Easter Weekend

We had a fun little Easter together! We decided to wait to do Sage's Easter basket until after her morning nap. We spent the first part of the morning with my Dad and Deborah before they headed up to Pasco.

After her nap, she got all dressed up and came down to see her Easter basket. At least this year, she understood it a bit! After the basket, we did a little Easter egg hunt outside. It took her a minute, but she knew that she needed to put the eggs in the basket. It was fun to see her do this!

We had a fun day together! Hope everyone had a great Easter :) 

 

 

 

And, she did go put her hat on before going outside! Not kidding- she wears this hat all the time!!

Can you say!?

The other night, we had some fun asking Sage if she could repeat after us. This is a little video of her talking...we are so proud ;)

 

 

Then she did this after she ate all her dinner!

29 Weeks!

We are moving quite along, counting down these weeks. The other night, I informed Brad that I only had 8 weeks left (that will put me at 37 weeks, which is when I had Sage). Gosh, I really hope that is the case!

So, this entire pregnancy, I had thought that I’ve gained more weight and have been showing more than my first one. Turns out, I’m wrong!! We had our doctor appointment today and the belly is measuring at 29 inches (usually, your belly in inches measures to the amount of weeks you are!). So, we are right on track. And I’m exactly at the same weight I was with Sage at 29 weeks. So far, I’ve only gained about 16 pounds and currently weigh 141lbs. Not bad! PHEW!! I’m sooo happy to know that I’m exactly where I was with Sage!

 

I’ve been getting some Braxton Hicks and lots of baby kicks (hehe!). I’ve had some swelling too, but I blame that on Brad’s cooking with too much salt ;)

Here are a few pictures of the belly and sporting the new hair-do.

Popi and Gammy Visit

My Dad and Deborah made a trip up to visit all of us! They spent a few days with us and then headed north to Pasco to see the Casey family. They got in Friday night and Sage was excited to see them! We watched the Oregon game and then of course, headed to Red Robin for some yummy dinner! Saturday we spent the morning hanging out and recruited my dad to help switch rooms for Sage and set up the nursery. Sage is officially in her big girl bed- kind of- she is still in the crib, but we removed the tall rail and put in a toddler rail so that she is able to get in and out of bed on her own. So far- she has been great!! I was so nervous for this transition, but as usual with Sage, she handles it with no complications and makes it all pretty easy!

Saturday afternoon we headed to the Oregon Zoo (along with the rest of Portland!). It was such a beautiful day- mid 70s! We took a chance and found parking up at the zoo (phew!) and spent a few hours looking at zebras, elephants, flamingos, monkeys and all kinds of animals. Sage had a good time- she recognized the monkeys and enjoyed looking at the giraffes and zebras. I think she’ll have more fun when we go and it is not so crowded! She was such a good girl and never fussed or cried the entire afternoon! We spent the evening BBQing and just hanging out.

Popi and Gammy left on Sunday morning to Pasco while Brad and I celebrated Easter with our little munchkin!

It was a great weekend, perfect weather and we can’t wait to see them again, hopefully very soon! Like in 8 weeks, kind of soon J

And thanks to Dad and Deborah for spoiling Sage and spoiling us too J We appreciate you both!

At Red Robin

 

 

Helping push the stroller!

Playing drums with Popi!

Third Trimester! (Week 28)

Woo Hoo!! We are officially in the third trimester, although sometimes it feels like just yesterday we found out we are pregnant!

I’m feeling pretty good. I know I keep saying this, and Brad is sure tired of hearing it, but my goodness, this baby is constantly moving! He pushes his foot out so hard, I can feel it!! I can literally take my fingers, rub against him pushing and feel the foot- it is the craziest thing ever. In that brief moment, I think, how cool! Then he does it again about 10 times in 30 seconds!!

I’m trying to get Sage to feel my tummy when the baby moves, but she still doesn’t get it. She’ll still lift up my shirt, poke my tummy and then cover it up real quickly. She has however, been very attached to a little cabbage-patch baby that she carries around with her. I can’t wait to see what she’ll be like when she gets her own real life baby!

I definitely feel like I’m in my third trimester, to the day. I said to Brad, I bet I’m in my third (mind you, I forgot what week I was on and what week the third trimester started!) and sure enough, I was right. I remember feeling that way the first time around too.

I’m supposed to go do my glucose testing sometime this week and hopefully I’ll pass that. I’m not ready to give up my chocolate milk and Oreo cookies yet :)

At this time, Baby weighs two and a quarter pounds and measures 14.8 inches from the top of head to heels (although, it feels like 5pounds and 21 inches long!!) 

Here’s what the belly looks like. This past weekend we went to Medford and here are a few pictures from that trip. Sage did great- although she did get sick at the end-poor girl!

Silly Face

Mandie was able to capture another picture of Sage with her face smushed against the glass door. She is such a silly girl!

Sage is ready to go out and play! We found these sunglasses during the move :)

26 Weeks

Baby update:

Life has been sooo busy with us getting ready to move, then moving and trying to settle in.

I must admit- I’m kind of bummed that I didn’t keep up with pictures or blogging about this pregnancy as much as I did the first time. It’s so fun reading back each week to see what I was experiencing and seeing if itis the same this time around.

What I’ve found is yes and no!

*I feel so much bigger this time than last time. I feel like I have no room for this baby.

* This baby won’t settle down, EVER!! He is constantly moving. I tried to explain it to Brad the other night. You know when you are sitting on an airplane or at the movie theaters and someone just starts kicking the back of your chair-and it’s annoying!! And then it stops and you think “ah…finally…some peace” and then boom- it starts back up again. That’s this baby in a nutshell. Not that I find him annoying, it’s just between him and Sage constantly kicking, poking, climbing, laying, crawling, punching me…I just want for one minute a little peace and quiet :)

*So I’m not sure, but Sage may be aware that my belly is getting bigger and that something is going on. She has been SUPER attached to me. But this could also be her age. She used to love to touch my belly button and then hers. But now she touches it and then immediately covers it up and has nothing to do with it.

*The baby is in great position. His head is on my left side and his feet kick to my right. Just the way Sage was. At least I’m not in pain anymore with the pressure of how low he was.

I think that is about it. Someone asked me what size the baby was-like the fruit size and to be honest, I have no idea. I haven’t kept track of the baby’s progress the way I did weekly with Sage. Thank goodness I get weekly emails to tell me what Week of pregnancy I’m on, because I would have no idea!!

 

We are getting settled into our new house and we are loving it!! It’s the perfect amount of space and something we can grow into! We are so happy we found this place and did this before baby #2 arrives. It gives us a chance to get settled and figure out our routine!

Here are a few pictures of me, my belly and Sage :)

26 Weeks!

Sage looking at the belly- but it was actually my dress that has shinny crystals on it.

Now she is interested in checking out my belly button.

Playing at the new playground that is just a half mile from our new home!

Playing at Ikea

This is so funny!! This is over at the Myers house and she has learned that she can smoosh her face against the glass.

Swinging at the park with Mandie!

Fake Burp

OMG- this is funny!! So, Mandie told me that Sage poured everyone a cup of tea and ‘drank’ hers and did a fake burp then looked at her and smiled! I was laughing, not believing her. She was able to get a video of Sage (which at this point, has thrown the cup to the floor and gone straight for the tea pot!)

Brad and I are still not sure where she learned this from :)

Enjoy- and listen for her fake burp.

A New Hat

Sage saw this hat in Target, grabbed it and put it on and walked around with it. And she was attached to this hat all day- after she woke up from her nap, she put it on to play!

Children's Museum

We took Sage to the Portland's Children's Museum yesterday afternoon. Sage had gone once before with Mandie. This was our first time taking her and she loved it! We spent a good hour there and could have spent even more time.
We are now officially members of the Museum and can go any time! I think Sage will love going as much as possible :)