Baby Sprinkle

Meet my sister-in-law Jen:

Jen knows how to throw one awesome party!!!  When she found out about Mini Meyer coming she wanted to host a celebration for our baby. She offered to have a "baby sprinkle."  The idea of the sprinkle is that since it's baby #2 it's not a full on "baby shower" but rather it's a smaller occasion to celebrate our newest addition.  It was so thoughtful of her and she did AN INCREDIBLE JOB of putting it together.  I am seriously so blown away by everything she did.  I will let the pics speak for themselves...

We decided that since we have already been blessed with so much with Everett we wanted to do something a bit different than a typical shower.  We partnered up with Hillcrest Transitional Housing and instead of gifts people could choose to bring books or toys to donate to the children of Hillcrest.  It turned out really great and Hillcrest is so excited to have these things for the kids in their program. 

 My favorite part of the whole event was just spending time with family.  Numerous people drove in just for the sprinkle and we felt so loved by all of the miles traveled.  Grandma Jean (on the right) won the award for farthest traveled; she and Grandpa Meyer came all the way from Oklahoma for the weekend.  (AND...oh my goodness did Everett LOVE SPENDING TIME WITH THEM!!!)  I love this picture of Mini Meyer and his two awesome grandmas!  Everett and baby brother are so blessed to have such cool ladies that love them so much. 

 Hello giant baby bump!!! The youngest party goer was our niece Clare (isn't she so cute?!).  There is a lot of potential that baby brother and Clare will share the same birthday if our little man comes early. We were pumped that Aunt Jen (Clare's momma) and Uncle Jim came in from Columbia and stayed with us all weekend.  It was great to spend time with them and it gave Everett a bit of practice having a little one around our house. 

The Sprinkle was so fun! Thanks Jen Robertson for hosting and for all who came.  

Mother's Day

Mother's Day 2013 was awesome!  Going into the weekend Everett brought this hand print home for me from Miss Patti.  Miss Patti (E's babysitter) does such a good job of making every holiday special with cute, thoughtful gifts and/or crafts.  

On Mother's Day morning Tom and Everett hooked me up with some great gifts.   I got a new cell phone cover with E and I's picture on it.  Mini received his or her first ever clothing item, an "I love my big brother" onesie.  While I was pregnant with Everett my mom got me a pregnancy calendar to keep track of fun milestones (or not fun ones--like canceling our trip to Puerto Rico this year because of morning sickness).  I was meaning to order one for Mini Meyer's pregnancy but kept forgetting. Good thing Tom totally hooked me up and got me one for Mother's Day! He also thought ahead and got another milestone calendar for Mini Meyer's first year of life.  These calendars are great for me because I'm terrible at keeping track of a baby book but I'm decent at jotting down thoughts on a calendar. 

We then had a great breakfast with Granny and Gramps and my brother and sister-in-law. 

E looks a bit goofy in the picture below.  We have a heck of a time getting him to take pictures. 

 I'm so dang thankful to be a mom to Everett and Mini Meyer.  It's such a joy.  And I would be remiss if I didn't give a big shout out to Tom for making Mother's Day so special and for being such an awesome partner in the crazy, awesome journey of parenthood. 

Mini Meyer Update--Almost 18 Weeks

I think I have officially turned the corner in this pregnancy! I haven't been on my anti-nausea meds for about a week, I haven't thrown up in about 2+ weeks, and I'm feeling much better overall.  I still feel pretty tired throughout the day but that could be just because I'm working and chasing a toddler around.  

I wore these Sea Bands on both wrists throughout the first 17 weeks. They are supposed to help fight nausea.  I'm not sure if they really worked or just helped my sanity, but I literally only took them off to shower.  Although I appreciated their presence, I'm glad to be free of them. 

Tom got Mini Meyer this onesie for Mother's Day.  It's Mini's first clothing item; so cute!

And here I am at almost 18 weeks!  The bump is definitely growing.  If you want to see a fun comparison, click here to see when I was at this same stage while pregnant with Everett.   It seems like Mini is progressing similarly to Everett. 

14 Weeks

As I have been going through this pregnancy, Tom and I have wondered NUMEROUS times how I felt at this point when I was pregnant with Everett.  All I can remember from being pregnant with Everett is that I felt terrible and then sometime in the 2nd trimester I started to feel like a human that didn't want to throw up all the time.  And the question of current moment is...WHEN did that blissful state of not being nauseous occur?  We think that sometime between 14-16 weeks I felt better and in most cases if I had to talk about it that two week window seems like a sufficient answer.  BUT while you're going through the icky nausea there is a big difference between 14 weeks and 16 weeks (like, am I going to have to go through TWO MORE WEEKS OF THIS OR NOT?).  Not to mention the fact that, "every pregnancy is different...blah...blah...blah..." and that "I could feel this way the entire 9 months...blah...blah...blah."  

In conclusion to my rant, I think you may have surmised that I'm still battling nausea. :)  Overall, I think it's getting better but I have had a really rough couple of days.  Two steps forward, one step back. 

I can tell that the baby bump has begun.  I know it's small and easily hidden still, but it's there! 

 

Mini Meyer

It's baby time again at the Meyer house! We're pumped to welcome into our family "Mini Meyer" sometime around October 16th.  Everett has quickly learned to the word "baby" and sometimes will refer to my stomach as "baby" but I don't think our little man has any idea exactly how life is going to change in the coming months.  I feel confident that E will make a great big brother to our new addition.  

You may have noticed we have been epically terrible at updating the blog.  We apologize.  One of the main reasons is that I have had pretty rough morning all day sickness.  Starting at about 6 weeks I have had a tough go of things.  I have been able to keep teaching (although, I don't even want to talk about how awesome of a teacher zombie I have been).  There has been a lot of nausea, puking, and laying on the couch.  All in all I have lost about ten pounds and I have been a somewhat non-existent member of the family, but I have been GROWING A BABY INSIDE OF ME so that's pretty cool and makes it all worth it. 

I'm nearing 14 weeks now and when I was pregnant with Everett the terrible, awful morning sickness went away sometime between 14-16 weeks. The end is in sight!  I'm also pumped to report that I have been feeling so much better.   From when I wake up until 3pm-ish I feel pretty okay as long as I'm snacking and taking anti-nausea medicine (which honestly, hasn't helped me that much).  From 3pm-ish onward I still struggle and usually hang out on the couch quite a bit, but even that has been getting a bit better.  Praise the Lord. 

Our latest family pic from Easter. 

I'm also so blessed because I have an incredible husband.  I'm not joking when I say that I have been somewhat non-existent (or at least not very helpful) at home.  Tom has changed almost every diaper, made sure there was food on the table, has kept the house clean, gone to the grocery store with E every week....the list could go on.  I am married to Superman. Tom is an incredibly loving, selfless man.  

Tom stealing E's Easter candy! Haha!

I've had a lot of people ask me, "How are things going with your pregnancy?"  So this post was designed to answer that question.  Sorry if it came out a bit whiney at times; my intent was not to complain but rather tell it how it is.  Overall, the family is surviving and we're overjoyed for our new little one.