Bringing in the New Year with Third Tri Exhaustion!

If anyone is wondering where I've been, it is obvious to say I have not been in the blogger world.  Life is absolutely crazy and hectic for us right now.  And we're adding in another baby in approximately 3 months...what were we thinking?! ;)

Christmas has come and gone.  To say we were busy is an understatement.  We traveled 6 hours south to visit my brother in law.  Then traveled to my parent's house on Christmas Eve-Eve and stayed until Christmas day.  Then we headed back home to have lots of family (5 nephews!) come to visit for Dylan's birthday and our family Christmas celebrations.  Last night when everyone had gone home and the kids were in bed I felt like I had been hit by a ton of bricks.  I think all of the travel, excitement, cooking, cleaning, wrapping presents, lack of sleep, opening presents, more cleaning, colds for the kids, birthday parties and Christmas celebrations caught up to me.  I am coming into the third trimester next week and I can definitely tell that the baby is growing and I am getting tired more easily.  I know I am going to need energy for when we move into the new house, but right now it just feels so far away.

Other than exhaustion, I have been feeling pretty good.  My sciatic nerve pain has flared back up again, though.  I think from sleeping on different beds, being in the car too long, on my feet for too long and just not taking my normal precautions has caused it to start hurting again.  Hopefully things can settle down for a few weeks and I can get it under control before moving.  The baby feels like he/she is sitting so low already; I am hoping the little one decides to move up soon.  I am still getting lots of movement, though Danny hasn't really felt the baby much.  I am still leaning towards it being a boy.  We haven't even really discussed names yet, we should probably get on that soon!  I'm officially down to the double digits; 96 days until my EDD! Eeeek!

In other news, the house is slowly coming along.  Things were really rolling there for awhile but due to the holidays it seems like things have really slowed down.  It is kind of disappointing, as it feels like they've forgotten about us, but hopefully by the end of January we will be new home owner's.  It has been such a headache and just one thing after another from getting the home loan, to staying on top of the builder, to finalizing everything from cabinets, floors, paint colors, etc.  I will be happy to put this behind us and start 2014 in a new home with our new family.  The 120 days from "start to finish" has almost come and gone and it is a little disappointing to not be in our house yet.  I know it will all come in due time.

Danny and I are going to go check things out today, but last we saw the dry wall was up and primed, the trim was done and the interior doors were in.  Floors will start on the 2nd and they said they should be done by the 9th.  Then they will install all of the electrical outlets, lights and fixtures.  Cabinets will go in once the floors are complete, plumbing has to be finished and then we will be almost ready to call it home!  The siding still needs to be finished on the front of the house and the garage doors need to be installed.  I know there is still a lot left to do, but it should be coming together soon.

I have tons of pictures to share from the last few weeks!

The birthday boy! Dylan turns 2.

Christmas morning at MiMi and PupPups

Making Christmas cookies for Santa. 

 Fun at Bristol Raceway

Visiting Santa

Christmas parade with friends 

No updated house pictures...hopefully once the siding is done. :)

Thanksgiving and December Already?!

Here we are, Thanksgiving has come and gone and we're 25 days from Christmas.  It just doesn't feel like the holidays this year since we don't have our own home.  We will be traveling near and far to visit with family over the holidays; so hopefully that gets us in the spirit!  I know it will all be worth it in the end, but we are ever so ready to turn our new house into a home.  I want to fill it with love, laughter, hearty meals with my family, snuggles and the crazy train that is our life.  We are getting so close I can almost taste it.  Seeing progress on the house each day gets us one step closer to being home.  We're very thankful for having a place to live the last 7(ish) months, but it is time to get back to our family of four and settle into our new home before our world is rocked once again with a new baby.

We had our 20 week ultrasound almost two weeks ago.  I don't know how I managed to go almost 3 weeks without posting.  I guess we have been so busy that it really hasn't been on my mind lately.   Anyway, we remained team green during our ultrasound.  When the tech could have told us what the sex of the baby is, he or she (I'm thinking he, you'll see why...) had his/her hand between his/her legs.  Just like a boy!  So the tech said it must have been a sign that we weren't supposed to find out what we're having.

I'm 22 weeks along today.  I've been feeling relatively well.  I have had some insomnia the past week or so.  I seem to be waking around 4 AM and I'm wide awake until about 6 AM.  Then the kids are up around 7 or 8; so I've been feeling a bit tired.  I haven't been having any cravings or many symptoms.  I've had a little indigestion here and there.  The baby moves quite a bit throughout the day.  I felt his or her hiccups for the first time this week.  Pretty uneventful; which I'll gladly take.

I'm trying to soak it all in as this will be my last pregnancy but honestly, I've been so busy that the days are just flying by.  I was looking at my pregnancy app and at the end of the month I will be in the double digits until my due date.  It's hard to focus on how my body is changing, all of the movements and typical pregnancy ups and downs when you already have two children to care for.

This pregnancy will be over before I know it and we will have a new squishy baby to care for.  I'm a little nervous about being outnumbered and I'm not looking forward to the postpartum stage.  While I know that people want to see the baby and visit, I tend to want some alone time after bringing the baby home (unless of course they are dropping off dinner). ;)  Or to have visitors in small spurts.    I want time to "get to know" the baby, read their cues and to frankly just be able to veg out on the couch, nurse when/where I want, nap, or even cry when I feel like I need to and not feel like I have to entertain.  My personality doesn't really allow me to just relax when people are over.  It takes a little while for my hormones and emotions to level out and I just have a hard time when I feel like I have to bottle up my feelings for other people.  I know Danny and I will need help with Marissa and Dylan, though.  It's such a double edged sword.  As Danny says, I over think everything and anticipation seems to be my worst enemy, but he doesn't quite get postpartum hormones, either.  Such a conundrum.

Well, the kiddo's are up; there's laundry to do and juice cups to fill. Happy Sunday!