Busy lives, 25 weeks pregnant, and nonstop unpacking

Our home for the next 3 years. It's pretty spacious!

Well, we did it. We are officially moved in to our new house! The house was ready for move in on August 17th so we jumped at the opportunity and made it happen. The best part is all of our belongings had arrived so we didn't even need to get military loaner furniture. The first night I slept on an air mattress with Leah because we got to go in the night before if we wanted (and I wanted Kairi out of the kennel so I did that) but the next morning they were there ready to put things where they belonged. The movers were nice guys and hauled a lot of heavy crap up our 20 stairs but never complained once when I said that big box needed to be carried to the second floor. Haha. Of course I went into I-want-my-house-put-together mode and cleaned that whole day nonstop but I am trying to slow down a little bit because I had some swelling and pain in my legs and back from too much bending and lifting. Right now the kitchen is the only room that is pretty much put together and that's fine by me because that's where all of the cooking and eating happens anyways!

This is my car, the Primera I mentioned buying in my last post.

Since I last wrote I've been to my first OB appointment here, Leah has been to her 12-month wellbaby check up (which she went to at 13 months but oh well), Kairi came home (yay!), Christian has been on a crappy schedule (boo), and life has continued to throw punches and unexpected blessings our way. Some days are harder than others but I think that is just how things are when you're pregnant, have a husband who's exhausted from his job, and your 13-month-old is going through a growth spurt while teething. I have days when I feel like Christian isn't even really here because all he does is work and sleep, and those are the ones that are the hardest to get through because I just want him home with us. He is going to put in for leave this week hopefully so we know for sure he will be home in the days following the baby's birth.

Taken around 22.5 weeks along

I am now 25 weeks and 2 days pregnant. At my first OB appointment I was flat-out denied a VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean), and was given the day right then and there that the OB would reserve for my repeat cesarean: November 30th. So, little Z and I will share a birth month. I was really excited at the chance to have a vaginal birth just because I am still fuzzy when it comes to thinking about the day Leah was born after I got into the OR. It makes me really sad to think I may not remember holding him for the first time - a memory I still struggle with about Leah. Part of me feels like stopping after this birth, never considering a third, because I will forever be seen as a "risk" to doctors. Another part of me says if I can have my third, I should - I've always wanted 3 or 4 kids. *sigh* But I digress. Because I will have another cesarean - and this one is scheduled - we can request Christian's leave dates to begin a day or two before hand and have them go through the next week. My mom is also looking at plane tickets since she'll have her passport in a few weeks. It's crazy to think next week is already September then it'll be October...and before you know it I'll be 23, going in to have my second child. It's such a crazy thought to me. It's exciting, but it's nerve wrecking at the same time. How will Leah adapt? How will I adapt?

Leah loves her talking Mickey Mouse :)

Baby Z is still nameless but I am making it my goal to change that by this weekend. I have a lot of names I like, Christian just wants a more ~exotic and ~unique name, something I understand but also realize isn't always the best idea. I want them to stand out more than "John" or "Aiden/Aidan" (two really popular names) when they start school and make friends, but I don't want him to get mocked because I gave in and let Christian name him HORATIO (yes, he is serious about that name). I remember as soon as I found out I was pregnant with Leah I had names picked out and ready by 15 weeks. I have a million girl names I like, boys are just tougher! Haha.

For now Leah is back up and I am going to take care of laundry while we watch Mickey Mouse. I'll try uploading some videos & photos to Facebook, Flickr, and this blog tomorrow. :)

Housework and an (almost) expensive mistake

Today is ending on a fairly positive note and I think all four of us are looking forward to getting plenty of rest tonight. I'll fill in the gaps as to what has happened since I updated ~9 hours ago.

Earlier Leah decided that naps are lame and woke up a little over 30 minutes after finally falling asleep. She wasn't in a great mood but she was fairly giggly for getting in such a short nap. I fed and changed her, then Christian called to say they ended the exercise early so he'd be home at 5:00 - only an hour early but I'll take it! After last night we were both feeling really tired and run down so we opted to order pizza for delivery instead of me trying to come up with something to make for dinner. Truthfully neither of us want to do dishes tonight, so we went with our default you-can't-go-wrong-with-pizza option. It ended up being exactly what we needed, especially the garlic bread sticks and marina sauce. I don't know what it is about me, pregnancy, and marinara sauce but I could literally eat it all day and night right now. Spaghetti, bread sticks, pizza, anything marinara would be tasty on I will gladly eat. We also had root beer with dinner (imagine that, right?), then we all mellowed out a bit. I talked with my Mom about the new happenings with the move, and Leah was with Christian in our room playing.

While she was distracted I decided I'd fold laundry that's been calling my name all day but I've been avoiding. I was watching TLC's "I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant", and was on auto pilot for the most part. In the middle of pairing socks up I felt something heavy and round in one of my socks...so I decided to turn it inside out and see what it was. As I'm doing so I hear something hit the floor...and it ends up being a shiny, silver ring. I figured it might be one of my cheap fake rings I have on hand in case my hands swell and my normal rings don't fit (which will happen while pregnant my not-yet-pregnant friends!) so I grab it expecting to see some tarnished piece of cheap plastic. Well, it was actually 2 rings that we had soldered when we got married - my engagement ring and my wedding band. Color me confused when I made this realization. I called Christian over and asked him when he last remembers seeing this particular ring set. He just kind of looked at me and said "Uh, I don't know, when did you last wear it?" So apparently these rings could have been missing for days or even a week...or two...being I found this sock under our bed just yesterday. I admit I have more rings than I need really, so I often rotate which ring I wear since I only wear 1 ring at a time. I'm still surprised I didn't notice it was missing, though, as this set will always be my favorite since it was my first. Pregnancy brain is a powerful thing because I honestly have NO idea when I last saw it. I can't even come up with a general idea. Then again I wouldn't remember half of what happened today if I didn't blog about it so I guess I shouldn't be surprised....

We have two more appointments set up - the date we move out of our house and Christian's last day at work - but we have three more to make. I'm hoping they'll let Christian take a few hours tomorrow to do all of that before it gets to the end of the month...which is next Wednesday! I can't believe a week from tomorrow will be July...and only 9 days from my baby's first birthday. She's not allowed to turn one...I am going to be a wreck.