25 weeks and counting...

SOOOO... it's been a few... 5 weeks since my last update!

Sorry to those of you who actually read this thing ;) I've been so busy with this Anatomy class and I'm so tired all the time?! Crazy... like my body is working overtime or something and getting up at 5am every morning does not help - not to mention the ninja practicing his fighting skills in my belly!

Happening since my last update...

Everyone is SO excited we're having a BOY!

Little Paxtyn Xavier is one loved (spoiled rotten) kid already! The minute I called my mom to tell her the news she started shopping... I'm pretty sure she was sitting in the parking lot waiting to find out boy or girl!

PawPaw (my daddy) was pretty stoked too, considering Pax will be the first little boy in our family!!

So, Joel and I finally came to an agreement on how we were going to decorate Paxtyn's room... Although for now I'm basically gathering ideas and throwing them in his room and walking away until J gets home... here we go...

This is the color scheme we're going with... not neccissarily The Avengers... we're going to be incorporating all types of sports along with TX Rangers and TX Longhorn stuff.

One of our many projects with Joel gets home will be this awesome baseball flag I found on the wonderful, addicting site... Pinterest :)

*We will be needing 8 balls and 4 wooden bats if anyone is interested in donating! ;)*

So a few weeks passed and my momma and niece, Alex came to visit me!!

We did a lot of laying around, and shopping for Paxtyn...

I had a doctors appointment while they were here and it was pretty cool for them to be able to come and hear his heart beat and all.

He's a very active little boy, his heart rate was in the 150s and he wasn't too fond of the doppler invading his space and kicked it!

The night before he was moving a lot so I grabbed Alex's hand to see if she could feel, of course she had no clue what she was feeling for and couldn't feel him. So since he was so active at the dr I grabbed her hand again and he gave her a nice hard kick and she flipped out! LOL, 16 years old and thinks that babies are so gross and the whole pregnancy thing is even worse... (I'm praying she keeps thinking that way for at least another 10 years!!)

She eventually came around and was more concerned about his safety and not making me cry than anything! Silly girl ;)

I have some pretty great nieces :) These are the two oldest and I can't believe how fast they've grown up and how OLD that makes me feel! I can't wait to see them in a few weeks!

Savannah & Alex (Autumn, Jayla & Lexie not pictured)

So since my mom & niece left I've just been going to school and trying to stay as healthy as I can! We eat pretty good around here (Paxtyn & I) 

He does a pretty good job of letting me know when I shouldn't have eaten something... lol, like anything greasy and fried... is a no-no, so we eat A LOT (& I mean a lot) of fresh avocados, tomatoes, cucumbers, pb&js and babybels :)

BUT! In this house, we are VERY excited that dad, Joel, is ON HIS WAY HOME! I mean... it takes a week and all but... at least he's on his way, right?!

I canNOT wait to have him back! It has been a long 5 months without him. It could have been worse, way worse but it will be SO NICE, so so nice to have him back... especially since I'm getting bigger and to the point it is hard to do certain things and if its heavy... forget about it... not to mention baby Paxtyn will be here in a few short months!!! And the fact that I CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE MY HUSBAND BACK! I'm NOT a touchy-feely person, but I can't wait to hold his hand and not let go and hug him and kiss him and be in the same country, state, city... HOUSE with him!! :):)

So... I have hit what I guess you could call a "growth spurt" to say the least lol! After being so so sick the first 20 weeks straight and actually losing weight instead of gaining it, once I was able to keep food down, Pax started growing & so did I!

 

We have a FULL schedule over the next month!
Joel comes home!
Rangers vs. Royals in KC... FRONT ROW tickets behind the Rangers dugout :):)
HOME to TX for some much needed family & friend time- baby shower
Off to see our wonderful friends in Delaware!
Then Joel turns 28!!!

**Registered at Target, Babies-R-Us, Buy Buy Baby**

How far along? 25wks4days
Total weight gain/loss: gained 1lb from my initial weight at 6wks
Maternity clothes? Oh definitely! Well... at least my pants are maternity! Tops are normal everyday shirts, I try not to get maternity shirts cause I hate thinking I'm only going to wear these for a few more months and then what...
Stretch marks? A few on my sides... in love with Mama Bee belly butter by Burt's Bee's!!
Sleep: Up at least every hour to pee... my back is killing my so changing positions is a pain... oh, and the karate going on inside my belly... yea its distracting
Best moment this week: Single digit countdown til Joel is HOME!
Miss Anything? Does Joel count? Margaritas, Tex-mex (but that's cause we're in MISERY (Missouri)
Movement:.... does it stop? I mean, he's gotta sleep sometime right?
Food cravings: Avocadoes. Tomatoes. Babybel Swiss w/wheat thins. PB&J sandwiches. Milk (ICE cold) and nutterbutters...
Anything making you queasy or sick: depends on the day... ground beef... cottage cheese now taste like mold :( string cheese now tastes like plastic :( organic peanut butter tastes like dirt.
Have you started to show yet: YES- got my first "AWE, when are you due?" comment from a total stranger the other day :)
Gender prediction: IT'S A BOY!
Labor Signs: None
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? It's be uber hot lately and I swell at night from goinggoinggoing all day and couldn't get my ring off the other night, soooo I got a "temporary bling" ;)
Happy or Moody most of the time: usually angry, very short tempered, impatient... lol need I go on?
Looking forward to: This week to be over already (5 test in Anatomy) and next week to be here! (class will be OVER & J will be HOME!)