HE'S HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Levi Alexander was born Sept 18 at 10:24 am. He weighed 7lbs 2 oz, and 19.5 in long. He is perfect and we are in love!!!

My Birth Story

Well...where to begin lol

During the weeks leading up to his birth, Levi, had me absolutely and completely MISERABLE. I was so ready to have this baby, I couldn't stand it! Once I hit 37 weeks, I started walking to get things going.  Late Thursday evening, Sept 10th, at 37 w 3 days, I lost a little bit of my bloody show. The next day, the 11th, I lost more throughout the day and was also crampy. No contractions to really complain about, mostly Braxton hicks. At one point during that day, I went to the bathroom and lost so much show that I had to keep wiping it up and it got all over my fingers! So gross! I got excited because I figured something had to be happening soon! With Anaiya, I had some show with her and about 4 hours later she was born. So I just KNEW something was getting ready to happen. I had been walking since the weekend before  and was disappointed that nothing had happened yet. My contractions hadnt even picked up!! I was only 2 cm dilated too. ( Discovered this at my 37 week check up). I know that dilation doesnt mean much when it comes to determining when labor is coming, but I had never been that far along and only a 2 lol. To my major disappointment, I didnt go into labor that night like I'd hoped ( I wanted to at least get past Sept 11th since thats too sad of a day to be born on IMO). Nothing happened the whole weekend either, despite vigorous walking!

That Monday night/early Tuesday morning I woke up to very painful contractions. Painful enough that I couldnt sleep through them at all and had to breathe a little bit to keep from writhing around from the pain. They were strong right from the start so I started trying to time them. They were all over the place at 2-30 minutes apart. So I put my phone back down after a couple hours and laid there trying to remain calm and wait to see if they'd become regular. I had been sleeping on the couch and didnt want to wake Daniel unless I knew it was real. So I would breathe through them alone, clutching my body pillow and burying my face into it to keep from making noise. I waited for hours for them to become regular and they never did. In fact by the time Daniel was leaving for work, they had slowed down. I was very upset and exhausted from lack of sleep. But, I was hoping that was just the start and that contractions would pick up later during the day and I'd go into labor. Nope, didnt happen.  Unfortunately, the same the thing happened again Tuesday night....annnnd Wednesday night! During the day the contractions would literally fade and I'd end up with just BH contractions, but after Id go to sleep that evening, they'd be on and poppin!.

Keep in mind that I was still having bloody show every single day. I knew that Levi was in the wrong position for labor (OP/ sunny-side up). With a sinking feeling, I realized that I was in prodromal labor! My body was trying to go into labor but the baby's positioning was preventing that from happening. I was distraught, moody, tired as all get out, and so wanting to not be pregnant that I was depressed! I seriously thought I'd never go into labor and didn't want to be induced at all. I feared the worst thing possible for me: c-section. I'm absolutely terrified at the thought of them cutting my abdomen open to remove my baby. I was really freaking out. In tears almost every day. Like sobbing uncontrollably and snotting everywhere. It was pathetic lol. Thursday morning (the 17th)  from 5am until 10am,  I had the contractions every 10 min but they never got closer! Then they just suddenly stopped!!! I was done. I called my doctor finally on that morning and told her what was going on. She said to relax and go to sleep like normal that night and if the contractions started again, don't wait to see if they'd get closer or regular, just go to the hospital to get checked out. Perhaps, I had progressed far enough along that they could give me something to help jump start the labor. So, later that evening we made arrangements for Tre' and Anaiya with my sister in law to come stay with them if I went into the hospital in the middle of the night again.

Surprise, surprise I woke up at 5:39 to a contraction. I waited to see if I would have 2 more. I did, so I got up and let Daniel know. He was just getting ready for work in the room so I jumped in the shower while he put the necessary items in the car and called my sister to have her head over. In the shower I only had one contraction. Grrrr...After I got out, I went and sat on the couch and waited to see what was gonna happen. No joke, I didnt have a single contraction that whole time. My sis arrived and we immediately jumped in the car and headed to the hospital. I was starting to feel very discouraged by this time because I only had two contractions during the 15 min car ride. I felt like I was gonna get there, the nurse was gonna check me, and see that I was still just 2 cm dilated, no effacement, and send me home. We got to the hospital at 6:45 am on the dot and right when we walked into the ER, they immediately sent me up to triage. I didnt even have to wait for a nurse to come get me because someone was already in the ER. I had another contraction on the way up to triage. But, that was it. SMH

When I got to triage, it was very slow up there as well, so they wheeled me into the first room and I changed clothes and got into the bed to be checked while Daniel filled out the paperwork. I was 4 1/2 cm dilated and 100% effaced! She also said that my water bag was bulging. I was like, "Oh ok thats some progress!" She agreed and then walked out the room. She came back in with a cart and IV stuff. I asked her what was gonna happen because I didnt want to be monitored for hours and then be sent home. I said I'd rather just go home now lol. She looked at me like I was crazy and said, "Girl, you're getting admitted! We're not sending you home with bulging waters and 100% effacement!" 

AAAAHHHH HAPPPY JOY JOY!!!!!!

I literally teared up lol! I was so happy this baby was coming out!!! It was go time!!!!

She got my paper work for admission and I was officially admitted at 7:04. That's how fast everything went lol. I filled out all the paper work, and had my IV put in and everything. I was wheeled into my room by 7:45.We sent a few msgs and phone calls out to friends and family to let them know that the baby was FINALLY coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When we got to the room I would deliver in, I asked the nurse if I could have a low dose of pitocin. I told her that the baby was in the wrong position and that I needed some consistent contractions to get things really going and him turned the right way. She stared at me for a minute and laughed and said she had been there for 12 years and a patient has never ASKED for pitocin before lol. She got me hooked up though and set the dosage at a 2. Throughout getting admitted and stuff, I think I had about 2 or 3 contractions. They were strong enough that I couldnt talk through them so she asked me if I wanted the epidural. I decided at that exact moment that I wanted to go natural! Don't ask me why lol. I had planned to get the epidural like I did with the previous births but I decided that since this is prayerfully our last kid, that I wanted to try it to see if I could do it. My husband, the nurse, and my sister (who'd arrived by then) all looked at me like I was crazy lol. I told them I really thought I could do it and I wanted to go for it. My sister had all three of hers natural so she was really rooting for me to do it. Daniel...not so much. He was afraid that Id get to the point to where I really couldnt do it and it be too late. I told him that if it got to the point to where it was too late for one, then there would be no reason for an epidural anyway since it was soon gonna be over anyways! LOL

Anywho, the contractions started coming immediately with the pitocin. Every 1.5 to 2 min. I had asked for the birthing ball because I had used that through all three labors before but soon found that I could NOT sit during those contractions. AT ALL. Every contraction, I felt so much pain and pressure in my vag area that made it worse! I asked everyone in the room to breathe with me. I'd take a deep breath in and let it out slowly throughout the contraction. Thankfully each contraction was only about 30 to 40 seconds long. But, my gawd they were intense. I realized that I could handle them alot better if I stood through them. So thats exactly what I did. I stood throughout most of my whole labor until it was time to push. I would lean over the bar attached to the pitocin pole and stare at the floor while breathing until the contraction was over. I had planned to update people while in labor like I had the other times but I just couldn't. For the first time I was not on my phone while laboring lol!

My doctor came in and told me that she was not going to her office today until she delivered my baby. She was convinced that he was going to come super fast so she decided to hang around at the hospital! She checked me at 8:20 and I was dilated to a 6. She asked if I wanted her to break my waters to speed things up. I contemplated this because I know that once those waters are gone the contractions intensify big time. I also knew that once they broke, things would probably speed up. Sooo, I told her to go ahead and do it. First off, let me insert this. CONTRACTING WHILE ON MY BACK WAS THE WORST EVER!

Ok, so she tries to break my water using two different tools but she said the membranes were too thick and that she just couldnt snag it right to break it. Plus, she was worried that since he was facing up, and my cervix was behind his head, that once she broke it, the cord could come out first. So it was decided that I would labor a little bit more and maybe he'd turn and they would hopefully break on their own. I was fine with that, I’d been on my back for almost 25 minutes at that point so I just wanted to get back up so I could finish laboring standing. It was around 8:45 at this point.

I pretty much lost track of time after that. The contractions were intensifying pain-wise but still remained about 30-40 seconds long. I wasn't even watching the contraction monitor screen thing anymore. My sister would watch it for me and let me know when I was almost done. So for the next hour or so, I would have everyone in  the room breathe with me through the contraction while I swayed and rocked and held on to the pitocin pole for dear life. I had found a spot on the floor that I stared at to help get me through each contraction. I was peeing alot and every time I walked the short way to the bathroom, it felt like the lonnnnngest walk EVER! I felt like I couldn't walk too fast because then a contraction would come quicker than 2 minutes. But, I also didn't want to be on the toilet contracting cuz sitting down was horrible for me. It was a no win situation lol. 

 I begin to feel like I had to poo. So I let the nurse know, (who hadn't left the room much at all because she said she was afraid the baby would just pop out before anyone knew it lol) and she immediately buzzed my doctor because she was convinced that it was the baby. I kept saying, "No I feel like that is a poop turd, not a baby head!" She and my sister kept trying to convince me that it was the baby. I let them think that I believed them and a few minutes later told them I had to pee again with full intentions to try and poop...and lo and behold, I pooped! I was NOT about to be the girl who pooped on the table! Nope, Never, Not me!!!

I was in there longer than everyone in the room thought I’d be so Daniel knocked and asked me what I was doing. When I told him I was pooping, he told the nurse and I heard her freak out! She let out a squeal and said, "Oh my Lord, is she sure it’s not the baby coming out!? Let me in, Let me in!!" Lol!!! I was done and standing by then, so I let her look in the toilet (it was flushed by then) and said, "See, no baby!" HAHA good stuff lol

But, I DID have a ton of pressure still. So, they were right about that being the baby. So, my doctor had come in as I was telling the nurse about the pressure. She had me get back up on the horrible bed and checked me.
It was 9:48, I remember. I was 9 cm, very close to being a 10. But, because he was still facing the wrong way, it was preventing me from becoming complete. So, she had me get on a ball that was shaped like a peanut called..the peanut ball lol. It was actually shaped like the Planter's Peanut guy, you know the dude with the sunglasses lol. I had to turn around facing the back of the bed, take my right leg, and drape it over the ball in between the area where the ball dipped. She said that I should try and stay in that position for either 3 contractions or for 10 minutes, whichever came first. Lemme tell you, that was absolute agonnnnnyyy!!!! In that position, I started shaking from the pain, feeling nauseous and truly felt like I could NOT do it anymore! it was at that point that I started being more vocal with my pain management. I started whimpering and moaning through the contractions. It hurt so bad! It felt like I was in that position, that was a cross between laying on my side and being on all fours, forever!! But, it was only through three contractions and the second my third contraction ended, I asked if I could flip back over. She said that I could and that if, when she checked me and I was still the same, then I’d have to do it again on the other side. Luckily, she checked me and immediately said, "YOUR READY TO HAVE A BABY!! 

Everyone started filing in at that point, getting stuff prepped. She told me she was gonna break my water now. I was mid contraction when she did it, and oooooohhhh my gosh...The water whooshed out of me, I immediately felt like my butt was going to explode from the amount of pressure that came, and suddenly my whole body hurt! It was so crazy! I started writhing on the bed saying, "Omigod, omigod, omigod!!!! My sister and Daniel both started trying to calm me down while the doctor got her gloves and everything on. Once I calmed down enough to speak in between contractions, which oddly enough had spread out, I asked them to place the mirror where I could see him come out. It was actually pretty comical and had everyone laughing. Here I was, fully directing the nurse on the perfect mirror placement: " Tilt it up..now down..a little to the right..no too far..back to the left." Lol

Once that was done, I felt a contraction coming, and that along with the fact that there was no water anymore, and there was so much pain and pressure in my butt area, I panicked! I started freaking out saying I can't do it!! I started sweating ( a first for me during labor) and Daniel saw that and started blowing on my face. It felt sooooo goood!! I had also started feeling like I was gonna hurl at any moment so it was alot going on! Everyone assured me that I could do it and that it wasnt gonna take long for him to come out..that I was almost done. That helped me refocus and calm down. I asked the doctor what do I do? It's funny now because this was my fourth time delivering a baby. But, I really felt like I wouldnt know how to push? Like, how do I push when Im in so much pain??? 

She told me to look straight at her, and when she says so, bear down like I have to poop. For some reason, haha, that clicked for me! When the next contraction came, I experienced the craziest, coolest, most intense and most painful moment of my LIFE. My body literally pushed all on its own!! Like it felt like my whole body was pushing, even my shoulders!! It was so weird and cool! But, it hurt so bad that I tried to stop it! But couldnt! I gasped for air as she told me to push again during that contraction. I closed my eyes and this time pushed hard:

POP!!!

NO JOKE.I heard his head pop out, along with a gush of water. It was so loud!! We have a video of the birth and you can hear it on the video too! and HOLY RING OF FIRE!!!! That feeling right there was ...whew...real!!!

 The cord was wrapped around his neck twice, so she quickly removed it and not a moment too soon. Because, my body had a mind of its own, and I couldnt stop myself from pushing with all my might and then he was out!!!!!

Levi Alexander was born at 10:24 am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He cried immediately! He was placed on my chest and it was love at first sight! The nurse was trying to suction his mouth out since there was no time when his head first came out, and I remember pushing her hand out the way so I could see his face. He was absolutely beautiful to me!! They took him over to do all of the baby checks while I delivered the placenta. It was weird to actually feel it come out of me this time!

I couldnt believe Id done it! Id given birth naturally with no pain meds at alll! It was around a 3 hour labor and according to the video, about 50 seconds of pushing ( although it definitely felt like longer lol. My doctor kept saying that she bet that it would have been a lot quicker had he been turned the right way.

 I hadnt planned to do it natural and although I had thought about it throughout the pregnancy, I always felt like I'd still get the epidural. I am so incredibly proud of myself for pushing myself to do it. I wanted to see if I could do it, just to say that I did it! And I did. I wanted to experience feeling the baby actually come out of me, and it was seriously the coolest, amazing, and  most awesome feeling ever. Despite the pain lol. Its been two weeks and I can still remember what it felt like lol.

So there it is. My first natural birth story of my third son, Levi!

The end is near!!!

36 weeks 2 days 

A friend posted this on my Facebook wall and I thought it was hilarious: KEEP CALM I AM 36 WEEKS PREGNANT!!!!!!!!!!!!
 4 weeks till my due date! The end is near!!! It's right around the corner omg omg omg omg omg omg!!!!!!

I am so happy to be almost done but I am getting more and more anxious and nervous. I am terrified of what life is gonna be like with three small kids, I'm gonna be honest. I know that others have done it, are doing it, and will continue to do it, so I know it's possible but...I'm still nervous!!! I have a friend who just recently had her fourth baby and her oldest is only 3. She iis amaaaazing to me with all of the kids. She has a calm demeanor that I pray that I will one day possess. I look at her with the kids and It does give me some encouragement to watch her with them. I keep telling myself and praying that I remain confident and don't let those babies see the fear in my eyes lololol!! 
But, I think I am pretty prepared at this point. I have everything washed, folded, and hung up. I still have to organize the closet where all the diapers will be, pack the rest of our hospital bag, and get our room set up for the new guest who will be staying in there for the next 4 or 5 months. But, that's about all!!

On a pregnancy note, I DONT WANT TO BE PREGNANT ANYMORE!!!!!! The pain and pressure in my vagoogle is so intense that I can't stand it! This boy is so low that I feel like I could just reach up in there and pull him out. The indigestion and heartburn is pretty much unmanageable at this point. I have to eat so slow that it takes me an hour to finish a dang sandwich to avoid feeling like my food is stuck in my throat!! Uggggghhhhh. My bladder feels like it constantly is being crushed as flat as a pancake and I can't ever get comfortable enough to sleep and stay sleep so I'm perpetually tired. And I feel like my nausea is back...Ugh you know, all that fun 9 months pregnant stuff :) 

You know what's weird? I have been panicking and freaking out about this baby coming early but now that I am at this stage at 36 weeks, I feel like this kid is gonna decide to reside in my hoo-hah like past my due date!!!!! Like, I don't feel any new or stronger signs of impending labor. Aside from a scary incident at 34 weeks where We were at the hospital until 2 am because of thinking my water broke, I haven't even had to make any hospital trips lol. I feel like by this time with my other pregnancies, I was having moments of false labor, like where my contractions would suddenly pick up in intensity and become regular then stop. This time I still have at least 3 or 4 contractions an hour but nothing has changed with them in the last 3 weeks. With Anaiya, at 36 weeks, I was afraid to move I was having so many contractions lol....I declined to be checked on Monday  but once I hit 37 weeks, the game is on!!! She can check me, and I'm gonna start walking to hopefully get things moving!!! I'm getting excited about meeting this lil man though! 

Passing Tests!!

32 weeks

Holy Moly, I am 8 months pregnant today!!!!!! My Gawd, I do feel like this pregnancy has flown by, although at the same time I feel like Ive been pregnant fooooreeeeeever!!!!!

I PASSED MY GLUCOSE TEST!!!!!!! No gestational diabetes for me whoop whoop!!!!!!!!! The test itself was as difficult as I thought it would be. Although drinking the sugar stuff too bad. I chugged it and didnt even feel like it was gonna come up. In fact it wasnt until the second blood draw that I started to feel like throwing up. But, by the end of that hour, I started feeling horrible. Nauseated, dizzy, light headed. Ugh! The drive home, I had to pull over cuz I felt so bad. The rest of the evening I couldnt get over it. I struggled to eat up until bedtime. But, thankfully the next morning I felt much better. Im so glad I passed and never have to deal with that crap ever again!!!

When I hit 28 weeks, I started losing small pieces of my plug. It was a little earlier than with the other three pregnancies, but I didnt really trip. Just told my OB and she suggested I take it easy. Well then, when I hit 29 weeks,  I felt a huge clump of something come out of my vagoogle and went to the bathroom. I was looking at what I think was the rest of my plug. It was a quarter size lump of mucus (sorry tmi) and  I was shocked at how much it was. When I wiped there was some more on the tissue! I have never had that much come out at once with any of the other pregnancies. But, I monitored my bh contractions and never noticed anything so I didnt stress or anything. At my 30 week appt I let my OB know. Previously, that weekend I noticed that the pressure and pain in my pelvic area had increased but didnt pay attention until SIX different people told me that I had dropped. I had even noticed, while walking past my mirror that I could see that my belly was definitely lower. Grrrrreeeaaat. So, I let my OB know about that and the mucus plug incident and she immediately decided that I needed to take the fetal fibronectin test to see if Id go into labor within the next two weeks. If it came out  positive then Id have to have steroid injections given to the baby. Im not comfortable with that at all! I never had a positive test with the other babies so was so hopeful the same for this time! 

Well, I had an appt today and I passed that test too!!!! Whoop!!!! No steroid shots for this baby!!!!!! I had an ultrasound on Friday and the baby is still looking good! He was moving alot and once again, showing out for the camera. He kept sticking his tongue in and out and waving lol. He's a cutie even in black and white, blurry and slightly distorted imaging!  He is a bit over 4lbs so measuring as a little chunker. I wouldn't be inclined to believe that the ultrasounds provide an accurate enough weight if the last ultrasound I had with Anaiya, that also revealed she was weighing chunkier than expected, hadnt been accurate lol. Born at 37 weeks, she was 7lbs 3 0z. I cant imagine what she would have been had I made it to 40 weeks! So anyways this made the tech and my doc both confirm that he may try to come earlier. But, Im reaalllly thinking I can keep him in just like I did Anaiya. In fact, lately Ive been realizing that I really wouldnt be surprised if he was the first baby I carried to 40 weeks! LOL! Now, I would very much likely perish before I made it to 40 weeks, but its still a thought. I having decided that I cant go through these last few weeks of pregnancy worried about him coming early and spending time in the NICU and stuff. So, Im gonna continue trying to keep him in, but have 'fun' doing it..per se...

We have been working diligently on turning Tre's room into a shared newborn/ toddler room and its coming along soooo nicely! Im so incredibly excited about it! I cant believe that this baby is gonna be here in less than two months! Like I can actually say "He's due next month!" EEEk!!!!!!!

Glucose!!!!

28 weeks



THIRD TRIMESTER!!!!!! Whoop!!! I'm so excited that this pregnancy is close to being over but, the closer the due date gets, the more anxious I feel about having another baby. It's more the just newborn jitters or something like that. It's just this nervousness of not knowing what my life is gonna look like or how much it's gonna change when this baby gets here. Getting pregnant while on birth control to prevent it has really thrown me for a loop. But, despite all of my anxiety and nervousness, I do believe that God won't and hasn't given me more than I can bear. He knew this would happen so I a, trying my hardest to just put all my trust in Him and know that although I will most likely have those hard days that I fear so much, I know that he will be there to help me through them!

On a pregnancy note- I have not so pleasant news. I FLUNKED MY GLUCOSE SCREENING TEST!!!! I have had three kids and have never not passed before!! I was so shocked when, at my doctors apt yesterday, my doctor walked in with some. Ore of that glucose crap to take home again!!! I'm so nervous about taking the three hours and fasting and stuff. I don't know what to expect at all! This is something I've always feared when taking the screening test. That I wouldn't pass and have to take the dreaded three hour one. I just never expected to have to actually take it...omg...and God forbid I don't pass that test!!!!!! Uggggghhhhhhh....I can't even go there...blah
I have still been having issues with this indigestion junk too. It's getting worse the bigger I get. And ohhhh the pain. NOTHING gets rid of it. It's a very difficult thing to describe..it's just a strong ache in my chest/top of belly area. My doctor does think it could be gallbladder related but, unfortunately there is nothing that can be done while pregnant. Soooo yea, I'm stuck I guess smh
Also I'm so happy to announce the third trimester sleepless nights have started and I'm pretty sure I've started losing my mucus plug too....sigh..
Sorry...this has not been a happy post lol..I've been a bit of a grump the last few days..I'll try again next time:)

24 weeks 4 days

IT'S A BOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

We had a gender reveal party last weekend it was  soooo fun! We had about 50 people show up so our house was definitely packed! We had everyone show up in the color they thought the gender would be, and there were literally only 7 people who thought it was a girl! 7!!!! So everyone else, including us had on blue lol! I kept saying that it just HAS to be a boy, it just HAS to! After we ate, and played a couple games, (pink vs blue) we all headed outside in the front yard to do the big reveal. The anticipation was sooo high! Like, everyone was on edge waiting to see. I was getting so anxious my heart started pounding and my armpits started sweating hahaha! We counted down from 10 and popped that thang open and out popped the blue balloons! Screams of excitement erupted from everyone! Im sure everyone could hear us on the next block! I was so happy I hugged the balloons lolololol! 
Now on to names. I have most of Tre's old clothing washed now except a few bags of toddler clothing that the baby wont need for a long time of course. Now we are getting ready to start working on the newborn/toddler room! Im pretty excited to start that. Tre's room is already Disney's Cars theme, so we'll keep it like that but add a baby side. Im ready to start painting and stuff. Just gotta get exactly what I want decided..

I havent bought anything yet for this baby except the Onya Baby carrier, I have the Mei Tei and a moby wrap already from wearing  Anaiya so I think I'm good on the babywearing part lol.

As far as pregnancy wise- Im still having some pretty bad days but then I get some pretty awesome days too so that kinda helps outweigh the bad. Im still having indigestion and heartburn issues, but now my doctor thinks I may be having gallbladder issues. Apparently, some indigestion issues mirror gallbladder stuff. SIgh......I hope that's something that Im NOT dealing with though. I have been keeping a food diary the last two weeks and it appears that when I eat anything cooked with grease or 'fatty' foods, thats when the pain comes. But, we'll see I guess.
I also have been having issues with my thyroid too. My TSH needs to be under .1 and my last blood results a couple weeks ago showed that it was 4.8!!!! That even kinda had my doctor alarmed sooo now my meds dosage is at 200!! I ended my pregnancy with Anaiya at 150, I think. So Im a little nervous at where I'll end up with this baby smh....The higher the dosage, the bigger the drop will be once the baby comes out ugggggghhhhh!!!!

Anyways, IT'S A BOY!!!

4 months!

Its been another month and I am now 4 months preggo! 17 weeks and 2 days to be exact.
I am showing a bit more now, and have officially passed that pudgy baby lump/bump stage. I definitely look pregnant now!

This pic was taken April 3, when I was 14 weeks, so Im just a tad bit bigger now then in the pic but literally only a tad.

I've been having such a tough time with the indigestion and stuff that it makes the pregnancy seem like its going horrible, but it really isnt too bad. Im so incredibly tired that I go through the days in a straight daze and feel like Im never gonna make to the evening, but somehow I manage lol. I have been craving pretty much anything sweet and still can eat anything. No real food aversions this time, thankfully. Unfortunately, the heartburn and indigestion make it very difficult to eat just anything so Im still limited. Despite my sweet cravings, I still think that I am having a boy. This time instead of finding out what the gender is at the doctors office by ourselves, we're gonna do a gender reveal party and find out with everyone else! I have already gotten a few ideas planned for what and how I want to do the party. Im so excited!!! I will be 18 weeks next week so Im sure I will set my appt for THE ultrasound at my doctors visit on Monday. 

Aside from the previously mentioned symptoms and getting pretty nauseous at night, Ive been doing pretty good. Since the onset of spring my allergies have been going crazy, Ive been walking around congested non stop! Its soooooo annoying . Nothing really relieves it, considering I have a very limited supply of options since Im pregnant. But, ohh well lol.

Ive been feeling the baby move since about 12 weeks but havent really felt much more than flutters. Even at 17 weeks, I can usually feel the baby pretty strongly, but have still only felt flutters like it is in the beginning. Maybe I just have more belly fat this time or something lol. Well thats it for now. I'll update more in a few weeks

I am never moving again!!!!

Its been another year!!!! As you can imagine, alot has happened in a year lol. Anaiya turned 1, Tre is now 3 years old and I have begun homeschooling him, Daniel has a new job, and we bought our first house!!!!! So exciting!!!! I have decided that I will post every month for the next few months for a specific reason. That reason is, I am pregnant again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! With our fourth baby! LOL

Here is a little bit of background and also an explanation for the title of this post. When Daniel and I moved for the first time from our tiny one bedroom apartment to our two bedroom apart, a few months later I was pregnant with Jarrett. (This was our ONLY planned pregnancy). After Jarrett passed away, we moved into our first house. A couple months later, bam, pregnant with Tre'. Then we downsized from that house to a smaller one so that we could prepare to buy our first house. Im sure you can guess where this is going...yes..a couple months later I was pregnant with Anaiya! So this time, when we moved into the current house that we bought in October, everyone teased me about following the trend and becoming pregnant again. I was pretty confident and told everyone that wouldnt happen. To make sure it wouldnt, I got on birth control!!! Some how, some way, God and I had a small miscommunication lol..Cuz January 30th , I was looking at not one butl 2 positive pregnancy tests!!! Moral of the story, I am never moving again lol


So now here I am 13 weeks pregnant! We are having another baby!!! I have yet to wrap my brain around the fact that there will be three kids in my house in 6 months..so pray for me :)

p.s I never missed not one single pill while I was taking the birth control...sooooooo Im not sure exactly what happened here lol


I'll update more with pics of the kids later this week