Beyond the Small Perimeter of Me: November 2013

Saturday, November 30, 2013

So Much to be Thankful For

There's so much to be thankful for! The main things that come to mind first are:

-An intimate relationship with Jesus
-A healthy little boy who is the best kiddo I could have ever dreamed of
-My own health, it's been a pretty dormant year for my autoimmune disease
-My amazing husband, who loves that I stay home with our boy and works hard for us
-A safe place to live and room enough to keep 10 guests for Thanksgiving
-Friends who know me for real and like me anyhow
-For a healthy little man on the way, growing just right at 20 weeks
-For a caring family who makes the effort to come visit

And now some pics of Nov!

Ian's first black eye- He pulled a chair over on himself

Ian and Mika, sharing snacks at the Arboretum

Girls night out! Celebrating Jamielea's birthday!

Potty training

Got a blue streak put in my hair last week!

Working on transitioning to the big boy bed!

Playing in the leaves with Daddy.

Ian's new hat!

Ian enjoying his Thanksgiving food!

Ian and his cousins from Georgia.

I'm sure you all had plenty to be thankful for as well. Hope the holidays are a time of joy for you and your loved ones.

Monday, November 25, 2013

Pregnancy Progress (19 weeks)

How far along? 19 weeks

Maternity clothes? Yes to pants, sometimes shirts too. I tried to do some non maternity pants last week to church, but had to unbutton each time I sat down.

Weight Gain? + 6 pounds

Stretch Marks? nope

Sleep? Wake up a few times each night... boooo....

Movement? Feels a little like popcorn. All movements down low. Usually feel him at least once a day since 16.5 weeks.

What I Miss? My bright colored skinny jeans. And allergy meds.

Symptoms? Nothing to really complain about, just some sciatic nerve pain.

Food cravings? Ramen noodles. I craved Asian a lot with Ian too.

Food aversions? None.

Best thing this week? My skin looks amazing! Usually my autoimmune disease makes me patchy and red, but pregnancy clears it right up!

How Ian's doing with everything? His fun trick recently is to kiss my belly and say his little brother's name over and over. I LOVE this!

What I’m Looking Forward to? Looking a little more pregnant than just a little full of turkey.

Weekly Wisdom? Enjoy every moment of this pregnancy (had two friends lose their little ones this week)

Milestones? Feeling baby move is great. And practically half way!

Next Appointment? Had one today, next is Dec 23.

Friday, November 8, 2013

18 months and Excited to be a BIG BROTHER!

Yeah, so I'll just state what you already know. I've not been very good with keeping up with my blog. You can pretty much see that as soon as Ian became super mobile, my typing time diminished greatly. Now I won't blame it all on the kid, I'm also active in a lot of other activities. I recently stepped into a new serving role at church and I've been clocking lots of hours there... Plus it just seems that if I'm torn between blogging and napping, or blogging and reading my bible, or blogging and chatting with friends.... I obviously haven't been picking blogging.
BUT when I started this blog, I said it was to help me retain some of the details of the day to day life with a kiddo, so I will try to get better about it.

Ian turned 18 months last week! Woah, a year and a half. A full blown toddler. He's learned to run well, he loves to sing and dance, and boy has he been picking up a million words!!!

My favorite thing he's been doing lately has been showing an interest in musical instruments. This means he can pick out and name different instruments in picture books, but also means he OBSESSES about playing any instruments he sees. For example, at church on Sunday, I set him down first, then was organizing my purse, diaper bag, etc on the seats for a moment. He took off walking toward the stage, walked up 4 stairs, opened the door to the drum cage, walked in, reached to feel for the sticks that were practically above his head, and then began to play. Play two sticks on one drum, separate the sticks and play the toms, even play the hi-hat and other cymbals. Everyone around took notice- he knew exactly what he wanted to do when he arrived at church and just went right to it!
I left him there while I continued to set myself up for practice, and his sitter had to lure him with food away, but he still cried and yelled out "bye bye boom boom"(boom boom is what he calls the drums) as he was taken downstairs. He can also say "geeetar" and will call that out any time he seems one, and runs to strum one. He'll even ask for a pick! Yesterday the sitter even let him take his recorder to bed because he didn't want to stop playing his "toot toot". What a stinker!