Morning sickness

I've been a very lucky pregnant lady in the past. With both Kyler and Melissa I was a bit nauseous on occasion but it was never too bad, but this little one is not as nice to Mommy. I have a four hour window in the afternoon when I actually feel like I can and want to eat. The morning and evening are not so good most of the time. I haven't been too sick, just very very nauseous all the time. Ugh. I know I'm still not as bad off as several of my pregnant friends and family members and I am thankful for that!

We told the kids last night about the baby. We were planning to wait longer until I was starting to show and stuff but we decided to go ahead and tell them for two reasons - (1) I know they've been concerned about Mommy feeling sick so much and (2) people keep asking them about having a new brother or sister and I have to clarify that we haven't talked to them about it but it confuses the kids. Anyway, we told them and they were very excited that God put a baby in Mommy's tummy. When Kyler told me goodnight he leaned over and hugged my tummy and Melissa wanted to give the baby a kiss. They are so sweet. I know it's going to be a long 8 months of them asking when the baby will be born but I'm excited to see their anticipation and share all the sweet (non-sick) pregnancy moments with them!

Baby!

If you're on Facebook you may have already seen my post that I am currently (finally) expecting baby #3! Maybe I will actually blog a little more often now since I like to be able to go back and read about all of the excitement leading up to the addition of a new little one to our family.

Right now I'm feeling pretty good...a bit nauseous now and then but not too sick. I'm exhausted, though! I've never had to do the first trimester tiredness during such a busy time of year and I am just crashing. Last night I fell asleep on the couch while were were watching Friends and when I got up an hour or two later I just went and fell in bed and went right back to sleep. Thankfully, now that Christmas is over and Brian still has a week off of work, I can rest a bit!

Our sweet baby will be joining us in August or September and I just can't wait to meet him or her!

Ready for Christmas! We've been counting down the days, not only on our Advent calendar that we use every year, but also on Christmas trees that we made and decorated in my class at school. I had extras so I brought them home for the kids to make one. Every morning they are so excited to put another number sticker on the tree and every night they can't wait to put another character from the Christmas story on our advent calendar!

We've had an exciting week with both kids being sick (or very very boring, since I've been stuck at home most of the past 9 days, taking temperatures and dispensing medicine). However, Melissa did finally sleep through the entire night again, for the first time in 5 days so I'm thinking that means she's on the road to recovery! Now we'll see if she starts eating again... yesterday she ate a few Lucky Charms, half a toaster waffle and a package of fruit snacks. Healthy, eh?

I'm excited about the next couple of weeks of Christmas celebration - my calendar looks like a pen exploded all over it! Even though we'll be busy we'll be with family and friends and having so much fun!