19 Weeks!

We are almost to the official halfway point! We are also at the magical week where my OB does the big ultrasound!!






Baby size: heirloom tomato. I just looked at the 19 week bumpdate from Tucker and it said mango.
Any symptoms?  Feeling a little more energized than last week, but still tired. Headaches. Heartburn.
Cravings? Not really. I got a cheese ball to satisfy my craving from last week and it wasn't good so that was disappointing.
Favorite part this week? More and more movement
Least favorite part this week? back pain after a lot of shopping
Boy or Girl? We find out Thursday evening!
Names? Danny has suggested a boy name that I don't love and I'm not even sure he is serious about. Tucker started randomly singing it on Sunday so that's nice.




With Tucker, I did all the Old Wives Tales for gender prediction, so I thought I would do them again!

1. Morning Sickness - yes: GIRL
I had a lot more morning sickness with this pregnancy than with Tucker. I've only gotten sick a few times, but the entire first trimester was a huge nausea fest.

2. Cravings - mostly sweet: GIRL
I've eaten a lot of cereal and purchased Oreos on a whim Saturday.

3. Chinese Calendar - BOY
This one is tricky. My app says I ovulated between 6/30 and 7/2 sooooo, my best guess is I go with the July box for my age.

4. Baby's Heartbeat - above 140s: GIRL
It's been 140s-150s the whole time.

5. Sleeping On - Right: GIRL
My sleeping position mostly depends on if Danny is home or not. I sleep on my right when he is home and try to sleep on my left when he is at work. I generally wake up on my back but leaning towards the right.

6. Mood - Danny and I both agree I've been more moody: GIRL
I don't know if pregnancy is completely to blame since I haven't slept well since before we found out I was pregnant and work has been stressful as well.

7. Disposition - Not any clumsier than normal: GIRL
I'm not the most graceful person in the world and I haven't noticed myself any less graceful than normal. I've been doing a significant amount of sitting around too.

8. Headaches - More: BOY
Every. Single. Day.

9. Ring Test - GIRL
I did the ring test that was floating around on Facebook that would predict the number of kids and the order. It said Boy, Girl, Boy, Boy. I THINK it includes miscarriages, but when I had mine it was more of a blighted ovum I think so I don't know if that counts?

10. Hands - Dry: BOY
This is common for me anyways.

11. Carrying Baby - I don't know! lol
I have a short torso so this one is hard for me to judge!

12. Skin - Dry: BOY
I'm using body lotion all over earlier than I normally do.

Results:
Girl - 7
Boy - 4
Don't know - 1

It was tied with Tucker so maybe this time they are more right? I'll share the results here on Friday, but I'm sure something will be posted on Instagram (erinshell10) Thursday night!

Weekend Recap

The weekend began a little early last Friday.  October is a quiet month around the office with all of the farmers out in the field, so we usually take off a couple of hours early, if not at lunch. I went home to change clothes, let Diesel out and then headed to pick Tucker up. We went to CVS to rent a movie and get bubble bath then headed to pick dinner up. I noticed Tucker was starting to doze off on the way to pick dinner up, so I decided to put a pull up on him before we headed home. It was a good thing I did.

That would be a chip next to his arm.

He slept from 5:30-10:15, was up for an hour, then went back to sleep until about 7. I think there was a wake up in there that required me to lay in bed with him. I can't remember because they happen so frequently.

Saturday we lounged and watched the Zootopia from the night before. We planned on attending fire truck rides at the park, but there was a massive fit thrown and doing something fun after that seemed wrong. We went to lunch and shopping with my mom so I could return some pants I ordered online and pick up a couple more shirts. Danny was home when we got home, which was good since I was pretty much done doing anything for the rest of the night. We ate dinner and I proceeded to lay on the couch or in the chair until I went to bed.

Sunday was more shopping. This time with Danny's mom. She has already purchased outfits for Christmas pictures for 4 out of the 5 grandchildren, Tucker being the only one left. Each year there is always one kid that is hard to shop for. This year it was Tucker. 8 stores later, we finally figured out an outfit. Thank you, Babies R Us. And also thank you for the bribe that is placed at the entrance of the store. As a parent that isn't too proud to bribe her child, it is much appreciated.

After stopping at one more store on the way home, we grabbed shakes from Steak n Shake and headed home. I. Was. Beat! Even more so than Saturday. My back was hurting so bad I couldn't even take a shower. I sat and let Tucker play with water, food coloring and baking soda. This provided rest time for 20 minutes and it was great.

We ate dinner, he went to bed and I sat in the recliner while I ordered groceries and watching This Is Us.

Now Monday is here. Only 3 more sleeps until we find out if Baby Goofy is a boy or girl!

18 weeks!

I realized something yesterday. If this babe makes his/her debut when big brother did, I am at the half way point! While I hope that is not the case and I can keep this one in a bit longer, that is pretty exciting. And terrifying since the holidays are only going to make time go quicker!





Baby size: Sweet Potato
Any symptoms?  Exhausted. I had some round ligament pain that stopped me in my tracks last night.
Cravings? I saw a Tasty video for a cheese ball recipe last night that has me trying to think of an excuse to go to the next town over so I can grab one at the grocery store. I don't even eat cheese balls when they are available.
Favorite part this week? Movement!
Least favorite part this week? the tiredness. Its really cutting into my TV watching
Boy or Girl? We find out NEXT THURSDAY!
Names? Still on Baby Goofy still.






Our big ultrasound is next Thursday morning and we have an appointment and my progesterone shot after. Danny and I were thisclose to having an elective ultrasound done Monday if the place had any openings. Not knowing the sex is driving us crazy! I told Danny's sister this and she made me a deal that I could come up to her floor at the hospital this week (she is an OB nurse) and she would do an ultrasound, but wouldn't tell me if the baby is a boy or girl and would plan a party. I seriously had to sleep on it and changed my mind at least 4 times over a 24 hour period. Danny is tired of me lol.

We won't be doing it her way, but we will be having a small get together next Thursday evening. She is going to handle taking care of the reveal since she has the day off of work and our family and close friends (just with that we are looking at 38 people) will come over for a quick reveal. If we did a big party, we would have to wait until the 30th and there is no way. 7 hours is manageable though!

I am in that stretch of weeks where there is nothing going on and I am anxiously waiting for the moment I can start prepping for this baby. I just have 8 days left and then we can really start on names, nursery décor, shopping and all that fun stuff!

Show & Tell Tuesday: My Quirks

I skipped recapping my weekend yesterday because there wasn't much to talk about other than I was really tired, Tucker gave us a preview of age 3, and I painted an awesome pumpkin for the Tiny Dictator.

I've been doing Bumpdates on Tuesdays, but when I saw Andrea's topic for this week's Show & Tell Tuesday, I knew I needed to participate. I tend to think everything I do or think is normal until I vocalize these things to my husband or brother and then they think I'm off my rocker. 

1. Tags on comforters/quilts/blanets - They HAVE to be at the foot of the bed. This is one that my brother and I share and Danny thinks is completely crazy. It doesn't matter if Danny is already comfy in bed, if I come in the room and find the tag is up by my pillow, I will start turning the blanket on our bed. It drives him crazy. If its up by his face? I don't really care. He can fight the tag all night for all I care since he thinks its normal. Why don't I just cut the tag off? If I did that then I wouldn't know which way the blanket goes!

2. Animals that scurry, fly or slither - This includes but is not limited too: mice, rats, shrews, vols, chipmunks, snakes, bats, birds of all kinds, hamsters(I actually had one for a brief period of time. Sorry mom.), gerbils. I also hate possums and raccoons. This time of year I become a little more on edge. When farmers start harvesting and the corn starts disappearing, the rodents come out. I start kicking cabinets in the kitchen to scare them off and when I am outside or in a barn I keep my eyes focused on what I'm doing and I do not scan the area.

3. I tend to know what I'm eating about 3 meals ahead - This includes going out to eat. I blame my dad for this one. He had to know hours in advance where our family was eating. He usually had a plan of his own but asked just to be nice half the time. I do the same. If Danny and I are planning on a date night, I start asking him a few days in advance where we are going if I don't already have a suggestion so I can start figuring my meal out. My uncle made fun of my dad one time and said "you eat to live, you don't eat to live." No, Sir, that is incorrect.

4. I will change my hair on a whim - There is little variation to it. It is either dark brown, blonde or somewhere in between. Never black or anything like that. Style is generally the same too. The girl that does my hair now pretty much knows what I like and I honestly didn't know how it was going to come out when she got done. I just let it happen and I was really happy with the outcome.

5. I think every house should have a front porch - They don't have to be big wrap around porches or even go from end to end. There just needs to be something. I really want to extend our porch on our house if we end up staying there long-term.

6. Certain meals require certain drinks - Qdoba requires Cherry Coke Zero with a lime. Anything from Cracker Barrel requires iced tea, even breakfast. Mexican from the place in town requires Diet Coke. I once ate French fries without Diet Coke and they weren't even good.

7. Apparently I fold clothes a certain way and a certain way only - These leads to Danny laying all of my clothes out flat on the coffee table or couch even if they clearly should be folded. Like shorts or t-shirts.

Seven is all I can think of for now. And as I've said before, I don't think any of them are that strange.

Friday Favorites

I'm going to try to get a quick post in before I have to get ready for work. We are having Farmer Appreciation Days, so my blogging time is spoken for!

A few weeks ago, my sister-in-law and Danny's step mom asked if I had anything to put in a rummage. I anticipated having like a box or bag or two. Once I started cleaning stuff out, I couldn't be stopped. I got rid of a large Thirty-One utility tote worth of stuff, 3 diaper boxes and another bag. And I'm not bringing any of it home. If it doesn't sell, which it is priced to do, its going to Goodwill.

I had my weekly progesterone shot yesterday morning and my mom happened to have an appointment at the same hospital around the same time. We had a breakfast date and it was much needed. I've had a rough week and some mama time was definitely needed. She always seems to know when I need some too.

Since I've been pregnant, I've broken the "no TV at night" rule that Danny and I do our best to implement for Tucker. It has its perks though. Tucker fell asleep a few minutes into his one episode of Paw Patrol while we were snuggling. I can't remember the last time he did that and I enjoyed every second of it.

Finally, I got my fall hair on Wednesday! My hair was getting REALLY blonde! Plus October is when I usually make the change. I'm loving it.

 

 

Those are the happenings for the week! I'm ready for the weekend!