Year of Tate: June Highlights

June highlights

Year of Tate: Day 181

June 30, 2014

When asked where he wanted to nap, Tate chose the back of the couch.

Year of Tate: Day 180

June 29, 2014

Tate thought it was pretty funny that his dad put his pajamas on him with his feet in the arm holes.

St. George with the Family

We decided to take a quick trip down to St. George to have a little family time before the baby joins us in October.

I did not expect it to be over 100 degrees every day we were there when I planned this trip in early May.  Ugh.  I'm not a fan of hot weather, especially when I'm pregnant.

We left Friday afternoon and got to St. George at about 5pm.  We decided to have dinner then swim in the pool at the hotel.  Luckily, swimming wears out children and Tate fell asleep pretty easily.

On Saturday we woke up and ate breakfast then headed out to the St. George temple.  We walked around the grounds and went through the visitor's center.  After that we went to the St. George Children's Museum.  It was really fun and Tate loved the farm/house room.  Some of the rooms were too advanced for Tate but we had a good time anyway. 

 

Next door to the museum is a little splash pad.  It was already so hot that we decided to let Tate run through it in his clothes for a while.  He loved it!

We stopped at the Bear Paw Cafe for lunch.  It was very yummy.  Tate tried some of Husband's Italian soda.

He's not really a fan of any sort of carbonation.

After a nice family nap we went to the outlets (which are not very awesome, btw).  Tate looked like a hot mess.  Apparently I did too (because I forgot to bring a brush and my hair was all kinds of crazy) but I didn't get any pictures of myself.

After the outlets, we went to Wingers for dinner.  In case you were wondering, this was Tate's 4th meal that consisted of only fries and dip...we're on vacation, the only necessary vegetable is ketchup.

Sunday we went to church and headed home.  We stopped at a rest stop in Scipio (I think) that had a petting zoo with all kinds of animals.  We saw a camel, zebra, geese, goats, horses and donkeys.  It was pretty cool, especially for free. We got home at about 5pm.  For an almost 2 year old, Tate handled the trip very well. We need to take more family vacations, preferably ones that don't involve more than 5 hours of driving.

Year of Tate: Day 179

June 28, 2014

Tate loved the splash pad next to the Children's Museum.

Baby Girl: 25 Weeks

25Weeks

Baby is the size of an eggplant (about 9 inches long)

Weighs about 2 pounds

 

How far along are you? 25 weeks (plus a few days)
Sleep: I've still been sleeping pretty well but still feel tired (thanks Tate!).  I've also had lots of dreams, most of them really weird and detailed.
Mood changes: I feel pretty good emotionally.  Like myself mostly.
Cravings: cold fruit
Other symptoms: Slight lower back ache if I spend a lot of time on my feet.
Movement: Lots of kicks, mostly in my lower stomach.  
Anything making you queasy or sick: I'm feeling really good most of the time.  I had a few days of just yucky stomach, not really wanting to eat much.
Have you started to show yet:  For sure!
Do you have a name picked out: Still no name.  I have a few that I like but I'm not sure if I'll like them for her when I see her.  Husband thinks I'm crazy that I want to see her before I decide on a name but I do.
Maternity clothes: I still wear some of my normal pants, some with the belly band and some without.  Maternity pants that don't have the huge stretchy panel are working really well right now. I mostly don't wear maternity shirts but I do have a few that I like to wear.
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button in or out: in
Wedding rings on or off: on
Looking forward to: Our family vacation to St. George though it's going to be super hot
Things I'm worried about: How gigantic I'm going to be at the end of the pregnancy.
Things I'm loving: When I ask Tate where the baby is and he points to himself.

Baby H. 25 week update here

Year of Tate: Day 176

June 25, 2014

We're trying to teach Tate hide and seek.  He isn't very good at it.

This is his hiding place.  In the middle of the hall.  I guess if he can't see us we can't see him?

Year of Tate: Day 172

June 21, 2014

Sometimes a Saturday just calls for a blanket dress and laying on your dad.

Year of Tate: Day 171

June 20, 2014

We swam at my mom's house today.  Tate only went down the slide once though.  The cold water was a bit too much for him.

Year of Tate: Day 169

June 18, 2014

Tate insisted on leaving the house today with his Elmo socks on his hands.  I wasn't in the mood to fight him so he was the weird kids with sock hands for the day. 

Year of Tate: Day 165

June 14, 2014

Sometimes you just need sunglasses when you eat pizza.

Year of Tate: Day 164

June 13, 2014

Year of Tate: Day 163

June 12, 2014

This kid was such a grump today...except for the part of the day where I let him lick all the frosting off a cookie.

Year of Tate: Day 157

June 6, 2014

Tate woke up from his nap with some wickedly awesome bed head today.

Year of Tate: Day 156

June 5, 2014

I love baby flip flops.  Unfortunately, Tate does not and would only wear them for one picture.

Year of Tate: Day 155

June 4, 2014

Tate received these sun glasses as a gift for Easter.  He has refused to put them on his face until today.  Hopefully he'll wear them outside one day.

He was so proud that he put them on by himself.

Year of Tate: Day 154

June 3, 2014

Year of Tate: Day 153

June 2, 2104

Tate love the planters we have.  He especially loves dumping the dirt all over himself.

Baby Girl: 22 Weeks

   
22Weeks

Baby is the size of a spaghetti squash (about 8 inches long)

Weighs about 1 pound

 

How far along are you? 22 weeks 
Sleep: This week I've been sleeping really well.  I still feel tired most of the time but I'm going to attribute that to just being pregnant and having a toddler that never stops moving.
Mood changes: Less ornery? Maybe.
Cravings: fruit
Other symptoms: The bottom of my stomach feels like I need to stretch it out.  I'm unsure on how one would do this but I just want to do some lower tummy stretches so badly!  Lots of back aches, especially when I've had a busy day of chasing after Tate.
Movement: I've been feeling lots of kicks right below my bellybutton.  It's pretty cool to know it's the baby now.  At this time with Tate I was still at this "Is that the baby?" stage and never knew if it really was him.
Anything making you queasy or sick: I'm feeling really good.  Nothing has grossed me out lately.
Have you started to show yet:  For sure!
Do you have a name picked out: Oh, goodness.  Girl names are so hard.  I feel like this baby may come home being called baby.
Maternity clothes: Kinda.  Mostly just pants but I can still squeeze in a regular pair of pants if I need to.
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button in or out: in
Wedding rings on or off: on
Looking forward to: swimming with Tate
Things I'm worried about: How gigantic I'm going to be at the end of the pregnancy.
Things I'm loving: Feeling Baby Girl move and knowing it is her.