Baby #3; What will it be?

So it's been a while since I wrote, but I figure this blog is mainly for my personal benefit. I just want to be able to remember certain details about my life (like each pregnancy and birth story). I know my kids will ask about some of these things one day.

So about a week before Christmas (obviously of 2014) we found out we were expecting another baby! I took a pregnancy test on my own and thought about maybe waiting until Christmas Day to tell Greg in some cute way, but then I remembered I can't keep a secret worth squat. It would just be eating away at me the entire time. So I just told him when he got home from work that day. 

I did, however, keep this a secret from my parents while the kids and I were in GA for Christmas. It was still early in the pregnancy (or so we thought) and I didn't want to jinx anything. Once we got back home in CA, I set up my first OB/GYN appointment. So exciting!! The whole gang came with me to see the ultrasound and it turns out I was a little further along than we anticipated. As soon as the baby came on the screen I said "wow! it looks like a real baby; not just a blob" and the OB is like "uh...yeah, you're definitely not 8 weeks along." We were 12 weeks 4 days along! So since we were passed the "danger zone" of miscarriage we went ahead and told everyone.

•How far along?: 14 weeks 6 days

•Total weight gain: i think like 5 pounds

•How big is baby?: The size of a lemon (3.4 inches, 1.5 ounces) 

•Maternity clothes?: not yet

•Movement: nothing yet

•Stretch marks?: no

•Sleep?: soooo sleepy! like "getting 10 hours a night and I still need a nap" sleepy

•Symptoms?: sleepiness and not craving sweets (which is definitely weird for me)

•Food cravings: nothing specific, but savory food

•What I miss: everything's still pretty much the same 

•What I'm looking forward to: having a bigger belly so it doesn't look like I'm getting fat

•Best Moment this week: not this week, but lately Savannah and Sterling have been so sweet to each other. It seems like as soon as we got home from GA, she's been so nice to him and actually cares about him. Before that, she was a little mean; always pushing him down and grabbing toys from him. So it's really nice that they're getting along. 

 14 weeks