June Bloom!

Okayyyyyy soooooo I totally want to get into blogging remember my New Years resolution to blog more?  Well it's only taken me til June to make it an actual priority!

sooooo I decided to do a blog challenge & I've tried the 30 day challenge in blogging before and it was HARD to blog every single day, soooo I decided to do a 30 day challenge of blogging every OTHER day so a total of 15 posts & it totally seems possible for me to do!  (That's what I'm hoping anyway!)

Sooooo without further ado I introduce you to the 30 day challenge of this little blog!  I hope you wanna join too?  I mean why not right?

In case you don't understand every day is a one word prompt soooo today is Sunday.  Write about anything including Sunday!  Heck you could write a whole blog post & just include the word sunday the point is to just blog!  So go for it!

Happy June!  :)

XOXO

Jade :)

A Second Birth Story

Wow!  I literally feel like I wrote Carter's birth story last week, and this now I have another story to write. 

I don't want Reagan to feel like I don't care to write down her story so to be fair I also need to embarass her and tell the whole blogging world her birth story too!

Soooo it allll started on April 3rd, 2014 you see I was beyond tired of being pregnant & had, had enough.  I had hoped & prayed that Reagan would come out that weekend but totally didn't expect it!  

I woke up that morning and had a dr appt the dr said that I could stay pregnant safely all the way until April 16th if she didn't want to come out so to just walk and maybe he would see me before my next appt the following week. 

I came home & told my Omar (my BIL) & Rosemary (his gf) that I would die if I had to stay pregnant all the way until the 16th & hoped she would come out that weekend!!!  I told them I was ready for her to be out & was going to kohls to walk around to hopefully get her to get out!

rosemary then asked me if I was going to go to my grandmas?  I said no, and she looked at me worried and said "what if you go into labor?  Who's gonna take you to the hospital?" I looked at her and laughed and told her there's nooooo way my labor would go that fast it just doesn't happen like that!  And I was postive I would have enough time to call someone if I somehow went into labor!!

So I packed up carter & we were off to find something for me to wear for Easter at kohls!

We were walking around the whole store and I was taking my time in hopes carter would get tired & we would get home just in time for his nap.  I was looking at something to stuff in his Easter basket when ALL of a sudden I felt like I had peed myself!  Not a lot just a teeny tiny bit and I couldn't believe it!

I literally started laughing to myself and saying "OH MY GOD I CAN NOT BELIEVE I JUST PEED MYSELF clearly I am ready to have this baby if I can't even hold my pee in on a trip to Kohls!" :D

I finished getting whatever I needed and was rushing to leave.  It wasn't a lot of pee so I wasn't in a HUGE hurry.

When I went down to pay I realized that it felt like I was trickling pee, (sorry if that's TMI) so I decided to text Steph to ask her what it felt like when your water broke because I started wondering what if?  She explained it to me and said I bet it did break!!!  Omg I was like no way!!!  She said to go home and sit on the toilet to see if it was clear or yellow if it was yellow obviously it was pee!  Hahaha so finally when I went home I checked and it seemed clear!  I text her and she said omg your water broke!!!!

I didn't really believe it, so I did a few Google searches and all came up more then likely sooooo I called my mom to see if she would come and take me to the hospital.  I figured by time she got to my house someone would be home to take care of carter & if not we would just take him!  She was so excited when I called her and said she would be here soon!

I realized that i was NO where near ready to have a baby that wasn't technically due until Tuesday & it was barely Thursday!!!  I hadn't even washed her clothes yet!  (You know that nesting mode everyone goes into before their baby is born?  That definitely doesn't happen to me!) so I started packing a hospital bag & put all of Reagan's clothes to wash haha!  

I figured the husband could come home and finish grabbing stuff for her before she came home since the hospital was so close!  Soooo unprepared!

In the meantime Victor Sr called to see if I wanted some lunch...and I thought whyyyy sureeee I want some lunch since I probably won't be able to eat until tomorrow!  Hahaha I ordered my fave at the time a cheeseburger & fries!!!

I was still not getting any contractions so I was starting to think shoot I have a loonging time I'm sure of it!

Tavo (my BIL, Carters God father) showed up & I asked him if he would watch carter while I go with my mom to the hospital and he said why?  Are you gonna have the baby?  I said yes!  He said what?!  You are?!  I explained to him about what happened at Kohls and we were laughing our butts off!  

My mom & gram showed up and were ready to leave when I told them I was still packing.  My mom & grandma were freaking out & I just felt so calm!  Haha they were asking me what I needed help with and were just helping get things ready!  

Victor Sr (FIL) & pokey (SIL) showed up shortly after  and handed me my food.  He looked funny at my mom & grandma like what are you guys doing here on a random day at a random time?  Haha 

I started eating & my grandma told victor sr, we're ready to have a baby!   And he said yep!  Only a couple more days as he kept walking!   Haha my mom said NO TODAY!  His eyes got huge!  And said omg today!!???  Hahaha it was the funniest face ever I'll probably never forget it, it was like someone tripped him!

They were all laughing and we were like didn't you hear her?  He said yeah but j thought she was asking me like are we ready?  It was so funny!  Pokey & her then boyfriend were laughing at how calm the house was considering we were gonna have a baby!  I was laughing and my mom & grandma were saying they felt the same!  They didn't even know how I was eating!  When I was explaining to them why, they said you're so right!  Hahaha eat!!!

I finally finished packing said good bye to carter & we were off to the hospital!  Now the time in the hospital is NEXT!

Andddd it's only been a couple of months.

Haha how many blog posts has it been now that begin with, "I should really be blogging more and I want make it a point to now." -.- it's ridiculous how much I want to blog but don't.  

Welllll from now on I'm not gonna write it I'm just gonna start with this...

Ohhhhh heyyyyy little blog of mine, long time no see!  I've missed you dearly old buddy, let's catch up!

You see, in this 20 or so weeks that I have not blogged I have done so much.  We moved.  We had a beautiful baby, and I've been raising a child that although is only slightly over a year & a 1/2 old is definitely starting his terrible twos early!! (Did I jumpstart them by having a baby? I think I might have).

Before we go any further, please let me introduce you 

Reagan Emmie Laines

This is her today, and she will be a whole two months next week!  Where has the time gone??  

She had a TOTALLY different birth story then Carter, and can I just say that I thought everyone said the second labor is easier?  Idk who made up that lie because my second delivery was definitely NOT easier!  :l

Can I please just tell you now, that being a mom to a girl is so much fun!  I mean carter was so much fun when he was a baby too, but a baby with a huge bow on her head and a cute romper on is to die for.  I'm officially more obsessed with baby clothes >.<

And dresses?  Omg it's totally okay to start dreaming of her first bday dress right?  Because I am!  :)

Carter is adjusting well, kinda sorta.  He goes through stages where he loves his sister & then he doesn't love his sister that much!  Haha

It's nice to write down my random thoughts.  Let's see if I remember to do this more often :)

P.S. Here's our first family picture :D

Baby Laines #2-29 Weeks

How far along: 29 weeks

Baby's size: butternut squash, about 17" & 3.1 lbs :)

Miss Anything:  I know it's pretty early to be missing being comfortable BUT I still do.  I miss laying on my back, my back not hurting & not being tired. -.-

Best moment this week:  finding out that I don't have gestational diabetes & that baby is doing GREAT at my doctors appt this week :D

Movement:  She moves about the same amount as her brother which isn't too much BUT she does get wayyyyy closer to my ribs then he ever did :(  andddddd she kicks my bladder a lot more!  Does that mean she's gonna be super tall?!  

Food cravings: Besides a beer with lemon & salt not too much.  I miss beer or a margarita sooo bad thoughhhhh

Anything making you queasy or sick: not too much.  Same as with carter I'll randomly feel like throwing up BUT other then that I'm good :)

Maternity Clothes: ummmm mostly my pants ya, I could wear some of my older bigger regular clothes but maternity jeans are just so much more comfortable.  Besides that though I haven't had to buy any maternity shirts or anything (yet).

Stretch marks:  i have noticed more but I think they're just the ones I got with carter stretching out more.  My body is punishing me for being pregantant twice in two years -.-

Symptoms I HAVE:   Besides the ever growingn belly, the back ache, my constant insomnia, and my craxy preggers brain, absolutely none :)

Doctor’s Appointment:  I had one on Monday & from now on they're every two weeks!  I can't believe it!!  And then starts every week & every couple of days :-0  it's going sooooo fast!

What I'm looking forward to:  meeting little miss :)

Gender: GIRL!!!!  

Belly Button in or out: in

Wedding rings on or off: on pretty loose still.

Happy or Moody most of the time: I think I'm okay in the moody department, I mean I'm sure everyone gets moody when preggers but I'm not THAT bad...haha

Sleep: ugh when?  Where?  Seems like never...I'm so tired and can never ever sleep.  Literally in bed at 2/3 every night & up at 8/9 :(

Showing:  for sureeeeee

Baby Laines #2-28 weeks

How far along: 28 weeks

Baby's size: a LARGE eggplant!  About 16" & 2.5 lbs!!  Getting soooo big :)

Miss Anything:  I miss not feeling uncomfortable, yuck and I still have 2.5 months to go.

Best moment this week: hmmm wellllll this week hasn't been too great because my body has been hurting so bad, BUT next week I go to the doctor, AND after that I start my 2 week appts, OMG I can NOT believe how fast this pregnancy is going!

Movement:  Actually, when I started typing this she started moving around all crazy!  :D  Maybe, she knows I'm talking about her?

Food cravings: I have been eating a lot of fruit again, just like with Carter, I swear I ate a WHOLE cantaloupe the other day, downside?  Carter also loves fruit so I always have to share!

Anything making you queasy or sick: I went to take the glucose test this week, and last time I felt fine when I finished, this time however I thought I might die :(  I did take it at 7 am and hadn't slept in about 3 days, SOOOO I'm hoping that had something to do with it, AND I don't have diabetes :(

Maternity Clothes: yesssss still the same, fitting in some of my older clothes, and long shirts, but I can definitely feel everything getting tighter around the belly :)

Stretch marks:  still none I can see :)

Symptoms I HAVE:   this insomnia might be the death of me, seriously.  I just can't ever ever fall asleep, it sucks. 

Doctor’s Appointment:  welllll i already said i went to my glucose test, and that sucked, and now I have an appt next week.  Let's hope everything came out good, AND here starts my two week appts!  OH and we NEED to schedule a hospital tour VERY soon, considering we aren't having baby girl at the same hospital we had Carter and I literally know NOTHING about that hospital except where emergency is!

What I'm looking forward to:  seeing what she looks like!  I can't help but wonder if she'll look like carter, or like me?  or like her dad.  

Gender: GIRL!!!!  

Belly Button in or out: in

Wedding rings on or off: on pretty loose still.

Happy or Moody most of the time: Yep, still crying at anything, and everything.

Sleep: insomnia sucks, I'm tired :((

Showing:  MOST definitely!  :D

Baby Laines #2-27 weeks

How far along: 27 weeks

Baby's size: a head of cauliflower!  About 16" & 2.5 lbs!!  Getting soooo big :)

Miss Anything:  Besides my mouth still watering when I see a corona I don't really miss too much.  Besides my back not hurting everyday :(

Best moment this week: I have been cleaning out Carter's clothes & organizing baby girls clothes & I can't believe it BUT we already have TWO drawers filled with clothes!  :)  lots & lots of dresses & girly stuff already too makes my heart so happy to have a baby girl on her way and to experience something new :)

Movement:  yep!  Last week I felt her kicking more, this week I feel her moving around all crazy...I hope she's not trying to turn breech because when I went to the dr last time she was already head down!

Food cravings: wellll same, nothing really, besides a beer -.- orrrr sweets >.< same with Carter these kids loooove sugar!

Anything making you queasy or sick: same, nothing really BUT I totally forgot that this time, my nose works sooo much better & I can literally smell everything so LOTS of things make me randomly feel like throwing up!  -.-

Maternity Clothes: yesssss still fitting regular shirts but I can feel some of them getting shorter haha good thing I still don't have any swelling or anything so all my shoes & stuff fit fine :)

Stretch marks:  still none I can see :)

Symptoms I HAVE:   my back still hurts, and it sucks :( BUT still nothing else really.  I'm still thankful for how easy my pregnancies go compared to other peoples :) oh and of course my insomnia :( 

Doctor’s Appointment:  don't have one scheduled until the 20th BUT I did schedule my glucose test for this Monday :(  it's at 7 am and I'm hopingggg since it's literally 2 minutes from my house I get to come home in between blood drawings.

What I'm looking forward to:  still the baby shower & the closer it gets the more excited that I am that baby is going to be here!  I can't wait for her to meet her brother & to see what she's like <3

Gender: GIRL!!!!  

Belly Button in or out: in

Wedding rings on or off: on pretty loose still.

Happy or Moody most of the time: I am still happy most of the time BUT for sure my emotions are CRAZY!  I can literally cry at anything literally!

Sleep: still the same, once I'm actually asleep I sleep pretty good!  BUT it's the actual falling asleep part that isn't working out for me :(

Showing:  MOST definitely!  :D

Baby Laines #2-26 weeks!

Okayyy I know I should have started this ummm 15 weeks ago?  BUT whatev poor baby girl is gonna think we don't love her as much which is NOT the case I just don't sit behind a computer all day anymore -.-

Anywayyyy without further ado, her very first weekly update :)

How far along: 26 weeks

Baby's size: a cucumber & 2.2 lbs which sound just like what the dr said at our ultrasound :)

Miss Anything:  With Carter I never really missed beer too much, but with baby girl I miss having a drink soooo much more :( andddd I feel like I was more uncomfortable later last time around.  I swear I'm wobbling already & she's still gotta cook 3 more months!!  Also I miss my back not hurting -.- wahhhh I'll whine alllll pregnancy this time I don't care I feel like I'm dyingggg

Best moment this week: seeing baby girl at the ultrasound this week AND knowing she's still a girl :)

Movement:  yep!  She's different then her brother she kicks my bladder a lot and always seems to kick my right side under my ribs :) BUT she also moves a lot by my belly button NOT all crazy like other people say their babies move but she's definitely doing something in there :)

Food cravings: wellll besides a beer I think I'm good.  I randomly think omgggg that sounds sooooo good but usually forget about it so.

Anything making you queasy or sick: actually this time around my diet seems to be fine, I haven't really hated anything soo I guess not.

Maternity Clothes: yesssss I can still fit most of my shirts that fit before I was preggers but a lot of them are started to get a little short, I can still fit my pants but I'm scared to stretch them like I did with carter so I've been sticking to leggings or my maternity jeans which were literally the BEST investment I made!  Soooo comfy!

Stretch marks:  not any new ones that I could see, besides the couple I got from carter,  we shall see though I didn't see any when I was this pregnant with carter either.

Symptoms I HAVE:   My back has been KILLING me all weekend it sucks idk whyyy but it sucks.  Also, I have super duper bad insomnia :( it's 3:30 am and I'm still up -.- and It sucks when carter wakes up early good thing he likes to sleep in most days :)  alsooo I've been starting to get a little bit of heartburn nothing too bad I guess, andddd I feel full already :( wahhhhhh it's only gonna get worse haha

Doctor’s Appointment:  I had one this week because last week they had to cancel and everything looked good, I gotta take my glucose test pretty soon hopefully it's as bad as Carter's was and not worse because last time it wasn't as bad as people made me feel like it was gonna be.  AND my dr informed me that my next appt is in 3 weeks AND then they're EVERY 2 weeks already omggg I can't believe how much faster it's gone this time around?!  Am I reallyyyyy gonna have TWO kids in like 3 months?!  :O

What I'm looking forward to:  My sister, MIL & SIL are planning a baby shower for baby next month and I'm actually kinda looking forward to it, at first I didn't want one but the more I think about it the more excited I am that we are going to celebrate her :) andddd we're gonna get a 3-D u/a pretty soon so I can't wait to see what her little face looks like and to see if she looks like her brother or not :)

Gender: GIRL!!!!  (P.S. I'm pretty excited now that I'm able to shop BOTH the boy & girl sections!)

Belly Button in or out: in

Wedding rings on or off: on pretty loose but last time they stopped fitting toward the end so I'm hoping it's the same this time.

Happy or Moody most of the time: I am happy most of the time I think...randomly I know I'll get super frustrated because my body hurts so bad already :( but other then that I'm happy the way our life is going and can't wait to be a family of four :)

Sleep: once I can finally fall asleep (usually takes a while sometimes a longggg while) I stay asleep til morning thank god!  But I swear my sleep was a lot less interrupted when I was preggers with carter -.-

Showing:  haha during Christmas we were shipping at Costco and I was soooo excited that a lady said something about not wanting to hit my belly & I realized that you could kinda tell I was pregnant & not just chubby haha because I swear for awhile there I'm positive people just thought I was getting fat!  BUT just in the past couple of weeks my belly has really POPPED out!!  :-O

Life

Sometimes...life gets in the way of things we want to do with all it's CRAZINESS!!  Somehow I stopped blogging in September & never came back to it :(

Sooooo to catch up I'll give the QUICK highlights!

Carter got super sick more then once including ONE overnight stay at the hospital a semi-surgery (soooo scary!!  But sooooo thankful he's better now!!). TWO ambulance rides, (okay, one MIGHT have been unnecessary BUT I was freaked from the last experience!) 

Carter turned ONE!  Celebrated his first bday which I definitely want to blog about!  AND had the BEST time ever at BOTH his bday party 

& his actual birthday!  :)

We finallyyyyy told EVERYONE about baby #2 :D 

We found out baby #2 is a baby GIRL!!!!  :D!!!

We celebrated our THIRD year of marriage!!

Celebrated the husbands dad's 50th bday!  :)

Found out my closest cousin is ALSO expecting NOT only a baby ONE month before us BUT also a baby girl!  Eeek literally SO excited!!  (They're already gonna be BEST cousins!  They have NO choice!)

My great gma passed away :(

We celebrated Halloween 

& Thanksgiving

 & Christmas 

AND New Years!!!

Anddddd we're excited about the new year!  And to see what's in store for us this year and can't wait to welcome baby girl :)

Day 6-Meet the Husband

If you have been following for a while you  know I did THIS looooong post about the husband not too long ago.  And sometimes not gonna lie, on days he annoys me I go back and read it and laugh at how funny he is.  P.S. go read that post, not trying to toot my own horn but it's pretty good :)

sooo now I realized that I never really talk about where he came from or any of that good stuff, so here we go.

The Husband.

I realize that I never ever call him his name on this here blog, and I don't know why.  I just don't.  BUT his  name is Victor and him and his dad have the same name but different middle name (gets confusing when I'm saying "Oh Victor did this"and his family doesn't know if I'm talking about him, or his dad).

He was born in March of 1985, and was is the oldest.  He was literally born 9 months after his parents got married, talk about a honeymoon baby.  

He had two younger brothers and a way younger sister.

sorry for the terrible pic, this was taken with someones phone.

He was born into a house in Compton (ya  I KNOW scary).  and soon moved to Whittier, because his parents didn't want their kids to grow up in or around gangs.  Great choice parents.

So once they moved to Whittier, his parents even put him into private school!  His mom talked to his teachers and decided that him and his middle brother were too small to go into the next grade so she was going to hold them back, so in 2nd or 3rd grade (I always forget) he got held back, poor guy.

Once his other brother started going to school his parents decided that it was too expensive to send them to private school so they went to regular school.

He grew up playing baseball, and had a pretty normal childhood.  

We met when I was sixteen and he was seventeen, we had both went to get our first job ever and were at the interview together and got placed at the same park (you can read more about that here)

We were friends for years while we were in high school, and I often would give him rides home :)  We were really good friends the whole time we worked together, and I secretly always had a crush on him.

We both worked at the park for two years, and then he got fired because he ruined a golf cart that we used to ride around in.  YES he's that big of a dork, doing donuts in the parking lot and hit a HUGE rock!  But once he got fired summer was almost over and I was off to college, while I was at college we were VERY good friends, every single time I came home we would hang out!  We would go to breakfast before he went to school, or lunch or to the mall, or parties wherever we just made it a point to hang out (always behind the back of his gf at the time because she HATED me).  We were friends all through college, and then he decided that he was going to become a truck driver that drives all 50 states!

He left, and I was here texting him everyday, I was going through a really bad breakup and he was my support system, reminding me that I didn't need to be with someone that didn't appreciate me :)

We talked every day while he was on the road and I would always start the conversation with "where are you today?" and he would say a different state almost every day it was a great time to remember.  

He ended up coming home very soon after that and that is when we started dating.  Originally we just went out as friends, but that was the first time EVER that we had both been single (awe even writing about that day makes my stomach get butterflies) I literally called my sister right after we kissed and said "OMG you are NOT gonna believe it!  AND she said I believe it, you guys go good together!" :)

We dated for a whole month before the husband asked me to marry him and I laughed at him and told him to get me a ring!  On our one year anniversary, he planned a huge surprise dinner, which was actually a surprise proposal, and it was the most amazing thoughtful proposal ever even if I do laugh at him because he NEVER GOT DOWN ON ONE KNEE.  :)

We got married a year and 1/2 or so later, and have been having a blast since we have really known each other.  He's a truck driver now, at the same company my dad works for and is an amazing husband and father.  I am so serious when I say that I am grateful to have such an amazing husband who gets on my nerves DAILY!  

He is the funniest guy I know, or maybe I'm the only one that gets his jokes.

Because, when we're together I'm ALWAYS laughing.

He's CRAZY, and funny and is definitely one of those guys that likes to "mess with you" just because he said it's funny.

(hahahaha totally realized he's wearing slippers in this pictures!!!)

We always have the best time together and we're definitely one of "those" couples that would much rather do things together then go on "boys/girls night out" we just enjoy each other's company and always have the best time.  

So grateful god put you in my life Husband, because we are meant to be (and yes I know how cheezy that sounds!)

Day 5-Something Most People Don't Know About Me

hmmm this is a hard one, but I definitely think that one thing that most people wouldn't know about me, is easily I can let other people's emotions affect my own.  It's a weird thing to even explain, BUT I can easily become annoyed if someone I'm around is annoyed, or sad, or happy, or whatever.  I often take on their emotions, and most of the time without wanting to.

I noticed this a while ago, when I was sitting at a table having so much fun, and there was someone sitting there with a sour face on (you know what face I'm talking about) and then you ask them "what's wrong?" and they reply "NOTHING!" when CLEARLY something is wrong with them!  WELL that will bother me, the fact that they're sitting there all mad, and the rest of us are trying to have a good time.  It will put me in a bad mood, it's so dumb but I'll later drive home and tell the husband whyyyy was so and so sitting there like that?  If they wanted to be mad they should have not came, they made me mad, in which he'll reply, "why does it matter? let them be mad" and I won't.  I can't.  so weird. but so dumb.

that's it.  random little tidbit.  and please, if you are upset about something dumb like your boyfriend forgetting your wallet at home which you don't even need.  PLEASE get over it before you come to a party that I'm attending because when you come in with your mad face I will instantly be annoyed.  :)