30 WEEKS!

 HES GETTING BIG!

How far along? 30 weeks

Total weight gain: up 15 pounds
Maternity clothes? Oh yes!
Stretch marks? Not yet...!
Sleep: On and off. I sleep better during the day...when I can:)
Best moment this week:  Just feeling his movements!
Movement: All the time!! he drags his feet or hands (not to sure) down the side of my belly. Its too cool!
Food cravings: Not really, I just crave to eat.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Chicken...sometimes.
Gender: Little Man 
Labor Signs: Well, we had a little overnight visit to the ER recently because I was contracting every 2 min for hours! But I wasn't dilated or effaced. Just a fluke thing. 
Symptoms: He kicks me pretty hard and it takes my breath away sometimes. LOTS of braxton hicks and acid reflux!  Im super uncomfortable, but...I hear its all worth it!!
Belly Button in or out? It still in but kinda flat.
Wedding rings on or off? On:)
Happy or Moody most of the time: Um....kinda irritable  the last couple of days. 
Looking forward to: Baby showers and getting the room ready. About 2 months left!

19 Weeks

How far along? 19 weeks 5 days

Total weight gain/loss:  + 3 lbs.

Maternity clothes? Yes, pants for sure...been wearing those, now most shirts are too tight! So tshirts are my go to and the 3 maternity shirts my wonderful mom and grandma bought me. 

Im in work out shorts right now and those are a little tight...

Stretch marks? No! Not yet. I use Palmers Skin therapy oil and I guess that helps if anything my skin feels soft. 

Sleep: I tend to wake up about every three hours. which TOTALLY beats seeing every hour on the clock! I sleep better in the mornings but the dogs bark so much I dont sleep near as well as I would like. 

Best moment this week: I felt little man kick my hand just yesterday and then again a few times this morning. SO EXCITING!

Movement: Yes for sure. He moves around a lot. I feel him most on my bladder, but that doesnt bother me...yet.

Cravings: Today I was craving oranges. I had a lot and orange juice. I had a dream that I was back at Pine Cove with my family and we were in a buffet line and they had pez to buy and I grabbed as many as I could. One was even guacamole flavored lol. 

Gender: A little baby boy:)

Labor Signs: Before I know it I will!

Belly Button in or out? In.

What I am looking forward to: Im looking forward to getting his room ready and having Dustin feel him.

I sit here is mismatched pajamas and leftover mascara under my eyes. I feel too tired now to get up and wash my face and I think to myself how I'm going to feel in 21 weeks when our little man arrives. Ha the make up may never make it on in the first place and I may fall asleep in the clothes I wore around that day, if they weren't pajamas from the night before or the clothes I had in the day before that. I'm kidding but I do know life is going to change dramatically.
For one, Iove the job I have and the family I work with. I come home home telling funny stories everyday about what the 2 little boys did or said. J, the four year old keeps me rolling. He told me the other day, as I was eating peanut butter, that my stomach is getting so big because I eat so much 'butter' lol. I could barely keep a strait face.  He also calls the baby 'calooloo' and claims that's what Dustin and are naming him. He also tells me that his friend will come out soon, of course he heard that part from me.
His little brothers C, who is 18 months younger than J, is so funny too and is so different from J. It's amazing that two people can come from the same family and be so different.
A lot is going through my mind these days. I debated on having the baby with a midwife or even at home and now deciding, because it's my first, maybe just going through the hospital. I have rules though, I don't want to be induced, I don't want an epidural and I don't want forceps or a vacuum used on him. I don't want to be bothered and I don't want to have to be on a bed to deliver. Some people just squat and push. I know this may sound crazy to some people and I am aware of how I sound and that it's very possible that it won't go this way at all and at the end of the day I will have a healthy baby boy. (We pray for that!)
Just wanting my thoughts and ideas out there.
The most amazing through all of this has been Dustin. He's so supportive and logical! Im glad he thinks the way he does or it would look so different around us. I get so excited about something and have grand ideas which are not bad ideas necessarily but are not logical at the time or just wouldn't work if you really thought hard about it. Sometimes it's just as simple as. Ok babe great idea.. but that costs money. lol. I'm so thankful I have him in my life and be a rock for me.




Ok.. I realize its been a little while since my last update.. between bouts of morning sickness and and just not feeling up to it from working all day. BUT Here it is. Here is week 16 and 19 of my little baby bump!

14 Week Baby Bump!

How far along? 14 weeks and 2 days!
Total weight gain/loss: 3 pounds
Maternity clothes? maternity pants. They are so much more comfortable! 
Stretch marks? No
Sleep?: On and off. I pee about every hour so at about 7 am I sleep soundly for about 3 hour... if I don't have to get up for work.
Best moment this week: Thinking Im feeling the baby move...still not totally sure.
Have you told family and friends: Yes!!!
Movement: eh... I think!
Food cravings: Just food. 
Anything making you queasy or sick: Chicken... sometimes I crave it tho...lol
Have you started to show yet: Just a little!
Gender prediction: I think its a boy but we wont know for a few more weeks!
Labor Signs: Oh no.
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Oh you know, we go hour to hour. 
Weekly Wisdom: Sleep when you can!
Milestones: Finding out the sex!

Little Baby Cox - 12 weeks and 4 days

Hello all!

This is little baby Cox at 12 weeks and 4 days.  All is right on track (baby is actually measuring a week ahead)

We did not expect our little one to be this developed yet or to be wiggling as much as it was, it reached its little hand up and spread its little fingers wide. It was also was putting its hands in its mouth which seems early but thats what we were seeing. 

Personally, I think baby looks like a boy:) We will find out soon!!

Little bitty baby Cox

Well this is the beginning of a new chapter in our lives, a chapter we did not expect to be in just yet. But our so thankful and so blessed we have been given this amazing opportunity to be parents.

I woke up on January 17^th , today I decided I would take a pregnancy test just to rule out any worry I had that I might be pregnant.  I had taken one the month prior because I had missed my period. But a quick call to the doctor calmed us by letting us know its completely normal to miss on this type of birth control.  Well when the next month rolled around and I again missed I didn’t think twice about it. I was due to start up the next packet and thought before I do I might just check.

So I checked.

Almost immediately a faint second line began to appear and I panicked. I grabbed my phone and sent a text to my boss and asked her if it was at all possible for it to be wrong, knowing there are no false positives.

So I took another one.

                     Positive.

I got ready and met my boss where I am a nanny and we went over to the docs office and got some blood drawn that confirmed I was indeed pregnant.

So the next step was telling Dustin.

I really wanted it to be special and scored the Internet looking for ideas and thought on the subject. I ran across an idea and was so excited to use it!

It just happened to be our 4-month anniversary and Dustin just happened to be in need of a new belt. So I went to Kohl’s and picked up a University of Texas onsie and a belt, then headed over to Hobby Lobby and bought iron on letters and numbers.

Dustin had a huge game that night and ended up loosing which was not ideal for my big announcement, but after the game I raced home to try and get the onsie done in time he walked in as I was finishing it and had to finish it up in the bedroom. I put everything in a box and placed it on the counter. I told him I had a gift for him whenever he was ready to open it.

It took him a little while so I set up my phone on a dock to record his reaction.

When he finally did open his gift he pulled out the belt and tried it on.  He sat back down and thanked me and then I had to tell him there was another gift in the box. He then pulled out the UT onsie. On the back of the onsie it said Cox and the just under that was the number 34, which was Dustin’s number in high school.

He said, “Wow that is so cool” and held it up and all that.

I realized he wasn’t sure what I meant by it and so I told him there was one more gift in the box. He said “really?” and opened the box again to find the pregnancy test he looked at it and then looked at me and said, “are you?”.

I said yes… I’m pregnant.

It was such an amazing moment and a complete shock.

We are so excited to start this new part of our lives!!