A month in photos [December]

 

 

 

 

Love,

Chris and Katie

29 weeks!

 

29 weeks!

- How far along? 29 weeks.

- How big is baby? The size of an acorn squash. Baby girl already measures about 15.2 to 16.7 inches long and weighs roughly about 2.5 to 3.0.

　

- Total weight gain/loss? Up 9lbs. total! Amazing!

- Maternity clothes? Yes, of course!

- Gender? GIRL!

- Movement? Tons, she likes to kick Chris’s hand whenever he pushes on her.

- Sleep? Really good this week, I just want more of it.

- Cravings/aversions? Taco bell! I only had it once, maybe twice come the end of today.

- Symptoms? STILL nauseous with smells, vomiting here and there.

- Things that happened this week? CHRISTMAS, my birthday and a 3D ultrasound (blogs to come!).

- The differences between my pregnancies: The list continues to grow.

Love,

Katie

Merry Christmas from the Hampton clan!

Christmas this year was probably one of my favorites by far. Growing up I was always spoiled on Christmas, I hated having a broken family but I always enjoyed two Christmases. When I say that please don’t think it’s because I was a greedy child who just wanted more and more gifts because that wasn’t even it. I love all the traditions that come with Christmas. I got to decorate TWO Christmas Trees, I got to go Christmas light looking every single weekend, Hot chocolate was in my daily diet, I got to decorate cookies for Santa twice, I went to the snow on two separate occasions and made many adored memories with both sides of my family. Now it wasn’t by any means an ideal situation and I would never want it for my children but it worked for me.

Now that I’m a parent I really enjoy being able to create all new memories, memories for my child soon to be children. I took several things that I always looked forward to and enjoyed as a child and incorporated them into our family traditions. All of this makes for a very Merry Hampton Christmas!

This year I was pretty sick, I had a terrible virus but I made sure the show still went on.

Christmas Eve afternoon we had a very tasty Red Lobster lunch with my beautiful Grandmother, Uncle Herk (who we sadly don’t get to see very often), my Mom, Marcus and I. Chris sadly had to work. We sat for a good couple hours catching up, breaking bread and just enjoying each others company.

Christmas eve night my mom came over, I had planned a nice formal dinner but because I was so under the weather I had very little energy to cook and I’m pretty sure no one would have wanted to eat my germ ridden meal. Chinese takeout it was, and boy was it tasty! The highlight of the evening was Marcus man’s new jeep that my mom got him, he loved/loves that’s thing! After my mom left that evening we gave Marcus a bath and dressed him in his adorable Christmas Eve jammies, left milk and cookies for Santa (we ate a few ourselves) read “The night before Christmas” tucked our little man into bed and went to bed ourselves to rest up for the following day’s actives.

CHRISTMAS!!

Christmas morning was so much fun, Marcus was really into opening gifts. We spent a good 3 hours opening gifts, it was a slow process, Marcus wanted to open every toy and play for a bit before we moved on to the next.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After our Christmas extravaganza at home we went and visited Chris's family for a few hours and later had my Dad and Terry over for dessert and gifts.

 

I may not have felt very well but it was a wonderful day, a day I will never forget. Seeing Christmas through your childs eyes is such a beautiful thing, I cant wait for the many more Christmas mornings to come.

 

Love,

Chris and Katie




 

Tradition

Every year for the last 4 years I have taken the girls I use to nanny for out to Red Robin (YUUUUMMM!!), Christmas light looking at Dovewood Court. in Orangevale and hot chocolate after. The last 3 of those years have included Marcus.

 

This year was extra fun, Marcus was really into the lights, we got to dance under a snowmachine (we believe it was a new addition this year) and walked the court (last year it rained).

 

We can't wait for next year when the tradionton continues and my little girls is here is join in on the fun.

 

 

Love,

Katie

 

28 weeks!

 

28 weeks!

 

- How far along? 28 weeks.

- How big is baby? The size of an eggplant. Baby girl now weighs in (around) 1.5 to 2.5 pounds and measures about 13.6 to 14.8 inches.

- Total weight gain/loss? I’m pretty proud of myself. Dropped 2 of the 3 I gained last week. Drank lots of water and made more healthy choices, not an easy task during the month of December! Basically, I totally avoided the staff room at work.

- Maternity clothes? Yes, of course!

- Gender? GIRL!

- Movement? Yep! I’ll be sad when she gets so big that she runs out of room and movements slow down.

- Sleep? Getting somewhat better. I wish I would stop trying to roll onto my back though; I wake up in the middle of the night sore because I’m laying on it.

- Cravings/aversions? Green bean casserole, yum!

- Symptoms? STILL nauseous with smells, vomiting here and there.

- Things that happened this week? Made better food choices. Sorted through lots of clothes that have been given to us for baby girl and had a holiday dinner with Chris’s family (that’s when the photos were taken).

- The differences between my pregnancies: The list continues to grow.

Love,

Katie

27 weeks!

 

 

27 weeks

 

- How far along? 27 weeks.

- How big is baby? The size of a rutabaga. I had no idea what a rutabaga was until I searched it. Basically she is 13.6 to 14.8 inches and 1.5 to 2.5 pounds. Grow baby girl, grow!

- Total weight gain/loss? Yikes, well I gained 3lbs this last week. I drank a crazy amount of cranberry juice not eve thinking about the amount of sugar I consumed. I cried at my prenatal check up when I weighed in. I made a mistake, I learned from it…no more cranberry juice! Back to water next week.

- Maternity clothes? Yes, of course!

- Gender? GIRL!

- Movement? Yep! Some kicks, twists and turns can be a little uncomfortable.

- Sleep? No change. I wish I was getting more.

- Cravings/aversions? Cranberry juice, but after this week that’s done for.

- Symptoms? STILL nauseous with smells, vomiting here and there.

- Things that happened this week? Nothing new really.

- The differences between my pregnancies: The list continues to grow.

Love,

Katie

26 weeks!

 

26 weeks!

 

- How far along? 26 weeks.

- How big is baby? The size of a head of lettuce.

- Total weight gain/loss? Same as last week so 0/8, I’ve gained the 8 I lost in the first several weeks of pregnancy. No change.

- Maternity clothes? Of course. This is a shirt from last pregnancy actually.

- Gender? GIRL!

- Movement? Tons, she is still one very active little girl. My stomach is really starting to ripple when she moves, I love it!

- Sleep? No change. I wish I was getting more.

- Cravings/aversions? Cranberry juice!

- Symptoms? STILL nauseous with smells, vomiting here and there.

- Things that happened this week? I made my “nesting to do list” oh boy, do I have my work cut out for me! I scheduled little Miss newborn photo shoot and ordered some accessories for the shoot, every girl needs her accessories even if only days old.

- The differences between my pregnancies: The list continues to grow.

Love,

Katie

25 weeks!

No picture this week, I had lots of opportunities I just didn't snap one. Next week!

- How far along? 25 weeks.

- How big is baby? The size of a cauliflower.

- Total weight gain/loss? Same as last week so 0/8, I’ve gained the 8 I lost in the first several weeks of pregnancy.

- Maternity clothes? Of course.

- Gender? GIRL!

- Movement? Tons, she is still one very active little girl.

- Sleep? Wishing I was getting more of it. Having a hard time getting comfortable; my hips go numb often and I keep waking up on my back and in pain.

- Cravings/aversions? BLT sandwiches, flavored water and chocolate milk. Same as last week.

- Symptoms? STILL nauseous with smells, I‘ve come to terms with the fact that this will more than likely last until she is here. Vomiting here and there. Insomnia. Lower back discomfort. Same as last week really.

- Things that happened this week? Thanksgiving and we were all sick. Chris had it the worse, Marcus wasn’t too far behind him and I just had what felt like allergy issues.

- The differences between my pregnancies: The list continues to grow.

Love,

Katie

A month in photos [November]

 

 

 

Love,

Chris and Katie

24 weeks!

 

24 weeks!

6 months pregnant!

 

- How far along? 24 weeks.

- How big is baby? The size of a cantaloupe .

- Total weight gain/loss? Same as last week so 0/8, I’ve gained the 8 I lost in the first several weeks of pregnancy.

- Maternity clothes? Of course, in this photo though only my jeans are, both my top and undershirt are not maternity.

- Gender? GIRL!

- Movement? Yep! This week I had some lower back, hip and pelvis pain. I saw my OB for my monthly checkup and she said its either round ligament pain or baby girl just resting in a comfortable for her but not so comfortable for me position.

- Sleep? So/so.

- Cravings/aversions? BLT sandwiches, flavored water and chocolate milk. Same as last week.

- Symptoms? STILL nauseous with smells, I‘ve come to terms with the fact that this will more than likely last until she is here. Vomiting here and there. Insomnia. Lower back discomfort. Same as last week really.

- Things that happened this week? I’m officially 6 months pregnant! Had my monthly check up and all was well.

- The differences between my pregnancies: They are night and day.

Love,

Katie

23 weeks!

23 weeks!!

Sadly I forgot to snap a photo this week.

- How far along? 23 weeks.

- How big is baby? The size of a grapefruit.

- Total weight gain/loss? 0lbs. I have officially broke even. I lost weight early in the pregnancy and I’ve now evened out. My OB says I’ve gained 8lbs, but in the first 10 weeks (before I even saw the Dr.) I was so sick and dropped the 8lbs. that I have “gained”. I now officially way the same weight that I did the month we conceived.

- Maternity clothes? Of course.

- Gender? GIRL!

- Movement? Yep, she’s a mover and a shaker!

- Sleep? Wish I was getting more and more of it. Pregnancy insomnia seems to be kicking in.

- Cravings/aversions? BLT sandwiches, flavored water and chocolate milk.

- Symptoms? STILL nauseous with smells, I‘ve come to terms with the fact that this will more than likely last until she is here. Vomiting here and there. Insomnia. Lower back discomfort. Same as last week really.

- Things that happened this week? Nothing super exciting, Chris got to feel some super big movements, it was as if she was trying to kick his hands.

　

- The differences between my pregnancies: They are night and day.

Love,

Katie

22 weeks!

22 weeks!!

- How far along? 22 weeks.

- How big is baby? The size of a papaya.

- Total weight gain/loss? -2lbs.

- Maternity clothes? Of course but in this photo I’m wearing one of Chris’s shirts.

- Gender? GIRL!

- Movement? Yep, in fact she’s keeping me up at night with all her dancing around.

- Sleep? Wish I was getting more and more of it.

- Cravings/aversions? Nothing really, I’m snacking these days not a fan of actual meals right now.

- Symptoms? STILL nauseous with smells. Vomiting here and there. Insomnia. Lower back discomfort. Same as last week.

- Things that happened this week? Did some more shopping for our little miss, we celebrated our 3^rd wedding anniversary and started planning our the kids bedroom makeover.

　

- The differences between my pregnancies: They are night and day.

Love,

Katie

A month in photos [October]

 

 

Love,

Chris and Katie

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

 

Chris unfortunately had to work this year so my mom, Marcus and I went up and down the very same street I grew up on and spent my childhood trick or treating. Marcus was tired and teething and absolutely refused to walk so we only made it to 6 or 7 houses. It was cute to see him in his costume and see how excited he got looking through his loot once we got back to my moms.

 

 

 

 

Love,

Chris and Katie

21 weeks! Its a......

 

21 weeks!!

Ultrasound edition!

- How far along? 21 weeks.

- How big is baby? The size of a pomegranate.

- Total weight gain/loss? -3lbs same as last week, no change in weight.

- Maternity clothes? Of course!

- Gender? Are you ready for this?!? it’s a……GIRL!

- Movement? LOTS! SHE sure is active, the radiology tech had a heck of a time getting super clear photos because SHE was moving so much. I cant blame HER, I have a hard time sitting in one place for too long as well.

- Sleep? Not much these days. I’m exhausted but some pregnancy insomnia is kicking in.

- Cravings/aversions? Mexican food and sushi! Chris took me out for sushi today to celebrate finding out the gender of our sweet baby, I just made sure to order cooked rolls and held the fish eggs. Amazing! I’m ready for another roll!

- Symptoms? STILL nauseous with smells. Vomiting here and there. Insomnia. Lower back discomfort.

- Things that happened this week? We found out we were having a GIRL and did lots of shopping for HER!

　

- The differences between my pregnancies: Last time was a boy, this time it’s a GIRL. We are on cloud 9, can’t wait to meet my precious baby GIRL!

Love,

Katie