So I’ve FINALLY gotten around to sharing Caleb’s birth story. I’m sorry it’s taken me about 2 weeks but if you follow me on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter you know that it’s been one roller coaster ride since my baby boy entered the world. Caleb Charles entered the world on November 7th, 2014 at 3:22 PM. My darling boy weighed 6 lbs and 13 ounces at birth and measured 19.5 inches.

It's crazy to think it's here.  This is my final pregnancy and my final pregnancy update.  The next time I blog or post a video I'll be a momma to three beautiful babies!  I'm so excited we get to meet Baby Caleb on Friday.  Everything and everyone is all packed up and ready to go!

I’ve yet to meet that elusive woman who “loves” pregnancy and all its wonderful miracles (can you hear the sarcasm?). Most I meet hate being pregnant. Either the 1st trimester was nothing but sickness or the 3rd trimester was so uncomfortable. Since this is my final pregnancy I tried to enjoy it at much as possible but I’m just over it. Here are five things I definitely won’t miss about pregnancy and being pregnant!

Here is what I'm taking to the hospital for Baby Caleb!  I prefer my babies wear their own clothes in the hospital and my babies are usually a little small so the newborn sizes are perfect!  We can't wait to meet baby boy next week and hope you enjoy the video.

I have to say I'm so in love with this nursery for Caleb!  The moment I saw the Monsters, Inc. theme I just knew it's what I wanted for him.  Our girls already love the Monsters, Inc. movies so they have a wonderful connection with this room and had a very positive reaction to it.  That meant a lot to me as they are anxiously awaiting their brothers arrival.  I am missing two pieces right now.  One is the white shelves that will go over the changing table and hold knick-knacks and the CALEB letters my husband is currently working on.  Once I have those up I'll update some pictures.  But without further wait here is Caleb's nursery...Mike Wazowsky and all!

Are we really 36 days from my due date?  And that's just my due date...that's not actual real time when Caleb will come.  That means it's even less!  While I've accomplished a lot, I still feel like I have a tremendous amount to do before he arrives.  There's twice weekly doctor appointments, monitoring and at least one or two more trips into Labor & Delivery before he is actually born.

To be clear, this is not really stealing. You’re technically paying for this stuff as part of your hospital stay. I’ve been told by my nurses to take certain items, and I’ve asked my nurses for additional items to take home. Sometimes though, I have hidden “essentials” just to have backups at home.

Oh, PE (preeclampsia), how I loathe you! I’ve suffered through you for two pregnancies and here I was in the last bit of my third pregnancy thinking that I was in the clear. NOPE! For those who don’t know PE or preeclampsia is a pregnancy complication characterized by high blood pressure and signs of damage to another organ system, often the kidneys. Preeclampsia usually begins after 20 weeks of pregnancy in a woman whose blood pressure had been normal. Even a slight rise in blood pressure may be a sign of preeclampsia.

I was really blessed today to spend time with some good friends at my baby shower.  It may not have been a raging, crazy party but it was perfect and calm.  Just what I needed to keep my blood pressures down while celebrating this new baby boy entering our lives, maybe sooner than we expected.  The camouflage event thrown by my good friend Michelle was gorgeous!  I knew when Michelle offered to do my shower she would put a ton of love and herself into each piece and she truly did.  From the hand made signs to the thoughtful food she pulled from my own Pinterest. 

Yo, yesterday was bat shit crazy! Here I am thinking it’s going to be an easy 32 week appointment/checkup followed by a hospital tour…ummm NAH!

We are so close you guys! It's been such a process of feeling like I've been pregnant forever, but I guess that happens when you find out at like 3 weeks ha!

It’s time to start buckling down and “nesting”. The remaining things we needed to schedule them closer to Trip’s potential due date (November 21st) as possible. Speaking of due date, that's exactly 58 days away! Eeep. I may have him sooner so we really do need to get cracking because it can be as little as 44 days before we meet our little man!

As for an update with me, I'm feeling a lot of pain and aches all throughout my body but mainly in my pelvis and lower back. This last trip out of town for a family wedding really took it out of me. I loved seeing family but between the kids, the plane rides and getting sick on the way there and back I was so ready to come home it was ridiculous. But then I got home and realized how much there still is to do. I have a baby shower in two weeks my sweet friend is throwing me and then there’s family pictures and of course we have to get the girls into the same room and start Caleb’s nursery. Busy, busy, busy!

Okay, enough rambling. I’m trying to figure out how to manage the blog once little man makes his arrival so stay tuned for those updates but trust me there will be a lot more to come before then! Have a great week everyone! xo

I like to think that I’ve “been there, done that” and in all honesty I probably have. Sure, I haven’t dealt with colic but damnit I’ve seen all these levels in some aspect and thought I’d share my insight.

It's crazy to think I'm so far past the half way point.  I'm actually closer to delivering than I am remaining pregnant.  We have so much going on in the next two weeks that it's hard to focus on having the baby but after these couple of weeks we will be able to rest and "nest".

I can honestly say that I was "that" person when I first packed up for delivering Hannah.  I had like two suitcases and everything under the moon to be prepared for anything.  Since having two babies and going through two deliveries I've refined my packing list a little.  Now getting ready to go in for baby #3; I thought I'd share what's going on inside my hospital bag and what I think are the only real essentials you need for your hospital stay.

Twenty-Four weeks pregnant! WTF?  Crazy, I feel like I blinked and I popped!  And let me tell you...I've popped.  Baby bump in full effect now...officially bigger than the butt and the boobs!  The last four weeks have been pretty laid back minus one small trip to the ER.

It's kind of crazy to think I'm almost 22 weeks now and haven't gotten this up but last week was crazy with it being Hannah's birthday and all the baby Gender Reveal stuff going on.  So I thought I'd play catch up on how the weeks 16-20 of pregnancy went.  Let's just say Week 16 wasn't off to a good start.

With this being my 3rd pregnancy I can say there is a lot I’ve learned when it comes to maternity fashion. I think back to all the money I spent on my maternity fashion with Hannah and I’m so sad. I didn’t need half of it! But then I look at the shirt I’m wearing today and remember that I bought it when I was 1st pregnant so maybe I made some good clothing investments.

We've all heard the wives tales that circle around predicting what gender baby you will have.  There's tons out there...from the tame based on baby's heart rate to the more obscure like sitting on a fork or a spoon!  I'm not kidding you!  When we were pregnant with Hannah, one of David's co-workers told him to wrap up a fork and a spoon in napkins, place them in 2 chairs and whichever chair I sat in predicted boy (fork) or girl (spoon).  Crazy, I know!  But that's also the person who told hubby that he should dip his elbows in the lake if he's having a tough time fishing.  Hey, there's wives tales all over the world and yeah, yeah, yeah!

Am I really 12 weeks pregnant already?  I feel like I've been pregnant FOREVER!  But I guess that's what happens when you find out you're pregnant at like 2 or 3 weeks along...ugh.  Plus we had a change in our due date on ultrasounds (more on that later) but it's already felt like a long pregnant but I'm happy that the 1st Trimester is over with and onto more of the good stuff we go!

 

I actually found out we were probably expecting on our halfiversary on March 17th.  As you can see in the video below I was a little overwhelmed when I found out I was pregnant.  We honestly hadn't been trying long at all...like 3 weeks trying so I was kind of stunned in the first part of the video.  I decided to hold off based on my husband's recommendation another week and when we took the second test it was much more clear.  As you can hear my hubby saying in the background "Test number 2, means Baby number 3!" haha he's such a jokster.