Happy Easter Friends!

14 weeks/random pics :)

How far along? 14 weeks, HELLO 2nd trimester! :)
Symptoms: still a bit more fatigued then usual

Weight gain/loss: at my appointment last week (3/13/13) I was actually down one lb from my first OB appointment. My OB said, "Now don't worry that you lost weight..." I stopped her right there and started laughing and told her she'd NEVER have to worry about me worrying about LOSING weight! ;)

Gender: too early to tell, but we aren't finding out anyway!!!!!!!!!! Surprise baby!!! :) We found out with both Manuel and Mia, and since this will be our last child (I can't imagine a 4th c-section) we figured this one should be a surprise!

Maternity clothes? not yet. My friend Lauren, who is also my hairdresser will be doing my hair on April 5th and giving me a ton of clothes. This is the first time I'll be prego PREGO during the summer, so she is graciously sharing her maternity clothes with me as her daughter was also born in September. Yay me! :)

Sleep: Go to bed around 8:30-ish and then I'll randomly wake up throughout the night. I actually pee SO many times throughout the night as well. I think I need to cut off my water intake come a certain time each night, because that's certainly not helping with the crazy sleep patterns! :)

Food cravings/aversions: still have the frozen pizza aversion...one that has really gotten to me lately is frozen pizza! Weird, right? Normally one night a week we'll have pizza for dinner, if it's the frozen kind, I won't eat it. I'll just have cereal. Pizza shop pizza and grocery store pizza (the fresh kind they make on hand and you just bake) I love, but frozen pizza no way! :) Other than that, I'm getting less nauseous with each passing week.

Movement? Absolutely! Little flutters and I love it! I can't wait until the kids and Manny can start feeling him/her!
What I miss: a full nights sleep and my energy!

Best moment(s) this week: getting to hear his/her heartbeat last week, feeling more consistent flutters, seeing all of my friends on Saturday at "Girls day" (breakfast and the movies)
What I'm looking forward to: when I start to sport a bump...still nothing yet!
Next appointment: April 17th which will be an OB appointment as well as my "big" scan...check the heart, body parts, etc. NO GENDER REVEAL, of course! ;)
Milestones (via Babycenter):
This week's big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him — a process he'll keep up until birth. He can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch him sucking his thumb.


And a few pics of our weekend/recently, for good measure ;)

 These two are inseperable and the best of friends! It makes my heart SO happy to see them together! :)

 Spring came to Maryland (for a day! ;) and Mia was ready to go! :)

 My poor girl knocked out by the stomach bug! SO sweet, even when she's sick and miserable! :(

 Packed up and ready to go to the Delaware Museum of Natural History for a sleepover with the Boyscouts. They had a blast!

 While they were gone, Mia and I had our fun making cookies (people on Facebook thought this was Play-Doh...I promise it's edible, colored dough from Joe Corbis! :))

 We even pulled out the tent and had our own sleepover! :)

Blurry, but still cute...us being silly! :)



Spring, where are you?????

Where do I even begin!??!? This has been the craziest, most sickly Winter the Gomez family has EVER experienced! Thankfully, I'm assuming to my prenatal vitamins, I have yet to catch any of it (KNOCK ON WOOD!!!!!!) But we have been through a whirlwind amongst my hubby and the kiddos...strep (all 3 of them, numerous times), flu (Manny and Mia), pneumonia (Manny and Manuel), ear infections (Mia), stomach virus (Manuel twice, Mia, currently in the midst of her 3rd bout!) and if I thought about it hard enough, the list could go on and on. To think that Manuel didn't miss a SINGLE day of school last year, this is just insane to me! We are certainly making up for it this year! HOWEVER, although I'm sounding like a complainer, in the midst of my frustration that we can't shake the sickies, BELIEVE ME, when I say I thank God EVERY SINGLE TIME, that it's "just" ...... (insert sickness). Even when Mia had her seizure back on New Years Eve, I repeatedly said, "Thank you Jesus that it's JUST a seizure" Between church and "real life" friends, I know so many people who are struggling with TERMINAL illness, so these things, that will eventually find their way out of our home, are NOTHING compared to what some people deal with! So, thank you God for that!!!! As I type this, I'm working from home, while Mia lays on her Dora couch next to me, SOOO sick with a stomach virus like I've never seen before! :( She started getting sick yesterday at Linnie's house (her sitter) and proceeded to vomit all over my car on the way home, 3 times at Patient First (Hubby took her there while I went to my monthly OB appointment because he thought she was going to have strep (like him and Manuel are currently on antibiotics for) and hen continued to get sick through the night (between 10pm and 4am she was literally vomiting every 10-20 minutes!!! I'd doze off and immediately she'd start getting sick again! :( It was/is awful. She's only gotten sick a few times today, but when she just woke up a little bit ago (she's been sleeping most of the day), I was talking to her, holding a wet rag on her forehead, just trying to comfort her and I said, "Mia, what can Mommy do for you?" and in her frailest, saddest, sickest voice she said, "Mommy, I would like it if you would just leave me alone!" Wellll, okay then! :) I just want my baby to get better. I want Spring to get here, and I want a healthy, happy Spring/Summer! :)

My appt went well yesterday. The baby has a nice, strong heartbeat and I'll go back in 4-5 weeks for my big 18 week sonogram (remember, we AREN'T finding out the gender! :)) Praying for a happy, healthy little baby!

Now, some random pictures of our days when we haven't been sick over the last few weeks/months! :)

12 weeks (yesterday :))

Hi friends! I hope everyone is doing well! :) I'm still reading and following your lives, just not blogging regularly, like I want to be! :) If I'm being honest (NOT complaining, just being honest ;) this pregnancy has thrown me for a total loop mentally, physically and emotionally. Let's just say that last night when Mia said she wanted to go to bed at 7:30pm (and Manny and Manuel were at Boy Scouts), I was 100% fine with heading to bed! :) It's just crazy how different each pregnancy can be and this one sure is different than my other two, but I am reminding myself that this will be our last pregnancy and I need to enjoy every moment! :) Lots has been happening around the Gomez household lately, and I hope to actually share a "real" post soon (with pics! :))

How far along? 12 weeks (yesterday)
Symptoms: exhaustion
Weight gain/loss: 0 lbs

Gender: too early to tell, but we aren't finding out anyway!!!!!!!!!! Surprise baby!!! :) We found out with both Manuel and Mia, and since this will be our last child (I can't imagine a 4th c-section) we figured this one should be a surprise!

Maternity clothes? not yet

Sleep: Go to bed around 8:30-ish and then I'll randomly wake up throughout the night. I actually pee SO many times throughout the night as well. I think I need to cut off my water intake come a certain time each night, because that's certainly not helping with the crazy sleep patterns! :) 

Food cravings/aversions: one that has really gotten to me lately is frozen pizza! Weird, right? Normally one night a week we'll have pizza for dinner, if it's the frozen kind, I won't eat it. I'll just have cereal. Pizza shop pizza and grocery store pizza (the fresh kind they make on hand and you just bake) I love, but frozen pizza no way! :)
Movement? I know they say it's too early, but I swear I feel something! :)

What I miss: a full nights sleep and my energy!

Best moment(s) this week: starting to feel a little more "pep in my step" so to speak! ;)
What I'm looking forward to: WELL, I was looking forward to my 2nd prenatal appointment tomorrow, but apparently Maryland likes to wait until March to get a good snow storm and we are supposed to get 5-10 inches overnight! :( (I know for some of you that's NOTHING but for Maryland and those of us that HATE snow, it is! ;)) So I have a pretty good feeling my appointment tomorrow will be cancelled, but we shall see.

Next appointment: March 6th (but see above :))

11 weeks

I know, I know I've said it before and I'll say it again...I can't believe that I am 11 weeks today! Yes, I realize I still have 28 weeks to go (since I'm a scheduled c-section, my doctor will deliver at 39 weeks), but considering that I found out when I was barely 4 weeks prego, it's crazy to be that I'm already 11 weeks! More and more people are finding out (co-workers) and it's funny to see them trying to non-chalantly see if they see a "belly" yet ;) I wear scarves a lot so I'm not making it easy for them! ;) However, I'm not showing yet, but I will start posting belly pics when I do! :)

How far along? 11 weeks
Symptoms: exhaustion (I seriously am asleep, right along with the kiddos, every night by 8:30pm at the latest!) and occassional nausea, but thankfully that has subsided quite a bit (KNOCK ON WOOD!!! :))

Weight gain/loss: 0 lbs

Gender: too early to tell, but we aren't finding out anyway!!!!!!!!!! Surprise baby!!! :) We found out with both Manuel and Mia, and since this will be our last child (I can't imagine a 4th c-section) we figured this one should be a surprise!

Maternity clothes? not yet

Sleep: Go to bed around 8:30-ish and then I'll randomly wake up throughout the night. Somtimes I'll have to pee, other times I'll just wake up, then I'll go check on the kids and other random things or just lay there and THINK!
Food cravings/aversions: no craving, but as for aversions, pretty much EVERYTHING! I can eat something one day and then the next day even the thought of it could make me vomit!

Movement? I know they say it's too early, but I swear I feel something! :)

What I miss: a full nights sleep and my energy!

Best moment(s) this week: Baby Gomez got to "go" to their first concert on Friday! Hubby and I went to see Kari Jobe, Chris Tomlin and Louie Giglio...it was AMAZING! As I looked around and just took in the true beauty of 9,000 people worshipping, I thought, "I bet this is a small taste of what Heaven looks like!" :)
What I'm looking forward to: hearing the heartbeat at my next appointment
Next appointment: March 6th

10 weeks

How far along? 10 weeks today :)

Symptoms: nausea and exhaustion (I seriously am asleep, right along with the kiddos, every night by 8:30pm at the latest!)

Weight gain/loss: 0 lbs

Gender: too early to tell, but we aren't finding out anyway!!!!!!!!!! Surprise baby!!! :) We found out with both Manuel and Mia, and since this will be our last child (I can't imagine a 4th c-section) we figured this one should be a surprise!

Maternity clothes? not yet, although I'm not gonna lie, I wouldn't mind! :) Even though I haven't gained any weight yet, my stomach has definitely "bloated out" much quicker than with my first two, so some nice stretchy jeans would be nice! ;)

Sleep: Go to bed around 8:30-ish and then I'll randomly wake up around 3am with every possible thought known to man running through my head, and sometimes it takes a good hour before I can fall back asleep! :(

Food cravings/aversions: no craving, but as for aversions, pretty much EVERYTHING! I can eat something one day and then the next day even the thought of it could make me vomit!
Movement? I know they say it's too early, but I swear I feel something! :)

What I miss: a full nights sleep, having energy, and not being nauseous but I know, this too shall pass! :)

Best moment(s) this week: getting to see my sweet baby on the ultrasound in 3D! Oh, and making him/her Facebook and blog "official" ;)

What I'm looking forward to: getting my energy back

Next appointment: March 6th

Milestones: a little over an inch or so long, crown to bottom — and weighs less than a quarter of an ounce, your baby has now completed the most critical portion of his development. This is the beginning of the so-called fetal period, a time when the tissues and organs in his body rapidly grow and mature.

He's swallowing fluid and kicking up a storm. Vital organs — including his kidneys, intestines, brain, and liver (now making red blood cells in place of the disappearing yolk sac) — are in place and starting to function, though they'll continue to develop throughout your pregnancy. (via Baby Center)

Happy Valentines Day

Ironically enough, the love that I feel in my heart today is overwhelming...we made our sweet #3 "Facebook official" last night and the outpouring of love and congrats was truly overwhelming! It's amazing to feel so loved and GENUINELY cared for by people! The people who took the time to say how lucky this baby is to come into our family, brought me to tears! I know we aren't perfect and we fail, OFTEN, but it's nice to know that people see and acknowledge the type of family we are trying to create and the children we are trying to raise! :) NOT that we need other peoples approval, but let's be honest, it sure is nice! ;)

No big romantic plans tonight for us...although he did send flowers to work! :) We'll probably just order out dinner and celebrate with the kiddos, like we usually do! Next Friday we are going to see Chris Tomlin, so I supposed that will be our Valentines Day "date" :)

I hope you all have a great day! :)