Due dec'14-jan/feb'15 part 2

[Yahmama]

I am starting to get SO antsy for this little guys arrival- both apprehensive about labor and just super excited to meet him. I'm definitely nesting and having some serious OCD issues getting things ready and cleaned. I'm already a clean freak so I actually hate this part of being pregnant because I'm too big to get down on the floor and clean so nothing is ever clean enough- lol.

Im so right there too...my kids cant stop making messes so I tell them- you drop it youre cleaning it! Mop and all for spills, lol

[oncue]

We have a few events on between now and this bub arriving so I'm hoping that with those, time flies by! I'm the same with just wanting to get to the end already haha!
Crazycat we were watching the cartoon Brother Bear today with the girls and I noticed the little bear is called Koda (spelt with a k instead of c). I looked it up to make sure I heard it right and apparently it's native meaning is 'friend or companion' I thought that made ur name even cuter, esp as he is the 'little' brother bear xo
Hope everyone is feeling well xo

[Marika]

Hi ladies!

I am back after a few weeks of vacations, trying to catch up a little in here but I am sure I am missing a lot of posts.

Sorry you are having a hard time Sweetdream - your mother sounds fantastic though! Hope you can get som good help from people around you! (When I was pg with DS2 I had bad back pain and DH was working a lot, so we decided to get cleaning service once a week. That was the best thing EVER, we love it and kept it since!)

Abi - you look great, what a cute bump!!

Last two weeks my bump has grown a lot! Now (at 25+) people are actually starting to notice and ask if we are having a baby, before I guess they weren't sure if I just had put some weight on.

I am doing ok but starting to feel heavy and I have some pelvic pain. Not as bad I thought it would be by now though, since I had some problems even before pg. The kids are excited about the baby and they can feel him moving and kicking inside all the time. Sharing the pregnancy with them is fantastic.

As for GD I feel much much MUCH better now! I still get moments when I can feel down, but mostly I am totally OK. DH is still saying he is open for a nr 4 and HT if I want to (his only concern is which car to have, he doesn't like any of the minivans on the market!), but we will see. Maybe this little guy will complete our family and I might not even have any desire for kids/daughters after him.

[crazycatcouple]

Haha, too cute Oncue :-) A girl I workout with was just telling me about that today. I'm going to have to get the movie for Lyra to watch before he arrives :-)

Marika, welcome back! I hope you had a nice vacation. And glad to hear the GD is getting better. Pretty cool that your DH is open to adding another and through HT too! We aren't minivan people either, but I have heard it does make life easier. But now a lot of the SUVs have insides that are set up like minivans which is nice. That's what we got - the new Toyota Highlander which has the 2 captain's chairs in the second row and 3 in the back row that's actually quite roomy. You could easily handle 4 kids with something like that!

[sweetdream]

Marika welcome back! Glad you had a nice vacation.
I hate minivans. We have station were we can add extra seats in the back.
(Though i think a minivan does make life easier lol)

Thx ladys for all your support. I'm doing a little bit better. But I really got to be carefull not doing to much.
The line is still very thin atm. And i feel a bit panic when i feel sore. Just can't handle anymore pain atm. I really need to get stronger before delivery.
I had 2 kids at home wich went very well. I hope to have this one at home too.

Do you guys feel emotional. I get overwelmed at times. Just the feeling i want to cry for no reason. I think i had that with the others too but projected it at GD. Now i don't have that feelings are the same.
Glad for that though. Glad nowing the love for my boys is the same.

Baby moves quite a lot and loving this feeling. Enjoying it too.
I'm really looking forward to meet this child. And want to enjoy last pg too (mixed emotions)

I'm so scared she comes early or something happens. But guess thats normal too.
I have no reason for this though.

[Abifasc]

Marika, I'm glad you're doing better! I feel like my little guy completes our family but who knows if I'll change my mind later on.
Sweet dream I'm sorry you're in so much pain. My pregnancies are very tough too, just remember the pain is gone when baby comes! I definitely have weepy days, just feeling emotional, but that comes with the pregnancy I guess.

I'm staring to feel Micah's individual body parts kicking now. I cannot wait to meet this boy!

[lala22]

I'm not so weepy this time around but have moments of extreme irritability. I would also say this pregnancy is rougher than the last- I have severe groin pain that makes walking difficult but really for the most part I still feel like I have it easy. I only have 4 more weeks until I'm full term- time sure does fly!

[crazycatcouple]

Wow, Lala, only 4 more weeks till full term? That's awesome :-) I feel like with the holidays, the next 2 months are going to fly by and then I'm going to get to January and time will stand still, lol. January and Feb are always two of the slowest months for me anyway, and will anticipating the arrival of this little guy is only going to make it seem more so.

I haven't really been more weepy than my usual self, lol. I still tear up at many movies and TV shows, but I do that even when not pregnant. I have definitely been more irritable at times though :-) Especially when I'm hungry! I now can officially refer to myself as hangry when I don't have enough in my belly, lol. Poor Brett gets the brunt of it usually, but once I'm fed I come to my senses.

How's everyone feeling? Doing anything fun and exciting for the holidays? We're heading to Disney for a long weekend next week. It's actually our 5 year anniversary too. I wanted to get away for that, plus we wanted to give Lyra a Disney trip before her brother comes, and seeing as how we couldn't afford both, we figured why not combine the two, lol. We are lucky in that Disney in only an hour away. My whole life, I've actually never had a "Disney vacation" - only just driven over for the day. This will be nice since we'll be staying on property for a few nights. I'm looking forward to it more than I should be, lol.

And then we have a decent amount of family coming in town for Thanksgiving, which is my favorite holiday I think because of all the awesome food! I can't wait!! Then of course Christmas is just a few weeks after that, which the entire family is coming in town for, so it should be a very eventful next couple of months for us! How about you?

On an entirely different note, I threw up twice in the last few days - randomly. I thought I was over that stuff! Strange.

[lala22]

How weird about throwing up crazycat- though I have had some random bouts of nausea past the 1st trimester too- this boy definitely does that to me whereas my daughter didn't. And it also may be partially due to diet. I'm normally EXTREMELY healthy and don't eat dairy, many grains or any red meat and very little sugar. THAT has all gone out the window this pregnancy (except red meat).

I have a "baby shower" coming up next weekend that's really just more of a party though I can tell you girls I'm really hoping for some cash to help offset some upcoming expenditures (we've asked for that in place of baby stuff as we already have everything). This upcoming weekend is our anniversary and we're going to Tahoe. Then we have our family photo shoot (plus maternity pics) Crazycat- I'm super jealous of your Disney trip- DYING to take Diella. Then Thanksgiving and by then baby is right around the corner- such a trip- I actually feel like it's all gone by pretty slow up until now and now things are flying. I have no idea what Christmas stuff we'll be attending as I'm due right then and my LO has a ballet rehearsal ON my due date (great) so December gets decided by this baby. Speaking of "baby" we've pretty much decided on a name- Hendrix. We didn't decide last time until we saw her so it's super weird already having one picked out- though we do have a list still just in case he comes out not looking like a Hendrix at all.

Let's hear what everyone else is up to!

What's everyone else up to for the holidays?

[crazycatcouple]

Oh, I LOVE the name Hendrix and am slightly jealous, lol. It was on our top 10 list, but hubby vetoed it because he had a weird thing about using a famous person's name. I love it though :-). Congrats on coming up with one early!

It sounds like you're basically done, lol. The holidays will take you right through to the end! I'm sure it must be hard though with planning and such. Oh, and have fun in Tahoe and at your shower :-). When is your actually anniversary? It sounds close to ours - 11/14. This will be 5 years for us :-). Love this time of year!

PS - I know what you mean about eating healthy being out the door! I feel like such a pig with this little guy, but I have been able to continue working out, so I'm hoping it's helping to offset that a bit, lol. Still, I'm already up 18lbs, so I'm sure I'll be gaining a lot overall!