Hunting Club

Jake has alot of " extras" that he loves to go and do. ( hunting ( all of the above) , fishing, golf , traveling period) I do love this about him but at the same time I miss him a whole lot when he is gone!

This weekend we beautiful weather and Kaleb and I didn't have a whole lot planned so we decided to go with Jake to the club. I did ask for a couple of " chores" to get done off my "to do" list before we left. Jake took care of them and we had left for the club Saturday around lunch as soon as Kaleb's Christmas pictures were finished.

I am so glad we went. We all had such a great time! Being able to spend time with him is always wonderful but this one really meant alot because he is leaving for another hunting trip soon and going to be gone for a week!! So I soaked up as much family time as I could! =)

Saturday afternoon we all got our camo on and headed to the woods. We all took a bet to see how long Kaleb would last in the stand.. *30 minutes* but actually he loved it and we stayed out there alot longer than we both thought!!

It gets dark about 5:30 and we got back to camp around 5:15 so we lasted along time!!

We didn't see a deer, but Kaleb did get to see a Rabbit. =)

 

Here is some pictures of our little trip. * Photo Heavy*

 

Welcome to our club!

We we got there Kaleb had a snack and Big Daddy was telling him about the place.

 

There were showing Kaleb something. Not sure what?

 

Ready to Ride!!

 

Showing Kaleb something here. Not sure what??

 

We took Glory with us to give her a break from Charlie. She loves being here!

 

Playing in the dirt

 

Cheese Momma!

 

Jake sighted in his gun for his trip. I knew for sure this would scare Kaleb. We warned him it would be loud. But he didn't freak out or flinch at all.. he was fine with it.

 

Going out to the woods for the afternoon hunt!

 

 

 

 When we got back we started dinner and Kaleb found this little truck in the cabin, He loved it because he would sing and make different noises.

 

We ended the night with a campfire and some snuggle time! =)

 

 

25 weeks

SIZE OF BABY:

Measures around 13 . 5 inches in length and weighs about a pound and a half. The size of a rutabaga.

( the fruit/veggie thing is so weird to me haha)

 

TOTAL WEIGHT GAIN/LOSS:

I had gained 15 pounds last visit when I was 23 weeks.

 

GENDER:

Baby Girl!! Lilly Kate Chandler

 

MOVEMENT:

Yes! She rolls and good bit more than kicks. There is certain times during the day when she does all the moving.

 

SYMPTOMS:

I feel really good. I have energy and I haven't gotten sick at all. I still have pains really low and in my bottom... but they are random. Sharp and quick.

 

CRAVING:

Nothing really. I love all foods!

 

WHAT I MISS:

Being able to cuddle with Jake and be comfortable in the bed/couch. Getting bigger gets so uncomfortable! and causes me not to sleep very well. I toose and turn and get up and sweat during the night!

 

WHAT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TOO:

Thanksgiving dinner!! yummy food!!

and

Having a completed nursery! I love all the details we have thought of and I am so anxious to pull it all together!

 

 

 

My next doctor's appointment is November 21st. This one is my glucose test! I hope and pray everything is great and I pass!!

 

The next time I go ( around 28 weeks) Ill have an ultrasound done to check the placenta and see if it has moved. I pray it has! When I had talked with my doctors before they didn't seem concerned and told me it has plenty of time to move out of the way. I heard about placenta previa (you can google it) a couple of days ago and decided to look it up. SCARYness... No wonder my nurse/doctor didn't want to tell me much and freak me out! There is a chance it may can cause bleeding and early emergency c-section with alot of other details. But I am truely trying not to think about any of that, and focus on the present. Presently, I am doing fine with no signs for trauma for me or Lilly. I know everything is in the Lord's Hands and we will be fine =)

Halloween 2013

I am a little late updating on Halloween but oh well. Halloween night was pretty relaxing for us. We never really like to plan to much on this night because there can be so much traffic and its just  too hard.  I don't think Kaleb really understands yet what Halloween is all about anyway. He just thinks it's a party! haha

We had Anna, Alex and baby Cael over to trick or treat with us around the neighborhood and to have some supper. Nothing fancy and the kiddos had a good time going to a few houses before the rain came in!

 

Here are a few pictures I took of little Spider Man Kaleb and Pirate Cael.

 

We had a neighbor come by and drop off this adorable Train Set. Kaleb LOVED it!!

 

Kaleb was checking out the " Trick or Treater" out the window!

 

Pirate Cael!

 

In the car , ready to go!

 

After we got candy, we came in to take a break. Cael loves playing with this little kitchen.

 

Then Playdo time!

 

Paintin our Punkins

Last night we decided to paint our pumpkins.

" Daddy's, mine and Lilly's" -Kaleb

 

I sat at watched the magic happen. Kaleb has always loved craft time and so he LOVED painting! Messy.. But Loved it!!

 

 

 

"Cheese!!!"-Kaleb

 

" hey, where'd my red go?"-Kaleb

 

"whatcha doin daddy?"-Kaleb

 

"Making a silly face, Kaleb"-Daddy

 

Finished Product! SPOOKtacular Pumpkin!!

We had so much fun!!

Weekend Recap and Others

We had a really great weekend! Hope yall did too!!

Friday, Jake went to the hunting club and we decided to hang out at Nonnie and PePaw's house so I'd have help with Kaleb. Kaleb loves riding the 4-wheeler and taking bubble baths over there!

Saturday we had a birthday party to go too. It was so cute and so much fun! My friends little boy, Walker, turned one!! He has a little Monster themed bash at Tannehill State Park. It was a beautiful day for it and Kaleb had a great time with all the other kids! After the party we went straight home and took naps... Lord, I was so tired!! We both slept till 6.. I wanted to keep sleeping but I was hungry. SO I got up and made us dinner and then by 7 we were both in our PJ's and we watched Nemo in my bed! I love spending time with my little buddy!

Sunday we got up and went to church and then picked up my sister and baby Cael for an adventure at the deer farm! The Spinks family are super sweet and have such a love for their farm animals! Cael loved it! It was there first time there and they were amazed~ Kaleb got so closed to one of the does, she let him pet her!! He was so cute!!! We can’t wait to go back!

 

We were both excited to see Daddy when he got home Sunday! I can’t wait till the hunting club is all fixed up so we can join him in a couple of weeks. Kaleb asks all day long.. Where is daddy?... and I love having his help.. SO needless to say Sunday was a great day having him home! We finished up our night having a little family dinner at Logan’s Steak House! =)

We are enjoying the cool nights and getting ready for Halloween!!

Kaleb is going to be Spiderman!

Soon we are going to carve pumpkins and I think this coming up weekend we are going to try and take him to the pumpkin patch!

We ordered and received Lilly's bedding last week! Pottery Barn -Brooklynn. I absolutely love it!! Her room is cleaned out and soon we will get started painting. I got back to the doctor on Oct. 30th.

 

I heard on the radio over the weekend about Christmas Village at the BJCC coming up in November.. Freaking can’t wait. Love going there =)

 

 

Gender Reveal Party

This post is a little a week late.... But...

 

Jake and I had our big ultrasound appointment with the doctor Wednesday, October 2nd.

Baby looked really good. Baby measured smaller than Kaleb at this point.

Kaleb's was 19 weeks - 10.5 oz - Heart beat 156

Baby was 18 and 4 days- 9 oz- Heart beat 151

 

She checked all the organs and did her part and then it was time to reveal the gender. Baby was in a ball and wasn't letting us find out easy...  She had me roll over alot to make the legs spread. Finally we got the result =)

She did find something that was alittle bit alarming to me at first.. ( but totally normal and is safe for me and baby)  my placenta is in the way of the birth canal. Which means if it doesn't move I would have to have a c-section. That is fine and it has plenty of time to move. They will check me again later on to see if it has moved.

My blood pressure and measurement were good. My iron was really low so they did put me on iron supplements ( that is nothing new , b/c I had the same thing with Kaleb) and I got my flu shot.

I have also gained 7 pounds and go back for a check up on October 30th.

 

 The appointment went great and we were so excited to share the news to our family and friends on Friday October 4th!!

 

With help from my Mom and Sister , the party turned out great! I loved it and I want to thank everyone who came out to celebrate with us!!

 

*here are a few highlights*

 

I wanted a "fall" gender reveal party. I had "pinned" and research ways to tell everyone. A friend of mind made these adorable Scratch Off Cards. They were perfect =)

 

These were little outfits that we had purchased a while back , I thought it was cute to display them again with the ultrasound pictures

 

The kitchen had all the food

 

 

 

The back porch had the dessert table and the drinks

 

 

Team Girl

 

Team Boy

 

After everyone arrived and was tired of waiting =) we went inside to do the scratch offs!

and its a ....

 

 

 

GIRL!!

 

We are absolutely thrilled!!

 

Lilly Kate Chandler

She'll be here before we know it!! We are at the half way point, Yippi!!!

 

The night was so fun! We enjoyed everyone's company and eating good food!! I had been saying for awhile now I couldn't wait till it was cold outside for a bon- fire and s'mores!!!