The pregnancy so far.

As I was reading through my old journals I found myself wishing I had written more about my pregnancies and what I was feeling & when.  So, this post is probably more for me than anyone else.  (I don't blame you if you want to just skip it).

Today I am 32 1/2 weeks pregnant.  To be perfectly honest, I still feel great!  I know by this time with Torrin I was so ready to be done with pregnancy, and with Hayden I was so HUGE that I'm sure I was miserable by now.  (Again, wish I had written more about those pregnancies).  I'm definitely looking forward to meeting this baby and getting to know his personality (and losing the weight), but I'm not completely uncomfortable.  (Of course, maybe there's still time to get there).  Over Thanksgiving I was pretty miserable, but I think that was because of all the food I ate (both in the car, and the actual Thanksgiving food).

Weight: (No, I'm not going to share the number, but if you REALLY want to know, I'll tell you.  It's not a secret.)  I've gained 26 lbs so far with this pregnancy.  Still hoping to keep it under 30, but we'll see.  Most of that weight came between weeks 16 & 28.  I was consistently gaining 1.6 lbs a week during the 2nd trimester.  Once I hit 27/28 weeks, my appetite plummeted, and the weight gain slowed down (with the exception of the week of Thanksgiving, but we won't talk about that).

Exercise:  I was doing really good for a while during the 2nd & beginning of the 3rd trimester (I even did The Firm a few times), but I think the holiday has thrown me off.  I've only exercised once or twice since Thanksgiving.  Part of that is because I sold my elliptical, and part is because I just haven't gotten the motivation back.  My recumbent bike is a bit awkward with my growing belly.  I'm hoping to find an inexpensive or used treadmill sometime soon.  It's just too COLD to walk outside, and I want to do a lot of walking as I approach my due date.

Aches & Pains:  Like I said, I'm feeling pretty good.  But I'm going to write about the few aches and pains I HAVE experienced.  Around 26 weeks I started to get some light cramping (probably braxton hicks contractions), but it has mostly gone away since then.  (Though, I was a little worried I was in early labor while driving in the car on our road trip).  Sometimes in the evenings my back or ribs are pretty sore, but it hasn't been too terrible (yet).  The rib pain was probably the worst over Thanksgiving--at that point I wasn't sure I'd be able to make it to full-term.  ;)  When I do a lot of walking I get some pelvic pain/pressure, which is no fun.  These are all just the things you put up with to get a baby.  :)

Overall I feel pretty darn good.  I don't know if that's because I haven't hit the "miserable" phase yet, or because I started this pregnancy 18 lbs lighter than I did with Torrin.  I guess we'll see what the next few weeks bring.

Baby:  Baby is doing great!  He is measuring perfectly and moving around all the time.  At my 31 week appointment, my midwife estimated his weight to be about 4 lbs.  (Which, BTW I love my new midwife and will be delivering at LDS Hospital, where Allen works.  Allen has always worked in hospitals since I've known him, but I've NEVER delivered at his hospital even when it was the closest.  Now that it's 45 minutes away, I think I'll go there.  LOL  I guess that just means extra visits from co-workers?).  Anyway, baby is doing well, and is still turning a lot in there.  I just hope he decides to settle into a good position before I go into labor.

Did I mention I CAN'T WAIT until I get to meet this little guy?

Here I am yesterday at 32w3d.

And just for fun, here I am in the same shirt at 20 weeks.

Soccer guy.

I didn't post about Hayden's first soccer season yet.  He did soccer through Clinton City.  He absolutely loved it.  It was so much fun to watch him run and play so hard.  He never stopped running, even when he got tired and his feet started to drag.  He came very close to making a goal in the first game, but for the most part he left that up to his teammates.  He was so cute.  Often he would get into the action, kick the ball once, and then let someone else take over.  Kind of like he was thinking, "Ok, I kicked it, now it's someone else's turn."  Here are a few pictures.

A couple things about Hayden.  It's hard to believe that he'll start Kindergarten next year.  He just lost his first tooth and has another loose one.  That was pretty exciting.  He is SO smart!  I think he is going to be our techie.  He can already do 1st grade level math (he gets that from me).   He can write his name now, and he's still a bit of a perfectionist, so he gets frustrated easily if something is off.  We are working on reading with him, and he already has a couple books that he can read to Torrin.  He has a REALLY good memory.  Once we were listening to Backyardigans in the car, and they requested one of the songs.  We weren't sure which number it was, so I asked Hayden and he didn't hesitate to answer "Number 4".  Sure enough, he was right.  And of course, he LOVES his video games.  We have to limit him because he would play ALL day if we let him (and yes, we have let him before).  He has a great imagination.  He likes to tell stories and add to the bedtime stories that we tell (often correcting us when the story is "wrong").   He is getting to be quite the helper too.  He will help me clean the bathrooms and clear/set the table.  I am so proud of him and happy to be his Mom.

A 3-year-old and Halloween. (A picture post).

 Hayden just needs the tongue hanging out, and who does he remind you of?

Ok, I just have to add that I can't believe Torrin is 3-years-old already.  He is sick today, and it makes me so sad for my sweet little "baby". ("I not a baby, Mom, I a BIG boy!").  His speech has really improved in the last few months, and he has become quite the chatterbox.  At the end of June, we couldn't even understand him and got him into speech therapy.  But we only needed one session with the Speech Pathologist before we decided he didn't need it.  Now we can understand almost everything he says.  He is such a BOY.  He loves to run, jump, growl, and anything else that little boys like.  Instead of stuffed animals (which he'll take some nights), he prefers to sleep with balls.  Often he will have a collection of 5 or 6 small balls in bed with him.  He's such a cuddle bug, which I love, and other times he is so independent and can easily entertain himself for hours.  He has the sweetest disposition.  If he hurts anyone, on purpose or by accident, he is really quick to give them a hug and say sorry.  You can see that it just breaks his heart that he hurt someone.  I love this little man!

Another Wilcox Boy!

I just wanted to let you guys know that I just got back from my ultrasound, and we are definitely having a BOY!  Everything looked great and his measurements are all perfect.  Due date is still February 1.  Hayden was my little partner and came with me to the appointment.  He was very excited to see the baby and get to bring home a DVD of the scan, which we hope to show to Allen & Torrin later.

Other news from our family--Hayden is doing soccer right now and loves it.  He has games twice a week and runs his little heart out on the field.  We are so proud of him.  Hard to believe he will be starting Kindergarten next year!

Torrin is our silly little buddy.  He likes to say, "But, but, but..." when we ask him to do something--as if what we're asking is SO difficult or inconvenient.  We are working on potty training, so hopefully we'll only have 1 in diapers come February.

Allen is busy with school.  A lot of his "free" time is spent doing homework.  And he is still working hard and commuting back & forth between here and Salt Lake City.

I just got called as the (Non) Enrichment Board Leader, so I'm looking forward to getting into that.  We have enjoyed living in Clinton again.  It's nice to be within walking distance to parks and trails.

Baby Wilcox

I had my 12 week "NT Scan" on Tuesday to check for genetic abnormalities.  Everything looked great, but I will have the results of the screening sometime in August.  Baby looks perfect and cute and was measuring a week ahead.  Here are the pictures they gave me.  I'm still pretty sure this is a boy.  We specialize in making boys at our house.  :)

Waving.

His little feet are up in the air on the right.

July 4 and some other Summer stuff.

The end of June we had our Wilcox Family Reunion at Bear Lake.  We had a ton of fun camping there and spending some time in the water.  (I didn't get any pictures b/c I was too busy doing other stuff.  Hopefully we'll get some of Shawn's pictures).

Uncle Shawn stayed for July 4.  We celebrated the holiday with some of Allen's family.  That weekend we went to see Toy Story 3.  The boys (and us adults) LOVED the movie and enjoyed the fireworks afterwards.

Just to prove Allen was there too.  :)

Torrin and Uncle Curtis.

With Uncle Shawn.

Again with Uncle Shawn.

Uncle Brandon helping the boys.

The rest of our Summer (so far) has been filled with Little Rookies and Swimming Lessons for Hayden, speech therapy for Torrin, a Birthday for Allen, school for Allen, and a short visit from Stephanie and Jay.  We are hoping to get some more camping in before the Summer is over.  Also, soccer will start for Hayden in August, Hayden's Birthday, a move, and a trip to Idaho are in our plans.

Our Little Rookie

Hayden did Little Rookies this summer.  It's a t-ball "camp" that lasted 5 weeks.  They started out doing stations, where they would go from one to the next practicing different baseball/t-ball skills (batting, catching, throwing, etc).  Then they played a few scrimmage games.  That was fun to watch.  Hayden was really good at doing exactly what his coaches told him to do, and he improved a lot throughout the "season".  He also just finished swimming lessons and will start soccer in August.  I can't believe our little guy is going to be 5 in a few weeks!

And of course, Torrin liked to go play on the playground while his big brother did Little Rookies.

I guess I should post about this.

I'm feeling a little more confident about it now, so I will post here that we are expecting and due January 31.  I am 9 weeks now.  This is my 7th pregnancy, and hopefully it results in our 3rd baby on Earth.  The last 3 ended up being either ectopic or miscarriage.  This time around we were able to see a "flicker" on an ultrasound at 6 weeks.  Since my miscarriages never grew past 6 weeks (even though my body held onto them for longer than that), I feel good about having seen a "flicker".  Hopefully that flicker was a heartbeat, and we will know for sure tomorrow.  I have been feeling pretty sick this pregnancy, and have even thrown up a few times (very rare for me, even when I'm sick).  So I am hoping that these are good signs and that we get good news at my ultrasound tomorrow.  It should be different having a Winter baby, instead of being hugely pregnant during the Summer.

I've taken up smoking.

NOT by choice, but because my neighbors and everyone around me have forced me to breathe their smoky air. Maybe I'm naive and have a low level of tolerance, but I cannot believe how RUDE people are around here. We can't go sit outside our front door because the neighbors' smoke is settling there on our patio. It's just ALWAYS there, and they come out about every 20-30 minutes to replenish it. I realize we're in the minority since we moved here--probably some of the few non-smokers there are. I just don't understand why people can't go smoke in PRIVATE somewhere. I understand that it's a personal choice, and many have chosen to take up the filthy habit. Ok, fine. Their life, their body. Smokers have the right to fill their lungs up with the nasty stuff, but they shouldn't have the right to fill MINE up with it. I hate that I can't even take the boys to the pool most days because there is always someone there filling the air with smoke. I can't wait until we can get someone to take over our lease! We are so out of here the minute we have a chance.

December 2009

We were grateful that the roads were good enough for us to drive to Washington over Christmas break. We got to stay with Stephanie and Jay in Vancouver for a night. We enjoyed touring Jay's school (in the dark). Stephanie also took some great pictures of our family. Then we headed up to my parents' for the rest of our Christmas break. We enjoyed spending time with my side of the family. We took a few family pictures with Stephanie's camera. It had been a while since we had all been together.

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If I had let it go any longer...

...a year would have gone by without a blog post from me! My goodness, I can't believe I haven't written anything since October 2009. I'm sure my readers have all given up on me. (Sorry!) I guess it's time to play catch up.