37 weeks pregnant!

I saw another blogger do this and I thought it would be fun. And I'm bored.. Aiden is asleep and I'm enjoying a pumpkin spice latte while watching twister so I figured why not! Plus, it reminded me of those surveys we used to do in middle school or on myspace haha, guess I'm feeling nostalgic!

How Far Along? 37 weeks on Sunday!

Symptoms: Um, I'm huge? Is that a symptom?

Total Weight Gain/Loss: bahaha, um. 2 lbs...for every square inch of my body.

Sleep: Non existent. I pee every hour or two, and sometimes I fall back to sleep in between those, sometimes I don't. I can't stand when people say, "Sleep now, you won't sleep once the baby comes!" Oh yes, yes I will, I would much rather comfort and nurse my sweet girl all night than try my best and roll my beached self out of our very tall bed. :)

Food Cravings: Coffee,tokyo express and salad! I would kill for some tokyo right now!

Best Moment This Week: Hearing my husband should be home soon! That and Aiden telling me, "Oh thank you so much mama" for breakfast :D

Movement: All day, err day. She never stops!

Labor Signs: I've been having alot more braxton hicks, but I'm having real contractions as well. Some of them are pretty uncomfortable! And she is pretty low, I don't think it will be too much longer

Gender: Sweet baby girl!

Name? Yes we have a name picked out! :)

Belly Button In Or Out? In, I have the world’s deepest belly button!

What I Miss: Seeing my feet & sleeping on my stomach and rough housing with Aiden without feeling like I'm dying haha

What I Am Looking Forward To: Seeing Aiden become a big brother,seeing what this little girl looks like!

Milestones: Full term baby, let's go!

Enjoying your pregnancy? Yes! I am, I love feeling her roll around and I love being the one to carry our children, I think it's a huge blessing... that being said, I'm ready for her to be here ;)

Weekly Wisdom: Being positive about a situation really is the only way to get through it, trust that God knows your heart and remember he loves you and won't let you fall!

This top picture was last week at 36 weeks ^

This bottom picture is from today, she's sitting SO much lower!

(Ignore the look on my face hahaha)

Kelsey

A long overdue update!

If you actually take the time to read this, we're more than likely already friends on Facebook or in REAL LIFE. Which means you probably know what's going on in our lives but on the off chance I'll update yall anyway. I use Fb pretty often but I don't post everything as to not blow up everyone's news feeds and whatnot, but when I live 4000 miles away it's nice to stay in touch!



We're having a baby! (obviously this news is shocking, because I'm 9 months pregnant as I type this)

36 weeks preggo!

I am already dilated, and somewhat effaced and have been that way for quite some time. At one point we thought we we're going to have a premie on our hands because I started having contractions at 32 weeks and they wouldn't stop on their own. A hospital stay,drugs and "light activity" later here we are 1 week away from full term! Aiden was born at 36 weeks 4/5 days so if she makes her appearance when he did, that's WAY too soon because Patrick is still on the mainland, gah. The Marine Corps hasn't quite decided what they are doing with him at this point but rumor mill is that he can take his Paternity leave at any time, I just have to have her within that 10 day span or they ship him back to California. (On our dime, might I add) 

I think. Who know's really. 

Aiden turns three next month! 

HE IS TOO BIG. I can't grasp that he is already turning 3. I feel like I was pregnant with him yesterday and I should just go ahead and order his graduation announcements tomorrow so they'll be in on time :( His personality is coming out full force and he is talking so much more these days! He can recognize all his numbers,colors, shapes and letters and occasionally will sing his ABC's.. and by that i mean A..B..C..D..F..G..H..ELEMENTOPEEEEEE! He graduated speech therapy last month because he was in 90% of his milestones speech wise! He still has some catching up to do but his progress has been massive, thank the Lord for second opinions on ear tubes!He is your typical little boy who loves trucks,trains, playing outside and climbing anything he can. His current obessions are his trains, the movie Cars and chocolate milk.

The Marine Corps life. 

Patrick is deploying (fingers crossed it's the last time!) this winter so the kiddos (Ah!) and I are packing up our lives and heading back to Virginia for the duration of the deployment. This was a HUGE decision with a lot of thought,headache and prayer poured into it. The biggest reason we went ahead with it was because he will be getting new orders once he get's back and we will be moving to the next duty station, so we are officially telling Hawaii goodbye come winter months. This process is going to be a pain in the tail but it will be worth it to let Aiden and baby girl spend some much needed time with our families and friends. We are praying for an east coast duty station this go round and Pat should find out sometime in the spring where exactly we are headed!

Welp, I think that's all for now! 

I love having my blog back!

Kelsey

FAIL.

I am just going to pretend that I've used my blog within the last couple of weeks and all is good.

FAIL

I have been looking to redo my blog for months now and I finally got around to it! So I can get back on track with writing and keeping updates going. :)

Will update asap!

Kelsey

Husband - Wife challenge.

So, patrick and I have this challenge of who can become more fit during the course of the deployment. Well, so far I can bet money he's winning.. 

A.Because he was in great shape before he left
B.I think I went backward when I went home, oops.

SO, I have a new found determination to completely kick his tail .. and it's called Insanity.

Well, thats the title of the 60 day work out, and well, I think i'm insane for doing it.

Before you can begin they require you to do a "Fit test" where you do as many of the specific "moves" as you can in 1 minute, and they help you mark your progress by repeating it every 15 days...

Well, i'm sore from the Fit test, so I can say with confidence that it's going to be a LONG 6o days.

I'll be posting my results as I go along!

Good Luck babe, you may not win after all ;)

-Kelsey.

Back to blogging!

ahh. I'm glad I'm blogging again! For some reason the email that I use with my blog got hacked. So thats been a big reason for my absence. That, and I've been in Virginia since June 12th! So this blog is brought to you by the East coast :)

I can't quite sum up my trip in a blog so I'll just share a few things about Virgnia that I've missed!

1. Our families

If you know me, you know they are a huge part of my life. It's been extremely difficult moving across the world and not seenig them on a daily basis. Seeing how I haven't been home in a year, I jumped at the opportunity to come home and visit for the last 2 months! (thanks hubby!)

2. My niece & nephew.

Ok. Yes, this is family. However I feel that they deserve their own number. The rest of my family is grown and obviously set in their lives while I have this nagging feeling that I'm missing them grow up. They are now 6 and 2 and they have so much love to give. This is my main struggle about going back, I hate that Kendall may forget me because I'm not incoporated into her daily life. I was lucky enough to live with Noah for many years and he became that pesky little brother that drives you crazy, but you can't imagine your life without. I thank God for these little ones.

3. My Frans.

This is a big one as well, obviously I miss my friends. They are a huge part of my life and I hope that never changes. I just pray the the Lord can continue to strengthen our relationships even though we are all going in different directions. We are so spread out now..between Northern VA,chicago, texas, kentucky, florida, etc.. but I love when we can still make time to skype despite the time difference. I like those days.

4. The food.

SWEET TEA. The Homeplace, tokyo express, SWEET TEA. apple bees... I know I know I sound like a fat kid, but I'm turning into one since I've been able to devor all my favorite things :)

5.The Mountains.

Hawaii is volcanic and they resemble each other. But there is something about driving through Salem surrounded by the mountains that says Home.

6.The events

When a girlfriend gets engaged and you can't see her wed, or a friend has a baby and you can only send your love through the mail, at time like these being so far away just stinks! but I did get to attend a friend's bridal shower while I was home, and I finally got to meet my best friends boyfriend (I approve) so that was pretty awesome!

That's all I have for now! Im sure when I get back to hawaii next week I will have PLENTY more.

-Kelsey





Aiden is 18 months!

waaaaaah. where did time go?

Anyway. I thought I'd do a quick update of Aiden and his milestones/stats :)

18 month stats :

Weight - 27 lbs

Heigh - 33.5 inches

Big boy he is!

Favorite foods :

grilled cheese
bananas
oranges
any fruit really

mashed potatoes

chocolate milk

tomatoes

Likes to:                                                   

Climb everything

Eat

Play with his friends at "school"

take baths

Skype

jump & dance

Words & Signs :

Mommy, Mom, Mama

Daddy, Dada, Dah

Puppy

Pawpaw

Eee ya (see ya)

byebye

Puppy

baby

tickle tickle

Ewo (hello)

poop (Thanks to his father)

Apple

Nana

Niye niye (Night night)

Waves,high fives,"pound it", signs more, eat & milk

He is such a sweet boy. I can't imagine my life without this little face everyday! Thought I would include a video of his 18 month words for this blog. Ignore him smacking me in the face with my own phone. :)

Aiden's first day of "school"

Aiden has his first day of daycare this past week, he goes on tuesdays and thursdays for 4 hours to help with his speech & basically to let him interact with more kiddos and he seems to like it so far!

I felt like I was going to have a panic attack on Monday evening thinking about dropping my baby off the next morning, and I just KNEW that he was going to have a massive meltdown the next morning...

Fast forward.

Tuesday morning we went into his classroom, put his backpack up in a cubby & washed his hands....then I lingered because I was unsure, and then I asked him for a hug and kiss (which I didn't get) and he just let me leave. No tears, no screaming, no fuss.

Well, not from him. I on the other hand,  cried all the way home (I live close, so my "sad time" was short) I just feel like he is growing way too fast, and it's hitting me that he really isn't a baby anymore. I mean, I know he will always be "my baby" but his infancy is gone and I feel a tiny piece of my heart break, and then the rest of it says, Ok - have another!  ;)

I now realize I am just as attached to him as he is to me, he's my shadow, Especially when Patrick is gone..but as much as I missed it, it was nice to try and clean my house without stopping for popsicles or the end of nap time or because Captian America needed immediate attention. But for now, 4 hours for 2 days a week is just enough for the both of us to handle haha.

When I went to pick him up on Tuesday he was a hott mess. He usually naps around 10:30 and they don't get out until 12, and if you know Aiden you know he doesn't do well without sleep and he is a bear when he's tired. When I got there she was holding him and walking him around, I could hear him crying through the door and It broke my heart...but as soon as he saw me he perked right up and snuggled into my shoulder and wrapped his fingers into my hair.

Love him, that little stinker.

He totally had the whole "sleep head bob" that you do when trying to stay awake, during lunch... he slept for 3 hours that afternoon :) Go daycare.

Thursday went well too - and he was crying when I picked him up again...but this time it was because he didn't want to come in from the playground. Oh bug.

All in all his first week went well!

Alright mom, I'm done sweeping...can we go now?

Ok.. my captions are lame.

But this kid, is seriously cute.