It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas...

Parker picked out her very own tree for her room this year!! She is starting to get so excited about Christmas, which makes ME more excited!! Updates to come about some of our holiday activities!

9 Weeks

How Far Along:  9 Weeks

Size of baby: Baby A is the size of a green olive!

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained 1.5 pounds

Maternity Clothes:  none yet

Gender: Can't wait to find out!!

Movement: none yet

Sleep: I’m exhausted all the time, so I sleep pretty good!

What I miss: Dr. Pepper!!

Cravings: salty foods

Symptoms:  some nausea/morning sickness (but not always in the morning!), and of course, extreme exhaustion…

Best Moment this week: celebrating Thanksgiving with the family and having another life to be thankful for!!

**Pictures will begin soon. Right now, there's not much of a belly there. But it's growing. 

Big News

By now, pretty much everyone who reads my blog will have seen this on Twitter or Facebook, BUT...  Trent and I are expecting Baby Allen #2 on June 28!  We are very excited!

To give a little background....

About a year and a half ago, we began trying to get pregnant.  After many disappointing months of nothing, my doctor diagnosed me with polycystic ovaries and insulin resistance.  Together, these two things definitely complicated our desires for another biological child. (If you know our hearts-- adoption is DEFINITELY a "long term" plan for us!)  After months of prayer, doctors visits, and even some fertility medication...  we are finally expecting again!!

The author of one of my favorite blogs, Kelly at Kelly's Korner, is also pregnant, and I'm stealing this idea from her blog! :)

How Far Along:  7 Weeks

Size of baby: Baby A is the size of a blueberry!

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained 1 pound

Maternity Clothes:  none yet

Gender: Can't wait to find out!!

Movement: none yet

Sleep: I’m exhausted all the time, so I sleep pretty good!

What I miss: Dr. Pepper!!

Cravings: none, other than randomly wanting Slim Jims

Symptoms:  some nausea, extreme exhaustion… and I don’t know if this counts as “symptom”… but a total aversion to the smell of chicken

Best Moment this week: seeing that little heartbeat on the ultrasound screen!