he sees those 2 things! He definitely gets that from his daddy! Jared can't wait to take Hunter out to the woods someday! He loves learning too and still repeats everything, even sentences now. My favorite thing he currently says is "sun shine down on me." Its part of a song on his gigglebellies DVD and the way he says it is so so cute!

 

New Baby Announcement!

We found out we were pregnant the first week of October.

 

We told our family and a few close friends on Halloween! I made a shirt that had a skeleton baby on my belly. It turned out pretty cute!

 

We announced it to the rest of the world on facebook at 12 weeks after we had been to the doctor and heard the heart beat, which was 155.

 

I have had zero morning sickness (both pregnancies). I am just now finally getting out of the tired stage too. I was extremely exhausted and usually in bed by 8:30 most nights during the first 3 months. My eyes just wouldn't stay open!

 

I feel like my muscles are stretched out from Hunter still and I am showing much quicker than I did with him! Unfortunately I have already gained 4 pounds with this little one! With Hunter I didn't gain anything until I was 20 weeks so I hope this weight slows down quickly or else I'll be huge in no time!

 

My official due date is June 19th according to a sonogram we had at 6 weeks. This is about a week off from what I had calculated. So, I'm hoping when I go to my next ultrasound they change it back to the 12th like I had thought originally! Either way, I am happy we were able to plan a June baby so it works out with my school schedule :)

 

I am so excited we get to find out the sex of this baby...  we had a surprise last time! I literally can't wait any longer and want to know ASAP! If we have another boy we should be set on clothes since Hunter was born in June as well, yay!

 

We already have names picked out for either a boy or a girl... just no set middle names yet.

 

I would be thrilled if we had a girl because... well what woman doesn't want a little girl to dress up! I would also love it if we had a boy since Hunter will be only 2 years apart from this babe! What better play mate could we ask for?!

 

I am a little worried at how quickly this pregnancy is moving along. It is SOOOO different when you already have one! Most of the time I forget I am even pregnant! I have a feeling the next 27 weeks are going to sneak up on us!

 

I am planning on using my chalkboard to track my belly growth with this baby and will post pictures soon :)