Baby Cleveland #2 Week 8

Baby Size

.63 in

raspberry

Baby Weight

.04 oz

Baby

By now, your baby's head is proportionally larger than the rest of the body and the ears and eyelids are developing. Fingers and toes are developing from the arm and leg buds which now have distinguished wrists and elbows that can even flex. At this stage your baby's heart rate is around 150 beats per minute.

Body

As your baby grows, your uterus is also expanding. By now your uterus is almost the size of a grapefruit which is why it's common to feel abdominal cramping or even a tightening or contraction-like pain. Consult your healthcare provider if you notice bleeding following your contractions.

8 weeks

 The big thing for me is that none of my clothes fit me already.

Baby Cleveland #2 Week 7

 

Baby Size

.51 in

blueberry

Baby Weight

less than .04 oz

Your Baby

This week your baby's brain is becoming more complex and is developing cavities and passages vital for circulating spinal fluid. Your baby's face is also becoming more defined with the lenses of the eyes and middle part of the ear forming. Tiny arms, legs, hands and feet are also just beginning to bud.

Your Body

Every woman's body reacts and develops differently during pregnancy. If this is your first pregnancy, you may be gaining weight at this point but it still won't be evident to people around you. If you're experiencing morning sickness you may have actually lost a few pounds.

Second time moms often experience the "warm up" effect in which their previously stretched out uterus and abdominal muscles "show" their baby bump a little earlier.

I continue to just feel bloated, fat and tired, but overall this pregnancy seems much easier.

Baby Cleveland #2 week 6

We told our families this week, it was fun to see their reactions and hear their excitement for us.

Week 6

Baby Size: 0.25 in; small pea
Baby Weight: less than .04 oz

Baby: Your baby is rapidly growing and will triple in size this week. Basic facial features such as eyes and ears are becoming more developed and the neural groove will have closed by this time. The tiny heart is starting to pump blood. Along the mid-line, 40 tiny blocks of tissue are developing which will eventually become the backbone, ribs, and muscles of your baby's back and sides.

Body: As it's still early in the first trimester you may not notice much change in your weight or waist size. Some women begin to experience morning sickness, common between week six all the way until your second trimester. You may also feel more moody and emotional than usual due to the newly fluctuating hormone levels.

I had my first official Midwife appointment  11/13/12
I have gained a couple pounds already wow!
Blood Pressure: 98/60
All test results came back normal except my Vit. D levels are low,  so I have to take 4000IU of Vit. D3 once a day.  They plan to recheck the levels when I do my glucose test.
I also was told my uterus is tilted to the right, which I was really worried about until I went back to look at my midwife appointment with Bo, and it was tilted then too.  It is amazing how quickly you forget things like that.  However that gets me an ultrasound appointment as soon as I can make the appointment.  I love early ultra sounds they make it feel so much more real, and helps me feel better hearing the heart beat.


I haven't taken as many pictures this time because I just feel bloated and too tired to take any pictures that might be desirable for prosperity.

Ultra sound Baby Cleveland #2

After my midwife appointment I had a ultra sound because she was worried about a couple things.

1. My uterus was tilted

2. It was hard to find my cervix

3. I was having right abdominal pain.

Her concerns about that were if I had a fibroid  or a cyst that was preventing the uterus to be straight up, or that I may have a tubular pregnancy.  I was a little worried about it, but I didn't tell Josh because I knew he would worry which would make me worry.

I did look back at my first appointment with Bo though and my uterus was tilted then too, so maybe that was just normal for me.

Josh and I went to the appointment together, and I figured it would be easier for the doctor to tell him something was wrong then for me to explain it if there was.

Luckily though we have ONE healthy baby with a heart beat.  Our baby may be to small to measure, but we could see it's little heart beat pumping away.  It's so weird to think that by 6 weeks a baby has a heart.

Either way we are so excited that everything is fine, and our baby is exactly were it needs to be.

Baby Cleveland #2 6weeks

Bo's Ultrasound 7 weeks

Fun Birthday Facts About Bo

Fun Birthday Facts for Bo:
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
Birthstone: Garnet
Birth Flower: Carnation or Snowdrop
Chinese Zodiac: The White Metal Tiger
Half birthday: July 26
Babies born on 1/25/2011 will start kindergarten in 2016, be old enough to drive a car in 2027, finish high school in 2029, and will graduate from college with the class of 2033, give or take a year. Can you imagine?

Famous People Born On This Day
Edwin Newman was born in 1919
Etta James was born in 1938
Alicia Keys was born in 1981

On This Day In History...
The seeding machine was patented by Eliakim Spooner in 1799
Mendelssohn’s Wedding March was presented for the first time, as the daughter of Queen Victoria married the Crown Prince of Prussia in 1858
The United Mine Workers of America was founded in 1890
For $25 million the US purchased the Danish West Indies ( now the Virgin Islands) in 1917
Chamomix in the French Alps inaugurated the 1st Winter Olympic Games in 1924
American Airlines had the first scheduled transcontinental flight of a Boeing 707 in 1959
The first hand transplant in the US was received by a man in Louisville, KY. in 1999
This time last year your baby was 42 Weeks Old!

Meeting Baby Ada

I have been looking forward to meeting and holding Ada since the day she was born, but our schedules just never matched.  So this last weekend Josh, Bo, Pistol and I headed to Ames to spend some quality time with Jess, Mitch, Maddox, Grady, and Ada.  Ada is such a sweet baby and I had forgotten how fun it is to hold a tiny baby and have them fall asleep in your arms.  I also love watching Bo play with her cousins and get to know her aunt and uncle better too.  

 

 

 

Breakfast, (Grady was like aunt Chrissy I can't see the TV)

Aunt Jess got some quality reading time in with the "big" kids

While I got some quality time holding Ada, loved having her fall asleep in my arms

Pistol loved playing Fetch with Maddox, and Bo loved doing what ever Maddox did. 

Then we had to have bath time after all of that playing outside

And of course we can't miss an opportunity to get a group picture

I love this picture of the two of them it reminds me of when Avery held Bo for the first time, or when Sophia Held Bo

I was so impressed with how well Bo did with me holding Ada (I think she held her for a good 5 minutes before she got fussy, leaving many opportunities to get good pictures and how well she did holding her).  She talked about Ada for a good hour after we left on Sunday, and kept asking to see this picture on my phone.  I think she is ready to be the "older" cousin, and show her the ropes.

Thanks Jess and Mitch for having us for the weekend.  It was very therapeutic.

See you in a couple weeks.

Progress Report

Our daycare does Progress reports twice a year. Once in the fall and again in the spring. (I had infant ones too, but they where infant progress reports so really not very interesting) On Thursday we headed to Bo toddler conferences and were told I really don't have anything to talk to you about she's a great kid. Proud parent moment. We know she's a great kid, but it is so nice to have the reassurance that she is a great kid at daycare too.

Here is what her fall 2012 progress report said:

Intellectual Capacity: Speaks in 1-2 words sentences. Very bright, understands and follows simple directions, repeats numbers, letters, colors, and shapes. Likes Puzzles!

Social Behavior: Plays well with all, outgoing and friendly. Loves to smile!

Emotional Pattern: Comes to teacher when upset or tired, usually happy and content

Physical Development: Climbs, Runs, Jumps, and loves music and dancing

Ms. Tina
Bo is a joy to care for and gives great hugs!

Baby Cleveland #2

Friday Oct. 26th I stayed home, because I really wasn't feeling well.  So I dropped off Bo at daycare and I headed to Target to pick up some pregnancy tests.  I came home and took one, and it said not pregnant, so I thought nothing of it and wrote off my not feeling well to just not feeling well, and went on to get some much needed rest.

 4 weeks

From: BabyBump

Baby Size: less than .1 in; poppy-seed

Baby Weight: less than .04 oz

Baby: The blastocyst is now officially considered an embryo and is busy implanting into the lining of your uterus where the placenta will continue to develop.

Body: This is the first week you may be able to get a positive test result on a home pregnancy test, but for the most accurate results you will need to wait a week until your body is producing enough hormone hCG to be detected. 

Fast forward to Halloween, in the middle of teaching one of my classes I started to get heart burn really bad, it was almost debilitating to teaching class.  Thank god for my co-teacher or I might have had to cut class early.  This was really weird to me because the last time I had heart burn I was pregnant. I took some tums and went on with my day really not thinking much more about it, we had trick or treating to do.

Nov 1st I just had this feeling that I was pregnant and decided that when I got home from work I would take another test.  This is what I got.

Cleveland baby #2

I couldn't believe it I was so excited.  I really wanted to think of a creative way to tell Josh, but I was just way to excited.  Josh was sitting at the dining room table with Bo, so I just put it by the dog treat container and asked Josh to give Pistol a treat.  Josh proceeded to get mad at me because we normally don't give Pistol treats just because.  He didn't see the test, so I asked him to give him another treat, and now he was really annoyed because he hates giving Pistol treats for no reason.  However, he finally did it and this time he saw the test. We are both so excited to bring the next Cleveland into this family.

Bad Picture, but I didn't want to pass up the day we found out we were adding another Cleveland Baby to our world

Week 5
From: BabyBump
Baby Size: 0.13 in; appleseed
Baby Weight: less than .04 oz

Baby: At this stage your embryo is dividing into three layers of cells. The top layer will eventually become the central nervous system: the brain, spinal cord, spinal nerves, and backbone. The middle layer will develop into the circulatory system and the bottom layer is where the lungs, intestines, thyroid and other major internal organs will develop.

Body: You have likely just discovered you are pregnant as your body has just started producing enough hormone hCG to be detected by today's over the counter home pregnancy tests.

While there are many internal changes going on inside you, it may not be easy to tell what's really going on. Some women may begin to experience morning sickness in the form of nausea or vomiting. Many women also notice their breasts are much more sensitive and sore.

As for me I am just really really tired.

Halloween 2012

Bo starter her day in her costume so they could do fun Halloween stuff at daycare.

Checking out herself in the mirror loved she loved being a duck

At daycare eating her breakfast

I have never really cared about Halloween I think it's because I really don't like to dress up, but I do love dressing up Bo and seeing all the kids come to the door.

This year we decided to do two blocks by our house and I loved watching Bo go to each door and quietly say treat. It melted my heart. Then just as quietly say thank you, and wave goodbye to each house. By the last couple of houses she was knocking on the door a waiting patiently for them to answer. Her adorable smile when something went into her bucket, and signing fun as we walk away from each house. 

Trick or Treat

 I could really care less if we got an candy for her, but I won't forget the look on her face when she saw it all. Our neighbors were a little more giving then they needed to be.

All this is for me?

 She wasn't too happy that we dumped out all of her candy though. 

Happy Halloween everyone