It's a BOY!

More blue, green, and camo is on the way for the Yager family! Hunter is getting a baby brother! We had our halfway sonogram last Friday and it was very obvious our little babe is a boy! I saw it on the screen way before our ultra sound tech even told us. Our baby boy looked great and was measuring more accurately with my last period rather than the first sonogram so since they usually go by the period date they are sticking with that! Baby is officially due Sunday June 15- Fathers day! I have a feeling this baby will already be here to celebrate with his daddy but we will see! He was measuring in at about 11 cm and 10 ounces! These next few weeks are going to fly by and we will get to see his sweet face again around 30-32 weeks for another 3-D sonogram!!

True feelings about having a boy: I was a tad disappointed at first because I had been shopping for pink and bows- my fault! However, I am SUPER excited that Hunter and his brother will be so close in age and they will be able to play on the same sports teams and hunt and fish together! What better best friend could we give our little Hunter than a brother! We are thrilled about having another sweet little boy to love! I think I was jealous that Jared will get to do fun things with his boys and momma will be left out but maybe I'll just have to join in on the fun or take a day of shopping by myself when they're older! That doesn't sound so bad :)

I am also happy that we won't have to buy a whole new round of clothes and toys! We are trying to save some money right now so that maybe a bigger house can be in our future... if we were having a girl there is no way I would be saving any money,haha!

We did a sweet gender reveal photo for our friends and family. Lydia Holste is amazing and she sure did capture the moment! Here are a few pictures

Pregnancy update- almost half way there!

I haven't done much blogging lately, but I wanted to post some of the pictures I have taken so far and do a little comparison between when I was pregnant with Hunter and this pregnancy.
We have our sonogram on Friday and I am so hopeful that we will get to find out if this baby is a boy or a girl! Right now, my gut feeling is a girl. This feeling has changed since the beginning when I was almost positive this baby was a boy... so we will see! I think I am just so anxious to know because I keep wavering back and forth between what I really think baby is... so I just want to know!

The similarities in both pregnancies have been: no sickness, not much weight gain so far (+4 pounds total weight gain at 19 weeks), craved pickles with both

Differences: feel like I am carrying higher this time, I was already in maternity with Hunter at this point and as of now my jeans and dress pants still fit normally. I have extremely dry skin this time, I have found that aveeno oatmeal oil works wonders during my shower. Craved lots of fruit juices this pregnancy (orange in the beginning and then pineapple later). I have had more acne breakouts this pregnancy- not a lot but more than I usually do. I have had headaches this time around too, Tylenol is my friend, haha.

I have been blessed with some great pregnancies thus far! No major issues and no sickness is what I'm most thankful for! I am starting to get stressed out with getting things done in time. We have a lot of rearranging to do in our house! We will be moving our bedroom to the current office off the living room, and we will be creating a new nursery if we have a girl she will get our old room. If this baby is a boy then we are moving Hunter to our old room and the nursery will stay the same. So, lots to do in the next 20 weeks! I am hoping to get started on our room transformation this weekend and then move on the the kids rooms! My biggest concern with switching rooms is what to do about the closet space, currently all closets are full! So, we will have to figure something out quickly!

Here are a few belly picture updates:

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 :)

 

17 Month Update

Our little toddler is so much fun and has so much personality! We are loving this stage! He is so fun! I can't wait for Christmas with him this year! <3

Little chatter box can say anything, literally. We have a book of shapes and he can repeat all of them and name circle and star on his own... and sometimes oval. He's such a little smarty! He repeats everything we say and doesn't seem to forget anything. I was changing his diaper and he held on to my hand and said rings. Little things like that I don't even know how he knows random words like that. I'm tellin you, his vocabulary is amazing for a 17 month old. He can say 2 and 3 word phrases now... some of his most common ones are: watch elmo, shoes on, let me out, diaper on, jammies on, shoes off, go bye bye.

My absolute favorite thing he says is "wow". He whispers it every time!! He got this from my dad because my dad looks at deer magazines with him and always says wow when he sees the deer. So, Hunter now says wow anytime he sees anything camo or deer related. We went to Wal-Mart today and he saw a camo bed sheet and whispered wow!! Its so freakin cute I cant help but kiss him when he does that! His memory is amazing I hope it stays like that when he gets older! School will be a breeze if he can remember everything!
A few weeks ago we were at Jared's dads and Jared's brother Nate was playing an elmo video on his phone. He put the phone up to a long vacuum tube and Hunter was listening on the other end. Now every time Hunter sees my vacuum hose he says Elmo, haha. I just can't get over the things he doesn't forget!

Some of his favorites at this time are: Elmo, Giggle bellies, books, juice, "nacks" as he calls snacks, "outide" as he calls going outside, and believe it or not he is like his momma and likes to go bye bye. I've never been one to just sit at home and relax for a whole day or more. I like to get things done and be on the go and so does my boy!

I haven't had a good look inside his mouth lately but I think he has 2 top molars and 2 bottom molars making it a total of 12 teeth.

He is wearing 24 month clothes and some 2T shirts but the sleeves are a little long still. He is wearing size 6 shoes. He should be going for his 18 month check up in about a month or so, so we will get updates on weight and height then!

Here is a picture of our latest photo shoot with Lydia at Candid's by Lydia!

16 months

Not much has changed lately other than a few new teeth! We just got our first 2 molars. Poor baby doesn't get a break with teeth coming in. He always runs a high temp and is not himself for a few days. These two came about a week apart so we have had a rough time lately! He won't eat much anymore either. He used to eat whatever we were eating and it was great. I'm trying to stick to my guns and not make him separate meals. So if he doesn't eat what I cook, at least some of it, then he usually gets milk and gets down. I refuse to start this picky eating thing, his dad is bad enough! Tonight he would not let me put mac and cheese in his mouth. He was screaming and hitting and yelling no! So, I just put a big glob of it on his tray and said chicken and he ate it right up. For some reason he will eat anything we call chicken, haha. I don't know how long our little trick will last!

He can talk so well I am so proud :) He also knows a lot of animals and their sounds along with belly, nose, ears, eyes, teeth, and feet on his body. I forgot to post his stats when he went to his 15 month check up. He was still in the 90% for both height and weight. He definitely seems to be slimming out though. Height he was 32.5 inches and weight he was 26.8 pounds. Doctor R was very impressed with his vocabulary too.

Favorites at 16 months:
Food: cheese
Show: Elmo!!!!!!
Word: Deer and Elmo, which are the 2 things he always wants to watch on TV too
Favorite thing to do:  read books! He will sit for HOURS!
Drink: juice which is actually mostly water with some apple juice in it
Toy: Elmo or his books

Bed time has been 7:30 lately. I don't know why he has been crabby a little earlier and wanted bed without his sippy lately! So, I think he is breaking himself of this habit! I couldn't have asked for a better night time routine. We literally lay him down and he rolls over and goes to sleep until about 7:30-8 in the morning. So blessed!

So blessed with this little spunky personality! I hope he starts to eat better again soon! I miss my little garbage disposal of an eater :)

15 Months

Another month has gone by and our little toddler just keeps growing. His next appointment is in a few weeks so I'll update on size then. He is still wearing 18-24 months mostly in pants and shirts. As far as naps go I think he may be trying to narrow down to 1. Some days he will take 2 good naps and other days he will just scream during his afternoon nap and not want to go down. So, we may be on our way to 1 nap... we'll see! If he does, I'm going to try and get it to be an afternoon nap. I'm not sure if I'm ready for that yet! He's always been such a good sleeper/napper.

His vocabulary continues to expand. I'll try and name all the words he can say, although I know I'll probably miss quite a few!

Mama
Dada
Please
Ouch
Uh oh
beep beep
hot
mmmmm
num nums(food)
Thank you
No No
Down
This
Pizza
Juice
Dog and woof
Horsey and neigh
--can make monkey noises ha
Deer
Night Night
bath
bath tub
papa
ball
balloon
chicken (chickey)
bull
cow and moooo
shoes
yes
bottle (although he hasn't had one in 3 months he calls his milk sippy a baba)
jump
stop it
don't
tractor
mah maw (what he calls all his grandmas)
bus
bye bye
hi
dance
brush
Brynlee  (this is his gf, haha he calls her min-wee)
spoon

and pretty much anything we say he will repeat

He can point to his belly and his toes, and sometimes his nose
He can follow directions like "bring me your shoes". He knows what lots of things are even though he may not be able to say complex words... for example all his toys were laying out and there was a cucumber laying in the middle of them and I said "bring me the cucumber" and he was able to pick it out from all the toys!
He usually tells us when he is tired by saying night night and lays his head down on something.
He is becoming mister independent and wants to use a spoon or a fork to feed himself now. He doesn't like to let us feed him :( such a big boy!

We have one smart little guy! We can't wait to help him learn more and see him grow!