2012 January » The Adventures of Noah

13 Weeks

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Jan 302012

This week has taken forever!

How far along are you? 13 weeks

Total Weight gain/loss? +1 at the last Dr.’s appt. Hoping to keep that gain in check.

Stretch marks? Nopers, it’s far too early for that kind of stuff

Baby Movement? Nothing definitive yet but soon I hope

Best moment this week? Getting thru the first trimester scan and getting to see fuzz again.

Food Cravings?Actually not a lot this week. I’ve not really be hungry at all which is probably why my weight gain is low. I have to force myself to eat.

Belly button in or out? In. It stayed in the whole time with Noah and I figure it will with this one too.

Milestones?Had our first trimester screen and everything looks great!

12 Weeks

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Jan 232012

This working mom thing is hard. I keep forgetting to take the belly pic. This one was 12w 1 day…I completely forgot 13!

Hiding this bump is getting harder and harder

How far along are you? 12 weeks

Total Weight gain/loss? 1 lb!! Woohoo…I so thought it was going to be worse.

Stretch marks? Nopers, it’s far too early for that kind of stuff

Baby Movement? I could have sworn I felt a thump but it’s probably still gas. It’s waaaay too early. I didn’t feel Noah until 16 or so weeks.

Maternity Clothes? Yup! Just so much more comfortable. I do still wear my normal work pants but with the bella band and a maternity shirt. Now that folks at work know I can be a little more free with my wardrobe.

Best moment this week? Not baby #2 (seems like that’s a theme) but Noah’s in a big boy bed!

Food Cravings? Nothing really…I get a hankering for what I see on TV or that we talk about but if ignore it long enough I can get past it. Which is good for my weight gain:) I’m trying to keep this one at a min. I still have the 20 from Noah that I never lost.

Belly button in or out? In. It stayed in the whole time with Noah and I figure it will with this one too.

Milestones?Heard the heartbeat again at the dr.’s.

Help your baby fart….

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Jan 232012

I was browsing another blog they had an advert for the Nosefrida snot sucker. If you’ve not met the Nosefriday and you have a young child, you should. It’s one of the best snot suckers out there (once you get past that it’s powered by you sucking:)).

Anyways, I digress. While on the Frida baby site I saw “The Windi”. Intrigued I clicked thru the link…

It’s a contraption to help your colicy baby fart! Bwahahahaha! I can’t decide if it’s genius or gross. Then again, I thought the same thing about the Nosefrida so I suppose I should reserve judgment till I actually try it because I love my Nosefrida. And it kinda of makes sense. I was always told to try a rectal thermometer to relieve a constipated child so I suppose this is the same idea, it’s just funny to see it productized.

Have any of you tried it? Did it actually work?

Fun in the snow….

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Jan 212012

Last night we got our first snow in a while so even though it was covered with a layer of ice in the AM we bundled Noah up for a quick jaunt outside. He made it about 20 min before he started saying “it’s cold outside”…which is his queue to come back in.

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He’s not a huge fan of the snow (much like sand – which will make our trip to the beach in Feb a challenge). He’s fine if it’s not on him. Which means he won’t pick it up and kinda freaks out if it gets on his boots (where he can see it). But, at least he was outside. We’ll keep working on the snow thing.

11 weeks…

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Jan 192012

So I wrote these as the weeks went by and I’m going to spend the week catching up:)

Hiding this bump is getting harder and harder

How far along are you? 11 weeks

Total Weight gain/loss? So afraid to find out….

Stretch marks? Nopers, it’s far too early for that kind of stuff

Baby Movement? Nope…just gas bubbles still (which unfortunately this time around seem to be more numerous than last time…TMI sorry)

Maternity Clothes? Is it sad that I’m wearing them already? They’re so much more comfy than my normal work clothes.

Best moment this week? Not baby #2 related but Noah climbed out of his crib

Labor Progress? I certainly hope not. I may hide this one till the third tri…

Food Cravings? Everything…food tastes so good right now…

Belly button in or out? In. It stayed in the whole time with Noah and I figure it will with this one too.

Milestones?Nothing big with 11 weeks:(

22 Months….

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Jan 132012

so many weeks late!

He’s just a huge bag of tricks these days (and feels like a huge sack of bricks when you pick him up…).
– He’s talking more, stringing two words together (sometimes three). I love hearing “I love you mommy” or “mommy daddy I you”…
– He’s climbing all over everything and is much more confident on the stairs. Most days he goes up with out holding on to anything and can go down a few steps without help as well.
– He can jump off the ground and both feet clear. He’s getting more and more height as the month wears on. He loves to jump jump jump…
– I stuck him on the scale this AM and it said he was 28lbs so he seems to be holding stead (although it doesnt feel like it).
– I still can’t/haven’t nailed him down to get a height. I guess we’ll just have to wait until his two year appt next month.
– Gosh, this is what I get for not doing these on time…i’m merging this month and last month:) oh well..

I’ve already started thinking about his 2 year party. I swore to myself we’d keep it family and close friends but as I assemble the guest list it just keeps growing. I can’t help myself. I just need a theme now…Thomas is so over done but he loves it so much…

Well hello there….

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Jan 122012

Long time no post, I know. I have a good reason but will have to fill you in later:) I had so many posts planned but never got around to actually writing them. I even had pictures! Perhaps soon….

Anywho, we went to the National Zoo the other weekend and thought I’d drop some pics on here for your enjoyment (and my mothers request:) Hi mom!).

My inlaws for down for the weekend and we just happened to have an amazing 60 degree January day so off to the National Zoo we went. What a great time was had. Not all the animals were out but the most important ones were – the lions! We all know how much Noah looooooves lions! All the other animals were cool but it was the lion den we couldn’t tear him away from. He stood in awe as they walked back and forth. All at once the male started to vocalize and Noah roared right back at him!!

We were waaaay past nap time and I’d half expected him to crash on the way back to the car but no, he wanted to watch and check out everything as we walked back. We strapped him in and listen to him roar for a little while and then he fell suddenly silent. I looked over and he was out for the count. He slept the whole way home and even let us carry him upstairs and put him in his crib to finish the nap. I think he had a good time.

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(check out the new gallery! Now you can page thru the pics instead of clicking one by one!!!)

10 weeks…

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Jan 092012

This was fun to look over the posts from my pregnancy with noah so I thought I’d try this again…

How far along are you? 10 weeks (and a few days)

Total Weight gain/loss? Not sure yet…started at 140 on the docs scale. Mine here says 137..i like mine better:)

Stretch marks? Nopers, it’s far too early for that kind of stuff

Baby Movement? Nope…just gas bubbles. They say you can feel it earlier with #2 but seeing that it’s only the size of a kumquat (like an inch), I’m sure i’m not feeling it yet.

Maternity Clothes? I did break down and get my maternity clothes out. I found that my work clothes were kind of fitted and not helping me hide this very well. Plus I needed my BellaBands…my work trousers were getting uncomfy around the end of the day.

Best moment this week? Finding the heartbeat with the doppler:)

Labor Progress? I certainly hope not. I may hide this one till the third tri…

Food Cravings? Gosh…everything I think about…or that someone talks about…

Belly button in or out? In. It stayed in the whole time with Noah and I figure it will with this one too.

Milestones? Finding the heartbeat!

Weekly Wisdom? I’m wisdomless so far…perhaps I spent it all with this the last time around.