Surprise!!

Because I'm the worst blogger EVER, I have yet to do a post that I am Pregnant..AGAIN! 

With our 3rd baby. 

I'm 13 Weeks today! 

Officially in my 2nd Trimester and I couldn't be more happy about that.

Even though I haven't been able to blog, I had my handy dandy cellular phone so I wrote down thoughts or new symptoms and what not in my "notes" app. There are some boring pregnancy reality so if you don't want to read about it, skip it! Haha, But I'm so so glad that I took a minute and wrote down some things.  

Pregnancy Baby Cub #3

WEEK 4-5

Found out this week Saturday April 9th 2016 woke up and thought I would take a test I was 4 days away from my expected Period. It was Positive! Lucas had just gotten home and Bea was awake on the couch. Lucas was eating cereal at the computer desk and I came in from the bathroom shaking cause I was shocked! Turned on the computer desk light and showed him! Woot! Baby # 3 is on the way! 

-No cravings yet. 

-morning sickness?? Not sure. The last 3 days I have gotten nauseous in late afternoon same time ever day. I never throw up. 

-Heartburn already. Had none with James, a little bit with Bea. But it's only almost week 5 and I get heartburn after lunch  

-crazy tired in late afternoon kind of goes along with the nausea! 

That's about it for my symptoms this week. 

Made a doctor appointment with Dyer for May 9th! We should be able to hear the heartbeat cause I will be around 8 Weeks and will be getting blood work done! 

Week 6: April 25th 2016 

Having a lot of aches and pains. The right side of my ribs hurt! Today was the first day I threw up. Been trying to calm the sickness with soda crackers but they aren't helping much. I feel as though I'm 30 weeks instead of 6 mainly because it hurts to bend down and my stomach feels like a lot is going on. It's hard to describe. I'm straight up exhausted and end up taking multiple cat naps during the day. I find laying in my bed I'm most uncomfortable but that's easy to feel cause our bed is a pile. 

Got a letter in the mail saying that my OB, Dr Dyer is retiring. So I'm a little freaked out about that. But the gal I'm leaning towards is Dr Shelley and when I told Lucas he said that she was actually the one to deliver Lily! I totally forgot. But Shelley was the Doctor there that day. I remember really liking her. 

Today is James 5! I cannot believe it! We're going up to Idaho Falls to celebrate with the Duncans. :) 

We're going to try and keep my baby #3 pregnancy a secret

8 WEEKS

5.27.16 Week 11 

Been slacking on updating on how I've been feeling. It's a straight up miracle, but about week 8 or 9 I started to feel less sick all day! It was coming in waves throughout the day and it still does a little bit but some days I don't have to take my nausea pill at all! I think I could count on one hand how many times  I've thrown up! Which is AMAZING since my pregnancy with James I lost sooo much weight cause all I did was throw up. Lily was a little lighter but I was still sick till around 20 weeks. I did throw up today but I think a lot of it was because I had just woken up and I had nothing in my stomach, Lucas has just changed a VERY stinky diaper of Lily's and I couldn't deal with the smell, I yarfed! Haha. But I've been doing so good! Even though my nausea is about done, I have had HORRIBLE back pain. I'm so stiff! I don't think it's the pregnancy that is going it, I think I have a pulled muscle and the pregnancy isn't necessarily helping. I think I need to get a "prenatal massage" haha, I always thought those sounded silly, but I'm definitely getting one ASAP! 

As for weight I am already much heavier than I was with James and Lily's pregnancies. I weighed in at my doc visit at 8 weeks and 3 days and I've lost a little but that's normal in the first trimester. I have stopped drinking caffeine every day. I rarely have a soda or anything like that, because it makes my stomach hurt and feel even more empty, so I've been staying away so I think that's a lot of why I've lost weight cause my belly is BIG! 

Which leads me to my next thing; because I'm not drinking caffeine every day and I'm pregnant, I'm EXTREMELY TIRED! I used to go to sleep at like 1am every night and I can't make it past 11 most nights and I still take naps when lily takes her nap during the day. I was also having terrible headaches/migraines but those have kind of subsided this past week. Hopefully we're done with those! 

One more thing! I am 99% sure I felt the baby move twice! I have had two kids and I KNOW how that feels. I'm pretty sure he or she flipped around. 

12 WEEKS

12 Weeks 3 days-

I had my doctors appointment with my new OB Dr Shelley. She was nice. They were behind on patients so it felt a little rushed but I'm really hoping next time will feel better. She found the heartbeat right away and said it was 150 she said it was strong! We're still on the fence about finding out the gender or not when we have our sonogram at 20 Weeks. We have basically everything we need if it's a boy or girl anyway, why not wait till birth?! That will be the coolest experience but at the same time I of course want to know and  afraid it will haunt me the whole pregnancy. Ugh! It's so hard!

13 WEEKS

Now I am 13 Weeks and I have felt hardly ANY nausea. Hoping it's gone for good! As for other symptoms I really have minimal. I think I'm just so busy with Lily and James that I do not have time to linger in my symptoms and I have really no choice but to get things done which staying busy, I noticed, makes me less sick. Every once in a while I will get a headache/migraine but they have toned down a lot! Went to my doctors appointment and actually lost one pound according to the weigh in from last month. which, would normally be because your throwing up a lot, but that's not my case! I have only thrown up a few times. I have very little to NO caffiene/soda. It hurts my stomach just thinking about it. I'm pretty sure that is why i'm losing weight because my belly is ginormous!!

as for cravings I'm not having strong cravings at all. I simply want juicy things like fruit and baby carrots. I wouldn't say those are cravings more like, if I HAVE TO eat, those are the only things that sound good. I'm definitely having more aversions than anything. Like, today I felt like Chicken pesto and has been cooking in the crockpot all day and now I literally can't stand the smell. So I didn't eat dinner tonight. I'm hoping carrots and apples will suffice for my dinner tonight! I am honestly the same size as I was at like 22-24 weeks with Lily. Crazy right. It makes sense since I was at a heavier weight that I was with both of them. Looking forward to NO MORE NAUSEA!


Some Baby #3 Thoughts...

Some things I have gathered from blog posts of mommies who are/were pregnant with their 3rd child, a few have mentioned that by the 3rd go around a lot of people are excited for you when you tell them the news, but also say things like, " Wow, really?" and "A 3rd is completely different than 2" essentially, people are happy for you but there's that, "Well it's your third mentality so it's not as exciting"..? I have honestly experienced that with a couple of people close to me.
 They're happy, they just wonder why not wait a few more years in between kids? I'm a little sad that many people think that way about children. Like, they are this HUGE burden and road block in life. I've always wanted kids and even though I am not the most patient mommy and I make mistakes everyday, they are still my life. I have an EXTREMELY high maintenance 5 year old who questions, wonders and NEEDS to know EVERYTHING! His emotional level is almost like a two year old, but his brain is that of a 10 year old. I KNOW kids are difficult. Lucas and I both want children because they make us so so happy. We don't want children because it's expected of us or because everyone else is doing it. We want children while we are young so that when our children are young we can still be young too. That's a long rant blog post for another day. 

I am so incredibly thankful for both my families and their support. The Duncan side is expecting 3 new babies by the end of the year and I'm just tickled to death to be pregnant with My sister in law Mary and my new Sister in law Gina! I'm just so excited even though this is my third It's still just as exciting to me! :) 

Duncan Baby #3 coming December 16th 2016

January 2015

It was an interesting start to 2015. That is for sure. Lucas and I were so so incredibly sick. I'm glad to report we are both finally feeling better. I still have some congestion but it's not bad at all anymore. Thankfully James didn't get it at all and Lily only got a cough but nothing more. I have been completely confined to the bed or couch all January so It's so great to be able to do my mommy chores again. I have decided to take some time off of photography for a while. It's hard to start a business when you have no money to start it with. I couldn't keep up on the payments for Lightroom and Photoshop so I don't have any GOOD editing programs and one of my lenses has a giant scratch on the inside. I don't know what happened so I took all that as a sign to slow down and come back in a few months when it gets warm.

Anyways, I'm excited for February I get to celebrate my dad and it's also Lucas Birthday! I guess Valentine's Day too. I've never been much of a fan because I never get Lucas for V-day. He always works so it's just kind of meh for me but still excited to see what this month will bring!

 ^^James is SUPER into watercolors right now! He has filled almost all his coloring books! I love it so so much!! He's so funny, seriously every time I say, "Oh that's a beautiful picture James.." He Stops me and says, " No NO NO NO! It's not finished yet!!!!!" He is so serious about his art. 

I took some engagement photos for Aaron Capener and his fiance back in October and they just got married a couple weeks ago. I took some pictures at their Reception here in Idaho and I got to go with just Lucas. The kids stayed with Aunt Mary and Lydia! So we had fun. Aaron's brother, Kevin is Lucas' best friend so we had fun talking to him!

Speaking of Kevin, He got a job with the FBI here in Pocatello so he just bought a house here because he was commuting from IF to Poky and we all know how annoying that is, so he moved in a month ago and it is AMAZING. I'm so jealous. haha. We are going to be at his house a lot, let's just say that. :)

 James and Lily playing piano at Grandma & Grandpa's house!!

I asked Lily,

"Do you want to get dressed in some pretty clothes?"

Lily: "Yah!!" 

She then took my hand and let me into her room! 

*HEART MELTED*

Before Haircut

After Haircut

It was Courtney Burtons wedding day on the 31st and I haven't seen those girls in years. I grew up down the street from them so it was so good seeing those goons. They are just as crazy as ever! Marisa just had her baby so she wasnt able to come. But I had to get a picture of at least Courtney, T and I! 

 It was Lily's first time in a successful Pony on the top of her head and I was just ecstatic!! 

This is the face of a 24 year old Exhausted mom of two that literally wants to hit her face against the wall at the end of every day. Is that normal??

No?!

...UgH

Happy 4th!!!

Once again My favorite hoiliday EVER landed on a day where Lucas had to work :(

But we still had so much fun! I love my sweet little boy! James, Lily and Myself got lunch yesterday and then went to one of those big old Firework tents (There aren't a lot in Poky, Mostly trailers) We picked out all my favorite fireworks since I was 3 years old. 

The turtle, The panda and the flowers. 

I got pagoda which I also LOVE. 

The one I love/hate is the chicken and they didn't have that one. It basically just screeches and is soooo obnoxious but somehow still one of my favorites. 

And you cannot leave without sparklers. James played with a sparkler for the first time and it was so cute because he was pretty scared of the fireworks. I gave him the sparkler last and he waved it around for a second and then just dropped it and ran away behind Lily. HAHA! 

When I lit the first firework, the turtle, I told him to run away from it and I think that permanently damaged him from liking fireworks. He was shaking. I felt so bad!!

But when we light them tonight with the Duncans, I think he will be okay! 

As for Lily's first 4th, well, she had no clue what was going on. LAWL! 

She just wanted to eat puffs and watch Frozen for 8,000th time.

Lily Bea's Blessing Day.

The same weekend we had James Birthday Party, we had Lily's Baby Blessing which also happened to be Easter Sunday. So we had a busy weekend. That's how I like it though. Just Bombarded with family and friends and laughs. Miss Bea's Blessing was great. Lucas did wonderfully and I'm so blessed to have him and our sweet babies. After the blessing we had friends and family over for food.

 ^^Miss Bea right before Lucas blessed her. She woke right up when we got her out of her seat but she did pretty well during the blessing. Unlike her brother. James was 3 months when we blessed him and right when Luke started blessing him, he threw up all over himself and Lucas' sleeve. Haha.^^

I'm so so thankful for my sweet family. We do not have it together all the time. In fact we NEVER have it together and we are impatient and cranky most days but at the end of the day nothing is more important than our love for each other and I'm so grateful for that.

And would you look at my sweet Lily girl? I'm so in love with her.
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Life Lately in pictures

^^I love dressing her up. It's so much fun!^^

 

^^James re discovered how awesome books can be. He loved books for a while there and then when we moved to my moms, we didn't unpack most of our stuff (including this books) and relied on tv to keep him busy. So he forgot how much he loved them. I love catching him "reading" to himself.^^

^^I think she was getting annoyed with the camera in her face 24/7 Sorry Lil!^^

^^It's Daddy day and so naturally James is reading a book in a tote full of books that we still haven't unpacked yet. Then Lily in her adorable hat that Aunty Mary made. We were headed out to get lunch and run errands. Also watched the Oscars that were on last night. THANK YOU HULU!!!!^^

 ^^We celebrated my Handsome Husband's 26th Birthday and we had so much fun with his family. (Like always) He got Thor: The Dark World, a Robot Fish and a T-shirt that says; "I don't shave for Sherlock Holmes" It's from Season 3 of the British TV Show 'Sherlock' and it's wonderful in so many ways. If you haven't seen it, I suggest you watch it. ^^

 ^^They like to fall asleep on me constantly. I seriously am starting to think I'm boring.^^

 ^^We got iPhone 5's so I thought I was messing with all the filters and editing stuff. Super Emo I know.^^

^^James went to Target with me the other day. We bought our stuff and he insisted on looking at the glasses. He put these on and said, "Okay, I ready to go now." and started walking out. haha. He picked out this snazzy Monsters University hat at Target. He looks so grown up in that picture. ^^

 ^^I tried on Lily's swim suit that was also given to us by My Sister-in-Laws. I wanted to try it on her because it's 6 Month Size and she's starting to grow out of 6 month stuff It fits her perfectly now but in a couple months when it's warm enough, I don't think it will fit her anymore. Long story not so short, I had to document how ADORABLE she looked in it. Having a little girl is fun :)^^

Until next time 'ol blog.