Emmett Matthew

Sorry to anyone I was supposed to write or talk to but I currently don't have internet and I'm writing this at the public library but I wanted to let you all know something :)

Emmett Matthew was born September 30, 2012 at 6:14pm weighing 7lbs 6oz and 20in long.

I will post more when I can, also Congrats to Sarah from Nurse Loves Farmer on her little boy :)

almost 39 weeks

How far along? 38 weeks and 6 days

Weight gain/loss: 177lbs. A 6lb total weight gain

Feeling: tired, sore, and sick

Maternity clothes? still only own 1 pair of shorts and 2 pairs of jeans

Sleep: still difficult

Food cravings: Still the same.

Movement? A lot.

What I miss? being able to sleep good

Best moment this week: taking Tristan to a local farm and watching him point out every animal and name them and tell what sounds they make.

What I'm looking forward to: October

Next Appointment: October 4th

37 weeks

How far along? 37 weeks

Weight gain/loss: 174lbs. A 3lb total weight gain.

Feeling: tired and sore

Maternity clothes? still only own 1 pair of shorts and 2 pairs of jeans

Sleep: still difficult

Food cravings: Still the same.

Movement? A lot.

What I miss? being able to sleep good

Best moment this week: watching Tristan paint today and late night conversations with my best friend

What I'm looking forward to: October

Next Appointment: September 25th.


Today they actually had to do a last minute ultrasound because they were unable to find his head when checking my cervix. He however is head down thankfully and they double- checked his gender and he is 100% a boy. I have a future of only superheros, legos, and other boy stuff ahead of me.

36 weeks

How far along? 36 weeks

Weight gain/loss: 173lbs. This means I've technically only gained 2lbs this entire pregnancy if you look at my pre-pregnancy weight and current weight.
Feeling: tired, sore, not liking these every week appts where they check to see if I'm dilated which I'm almost at a 2.
Maternity clothes? still only own 1 pair of shorts and 2 pairs of jeans

Sleep: Getting difficult. It's almost impossible to get comfortable now plus lately Tristan has been deciding to not want to go to bed on time... /sigh.

Food cravings: Still the same.

Movement? A lot.

What I miss? being able to sleep good
Best moment this week: Tristan making a sand bottle (and not making a mess) and doing handprint painting downtown and watching him get excited in the Halloween section of a store because he saw spiders.

What I'm looking forward to: October

Next Appointment: September 17th

Pictures from last week:



Blurry but I almost caught him kissing my belly on camera.





32 weeks

How far along? 32 weeks and 5 days

Weight gain/loss: 167lbs, 4 more pounds before I hit my pre-pregnancy weight.

Feeling: tired, sore... these Braxton Hicks contractions are getting to me.

Maternity clothes? I officially own not only a pair of maternity shorts but 2 pairs of jeans now.
Sleep: Still sleeping the same.

Food cravings: Still the same.

Movement? A lot.
What I miss? being able to stand up without feeling like I weigh 5,000lbs

Best moment this week: seeing Tristan give my friend's girlfriend's baby kisses.

What I'm looking forward to: October

Next Appointment: August 27th

28 weeks

How far along? 28weeks

Weight gain/loss: 165lbs. gained 15 of the 20lbs I lost back now.

Feeling: Still the same except feeling overheated since it's so hot out. Thank God for pools!

Maternity clothes? I have a pair of maternity shorts I wear but other than that I've still been avoiding maternity clothes.

Sleep: Still sleeping the same.

Food cravings: Still the same.

Movement? Tons... though thankfully nothing like Tristan... that boy could hurt.

What I miss? Cold weather haha

Best moment this week: Walking last night to return pop bottles :).

What I'm looking forward to: Fair next week :).

Next Appointment: July 30th. The every 2 weeks appointments have begun :).

24 weeks

So it has been... awhile. I think almost 2 months but my insurance was accidently shut off and that caused many postponed appointments. So here it is... I'm 24 weeks now. I'm starting to feel more and more pregnant each day. Also I've been having head pain, lightheadness, and almost blacking out. Doctor says the head pain sounds like Tension Headaches so too much stress... wonderful *Note the intense sarcasm*. There's been a lot going on. I live with my best friend and her family, Tristan's talking more, he also has tantrums from hell at times, plus I've had to deal with stress from Chris. Raising a 2yr old while pregnant on your own is not easy, esp. when all the dad does to help is give diaper/ wipes money every 2 weeks (working on child support). Hopefully things get better soon.

How far along? 24 weeks

Weight gain/loss: 160lbs. gained 10 of the 20 I had lost back. Now my doctor can leave me alone and stop trying to get me to drink those Ensure drinks hahaha.

Feeling: Pregnancy wise I'm feeling good aside from some moments of nausea but no puking so that's a plus.

Maternity clothes? Nope :) I feel so lucky this time.

Sleep: Still sleeping the same.

Food cravings: I have random cravings but that's it.

Movement? There was barely any movement except at night until my best friend, her sister, and her sister's boyfriend felt him kick. Now the kid doesn't stop haha. *Another side note: 16yr old boys react to baby kicks hilariously. That boy had the most freaked out look on his face, I can only imagine when he has kids.

What I miss? Drinking as much coffee as I want... haha

Best moment this week: There have been a few funny moments so far this week (it's only Tuesday you know) but none of them any of you would understand because they involve way too much back story.

What I'm looking forward to: Only thing I'm looking forward to is PieCon this year... yes I'm a geek. Tristan's grandpa (on his dad's side) throws it every July and even though Chris and I are not together, I've been told I am invited still. Tristan has a special shirt and everything :).

Next Appointment: July 17th. I believe that's my last once a month appointment and then I will start going every 2 weeks.


They said I'm moving along great and his heartbeat is great. I have to have another sugar test in a month they said because my family has a history of diabetes. I'll try and do another post soon but right now, I have a toddler getting into trouble *sigh*. Oh I want to change my blog name since I will no longer have just a little monkey boy. My mom I believe is doing lions for this one (I wanted the Lion King crib set so bad and she knew) so Jungle themed is looking like the theme but I need a new name. What do you all think?

19 weeks

How far along: 19 weeks


Weight gain/ loss: I believe I'm still about 154lbs


Feeling: Good most of the time


Maternity clothes: Not yet :)


Sleep: Lately I either wake feeling like I under-slept or I over-slept


Food cravings: None, just still always hungry haha


Movement: I can feel him moving around sometimes


What I'm looking forward to: October haha :)


Next appointment: June something... I really should find my appt slip




And I know you all remember me saying my next ultrasound was the 11th, well it was and it was an anatomy one so can you all guess what God decided to bless me with??


Yep, another boy. God must know what he's doing because I'm now terrified of when puberty hits... I am not sure how this is going turn out haha. His name has not been offically decided but the choices are Jordan, Ethan, or Riley and personally I'm leaning more towards Ethan :). So here's 1 of his ultrasound pictures, I'm only posting one since they gave me 4 and they all looked the same. So enjoy :)

P.S. I will be doing a Tristan post soon-ish I think because he recently started an Early On program and an Early Head Start program and had his hearing checked.

15 weeks

So I am finally updating on my pregnancy...


How far along? 15 weeks

Weight gain/loss: 154lbs. I've actually lost almost 20lbs...

Feeling: Great most of the time. I get nauseous if I don't eat soon enough when I'm hungry and carsick sometimes but that's it.

Maternity clothes? Not yet, then again I didn't need them with Tristan til like 25 weeks for maternity jeans and 30 weeks for some shirts. 

Sleep: I'm tired a lot but I'm only sleeping 8hrs or less a night because that's all my body can handle without over-sleeping.

Food cravings: nothing. I'm just hungry... a lot. For a couple weeks I was craving KFC but that stopped.

Movement? I've felt some moving around but nothing huge yet.

What I miss? Caffeine. I still have some occasionally but not enough.

What I'm looking forward to: May 11th- next ultrasound and hopefully will know the gender

Next Appointment: May 4th

Me at 14 weeks :)

So I know I've been MIA...

So the last 2 weeks have been... crazy. Yea, we'll use that word. Here's what's been going on lately...

• Chris and I broke up mid- February. longggggggg story (apparently he's already moving on...)
• Found out I was pregnant a week later and that went bad
• Got kicked out and moved into the shelter the last day of Feb. So no internet or anything unless I'm at my friend's house or the library 
• Tristan and I are sick

So yea... I'm 10 weeks pregnant, living at the shelter with a 2yr old, so life is pretty crappy right now. I don't have my camera cord so the only picture I have for you today is my ultrasound :)

9 weeks 5 days