Elliot Andrew

May 16, 2014

8 lbs 13 oz

8:21 am

Someday I will tell you all about it. I finally got super annoyed that whenever I came to my blog, I still saw pictures of me, pregnant. :)

Alternate title: Poor, poor 3rd child.

I filled in Colin's baby book until Ben was born. I bought Ben one but never filled it out. I didn't even buy one for Elliot. They're boys...they won't care about the minute details of their early childhood anyway. They'll just be happy they have teeth and they can walk, talk, and smile.

25 week belly comparison

Curious to know how I'm measuring up compared to past pregnancies, here are belly pictures of all three at 25-26 weeks. It should be noted that I took belly pictures pretty regularly while cooking Colin, almost as regularly while cooking Ben, and, well...seeing as a 25 week picture was the last I took of Baby Sunshine and I'm now 31 weeks, yeah. Sorry kiddo. It's not that I don't love you any less, it's just that your brothers keep me busy.

26 weeks with Colin.

 26 weeks with Ben.

 

25 weeks with Baby Sunshine.

What are our thoughts belly-wise? Does it look different? The same?

Hello? Is anyone still there?

I'll just spare you the "sorry I've not blogged since October speech." I'm busy, yo. And I haven't felt like writing anything, despite some huge changes, okay?

If you didn't already know, we're expecting #3 (Little Baby Sunshine, keeping with the weather-themed nicknames) in mid-May. Call us one of the crazies with 3 kids (possibly all boys), we don't care. Someone was missing from our family and s/he is growing in my belly right now. We had an ultrasound last week and all was well. We got a CD of pictures but the CD drive in my computer is broken (I may or may not have dropped this sucker a few too many times in the last NINE YEARS I've had it, especially in the last 6 months or so). No, we did not find out the sex. You know me and how I like surprises!

And...no other news from the last 2+ months tops that, so...moving on...

I always like to reflect on the new years resolutions I made last year and see how I did. Here we go...

Resolutions for 2013:
1. Pay OFF all debt. Heck yeah! This totally happened, earlier than expected even! The only debt remaining is our mortgage.
 
2. Run another 5k. Check that. I walked the Color Run 5k in June (July?) and I also ran the Women Rock 10k in August. And I didn't die!

3. Unplug. Yeah...still working on that.

Now GOALS for 2014: (I like goals better than resolutions)
1. Build savings. Now that our debt is paid off, this is step #3 in Dave Ramsey's baby steps. We are looking forward to getting a decent amount saved up in case we should ever need it.

2. Do yoga and be a strong mama. I follow a mom of 5 named Melissa (she's also MN photographer) on instagram. She started yoga in March and she can do amazing things like handstands and all sorts of crazy things, and I want to do that too. I started tonight by signing up for a free 15 day trial of yogaglo. I can watch it on the TV through Roku or on my laptop. I figure if I can keep up with the trial, I can keep up with it after that. And since I don't like running while pregnant or breast feeding, I can do this as exercise this year instead.

3. Unplug. Still working on it. Still bothers me. I need to set some parameters with myself or something.

So...that's about it. I'm not sure when I'll update next, so don't hold your breath or anything :)