And then there were...FOUR!

So…it’s been about--well, forever--since I’ve updated this thing, but here we go!  So much has happened in the last year.  It is crazy times in the Bolding household.  We have Baby Bolding part 2 on the way and Gracie Lou is growing like a weed!  There are also so many other things going on in our family-like Landon getting married and moving the Dallas! YAY!!!  So excited for that!  Mike is loving and rocking his job for the Food & Agribusiness at Wells Fargo and I’m finishing up my fifth year teaching!  I also found out that I don’t have to coach next year, so I am super stoked about that because I am going to need some serious extra time with two babies.  <3

The Boldings-as we know it

 

Something I wish I would’ve done better with Grace was document my pregnancy.  When you’re pregnant, you feel like you couldn’t possibly forget the experience, but you do!  I’m taking the cue from one of my dear friends and copying her fabulous template!

 PREGNANCY! ROUND 2!

How far along? 16 weeks...SIZE OF AN APPLE

 

Total Weight Gain: so far, I’m at about 5 pounds-give or take.  Trying to avoid the doctor’s dirty looks this time!

Maternity Clothes: Maternity clothes? Not yet! Stretchy clothes?  You bet!  I am going to love maxi dresses and skirts this year!

Stretch Marks: I have been soooo lucky with the stretch marks so far! *knock on wood

Sleep: This is definitely the biggest difference from my first pregnancy.  I remember being tired the first trimester, but I cannot get enough sleep!  When I get home from school, if I sit down for more than 2 minutes I am out like a light!  Last night I went to bed right after Graceà8:15 ish and slept until 7:30 this morning, and I’m still tired!  Needless to say, I am looking better and better for work these days. HA!

Best moment of this week: Letting the cat out of the bag and telling my students I’m prego.  Gotta love teaching 8th grade because here were some of the student responses:

“I’m so glad you told us because we all thought you got a boob job!” 

“I knew it!  You were definitely looking fat!”

“That explains why you’ve been so grouchy! Haha!” ..Yea, haha.

Miss Anything? Cutting caffeine cold turkey is definitely a struggle.  I wouldn’t say that I necessarily NEED the caffeine, but caffeine is in everything delicious!  I miss my Coke Zero and McDonald’s Caramel Frappes! :(

Movement: I know it sounds crazy early, but I have felt little fluttery movements for a few weeks now!  When we went for our sonogram, the tech was going crazy over how bouncy and jumpy baby Bolding was.  Mike and I are afraid for what this means in the futureà Grace was such a chill and somber baby. 

Food Craving: I should’ve known I was pregnant long before I did because ALL I want is donuts, chocolate milk, and cheese sticks.  ß This is one healthy baby!

Anything making you queasy or sick? Eh, not really. Again, I have been beyond lucky with my pregnancies!  No sickness at all J

Gender Prediction: I’m leading towards girl because I feel the EXACT same as I did in my first pregnancy, plus it’s hard for me to imagine a baby that’s not a girl! J  Only 5 more weeks!

Labor Signs: No!  slightly early…

Symptoms: With both of my pregnancies I have broken out like a teenager!  It’s a bummer because literally NOTHING works and the last thing I want to do is wear MORE makeup.  Also, I have been crazy sleepy and hungry, but I am aware that I am so blessed because pregnancy has been quite a cakewalk for me.

Belly button in or out? Belly button didn’t pop out until the bitter end with Grace, but I can already feel it starting to weasel its way out!  It’s already feeling all mushy and gross! Grace like to poke it..lol

Wedding rings on or off? So far so good!

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy.  I have all the reason in the world to be happy!  A little exhausted and ready for summer, but happy! J

Looking forward to: School being out for summer!  Finding out the gender so I can start decorating the nursery! <3

 IN THE MEANTIME...

 

 

Mike and I have the most perfect little girl!  These 19 months have flown by so fast, and I know that this makes me sounds like a typical mom..but it’s true!  I swear she does something new every single day.  She has recently started her potty training, and we were really shocked by this.  Mike went to pick her up from Emma’s the other day and she told us that she’s been using the potty for days now.  We decided we should probably get her a potty for home now, and-of course-it’s a pink princess potty that places music.  Although we’re not adamant about spending every waking minute training her, she’s making some good progress!

She is such a little monkey with so many cute things to say.  She likes to climb and hang on everything, but in a cute-little-careful-girly way!  She’s working on her forward roll and loves to dance around-especially to ‘The Voice.’ Some cute things she says right now: “I love you” (to the tune of Barney of course) “I love me” (also to the tune of Barney), “uh-oh”, “ooooooo”, “buh bye”, and she also does the sound effects to a lot of animals! Super cute.  Something that I hope catches on is the fact that Emma calls Mike ‘Papi’ and so Grace has recently started doing that.  It would be so awesome if Grace called Mike-‘Papi!’ lol!

She can also recognize letters and start to sing the alphabet, sing the itsy bitsy spider (with hand signals of course), and she loves “Old Macdonald” and “Jesus Loves Me”.

She loves to read her books and do her puzzles, and right now she thinks every color is ‘bluuuuueeeee’.

Mike and I are just so beyond blessed and smitten with our precious little angel and we are overjoyed that we have another one on the way.  We know that we are so lucky because for both of our kiddos it was a ‘one stop shop’ and we have been so fortunate to have a healthy experience so far! Things are about the get real up in here!