32 weeks & Taegs

Crazy that I only have 8 weeks left. It sounds like such a short period of time but yet still so far away. 

Taegen took the top pic of me so I figured I'd add another one just for good measure.

I feel like I got really big really fast. And I'm not talking about how I started to show earlier. I feel like last week I was noticeably pregnant but this week I'm all of a sudden hugely pregnant! I know I've said it before but this pregnancy is a lot different from my last one.

-I'm a lot more uncomfortable this time around. Sciatic nerve pain, dizzy spells, A LOT of pressure. In fact the other day I had to run after Taegen because he ran into the street/parking lot at Target and literally 5 minutes later I was hurting to bad I could barely walk. I really think she bruised my pelvis or something. 2 days later I'm still feeling a little bit of the pain. OUCH!

-My due date didn't change. It's still sept 22nd.

-my doc says I'm doing great. No major concerns on his part, which is always nice to hear.

- I'm really uncomfortable already. As in I'm feeling really big. I can still breathe just fine, but I never really had that problem with Taegen either. So hopefully it stays that way.

- Some times she kicks me so hard it literally makes me jump. And it actually kind of hurts. like she's kicking an organ or something.

- Jon has felt her move a ton, which he loves.

- Still no name picked out. Jon even admits that he's super picky with girl names. We have a list of probably 10 names that we both kind of like. Hopefully we'll be able to find one we love before she's 2 weeks old haha. Jon says that once we see her we'll just know. Me, I like to have just a couple options to choose from and look at her then decide.

Taegen update

Man this boy is a hoot! He is a handful though thats for sure.
- He says some of the cutest stuff. "mom, trouble! time out! spank a butt!" (just as a disclaimer, no we do not abuse our child, but we are believers in giving a swat on the butt when he's in big trouble. It is not our go to form of punishment) He will say this to me out of the blue. the other day he lined up his cars outside by a pillar and came and told me they were all in trouble :)
- He calls my belly "his baby". she's not mommy or daddy's baby. Only his baby. He'll come up and hug my belly and say "MY baby!"
- He's finally adjusted to his big boy bed and will sleep through the night. We've had to put a child lock on his door handle so he wouldn't get out, but I'm hoping to be able to take that off soon so he can just come out whenever he wakes up.
- He still takes 1 nap a day (hallelujah!) and it's normally 2-3 hours. and he goes to bed around 8 and wakes up at 7ish
- He almost knows his ABC's. He goes from C to H but then only misses a few letters.
- His speech is so clear. Almost anyone can understand what he's saying. At my last appointment my doc even mentioned how impressed he was with how well his pronunciation is.
- I can finally leave without him screaming bloody murder. He just has to see me leave and wave bye bye and then he's good.
- He has finally decided to be a daddys boy. Just in time for the baby to come :) He'll occasionally throw a fit when dad leaves, which is a huge deal. He has never done that. Jon is loving it though. He can finally take him places just the two of them and not have to worry about him wanting me. He took him up the ranch yesterday without me and they had a blast. they both love it up there. I was able to just sit at home and relax. It was so nice! Now we just need to work on Jon being able to take him up there or camping overnight.
- Any time we come back from having been gone, whether is Jon coming home from work or me coming home from a short trip to the store or anything he says "Came back?" Like - oh look, you did come back like you said you were going too.
- He wears me out big time! He's still constantly going. Most people will just say "oh thats just boys for you" But I don't think they really understand. My dad and becky have told me that he wears them out as much if not more than all 4 of Stephanie's kids put together.
- He's still a picky eater, but is getting a little bit better. Most times he won't cook what I make for dinner, but he is willing to eat more than he use to so I'm still ok with it.
- He loves spiderman or "phiderman" as he calls him, dragons, motorcycles, dinosaurs, balls (which are all "footballs" no matter what kind of ball it actually is) cars, just about anything boy related.
- He still thinks theres a tiger in our house. It's branched out and is no longer just in our bedroom closet, it can be anywhere in the house or even anywhere Taegen is (like the car, outside etc)
- He has an evil laugh! I wish there was a way to describe it because it is hilarious! He even does it when he's being mischievous.
- He loves to swim. He go to grandmas house and swim and he just has a hay day! Plus she has "phiderman" floates which makes it even cooler :)

having 2 kids is going to be rough, but I'm hoping Taegen will adjust quickly. He loves babies and will now acknowledge that he's going to have a baby sister. So hopefully that's a good sign :)

boots & slide

Can you spot whats so awesome about this picture??

 Thats right, he insisted on wearing his boots to bed :)

I went and bought a slip n slide yesterday. We had a little pool, but T never liked to play in it, so this was my next idea. It's been way too hot to do anything outside, especially being 30 weeks pregnant. This way T is entertained and I can stay inside...win win. Plus the slip n slide was a major hit.

 Jon had to show him how to do it before he would try it, but he eventually caught on and they would trade off taking turns. I think Jon had just as much fun as Taegs did.

 Jon had to push him down the slide. Love his face in this one! So much joy

 Jon enjoying being a kid again.

4th of July

Jon's sister, Lexy got us tickets to be in the sectioned off part of the grassy area at the sunbowl. It was really nice to just be able to sit down and relax. Taegs was having so much fun running around being free. I wasn't that impressed with the band though. They didn't play any of their own songs. Only other famous songs, which I thought was really weird. Jon and Taegs left a little before the concert ended, around 9pm (Jon had to get up early for work the next day, so I made him take Taegs with him) I left shortly after as soon as the concert ended. The fireworks weren't scheduled to start for another 1/2 hour and I didn't want to sit around and wait only to be stuck in traffic for an hour afterwards....not worth it. Especially since we live in Hurricane. We were kind of party poopers, but thats totally ok with us. haha

about 29 weeks

 He was playing with a spray bottle. Concentrating so hard on pushing the button down. haha

 daddy and Taegs playing :)

 Looking for airplanes. "Where are they". When we first got there he kept asking where the airplanes were, so we think he was thinking we were at the airshow again.

 so sick of me taking pictures

 Taegs was having so much fun this is what Jon had to do to get him to pay attention to whatever it was that Jon needed. 

 Its kinda hard to see, but Taegen was running around playing with these random girls. They were playing tag and apparently T was it and he didn't know it. So the girls were running after him waiting for him to "tag" them, but he didn't quite understand. 

 The band

 He has no hair! He put Vicks Vapor Rub in his hair and I couldn't get it out. Luckily he's a boy and its summer so I was just able to shave it off. He looks so different without any hair!

 He loved all the music! Clapping with daddy

 dancing 

 Since we weren't allowed to do any real fireworks ourselves, we just bought so sparklers and pop its and did them in our back yard. Obviously he loved it!

Big boy

Taegen spent his first night in his "big boy bed". (I just took off the front part of his crib). I was in no rush to move him out of his crib. I know he's 2, but he was not crawling out of his crib and still seemed to really like it. I was not going to force anything. But yesterday as he was waking up from his nap he said something about taking off the front gate thingy (I can't seem to remember what it's called). So I got his all excited about sleeping in a "big boy bed" and had Jon take it off. He was super excited and kept wanting to jump on his new bed. We told him that it was only for sleeping and he seemed ok with it.
Once bed time came we put him in his bed and he only got out of bed once. He knows how to open doors in our house now so we had to put the child proof knobs over the handle so he couldn't get out. I think it helped that we put him to bed a little later than usual so he was actually tired. Once he was asleep I went up and put the extra mattress we had on the floor next to his bed so he wouldn't hurt himself if he fell off. Luckily, he slept great all night (unlike his mother who was tossing and turning all night worrying about him). He did however wake up at 6:45... :( I would love to move him straight into a twin bed, but we don't have one. We do however have a toddler bed, so I figure once he gets use to sleeping in a "big boy bed" we'll switch him into the actual toddler bed. I hope that'll make the transition a little easier on him. If anyone has a twin bed that they no longer need, I'll willingly accept donations :)

I'm so proud of him and hope that he'll continue to do good with this new change.