17 weeks and a Birthday Boy

The last few weeks have flown by! Probably because we spent over 2 weeks away from home. Brady and I drove up to St. Louis on June 9/10 with my Mom. Eric flew up to meet us there a week later. My sister had Matthew Paul Bierman on May 31st. I had to get my hands on that baby :) It was wonderful to spend time with them and I even watched Matthew all night one night by myself so they could sleep. He has acid reflux so they were extra tired and stressed. He's doing great now though. Eric came up and was able to go to his first Cardinals game for a guys night. We had Brady's birthday party. And just lots of family time. It was wonderful.

Is Brady seriously 2!?? Eric and I look at him every day and can hardly believe how big and smart he has gotten. When I remember that he just started walking last November, I am stunned by how much he's changed since then. He certainly doesn't look like a baby anymore. He says about 3 new words every single day. He just picks them up so fast, it's incredible. He says lots of sentences and phrases now instead of just single words. "Here comes Daddy" "Daddy's home" "Where's our girl(sugar)?" "It's all better" And his favorite... "Go outside and play" Love it! He's also picking up a lot of things from books and shows. When we left St. Louis to drive home it was 5 am. He pointed out the window and said, "Look, it's the moon" I've never said that. But I know it's on Bubble Guppies. I'm getting a lot stricter about what's on TV while he's in the room, even if it annoys Aunt Allison ;)

We did a race car birthday for Brady our last day in St. Louis. Brady took a short nap, so he was a little cranky. But he loved his cake, cars, and power wheels :) Eric and I have been dying to give it to him for months now! I can't wait until he gets the hang of it and cruises all around our cul-de-sac and yard.

I really wasn't planning well when I picked our dates to go to St. Louis. I was gone for 16 days and that made me a week late for a baby doctor appointment. I also ended up in the ER with a bladder infection :/ And bladder retention. I assumed I had a uti, but when the antibiotic my doctor called in for me didn't work, they sent me to the ER. I peed to give a urine sample, and then they did a bladder scan. I still had half a liter of urine in my bladder. Not good! Especially since I thought and felt like I had emptied it. I got 2 prescriptions - another antibiotic and one to stop bladder spasms - had to go buy a maternity support band to hopefully help hold my belly off of my bladder, and was told to see a urologist when I got home.

Ever since my gallbladder surgery, I have been very vulnerable to uti and bladder infections. 3 in 6 months! Which makes no sense to me, because I am drinking SO MUCH WATER! No soda, no tea, no nothing else. And I pee constantly, never holding it. I drink cranberry juice so much the taste has actually grown on me! I had a doctor appointment scheduled for today, but had to reschedule for Monday since Dr. Doan had 2 women delivering at the same time and 4 more in labor! Yikes! On Monday, I hope to make sure my infection is gone, figure out what's up with my bladder, and *possibly* find out the sex of the baby. I'm not holding my breath on that last one. She might make me wait 3 more weeks. Which is fine by me. Of course I want to know, but I'm not rushing. Everyone around me sure wants to know though ;)

There are several things we can start doing before we know the sex. One, sell the bed in our spare room and get a smaller bed for that room aka the new nursery. And two, organize and rearrange our room to make space for the treadmill my wonderful Aunt gave us :) I am so happy!! I was doing so great with my walking up until June, and then you know it's Houston so it's hot as hell. Now, I can walk whenever I want! Not dependent on the weather and I can walk during Brady's naps. Woohoo! We're getting a TV for our room for my birthday. Which, don't remind me, I'm going to be 27. That just doesn't sound right?!

 

 

Let the Pregnancy Posts Begin :)

We are so happy to share that baby Weisinger #2 is on the way :) Due December 5, 2013! I am so excited to have a newborn at Christmas time. 2 of my favorite things :) I'm 14 weeks pregnant. We found out on Easter morning. We had been trying for 3 months. Unlike when we found out with Brady, I was sure the pregnancy test would be negative. We had decided to only try for 3 months and then take a break (I'll explain later), and since it was the third and final month, I didn't want to get my hopes up too high and end up very disappointed. Well, luckily that didn't happen! I was shocked instead! Eric checked the stick, that's just sort of our tradition. I could tell instantly by the look on his face, huge smile, that it was positive. I was nervous and totally stunned!

When I had my gallbladder surgeries in November, I was in and out of the hospital for quite a while. That made taking my birth control pretty difficult, so I just stopped. Once I got home and healthy, I asked Eric if he wanted to go back on or just stay off, since we were discussing trying for another baby soon. We decided I would not go back on, but we wouldn't start trying until I felt healthy and totally normal again. Fortunately that wasn't too long.

When we tried with Brady, we really just went off birth control and said “it'll happen when it happens”. So I never tracked my cycle, ovulation, or any of that. I knew I was irregular ish, but certainly didn't know details, until we started trying this time. From December to March, I had 29, 32, and 27 day cycles. Thank GOD (and my friend Lauren for suggesting) I used ovulation tests, because that was all over the place too. We were fortunate to get pregnant with Brady in only 5 months, not having a clue about any of that.

We leave Houston and recruiting duty in the dust in May of 2014. I didn't want to PLAN to be pregnant or have a tiny newborn during that move. If it happened, we would deal, but I didn't want to do that intentionally. I originally wanted to have another baby when Brady was 3 ish. But that would put us due right around moving. I realized, I just wasn't up for that again. Having a due date in the fall of this year, would work very well though. Brady would be almost 2 ½ and we would have several months here to get into the swing of things before moving. For me it was this, or waiting to get pregnant until well after we moved. Waiting until then seemed like waiting too long. But I knew it was truly in God's hands. All we could do was try, and see what happens. I prayed for God to let us be pregnant again if and when it was right by His plan. And I meant it. If we didn't get pregnant, we would make the most of our last year in Texas with fun trips

I am super thankful to be in the 2^nd trimester now. From about 7-13 weeks I was incredibly tired. Zoned out, can't focus my eyes, or think straight tired. I felt so bad for Brady, although he hardly notice. He's such a trooper. We still went on our regular outings for play dates and such, but around the house I was just useless. This last week, I've found myself trying to play some major catch up on house work. My husband is so thankful to have clean socks again ;) My nausea was so minimal this pregnancy which was NICE! It wasn't all that bad with Brady either, considering there are women who lose serious weight from all the sickness. But I had more nausea and food aversions with the first. This time around, there were a few times I knew I was hungry and needed to eat, but nothing sounded good. That's the worst of it. Thank God! My headaches were bad last week but have lightened up now.

I've had two appointments and both went very well. Everything looks perfect so far. I hope to find out what we're having around 17 or 18 weeks so I can get busy on my new baby to do list. But I'm really being patient and not rushing things. I enjoy this stage of wondering. It won't last forever :)

                                  

                                           Our surprise Easter morning :)                                      

                                               Ultrasound at 8 weeks

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                                                           14 weeks