Tuesday, April 21, 2015

28 week bump-date (baby #2)

Definitely have no desire to take pics these days!! 

How far along: 28 weeks 

Gender: GIRL!!! So excited for Aynslee to have a sissy!! 

Weight gain: 21+ lbs...eeekk! 

Stretch marks: Nope! I have a feeling I'm not going to get so lucky this time...

Maternity clothes: I live in my scrubs and PJs! 

Sleep: No change. Except I could prob sleep for 24hrs straight (minus the bathroom breaks). Having a toddler, working nights, and being prego is a terrible combo!!  

Best moment this week: Repeat sono!! 

Worst moment this week: Feeling large and in charge :) 

Miss anything: Being able to get up off the ground easily and JIMMY JOHNS! 

Movement: Yes! Lots and lots. Her favorite time is 3am!!! 

Cravings: onions and anything sweet!! 

Queasy or sick: No! Thank goodness!!! 

Looking forward to: Hopefully finishing up her baby room and getting some new flowers planted in the yard! 




Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Aynslee Lou- 24 months old

Age: 24months 

Height: 35 inches 

Weight: 26.7lbs! We will weigh her at Dr. Next week but this is nakey on home scale!! 

Milestones: -Someone is officially potty-trained during the day as of 3.15.15. She has officially been napping without a diaper since 3.29.15. I haven't been brave enough to try night time. We had to just cut pull-ups all the way out Bc she was using them as a crutch. Since March she has had one pee accident and one pooping accident...both on Nana/Poppa's watch ;))!! 
-Aynslee knows her ABC's and can count to 10 (sometimes skips over four and five). 
-Can put on her own pants, socks, and moccs. Still needs help with her shirt. She is good at pulling down her pants and undies to use the potty now too! 
-She says "I love you" first and then wants an immediate response of "I love you, too!" 
-She talks, talks, talks!! Some of her favs are, "oh goodness" "hold you little bit" "I love you, too" "NO!" "Stop it!" 

Sleep: Goes to bed between 7-8pm and wakes up between 0645-0800. Sleep has definitely been interesting these last couple of weeks. Aynslee learned how to turn a door handle so if she would wake just from a toss and turn she would immediately get up and come into our room. We quickly put a stop to it and she has to stay in her room until 0700. Thankfully the last week she has been sleeping in till 0730. She still (90% of the time) takes a 2-2 1/2 hr nap every afternoon. She goes down for a nap between 1-230pm. Hoping she continues with the good sleeping habits when her baby sister arrives.....zzzZzz!

Best Moment: Nana took the girls to see Disney on Ice. She absolutely loved it and loved the time with her cousins! Being potty trained I feel like is a huge accomplishment and one I wanted to be checked off before sis arrives :). 

Worst moments: Her SCREAMS!! This girl is ornery, strong willed, and oh-so independent!! She knows how to test her Mama and Daddy!!

Eating: She still loves to eat...but on her own time! Of course, my strong willed child likes to be in control of when and what she eats...Ughhh!! Well- this mama doesn't offer choices for meals. You get what you get and you eat it or no "sweet treat!" This has worked wonders. She might not eat it during meal time but she knows that she has to eat it before she gets anything else to eat!!! 

Extras: This has been a year of so many joys and firsts!! I can't believe she is two!! I can't wait to see what this year brings and how she adapts into the role of being a big sister. We are so thankful to have this little girl as our first born and love her to the moon and back!! <3 <3














Sunday, April 5, 2015

Aynslee's 2nd Birthday Party

      Happy Birthday, sweet TWO yr old!! 

Aynslee loves the water and going to the swimming pool. So I couldn't think of a better party than a "Splashin' Birthday Party!!" 

Our local YMCA has the best party packages and several differnet activity options to pick from. They provide the cake/cupcakes, ballons, party favors, and all plastic stuff! It was perfect for this lazy-prego- Mama!! 

I of course couldn't not do anything so Ayns and I made a few fun "treats" for her friends as well!! 


The things you need to make a swimming fish sweet treat. 
1. Blue candy (m&ms, sixlets, jelly beans etc..). You will use this as your "water."- Nifty Nut House
2. Clear plastic bags with ties- Dollar Tree
3. Swedish Fish- Dollar Tree 

I just picked my sixlets and jelly beans together and placed them in the bottom of the clear plastic bags. You can make them as full as you want...

Next up is adding the fish. If you didn't want to use something sweet here gold fish would be another perfect option. Again, use as little or as many as you want. We did TWO for the birthday girl ;). 

All done!! You can use the ties the bags come with or get your own cute ribbon. I placed these in another goodie bag but you could also add a little note to these as a little "thank you!!" 



I knew the YMCA provided a goodie bag but wasn't so sure what all it had..I found this cute sand-pail goodie bag idea on pinterest and then added some of Aynslee's favorite things. 
1. Homemade Bubble Guppies coloring book
2. Goldfish pack- Sams
3. Crayons- Dollar Tree
4. Bubbles- Dollar Tree
5. Sand Castle Pail - Dollar Tree 
6. Bubble guppie tattoos- Party City 
7. Homemade swimmin' fish treat bag 

Aynslee had so much fun with her cousins and friends!! 


















26 week bump-date (baby #2)



How far along: 26 weeks 

Gender: GIRL!!! So excited for Aynslee to have a sissy!! 

Weight gain: 18+ lbs...eeekk! 

Stretch marks: Nope! Hoping we can keep it this way (The tiny one on my belly button that I got with Ayns is starting to show..it faded after I had Aynslee!). 

Maternity clothes: Loving this warmer weather and being able to wear maxi dresses and skirts!! But I mostly live in leggings and Pjs! 

Sleep: No change. I feel like I sleep great..I'm always exhausted but I think that's a night shift problem!  

Best moment this week: Celebrating my first babies 2nd birthday!!!  

Worst moment this week: Just getting my monthly pimple breakout...yuck!! 

Miss anything: Going up stairs without getting out of breath, cold cut sandwiches, and sleeping in (although this has to do with my toddler ;) ) 

Movement: Yes! Lots and lots. She def moves way more than Aynslee ever did!! It's the best feeling ever! She moves sooo much from 1-5am, she's my night owl buddy!! 

Cravings: JIMMY JOHNS..except I never want to go there again!! Carmel Frappe's from Mcdonalds! 

Queasy or sick: No! Thank goodness!!! 

Looking forward to: A sono at 28weeks and having a long stretch of time off :)) 

1st pic is with baby #2 and 2nd pic (26weeks) is with Aynslee! 

26 weeks and this is how she moves alllllll night long...like a lump!!