18 weeks

I'm 18 weeks and feeling great! As long as it's very cold in my bedroom I can sleep really well too.

I'm still in the surprise stage that I'm pregnant. This was a planned pregnancy, but I'm still surprised I am going to be a Mom again. I think we surprised a few people with telling this news too.

Since announcing my pregnancy the most common question is..."what do you want, a boy this time?". Seriously, we would have adopted a male dog, if we wanted another male in the house. I went into this knowing that would be the biggest topic of conversation. I really like the comment..."if this isn't a boy, will you try again?". Sometimes I wonder if I would have tried earlier for another baby, if people would have not talked so much about Jenna not being a boy..... I always thought the biggest concern would be..is the baby healthy. Well, for all the world to know....we want a healthy baby. We would love a boy or a girl.

I have my level II ultrasound on August 11 and we hope to find out if it's a boy or girl. As I've posted in an earlier post...the tech at 13 weeks said 70% chance it's a girl!!

We will see in August if he was right!!

These are pictures of me at 18 weeks preggo. I am bigger than some people when they deliver!hehe

If you look at these two pictures real close you will notice I am bigger on my left side than my right. The left side is where I feel the baby moving around more.

I normally feel the baby moving around when I am reading to the girls at night! I love that because the girls love to be read to and read and I think this baby will be the same way!

Buying baby things has been fun for me and the girls! Meghan wants to pick out everything pink and Jenna wants to get the baby tons of toys!! After we find out the gender (if it works that way for us) we will buy the bedding and some cute little outfits!!

Natural History Museum

This past weekend we headed out for a day in London...with our main stop being the Natural History museum. The girls have been looking forward to seeing a few dinosaurs and we can check it off their "to see" list! We drove down to Epping and took the train in and that is always the start of the fun day for the girls. They love riding the train and I'm actually fine with it until we get into the busy parts of the underground. A few train lines were down this past weekend, so we had a few tight train rides, but we survived. We packed our lunch and ate at the Museum, but couldn't get fast enough for the girls.

The line to see the T-rex was pretty long, but worth the wait (for the girls)....it wasn't bones...it looked like a "real" dinosaur. You would have thought it was a real one because people were hanging over the rail looking at it like it was going to move and do something! Jenna loved it but Meghan got a little scared and hid behind Rob.

We could probably go back to the museum a few more times and see things we missed this first time. We really enjoy our days out in London and we look forward to many more.

Summer heat

We have finally reached summer time weather here. It has been in the 80s all week and the girl have loved loved loved it. They have played out back in the water most days and have found everything they can to play in. I will call the white bucket their redneck swimming pool!!hehehe They had so much fun filling it up and then standing in it...yes you hear me right...just standing in it! The neighbor's dog, Nessie, was in on the fun and she enjoyed drinking the water from the bucket. The girls have on very cute matching swimsuits. I purchased these from Children's Place for $8 each!!!

Nessie is waiting for her turn!!

Pottery painting

Friday we went with our friend, Kristy, to paint pottery! We had so much fun and hope to get in a few more trips this summer. Meghan painted a large plate and Jenna painted a pig!

Show us Where You live Friday

Welcome to my home this week!......(well...this is actually my bedroom pictures from California).

We took some advice before moving to England and left all our oversized/large furniture. So the only thing from our bedroom we brought over the pond was our mattress/boxspring and a frame. I'm so happy we did that because we would be sleeping downstairs in the living room because my bedroom furniture would have never fit up the stairs.

We purchased this furniture when I was pregnant with Jenna and we had been married for about 8 years!

We love it and miss it so much. I really miss all the drawer space and my nightstand.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Summer Time

This summer is going to be a bit different than summer's past. Normally the girls and I head out on a plane to North Carolina, but this summer we are staying put. We were going to plan a trip to southern Germany, but that didn't work out. We are planning some day and weekend trips around the UK, so stay tuned for pictures!

The girls and I have planted a few fruits/veggies and flowers in the back garden. I have enjoyed some nice summer weather the past few days, except the warm weather has brought some little green flying bugs...and they are everywhere.

The girls and really enjoying the lazy days of summer!!

My strawberries!!

Two heads of lettuce, carrots, radishes and the strawberry plant

Today 5 years ago.....

Today 5 years ago.....I was waiting at home for Rob to return from LAX with Stephanie and Kayla. I felt a little "funny" and thought I might be in labor, but wasn't sure because I was two weeks from my due date. I called him and told him to come straight home, don't do any sightseeing. I then cleaned up the house and took a nap with Meghan (she was 21 months old). When he returned we hung out and then went to my scheduled doctor's appointment. Nothing much was told at the appointment....I was 2cm and 90%...so I was told to go home and if I started having contractions under 10 minutes apart to go to the hospital. (side note....we lived about 35 minutes from the hospital). I hung out with Steph and we started dinner. I noticed my back pain was getting closer together and it was about 3-5 minutes apart, so Rob and I gave her all the info about Meghan and the house and headed out. The hospital, Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster CA, wanted to send us home because I was still at 2cm and nothing had changed since my 3pm appointment. It was around 8pm and we told them we were not leaving, so they said I could walk around for an hour and if nothing changed, I would have to go home. Well....20 minutes later I was at 6cm, so they started to believe me;) I had to wait for a labor and delivery room and thought I was going to deliver in triage, but finally I was taken to L&D.... it was around 930-10pm. I was able to get an epidural and relax a little and my sweet little Jenna decided to check out the world at 1030pm!!!

Today is Jenna's 5th birthday!!! She has changed so much over the past five years and I have to say I have enjoyed each and every moment. Happy Birthday to my sweet baby girl, Jenna!!!