15 Weeks....Only 25 To Go :)

So I'm a day late on this post because I haven't been feeling well :(  My head feels full, and I have no idea where all this snot is coming from!  Anywho, other than that I have been feeling great baby wise!  Pretty sure I felt Stout Seed # 2 flutter around the other day, so that was really cool!  I have an appointment on Tuesday to hear the heartbeat and to set up an appointment to find out the sex of the baby.  That appointment won't be until January, so we are about 5 weeks from finding out if Stout Seed # 2 is a boy or a girl!  Once it gets closer we will talk names people!  We are excited to start calling this little bundle by name!  I really enjoyed when we got to start calling Joey by name...it made it more real!  So that's what's going on, here's the Belly Pics and the Baby Center news!

Me with Joey in my belly at 15 weeks :)  That's a sassy pic if I do say so myself!!

Here's me with Stout Seed # 2....not feeling so well, that's why I have the scarf and the sad look, but needless to say, I am happy to be carrying Stout Seed # 2, so that's a plus :)

How your baby's growing (Week 15):

Your growing baby now measures about 4 inches long, crown to rump, and weighs in at about 2 1/2 ounces (about the size of an apple). She's busy moving amniotic fluid through her nose and upper respiratory tract, which helps the primitive air sacs in her lungs begin to develop. Her legs are growing longer than her arms now, and she can move all of her joints and limbs. Although her eyelids are still fused shut, she can sense light. If you shine a flashlight at your tummy, for instance, she's likely to move away from the beam. There's not much for your baby to taste at this point, but she is forming taste buds. Finally, if you have an ultrasound this week, you may be able to find out whether your baby's a boy or a girl! (Don't be too disappointed if it remains a mystery, though. Nailing down your baby's sex depends on the clarity of the picture and on your baby's position. He or she may be modestly curled up or turned in such a way as to "hide the goods.")

Wishful Wednesday

'I wish' .... I could relive one particular holiday experience over and over again, and it would be ____________!

Kelsey is back with Wishful Wednesday! I have so many memories of Christmas that it's hard to pick, but....

 

If I could relive one particular holiday experience over and over again, and it would be going to my grandparents house in Hunt, TX!

If I was better prepared, I would have a great little pic to put in right here, but I do not :(  I just loved going their each year!  I have memories of sitting in the back of the car with the portable tape player listening to The Judds and The Eagles!  I feel like we wore out several of those tapes over the years!  I also loved getting to see my Great grandmother, Nonny, who Joey is named after and that is also why we call my mom Nonny!  I always new I was going to get a book from my granddad even though I don't like to read...he always put thought into it hoping that one day I might crack!  I also remember one year I had asked for a hairdryer.  My grandmother ordered it and it came in the mail but in a different box, she didn't think anything of it, and that year when I opened my "hair dryer", I got frozen (thawed at that point) chicken patties....not funny at the time to me, but hilarious now!  We used to go arrowhead hunting with Bigman, and fed the deer everyday!  We always opened presents on Christmas Eve and stockings Christmas morning.  I also remember watching The Music Man each time we would go to Hunt.  

I miss that house, I miss my grandad, I miss my great grandmother, and I miss the traditions we had in Hunt.  Now as a new Stout family we are making our own traditions which include driving up and down HWY 75 on Christmas, eating with Johnny's family each Christmas Eve, and more :)  I'm excited to look back on this post when Jo is older and see what she remembers best.  

Merry Christmas Everyone! 

Santa...Dun Dun Duuuuuu

So we went to spend time with family this past Saturday and shop for our Angel Tree kiddos.  While we were at the mall, we ran into Santa Claus at Nordstrom's of all places.  He was tucked away in a corner, and we pounced!  No line, no official cameras, just THE MAN in a chair!  Here are the pics Johnny got with our camera :)

FYI, she was not having any part of Santa :)  She is bent over balling :(  Let's try a different approach...

This was the only way we could get her to go near the man in he red suit!  There's always next year!

Chili Time :)

So this weekend we headed out to Aunt Amy and Uncle Stewie's house in Sunnyvale for some home cooked chili, and family fun :)  This is a tradition that was started a couple of years ago that has lived on!!  We missed Uncle Stewie (he was in New York for work), but loved seeing Aunt Amy, Aunt Jackie, Grandma and most of the cousins!!  Here are a few pics...

Me and my Reba buddy...Amy

Claudia, Mily, and Joey hanging out

Brandon and Mily...not quite sure what Mi is doing :)

Joey all ready to go in her new coat, hat and gloves

Week 14...26 To Go :)

So I was talking to someone the other day and they were like "I'm sure you don't have time to read all about what our baby is doing in your belly, and how it is developing because you are chasing around a little one this time!". And to that I say...of coarse I have time, and to me, that is my favorite part and what got me through Joey's pregnancy.  I love looking at Baby Center and see what is growing next!  Each Sunday night, Johnny and I take turns reading out of a book that my friend Akirb gave us.  It talks about your pregnancy week by week regarding baby development, mom nutrition, and it even gives dad tips like.....rub your wife's back today, it probably hurts :)  So long story short, I am still facinated at what the Lord is forming inside my womb.  It is amazing to me that he already knows what it will look like inside and out, and what kind of person it will become regardless of what Johnny and I do to get in the way of God's plan for SS#2 or how we help move His plan along.  Can you tell I'm all worked up and STOKED????  On with the belly pics and the news for the week.....

Here I am with Joey.  I feel like in this one you could really start to tell I was preggo!!  I loved taking this picture at the time, it was all becoming more real to me!

Here I am save week with Stout Seed # 2.  No need to convince myself this time, I definitely look and feel preggo :)

How your baby's growing (Week 14):

This week's big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him — a process he'll keep up until birth. He can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch him sucking his thumb.

In other news: Your baby's stretching out. From head to bottom, he measures 3 1/2 inches — about the size of a lemon — and he weighs 1 1/2 ounces. His body's growing faster than his head, which now sits upon a more distinct neck. By the end of this week, his arms will have grown to a length that's in proportion to the rest of his body. (His legs still have some lengthening to do.) He's starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair, called lanugo, all over his body. Your baby's liver starts making bile this week — a sign that it's doing its job right — and his spleen starts helping in the production of red blood cells. Though you can't feel his tiny punches and kicks yet, your little pugilist's hands and feet (which now measure about 1/2 inch long) are more flexible and active.

Jo Is On The Mend!

So our little peanut has been sicky for the past week!  We had her home Monday thru Friday while she was getting better!

 Monday she had some clear snot and a low grade fever, we thought nothing of it, but Johnny did take off work so that the kids at Miss Holli's wouldn't get sick too. Johnny called the doc to see if we could give her anything, and they said nope...nothing for the little lady, just Tylenol for the fever.

Tuesday, same story....low grade fever, and the sniffles with an added cough.  We just kept her home gave her some Tylenol with plenty of rest.

Wednesday was the day we finally took her to the doctor.  Good thing too, she had 2 ear infections, and bronchitis...poor little girl!  The also thought her heartbeat was weird and considering her history they decided to take a chest x-ray.  Johnny said that was an adventure...they had to lay her on her tummy and hold her down...not fun!  They determined from the chest x-ray that her heart was fine, but still wanted us to come do a follow up visit the next day. 

Thursday I took her back to the doc and she said she heard some wheezing in her chest and she didn't want anything to settle in her lungs becoming pneumonia so she put Jo on an inhaler in addition to the antibiotic she got the day before.  After the doc appointment, Joey spent the day with Grandma and Mily.  The girls had a blast, and Grandma said if she could afford not working she would just stay home with these lovely ladies all the time!

Friday came and Nonny got to spend the day with Joey....Nonny (my mom) loved that every time she wiped Joey's nose Joey said "thank you".  If you haven't heard Joey speak, it is just the sweetest thing, and a simple little "thank you" without prompting will just melt your heart!

Our little munchkin is doing better now, she just has a pesky lingering cough that sounds awful, but we have been assured by her doc she is no longer contagious, so Saturday we ventured out into the world to meet my family at the Galleria for some Angel Tree Shopping and hang out time!  Here's a picture of Joey trying to warm up to Santa, and one of her in her new coat and hat...this girl is ready for the winter...bring on the snow :)

 

13 Weeks.....27 More To Go!

So here we are at 13 weeks!  I feel great, but am excited to see the weeks tick away!  Here's the update and belly pics for this week.....

This is 13 weeks with Joey...I look none too excited to be taking this picture, but sometimes that's how it went :)  Those are my size 0 jeans though, so that was fun!

Here's me with Stout Seed #2.....Those are definitely not my size 0 jeans :( Oh well!  I did try to look a littler more excited this time around!!

On with the update...

How your baby's growing (Week 13):

Fingerprints have formed on your baby's tiny fingertips, her veins and organs are clearly visible through her still-thin skin, and her body is starting to catch up with her head — which makes up just a third of her body size now. If you're having a girl, she now has more than 2 million eggs in her ovaries. Your baby is almost 3 inches long (the size of a medium shrimp) and weighs nearly an ounce.