Pregnancy Update: Week 25

25 weeks! I'm approximately 62% done with this pregnancy. Not that I'm counting or anything. Oh wait. I totally am. Here's what's been going on!

How many weeks?: 25 weeks
Size of Baby: About the size of a rutabaga, about 1.5 pounds and about 13.5 inches from head to heel.
Countdown: My dr. will be inducing me at 39 weeks, so 14 more!
Total weight gain/loss: + about 16 lbs. 
Maternity Clothes?: Yep. Even my t-shirts aren't quite covering my belly and my hoodies are starting to get too short too (sob). Maternity pants and maxi skirts are my go-to.
Energy Levels: Feeling pretty good most of the time! I'm always exhausted after lunch, but that's when Mason naps and I work, so I usually eat something sweet and drink a ton of water.
Exercise Habits: I try to walk for at least half an hour every day. Some days we don't get out, but if I'm cleaning for more than half an hour I think that counts.
Sleeping?: Most nights I'm okay. I wake up once to go to the bathroom. Around 630am I start getting restless and usually just lay there until Sean wakes me up before he goes to work. If it's too hot at night, my sleep is not good.
Worst Moment in the past 5 weeks: Braxton hicks. They are no fun! I don't get them very often (maybe a few times a week) but ouch.  
Best Moment in the past 5 weeks:  Finding out the gender! We are really excited to have another boy (and also a little nervous to have two crazies running around).
Miss anything?: Rolling over with ease. And I know it's only going to get worse.
Movement: All. The Time. This kid rarely stops moving. I sit or lay down and commence wiggling. A few days ago he didn't stop for 4.5 hours. I was nauseous from it!
Morning Sickness?: Not anymore luckily.
Food Cravings: Frosted Mini Wheats. But the Malt-o-Meal brand. I have at least 1 bowl a day. Also Whoppers candy. I buy the little $0.98 box every week at Walmart.
Food Aversions: Nothing really. Sean will suggest something and if it doesn't sound great I just skip it. But no repulsiveness to anything anymore.
Showing yet?: Very much so. I feel huge already!
Gender: Boy!
Labor signs: Just the above mentioned Braxton hicks.
Moods: Pretty much the same as last time. I get pretty emotional at the littlest things.
Not Looking Forward to: Getting bigger and swelling. Still the same fear as last time.
Looking Forward To: Cooler weather! (Gasp! Did I really just say that??) But seriously. This heat wave is killer. I just want to be a comfortable temperature.

 

Announcement photo! Can you see the crayon all over my shirt. Toddlers...

 

My sister is about 4 weeks behind me and is having a boy as well!

Double trouble coming to the Wayne and Elise Jones family early next year haha

  

25 weeks! Feeling mostly great haha. Keeping up with a toddler is not easy!

Pregnancy Update! 20 weeks

Well the news is out, we are expecting again! The information below will be an inclusive update through 20 weeks (I am now 23
-ish weeks).

How many weeks?: 20 weeks, halfway!
Size of Baby: About the size of an onion: 5.5 inches, 5 oz
Countdown: My dr. will be inducing me at 39 weeks, so 19 more!
Total weight gain/loss: +about 8 lbs.
Maternity Clothes?: Yes yes yes. With my first pregnancy, I never bought maternity pants, I just used the belly band things and those worked great. This kid is in a totally different position, and maternity pants have saved me. I've been wearing them since about week 16, and was pretty much just wearing gym shorts and maxi skirts before that.
Energy Levels: During my first trimester I felt so nauseous all. the. time. About 14 weeks it turned into dizziness. Which wasn't a great combo considering I had to pack, move, and clean everything since we were moving.
Exercise Habits: Due to some light spotting at the very beginning of my pregnancy, I stopped exercising completely (minus chasing around my toddler). I was really really nervous about miscarrying, since I had already gone through that in February. Toward the end of June, we bought passes to the Provo Rec Center and I would walk there with Mason 3 times a week. Now I'm up to a 30-40 minute walk every day.
Sleeping?: I wish I would get to bed earlier but there's always something right? Other than that, I've had a few nights of pregnancy insomnia where it takes over an hour to fall back asleep after a bathroom trip, but mostly I'm back asleep within a few minutes. This has been the standard since before I got pregnant. No naps for this mama though, except on the weekends, since I work while Mason naps.
Worst Moment so far: Spotting at the beginning. I had a LOT of extra stress that I was carrying around because of it. I'm much better now that I can feel baby move.
Best Moment in the past 2 weeks:  Finding out gender, and feeling baby! I can feel him a lot earlier, but I hear that's normal with baby #2. Sean can feel him too which is fun.
Miss anything?: Air conditioning? Haha our new apartment just has a swamp cooler so the lack of AC has caused some warm nights, and I don't do well with that. I also miss wearing my normal pants/shorts. Shirts I don't really care.
Movement: Within 15 minutes of me eating anything. It started just after 18 weeks!
Morning Sickness?: I was so nauseous first trimester. Never threw up, but was in a constant state of nausea. I ate a lot of salty foods, that helped the most.
Food Cravings: First trimester I craved quesadillas (just like with Mason), and cereal. Then it turned into a plain bagel with mixed berry cream cheese. Can anyone guess what I eat for breakfast every morning? Lol.
Food Aversions: Ice cream. I've only had it a few times since getting pregnant and I usually end up with a stomach ache after. No fun, so I just avoid it. I also avoided soups like the plague the first trimester. Now it's not so bad. Veggies never sound good when I'm pregnant so I have to fight through that...
Showing yet?: Oh totally. I started popping out at like 9 weeks. I wore extra baggy shirts for weeks to church so no one would ask. I really was that paranoid about something going wrong.
Gender: It's a boy! I had a dream about a year ago that we had a baby boy so I had a feeling that was who was coming next. I'm still holding out that our girl will join our family one day though!
Labor signs: I've had a few Braxton hicks contractions the last few days. Just random tightening but nothing more. Other than that nothing.
Moods: Very emotional. Like, the littlest things make me cry. Like Mason accidentally stepping on my foot. Seriously? Calm thyself, pregnancy emotions.
Not Looking Forward to: Getting bigger and swelling. It was SO. BAD. last time. Hopefully the fact that I'll be huge in the winter will help. 
Looking Forward To: Meeting baby boy! Mason becoming a brother. Using all our cute clothes again! And not having to store more clothing than we already have. The time will come for that later lol.

Me at 15 weeks:

Me at 20 weeks:

Grandma Jones' Visit 2015

We love when Grandma Jones comes to visit! My mom took two weeks off work to come to Utah to hang out and play! And we sure packed a ton into our visit! One of my favorites was going to the temple do sealings with Sean, my mom, her two sisters (and one of their husbands) and my brother. We did a bunch of family names from my mom's side and the Spirit was so sweet! And now for a slew of pictures from my mom's visit!

Grandma read some books:

 

She took us to the zoo!

 

Grandpa came...

 

And we fished at Payson lakes! 

 

Mason and Oakley pushed each other around on Father's Day ;)

 

Grandma also took us to the aquarium and to lunch!

 

We went to the Murray aquatic center and Mason found this awesome mural.
(He loves animals, remember?)

Not pictured; Maria Bonitas with Grandpa (obviously, its our fave!), the Bean Museum, Barnes and Noble, and the time Grandma babysat and when we got home Mason only wanted her lol. Thanks for a fun couple of weeks Grandma!

Spring 2015

One of the best parts about being a mom is watching your kids learn and grow and experience new things. We have a lot of fun with Mason! We spent a lot of time at the park this spring, along with reading books and traveling (there have been other posts about our travels). Mason loves being outside and finding animals. A lot of our walks are him pointing and shouting at something he saw! Anyway, here are some pictures of the fun things we did this spring!

Mason loves watching Daniel Tiger, and one of the things he has learned from that show is how to be a helper! He loves helping carry in groceries and put food away in the fridge. It makes me happy :)

How he got his shirt off (two different mornings) I'll never know. Clever guy.

We love Rumba, and Mason loves apple juice!

Sometimes Mason decides we all need to wear hats. His hat is from when Sean was like 8, and Sean and I have to wear those same hats every time. We go on lots of walks to get out of the house.

We loved having a balcony at our apartment! Mason would go out there and people watch or play, and on occasion, read! His book there is called "The Pout Pout Fish" and its super cute!

Oh you know, reading outside in short sleeves one day, snowing the next. That's Utah spring for you!

Poor guy wasn't feeling well and didn't take a great nap, so he curled up in his blankets and watched Daniel Tiger while I finished my work hours for the day.

I taught him to play peek-a-boo around tree trunks!

Why did the duck cross the road?

We would visit the duck pond every so often. Mason loved chasing the ducks! My favorite thing about this picture is his shirt, it says "Snack Time"

Petting the cat that lives around our complex. Mason loves that cat, and often says "shhhh" when we go down the stairs in case the cat is sleeping.

Goofy hat boy! Those are his FAVORITE jimmies. 

He likes to sit in the driver's seat and pretend to drive.

This lovely little fence is across the street from our Provo apartment. Mason loved walking back and forth across the cement,

He's gotten really good at building with blocks (thanks nursery!)

LOVES his water table! Well the first couple times he did. Then he just wanted to go swimming and not play with the water in the table.

So sometimes we went to Grandma Parker's and swam.

Playground!

The first weekend in June, we went to Idaho for Sean's uncle's funeral. On the way home, we stopped in to say hi to Tommy, who is probably Sean's favorite person from his mission! Sean always talks about the meals Tommy would make for him and his companion :)

We also spend a lot of time at the Bean Museum (Mason loves animals). He runs from room to room pointing at all the animals and makes their noises. I think it's time for another visit...

That pretty much sums up our spring this year! I hate Utah winters but then spring/summer come around and I love it here, so it balances out I guess ;)