Some of Hayden's Favorite Things!

I cannot believe that Hayden will be two in March! It is VERY exciting but also very scary! He already is starting to act like a 2 year old. He throws temper tantrums, defies everything you say, and also has to challenge EVERYTHING we say! He is always crossing the line, makes me scared to think of the teenage years! YIKES!

Although there are days where I wanna pull my hair out, cry, or sleep these years away I would not trade it for the world! Watching him grow up, discover things, and learn things is the best! We love him to the moon and back! He is one amazing little boy!

Anyways back to the title of this post...

Hayden is into alot of things right now. He LOVES hockey!! That is not a understatement, Hayden lives for hockey right now. Which kinda suprised us a little because with the whole lockout thing we haven't watched much or talked about it. But he caught on, and now he is hooked. He plays every day, usually when Adrian gets home! I guess dada is alot better at being aggresive and rough then mama, he doesn't ask me to play alot.

 

Here he is with his "hockey mask"

That thing scares me, it glows in the dark and if I don't put it away at night it scares the crap outta me when I have to pee during the night!

 

Hayden also loves playing with "beep beep's" and "rucks" which are cars and trucks!

 

 

 

He plays with them first thing in the morning sometimes! As you can tell in the above picture, crazy bed hair and pj's! 

 

 

I find cars "parked" like this all over the house!

 

Hayden also LOVES to play with play dough! I have to watch him like a hawk or play with him because he runs to his room with it, closes the door, then eats it! GROSS!

 

He loves to color anything and everything, uncluding the walls!

 

And his newest thing that he has wanted to do every day this week so far is PAINT!!

Awhile back I let Hayden paint on a canvas for our hallway, it was fun but my mistake was using acrylic paint. Not a good idea when your child puts everything in his mouth! So, Monday I scoured Pintrest and found a recipie for homemade paint! And it's not the best quality like I would never paint with it, but for a toddler it is perfect! We painted hearts because Valentines Day is coming up! He had a blast, plus he had an hour bath after!

 

 

 

 

These are his top favorite things now, every weeks he learns something new so it changes (except "hoc" that will always be his favorite)!

 

Like I said, he is one AMAZING little boy!

 

 

 

 

 

25 weeks!

Yes I know I missed 24 weeks! Last week I had my mom over and I totally forgot!

 

 

Size of Baby: the babe is 9 inches long, and weighs 1.7 pounds! It's the size of a eggplant! (gross :))

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Body:  going through alot of changes! I feel kinda crampy lately too, and I think Braxton Hicks is more and more now! I also feel like I am going to throw up all the time, but it never comes! My legs and hips are always sore, and I feel tired very easily! I guess the beginning of this pregnancy felt like a breeze and now its coming on full bore! FUN!

 

Cravings: Nothing new this week!

 

Movement: Lots of movement!! Now I feel it more during the day again!

 

The Inside Story: the babe's skin is turning pink! The lungs are developing more now, and getting ready for it's first breath! The baby's nostrils which have been plugged till now are starting to open up. This allows the baby to start taking "practice" breaths!

 

23 weeks!

Size of the Baby: ear of corn! 8.5 inches and weighs about 1.5 pounds!



My Body: It's been pretty good this week! My hips are sore and back, but that is pretty much it! And I have been tired! I don't know if that is because of pregnancy or cause Hayden is now in his BIG boy bed and wakes up at 7:30- 8:00 am now!! He used to wake up around 9 when he was in his crib! Now, he opens up his eyes, know he can get out and gets out!

Cravings: Strawberries!!! FINALLY I have a healthy craving!! Way better then chips! The other day I bought two containers and finsihed off one container all by myself in ONE sitting! SO GOOD!!

Movement: Still lots of movement, this week it has been more during the night then it was last week. I have also noticed that the baby is moving more up, if that makes any sense.

The Inside Story: All kinds of sounds the baby can hear! From the music that I am playing to the air exhaling from my lungs, gurgles in my tummy, Adrian's voice and probably Hayden's temper tantrums! The face is almost fully developed! The only thing missing is the little baby chub! The skin is still very transparent,this means you can still see the bones and organs! This will change soon as the baby will start gaining more weight in the next few weeks!

16 weeks and 2 days to go!! (if our baby comes on the due date, which will NOT happen, does it ever?!)

We had our ultrasound done on Friday and we have VERY, VERY, VERY good news!! They found the bladder!! VERY HAPPY!! The bladder was VERY full so it was clear as day! Thanks for praying!

Be still there is a Healer...

My mom had an MRI done this past Monday and got her results on Friday. And the tumor has NOT grown and the cancer has NOT spread!! Very exciting news! We didn't know what to expect, well I didn't know what to expect!

 Lately, I have been having little faith in things! After this year and all the bad news and everything not looking good I have been thinking that I will expect the WORST in everything and when something happens it won't be that bad of a shock! Even with this whole not finding the bladder in the baby I have had that attitude! BUT after hearing this news and realizing that life SHOULD NOT be lived like that I have decided to change my attuitude! I am going to stop living like something bad is going to happen, I am not going to expect the worse anymore, and I will not have negative thoughts anymore! I have decided that I will not surround myself with people that have stinky attitudes about life  and people that can only think and talk negative! I am tired of it, and I am done! Time to live life more positive, it's good for your health and for your children!

Life is to short and precious to live it in negativity and to think the worst in everything, and I hoping that this will also help me not to worry so much!

I know it will not be easy and there will be days where I will worry and think the worst in everything, but those are the days that I am going to try to rely on God and my hubby! I know I can do it!

Prayer Requests:

1) that one day we will hear the wonderful news that Mom is cancer FREE!
2) That on Friday the bladder will be full that way the doctor can see it!
3) I will love life, and my hormones will stop being crazy!
4) That post partum depression will NOT occur after the birth!
5) for my hubby, we both are a little nervous about the whole labor and delivery thing but I think he is more!
6) Hayden, that he will adapt to life as the BIG brother!

22 weeks!

Size of baby: The baby is  8 inches, and 1.2 pounds! It is the size of a papaya!



My Body: This week has been alot better then last week! My only complaint is sore hips and ribs! Other then that this week has been good! We have been really busy with prepping the nursery and tonight we moved the crib into the baby's room and set up Hayden's "real" big bed!! So, far he has only gotten up twice! Hopefully tonight will be a sleepful night! *CROSS FINGERS*. Anyways, I think the reason I haven't been feeling "pregnant" is because we have been really busy and I haven't had time to think of it!  

Cravings: Chips! Another unhealthy craving, with Hayden I only had healthy cravings! Popscicles! SO yummy, if I would let myself go I could eat a whole box of 24! Even writing about them is making my mouth water!

Movement: Lots and lots of movement still! I have noticed now that its more during the day, and the nights are usually quiet! Which I am thankful for, because in the beginning it was all night time moving! Hopefully that means this baby will know when night is night and day is day! *fingers crossed again!*

The Inside Story: The baby's weight is going to double in the next four weeks! I really hope mine doesn't, so far I have only gained about 7-10 pounds, that was according to my last appointment which was a month ago. The baby's skin is reddish in color because of the deveolping red vessels. The skin also hangs loosely from the body.

17 weeks and 3 days to go!

We have another ultrasound on next Friday to see if the bladder is there and if it is not there then where the heck is it? I am trying not to worry and trying hard not to think about it! Keep the little babe in your prayers! And pray that God will prepare us for what is to come if something is wrong, I don't know if I will be able to handle it if something is wrong.

Hayden is starting to sorta understand that there is going to be a baby in the house soon! He has this pet lion that he got when he was born from my uncle Bernie and auntie Joanne, and he treats it like a baby! He wraps it in blankets, sleeps with it, takes it with him when he has to go "peepee", and with my help we put diapers on the baby! SO CUTE, and makes me so proud! He is going to be a wonderful, caring, loving BIG brother!

21 weeks!

Size of Baby: Spaghetti squash. 8 inches, 1 POUND! YAY!! We hit one pound!



My Body: This week I have been battling the FLU! BLAH! I got the flu shot, so when I got the flu I was kinda ticked off. On top of it Hayden got a little bit of it to, not as bad, but he did throw up a couple of times. NOT A FUN WEEK! Today, we feel SO much better!

Cravings: Pepsi! Not a very good craving to have! Thank goodness we do not have pop in the house!

Movements: LOTS and LOTS of movements!! I love it and I am very thankful that there is lots of movements!

The Inside Story: Well the baby is finally a 1 little pound! The baby is making more sense of the world as it develops the sense of touch! The little one may start grabbing the cord, and play with the cord (which we saw in our ultrasound today!). The sense of sight is also developing more and more each day. It can now sense light and dark much better. I think I may shine a flashlight on belly and see what the babe does!


In other news, today we had our ultrasound! VERY EXCITING but my nerves were on edge! I always get nervous when it comes to ultrasounds. All these what if's come into my mind and drive me crazy!  Anyways, my biggest worry (amoung other things obviously) was going into there and them telling me "Oh, you got your dates wrong you are actually not due till July". BUT lo and behold I got my dates right!! And my due date is still in May! YAY for the period tracker app! The ultrasound was going really good, the babe's heartbeat is strong and healthy, the brain is developed! And the baby was playing around with the cord which tells the tech that the babe's brain is developed like it should be! The only thing that had kinda stumped him and us was that he could NOT find the bladder. The babe has the kidneys and all the right tubes leading to it, its just that he couldn't see the bladder. Which at first got me VERY worried and scared, but then he assured me that the baby could have just gone pee and that the bladder wasn't full, and that is why he could not see it. I am not sure how to explain it, but when the bladder is empty all they see is gray (like tissue) when the bladder is full they see a little black "balloon". He then told me to come back in 40 mintues and hopefully the bladder will be full and he could see it. So, I dropped Adrian off at work, hung out with Hayden and Jaime (my sister who was babysitting Hayden), tried not to worry and went back. He tried again, and no show! So, he was thinking that maybe the baby peed again and that is why it wasn't showing again. Maybe this baby has his mommy's bladder! I asked him what the next step was, and he said that he is 99% sure that the bladder is there because everything else is there and looks good BUT he is going to send in a video and pictures of the baby to a specialist's and they will have look. He then told me that they will get ahold of me if I need to go get a fetal assesment, and not to worry! HAHA, which is funny because I was thinking to myself "do you not know that you are talking to the QUEEN of worrying". But instead I took a deep breath , said a little prayer and walked out trying my hardest not to cry or worry! So, now we wait, hope and pray that everything is okay, and if not I hope God can prepare us for what is to come! Thinking back now I am thankful that nothing is wrong with the heart, or brain!

And that was our day! Please keep us in your prayers as we wait and see what is up with our little one! Hoping that the ultasound tech is right that everything is okay!

Ps: I was EXTREMELY impressed with the ultrasound I had in Arborg. With Hayden they thought he had down syndrome at first so we had to go to the Women's Hospital in Winnipeg, and that was not a good time! Thanks to the ultrasound tech in Arborg for being patient with my millions of questions!