tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45645465141419110942024-03-13T13:02:32.392-04:00Coghills in Florida The adventures of Lee, Kelsey, and Leo Coghill -Kelsey Coghillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09688241073727825801noreply@blogger.comBlogger530125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564546514141911094.post-36410702887647728052017-11-15T18:35:00.000-04:002017-11-15T18:35:00.159-04:00Rainy season We are in the rainy season here in Honduras. And it is definitely called that for a reason. So much rain! One of the first Spanish phrases I learned here was mucha lluvia - a lot of rain!<br />
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It is really beautiful when it rains and I love the sound of it.<br />As long as it doesn't rain so much that it prevents the bus from going to town on Saturdays I won't complain :)<br />
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<br />-Kelsey Coghillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09688241073727825801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564546514141911094.post-34954311197536410702017-11-14T18:10:00.001-04:002017-11-14T18:16:59.955-04:00Our Honduran Home For our 3 months in Honduras we are living on the compound of Hospital Loma de Luz. Loma de Luz is a part of the Cornerstone Foundation which also operates a school and a children's home. You can read more about their ministry here - <a href="http://www.crstone.org/">http://www.crstone.org/</a><br />
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I am still learning about the school and children's center and one day soon (as soon as it stops raining so I can walk over!) I want to visit the children's center.<br />
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Where we are living there is one entrance and it is gated and guarded. When you come in you can go straight to the hospital or turn right up the hill to the residences. There is a building they call staff housing, which is basically short term housing, like a motel, with a common room and big kitchen. They have books and games to borrow and a screened in porch with hammocks.<br />
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Then in our building there are three, three bedroom apartments.<br />
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Further up the hill are the long term missionaries with families mostly and they have houses and AMAZING views of the Caribbean!<br />
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Our house here is even bigger than our condo in Fort Myers and we aren't even using the bedroom upstairs at all. It is nice and has everything we need, but it doesn't come without a few quirks. Our favorite of which is the bathroom with 3 doors. :)<br />
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It is surrounded by gorgeous flowers and basically the jungle on 3 sides. I love it!<br />
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We have a front porch swing and a back porch with a baby swing and hammock. I could live on the porch if I could get Houston to stop trying to fall off and throw everything we own over the railing.<br />
Thankfully one of the families that lived here before us put up this chicken wire above the railing to prevent kids from climbing and falling!<br />
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The living room - which serves as a basketball court and wrestling ring as well </div>
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The bathroom with 3 doors. One leads to Leo and Houston's room, one goes to the room with the shower, and one leads to the living room area. The best part is none of these doors close very well because they have all swollen with humidity, haha! </div>
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And finally we have the laundry room. My least favorite room. There are holes around the washer pipes that lead to a storage area under the building that mice and rats could and maybe did very easily climb up into our house. Last week in La Ceiba I bought steel wool pads and we stuffed the holes and since then haven't seen any traces of rodents in the apartment! I really hope that solves the issue...</div>
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<br />-Kelsey Coghillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09688241073727825801noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564546514141911094.post-7686199489046601862017-11-05T23:33:00.003-04:002017-11-05T23:33:29.014-04:00Honduras 4 days in Hola!<br />Yep, that was super cheesy and I'm pretty sure how every single person who has ever blogged from a Spanish speaking country has begun a blog post. I'm just trying to be in the club. Really that's about as good as my Spanish gets. I'm trying... maybe in 3 months I'll be able to say something, but I'm not holding my breath.<br />
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So, we arrived in Honduras on Wednesday and today is only Sunday but we have crammed so much into these past few days.<br />
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Long journeys down crazy dirt roads full of pot holes, hiking up a mountain, walking along the beach, attending a Spanish church, walking across scary hanging bridges, and Lee has begun working in the hosptial...<br />
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We are definitely in the jungle. It is crazy.<br />
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We've had so many different encounters with animals.<br />Our first morning here I woke up to the sound of howler monkeys yelling in the trees outside our bedroom window. It was terrifying. We've since seen the actual monkeys and heard them yell at cars driving by from our back porch and it's still just as scary.<br /><br />Our first day I saw tarantula under our porch stairs. In the span of about 90 seconds I watched toucans jump around in the trees, a weird squirrel thing run up a tree, and a giant lizard ran from me.<br />
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On our trips to and from La Ceiba we've been stopped several times because of cows crossing the roads and all along the way you can see cows, horses, chickens, ducks, and pigs.<br />
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But the worst. by far. the worst animal encounter was waking up this morning to find that one of the bananas I had left laying on the counter of our kitchen had been devoured by some creature. I'm still not over it. I couldn't bring myself to dispose of it and had to wait for Lee to wake up to inspect the kitchen. We're assuming it was a mouse/rat. I can barely even type that.<br /><br />
I would consider myself a pretty brave person. There are a lot of things that I can do, including holding snakes and tarantulas and moving to Central America with my 2 little children.... but I might actually have a phobia of rodents. I've been so jumpy all day knocking on doors and making loud noises before I enter rooms. I'm terrified to open the cabinets in the kitchen and all I can think about is once I go to sleep some thing is going to be roaming my house and touching all my stuff. Don't even get me started with Leo and Houston sleeping in their own room....<br />So honestly, pray for me. Pray we catch it or it ran off and I never have to see it or any other mammal in the house for the next 3 months.<br />
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Okay so other reactions from my first few days - it is humid. Like everything is damp and I can hear the mold growing damp. The sun was even out for a few days and it still felt damp and sticky. We're in the raining season so I only expect more of the same. The plus side is it hasn't been too hot! I'm actually typing this laying in bed and wearing one of Lee's long sleeved shirts! I'll do a post soon about our house here, but we are not using air conditioning. There is a unit in the bedroom but we haven't turned it on because it's pretty cool in the evenings and we have ceiling fans and a couple other fans.<br />
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I guess I went over the bad stuff first. Truthfully, I am really happy with our decision to come and am really loving it here! We have a front porch with a swing and a back porch with a hammock. I could probably live on the porch! Leo and Houston love it too! Leo and I have been spending some time in the afternoons cuddling in the hammock while Houston naps and practicing our Spanish.<br />I'll do a post soon about Lee's experience working in the hospital. It's going to be interesting!<br />
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It is crazy beautiful here. So lush and green and I love looking out and seeing mountains. Leo is having fun and making new friends everywhere he goes.<br />
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Tomorrow will be kind of like our first real day in our new routine. Lee has to work and I'll be free to do whatever we want for the entire day. If it's not raining I plan on hiking up the mountain again to visit the kids and their nanny's to practice my Spanish!<br />
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Our days have been starting around 5:30am. Surprisingly I have been awake before the boys! Daylight is basically 5:30am - 5:30pm and it's been an adjustment to get used to. Houston has been getting up around 5:30 and going to bed around 6:30 with Leo waking up and going to bed slightly later. I've even been getting in bed around 9pm, which is super unusual for me!<br />
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There are a lot of other families here so I think it's going to be fun to get to spend time with other people in a similar situation as us, although they are here for the long term and we are only in it for 3 months! There is a Thanksgiving potluck planned and I'm sure something special for Christmas. I'm looking forward to it and already planning my dishes to take for Thanksgiving because I'll need to be on the lookout for supplies in advance!<br />
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So once a week on Saturday a school bus comes and picks up a group from the compound and drives us about an hour and half to La Ceiba to shop. I'll do a more detailed post soon, but I was pleasantly surprised with our first trip into the city this week! We even ate at a Pizza Hut! and I found Goldfish at a store!<br />I feel like singing the Mary Tyler Moore theme song - we're gonna make it after all!<br />
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<br />-Kelsey Coghillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09688241073727825801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564546514141911094.post-90972340587993895682017-08-31T07:51:00.001-04:002017-08-31T07:51:06.425-04:00Leo 3.5Leo turned 3 and a half last week.<br />My boy is getting so big.<br />He is so independent and brave and smart and precious.<br /><br />
I don't even know where to begin with him. He amazes me every single day. Seriously. He is so smart and funny. He is always saying the cleverest things. Sometimes he's too clever.<br />
<br />Last week we were getting ready for church and I said - Leo do you know your verse for this week? and he said no... and I said well then you're not going to get any candy... and he said its okay, Miss Kaye gives me candy even if I don't say it.<br />and then! At church Miss Kaye was talking to them about how important it is to listen to your mom and dad and Leo says - "but it's easy to just go to time out"<br /><br />Last night we went to Chickfila and I was trying to bribe him to help me clean up his bedroom before and I said - Leo if you help me clean up I'll get you ice cream after dinner. He thinks for a second and says - no, I don't like chickfilas ice cream anyway.<br /><br />I should be afraid of what is to come...<br /><br />But I promise more often than he says things like that he is super sweet. He makes up the sweetest songs. Today he sang this to me -<br /><br />God is with you wherever you go<br />
God will protect you<br />
God made dinosaurs<br />
Dinosaurs are not here anymore<br />
I love you<br />
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He is amazing at drawing and writing. He has been writing his name forever but now he likes to write all different kinds of letters and then ask me what it spells. Or he will ask me how to write a word and write it out perfectly. I really feel like he's going to read soon. He knows all his letter sounds and can sound out short words and he can do a few sight words. - Dog, cat, mommy, daddy, Houston, Batman lol.<br />
It makes me so happy that he loves to do art projects. Almost every day we draw with chalk or paint or just draw on paper. He is getting pretty detailed and I love all his art. Its so hard to have to throw some of them away sometimes. But I always take a picture first!<br />
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Oh and back to church and the bible verses - he is great at memorizing verses. He has about 5 that he can recite and he knows the entire Lord's prayer. Sometimes he sings it in his little made up songs :)<br />
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He is so curious. It keeps things interesting. He asks me to look things up on my phone or he wants to find a book about certain subjects at the library. Today he asked the librarian for a book about worms that suck blood... and the other day he insisted we good whether or not ants have boogers.<br />
One day he got in trouble for chopping down one of my plants but I couldn't be mad after he told me the reason he did it was that he just wanted to see what was inside of it. haha. He asks that about a lot of things - what is inside of it?!<br />
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One of his favorite subjects is sea creatures. His current favorite show that he asks to watch almost every single day is Octonauts... I still don't like him watching a lot of TV, but he really loves this show and remembers every single thing about it. He's taught me about cone snails, burmese pythons (pyphones to Leo :), squid, jelly fish, alligators, and so much more. He is Kwazzi, I am Tweak, Lee is Captain Barnacles, and Houston is Peso. I don't know... just the names he gave us.<br />
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One of the most adorable things is Leo now has imaginary friends. I've read that it is a sign of intelligence lol. I don't know about that, but it is fun.<br />
For a couple months now Leo has talked about "his animals" in pretty much every situation it is - oh my animals can do that or my animals have been there before or my animals will keep us safe.<br />This week though the animals have begun physically being in our house. The two he talks to the most about are his Tiger and his Monkey. The monkey swings on our ceiling fan and the tiger was sitting at our table at breakfast.<br />
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He still loves to dress up and pretend he's different superheroes. He sometimes combines different ones and powers. He mostly likes Batman and Spiderman though.<br />
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Oh and he LOVES legos! He could sit in his room for hours and build things with his legos. I know I keep saying it but that also makes me so happy! He is REALLY good too and comes up with some very cool contraptions. He is very symmetrical in his building too.<br />
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I'd say he's your typical boy in most things - he likes dirt, sports, being dangerous, tv, etc...<br />
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We're getting very excited about our upcoming adventure to Honduras. Leo can't wait to see mountains and I am feeling hopeful that he develops an interest in Spanish because as of right now he does not want to learn Spanish at all!<br />
I will tell you what though, Leo will not miss the AC while we're there. He comes out often in sweatshirts complaining about being cold and we keep our house at about 75, haha, if it's a cloudy day you can be sure Leo wants to wear pants.lol<br />
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As has been the case for his entire life, Leo is super tall. He was over 40 inches this summer when we went to Busch Gardens so he got to ride a lot of the bigger rides! It's crazy!<br />
I think he's finally gained some weight too. We'll find out at Houston's 15 month appointment soon how much he weighs and how tall he is. He's wearing 4-5T and size 11, almost 12 in shoes!!<br />
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He's still pretty picky in the eating department, but he has been more open at least to trying things thankfully. He finally eats chicken and french fries out in restaurants! haha! I NEVER though I'd be happy about that, but it's so much more convenient when he will eat SOMETHING on the menu. I think part of the difference is he decided he likes ketchup... and chickfila helps. The gateway nuggets.<br />
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And besides being smart, funny, and sweet.... this kid is ridiculously good looking.<br />
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<br />-Kelsey Coghillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09688241073727825801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564546514141911094.post-91983772693738504132017-08-30T15:11:00.003-04:002017-08-30T15:11:35.329-04:00Houston 15 Months My sister in law asked me the other day how much Leo weighed when he was 2 and I was able to quickly check my blog and read a full account of everything Leo was doing when he was 2 years old (and basically every other month of his life) and while doing so I noticed I had not updated about Houston since his 9 month post... if I'm this bad with my 2nd kid what does this say about my future children's records?!<br />
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So this is me committing to blogging more! For my children's sake! haha!<br />
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Houston just might be one of the cutest 15 month old you've ever seen. Of that I'm pretty certain. He just makes you want to squeeze him. He has the best smile and the shiniest brown eyes that just dance when he's happy.<br /><br />He loves to dance. He likes The Office theme song! If you know me you know this is my all time favorite show so I often try to sneak in an episode while I'm cooking dinner or doing dishes and when the music plays Houston is always dancing. I just love it so much.<br /><br />He is a CLIMBER! If I leave the room Houston can be found on top of the kitchen table. He climbs on the toilet, on beds, chairs, into the bathtub... He also loves to get into the cabinets and pull out every single thing, but if I just hand him a stack of Tupperware he wants nothing to do with it. lol. of course.<br />He loves water. Mostly dumping water out of cups, lol, but he loves the beach and the pool and his water table that we got him for his 1st birthday!<br /><br />He also loves balls and playing basketball and reading books. The other day I no lie took a 5 minute video of him reading an animal book so intently... but you'll have to take my word for it because my phone desperately needs reset and I have commitment issues about deleting every thing so it didn't actually record it...<br />He likes to draw and eat crayons. haha. Actually maybe he just likes making messes!<br /><br />We're currently working on animal sounds. He learned to say woof woof for dog while we were in Ohio in July so about 13 months I guess. And he has been saying woof for every animal since. haha! At Busch Gardens the other day he got excited whenever he saw an animal and said woof woof woof over and over.<br />Now he can do the trick we taught Leo about sticking his tongue out for lizard and beating his chest for gorilla. He tries to moo like a cow and sometimes will say baa for sheep.<br />
I feel like he's going to be picking up a lot more quickly. Every time we practice he does more and more.<br />
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For a couple months he has been able to point out different body parts - head, eyes, mouth, nose, ears, and belly. He understands a lot of other commands too. Like if I say raise your hands or show me your feet he can.<br />
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I admit I was a lot more diligent with the sign language with Leo and at 15 months he knew a lot more signs than Houston, but Houston is very consistent and good with please, more, all done, and thank you. I need to teach him more!<br />
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Houston has so many nicknames from us - Housty, Houster, H-town... none of which were nicknames I originally thought of when I named him Houston. I thought we were going to call him Hugh or Huey lol. I love when Leo calls him a nickname though. It is so sweet.<br />They are the sweetest brothers. I can't wait to see their relationship form even more. But they definitely fight. Leo gets upset when Houston takes his stuff and Houston wants to do whatever Leo is doing... so that's fun. haha.<br />
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Houston is still on the slim size. We go tomorrow for his 15 month check up so I'll know how much he weighs and how tall he is then. My guess is long and thin! He's wearing 18 month clothes mostly, but can still fit his 12 month shorts.<br />He eats okay, but definitely not like Leo did at this age. It might be due to his environment (aka my fault) because I tend to feed him exactly what I'm feeding Leo so he eats a lot of fruit, yogurt, peanut butter, hummus, etc. He would eat every 1500 berries a day if I let him. Blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries are his favorites, but he likes strawberries too. He also loves to walk around the house chomping on an apple.<br />
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<br />Houston is just the sweetest, happiest, goofiest baby. He makes himself laugh sometimes and it cracks me up. He's super ticklish and peekaboo always works to get a smile out of him.<br />
I am so thankful he's mine.<br /><br /><br />
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Houston's first movie - Lego Batman on $1 day! He made it through the whole movie until about the last 15 minutes and I had to stand up in the back with him. </div>
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Leo turned 3 on February 25th!<br />
I can't believe he's already 3! Every mom who ever says something about her kid's birthday has to say that right? But seriously. Wow. 3 years.<br />
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If you know Leo or have been around him for more than a few minutes you'll know he loves Batman! Combine that with his newfound love of Legos and the Lego Batman movie coming out we decided to do a Lego Batman party! </div>
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We are now in our final year of residency (yeah!) so money for extra things like birthday parties isn't abundant, but since we skipped the party last year and Leo is now much more aware of things like parties and actually has little friends - we decided to have a party!<br />
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The total cost of the party was really low when compared to having a party at a party place, especially considering we had about 40-50some people and fed everyone lunch! I'd say total I spent around $100 and I'll share what we did.<br />
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It was such a fun day and amid all the fun I didn't take nearly as many pictures as I wish I had, but that's life. </div>
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First, the major expense we were able to avoid was the cost of renting a space.<br />
A couple years ago our church had a big "block party" and the teens built an awesome lego table and people donated legos to the church! When I decided on the theme having it at our church was an obvious choice. Since we are members there was no charge for using the church gymnasium (and all the church's stuff - tables, chairs, etc.) Of course when using something like your church it's proper etiquette (at least I think it is anyway) to drop a little extra in the offering plate on top of your regular tithe. Anyway! Having a party for a 3 year old in a big gym was great! We set up about half of the gym and left the other half open for wild kids to run free! It was perfect!<br />
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Next the decorations were practically free. I saved all my cardboard boxes from crackers, pasta, mail, etc. and a friend saved me several large boxes from her office and we covered them in primary colored wrapping paper that I purchased at Dollar Tree, Party City, and Hobby Lobby. I found a large roll of red at Dollar Tree because it was Valentine's Day, smaller rolls of blue, green, and yellow at Party City for .99, and a large roll of good quality black paper at Hobby Lobby for $5 with 40% off coupon! <br />
I cut out circles and glued them to the tops of the boxes to make them look like Lego bricks and used them as centerpieces (but seriously a 3 year old's party doesn't necessarily need centerpieces, lol) and with the black boxes I glued on yellow squares to look like a city skyline.<br />
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Other decorations were things we had at home - Legos!<br />
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Walmart carries Lego themed plates, napkins, cups, etc. for only .99 each! And I used the plastic cups McDonalds gave out in their Happy Meals as a holder for forks and spoons!<br />
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One thing I did spend a little money on was silicone Lego brick and men shaped molds! I found a set of 8 on Ebay for $12! I had the intentions of making crayons and chocolates and then decided on just crayons because I didn't want kids to get confused and eat the crayons! ha!<br />
Thankfully I changed my mind because I found that after I used a mold for crayons the wax was very, very, very hard to remove entirely so the chocolate probably would have tasted like wax.<br />
I tried a couple different methods of making the crayons but the best was melting them in the molds in the oven. I bought about 4 boxes of 48 crayons at the Dollar Tree, removed the papers (it is definitely easier to do if you soak the crayon in water for a couple seconds first!) and broke them into pieces, lined them in the molds, placed them on a cookie sheet and put in the oven at about 200-250 (I'm not big on specifics, haha) until they were totally melted - maybe 10 or so minutes. Then let harden on the counter until solid and then put them in the fridge to cool them completely.<br />
They turned out so cute and was seriously one of my favorite parts of the party and planning!<br />
I printed off a couple different coloring sheets on my home printer (so yeah no idea how much that cost.... but like paper and ink we already had you know) of Lego Batman and of a plain Lego man and scattered some different shapes and colors of the Lego crayons on the table.<br />
I also put a few crayons in little clear bags (40 for $1 at Dollar Tree) and gave those out as party favors.<br />
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The majority of my party budget of course went to food. I invited A LOT of people to the party. Man, kids parties are hard. First of all we had it at our church and we have so many friends and people we love at our church so they all got invited. Then I have a lot of friends from my mops group and that's the bulk of Leo's friends so I invited just so many people. I didn't get a final headcount but I think we had about 50ish people there! </div>
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I made a facebook event to invite people (oh so saved on invitations too!) and made Lee an admin also and a couple days before the party he got a little nervous and was like uhhh how do you plan on feeding all these people? haha clearly he was super involved in the party planning.<br />
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My original plan was just like oh we'll just grab some hot and ready's from Little Caesars because it's cheap, right? Well the week of the party I got an email from Pizza Hut that they had 50% off their entire menu when you ordered online! So I called and confirmed I could order 10 pizzas and get the discount AND have them delivered and they said yes!!<br />
So our menu was pizza, macaroni and cheese (that I made), chips, watermelon, rice crispie treats that looked like Lego bricks, and of course cake!<br />
For drinks I stuck to basics and had tea, lemonade, and water.<br />
2 of my sweet friends actually ended up bringing lemonade and a large fruit salad to the party which was amazing and so helpful! Making a mental note to always ask my friends if they need help with food for their kids parties ;)<br />
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And then the other expense was the cake, which I made so it was pretty cheap. <br />
I made a shot in the dark post and asked if any of my friends had Batman cookie cutters and was shocked that one actually did! So another $10-15 saved!<br />
I saw the cake idea on facebook and practiced the technique on valentines day and it didn't turn out too bad so I just went with it! I do not recommend making your kids' birthday cakes. Just buy them at the grocery, haha, but if you're like me and likes the challenge, saving money, and how happy it made Leo.... it was all worth it.<br />
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It was such a fun party and we have such great friends.<br />
Stuff like this just leaves me feeling so overwhelmingly thankful.<br />
Thankful for that precious 3 year old boy of mine and thankful for all the people in our lives.<br />
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Happy Birthday Leo!<br />
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-Kelsey Coghillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09688241073727825801noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564546514141911094.post-71196332588816275022017-03-13T15:13:00.000-04:002017-03-13T15:17:41.095-04:00Houston 9 MonthsHouston's already over 9 months and I didn't do an 8 month update.<br>
I swear I'd blame my unorganized-ness on being a mom or Houston being my 2nd kid, but I've always always been very scatterbrained and behind schedule.<br>
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So, at 9 months Houston is probably like any baby - into everything!<br>
He's crawling so fast, cruising around the furniture, and standing independently for a few seconds here and there. Leo walked at 9 months so we'll see if Houston follows that pattern, but I think it might be a bit longer for him. Maybe 10 months or so.<br>
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We had his 9 month check up today and he could do every single thing on the checklist for 9 month old babies! He's talking saying - Mama and Dada appropriately and he'll say baba and makes lots of other little sounds. I swear one day he said bubbles after I said the word. And he said lasagna once ;)<br>
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He just started signing more!! We were at Busch Gardens and I was waiting while Leo and our friend Hannah playing in Elmo's treehouse thing and I was feeding Houston and he was so hungry he was eating everything so I kept saying more? and then it just clicked and he was signing! It's a little like clapping hands, but he was purposefully doing it for food. *and since I'm just now finishing up this post and he's already 9.5 months he has been signing milk too!! I just love to see him sign and communicate with us.<br>
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He loves when we sing and dance. Our favorite song to dance around to as a family is the everything is awesome song. haha. it's a bit ridiculous, but seriously can turn around a bad mood in any of us. If I feel like I've been short tempered we turn on music. If Houston is grumpy, if Leo is bored, whatever - we just start dancing. Even Lee. It's really becoming one of my very favorite things haha because it's totally something we'd only do at home and not in front of anyone else :)<br>
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He loves to clap along when we sing If you're happy and you know it and he'll bounce around if he's standing and we start singing. He's seriously so fun.<br>
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Houston is a pretty good eater these days. It took him some time to figure out the eating bit. I'd say his favorite foods are still pureed type stuff - yogurt and applesauce mostly. And he loves the baby pancakes that are just egg and banana. He loves banana! But offer him a plain egg and he spits it out. He pretty much eats whatever we're eating at lunch and dinner. Although he isn't a big meat eater. I made chicken and dumplings about a week ago and he ate a huge bowl of it.<br>
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While he's a good eater and sleeps amazing at night (12 hours every single night!) he is the worst napper. I've tried many different techniques, but still some days he goes from 7am-7pm with no nap. On a good day he'll nap twice. At about 10:30 for hopefully like 45minutes-1 hour. Then again in the afternoon around 2 or 2:30 around an hour and half. However... most days he refuses the morning nap or falls asleep for about 5 minutes and then is up again and we retry the name after lunch. OR some days he takes a great morning nap and then refuses the afternoon nap. OR like I said just doesn't nap at all. I've tried to just making him go until after lunch and just take one nap a day and even that backfires on me. Babies.<br>
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At 9 months Houston is 20 lbs 10 oz and 30.5 inches tall! He's a tall boy! 98th percentile for height and only about 67th for weight. It's funny because I think he's so tiny compared to Leo, but 67th percent is still bigger than average. I think he's just gonna be a long, tall boy.<br>
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Houston turned 8 months old in Canada! His first experience with snow!</div>
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<br>-Kelsey Coghillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09688241073727825801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564546514141911094.post-81701029045412262452017-01-10T23:10:00.004-04:002017-01-10T23:10:50.409-04:00Houston 7 Months This past month was a big one for my Houston!<br />Sleeping thru the night, crawling, eating, saying mama, teeth, clapping, pulling up to standing... he is in hurry to be like his big brother.<br /><br />I have probably 50 videos on my phone (why I'm always out of storage...) of Houston up on his knees rocking back and for and sitting up and then getting back on his knees and then dropping to his belly - just waiting to catch him crawling and to tell you the truth, I don't know if I ever did actually catch him crawling the first day. I was just like one day he was all over the place crawling in the Christmas tree and from room to room. <br /><br />We have to keep all our doors shut now. He loves to get into the bathroom. He tries to pull up on the toilet (gross!) and the bathtub and Leo's stool. I guess it's the room where he is the least so he's dying to know whats in there... even though he is seeing a lot more of it these days now that he's eating and requires frequent baths to remove all the food from his body! He is a mess!<br />He is doing so much better with eating the past week or so. It took him a while to figure out swallowing, but now he can do it he loves food. He likes to feed himself puffs or little chunks and claps or bangs his tray when he wants more! I'm telling myself the clapping is his way of signing more, but I doubt it.<br /><br />I am trying to be better about doing sign with him. I know that was so beneficial for Leo. Leo could do so many signs and then became such a great talker with a crazy vocabulary which they attribute to early communication. Leo signed milk at around 9 months for the first time so I still have time to teach Houston. We've started very basic with milk, food, and more.<br />
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So far Houston seems to prefer yogurt, applesauce, apples, banana, sweet potato, puffs, blueberries, strawberries, and oatmeal. I force him to eat chicken, avocado, broccoli, eggs, etc. My goal this week is to give him peanut butter because they say early exposure is good for allergies but somehow he's already 7+ months and hasn't happened it yet.<br />
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The day after Christmas, so just a few days before he turned 7 months my sweet little baby started jabbering ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma and it was just the absolute best! Leo said Dada first, but I knew Houston was going to be a mama's boy ;) He will also say Baba - which I've told Leo is what Houston calls him lol, and make lots of other sounds, but he doesn't say Dada yet.<br />
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The day after he said Mama he also started clapping! I know Leo was at least 7something months old when he clapped (I remember the day and could look up the date if I tried hard enough, it was our friend Joey's show at the Broadway Palm and we took Leo with us and joked that he learned to clap for their show, haha).<br /><br />Houston got his top two teeth right after turning 7 months and tonight I was looking in his mouth and noticed the next teeth next to his front teeth, what are they called again? well whatever they are, they're swollen and will hopefully be in any day!<br />Teething however, brings me to nursing... Houston is now sleeping through the night! Yay! I think I was just complaining about it in his 6 month update and then a couple days later I woke up at about 7:30 and realized Houston hadn't woken up to eat that night! <br />That same day I switched our bedroom furniture so he could have his own room and it's been pretty smooth since, with the exception of when we had company and he slept in our room in a packnplay. He woke up in the night then, but now we're back to normal he's sleeping well again. Even with the teething.<br />We're going to Canada in a couple weeks I'm nervous about how he's going to sleep... but that's life, he'll adapt hopefully.<br />
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Anyway, nursing - Houston has been going really well and easy... until a couple days ago when I developed what I think was mastitis. I got super sick and it was miserable, but thankfully only lasted like a day or so. And then on top of that Houston now has top and bottom teeth and he's already bit me a few times. ugh. misery.<br /><br />But at least he is insanely adorable right?<br /><br />
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<br />-Kelsey Coghillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09688241073727825801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564546514141911094.post-30184867128956946392016-11-27T16:59:00.000-04:002017-01-10T16:59:19.815-04:00Houston 6 Months Dear my precious darling Houston. I am so sorry you didn't get a 5 month blog post. I promise this has nothing to do with you being the second child and everything to do with your mom being a scatter brain.<br />
In baby time a month is a lot, and 2 months is a lot a lot! Poor Houston will never really know what he was doing at 5 months old because his mom didn't write it down. It's only a foggy memory of some stuff she'll make up.<br />
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Anyway, moving on and forgiving myself of that ;)<br />
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Houston Charles is now 6 months!!<br />
This month I've been testing out little nicknames for my baby. I've been randomly calling him Housty. I don't know. I also sometimes come up with Hugh Charlie. or just Huey.<br />
Lee prefers to call him Hous-town. <br />
It's pretty fun.<br />
This baby is fun. SO FUN!<br />
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His face just shouts I'm fun! He's always smiling and his eyes twinkle. I'm so in love with this sweet little boy. He makes me want 15 more babies.<br />
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At 6 months Houston is sitting up completely unassisted and can even push himself up into a seated position. He did this for the first time while he was laying on the floor of the sanctuary at church while I was decorating for Christmas. I left him laying on a blanket playing with toys and looked over and he was sitting up and had the biggest smile. He was so proud.<br />
He's so close to crawling!! He's doing the rocking on his hands and knees and the downward dog pose. He's going to get it so soon.<br />
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On Thanksgiving he got his first taste of food - sweet potatoes! He didn't really know what to do with it. He's also had an apple to gnaw on and help him with teething. haha and to keep him occupied during dinner time. I think I'll start avocado tomorrow if they are ripe.<br />
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He is getting his two bottom teeth! About a month ahead of Leo I think.<br />
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His favorite toys are his crinkle book and sophie giraffe (that was actually Leo's... is it ok to share teething toys? lol) and he loves the jolly jumper thing.<br />
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Sleeping......... well he's ok, but he could definitely be better. He goes to bed between 7-7:30 most nights and sleeps a pretty good stretch but at about 3 or so he'll wake up to eat and I sometimes bring him to bed with me and he'll eat off and on until morning..... I honestly don't really know what happens. I wake up to reposition him depending on how I fall asleep and make sure he can't fall out of bed. It's not the best, but it happens a few times a week. Other nights I put him back in bed and then he wakes up again at like 5 and I feed him and keep him in bed with me then. It seems like he's always ending up in my bed!<br />
Full disclosure...... he did fall out of bed once and I felt like a terrible mother.<br />
I think Leo fell out once too, but I barely remember.... so soon I'll forget that Houston fell out too, right?<br />
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We still need to move our bed out of Houston's room. I KNOW we'll all sleep better, but our 3rd bedroom (which is actually the master) is FULL of my craft stuff and quite a mess. another full disclosure. ugh.<br />
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Ok, other Houston news...<br />
He makes lots of super cute noises. He completely adores his big brother. He is so easy to make laugh. He grabs his toes and it's the most precious thing you've ever seen.<br />
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<br />-Kelsey Coghillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09688241073727825801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564546514141911094.post-27657247031058875762016-09-27T23:54:00.002-04:002016-12-01T23:14:25.890-04:00Lee and I lately I do updates about the boys but I haven't given an update about Lee and I lately.<br />
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Lee is now a 3rd year resident! PGY3! we're in our last 9 months of residency! Whoa it's actually gone quickly, I can't believe it's almost over. He is the chief resident and is staying pretty busy, but 3rd year over all has been much better than the first two and we have somewhat of a normal schedule.<br />
It is likely that we'll be doing a global health fellowship next year, but there is a ton involved in that and it isn't official yet so I won't even bother going into it. haha.<br />
After that we definitely plan on staying in Ft Myers. We really love it here and are ready to buy a house and make it our permanent home!<br />
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This is Lee's 3rd season to be the doctor for a local high school football team. He's having a lot of fun with that and I can definitely see that being something we continue doing in the future.<br />
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We're both staying really busy with stuff at our church. For the past year I have been the Sunday School teacher for the College and Career age group and after Houston was born Lee joined me to help teach because you know, I spend half the class nursing Houston typically. haha. We try to get together with our college group a couple times a month outside of church too.<br />
I help with the youth group on Wednesday nights and we are also apart of a parenting class on Sunday nights and attend Bible study every other Monday night! And Lee plays the drums a lot of Sundays and has lead worship several times to fill in for our worship pastor.<br />
We are so thankful for our church and we love the people there. It really has become like family! It makes me happy to know that Leo and Houston have so many people of all ages that care about them and that they feel comfortable with. It takes a village they say. Our church is a big part of our village for sure.<br />
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My MOPS group started back up about a month ago. I'm a table leader again this year, which really doesn't mean a ton, haha. I just have to be there and facilitate discussion and send out reminders and stuff. Our first meetings have been really fun. We also do moms night outs once a month and playdates. I have made some really good friends at my MOPS group. I think we had 90 women sign up this year so there is never a shortage of someone to meet at the park or to answer a question I have about something in the area! I love that Leo gets to go hang out with friends for a few hours too. He calls it going to school. haha<br />
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A few weeks ago Leo and I joined a gym by our house too! A gym with childcare! It's amazing! I've been going about 4x a week. A friend and I go to a class MWF (pilates, abs, and Tai box) and I've been running and lifting weights ?! what! Yeah after baby #2 I definitely felt like I need some help in the muscle and strength department. Lifting weights is actually pretty fun. I have no idea what I'm doing... but I'm learning. And I can shower at the gym. That alone is worth the $30 a month, right?<br />
Lee has been going before work in the mornings. He's the best.<br />
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And finally I reopened my Etsy store a few weeks ago too!<br />
I had missed doing stuff with my hands. I love crafting... but I don't love the messes I make all over the house. It's been steady these first few weeks. My garland that I make is by far my best seller, I really need to figure one out that I might be able to sell year round. Everyone loves the pumpkins!<br />
I am really excited though - I'm doing 2 craft shows in November! I'm slowly working on extra projects in the evenings to build up some stock to have at the shows. I'm also working on using up all the supplies that I already have. I.have.so.much.craft.stuff. I'm starting on some Christmas stuff too. Last year it got hectic for me and I ended up only making 1 Christmas item. Major fail. I'm determined to do better this year!<br />
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So yeah, we're pretty busy, but I love it. I prefer being busy to staying home a lot... and thankfully thus far Leo and Houston either like it too or they at least put up with me!<br />
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<br />-Kelsey Coghillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09688241073727825801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564546514141911094.post-82194266579362430172016-09-27T22:22:00.003-04:002016-09-27T22:54:35.011-04:00Houston 4 Months I found a few minutes to sit down with my actual computer and blog about Houston's 4th month.<br />
Its amazing how little I used a computer these days. I use my phone for everything!<br />
But I'm sure you do too. You're probably reading this on your phone, huh? <br />
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As I start pretty much every single monthly update (and probably will forever) Houston is the SWEETEST baby! Ah that kid is just the kind of baby you can't stop kissing and squeezing. He has chunked up a bit and his legs are just the absolute perfect size for squeezing and the rolls. And the cheeks. Ooooooh those cheeks. They are perfect.<br />
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I don't know how much Houston weighs yet. I'll try to remember to update that when I find out because it is really nice to be able to read back and know little details like that. Hence why I'm trying to keep up with these monthly posts. It's fun to read back on Leo's and compare.<br />
All that to say, I don't know how much he weighs, but I know he is a big boy. He's getting so heavy that I can barely carry him in his carseat anymore! He's wearing size 3 diapers and 9 months clothes!<br />
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Even though he's big it hasn't slowed him down from moving! He loves to scoot himself around and this week began rolling from his back to his belly! The first time he truly got completely flipped over was in the middle of the night so I missed it. And the next time I was in the kitchen and he was in the living room floor so I missed it again! Still haven't caught it on video yet either.<br />
He'd been sooooo close to rolling for seriously weeks now and I probably have 18 videos on my phone of times I thought was going to be it!<br />
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Houston is the smiliest baby I have ever seen. Seriously he never stops smiling. He wakes up smiling and smiles at me in the middle of the night. All you have to do is make eye contact with him and his whole face bursts into a smile. Ah it makes my heart melt. He smiles when I wink at him, like he knows that the wink is a secret little code between us. Oh that baby.<br />
He's been laughing out loud too. He has a deep giggle that sounds like its coming from his toes.<br />
He's so easy to make laugh. He's ticklish under his chin, on his ribs, his legs, his feet. haha<br />
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Funny story, the other day Houston was laying in the floor and Leo was standing on the couch. I told Leo to get down he was going to fall. While he was climbing off the couch he sorta fell onto the floor and Houston laugh and laugh and laughed. It was hilarious. I can only imagine how fun life is going to be as they get older because it is so incredibly fun right now.<br />
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Houston is nursing great. Eating about probably 6-7x a day (including middle of the night) He is a very quick nurser. 10 minutes tops. I'm really not looking forward to feeding him real food because I know it won't be as easy.<br />
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I won't say that Houston is sleeping great, but it's not what I'd call terrible. There were a few nights a couple weeks ago that I would definitely call horrible. I know they say that babies go through a 4 month sleep regression. I was joking with a friend that my kids are advanced so he went through it at 3 months. ha. But I really do hope that was it and there isn't another one coming up!!<br />
He is currently waking up about twice a night. He was only waking up once for a long time... but then we had that rough patch once I stopped swaddling him and he still had the startle reflex going on... Now he sleeps in long sleeved footed pjs.<br />
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Here's a sample of our daily schedule -<br />
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7am Leo wakes (ugh Leo....)<br />
I drag myself out of bed and get like an hour or 2 of one on one time with Leo because Houston likes to sleep in. We do puzzles, play on the back patio with chalk, draw, build with blocks... <br />
8:30-9:00 Houston wakes up and I feed him<br />
10:30-11 Feed Houston and he naps for about an hour - usually in his car seat because we are almost always going somewhere in the morning - library, gym, park, shopping, mops, etc.<br />
12:00 - Leo and I eat lunch<br />
1:00 - All 3 of us read books in Leo's bed for nap time. We read one book to Houston specifically - I try to get Leo to "read" it and then I read 3 books to both of them. Leo naps for 2-3 hours.<br />
1:00-2:00 - Houston and I have one on one time :)<br />
2:00ish - Houston eats and takes an afternoon nap - on a good day it's about 2 hours.<br />
2-3:30ish - usually both boys are sleeping and so I watch a show and craft or pack up something to ship and on rare occasions clean...<br />
4:00 - I don't know we just play.<br />
5:00 feed Houston and start making dinner<br />
5:30-6:30 eat dinner depending on what time Lee can get home<br />
7:15 bedtime! I usually handle Houston while Lee puts Leo to bed.<br />
Then I watch my shows, work on projects, blog (ha yea like once month...) and go to bed around 11 or 12.<br />
somewhere between 2-4 am Houston will wake up to eat and then again about 2-3 hours later.<br />
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And then we get up and do it all over again! I really, truly, deep down inside love being a mom though. I think I'll do a post about stuff that's going on with me soon too, but for now I'll just say I'm doing exactly what I want to be doing and life is good.<br />
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Houston's first football game! </div>
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Houston's eyes turned a definite brown this month! </div>
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Baby rhyme time! </div>
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And I forgot to mention that Houston has his first trip to Disney this month too!! He was the perfect little baby the entire day and we had so much fun. I am totally a disney weirdo now.<br />
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<br />-Kelsey Coghillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09688241073727825801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564546514141911094.post-63905235232889703832016-08-31T20:48:00.000-04:002016-09-27T23:07:16.922-04:00Houston 3 Months! Wow Houston's 3rd month totally flew by. The fastest yet by far!<br />
He turned 2 months in Ohio, then we came home to Florida on the 31st and left a couple hours later on a road trip to North Carolina!<br />
He was amazing on the flight - slept or happily laid in my lap the whole way (Leo too! They make my life easy - seriously).<br />
We were quite brave taking on a 13 hour road trip with a 2.5 (newlyish potty trained) year old and a 2 month old baby... but that's how we are. hahaha a little bit crazy. I think we go into things like that with low expectations, but wanting to "teach" them how to handle stuff like that. They both did great! We split the trip into 2 days, but due to weather and leaving home at 5pm haha, we didn't make it far the first night so day 2 of the trip was a looooong day of driving. We split it up by stopping in Savannah at a park to let Leo run wild for a bit - definitely recommend that to anyone traveling with a toddler! (I'll talk more about Leo in his 2 and half year post!)<br />
Houston did as you'd expect a tiny baby to do - slept, cried, ate. repeat. We have a small car so it wasn't possible to for me to sit in the backseat with them, which definitely would have helped - especially when I was trying to get Houston to take a pacifier with my arm twisted behind me in the most uncomfortable position. At the end of the 2nd day Houston was OVER the car and cried a lot. It was so sad and frustrating. We had to stop a lot and calm him down, my poor baby. He doesn't really like the pacifier so the only thing that'd work was nursing him and hoping he'd fall asleep. <br />
Once we got to Aunt Amber's though everything was fine and he was back to his happy, content little self and slept great!<br />
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We had a great week with Amber, Torrey, and our new 5 month old nephew Theo! <br />
Houston had his first ride on a boat in the ocean, went to an awesome aquarium, and spent lots of time with me lounging on Amber's amazing back deck with the most beautiful back yard and trees. North Carolina is gorgeous!<br />
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The ride home was much, much better! Houston took the pacifier a little bit better which helped tremendously.<br />
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The the rest of the month flew by! We were home just hanging out a lot.<br />
We did a Batman and Robin photoshoot, went to the zoo, went swimming a lot (teaching Leo to swim!), and just enjoyed this happy little baby of ours!<br />
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Houston is playing with toys a lot more - batting on the things hanging above his play mat. He listens intently when Leo talks to him and it's so precious.<br />
He's laughing out loud and smiling all day long.<br />
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He loves his swing, the playmat, and sitting up on the couch with us and listening to books or watching Leo play.<br />
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His longest stretch of sleep is still about 7 hours, but most nights he only wakes up once or maybe twice! I have no complaints about his sleep at all! He even sleeps in in the mornings (8:30-9) and gives Leo and I a little bit of time to hang out just the two us and have our breakfast.<br />
This month we are transitioning from the swaddle. He loved being swaddled and I think if I could still swaddle him well he'd be sleeping like 10 hours probably! but he breaks out of it and is right on the verge of rolling over and that is a big no no for swaddling! So he's currently in like a sleep sack with his arms free. It was a rough couple nights after we stopped the swaddle.... but I started putting him in a long sleeved, footie sleeper and he's sleeping much better like that vs just a onsie. I think he likes a little weight and warmth to feel safe and soothed.<br />
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I'm trying to make sure he takes his long afternoon nap in his crib. He and Leo nap in the afternoon at the same time - something I really hope continues because I have like 2 hours every afternoon to get stuff done - or do NOTHING!<br />
Otherwise he naps in the morning around 10:30 or so and sometimes it's in the swing or in his carrier or stroller if we're out - which we are a lot of mornings. And he takes a little cat nap, almost always in the swing while I'm cooking dinner around 5:30. Then goes to bed for the night at about 8.<br />
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He went to the doctor at 2.5 months and weighed 15lbs 4 oz! and was 26.5 inches long! He was 86th percentile for weight and 99th for height! I have tall babies!<br />
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He's wearing all 6 month clothes with some 6-9 months! He moved up to size 3 diapers! and we made the switch to cloth finally!! I kept putting it off because we had been gifted so many disposable diapers (amazing! thank you!) and I just hadn't put him in cloth - even though they were folded and ready directly under the changing table beside the disposable - lol.<br />
When he switched to size 3 and that was our last case of disposables I said ok, I'm gonna make this case last and started cloth. It's really so so easy to do cloth, especially if you stay home a lot or just do quick trips out. We put him in disposable for bedtime and when we go to church or MOPS - which reminds me - we had an open house for my MOPS group and I had to help out and so I put Houston in the nursery for the first time about a week ago! He's such a laid back baby - as long as he's fed he's totally fine to just hang out with someone in the rocker or in a bouncy seat. I didn't put Leo in the nursery until he was probably 6 months old!<br />
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<br />-Kelsey Coghillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09688241073727825801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564546514141911094.post-36737188742919811292016-07-30T11:04:00.000-04:002016-09-27T20:47:13.976-04:00Houston 2 months<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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Houston's second month was a busy one!</div>
He had his first 4th of July, a visit from his grandparents, we dedicated him at church, he flew on an airplane to Ohio, he met all 12 of his cousins and almost all of his aunts and uncles, and had lots and lots of fun adventures with is big brother in between.<br />
He's still the happiest, sweetest little baby. I am so so blessed and thankful to have this baby boy to call my own. I love being his mommy.<br />
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He's so strong! He loves tummy time and picking his head up to look around. He prefers to be sitting or standing up and can wiggle all over the place! I'll leave him on the floor on a blanket and somehow he scoots himself in a completely different direction!<br />
I posted on his 6 week update that he rolled over from belly to back, he's going to be a mover just like Leo.<br />
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He's still a fantastic nurser - seriously making breastfeeding such an enjoyable, bonding time for us - which was NOT the case with big brother! I love the time I get to cuddle this little guy.<br />
He's sleeping really well - no complaints here! His longest stretch so far is 7 hours!! Yes Houston!<br />
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He has the sweetest, turn your heart to a puddle of mush, smile. His eye sparkle and I am rendered helpless and would give this baby any thing he could possibly want.<br />
He smiles so much more than Leo did. Leo smiled, but almost every single time I make eye contact with Houston I can get a smile out of him :)<br />
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He switched over to 3-6 and some 6 month sized clothes right when he turned 2 months! His 2month Dr appointment had to be postponed due to our last minute trip to Ohio, so I'll update about that on his 3 month post! </div>
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-Kelsey Coghillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09688241073727825801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564546514141911094.post-20959572697077861302016-07-10T16:49:00.000-04:002016-07-12T03:26:47.433-04:00Houston 6 WeeksI've said this before, but Houston is THE sweetest, calmest, easiest baby ever ever ever.<br>Yes more so than Leo, if I'm being completely honest, and Leo was pretty darn sweet. <div>
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I know he's only 6 weeks old, but I feel like Houston is going to have a much calmer demeanor than Leo. I could be completely off, but just the way he looks into my eyes and his insanely adorable smiles that absolutely melts my heart makes me think (or make we want to believe) he's going to be a super sweet cuddly guy forever. <br>Leo was never that cuddly, although now at bedtime or when he's trying to get out of something, he's all about "tuddling" hahaha... and Leo has anything BUT a calm demeanor - as was obvious this morning at church when he got up on stage and showed off in front of a congregation of a couple hundred people. </div>
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Houston is growing growing growing, although I'm not exactly sure how big he is. He was 12lbs 5oz at 1 month old, so I'm sure he's got to be well over 13lbs by now. He's feeling heavier and starting to get the adorable chubby rolls on his legs. I love chubby baby legs.<br>He's in size 2 diapers and 0-3 month clothes. </div>
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He rolled over from front to back at 5 weeks old! I thought maybe it was a fluke but he did it about 5x in one evening and then a few days later he rolled the other direction! My babies are very, very physical I guess is what this means. Leo didn't roll until 8 weeks, which we thought was early!<br>Houston is very strong. He holds his own head up well and prefers to be sitting up on your lap rather than laying down like a baby! When I sit him in a chair to take a picture he doesn't even fall over, haha. I remember trying to get a picture of Leo at 1 month old sitting up in a chair and he just kept slumping over. Houston's been working his core muscles. </div>
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Houston had his first bottle this week. I got a pump with my insurance this time and I've decided that I'm going to make more of an effort to pump and have bottles on hand so I can have a tiny bit more flexibility! Leo took a bottle probably like 10x ever. Houston has already had 3! He doesn't like it too much... but he'll learn, right? </div>
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Last night was Houston's best night of sleep yet. He went down around 8pm and didn't wake up until 1:15am! Then after eating he went right back down until 4:30, woke up to eat, right back down, and didn't wake up until about 7:45! <br>I have felt surprisingly rested since he was born, but this morning I felt especially good!<br>I don't know if it has made a difference at this point, since Houston is still so little, but I have been very purposeful about putting him down in his bed around 8pm every single night since he was born. His first stretch of sleep is always the longest - so that means I've been in bed by 9pm almost every night too! whatever works. </div>
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I guess there's not much else to say about a 6 week old baby. <br><b>They eat</b> - Houston eats great! and fast! Which has been awesome, Leo was a much slower nurser.<br><b>They sleep</b> - Houston sleeps pretty good I think! And he's having much longer periods of being awake during the day now. </div>
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Houston's first time on a boat - at the zoo! </div>
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-Kelsey Coghillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09688241073727825801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564546514141911094.post-91983026958589571362016-06-27T23:55:00.001-04:002016-07-10T16:50:23.341-04:00Sick baby<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">It's almost midnight and I have yet to be to bed tonight... Something that hasn't happened since Houston was born, as we've both been getting in bed before 9 most nights, but I'm up with a sick Leo. </span><br />
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-Kelsey Coghillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09688241073727825801noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564546514141911094.post-86884365359186198742016-06-25T14:26:00.000-04:002016-06-28T14:18:45.893-04:00Houston - Weeks 3 and 4As of Sunday my Houston was 4 weeks old already! Man time really does move at lightning speed with kids!<br>
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Houston on the other hand went to Love Boat Ice Cream at 6 days old, church at 1 week old, to Target at 1.5 weeks, and I've lost count as to where else he's been since! He's been to a birthday party, play dates, bible study, grocery shopping, restaurants, the park several times...<br>The day before he turned 3 weeks old he had his first dip in the pool and at 3.5 weeks he went to the beach for the first time! He loves the water and tolerates the heat really well. He truly is a Florida baby! <br>
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He's been sleeping pretty well, I can't really complain there. A typical night for us looks like - <div>Sleep 8pm-12pm, up again at 3am, up at 5am, and up at 6:30am. </div><div>He's gone as long as 4.5 hours at night, which is great! I hope we continue this pattern of stretching longer and longer... </div><div><br></div><div>During the day he's been having several hours of wakefulness. Usually in the mornings and evening, while sleeping all afternoon long! Which is great because Leo naps from about 1-3 so I've had a few hours to myself here and there! </div><div><br></div><div>I don't know what else to say about this precious baby. He really has been such a blessing to our family and we love him so so much! </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqYhZrld481K165dUVmwqZY2g9aUVkyGcOr1Hj3QOQUDvuhZJ3Z1WWkjnUMWnJCtpURT12lEVRrWwmoFjzHJ48T3CP91HeMz5NfKjmETyJdjbtcUxjyrGz3ymsAK8a5z4UJeSI11_ees/s640/blogger-image--412043689.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqYhZrld481K165dUVmwqZY2g9aUVkyGcOr1Hj3QOQUDvuhZJ3Z1WWkjnUMWnJCtpURT12lEVRrWwmoFjzHJ48T3CP91HeMz5NfKjmETyJdjbtcUxjyrGz3ymsAK8a5z4UJeSI11_ees/s640/blogger-image--412043689.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-JHmdx4-NX2fa7iFSjvF1gXbTbVDiNaIXSKKFHpZTGk6-8fHi_1nbb2EVRWanujdSYZXEdBLZLfeL1gIV52lFBAH6zYfD702w7R5SMUF_Fin8qGukkRaH_IhqAuPQ5V859_6QxU8_94/s640/blogger-image--1373749382.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-JHmdx4-NX2fa7iFSjvF1gXbTbVDiNaIXSKKFHpZTGk6-8fHi_1nbb2EVRWanujdSYZXEdBLZLfeL1gIV52lFBAH6zYfD702w7R5SMUF_Fin8qGukkRaH_IhqAuPQ5V859_6QxU8_94/s640/blogger-image--1373749382.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-J3GIF-Ag3j7WczX8mcmZ-ZxZqSZv_Zs3E6l1YH5Qcph0Ya82iqC6S_whj0aJWmZGcaVCQuCF7htkTCDA4HS6VABgfO1VYvUab0ryLVYAkHrZjFZ7i_n3TmqB5USYGfTGqPwcGunyOek/s640/blogger-image--1342185606.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-J3GIF-Ag3j7WczX8mcmZ-ZxZqSZv_Zs3E6l1YH5Qcph0Ya82iqC6S_whj0aJWmZGcaVCQuCF7htkTCDA4HS6VABgfO1VYvUab0ryLVYAkHrZjFZ7i_n3TmqB5USYGfTGqPwcGunyOek/s640/blogger-image--1342185606.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4dNpCKQV157nmCRvuFazsFTRmBvawSgai16Y1ncXIyNiEPr-qZeT5Wq0Cb_RaIir80X2_ela3Gr1_0XRpqN229VtdZoxvJubjA9fa-Db5iQC68a9lD7c3yitFvjpR2BP6IRcN5BbRh6E/s640/blogger-image--1270264391.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4dNpCKQV157nmCRvuFazsFTRmBvawSgai16Y1ncXIyNiEPr-qZeT5Wq0Cb_RaIir80X2_ela3Gr1_0XRpqN229VtdZoxvJubjA9fa-Db5iQC68a9lD7c3yitFvjpR2BP6IRcN5BbRh6E/s640/blogger-image--1270264391.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ejXRVcLezEHCJx4O0GQJcEs75-ORbUbpCzv2wbeOLlbBERnk9A1q5Y7UH-knYzlaCx5oHgm7EP_DiizBEuHdCB5rbWExQf3W239epfJ4QXzkIUPIHVkOvoaHL-X4BFXkSzRV7UltjWc/s640/blogger-image--1306357408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ejXRVcLezEHCJx4O0GQJcEs75-ORbUbpCzv2wbeOLlbBERnk9A1q5Y7UH-knYzlaCx5oHgm7EP_DiizBEuHdCB5rbWExQf3W239epfJ4QXzkIUPIHVkOvoaHL-X4BFXkSzRV7UltjWc/s640/blogger-image--1306357408.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbyRDW-BnBORREYFLby5qXFYSUILxVYOCvMaqW9QeDBO83PqN6l1VngTXBTvUCIEp0YgzPlyJ-CJacZj-BeWsjDpnSw0AZ-0DYEv0ABmxBpmwj7tiWHJtmbGLHp2PCmlZhbCZ29WyxUsA/s640/blogger-image--1733718058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbyRDW-BnBORREYFLby5qXFYSUILxVYOCvMaqW9QeDBO83PqN6l1VngTXBTvUCIEp0YgzPlyJ-CJacZj-BeWsjDpnSw0AZ-0DYEv0ABmxBpmwj7tiWHJtmbGLHp2PCmlZhbCZ29WyxUsA/s640/blogger-image--1733718058.jpg"></a></div><br>
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But didn't, because I know how people find that annoying... haha! And I know it's annoying, but for blogging about one's development I think it's sort of relevant, right?<br />
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My Leo is well on his way to being 2 and half!! It's crazy!<br />
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I don't even know where to start with all the things this kid does! He has so much personality and interests and energy!<br />
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Since my last post specifically about Leo he has become a big brother! I don't know how much I can or should brag about what a great big brother he has been... but I have seriously been blessed with the best big brother for Houston! Leo has a great balance between loving and doting on his baby brother and sorta ignoring him (in a good way!) and giving Houston and I space when we need it. He'll give him kisses and ask to hold him and share his toys with him... but when I'm nursing Houston he's perfectly fine to play by himself or sit next to me and wait. It's been such a relief.<br />
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In terms of learning I can barely keep up with Leo. He's constantly wanting to know more and more. He requests to do flash cards, haha, and his new favorite questions are - what is that called? what's that do? what's that smell like? (usually asks about smells when it's something he wants to eat or drink! ha!)<br />
He knows the alphabet perfectly - can sing the whole song (including the difficult lmnop part clearly lol) he can recognize every letter - he has upper case down and is getting good with lower case too! He can spell his name! Granted he does have a super easy short name :) He can count to 20! He can recognize every number 1-10. Double digits are still tricky. And we've started with counting in spanish! He can do 1-5 by himself perfectly and 1-10 with a little guiding. We're going to try to keep adding more and more spanish... he and I can learn together.<br />
One way he's gotten really good with letters and numbers is by "playing" Scrabble and Rummikub. I keep some board games under our couch (we seriously have NO storage!) and he has recently discovered them. He loves them because he thinks they're grown up games and something he shouldn't be able to play with, but jokes on him.<br />
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I've been encouraging him to "read" he has dozens and dozens of books memorized and so instead of just saying the words I've been pointing to each word and having him say the story as we go. Who knows if this is working, but there are lots of words he can recognize, so maybe. I've read that a good thing to do is label things around your house so I might work on that soon.<br />
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Leo still loves to do art, for which I am thankful. Water color paints and markers are his favorites. Also his dry erase/chalk board easel that I keep in the kitchen keeps him occupied while I cook sometimes. He's getting pretty good at drawing things! He can make faces, sorta and draws lots of snakes and worms :) and for a 2 year old I think he is actually sort of exceptional at coloring within the lines. But I'm his mom and think he's exceptional at most things...<br />
We also do sidewalk chalk almost once a day or at least every other day! And we've added a spray bottle to our tools and he loves to "make the chalk dark."<br />
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He is a great helper around the house these days too! He throws away every single dirty diaper for me! Puts his clothes in the washer or hamper. Puts away his clothes in his drawers. Cleans up his toys - sometimes. He's finally tall enough to see into the silverware drawer and can put away the clean silverware into the right spots! He can sweep with a broom, dust, and clean up spills with a rag. He does dishes... which is usually just playing in the water with a scrubby brush, but it keeps him occupied for a while! He helps cook - he loves to stir and pour things. And he's getting pretty good at spreading pb and jelly on a sandwich.<br />
I really just let him try to do anything that he has interest in. I think it's sorta Montessori of me, yeah? haha<br />
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He's been doing really great with potty training! We've had a few more accidents in the past few weeks since Houston was born, but I fully expected that and have been pleased with how well he's done still! He pretty much wears underwear everywhere we go now and only a diaper at nap time and bed time. He's not happy about having to wear a diaper then though... he says diapers are for babies lol.<br />
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Next week they're letting Leo go to the 3 year old class at Bible School at our church! We''ll see how it goes, but the children's pastor said she thinks he's mature enough, haha. Or they just wanted my help in the crafts so they knew I'd need to put Leo somewhere ;)<br />
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I know I brag a lot about how smart Leo is, I'm a super super proud mom! But what makes me even more proud is how well he behaves and how sweet he is to me, his dad, and his baby brother. He is thoughtful, helpful, and polite. He seriously is such a good boy and makes my life easy. <br />
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I wanted to skip Mickey this trip because I was tired (34 weeks pregnant) and didn't want to wait in line, but my sweet boy kept asking all day long - see Mickey now?? </div>
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My big boy was finally 38 inches and could ride the water ride at Animal Kingdom! </div>
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Today I am 3 weeks postpartum with my sweet second baby Houston. </div>
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I truthfully thought about skipping blogging about my postpartum experience second time around because I don't feel like I have a lot to say... but I know how much I appreciated reading back over <a href="http://kelseycoghill.blogspot.com/2014/08/postpartum.html">my postpartum experiences with Leo</a> and figured - it's my blog I can talk about whatever I want, as boring as it may be... and even if my experience is atypical - it is my experience.</div>
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Pretty much by recovery with Houston has been amazing.<br />
I don't know if this is typical of a second baby or if perhaps I was just really, really sore after having Leo, but pain/uncomfortableness level between the two is not even comparable.<br />
After Leo it took days and days before I could even sit and stand without pain and I had muscle soreness all over my body. Literally the hour after giving birth to Houston I felt almost completely normal.<br />
I had 0 swelling, 0 pain, and very minimal bleeding. I felt good enough to start going on walks right away and even went swimming 6 days pp. That would not have happened after having Leo. At just a few days pp I started aiming to walk a mile each day and then around 2 weeks pp I've upped it to try to get at least 2 miles in and also doing other light exercises. Tomorrow at 3 weeks pp I'm going to start the Jillian Michael's 30 day shred that I had success with after having Leo. <br />
I feel as though my stomach has gotten flatter much quicker the 2nd time, although at the doctor for Houston's 2 week appointment I weighed myself and still weighed 15lbs more than I did before I got pregnant! I was truthfully pretty surprised, but I guess that's one of the things about being tall is that you can gain weight and spread it out more. The majority of my pre-pregnancy clothes fit again within about a week, despite these extra 15 or so pounds. I also think this time I gained my weight more in my lower half... I can tell my hips and thighs are bigger. Maybe Jillian can help with with that. lol.<br />
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As I mentioned in Houston's 2 week update - the ease of breastfeeding this time has been a huge part of my great recovery. We haven't had any issues for which I am thankful for literally every single time he nurses. I had a terrible first couple of months feeding Leo. Not having to worry about that this time is the biggest relief.<br />
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I have not felt emotional or as though my hormones were out of wack at all. I distinctly remember one time(and only 1 time thankfully) after having Leo where I just felt like crying for absolutely no reason and didn't feel like myself. It only happened once, but I think it must have been a small glimpse into what some women deal with after giving birth. With Houston the transition has been so amazingly smooth. The closest I have come to crying or feeling overwhelmed has been watching him and Leo interact and just thanking God that these two blessings are mine.<br />
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People keep asking me how I am doing and how I am adjusting to motherhood with 2 and it's like I feel a weird sense of guilt over how well we are doing. I'm not going to say it's super easy, it's not. It's a lot to have two people completely dependent on you, but it's no where near as hard as I expected it to be, or how hard others scared me into thinking it'd be. I was especially nervous knowing that my family wouldn't be able to visit right after having Houston (long story but dad has broken leg and my mom has a broken arm....) and that Lee would only have a week vacation, but Houston has made life easy on us.</div>
I don't know if it's just my personality. I've always been a go with the flow, adaptable kind of person. I don't get stressed out by much. And i'm pretty sure that I must have 2 extremely easy children... so the combo of those things - and my amazing, helpful husband (when he's not at work) - has made this seriously as easy as I make it look on my instagram account. haha. Sometimes you can believe everything you see on the internet.<br />
And really - we're still only 3 weeks into this family of 4 business. I know it's going to get harder. I know we'll have rough days. We have had a few of those already. One day last week Leo literally pooped his pants 3x. The kid who poops once a day every single day without fail found it in himself one day to poop 4x... 3 of which were in his underwear... but you know what it's just poop. You can flush it and throw underwear in the washer (or trash, lol) and it all goes away. <br />
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I made myself crazy the last few weeks before Houston was born preparing "busy bags" for Leo. I did every pinterest thing I found... and 3 weeks later I haven't pulled out a single one of them yet. I will and I should... but I still find plenty of time in the day to spend quality time with Leo. We do all the activities that we did before Houston was born and more now! We just find ways to include Houston - we read together and Leo reads to Houston. We play doctor but do a check up on Houston too. We play with the superheros and explain to Houston who each of the guys are. We take walks together. We even all 3 took a bath together the other day... haha. And it wasn't that hard and we all 3 got clean at the same time! </div>
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My motto since I first found out that I was pregnant with Leo has been - if so-and-so can do it so can I. Almost all of the couple I know have at least 1 kid and they make it work. And out of those people almost all of them go on to have a 2nd kid and they just figure it out. We're all just learning as we go.</div>
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Houston is already over 2 weeks old! In some ways I feel like this was the fastest 2 weeks of all time, but then I also feel like he has always been here. He has just fit into our little family so perfectly. I am so happy with how the transition has gone.</div>
We have been so blessed with this little baby boy.<br />
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He is the sweetest, most laid back baby - at least so far! I'm writing this down in case I need reminding later how precious he is :) The first few days of his life he barely ever opened his eyes, but he did eat! Thankfully I was fully prepared for those first couple of days at home this time. Before my milk fully came in Houston nursed pretty much constantly throughout the night on nights 2 and 3 of life. I "slept" on the couch sitting up topless and just let him go back and forth... haha. but that's how we survived. On day 3 my milk came in and there was a noticeable difference and Houston slept well that night! </div>
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He's starting to have more periods of wakefulness now, but thankfully has been sleeping really well at night. He'll usually do at least one 3.5-4 hour stretch in the night - which feels incredible! I've been going to bed when I put him down at night because that is usually his longest stretch. It's pretty weird for me to go to bed at like 8-9oclock because I would typically prefer to be up until like midnight, but you gotta sleep when you can! After his long stretch he'll do about 2.5-3 hour stretches until around 7am when we all get up for the day. Leo has been waking about 7 also and trust me the rest of us aren't getting any sleep once he's up. </div>
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Houston's crib is in our room, which I think is going to be really great because whenever we do move his crib to his own room or into Leo's room we won't have to transition him to a different bed. Leo slept in the packnplay in our room for a couple months and then we put him in the crib, but I figured why not just go straight to the crib. I swaddle him in a halo swaddle/sleep sack thing and he does so well! My only complaint about the middle of the night is changing diapers. ugh. If I didn't have to do that then night time would be much easier / I could do it like half asleep haha. Sleep, nurse, swaddle, repeat. but no, babies have to poop 18 times an hour and little boys like to pee everywhere if you're not careful.</div>
What I have been doing is feeding him on one side, changing his diaper to get him to wake up a little, and then feeding him a bit more on the other side before putting him back down. So far it's a pretty good system I think.<br />
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Another reason I think Houston is doing well with sleeping is because we are so active during the day and keep the room dark and quiet at night. Lee brought this up the other day - he said when Leo was a baby our house was pretty quiet and dark since it was winter in Michigan. Little Houston doesn't have a chance for the house to be quiet or dark with Leo running around and the Florida sun streaming in - which is a good thing!! I don't feel like he has the day/night reversal a lot of people complain about. <br />
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Breastfeeding this time around feels like an absolute breeze. With Leo I was in excruciating pain for months. Literally. I would cry when he'd latch and dreaded the thought of feeding him. It was miserable. However with Houston, after the first 3-4 days and initial uncomfortableness, I haven't even really felt him latch on or nurse. I'm able to just feed him and go about my business. haha. He was probably about 4 days old and I was walking around the house nursing him and doing something else to help Leo and when I realized what I was doing I was so happy and relieved that breastfeeding isn't going to be torture for me this time. It's amazing how you just remember what to do. <br />
Also - interesting tidbit - I had Houston 1 year exactly after Leo weaned. haha. I had a 1 year break!<br />
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As I posted in his birth story, Houston was born 9lbs and 21.5 inches long.</div>
At his appointment at 4 days old he weighed 8lbs 11oz and then at his 2 weeks appointment he weighed 10lbs 1oz! So he's definitely getting plenty to eat! I have always heard that bigger babies sleep better. This could be a total old wives tale, but so far it seems like he sleeps just a tad bit better than Leo did... although I really can't complain about Leo, he was an ok sleeper.<br />
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Speaking of Leo... Leo has been the best big brother. He loves his baby brother so much! He talks to him with an adorable high pitched voice and says "he's soooo tiny!" "he's sooooo cute!"</div>
It melts my heart.<br />
As much as I want Houston to stay tiny and cuddly forever, I can't wait to see him and Leo interact and become best friends.<br />
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Another brag on Leo - he's almost totally potty trained! He still usually wears a diaper at nap time and always to bed, but other than that he's in underwear all day and I barely have to remind him to use the potty! It's such a relief to not have to worry about getting him to go to the bathroom or changing his diaper during the day. Houston has enough diapers to keep up with!</div>
I'll try to do a post about Leo soon. He's growing up so fast. I can't believe all the stuff he can do these days.<br />
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What else to say about Houston?</div>
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His umbilical cord fell off really early... on his Aunt Michelle actually. haha. She was changing him and picked him up in just a diaper and the cord stuck to her shirt! I think he worked it off a little bit doing tummy time. He's just as squirmy as Leo was! I think Houston's cord fell off on about day 6 and Leo's was on day 9. Houston's looks to be healing just fine though! <br />
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He loves his swing - which is awesome when I need a few minutes to clean up or eat!<br />
He is awesome with tummy time and has been lifting his head up and turning it from side to side since about a week old.<br />
He likes the Baby K'tan wrap! We've been going on a walk almost every morning and sometimes evenings too and he fits all snug in the carrier. We have a double stroller, but I didn't want to break down and pay an extra $100 for the infant seat attachment so we're just going to wear him until he grows into the stroller. <br />
His favorite place to be though is laying on mommy or daddy's chest. He's so cuddly!<br />
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He really is just such a happy baby. He goes days without ever crying.. as long as you feed him right away! He used to hate getting his diaper changed but he now does it without complaint, haha.<br />
I just love this beautiful boy. Makes me want to have about 6 more ;)<br />
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<br />-Kelsey Coghillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09688241073727825801noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564546514141911094.post-47469716904715417002016-06-07T21:01:00.000-04:002016-06-09T14:50:03.895-04:00Houston's Birth StoryHouston Charles Coghill made his grand entrance to the world on Sunday, May 29th at 4:43 in the afternoon at 9 pounds and 21 1/2 inches.<br>
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Houston's birth was not what I was expecting and definitely didn't go as I had planned, but if there is one thing you are told about childbirth is that it very rarely does. Houston came to us exactly when he and I were ready. I was able to labor without pain medication or an epidural, which after have a healthy baby and no csection, was my goal and it was actually a somewhat gentle experience.<br>
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To tell the full story I have to go back a couple of weeks.<br>
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At 35 weeks my fundal height was measuring 2 weeks ahead of schedule and my doctor sent me for an ultrasound to estimate how big our baby boy was going to be. I had the ultrasound at 36 weeks and they guessed baby to be about 7lbs 10oz. On average babies gain half a pound per week so our baby boy was on track to be around 9lbs 10oz, which they consider big and the doctor I saw that day (not my doctor because I was in a different office for the ultrasound) recommended an induction at 39 weeks.<br>
The next week I saw my doctor and we discussed the options and she also recommended the induction at 39 weeks because apparently there is a window between 39 and 40 weeks where an induction is safe for baby and does not increase the likelihood of a c-section, but left the decision up to me. I just felt very uneasy about the idea of an induction and so we decided to just play it by ear and see how things went and then discuss an induction as I got closer to 40 weeks rather than 39. Also my doctor was going to be out of town for the Memorial Day weekend so also I didn't really want to be induced without her. <br>
At the time I had already been dilated 1cm and was 50-70% effaced (depending on which provider I saw) so I felt pretty confident that baby boy would be making his entrance before 40 weeks and even if he didn't I personally felt capable of giving birth to a 9lb + baby as I'm not that small of a person and he wasn't my first baby.<br>
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Flash forward to about 38weeks and 3-4 days I began having some contractions. Very mild and irregular. I went to my doctor at 38 weeks and 5 days and was dilated to 3cm and about 70% effaced. *Note I saw our family doctor for this pregnancy but also saw a group of midwives who would be on call as back up in the event that my doctor was out of town (which she was!). Well at this particular appointment my doctor was there as well as the midwife of the group who was known for her ability to strip membranes (nice talent to have, huh? haha) and so I decided that I'd like her to go ahead and do the strip and see how things progressed from there... again definitely wanting to avoid the medicated induction. She said I was very thinned out and that the strip had been successful. She guessed that I'd be having the baby within the next 48 hours. I left the appointment both excited and crazy nervous!<br>
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Later that day I began having some cramping and spotting and then more contractions. I went to bed convinced that we'd be having a baby the next day. The timing was working out perfectly. Lee had just finished up a very busy 2 week rotation in the Peds ER and had the long weekend off before returning to work on Tuesday. As we fell asleep Thursday night Lee said - what do you want to do tomorrow? And I was like uhhh I'm having a baby tomorrow.<br>
Well I slept straight through the night without and discomfort and woke up Friday morning again feeling a little nauseous and having mild contractions. We did a few last minute tasks, I walked up and down the stairs, and then sat around and waited... sitting on a giant yoga ball. By Friday night I was so bored so we went to Chickfila for dinner and sat and watched Leo play... all while having more very mild and irregular contractions.<br>
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Saturday morning I woke up (with contractions) determined that I'd be having a baby that day. I asked Lee if he wanted to go on a walk and he asked where, so I said - well where is a place that will guarantee I'll go into labor? As you may know, Florida is pretty flat. There aren't many strenuous walks available, so Lee suggested we go down by the beach and walk over the bridge (that giant boats pass under). It was also about a billion degrees out. Seemed like the perfect scenario to walk out a baby. haha.<br>
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On the way to the beach I mentioned that I wish I had done a tour of the hospital where we'd be giving birth before hand and so Lee made a quick turn (we only live about 5 minutes from the hospital) and said he'd give me a tour :) perk of being married to doctor I guess!<br>
We went in and saw where OB triage was located, went up stairs to the birthing suites, and then up and saw the regular rooms where they moved mom and baby to. Then since I was feeling good, we headed over to the beach.<br>
We had a really fun morning. The walk was in fact a bit strenuous. We walked over the bridge, through downtown, out on the pier to watch the fishermen and birds, had lunch in the little downtown area, and then walked back over the bridge to head home for Leo's nap.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixt0Cz8pqtLZE5CNqudpF8q8_4BXToNuTLMO0zmI0SL6N-w95eiw74sZhNcvBnS3hke5lIVePl5_sEoDM1JGFz9O2AViwgQOM5nf2tvQCkSgAuORndFMxLjYVtF61cLkbZPbtgXFJn0rE/s640/blogger-image--1118311033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixt0Cz8pqtLZE5CNqudpF8q8_4BXToNuTLMO0zmI0SL6N-w95eiw74sZhNcvBnS3hke5lIVePl5_sEoDM1JGFz9O2AViwgQOM5nf2tvQCkSgAuORndFMxLjYVtF61cLkbZPbtgXFJn0rE/s640/blogger-image--1118311033.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8y2ne5GbWt5lP3XL5QcbhZKbddycB0csJUJk9nCczxMFOcUHUo0z1AjRqThZWrKtc9AwRSAu4N3o3c6h6pPZdK4KiN5sOQSzo0ry4VDhWpq9T7M0LOtZCxjqAEWcJykyRvJGHf1Z6Tx0/s640/blogger-image-867261028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8y2ne5GbWt5lP3XL5QcbhZKbddycB0csJUJk9nCczxMFOcUHUo0z1AjRqThZWrKtc9AwRSAu4N3o3c6h6pPZdK4KiN5sOQSzo0ry4VDhWpq9T7M0LOtZCxjqAEWcJykyRvJGHf1Z6Tx0/s640/blogger-image-867261028.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWjq6hju1nIbAcd15V-88ztAGG7Adq1EDW8lO-F8SasNreodimkcFfhcXUlS7feKjDgNxfwFreuO9GOQzonSULoC6ckelP-LcpOHwz0YyksQLRUJZykxfFKmVmjQZaMtsX692RxDCt2A8/s640/blogger-image--612390294.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWjq6hju1nIbAcd15V-88ztAGG7Adq1EDW8lO-F8SasNreodimkcFfhcXUlS7feKjDgNxfwFreuO9GOQzonSULoC6ckelP-LcpOHwz0YyksQLRUJZykxfFKmVmjQZaMtsX692RxDCt2A8/s640/blogger-image--612390294.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIS3D9rgyyIW8DTvsrCDf_aCiCwCHYlNnQPHGYz-VloQ20B7Ez006pDvbPhPQAKxP_eAVDZQVzGJSFRi9HHJuKz_LAzuM7rNgLYf4q1WWD1MikNGNLTsdzM90EfIevgseB_3vQNqsVtLE/s640/blogger-image--1898275526.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIS3D9rgyyIW8DTvsrCDf_aCiCwCHYlNnQPHGYz-VloQ20B7Ez006pDvbPhPQAKxP_eAVDZQVzGJSFRi9HHJuKz_LAzuM7rNgLYf4q1WWD1MikNGNLTsdzM90EfIevgseB_3vQNqsVtLE/s640/blogger-image--1898275526.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4srmk9aEfUkNi_R4MnqAyxLmGAV6SSzeWoOPuYXoZiEu2F7f0pjoOWtZSoFJorZXhfmplupdFROBAgwAJN2y50Qh1tNQUeyArgVoy1IgRYIDiXVuS_2k9cHaZcDxOAejpGJxiVBO8T0/s640/blogger-image--679306391.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4srmk9aEfUkNi_R4MnqAyxLmGAV6SSzeWoOPuYXoZiEu2F7f0pjoOWtZSoFJorZXhfmplupdFROBAgwAJN2y50Qh1tNQUeyArgVoy1IgRYIDiXVuS_2k9cHaZcDxOAejpGJxiVBO8T0/s640/blogger-image--679306391.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiLd3Z3VyGivBzORyul4cXLV6wNCJBUAR97Q4qeJbBP69R4z88V-9KfRztSEN81xp4Syrx0AxPM4rkJEu_FGfyS7rrQ-b9mdwEvtWZCC9Hfd-kNc5vsYsno00S2j07z6W79FMWvmI17xg/s640/blogger-image-316692130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiLd3Z3VyGivBzORyul4cXLV6wNCJBUAR97Q4qeJbBP69R4z88V-9KfRztSEN81xp4Syrx0AxPM4rkJEu_FGfyS7rrQ-b9mdwEvtWZCC9Hfd-kNc5vsYsno00S2j07z6W79FMWvmI17xg/s640/blogger-image-316692130.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij9_N7V26vDLHGD3wSZb8iOlWCeXnX8D1wgKfhKz3IgGOuSq_nR9JIRHYR3buWgPDcxloau69TSV2qiO4BuipN2CAl1GvmdRA16cqP_zb1WUs9jwQj1-Iblf3x-liWmpsN01it9JJsHGk/s640/blogger-image--563683551.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij9_N7V26vDLHGD3wSZb8iOlWCeXnX8D1wgKfhKz3IgGOuSq_nR9JIRHYR3buWgPDcxloau69TSV2qiO4BuipN2CAl1GvmdRA16cqP_zb1WUs9jwQj1-Iblf3x-liWmpsN01it9JJsHGk/s640/blogger-image--563683551.jpg"></a></div></div><br>
All throughout the morning I had been having small contractions. On the way back across the bridge they began to pick up and according to Lee's timing they were coming about every 3-5 minutes. Lee began to get a little more serious about the situation and when we got back to the car he had me call our friends who'd be watching Leo to let them know to be ready for our call! We got home completely drenched in sweat and all took quick showers, called the sitters to come get Leo, and headed to the hospital around 1:30pm.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjLZdtQCmLusRtLBa4mO8KtK8_SsESdKZXNR8VxH_TCC4AqO3otaoQCmcddI81Df5loNlw7MnLniniwflR-rwg8GPuRB_JsBrF-1q0HUm6KdvSPH5DIcsjUDQyILSMFS8TlH_TTCG9D1k/s640/blogger-image-1006366288.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjLZdtQCmLusRtLBa4mO8KtK8_SsESdKZXNR8VxH_TCC4AqO3otaoQCmcddI81Df5loNlw7MnLniniwflR-rwg8GPuRB_JsBrF-1q0HUm6KdvSPH5DIcsjUDQyILSMFS8TlH_TTCG9D1k/s640/blogger-image-1006366288.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>
We walked into OB triage smiling and relaxed and announced that I was in labor. I think if they had been able to the nurses would have laughed or rolled their eyes. I don't think any of them believed me. haha. They asked me what my pain level was on a scale of 1-10 and I think I answered a 2. However, when they checked me I was dilated 4cm and still about 70% effaced. The look on the nurse's face was pretty funny she was like wow I definitely wouldn't have guessed that! Even though I told her on Thursday before having my membranes stripped I was a 3!<br>
<br>They asked me walk around the hospital for about an hour and come back for another check before they determined whether to admit me or not. Well there was no way I was going back home without having a baby. We walked and we walked and we climbed stairs and I was having contractions the entire time. An hour later I was dilated to 5 and we decided this baby was coming!<br>We went upstairs and I was given an IV (saline lock - not hooked up, but there just in case) and they told me I could walk around freely, but to come back every 30 minutes to monitor the baby.<br>They asked me what my plans were for pain meds and asked if I wanted to go ahead and watch the required video and sign the paperwork so I wouldn't have to later when I was in pain and I said no thanks, I want it to be difficult to get if I cave later.<br><br>Healthpark Hospital is set up with a huge atrium in the lobby with a grand piano and plants and a cafe and art work. It's beautiful. The 3 floors above have an open walkway around the atrium. On the 3rd floor we walked the loop around the atrium over and over and over and over. Every 30 minutes we'd go back to be checked for about a minute and every 2 hours I'd go back to be hooked up to a monitor for a consistent 15-20 minute period. Every time I'd lay down in bed my contractions would drop off dramatically. I'd watch the monitor and it'd barely have blips on it. It was the longest day ever.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCR41epiKLAxJ1iV_7NLUqotYFpMCijAoZNyPBycfvQlkR-ZPbpJwGt47s-TvhdiikVPU4J7J8cjiQIM6NqyGKcvTj9UKcN8CZM7C_29DopI3qwtixsubcDuklM8KnDMAv7mUOCTGOhc/s640/blogger-image-528679936.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCR41epiKLAxJ1iV_7NLUqotYFpMCijAoZNyPBycfvQlkR-ZPbpJwGt47s-TvhdiikVPU4J7J8cjiQIM6NqyGKcvTj9UKcN8CZM7C_29DopI3qwtixsubcDuklM8KnDMAv7mUOCTGOhc/s640/blogger-image-528679936.jpg"></a></div><br>Our preacher and his wife came over to say hi and we walked some laps with them. We sat in the rocking chairs looking out the giant windows... and as long as I was moving I'd have contractions, but as soon as I'd stop, so would they.<br><br>At one point Lee checked his phone and it said we had walked 8 miles that day. EIGHT! haha! No wonder I was getting tired! I don't really remember when but we decided to take a break at some point and stayed in our room for the evening. Around 9pm the midwife came in and checked me and I was only dilated 5.5. I sorta think she gave me the extra half just to make me feel like I'd made progress, but it didn't do much for my morale. I was starting to get a little worried and Lee and my midwife started talking about breaking my water or giving me pitocin. Two things I definitely waned to avoid for as long as I could. I was also getting nervous because I knew this particular midwife's shift was over at 7am and the new midwife coming on was one that neither Lee or I had ever met. Not exactly what you want when you're having a baby. When we asked a nurse about this midwife she said something like - oh she tells it like it is or she's pretty direct - something like that. I was seriously dreading it.<br>We decided that we'd try a breast pump for a little bit. Nipple stimulation causes your body to produce oxytocin and can cause contractions. I used a breast pump for about an hour on and off and a big fat nothing.<br>It was now about 11pm and we decided to just call it quits for the day and go to sleep.<br>In the middle of the night I woke up twice with contractions. I was for sure they were the real deal, but nope. Those too fizzled out.<br>
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In the morning the midwives had a shift change and I met the new midwife (remember my doctor was out of town for the Memorial Day weekend). All my fears about this midwife were quickly erased and I felt very at ease and confident in her ability to deliver my baby. She came in and checked me again around 8:30am and I was only dilated to a 6. Six. ugh. We discussed our options and she said that sometimes it's effective to do a second strip and so that's what we did. It was very uncomfortable (as was the first time!) but I was ready to try anything to get this baby going.<br><br>We began our walking ritual again. Around and around and around.<br>Houston was moving all over in my belly and each time they tried to monitor him he was in a different spot so they were concerned that he was going to be flipped so they had me get on my hands and knees to encourage him to flip over and stay in place. I swayed and rocked on my hands and knees for about 30 minutes. <br>I sat on the ball.<br>I took a bath in the tub with jets.<br>
And nothing was happening.<br>
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About 10:45 the midwife came by again and we discussed our options (again!) and we decided at this point I'd like to have them break my water (I mean I didn't really want that... but seriously wanted this baby to come out!). When she checked me this time I was dilated to 7cm and my water broke with just the push of her fingers! <br>I had made it to 7cm with almost 0 pain. How does that happen?! Lee and the nurses kept saying - wow you must have a high pain tolerance... but really I don't think I was in that much "pain" I just felt uncomfortable.<br><br>With Leo my water had broken at home in the middle of the night and it was more like a long slow leak...with Houston when she broke it it was an instant gush and felt absolutely disgusting. For the rest of the morning every time I'd stand up I'd have an huge rush of fluid... yuck yuck yuck. <br>Lee was making fun of me because I was more upset about the fluid than I was about contractions or the labor. But really, it's disgusting.<br><br>After my water broke I pumped for another hour. Did more hands and knees. Sat on the ball.<br>
Nothing.<br>Nothing.<br>
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Finally after a little convincing I was ready to accept that I might need pitocin to get things going.<br>My midwife and the nurses assured me that I only needed a tiny bit. They kept saying - oh you just need a whiff. <br>At about 2:30 in the afternoon they started me at 2 units or whatever the dosage is... and I swear before it even got into my system I had a couple big contractions back to back. After 30 minutes they upped it to 4 units and then after another 30 minutes they put it up to 6 units and I asked them to not go any higher. Lee told me that women who are induced typically get up to 20 units, just for some perspective. By this time I was definitely having real contractions. I had been laboring in the rocking chair and on the yoga ball but the contractions quickly got very intense and I had to get in bed. Laying on my back was totally miserable so they brought me something they called a peanut, which was like a rubber ball shaped like a peanut basically, to put between my knees while I laid on my side.<br>
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Very soon the contractions were so painful that I couldn't talk anymore and had breathe out with a low hum/groan sound to get through each one. I don't know how long they lasted but they seemed to be never ending. I had Lee put his hand on my knee and so they weight of his arm could hold my knees together over the peanut. I think I was focusing all my attention to the weight of his arm because anytime that he moved it was the absolute worst.</div><div><br></div><div>After about an hour of crazy contractions I felt the urge to push that they all told me I'd feel. Actually I told Lee - I think I just pushed!! And he hit the call button and the nurse and midwife were in the room within seconds. </div><div>She checked me and said yep you're complete! And she gowned up and they put me in position. </div><div><br></div><div>I was feeling serious anxiety at this point. I had pushed for 2 hours with Leo and I was dreading pushing this baby (who they thought would be considerably bigger than Leo) out. </div><div><br></div><div>However after one push I could tell this baby was going to come out soon! There was a ton of pressure and it definitely hurt, but a much different pain than the contractions so it was almost a welcomed change. </div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Later Lee would tell me that there was a second where he was afraid Houston's shoulders were going to get stuck (shoulder dystocia) but they all instructed me to push again quickly and they came through. Then again Houston's chubby belly got stuck! But I was able to push again and he was free. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Lee was a great coach through the pushing. He's had a lot more OB experience since we had Leo. I don't even know how many babies he's delivered! He gave me very clear instructions about what to do - taking a deep breath and holding it through the pushing to use the pressure... And not making any noise which I did a couple of times haha and was told to stop. He held my leg and counted down through the pushing for me. I'm so thankful for that guy. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I pushed through about 3 contractions - probably 6-9 pushes I'd guess, at 4:43pm our Houston was here!! </span></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBw0cSG4guFSPlM_6oB3GAxGS2gny24j7v3EXr08dWvAbJIxk6Cl64SFTkk_ByrweQn-e1j6WKcf1cfRl2e1-iX7u9MeEJQm_jNnGJjUvOjLxgY-pQQ523mv30sDGmI7wka8U74LP86k/s640/blogger-image--1373107460.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBw0cSG4guFSPlM_6oB3GAxGS2gny24j7v3EXr08dWvAbJIxk6Cl64SFTkk_ByrweQn-e1j6WKcf1cfRl2e1-iX7u9MeEJQm_jNnGJjUvOjLxgY-pQQ523mv30sDGmI7wka8U74LP86k/s640/blogger-image--1373107460.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwpKNVepHMgxm3CsoCgCyRavYdExDwZk42sZV-tE9BfPTCJcFVYM8tef98J7ADhXAQnTjzNTn58pLkKIM9K1CJPaj9U6XeKdPY9s3pX5U-E5XEAnokljcVOgxVdA2e4ZDa7GKtKjYC5Og/s640/blogger-image-824236659.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwpKNVepHMgxm3CsoCgCyRavYdExDwZk42sZV-tE9BfPTCJcFVYM8tef98J7ADhXAQnTjzNTn58pLkKIM9K1CJPaj9U6XeKdPY9s3pX5U-E5XEAnokljcVOgxVdA2e4ZDa7GKtKjYC5Og/s640/blogger-image-824236659.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>They laid him on my chest and I was in disbelief that he was actually finally here! </div><div><br></div><div>This time I think I was more aware of what the midwife was doing after I'd delivered. I felt the umbilical cord against my body (uggh so disgusting) and watched Lee cut it. I definitely felt the delivery of the placenta and this time refused when she offered to let me look at it... I looked with Leo. I'm pretty sure once you've seen one placenta you've seen them all. </div><div>Then got a quick look over from my midwife and she said I had no tearing and everything was fine! I was so anxious about tearing since I'd delivered him so quickly. With Leo my doctor said I didn't tear because the pushing stage took so long and I slowly stretched to accommodate the baby. Apparently this time by body just remembered what to do! </div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The nurse brought me a frozen diaper to sit on and it felt amazing! I'd recommend it. </span></div><div><br></div><div>I got about an hour to snuggle with my brand new babe and nurse him. He knew exactly what to do and latched without a problem - another relief! </div><div><br></div><div>It is seriously such a high to go through this process and then finally have your baby. You feel like a superhero. And you get this beautiful human being to call all your own. It's so totally worth it, without question. </div><div><br></div><div>After the hour they took Houston to be weighed and measured - 9lbs and 21.5 inches! A full pound and half inch bigger than Leo! </div><div>I then got up and went to the bathroom to get cleaned up a bit and use the bathroom. I was instantly amazed at how easily I could move around. With Leo because I had pushed for so long I was incredibly sore and all of my muscles ached. </div><div>We then got in a wheelchair and they wheeled us to a regular room. Along the way we saw a couple of the nurses from the previous day and they were like yay! Finally!! Haha </div><div><br></div><div>Right away I felt so good. Like I hadn't just given birth. It was weird. I kept waiting for it to hit me, but it never did. I didn't even feel the need to take the Motrin they offered me. With Leo I was very swollen and sore and it took me days before I could easily sit and stand, but with Houston I was in and out of bed, up and out of chairs, walking around no problem. </div><div>Lee said it was because I didn't have to push for as long this time that I bounced back so quickly. Literally. My body stretched and then went right back. I think that the cold ice pack (frozen diaper) really helped too! </div><div>Overall I'm happy with the whole experience, even if things didn't go as I had planned. Even though I had to take the pitocin which I 100% didn't want. It got my baby Houston here quickly and safely - for which I am very greatful. </div><div>The nurses I had at Health Park were great. All of them! They were patient and helpful while I was in labor and very helpful after with Houston! So thankful! </div><div>I was very attached to my OB in Detroit and so I had high expectations out of another dr or midwife and was very disappointed when I found out my dr would be out of town, and then again when things didn't progress and I knew I'd have the midwife I'd never met before I was very nervous... But it worked out exactly as it should have and she was amazing. She reassured me and was confident that she'd be delivering my baby soon and she did! I'm even considering using her again if I have a 3rd! </div><div><br></div><div>Which is funny... Houston has been the sweetest, most laid back baby that I'm already talking about our 3rd. 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<span style="color: #323232; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Yesterday I found the stroller I've been wanting and looking for on Craigslist!!! A used double BOB stroller. They're about $600 new and there's no way we were going to be paying that... so I found one for less than half on Craigslist! And did a happy dance all the way to pick it up. It's in great condition despite being a few years old and it just barely fits into my tiny car's trunk! Thank goodness! </span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">I'm also considering maybe getting a super cheap front and back double stroller off craigslist also, just to have options you know, and baby's car seat could click in for the first couple months, whereas the BOB doesn't have the infant seat attachment. We just have major storage issues in this house and if possible I'd also like to keep my old Graco jogger stroller specifically for beach trips. It's already rusted and worn in, haha, And Leo is completely capable of walking to and on the beach now. Anyway, 3 strollers and Leo's bike is going to overwhelm this little apartment... or at least my husband. </span></span></span><br>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">How far along: 37 weeks 3 days<br>Total weight gain: 34lbs<br>Maternity clothes: yes and no.<br>Stretch marks: no<br>Best moment of this week: picking up our stroller<br>Movement: yep, and I'm able to tell which parts of him he's moving, which is fun.<br>Food cravings: Not, not really.<br>Anything making you queasy or sick: no<br>Have you started to show yet: uh yeah. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Gender: B-0-Y!<br>Labor signs: maybe? see above! ah!<br>Belly button in or out: It's just really flat now.<br>Wedding rings on or off: off! I took them off a couple weeks ago just in case and I am so glad that I did because my fingers have swelled a little a couple times and I would have been panicking.<br>Happy or moody most of the time: anxious and nervous for sure!<br>Looking forward to: going to the beach on Friday and having this baby next week! ;)</span></div>-Kelsey Coghillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09688241073727825801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564546514141911094.post-22875215322208481712016-05-07T22:13:00.000-04:002016-05-07T22:13:44.290-04:0036 weeks 36 weeks and getting anxious.<br />I'm feeling equally as anxious to have this baby as I am to not have this baby yet. It's weird.<br /><br />At my appointment Monday, 35 weeks 1 day, the midwife thought I was measuring a little big. At my 33 weeks appointment I was measuring right on track at 33 and then at the 35 week I was measuring 37 (I know, I know, it can be off and I did see two different people) but still she scheduled me an ultrasound for next week to get an idea of how big baby boy is. I've heard this things can be off by as much as 2 lbs so I'm not expecting a lot, but I am SO excited to see baby boy since I haven't since 19 weeks!!<br />At this appointment I was also checked for the Group B Strep (which was negative!) and so she asked if I'd like to also have a cervical check... you know, while we were at it.... and being the impatient anxious one that I am I said yes and she was pretty surprised to find that I was dilated about 1cm and 70% effaced. She said my cervix was very soft and ready... and that it was pretty likely I'm looking at another 37-38 week baby! AHHHHH<br /><br />I was initially very excited. Sooner to meet baby and sooner to not be pregnant you know... but then the more I've been thinking about it the more nervous I'm getting that he'll come too early! I obviously want a healthy baby first and foremost. Every twinge and pain I've had I've been like oooo no little one stay put.<br /><br />I have been having a lot of pressure and pains lately. I think a few contractions here and there too, but it's sorta hard to say, even though I'm not new to this whole pregnancy thing.<br /><br />In addition, I don't want him to come yet because it's just really not the ideal time. The first week of June was going to be perfect. Lee has vacation and my mom can come. <br />If he decides to come now it'll be weeks before my mom can come due to my dad falling out of a tree and breaking his leg and needing her to take care of him and their farm. Lee is on a couple weeks of busy rotations, which we thought was smart to fit in some hard stuff before baby comes so that he can do an easier rotation in June...<br />And on top of that my backup plan to my mom, the lady who runs the nursery at church (and our friend) is going to have family in and is going to Disney when I'm 37-38 weeks. We do have back-up-back-ups, but I'm wondering how many we need! ahhhhhhhh again.<br /><br />Anyway, babies come when the come, right?<br /><br />I'm pretty much ready in every other sense.<br />The house is cleanish. Lee cleaned the carpets for me this week, which was one of the main things I wanted done. The baby's space is all set up. Our bags are packed. I have a couple things in the freezer to eat. I have about a dozen "busy bags" made up for Leo. I wrapped a gift for Leo from baby brother. I cleaned out the car (car seat not yet installed but we have a better idea what we're doing this time around I guess. haha). I even put a mattress pad on the bed in case my water breaks in the middle of the night like with Leo! I feel so accomplished.<br /><br />The only major thing I have left to do is get a pedicure!! Nice huh?<br />I'm gifting it to myself for mother's day. Lee is post-call on Thursday so the plan is go get one then and hope it stays nice and fresh until baby gets here!<br />
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Last Sunday the women from my church had a beautiful baby shower for me! It was so nice! I wasn't expecting a shower this time at all with it being baby boy #2 and all so it was such a sweet surprise! The decorations were beautiful, the food was great, and baby boy got lots of cute little outfits and diapers! I *think* we're set for diapers for a while until baby boy can start wearing cloth! But who knows, he might be a little chunk right off the bat and they'll fit him better than they fit long and lean Leo.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #323232; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">How far along: 36 weeks<br />Total weight gain: 32lbs<br />Maternity clothes: yes and no.<br />Stretch marks: no<br />Best moment of this week: getting the carpet cleaned. haha. I'm such an old lady.<br />Movement: yep, and I'm able to tell which parts of him he's moving, which is fun.<br />Food cravings: Not, not really.<br />Anything making you queasy or sick: no<br />Have you started to show yet: uh yeah. </span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Gender: B-0-Y!<br />Labor signs: maybe? see above! ah!<br />Belly button in or out: It's just really flat now.<br />Wedding rings on or off: on, which reminds me that I really want to take them off but I'm going to need some lubrication. lol<br />Happy or moody most of the time: anxious and nervous for sure!<br />Looking forward to: my ultrasound Tuesday and seeing my little guy! </span></span></span><br />
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<br /><br />-Kelsey Coghillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09688241073727825801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564546514141911094.post-5676257761959593252016-04-26T00:56:00.000-04:002016-04-28T19:02:05.771-04:0034 weeks!I was just reading over my post about being 34 weeks with Leo and at that dr appointment my dr said that if I went into labor then they wouldn't do anything to stop it and I could have a perfectly healthy baby! What!<br>
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Just like when I was 34 weeks with Leo I feel like my to do list was 12 miles long. Yet, we have everything we absolutely need for this baby. Minus some diapers and I can just send Lee to the store while we at the hospital, yeah?<br>
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At 34 weeks I am feeling amazing.<br>
I had a few days a couple weeks ago where I didn't feel great. I was waking up sick and feeling nauseous and getting sick after I ate, but thankfully that didn't last too long and things appear to be fine! <br>I'm having almost no hip or pelvic pain at this point and baby boy has become a bit more gentle with the kicking. It's almost entirely on my right side now, which I found out last week at my appointment is where his little feet are because he is now in head down position, but lying on his side. I was very relieve to hear the words head down! Now just flip on your back little buddy and we'll be all good!<br>
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I haven't had any swelling since that one day I wrote about on my last pregnancy post and I don't think I've been doing anything differently.<br>I'm sleeping through the night just fine, yay! For a while longer yet I hope...<br><br> I don't know if this is just the burst of energy you get before baby makes their grand entrance or the burst you get before you feel humongously pregnant and uncomfortable but I'm not complaining.<br>
<br>I have all the baby items pulled out of storage. The swing and pack n play are assembled in the the living room. The bouncer, boppy, play mat, and blankets have all been washed and are ready to go. I have his space of our room almost completely decorated. His clothes are nicely folded in his drawers. His car seat is on the bed in the spare room ready to be installed. The baby bathtub is hanging up in the shower and all the hooded towels and baby wash cloths are organized under the sink. Leo is sleeping in his new twin bed and the mattress has been moved back to the highest setting on the crib.<br><br>The house is getting clean. I've been getting bursts here and there to clean and purge certain areas. Last week was my bookshelf. One day was my closet. One was Leo's closet. One day I did one of those pinterest tricks to clean our mattress really well. One day I even opened the closet where the AC and hot water tank are and cleaned out all the dust in there..... that was gross, but hopefully will keep our air clean for baby, right?<br>Something I really want to do before he is born is clean the carpets and deep clean the kitchen (but really that could wait until my mom gets here and wants to do it for me.... kidding.........)<br>
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Next up on my to do list is make the cushion covers for the glider chair and start some freezer meals. I have some cooked ground turkey and a thing of spaghetti sauce frozen so far. That'll save me like 15 minutes some day... lol<br>
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I've also started making "busy bags" for Leo. Mostly stuff I've found on pinterest. Hoping to buy some time here and there when I need him to be occupied and don't want to feel like I'm ignoring him. I am so thankful that Leo loves to learn. I think it's going to make this transition easier because he really is content to sit beside me on the couch and go over flash cards or read books or make up stories. I pray his personality and temperament doesn't change when baby shows up on the scene!<div><br></div><div>These pictures are from 33wks and 3 days! <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf-NBKOk2H4uunUeCwK1Y-9cCf6nG2podx-UbKhmYFJod0MiuOGzv8CBxTywh_NcvvKrKXrYsP5BEfTTry18YiLdzQDxzCQSyzObA07LgCTd3qYFuT_NlnLmy-wu-xlAP84l7L2CKbp2Y/s640/blogger-image-2010832274.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf-NBKOk2H4uunUeCwK1Y-9cCf6nG2podx-UbKhmYFJod0MiuOGzv8CBxTywh_NcvvKrKXrYsP5BEfTTry18YiLdzQDxzCQSyzObA07LgCTd3qYFuT_NlnLmy-wu-xlAP84l7L2CKbp2Y/s640/blogger-image-2010832274.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-pY_GmRpDw6G4CAMJL5w5juKX1D0KK02hCnohlMG4wjAQ-SZ8SRzVX2Wp9Olp_Odm-lKfPtsJ99AJxn-tMX53rnBPaugq1fmZYJkr3lsuvqT4y_RQPgqzJK7CQhcSvvieCKVXJDmxOuw/s640/blogger-image-1066032895.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-pY_GmRpDw6G4CAMJL5w5juKX1D0KK02hCnohlMG4wjAQ-SZ8SRzVX2Wp9Olp_Odm-lKfPtsJ99AJxn-tMX53rnBPaugq1fmZYJkr3lsuvqT4y_RQPgqzJK7CQhcSvvieCKVXJDmxOuw/s640/blogger-image-1066032895.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9utnoLchyphenhyphend_duYPQG9-NRU63HSTRCvmwHJQUY6M0AGkVR1CqrUUh_zTGomfZVl_D4QHI0hTegGlWsMksWZ60xeWFfFfikltz9h9Z4Dpdnal2r9mKwPdZ6aVYsoRKYfU6BiUcqZ_AsYH4/s640/blogger-image-538547895.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9utnoLchyphenhyphend_duYPQG9-NRU63HSTRCvmwHJQUY6M0AGkVR1CqrUUh_zTGomfZVl_D4QHI0hTegGlWsMksWZ60xeWFfFfikltz9h9Z4Dpdnal2r9mKwPdZ6aVYsoRKYfU6BiUcqZ_AsYH4/s640/blogger-image-538547895.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And 34 at church</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYWmMhgiZZX7ipb3vsOud07NtvlguSYhyORvGJpt-AEuoRDX8NQrlVcNSUOxXw9iKi-HED-ahGdeNeZyj-nFkvXI1nBpdtJrmgVudyFce5wfb9mWgT5g5zzd9-uO4fwMgqWpIlALsT_HQ/s640/blogger-image--1464188230.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYWmMhgiZZX7ipb3vsOud07NtvlguSYhyORvGJpt-AEuoRDX8NQrlVcNSUOxXw9iKi-HED-ahGdeNeZyj-nFkvXI1nBpdtJrmgVudyFce5wfb9mWgT5g5zzd9-uO4fwMgqWpIlALsT_HQ/s640/blogger-image--1464188230.jpg"></a></div><br>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #323232; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">How far along: 34 weeks<br>Total weight gain: about 28-30<br>Maternity clothes: yes and no, I still have a few things I can get away with wearing!<br>Stretch marks: nope, I might be lucky and make it through a second. Once can hope<br>Best moment of this week: probably one of the times Leo talked to my belly or about baby brother. He's going to be the best big brother.<br>Movement: slower and less sudden movements I think. I also have a better idea of what body part I'm feeling, haha.<br>Food cravings: not really, I usally crave drinks I guess. Water with lemon, Dr Pepper, juice<br>Anything making you queasy or sick: no<br>Have you started to show yet: yes, and everyone is letting me know. lol </span><br style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Gender: B-0-Y!<br>Labor signs: no, I hope not yet<br>Belly button in or out: It's almost flat, but its still sorta in.<br>Wedding rings on or off: on<br>Happy or moody most of the time: Happy and anxious!<br>Looking forward to: finishing my to-do list and meeting this boy! </span></span></span></div></div>-Kelsey Coghillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09688241073727825801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564546514141911094.post-86321204868589841722016-04-26T00:02:00.000-04:002016-04-26T00:02:14.420-04:00Leo - 26 months Since this is my blog I can describe Leo's age in months for as long as I like, right?<br />There is such a wide range of 2!<br /><br />I realized Leo was 26 months today by looking back at my Facebook posts from a year ago and posting a video of him at 14 months. He was so cute and chunky, barely able to climb up on a little chair in my room. Now he's this machine scaling an obstacle course at the playground, having full meaningful conversations, and drawing faces!<br />
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I know I say it pretty much every post, but he seriously leaves me baffled at the things he's able to do. I also know that he's my kid so I'm clearly biased...<br /><br />He seriously is so fun to be around. I am growing to hate the term terrible twos more every single day because there is truly nothing terrible about him, but people LOVE to say it. <br />People in the grocery store will ask how old he is and when I reply 2 they immediate respond oooooh the terrible twos. Meanwhile Leo is sitting in the cart behaving nicely, playing with whatever superhero figure he's insisted on bringing with him that day or "helping" me by holding some random food item so he can stick it up on the belt. <br /><br />Do we have no so fun moments? Yes, but honestly he is so rational. I know it's a strange way to describe a toddler, but really he is. <br />The other day we were in Walmart and we (I) wanted a donut. They had a few boxes made up with half dozen donuts... cinnamon swirl somethings and pink frosted donuts with sprinkles. Of course Leo wanted the pink frosted ones and I wanted the cinnamon. duh. When I picked up the cinnamon rolls he got upset and said no, no, not those! He started to whine and tried to get he box out of the cart and put it back on the shelf (it was actually pretty funny) and so I said Leo, if you throw a fit we won't get any donuts at all. Do you want donuts? And he said yes and picked up the box of cinnamon donuts and was perfectly content with the choice.<br />Stuff like this happens all the time and I'm able to talk him out of being upset before a full out tantrum ensues.<br />
<br />Every once in a while he is definitely not rational. He will say he wants something and I get it and then it's like noo that's not what I want! So I take it away and he asks for it again. That's not fun... but I'm just learning to not get into those cycles. If he asks for something and then says no then it's a no. Whatever. I read somewhere to offer kids 2 choices - red or blue, this shirt or that shirt and it really truly takes away so much stress in picking things out. Because what color of cup his milk comes in really does matter in his little baby heart.<br />
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As for discipline the timeout is still working very well for us. Leo goes to timeout about once every 3-4 days I'd guess. Usually he says he's sorry or corrects whatever he's done before we get to that point, so I'm very happy about that. The threat of a timeout I guess is what is most effective at this point. Counting to 3- not effective. haha he'll just count along with you...<br />
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Something that I have noticed that has a huge impact on his behavior is definitely screen time. We pretty much adhered to the no screen time before age of 2, which is recommended by the AAP (or was until they updated it along with the "times" and allowed small amounts or whatever) and didn't let Leo have any screen time at home. There are exceptions - I know he watched TV at church in the nursery, I gave him free range on the ipad when we flew, if we're in a store or restaurant and I get desperate for a few moments of silence I will give him my phone to watch videos of himself lol (I don't have any kid apps or games purposefully), and we facetime with family maybe once every two weeks or so. It wasn't a difficult thing for us because A. we don't have a tv and B. Leo has always been a pretty content baby/toddler and it wasn't difficult to get him interested in something other than tv so I never felt that need for the break that tv gives.<br />Around Christmas we started watching a few Christmas shows with him. We'd make it really special and cuddle on the couch and watch Frosty or Rudolph and he LOVED it. It was so fun. We decided we'd make a Friday night tradition of pizza and a movie and have done that most Fridays that Lee is home since. <br />Now Leo is old enough to understand that we can just flip on the computer or ipad at any time and he can watch whatever he wants. Well probably 2 weeks ago I went through an entire week of waking up sick every morning. Like morning sickness I guess but at 32 weeks pregnant and having never had morning sickness ever before this. So I was waking up in the middle of the night feeling sick and having it continue through the morning. Leo wakes up at around 7-7:30 am and very quickly we got in to the habit of me bringing him to bed with me and handing him the ipad while I got an extra hour of sleep and then another hour to just lay there and do nothing. Then when it came time to turn off the ipad he wasn't having it and would fight me... and then ask for it again and again throughout the day. I noticed he was more cranky during the day in general (which truthfully made me want to just give him back the ipad and not deal with it lol).<br />
Thankfully whatever bug or issue I had went away after about a week, but by this time Leo was hooked on his morning ipad time. He would wake up and as soon as I'd open his door he'd say - hi mommy, I play ipad? And when I'd say no, not now, or after breakfast or something like that he'd lose it. Like an addict. lol.<br />So it took several days of distracting him with something different in the mornings before it stopped. He had to detox. He's been like a week now with no screen time other than a show on Friday night and probably something in the nursery at church on Sunday (which I find to be totally different because he understands the concept of start and stop there and is usually also playing and interacting with other kids/people while the show is on rather than sitting on a couch glued to the ipad. lol) and I'm sure some people will roll their eyes but I notice a huge difference in his behavior. He's not the kind of kid that can handle sitting down and watching 1 show (except for our Friday nights, he does surprisingly well with that) and then being done and moving onto the next activity. It really makes my life so much easier if there 0 TV.<br />And then the ipad becomes something super special again that I can pull out in times of need - like when I had to take him with me to the dentist or when I'm 32 weeks pregnant, sick, and need sleep.<br />
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Now I know what you're all thinking - suuuure lets talk again in a couple months when you have a newborn, no sleep, and Leo. I know. I know I'm going to let him watch TV when I'm desperate for a nap because I know that he'll sit on the couch without moving for like an hour+. But, I also know my kid and what is going to be better for us in the long run (not like long term long run, like long run as in after I wake up from that nap and have a disney jr crazed addict on my hands in addition to a starving newborn).<br />I really and truly feel like these first 2 years with limited screen time have been so beneficial for Leo's development and his ability to play independently and to just find things to do when he's bored and I want to make sure that baby brother has the same. Trust me I still watch plenty of shows, they just all happen during nap or at night, haha, I love TV!<br />
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Shew that was a lot longer than I intended it to be. I meant to just say - yeah Leo's a much nicer kid when he doesn't watch TV. Moms are always justifying everything they say or do. Whatever works. And whatever works for that specific season or time period. Your kid watches tons of TV and that works for you. Your kid has never had sugar? That honestly is amazing, I know sugar isn't good for kids, but I still bribe mine for something at least every other day with a sucker and give him a skittle every time he pees on the potty...<br />
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Back to this whole Leo's 2453452342 months post -<br />Something else he does that does drive me nuts is change his shirt 15x per day. He LOVES his character shirts (mommy not so much) and so with every whim of what he's feeling like he thinks he needs to change his shirt. Batman for an hour, spiderman for 15 minutes, then a ninja turtle, now a basketball player.... His shirts used to be in my room in a drawer so I could just close the door, but now that we finally got him a new bed with storage drawers underneath (because we are running out of room in the house like whoa) all this clothes are in his room and super easily accessible under his bed. But you know what, I just make him clean up the 29 shirts he pulls out every hour and put them away. I've given up caring which drawer they go in and if they are folded. Makes life easier.<br />Another thing I had to do was put all his tshirts in drawers rather than hanging up. I used to hang up almost all his clothes, just because, but after a few incidents of him trying to climb the closet to get to them and knocking the closet doors off their tracks I just gave that up and only his "button" shirts are hanging. When you ask Leo what kind of shirts we wear to church he'll say "button shirts" haha... because I also got tired of telling him that he couldn't wear Batman to church on Sunday mornings because darn it I will have 1 day a week where he wears something I approve of. We told him that he and daddy have to wear shirts with buttons every Sunday and so now he just accepts that and there's no fighting when I put him in a polo or button up.<br /><br />
Leo loves to take every single article of clothing off the second we get in the door. lol. We walk in shoes, socks, shirt, shorts, and diaper come off before he does anything else. He spends the majority of his time at home completely naked... it's been great for potty training. I can't remember the last time he's had an accident! I've only been brave enough to do very short trips away from home in underwear so I'm not pushing that yet. We wear diapers out and to bed and that's ok with me. Everyone told me to expect regression when the baby comes so we'll see... but if I can count on not changing a single diaper of his all day long while we're home I am thrilled.<br />
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We have been practicing with wearing underwear around the house and pulling them down. I need to break down and buy him all new underwear in a bigger size. I bought 2T/3T and they fit fine, but he has trouble pulling them down. I bought a pack of 3t/4t and they are much easier but of course he doesn't prefer those ones...... but have you seen the price of kids underwear?! I guess I shouldn't complain when you see the price of diapers, but still.<br />So my advice to parents beginning to potty train their kids - buy underwear bigger than you think you'll need so they can actually pull them down quickly over those chubby little legs. A lot of the time too if he's not completely naked he'll just wear shorts so those are easy to pull down too. Maybe I should buy toddler boxers. lol. I'm sure they make them.<br /><br />
Leo now knows the whole alphabet and can sing his ABCs pretty accurately. He can count to 10, sometimes 12, with no assistance, and recognize almost all the numbers between 1-10.<br />The other day I was asking him numbers and he read - 1,2,3,4,5,6,L,8.P,O haha so he's not real sure about a few, but he did a good job of guessing the next closest thing!<br />He used to do his letters by identifying a word they start with, A Apple, B Batman, C Cookie, etc. but now he knows how to just say the letter on it's own and he'll point letters out on signs in stores and o boxes. He really truly loves to learn, I'm not just a crazy lady pushing this stuff on him.<br />In fact he asks to do flashcards. haha. not kidding. I was like that as a kid too, I'd beg my dad to ask me trivia questions or state capitals.... and I turned out ok right? lol.<br />We have some of those Brain Quest cards for 2-3 year olds that are supposed to build vocabulary and problem thinking skills and the very first time we did them (this week when I found them in the closet digging out baby stuff) Leo could answer every single question easily.<br />They ask things like - what is he doing in this picture? a. he's drinking milk, he's talking on the phone, he's sleeping, etc. Then it'll ask - what color is this or that? What shape is his cracker? How many animals are there? (he just recently began being able to count objects to see how many there are!)<br />This is the same kind of thing I do with him when we read books, I ask him questions about whats going on and what the character's names are and he really understands. It's amazing.<br />He picks out what books he wants to read at nap time and at bedtime and usually when he pulls it off the shelf he knows the title of the book... and we have like 100+ books (mommy is a thrift store book hoarder!)<br />
At Leo's 2 year check up the Dr gave us a milestone questionnaire to fill out for Leo's 2.5 year check up and about a month or more ago I picked it up and went through the questions and Leo can already do everything he needs to be able to do by 30 months!<br />
<br />He LOVES to tell stories! He'll start almost every one with - One time and little boy named Leo and a little boy named Batman.... and then they'll go on to go to a restaurant or the park and drive the Batmobile and see their friends Flash and Superman and sometimes Mommy and Daddy get included. If you keep asking him prompting questions he'll tell very elaborate and long stories. He has such a good imagination. <br />
I think that's also why he loves to draw and paint so much too! He likes to tell me what to draw too. Usually it's a family portrait and he picks out our clothes or accessories (which sometimes are swords like ninja turtles...... uh)<br />
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Along with stories he's getting so so good at playing on his own with his "guys". He'll play out scenarios of them driving around in the car and going places and then getting in fights. He makes the cutest sound effects and talks for each of them in different voices. Man, he's so fun!<br />The other day while I was in the kitchen cooking I could hear him talking for his guys so I peaked in to take a video, unfortunately he's completely naked so it's not suitable for the internet. but I caught him putting Batman, Superman, Wonder woman, and Robin in a car and Batman said - Lets go kids! Let's go! In the car! We're going to store! We're going to store kids! Store to buy milk!<br />
I laughed so hard I almost peed my pants (eh I am 8 mo pregnant) but it was so funny because I don't know where he heard that. I obviously only have 1 kid so I don't say - lets go kids. I say let's go Leo. And then their car was in a crash and flipped over, hahahaha.<br /><br />He does funny stuff pretty much every single day. I really should write it down more often.<br />This weekend Lee hurt his big toe pretty badly by dropping a heavy box on it and he was in a lot of pain and laid down on the couch to prop his foot up and Leo was very concerned. He wanted to kiss it and get him a bandaid. Then he comes back in the room with a banana. I guess it was one of the only foods in the kitchen he could reach. He said, here daddy, nana, feel better! And Lee was like oh thanks buddy and sat it aside... then Leo opened it and force fed it to him. hahahaha I don't have a clue why he thought a banana would cure him but he was convinced Lee needed that banana.<br />The next day Lee came home from a long shift at work and his toe was still very sore (ended up having to stick a needle in it to relieve the pressure of the blood buildup under the nail, gross...) but as soon as Lee said his toe still hurt Leo made a mad dash to the kitchen for a banana.<br />
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Tonight at dinner he kept just randomly saying - Mommy I need a hug! I had to hug him every single time. My little un-affectionate baby is becoming a mommas boy and I absolutely love it.<br />He insists that mommy put him to bed every night, even though by that time I am usually pretty tired and more than happy to let Lee take over that task if he's home. I sometimes give in and "tuddle" him in his bed because he's just so sweet at bedtime, but I also need him to understand that I won't always be able to do it and am going to be possibly occupied with baby brother here pretty soon at bedtime...<br />
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As you can see I could probably go on and on and talk about this little guy for an entire book. I'm cherishing these last few weeks that he is my only baby. The sole recipient of my attention. But like always, I don't get too sad about hitting the next milestone because it is so fun to watch him grow and develop and I cannot wait to see him be a big brother. Pretty much something that will define him for the rest of his life is being this baby's big brother. His protector and confidant, and best friend. I do get emotional when I think about the amazing gift of a brother that we get to give our boys.<br />I love you Leo and I just know that you are going to be the best big brother. Thank you for being you<br />
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<br />-Kelsey Coghillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09688241073727825801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564546514141911094.post-78520408035323678412016-04-05T13:53:00.001-04:002016-04-05T13:53:26.694-04:0031 weeksHey look a pregnancy update!<br />
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I actually feel like I have things to talk about this time.<br />
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I'm starting to feel pretty pregnant now. I definitely have a bump, my hips and pelvis are sore, and I'm having weird shooting pains randomly throughout the day. Yep. Pregnant.<br />
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My feet even swelled the other night after making dinner and doing dishes. Ugh!<br />
With Leo the only time my feet were ever swollen was when we came to Florida at 36 weeks. So I'm blaming it on the heat. Last night when I was cooking I thought "man I wish I had something cushiony to stand on" haha and then I was like oh duh wear shoes! And it was way better and there was no swelling.<br />
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I'm still sleeping good. I feel like that's one of the biggest complaints from pregnant women but I have been sleeping just fine. I sometimes have trouble falling asleep because that's when baby decides to do his aerobics and my hips are most sore at the end of the day... but I'm usually tired enough to fall asleep fairly quickly. I haven't really woken up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom either, but I have to go immediately first thing in the morning. lol<br />
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My belly I think is roughly the same size as it was with Leo, perhaps a little rounder this time as I think baby boy is lower. I still have several pairs of non-maternity shorts and a couple pairs of jeans that I can still wear! I have 3 pairs of shorts maternity shorts and I 100% prefer the ones with the small waist band that you wear under your belly rather than the full panel that goes over your entire belly. I've mostly been wearing dresses and my stretchy jean shorts these days. It works... but I am so looking forward to not "dressing the bump" I hear people all the time saying how they love to wear maternity clothes and look all cutesy pregnant but I don't. lol.<br />
I have gained about 24 pounds, which is less than I'd gained with Leo at this point, but I feel less muscular and they say fat weighs less than muscle so... I'm looking forward to working out after the baby comes. I like a challenge. I'll probably start with walking and then do the Jillian Michaels 30 day shred like I did after Leo and had really good results with! We also have a gym at our complex that I've barely used and so I can definitely see some visits there in our future - they have AC and cable TV so I'll set Leo and brother up in the stroller every morning. Sounds like a plan anyway. Once baby is older Lee and I have talked about joining a gym with childcare, maybe the YMCA or something with children's programs too.<br />
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Baby is definitely a mover. I feel him all over the place. As soon as I'm convinced he's down low I get a pop in the rib or I'll be telling Lee that he's up high and then I get kicked in the crotch. ouch. <br />
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Leo loves to talk to the baby and is getting more and more interested in "baby brother" every day. He has a doll that he all by himself started referring to as baby brother. First it was baby brother rocking in a chair and then baby brother was sleeping on the couch. He also puts stickers on my belly for baby brother. I cannot wait to see them together!<br />
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I passed my glucose test! I was on the higher-end of normal with Leo so I was a little concerned but my blood sugar was only 109! Bring on the cake. Just kidding.... but not really. I do love cake this pregnancy - but mostly only like carrot cake or coffee cake... not white or yellow cake. And Dr. Pepper. Ugh I wish I could just drink an unlimited flow of Dr Pepper all day long. Stupid caffeine.<br />
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We are starting to get everything all prepared for baby's arrival. I have the crib and changing table set up in our room for now, then baby and Leo will share a room later or we will move our bedroom into the spare room and give the boys each their own room. Haven't decided yet. <br />
We have a 3 bedroom, but 2 bedrooms are side by side and the master is across the house so I initially wanted the room right next to Leo so I could hear him in the night. We made the master bedroom our spare room so guests would have their own space and bathroom. It also functions as a storage room because it is such a big room and we have ZERO storage in this apartment. So if I were to make that room my room it wouldn't be that pretty... haha. Details.<br />
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I had to order a new base for our car seat because our old one got damaged on a flight (note make sure metal buckles are not hooked together because it gets really cold thousands of feet up in the air and metal contracts and expands and will not come back apart) I had to cut off the latch strap and then use the base with the seat belt for a couple weeks until we switched Leo to the convertible seat. I know they say you can use the seat belt for installation but I just don't feel like it gets as tight so I felt much better about getting a new base.<br />
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I pulled out all of Leo's baby clothes under 6 months and washed them. It was fun to go through all his stuff and be like awww remember when he wore this?! or ummm why did I keep this ugly thing? I've also been buying way too many baby clothes at thrift stores here and there so baby brother is SET for clothes and shoes apart for something to wear home from the hospital and for newborn pictures. My friend Rachel gave me a bag full of newborn sized clothes too because that's the only season we were lacking since Leo was born in February in Detroit - aka lots of thermal fleecy materials not a ton of lightweight onesies and outfits. The boys' closet is STUFFED. But I don't know what you expect when Salvation Army has sales like all kids clothes 5/$1 or Goodwill puts everything in the store 50% off. How can I resist!<br />
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We needed a new rocking chair or glider and found one with a matching stool in perfect condition in the trash last week!!! It's a Dutailer - which I googled and is apparently worth like $4-500! What?! So we need a new cover, which I'm going to attempt to make because Lee put a ton of confidence in me by saying "you could make one. You watch all those shows where they do that kind of stuff." Right.<br />
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Lee encouraged me to make a list the other day of all the things we need to do before baby comes and it's LONG.<br />
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<b>Get Leo a twin bed<br />Move crib back to highest setting </b><br />
<b>Get/make cover for glider </b><br />
<b>Get double stroller </b>- this technically can wait until after baby because I plan on wearing him a lot and can push Leo in our old one or his bike. And I still don't know what stroller I want but I'm REALLY leaning towards the double Bob... if only it wasn't $600. <br />
<b>Diapers </b><br />
<b>Pack bags</b> - Me, Lee, Leo, and Baby<br />
<b>Type schedule and info about Leo - </b>in case someone from church will be watching him rather than my mom<br />
<b>Install car seat </b><br />
<b>Breast pump</b> - find out info from insurance company etc.<br />
<b>Clean carpets </b>- I'm gonna rent one of those steam clean/shampoo things from Home Depot at some point before baby is born. Maybe around 38 weeks and hope it puts me in labor. lol. Kidding.... sorta.<br />
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I'm actually ahead on some things.... I've already stocked up on the stuff I'll need for after baby - some breast pads and regular pads, and vasaline and gauze for baby's circumcision. I've started packing a bag. I have my nursing tanks, bras, a nightgown, chap stick, travel sized toiletries, socks, flip flops, baby gowns and onesies, swaddle, blanket, wipes, etc.<br />
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I'm one of those big weirdos that is looking forward to my labor and delivery this time. Not looking forward to the pain part - but I am sort of excited to see how it will differ from my labor for Leo and to try some new tricks kinda thing. I'm definitely going to be going for another unmedicated birth, as long as everything goes smoothly. But this time around I will know that the contractions made me nauseous and will ask for something to stop the vomiting a little earlier. Throwing up during contractions when you've had nothing to eat or drink - not good. I will also not get in bed until near the end. Last time I laid down in bed due to the nausea and even though I didn't have an epidural I stayed in bed for the rest of my labor. Not what I wanted to do. So I'm going into it thinking - if I lay down I'm not getting back up until after baby is born. I will walk more, use the birthing ball more, etc. Get that baby moving along with gravity! My only wish is that the pushing goes faster this time around. They say it does with #2... and I have a much better perspective about the whole pushing thing this time around... I know what it takes to actually push a human being out of your body (a whole lotta muscle) and I will not rush the pushing... I will wait until I really feel the need to rather than being anxious to get it going like I was with Leo.<br />
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The last detail we don't really know how to handle is when my mom will come. Being in Florida is slightly more difficult than Michigan when your mom is in Ohio. I called her when my water broke and she hopped in the car. Now we need plane tickets!<br />
I have several people from our church on call to watch Leo in case she's not here yet, or even if she is here but I just want her there during delivery. It's so hard to know though because I was 10 days early with Leo!! And my niece is graduating high school at the end of the May and the whole family is going and I don't want my mom to miss out on that... and then Memorial Day is a big day in our hometown so I don't want mom to miss that if she doesn't have to. The problem with having a second baby - care for the first baby!<br />
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Shew this was long. I highly doubt any of you read this. But as I've been going through this pregnancy I've been re-reading a lot of my posts about being pregnant with Leo and the posts from when Leo was a newborn so I definitely want to stay up and be as detailed as I can - even if just for my own benefit!<br />
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<br />-Kelsey Coghillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09688241073727825801noreply@blogger.com2