He's a Mover!

Jace has been moving A LOT tonight! Here's a video of my Little Man!

32 Weeks

The countdown is on! Only 8 weeks left! Not much longer now and we're all getting more and more excited! My appointment last week went well. I got my Rhogam shot since I'm RH- and it wasn't so bad. Avaree thought it was funny that Mama had to get a shot in her butt! (Well, hip really)

[Pic taken at 31 weeks 6 days.

I think it's actually grown a little since then!]

And for fun, here's my view:

Pregnancy: 32 weeks 1 day
Weight Gain: At my appointment last week I had gained 2 pounds, so I'm now down 3 pounds from my starting weight.
Sleep: I toss and turn and can't get comfy AT ALL.
Gender: BOY!
Name: Jace William
Feeling: Pretty good, feels like I have a bruised rib though. There's constant pain there, even if his little butt isn't resting there.
Movement: He's slowed down quite a bit. He shifts around a lot. I don't really feel many kicks and jabs anymore. He's still getting hiccups quite a bit.
Belly: Getting bigger. I think it's really grown in the past week or 2.
Next Appointment: April 22 at 33 weeks 3 days

Easter!

We had a great Easter this year! I was off on Good Friday, so Avaree and I colored eggs. She loved it, and she loved her glittery eggs!Sunday morning we woke up early to go to the Sunrise Service on the beach with Gammy and Grandaddy (James had to be at work at 7 that morning). We left the house at 6:20 and were on the beach before the sun came up. It was really nice out there and it was a great service.

After that, she and I came home and watched Princess & The Frog and Barbie in A Mermaid Tale. The Easter Bunny brought both of those to her in her basket. I fell asleep on both of them but she loved them both, although she had already seen Princess & The Frog at school. We spent the afternoon at the beach with Gammy then went over to Gammy and Grandaddy's for dinner. Jennifer and Justin came up to enjoy Easter dinner with us. Uncle Justin hid eggs for Avaree and she had a blast hunting them!

Follow-up Ultrasound

Our follow-up was this morning to check on the location of my placenta. I am happy to say that it has moved up and is out of the way! NO previa!! It's been marginal/low-lying the past 2 ultrasounds so I'm really glad it's moved! So that means hopefully no c-section!

Little Jace now weighs 3 pounds 8 ounces, so he's right on track. His heart rate was 155 and he had the hiccups when we tried to listen to his heartbeat. He has hair and he's in the right position, head down and face down. What I've been feeling constantly in my ribs is his butt and a pair of heels! It hurts!

Here are pics from today, and I've also updated this post with the 24 week ultrasound pics. (I finally hooked our printer/scanner back up from where we moved!

His hand & five little fingers:
This one is so funny to me. You may have to tilt your head to the right, but it looks like he's smiling. This is his face, and you can see the little teeth buds.

Tilt your head to the right again and this is his face propped up on his hand:
(doing Melita's pose! ha ha)
His hair:
What the arrow is pointing to is what she said was hair!

30 Weeks!

It's hard to believe this pregnancy is 75% done! Wow! 30 weeks down, 10 to go! My belly has really grown in the past week or 2. It should have though because Jace should be weighing over 3 pounds. We'll find out how big he really is in the morning at our ultrasound! Here's my belly today. Excuse the awful pic, we've been outside cleaning out the garage!Pregnancy: 30 weeks
Weight Gain: down 5 lbs (as of last appointment, I'm sure I've broke even now!)
Sleep: Can't really get comfortable
Gender: BOY!
Name: Jace William
Feeling: Good, my back's been hurting, and I think I have a foot stuck in my ribs!
Movement: He's slowed down in the past week or so but he still moves a lot, he's getting cramped in there! He's most active in the mornings right before I get up and at night, and he gets hiccups at least once a day.
Belly: Growing! Everyone keeps saying they can't believe I'm as far along as I am because my belly isn't that big. But it's definitely been getting bigger.
Next Appointment: Follow-up ultrasound tomorrow morning, March 30. Next regular appointment is Tuesday, April 6 at 31 wks 1 day

From the mouth of a 4 year old.

I am amazed sometimes at the things that come out of Avaree's mouth. I just don't know where she gets this stuff!

Yesterday, her Grandaddy was asking her when she was going to learn to say yes ma'am, no ma'am, yes sir, and no sir. (She goes through phases, she'll do really well for a while and then she stops...) He gave her this long spiel about it, telling her that she'll be 5 soon and she should know to say that. When he was done, she turned and said "I didn't see that coming!"

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On the way home from school one day last week, our conversation went a little something like this...
Avaree: I'm not gonna ask for a job when I grow up.
Me: What do you mean? You're not going to work?
A: Nope, I'm gonna stay home everyday.
Me: Well where are you going to live?
A: You know....with Gammy!
Me: Oh, well how are you going to pay your bills? And how are you going to eat?
A: We'll go buy groceries. When they're at work, I'll go buy groceries.
Me: What are you going to buy groceries with?
A: With my money.
Me: How will you have money if you don't work?
A: [she thought for a minute] Well.....Nanny doesn't work!!

Ha ha ha I guess she thinks since Nanny doesn't have to work, then she won't have to either. I told her that Nanny is retired now, but she did work for a long time.

And later that night when I was telling James about this, she decided that she was going to get a job. BUT--it was going to be somewhere that no one works yet, because she is going to be the boss.

To cloth...or not to cloth

That is the question.

I've really been considering using cloth diapers with Jace. It's more costly upfront, but it's a lot cheaper over the long run. I've done hours (yes, I'm serious) of research online. I even dreamed about cloth diapers the other night I've looked at them so much! There are so many different kinds of cloth diapers and it's really overwhelming. James is on board with the idea (probably because he doesn't do the laundry!). If we decide to use cloth, we'll still use disposables some too, mainly at daycare.

I'm leaning towards using one size diapers, so they'll last until we're ready to potty train (as long as they're cared for properly). They're adjustable and fit from about 10 to 35 pounds.

I ordered a couple of diapers last week from Kelly's Closet because there is a coupon for a free diaper when you spend $10. So I got a Flip One-Size diaper and it came with the cover and an insert. I like these because you can just replace the insert with a clean one when it's wet or dirty, unless the cover gets dirty too. But you can supposedly just wipe the cover out and reuse it again and again.

The free diaper was a bumGenius All-in-One. These diapers are sized but it's all one piece and you just take the whole diaper off and put on a clean one. It has an insert built in, but there's a pocket in the back where you can put another one in for extra absorbency. I ordered a small, which is for 8 to 16 pounds. BumGenius also makes a one-size diaper that I would like to try.

The coupon is valid until May 31, so if anyone wants to order me some (ha!) the details are here. Just use promo code BGMAGAIO after you add $10 or more in bumGenius, Flip, or Econobum products to your cart. Then add what size and color diaper you want in the comments.

I also want to try Smartipants diapers. These are one size diapers (7 to 35 pounds) with inserts. I plan to order a 3-pack of them to try them out. These are more economical than bumGenius. Smartipants and Flip diapers have snaps and bumGenius is velcro. I feel like the snaps will outlast the velcro but the velcro seems like it would be a more precise fit.

Cloth diapering may not work for us but I still want to give it a try. We'll see how it goes in about 3 months!