19 weeks pregnant with baby number 3

How many weeks? 
19 weeks 5 days at time of writing this

When is baby due?
 Our due date is March 31st 2016

How is baby doing?
Baby is now the size of a large mango, which is quite funny to think I have a mango sized baby in there. He/She is doing well, and I'm reassured daily by the movements I feel.

Symptoms?
I've suffered with a bit of sciatica this week, which I fully put down to over doing it around the house... surly I cant be nesting already!?
My sense of smell is on over drive this week. I find myself hiding my nose in my jumper every time I open the fridge as the smell of veg in their makes me want to throw up the last thing I ate.

How I feel?
Excited!! Our 20 week scan is booked for Thursday and I am just literally counting down the hours. A few weeks ago, I wasn't really bothered about knowing our babies gender I could have happily gone full term without knowing. I seem to have done a complete U-turn in the past few days, and finding out the gender is all I seem to be thinking about. I honestly couldn't call this babies gender but if I had to guess I would probably say boy.

I've also been feeling rather worried this week and my mind is definitely on overdrive. I've been worrying about the upcoming scan. I always tend to worry about health/medical appointments. I'm trying to push the worry to the back of my mind and focus on how lovely it will be to see baby again.

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16 weeks pregnant

Today (October 15th) I'm 16 weeks pregnant and have just got back from my second midwives appointment.
I was really looking forward to this appointment as I was hoping to hear the heartbeat for the first time, and I did. I was even lucky enough to get  recording on my phone.

Hearing the heartbeat was amazing. It setted my mind putting me at ease and made me feel really excited about the pregnancy. I worry about everything, so to get a little bit of reassurance that everything is as it should be just makes me feel relaxed.

Symptoms wise I don't have many this week. One thing that sticks out in my mind (excuse the pun) is sensitive nipples. I had this in both my previous pregnancies but I don't remember it lasting this long or being this painful. I honestly felt my nipples were to explode last night as they were that painful.

My skin seems to have gone crazy this week and I think I have developed pregnancy acne which is new to me. Nothing I try seems to do any good. Its been making me really self-conscious and I seem to have been hiding in the house and avoiding being around anyone.

Sleep wise I think I'm out of that tired fog and feeling like I have more energy this week. Infarct things seem to have gone in the other direction and most nights I'm finding it hard to fall asleep.

Your big brothers have been really affectionate towards my bump. Riley is always coming for a cuddle and Ronny constantly comes over to plant a kiss. Riley seems very excited about the baby in my belly, he is adamant you are going to a boy called Charlie!

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Baby number 3

22.09.2015
Yesterday I had my 12 week appointment - everything seems to be going well and we are very excited for our family to be growing. I gave up my blood and had my first scan. Everything looks how it should and I am relieved that there is just one tiny human growing in there. 

My estimated due date is 31st of March 2016 and I am 12 weeks 5 day's pregnant. 

FINDING OUT

So lets rewind back to July. My period was 5 days late. Something that was strange but not uncommon as I'd had long cycles in the past. Whilst out in town I decided to pick up a pregnancy test whilst in town. 


I decided to take the test while I was out in town
1 because I am incredibly inpatient and 2. Ronny was asleep in his buggy and I wasn't sure when Id next get a few mins to pee in peace without a toddler watching me. 

No sooner had I taken the test, I could see two lines. One telling me I had correctly peeped on stick and the other telling me I was pregnant. I am embarrassed to say that my first reaction was not happiness like the previous two times, but fear. This baby was not planned, at least not for another year. I was terrified of telling Steve. He had made no secret that he wanted to have more children, he just hoping to wait a few years before adding to our family.  was worried about the boys. How would they cope with a baby in the house? Were they ready? Was I ready? What would people think? 

A million questions went through my head in what seemed like a few minutes. I know I wanted this baby and that it would be loved. I was just full of fear. I felt alone. 

I tried to work out how best to tell Steve, but there was no need. As soon as he came home that evening he could tell something was wrong. He knew me well enough to know. 


SYMPTOMS 

Before I'd even taken a test I had a sneaky suspicion that I could be pregnant. Not because I "felt" pregnant but because I looked pregnant. I had awful bloating and remember saying to Steve that I thought there could be a tiny bean growing in my belly.

Now I'm sure every women complains of the first trimester tiredness, and I'm no different. I'm a pretty tired person as it goes, which I fully put down to running around after a 1 year old and a 3 year old. Throughout this pregnancy I have felt constantly shattered and been in bed by 9 pm most evening. I'm usually up just before 7 am but thankfully my brilliant partner has been earning some gold stars, and getting up with the boys letting me have a little longer to rest. 

After horrendous morning sickness with both boys, I seemed to have been lucky this time round and avoided the constant throwing up. However I've been so lucky with tummy trouble I'm not sure which is worse.

Compared to my previous two pregnancies, his time around I have not experienced many pregnancy symptoms. Which has left me feeling very anxious. Out of all my pregnancies this is the most anxious I've felt and I felt that up until my scan I was not feeling at all positive about this pregnancy. When I saw that tiny flicker of a heartbeat at the scan I instantly felt a massive weight lifted off me, and for the first time in 12 long weeks I felt excited. 

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An announcement

I am back folks, with possibly the best excuse to start bloging again.

I'm pregnant!!!! 

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Our Family Meal #1

Meal planning used to be part of my weekly routine. I'd open my laptop, sit down with my cook books and search for inspiration and ideas of what tasty food I would cook for my family. As sad as it may sound I actually liked doing this. 

I liked knowing what I was going to be cooking and what I needed to buy when doing the weekly shop. I also found I spent a lot less when I wasn't winging it or being taken in the special offers. I seemed to have fallen off the wagon and meal planning has gone out the window. This means I'm often just chucking random meals together and constantly popping to the shop or sending Steve out for supplies. 

So here is our meal plan for the week. I have started it from Saturday as that is usually when we do our food shop.

Saturday - Corn beef hash

Sunday - Roast

Monday - Sweet chilli prawns with noodles

Tuesday - home-made pizzas and wedges

Wednesday -  Toad in the hole with mash and veggies 

Thursday - chicken wrapped in bacon with sweet corn and chips 

Friday - Chicken and sweet-potato curry

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Ronny at 19 months

Just recently I have been having moments where I have been getting sad that, I have not kept some sort of diary to record all your little mile stones. So here is a little post about you.

Ronny, Ron-Ron, our little bon-bon to us you are all of these things are so much more.
You are 19 months old and have been for a few weeks now. Your no longer a baby, you are such a funny little thing at times and I am so proud to call you my son. You keep me on my toes all day as your not a sit still kind of toddler. You are loved so much by us all especially your big brother, and I look forward to watching your bond with him grow.

Like your big brother you are very much a water baby. Bath time is your favourite part of the day and you love to put your head under the water and  pretend that you are swimming. When your not pretending to be a fish you love to chuck the wet sponge out of the bath and soak mummy.
You like to play outside, your an animal lover and get so excited when you see any type of animal, music and dancing. You are obsessed with the hoover and get very excited before I even get it out of the cupboard.

At 19 months old, you show a grate deal of understanding and you know a lot more than you care to let on sometimes. We often ask you where your trousers are and you instantly look down to show us that you know.

When it comes to communication, apart from a few words (mama, no, yes, hi ya and more) you are still not talking. You babble a lot at make sounds but as for actual talking your not quite there yet. When your big brother was this age he had a larger vocabulary, however I think once you start talking there will be no stopping you.

When it comes to sleep you couldn't be any better. You go to bed around 7pm, any later than that and you become over tired and stand at the bottom of the stairs waiting for someone to take you to bed. When we moved here you were 15 months old and still sharing a room with mummy and daddy. The first night we put you into your room, we expected it would take you some time getting settled and used to being in your own bedroom. However you surprised us both and slept perfectly without any problems and have continued to do so ever since.
There is one issue you have with sleep and that is your big brother Riley. He likes to come into your room as soon as he wakes up and jump in your cot with you. This is something that you very much dislike and will stand in your cot crying until me or daddy comes in.
You are still napping in the day and usually just have the one nap at home. Usually you are ready to go back to bed at 10 and sleep for about an hour and half.

tou. Your favourite foods are pasta, bananas, porridge and spaghetti hoops. You enjoy food that has flavour to it. Recently you have learnt to feed yourself using a fork and spoon and get a little upset when mummy try's to help feed you. When you mange to feed yourself using your spoon you are full of smiles.

You not a massive fan of eating your vegetables but I do try and sneak them into you where I can.

After breakfast in the morning you love to sit with me and share my cup of tea. You do end up wearing most of it though.

You are a very social little toddler and love being in the company of other children. You and Riley have a few little friends that we meet up with regularly and you love being in their company and play so nicely together. You seem to enjoy being around men and especially love being with your granddad, its not really surprising when you come from a family that is 90% boys.

You can be very clingy at times where its at home or out and about. I am trying to encourage you to be less clingy as I don't want it to become an issue when you start nursery. I want you to learn that its ok that your not with me all the time. I want you to be confident around other people, something that I am not at times.  

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My Summer Bucket List

Looking out of the window today, its hard to believe that summer is just around the corner. I love summer. For me its my favourite time of year. I love the sun and how it makes everyone happy and the long evening spent in the garden with the sun beaming down on my face.

This year I fully intend to make the most out of summer and squeeze as much into it. Here is how our summer bucket list is looking so far, as you can see its full of out door activities, so I am praying for a sunny summer.

• Plenty of picnics
• Visit Hasting for the day
• Treat the boys to a sand and water table
• Go rock pooling
• Spending long evening in the garden with the Mr
• Visit the zoo
• Eat fish and chips at the beach
• Have a staycation
• BBQS, BBQS ...... BBQS
• Building sandcastles at the beach
• Take the boys to the carnival
• Go for lots of walks along the sea front
• Have a water fight
• Draw with chalk outside

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Things that have made me happy over the past 3 week

So it has been quite some time since I last did a what made me happy post. That's not because I have been a grumpy bugger and nothing has made me happy, but life has just been so busy. I feel like someone hit the fast forward button my life and everything has been happening in a blur. So here are the best its from the past 3 weeks.

• Celebrating a 30th birthday - I'd just like to mention it wasn't mine, it was actually the Mr's birthday. His birthday was on the 13th of April and the 4 of us spend a lovely day together. We spent the morning at the zoo with the boys they were so well behaved and were amazed by all the animals. In the evening me and Steve went out to dinner while my mum very kindly looked after the boys. It had been years since we and Steve were able to go out for the evening and enjoy a lovely meal together.

•  Slimming world -after a 4 month brake I finally took myself to my local group and joined again. I was really nervous as I had no idea what the scales were say. So when I was told that I weighted the same as I did when I left, I couldn't believe it. I've been to, two weigh ins since I re-joined and have lost both weeks. Fingers crossed it continues.

• Our garden - I love our garden. Riley and Ronny have been loving it 100 times more than me, and this makes me happy. I love seeing them play out there and having so much space to run. Riley has been fascinated by all the creatures and loves dragging me out to see the snails. Ronny is just happy to have some out door space. Since he was born he has never had a garden so its all new to him and he has been fully making the most of it.

• Making plans - over the last few weeks, Steve and I have had some really long chats about lots of thing we would like to do. The one I'm most excited about is our wedding. We have had lots of ideas flying around and were almost there with setting a date.

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10 things that've made me happy this week

Happy Sunday. Thanks to the long East weekend this week has completely flown by and I feel like all I've done is ask what day it is as I've totally lost track.

Here's what has been making me happy this week ....

1. We spend Easter Sunday at our local rare breeds centre and we had such a lovely day. We did the Easter trail, watched pigs race and got to spend hours cooing over baby goats and lambs.

2. An afternoon spent with family. We unexpectedly popped into my parents house and ended staying for Chinese. The boys love it there and I love seeing them playing happily in the house that I grew up in.

3. Easter chocolate. Our house is full of it and we've been picking at it all week.

4. A unplanned play date. The kids played and mums chatted and drank tea. Bliss.

5. On Wednesday me and the boys took a stroll to collect some forms from the DRs surgery. Ronny refused to go in his buggy so he walked the whole way holding mine and Riley's hand.

6. Ronny finding it historical when I put baby power on him.

7. Getting our garden summer ready.

8. Riley saying "bunder bee" when he is trying to say bumble bee.

9. Spending some the morning with a friend me and Steve had not seen for years

10. Enjoying a hot bubble with, with absolutely no interruptions

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Down in the south east, the weather today has been lovely. Steve managed to get the day off work so we have been pottering in the garden, getting it ready for the summer. Here are a few pictures I took whilst having a play around with the camera.

 

 

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10 things that've made me happy this week

It is finally April, and I have fully welcomed the month with open arms. Its fair to say March was pretty rubbish. We had everything thrown at us in those 31 days, everything from moving, losing a loved one, a hospital trip, illness to our car braking.
Id started to get myself into a right state with dwelling on all the horrible negative things going on, that all the nice positive thing in my life we passing me by.
Here is a little run down of 10 things that have made me happy this week.

1. Catching up with my best friend. We hadn't seem each other since her wedding (Feb 13th) so a catch up was much overdue.

2. Spending our evenings, keeping cosy and warm by your open fire. That thing really chucks out some heat.

3. Dressing my boys in matching outfits. Its not something I make a habit of doing but they both looked so cute.

4. Milky caramel coffee.

5. Listening to my little Riley singing "I really, really, really, really, really, really like you" over and over again. He's totally going to overkill that song but it melts my heart.

6. Easter. Egg. Chocolate. Do I need to say anything else.

7. Spending a lovely afternoon with my boys. We went for dinner, played in the arcade and even squeezed in a little stroll along the seafront.

8. Going up to bed and finding Riley all smuggled up under the covers. My bed was lovely and warm once I'd popped him back into his bed.

9. The rain. Now this is not usually something that makes me happy, as I'm definitely a summer girl but I do love listening to it beating down on the conservatory roof.

10. Clean bedding,

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Valentine's

Happy Valentines Day

to the man who .....

drives us everywhere

doesn't mind me stealing all of the covers 

held my hand through two scary labours

works his socks off

 knows how to brew the perfect cuppa

lets me control the TV

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We are moving house.

In a few weeks we will be moving house, something I am very excited about.

We have lived in our current home for just over a year now and already we have outgrown it. We seem to be constantly moving furniture around for a bit of extra space, even clearing out things we don't want or need doesn't seem to make a much of a difference.   

With two growing boys I'm very much looking forward to having a bigger house and more space for them. One of best things about the new house is that we will have a garden which is something we all have really missed. I can't wait to sit outside in the summer, watch the boys play while me and the Mr sit and chat.

The house does need some work ... actually it needs a lot of work. The whole place needs renovating and were in the process of having a kitchen and bathroom fitted. We're lucky in a way as this means we can put our own little stamp on the place. I've been spending my evenings searching the internet for inspiration and finding myself loving the white, shabby chic look. I love the bright, clean fresh look of it all but with having two small boys, who love nothing more than making a mess, its most probably not a smart idea.

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Hello and welcome

Hello everyone and welcome to my boys and me.

 A little introduction.

This is Steve. My fiancé and the boys dad. We've been together for 8 years and in 2014 he finally asked me to marry him. He is self employed and works very hard to provide for me and the boys. When he is not working he can usually be found, on the ps4 or being used as a human climbing frame.











Riley is our first born. He's 3 going on 13. He loves going to nursery 2 days a week, where he gets to play with his best friend Max. He is very cheeky and loves playing with anything that has wheels.



 







Ronny is our second son and the latest edition to our family. He is now 17 months old and is well into the toddler stage. He enjoys chewing everything and leaving a trail of mess behind him. His loves bananas and pasta.

I'm Kelly, a typical twenty something stay at home mum. I spend most of my days with the boys, running around after them and keeping the house in order. I'm currently on a health kick trying to lose weight and be more healthier.

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