week 40:) #smithbabythree

HAPPY DUE DATEEEEE!!!!!

today, November 9th, 2015...is the Due Date of our 3rd baby:) This is the 2nd time I'll have reached our due date. We did with Theo as well - going 2 days late:) 

i'm feeling so good and so lucky to carry these babies all.the.way! I'm anxious but in the excited way. Not the "get this thing OUTTA ME!!!!" way;) I've got a household of Smith's - thanks Courts and family!!:) - praying hard for a healthy baby and tonight they're adding: smooth and swift delivery to that prayer:)

I really just can't wait to share the news of this healthy baby with you all and hopefully brag a bit about another completely perfect/quick/uneventful birth;) 

in other news...we don't have any ice-cream in this house - what the whaaaaa?!?!?!

oh, and I'm not going to do the whole pregnancy low-down cause nothing/nada/not a damnnnnn thing (including weight - hallelujah!!!!!!!!;) has changed since last week - see here for those details. So I'll spare you!

photos courtesy of: Courtney Smith Photography

PPS. this is the 1st shower I took in aboutttttt 6 days. I was holding out for the baby to come...as you can see...the baby already won the 1st battle;)

1-baby. 0-me

;)

week 39:) #smithbabythree

i'm still pregnant...I feel like a rare-albino-hippo in the pregnancy world to have made it to 39WKS. Does anyone make it to their due-date anymore? Go OVER their due date!??!?! Unheard of;) But for real...feeling very fortunate to carry these babies full-term...like full-term/due-date/2 days after due-date. Weird...and awesome:) 

someone asked me tonight if I was having a Christmas baby...insinuating that I'm small enough to have almost 2 months left?! I made-out with her;) 

HELL NO. Daysssssss bitch. Dayssssssssss;)

i'm feeling so good. And soooo sad that this pregnancy is already coming to an end. I mean...40 weeks. I can hardly wrap my mind around the fact that I'm a mom, let alone...a soon-to-be mom to THREEEEEE!!!!

by gosh, we are soooo so lucky and happy and excited for what's to come:) 

now...will my next post be a baby announcement from my Hotel Room Hospital Bed OR of me 40WKS pregnant...from home...on the couch...with a pint of ice-cream???:):)

due date 

November 9th:)...5 days...FIVE....Fiver-errrrrrrr.

boy or girl

there's a good chance it's a girl...and a 50% chance it's a boy. Sooooooo...FIVE DAYSSSSSSS. Or more. OR LESS!!!!

names

2 solid boy names and FINALLY 2 solid...well, ONE (why so many caps?!! I can'ttttttttt...FIVE.FUCKING.DAYSSSS - or more or LESS;).

Okay...so one solid girl name and one semi-solid 

it's-coming-with-us-in-the-room-but-most-likely-we-won't-even-consider-it 

2nd name:)

GIRL gretchen BOY nash 

*Courts won't let me use my most perfect nephew's, most perfect name! Why would that be weirddddd?!?!!;)*

belly

definitely more braxton-hicks this time around...which is weird. In that it feeellllsss weird.

weight 

start weight: 136lbs

current weight: 179lbs

total weight gain: 43lbs

*for reference...I've gained a solid 55lbs with both of my previous pregnancies - pausing for gasps;)*

with all that being said...I feel great and have no problem with the amount of weight I've gained thus far or will gain from here on out. Bring it on!!!!;)

wardrobe

yes...there are clothes...I've even worn things on my feet with heels...some height...I feel good and this sun and heat in November is really everything. EVERYTHINGGGG. It makes jogging pants with a top that doesn't reach the waistband and tighty-yoga pants that are now slightly see-through because they're working overtime to just stay together because they're being stretched in inappropriate ways...this November heat wave makes all that...OK. :)

baby buys

nothing. Good gawd...I don't have a JOBBBBBB!!!!;)

i'll agree that her belly is WAY cuter than mine;)

 photos courtesy of: Courtney Smith Photography

week 38:) #smithbabythree

13 days until D-Day!!! SO many things to get done before this baby arrives!!!!

install gutters on the house?! paint the office?! burn all photos from this computer to CD's and organize them all into folders by date?!

a LOT of irrational lists and crying going on over at the ol' Smith Residence;) Jacob pointed out that it seems I'm more stressed about birthing this baby than I had been with the previous 2. With Homer and Theo, contractions started and that moment we were getting into the car to actually head to the Hospital...THAT'S when I decided we'd made a mistake. I couldn't do it. NO!!!! But this time around, the crying and the "this can't be happeninggggg!!!!!" started about 2 weeks ago;) 

have I mentioned alllllll.theeeee.cryinggggggg;')

above all, things are going great. I feel good. A loooootttttt of that crying is due to pure happiness. We're excited about this baby and anxious for that feeling we've gotten each time our babies have arrived. The feeling that there was a spot in our lives and our hearts, intended for them, all along:) 

due date 

November 9th:)

boy or girl

we've had a few more boy guesses roll in for the Baby Pool! Which makes me doubt myself a tad that it's a girl...hmmmm....

names

2 solid boy names and a long, continually growing, girls list!!

NO progress on our girl's name. Crap.

We're always looking for new names...so text/email me your suggestions!!!

GIRL maple BOY kevin santiago

i seriously can't even say that boy name without laughing till I cry. Say it. Say it out loud. Say it out loud...with an accent. There:)

belly

it's a tad itchy at times. New stretch marks - Hi, welcome assholes. Stay forever and ever.

weight 

start weight: 136lbs

current weight: 177.5lbs

a miraculous .5lb weight LOSS - unheard of;)

total weight gain: 41.5lbs

*for reference...I've gained a solid 55lbs with both of my previous pregnancies - pausing for gasps;)*

with all that being said...I feel great and have no problem with the amount of weight I've gained thus far or will gain from here on out. Bring it on!!!!;)

wardrobe

this last week has been good. The weather, here in WI, has been very mild for the end of October...so I was able to wear a few dresses and lighter layers. All very comfy/cozy:)

baby buys

nothing to report! 

Jacob and I went away for the night, this last weekend, and I had a handful of baby things at one point andddddd I put it all back - which made me look like that crazy person who wanders around the store for 25 minutes with a look on their face that says: "I need help finding something..." but I definitely didn't need help. It's that crinkled up face I make when I can't decide if $24 is too much to spend on a Christmas outfit...for a newborn...who will only wear it once...

25 minutes of my life...as well as the annoyed sales associates...that we'll never get back;)

photos courtesy of: Courtney Smith Photography

only one more photo to add...with the baby:)

week36:) #smithbabythree

ohhhhhhhhhh myyyyyyyy gawwwwdddddddd. So I'm pregnant and gonna have a babyyyyyyyy. Out of my vaginaaaaaaaaa - hopefully;).

i've been dreaming about all things birth. Going into labor. What the baby will be. How this situation will go down. When it'll go down. Good gosh...I'm excited:):) This really never gets old!!!! I may have even had a 'talk' with Jacob the other night about how I just don't think I can be done at 4. I told him that the thought of ONLY having one more is just too sad...it doesn't feel right. I can't stand the thought of this baby being the last before THE.LAST. He may have been sleeping but I'm choosing to believe that his silence was a green light...a 'whatever you want, my heart!' 

SO pumped to be on the same page;) 

due date 

November 9th:)

boy or girl

i'm still thinking it's a girl...but I mean...it COULD be a boy and I'd just be so shocked if it was!!!!! OMG. Have I mentioned how OUT.OF.CONTROL. excitedddddddd I am to find out!??!?!!?

names

2 solid boy names and a long, continually growing, girls list!!

Jacob and I finally had a minute to ourselves and got as far as bringing up the fact that we have nothing definite in regards to a girl name...so that conversation still needs to be had!

We're always looking for new names...so text/email me your suggestions!!!

GIRL fiona BOY billy

belly

this has been a good 2 weeks:) Courts has been pulling out some 'trick photography' and taking magical photos of me...the kind that make me think: "I don't look like I've already gained 45lbs AT.ALL!!!!!"

It's the confidence boost that you need at this point:)

weight 

the weight below is actually from today's appointment - 37weeks 2 days.

start weight: 136lbs

current weight: 178lbs

total weight gain: 42lbs

*for reference...I've gained a solid 55lbs with both of my previous pregnancies - pausing for gasps;)*

with all that being said...I feel great and have no problem with the amount of weight I've gained thus far or will gain from here on out. Bring it on!!!!;)

wardrobe

sooooooo I need to shower more...that might motivate me to look better...feel better...put on non-dirty/pj/yoga clothes!??!?

baby buys

nothing to report! I am headed on our annual MOA trip - MOA - this coming weekend, so I'm sure I'll find a cute hat or sweater or somethinggggg for the baby there. But otherwise...nothing fun besides a used car-seat:) 

BUT I am planning a baby and me trip to a few stores a few weeks after the baby arrives, once we've settled in and I'm going stir-crazy:)

*already gone and returned from MOA and no baby purchases:) BUT how cute is THIS - girl and THIS - boy*

all beautiful photos, courtesy of: Courts

week32:) #smithbabythree

2 things: that ass. Not sure what's happening...maybe the way I'm standing but it's weird'n me out!!! and those shoes. I meannnnnnn HEART EYES. Festive Sneakers for the win:)

we're into the 30's!!! Which seemed so far off when we were at 27 weeks...but this baby is gonna be here in the blink of an eye! 

i'm trying to come up with some sappy, heartfelt shit to write about but my daughter's throwing a fit...cause we're outside? And it's...sunny? And perfect??? Oh, the shit-show adventures to come with a sassy 3-1/2yr old and a cling-on 1-1/2 year old. Call me crazy - for real...that's what my husband calls me;) - but I know it's all gonna be amazing...even when it's sooooo not amazing...amazing;)

so in the midst of preparing for this baby's arrival...we're moving a new renter into our other house, Homer started his first year in school - #homersmithdoespreschool on IG and blog post on that to come shortly:), we'll be roofing our current home - Hallelujahhhhhh!!!!, Homer will be put under againnnn, this time for some dental work:/, and we'll be adjusting to ONE income - again...blog post to come on me up and quitting my job - HALLELUJAHHHHHH!!!!;)

so no big deal...everything is totallllyyyyy under control over here;)

photos courtesy of: Courtney Smith Photography

due date 

November 9th:)

boy or girl

stillllllll feelin' a girl and the majority of people in the Baby Pool have guessed girl as well:) 55 days-ish, till we know for sure! 

names

2 solid boy names and a long, continually growing, girls list!!

Kinda went through our girl ideas the other day and still as confused as ever! SO many optionsssss!!!:/

We're always looking for new names...so text/email me your suggestions!!!

GIRL carsen BOY rooney

belly

sometimes I feel wonderful and sometimesssssss...not so much. Sometimes I think I look adorable when I leave the house and then someone snaps a photo of me and I'm all "who the...what the whatttttt?!?!!". I'm convinced Jacob replaced all the mirrors in the house with those trick-slimming GAP mirrors!;)

weight 

no clue where we'll be this week. Which I'm okay with. I have a weigh-in Thursday:)

start weight: 136lbs

current weight: 172lbs...maybe? hopefully?

total weight gain: 36lbs

*for reference...I've gained a solid 55lbs with both of my previous pregnancies - pausing for gasps;)*

with all that being said...I feel great and have no problem with the amount of weight I've gained thus far or will gain from here on out. Bring it on!!!!;)

wardrobe

again...depends on the day...minute...weather...attitude...

For the most part I feel great and I definitely try to pull it together for our little photo-shoots and we have a Maternity Session coming up with Courts in the next few weeks. I just do my best to stay comfy/cozy and something about being pregnant and not giving a shit really helps;)

baby buys

again...nothing. 

I do have a list going that I'll be purchasing this week. It includes but is not limited to: car seat (infant for baby and a convertible for Theo), some totes for clothes, dresser, a small basket for our bedroom for the baby essentials (wipes, diapers, burp rags - why it's taken 2 co-sleeping babies for me to figure out that we should have a few things next to the bed, is beyond me;). SO...I'm comin' for you Target!!!!!!:)

week30:) - #smithbabythree

today. What can I sayyyyyy about today??? What can I say abouttttttt today that doesn't involve all the F-WORDS that there ever were?!??! 

homer had a dentist appointment early this morning. He is going to be in need of a few fillings and potentially one or 2 crowns - good lord...so I guess we should cut him off of his daily bag of gummy worms?!?;) DAMN, so disappointed/sad/scared/annoyed/overwhelmed that he'll have to be put under with anesthesia twice before he's even 3-1/2.

I also decided to take Theo...cause...well, I like to set myself up for complete fucking disaster. I'm not going to even try to describe to you what a shit show that was because I'm, honestly, not ready to relive that. 

i just deleted a few paragraphs outlining our terrible morning but I'm over it. SO I'll spare you:)

we heard the babies heart beat - had our 30WK appt. after Homer's dentist appt.:). And the kids were quiet. And then we were all good:)

the kids cried at the dentist.

i cried to Jacob over the phone...in the dentist parking lot.

i cried leaving the hospital...because I registered for the birth of our 3rd baby. I can't even right now:'(

"...motherhood is a choice you make everyday, to put someone else's happiness and well-being ahead of your own, to teach the hard lessons, to do the right thing, even when you're not sure what the right thing is...and to forgive yourself, over and over again, for doing everything wrong." 

- Donna Ball

due date 

November 9th:)

boy or girl

i looked up Homer and Theo's heartbeats from their pregnancies and that was the least amount of help ever! My babies go from 137-166 the entire 40WKS!!! That old wives' tale about the heartbeat being lower for a boy and higher for a girl has not helped with this pregnancy either;) 

names

2 solid boy names and a long, continually growing, girls list!!

Kinda went through our girl ideas the other day and still as confused as ever! SO many optionsssss!!!:/

We're always looking for new names...so text/email me your suggestions!!!

GIRL elenor (nora:) BOY nolt

while looking back through the kids' pregnancy/baby books I found some options we were considering...seems so long ago but I was surprised at Elenor, which we were considering if Homer had been a girl (HI BETH...when I saw Nora in H's baby book I almost laughed...so crazy!!!!;).

belly

feeling good and currently full of ice-cream. Yep, it's 341PM. That was...early dinner??

weight 

i was too distracted by my awful children to be too anxious about today's weigh-in. But thankfully, I came in right where I wanted to - I just wanted to come in at 170 or less!:)

start weight: 136lbs

current weight: 169lbs

total weight gain: 33lbs

*for reference...I've gained a solid 55lbs with both of my previous pregnancies - pausing for gasps;)*

with all that being said...I feel great and have no problem with the amount of weight I've gained thus far or will gain from here on out. Bring it on!!!!;)

wardrobe

i have a love/hate relationship with dresses and maxi-skirts during my pregnancies:/ I want them to work but sometimes feel like they make me look bigger than I am. I'd love to go find oneeeee more summer dress to get me through September:) or even some shorts...not that there will be much warm weather to come here in WI:( For my first warm weather/summer pregnancy, I feel like we did pretty good making what I already had in the closet work:)

baby buys

still nada. Booooo hoooo:( I feel a solo trip to Target or TJMaxx...or ANYWHERE coming on soon...so I may break the budget with something small and baby-related real soon! 

photos courtesy of Courts:)

this last photo was the only from today with me smiling. And even Courts had to remind me to smile. Some days are so hard - that's putting it insanely simply - but my belief that these kiddos and all those to come are supposed to be...that this is the road we're supposed to be on?! That belief has never faltered. I know this is it. I know I'll never be luckier than these days with them and Jacob. Creating and raising this family. 

with that said...I do question my sanity;)

thanks for coming here and reading about the good, bad and ugly - the ugly being the crying that I did on the drive home from those appointments this morning;)

week29:) - #smithbabythree

twentyyyyyynine. 29. the big two-nine. Nine-er. 

officially the most boring pregnant woman on the planet - good thing;)

no real news to report over the last 2 weeks. Today is a really good day. I feel really slim, for the most part - or at least I did before I just finished off a Snickers bar while doing this post. Oops;) But that 'feeling good' feeling could change with the wind...ask my husband;)

emotions have been at an all.time.high. *crazzzzyyyyy faceeeeee* Lots of crying on the way home to even the most upbeat songs;) Crying myself to sleep while thinking of death and my kids aging and Homer's first day of preschool - and grade school and college;) - and this baby coming and having 2 arms and 3 kids, WHICH DOESN'T ADD UP?!?!?!! and how Theo didn't sleep for 7 weeks after she was born and I almost had to be committed and what if this baby isn't a baby who sleeps either and then I DIE!?!?! and yeah...so the usual;')

have I mentioned how happy I am, though? Cause I certainly am:)

on with it...details below:)

due date 

November 9th:)

boy or girl

i felt like I looked like I was carrying a bit low in some of the photos Courts took today...which means girl to me?!

names

2 solid boy names and a long, continually growing, girls list!!

Kinda went through our girl ideas the other day and still as confused as ever! SO many optionsssss!!!:/

We're always looking for new names...so text/email me your suggestions!!!

GIRL avery BOY foster

belly

new stretch marks every other day. YUM. Non-elastic skin is my new enemy:/

weight 

i started this post feeling light as a feather...2 paragraphs and a Snickers in and I'm all: I'M A FAT PIECE OF SHIT. Let's let the math do the talking.

start weight: 136lbs

current weight: 169lbs

total weight gain: 33lbs

(mind you...my weight gain soooo far is what most gain their entire pregnancy...I have at least 10 weeks to go. GOOOOODDDD STUFFFFF;)

Additional Stats:

I was 169lbs with Homer at 29WKS. I was 172lbs with Theo at 29WKS. SO we're just about where we are always at, weight-wise...but WHY!?;)

*for reference...I've gained a solid 55lbs with both of my previous pregnancies - pausing for gasps;) - so it's probably a good thing my start weight is a bit lower*

with all that being said...I feel great and have no problem with the amount of weight I've gained thus far or will gain from here on out. Bring it!!!!!!:)

wardrobe

my shirt is extra tight today...making it hard to breath but also making my arms looks super slim. SO...win:)

baby buys

nothinggggggg. So depressing. I miss my bestie, Target;( I miss those "let's go to Target and buy all the things...cause I'm PREGNANT, that's why!!!";) 

all photos courtesy of: Courtney Smith Photography