words

Piper Jane is seriously the smartest little girl!  I haven't had much time to document her so I'll throw this up and come back to it later to add pictures and update this list I made from three weeks ago..
These are Piper Jane's words

Again
night night
bye bye
1,2,3
gum
thank you
dog
Piper
stuck
duck
Unbuckle
mama, ma, mommy
dada, dad, daddy
I want mama
I want down
diaper
bite
baby
hi
jason
ginger
poopoo
bop (paci)
Bite
book
ball
Pizza
Sea weed (wee weed)
Gama
water
uh-oh




SIGN
dog
bath
food
more
please
elephant
bubbles
milk
please
thank you
daddy

17 weeks with baby girl # 3

So much going on lately with the new house. moving, and vacations! My morning sickness went away around 15 weeks. Phew! but my low energy still lingered until 16 weeks, but hasn't gone away completely. :( I still can't drink much water without it making me gaggy. My belly button is popping out more this week, and I'm starting into the " I look pregnant not just fat" phase. I'm feeling like I have a LOT to do! I'm starting to think of nursery decorations. Well, not really decorations but all things nursery, or better yet girls room. We are going to paint the walls and add in baseboards! and re- finish our hardwood floors Oh, where to begin!? I want to make sure that through all of the crazy mess I still document our baby girl .

7 weeks pregnant with baby baird 3

17 weeks pregnant with baby girl Baird # 3

How far along: 17 weeks!

Total weight gain: gained 8 lbs 

Sleep: Sleeping great! Still able to sleep on my stomach yay!!

Best moment of this week: September 3rd I started feeling the baby kick!! Best. Feeling. In. The. World.

Food cravings: Hmm.. Not any more than usual.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Brushing my teeth (mildly) and dirty diapers :(

Have you started to show yet: Oh yes. 

Wedding rings on or off: On, I have had no swelling yet.

Looking forward to: The baby belly getting a bit bigger! My 20 week apointment. 

How did you find out you were pregnant?  By taking a home pregnancy test, of course.  I did have a feeling before that I was pregnant though.

What kind of Pregnancy test did you take?  dollar store. I swear they pick up hcg faster!

How many?  I think 3 tests. One was negative and 2 were positive.

What were your 1st symptoms?  not sleeping well, and leg cramps. Also my two baby dreams.

Who did you tell first?  My husband or was it my mom?..

Who was with you when you found out?  I was alone 

My 1st reaction:  Excitement! 

Was your baby planned?  Yep.

When was the baby conceived? On our Big sur weekend.

How did your parents react?  Super excited. They love grandchildren.

Due Date:  Feb 15th 2015

Do you know the sex?  A sweet little girl!!

Any names?  We still have the same list from Piper, with a few added to it.

Any Ultrasounds?  Quite a few when she was a teeny little thing,but none recently.

Have you heard the heart beat?  Of course we have!  We hear it at every appointment and I have a doppler at home. I never tire of it.

Who do you think it will look like?  Since she’s a girl Maybe a mix of Chloe and Piper?

Are you a high risk pregnancy?  Nope.

Any complications?  Nope.

Formula or Breastfeeding? Breast is best! I plan to pump and nurse around the clock to keep a supply in the freezer, and Keep my supply high.

Have you bought anything for the baby yet?  Yep.  She has just about everything she needs from her sisters. But I still need a better bassinet, a wedge for her crib, and more newborn zip jamies from the childrens place, one of those nose sucker outer thingies...

When did you start to show? around 10 weeks. I show early.

How long could you wear your regular clothes?  I can still wear them.

Will you keep the baby’s clothes?   I guess we will until we are finished having kids.

Home or Hospital?  Hospital. Adam would never let me do it at home.

Natural or Medicated birth?  I want the epidural.  For sure.

Who will be in the delivery room with you?  My darling husband, unless he passes out. My mom if I can get a babysitter for the girls.

Do you think you will need a C-section?  I sure hope not.  I also hope that it all happens when the baby is ready to come out.  Not a fan of being induced either.

Will you let anyone video tape the birth?  I would love to have it taped. I'm glad I documented Piper as well as I did.

Are you excited? This seems like such a dumb and quite obvious question, yes I am.

Who will help you with the baby after the birth?  My mom will help us for however long we need her.  

What is your favorite thing about being pregnant?  Feeling the baby move.  I love it!

What is the worst thing about being pregnant?  Where should I start?  Feeling uncomfortable, morning sickness, peeing all of the time. 

Are you ready for the baby? Nope there is so much to do with the new house I want to get it together NOW!! I also want to make her some leggings with the material I got months ago.

Do you have insurance?  Health insurance, yes.   

How many kids do you want? 4 We’ll try one more time to get a boy for Adam, but if it's a girl we're still done. 

Do you talk to the baby?  Eh, sometimes.  I rub her a lot. I know she is familiar with my voice, but actually talking to my stomach, not so much.  I have told her I love her a few times telepathicly.

Do you still feel attractive? I have had the worst skin this time! I do have days where I feel cute and I have days when I feel like I got run over by a train.  It just depends on my mood.

Have you had your baby shower yet?  No. I don't plan to. She is my 3rd girl I don't need a ton.

Do you like kids?  In general? No. haha i like this question.. so random, but I like some kids.

14.5 weeks

I must document everything about this pregnancy before I forget. So If this stuff bores you, please skip this post. 

 I had very little symptoms with this pregnancy up until almost 7 weeks. Except for a bitter taste in my mouth (before I found out I was pregnant) restless legs at night (@ 3-4 weeks) Two baby dreams before I got my positive pregnancy test (both girls) Went in at 6 weeks and 3-4 days because I was alarmed due to the fact that I had no symptoms (which has always been an indication of miscarriage for me)
 In a healthy pregnancy I usually get sick around six weeks on the dot. and the sac was measuring at only 5 weeks, They questioned if my dates were right, and I am 100% sure they are. They didn't think the pregnancy was going well, nor would it progress. They scheduled me in for another ultrasound 1 week later to confirm miscarriage and I went back in feeling a bit more symptoms but the pessimist in me was not hopeful. This time the baby and sac were bigger, and there was a heartbeat!! but  They found that the Baby is measuring a bit small (like Piper did) and the sac did not look good. She told me that when this happens it usually indicates a chromosomal abnormality and the body often times rids itself of the baby. She also said that she has seen it go both ways, and I could continue to carry the baby with possible abnormalities or  with nothing wrong. She was not optimistic, nor was I. They had me go in for multiple blood tests, and my levels were rising properly. My first test was 990 and my second 14,500. My progesterone was low @ 12.5 and I have been on supplements ever since.  Again they wanted to see me 1 week later

In between the appointments We went on vacation to Crescent city for the 4th of July. I was in the throws of morning sickness, and suffering from low energy like expected, but while for a little less than 48 hours I actually felt great. It was so strange. This threw me into a depression, because I link feeling normal to loss of a baby. I was sure It was all over. We went home and I started feeling less well again, and I chalked it up to the progesterone I was currently on. Went in for my appointment Monday afternoon, and was pleasantly surprised to find that the baby was alive, and the sac had miraculously healed it's self . Everything looked normal! I was beyond grateful and thrilled and shocked and although I know I am not out of the woods I feel optimistic and excited to be bringing baby number three into our lives!
This pregnancy has been by far the mildest. I have had waves of morning sickness but only enough to throw up once at 12 weeks and 6 days. Mostly just a sea sick feeling. With the Other two I felt much worse. I have been tired off and on just the same as the girls. I feel like this time it has been less intense, With Chloe I was at a level 5-6 sick and Piper was about a level 6-7. This baby has been more of a 3-4 . 

All about my 14th Week of Pregnancy :
How far along today: 14 weeks, 5 days
The baby is the size of a: An orange
The baby is working on:  This week's big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck her thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, her facial muscles are getting a workout as her tiny features form one expression after another. Her kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around her — a process she'll keep up until birth. She can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch her sucking her thumb.
Gender: A BABY GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maternity clothes: With Piper I only had 2 pairs of of maternity jeans, This time I got a little excited to wear maternity (and look cute!) and did a bunch of shopping for maternity clothes that aren't tents. I wanted to have some fitted dresses this time, and a friend of mine sent me a list of her favorite maternity shops on Etsy.. Needless to say I bought enough to last me through a few more pregnancies although I won't be pregnant that many more times. Right now I can still fit into my regular jeans.
Stretch marks: Nope.
Belly button in or out: In(ish)
Sleep: Insomnia at first, but now it's not too bad.. and NO heartburn with this pregnancy!! That's a first!
Best moments this week: I started to feel better yay!!
Worst moment this week: The combo of Flights/ No sleep and not feeling well. 
Movement: I cannot feel it yet, but I saw wiggling at my last appointment and I loved it!
Cravings: Potatoes, like the other two, Sugar aversions just like Piper.
Queasy or sick: Queasiness is still around I am still pretty finicky with what I think my stomach can handle at any given moment. I haven't done well with Veggies.. just like with Chloe.  I can barely handle the process of changing diapers right now.. We have put cloth diapering on a hold for now..
Looking forward to: Movement!! i feel so much more relaxed when I can feel the baby move. I also am looking forward to the nausea going away.

Chloe's 4 year old pictures

She's 4 now, and all I want to do is document her in picture form so I never forget the way she is now. My sweetheart little girl. Warning this will be picture overload..

She's 4!

A few months ago I asked miss Chloe what she wanted to do for her birthday, and all I could get out of her was that she wanted cake. So I probed her to get more information.. 

Do you want a Pink birthday, do you want a blue birthday party?, Ballet? Water party? I swear I named 15 things before I said how about a sunshine Party? Yes that was it! She wanted a yellow sunshine party. Then I asked her what kind of cake she wanted thinking she would say chocolate, but she said a minion cake! lol so I started preparing in advance and bought a bunch of Yellow, and sun themed things... only to find out that an almost- 4 -year- old's mind changes quickly, and she now wanted a Frozen party.. Well my dear you're stuck with yellow and there's no going back..

So I themed her party around a cute canvas I have with the commonly heard lyrics

 "You are my sunshine my only sunshine"

She also asked for sun burst cake pops, so I found an easy tutorial and made her some cookie pops.

Thinking about her wish..

Hope it was a good wish!

All Chloe really wanted (besides frozen dollies) was to have her friends come and play with her.

Grandma had the babies, That is exactly where she likes to be.

We had family, Friends from church, and preschool come and play in the kiddie pools, and water tables. We got a bag of water beads for textile play, and put them in one of the water tables for the kids. 

We had games, and a pinata.. which by the way was homemade, and the bane of my existence. It took Adam and I hours of labor.. Seems like an easy task right? 

Get a giant balloon.. Check

cut up news paper.. Check

make the paper mache mixture..Check

buy yellow crepe paper.. Check

have at it.. 

except the first one the wind picked up while it was drying, and it was all dented, and the balloon started to deflate.So off to buy another giant balloon and recover it with paper mache.

 I was mad that I wasted so much time on the first one so I had Adam make the second. He took over as if this one will be the strongest best Pinata ever made because He was going to go all about it his way.. Well the same thing happened. We realized that the balloon was way to big to use to make a pinata. Before the thing had time to dry, the balloon would either expand (because of the heat) and crack, or it would deflate and cause huge dents. We decided it would have to do dented and all and we covered the darn thing with yellow crepe paper and filled it with yellow candy.

I just can't believe that my little girl is four! She is her Daddy's sweetheart and her mommy's funny bunny. She is dramatic,

 silly,

smart,

 funny,

 outgoing,

outspoken,

 loud,

 a lover of all things sweet,

 a snack food junkie,

 a complete daddy's girl,

 lover of gum,

 movie watcher,

 stuffed animal lover,

She can spot interesting things miles off,

 remembers everything,

Sassy, and

Oh so sweet.

WE.ARE.LUCKY.