Bump: 18 Weeks ...

Not sure how faithful I'll be at doing this weekly - but thought it'd be nice to have some weekly documentation besides the bump picture ;)

How Far Along: 18 Weeks

Total Weight Gain: 16 lbs

Size of Baby: Bell Pepper

Maternity Clothes?: Yes, maternity leggings are my new BFF! I can still wear my regular tops, although I do wear some maternity ones from time to time even though it's not a necessity. 

Sleep: It has been good.  I fall sleep early {9:00ish} on the couch almost nightly.  After moving up to bed around 11 I usually lay in bed reading until I finally fall sleep around midnight or 1AM.  Might be a good idea to not fall asleep on the couch anymore ;) 

Food Cravings: Cool Ranch Doritos. And Carbs, give me ALL the carbs!

Food Aversions: Nothing.

Gender: We don't know yet. 

Symptoms: Tiredness {although that could be my exhaustion from the Kinders as well}

Milestones: No big milestones that I can think of. 

Movement: None that I can feel yet - I keep thinking I feel it, then I let out a little toot and we're good.  So I'm mistaking gas for baby - hopefully I'll be able to feel it soon!

Best moment this week: We're focusing on letter B in Kinderworld this week.  We were coming up with words that start with the B sound and one of my kinders shared "Belly!" as they stared at mine.  All the kiddos are very excited and have told me this week that my belly is "a lot bigger". :)

Looking forward to: Finding out the gender on Dec 13! Hopefully baby decides to show us! 

Extra Notes: The kinders are SO interested in this pregnancy which is very fun.  They ask me daily when the baby will come - I tried to explain that it will snow and the snow will go away and then baby will be here.  Yesterday, we counted how many months until baby will be here and they replied, "That's a long time!"  They started telling me this week after lunch that my belly grew and looked bigger to them than in the morning. 

Last week we celebrated Thanksgiving with my family.  My niece Chloe was going looking at some of the ADs and handing them out to different family members. She looked at me and said, "Are you really having a baby?" When I relied yes she handed me an AD saying, "There's baby stuff inside to look at."  Sure enough, I opened the AD and there were cribs, high chairs, etc.  It cracked us all up.

During our visit downstate Otis was NOT happy when I was holding a crying Judah.  He started barking and jumping all around.  Oh pup, your world is about to be rocked! 

Bump: Week 5 - Week 17

For entertainment purposes --- here's the Bump from week 5 to week 17! We're officially 18 weeks tomorrow! :)

Thanksgiving 2016 ...

A couple weeks ago we celebrated Thanksgiving with the hubs family.  We're on an every other year rotation with Thanksgiving {trying our best to make it fair} so this year we were with my family for the actual holiday. 

Our time up north was spent resting and watching football - Otis and I had the same leg positions going on :)

We took a nice walk down by the marina - which was SO weird to see so empty! There was just one lonely boat left. 

We enjoyed family time - 

Celebrated a birthday ...

and ate some yummy food! 

On Thanksgiving Eve we ventured down to my brother's house.  And what an adventure it was! The roads were horrible - my anxiety set in and Otis was on my lap in the car literally shaking.  Thankfully we made it safe and sound! 

We enjoyed Judah cuddles ...

And Otis enjoyed seeing his brother from another mother ...

So nice to spend some time with these little ladies! 

And this little man who is growing so quickly! 

I must admit too, it's always nice to see my brother as well :) 

And my SIL - we enjoyed some day after Thanksgiving shopping, after sleeping in a little :)

Otis was put to the test with kids ... and I have to say he passed ...

Even throughout the numerous hugs ;)

After feasting on the delicious food we took a family walk, pups and all.

Ava had to bring her accessories - ha! 

It was a great couple days of family and love - we have so much to be thankful for this year! 

Adding to our Webb ...

I've been a little quiet around here - and as my mom, time and time again, informs me I have a LOT to blog about. 

Like this ...

Yup! We're having a BABY!  On Oct 13 - at 11 weeks 1 day, we got to see our sweet baby for the first time!  I might have told the hubs it would probably just be a blob and we might see a flicker of a heart beat .... but oh my golly - we saw a full on BABY! 

Words can't even begin to describe the feels we had when we saw that sight - the baby was moving and grooving and stretching out their little leg.  So so cool to see! 

We got some pictures - and it's safe to say that the hubs was pretty obsessed all night long :)

The next week we made the big announcement on social media - featuring Otis of course! :)  His world is about to be ROCKED! 

And the belly has been growing - which we're documenting weekly.  Here are just few of the pictures ...

We are officially at 15 weeks 4 days right now - and we have our BIG ultrasound next month to find out if it is a Boy or Girl! :)  We are both SO excited to find out what we are having! 

So, that is life lately.  Lots going on, just not enough time to sit down and write it all out :)  

And of course, we can't forget our fur child who has been a champ lately.  He turned TWO last month!  And clearly, he has NO idea what's headed his way!