an easter craving.

just like with my brady pregnancy, at easter this year i was seriously craving chocolate cake with chocolate icing.  so i just made myself one and ate on it for a few days, and didn't feel bad one bit. 

it was delicious!!!

28 weeks.

28 weeks on easter weekend.

craving: chocolate cake!! which i was with brady at easter too (http://peanutapostle.blogspot.com/2012/04/30-weeks.html) so funny that both times i was pregnant over easter, i wanted to eat an entire chocolate cake with chocolate icing! so i made myself a cake, and ate a lot of pieces over the next couple days, and it was SO GOOD.  i'm glad i don't have one sitting around all the time or i would gain 85 pounds :)  i wore the same dress for easter too, just for the fun of it.

weight gain: 19 pounds. better than with my pregnancy with brady. i gained a bit too much with him. i remember my doc telling me "slow down!" haha but i was just constantly hungry with him and ate everything in sight. i felt good the whole pregnancy so i don't regret it, but this time around i eat more normally (like i would if i wasn't pregnant) and am exercising 4-5 days a week and still feeling good doing that, so i'm grateful for a little less weight. 

i asked my doc at this week's appointment if i was more or less likely to have an early baby again & she said more likely! she said they'll start checking me weekly at 34 weeks this pregnancy instead of 36 weeks and to be ready to have another early baby. which means, less than 10 weeks to go potentially?? a little scary. i have a lot to do still...

by the end of the day, my pelvis and hips are achy which i didn't have til the very end with brady. i guess second time around my body is a little more tired. but otherwise i'm still feeling good, not having any swelling, able to carry brady around and do my normal activities. very grateful for this pregnancy and for feeling so good this far into it.

new year's eve 2014.

mike had to work new year's eve, so brady and i rang in the new year together (yeah right, we were both asleep by 9pm haha).  we toasted with coke & root beer, and shared a pizza. the perfect quiet evening for a pregnant mama & two year old!!

for the growing family...

santa brought mama a new car for Christmas! gotta make room for an extra carseat!! i'm just a LITTLE bit excited...

next year...

hard to believe next year on Christmas Eve, there will be two babies decorating cookies for santa:)

Christmas Eve service.

Christmas Eve services at church. we loved the candlelight service as usual & it was fun to sit together for our last Christmas as a family of three. trying to soak up every second of this season with bubby at the perfect age to enjoy it all.  oh! and every SINGLE time we ask brady, "does mommy have a baby brother or a baby sister in her tummy?" he says, "baby sister!" :)

'tis the season.

i absolutely love this time of year, the lights and the fireplace, and naps on the couch taking it all in. even maggie was up for a nap today!

Christmas card session.

desi shot our family Christmas card photos last week, actually on the day we found out we were pregnant again. so awesome to look at this photo and know that we knew another little baby was growing inside me - makes me so happy to know they're part of the family photo already!