Team Lloyd: April 2011

It has been months since I lasted posted a blog! So much has gone on since. We did finally get settled in our new home in Washington. It has definitely been a huge adjustment moving to such a 'foreign' place. It's always an adjustment to move somewhere new, but the environment here is definitely something we were not used to! It's been nearly two months since our move and it's rained 75% of the time we've lived here, lol. That has been a bit on the depressing side. But, spring is quickly approaching here and this past week has been beautiful! Today was the best weather we've had! The sun was shining all day and we had a nice high of 66-67 degrees!

Maddox turned 2 years old exactly one month ago! I can hardly believe my little man is TWO years old! He is growing like a weed and learning new things everyday. He has a new found 'tude that is absolutely killing us, but he is such a riot! LOL. I just love spending time with him and watching him learn new things daily. Last week, I looked into signing him up for pre-school for the fall. We are currently on a waiting list for a really nice 2 day a week pre-school program. It will be Tuesdays & Thursdays from 8:30am to 11:30am. He does need to be potty-trained first before he can start, so this is something we will be working on this summer.

I am currently 14 weeks 3 days pregnant (the ticker on the side is a couple days behind)! My due date is October 20th, 2011! This pregnancy is going by so much faster than Maddox's did. I know it's because I have him to chase around and I don't have nearly as much time to obsess about the pregnancy lol. We are so excited about this little baby! I can't wait to start feeling kicks, punches and rolls. :) So far it has been a fairly smooth pregnancy. I didn't have TOO much morning sickness. I was very tired and moody in the beginning but since the second trimester hit, things are looking up. My mom is flying in from GA on May 6th and staying for a week! We will be going to a 3D ultrasound place and finding out the gender of our little pumpkin on May 12th! I am so ecstatic! I really don't have a huge feeling on the gender either way. I'm just dying to know if we are having a little BOY or GIRL! We will definitely be doing a little bit of shopping the day we find out the gender.

Eric and I decided we are going to keep the baby's name a SECRET until the birth! I am very excited about this! I know it's going to be really difficult to hold it in for that long, but it will be such an awesome surprise for everyone, not to mention it's going to drive a lot of people batty! Hehe. Eric and I are doing wonderfully. He is such a wonderful, understanding husband. I am so thankful for him and for our life! I am also very proud of him! Next month marks 2 years since he joined the Army and he will be promoted to 1st Lieutenant next month as well which is very exciting for him! He is really enjoying his new job and the people he works with.

I really am going to try to blog at least once or twice a week. I blogged almost every day of Maddox's pregnancy and I really want to have something to look back on to remember all of this pregnancy too!

I am also going to post information from babycenter.com on how the baby at the end of entries as well. I always find it so exciting to read all the differences in our little pumpkin as it grows and develops each week!

How your baby's growing:

This week's big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him — a process he'll keep up until birth. He can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch him sucking his thumb.

In other news: Your baby's stretching out. From head to bottom, he measures 3 1/2 inches — about the size of a lemon — and he weighs 1 1/2 ounces. His body's growing faster than his head, which now sits upon a more distinct neck. By the end of this week, his arms will have grown to a length that's in proportion to the rest of his body. (His legs still have some lengthening to do.) He's starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair, called lanugo, all over his body. Your baby's liver starts making bile this week — a sign that it's doing its job right — and his spleen starts helping in the production of red blood cells. Though you can't feel his tiny punches and kicks yet, your little pugilist's hands and feet (which now measure about 1/2 inch long) are more flexible and active.

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Here are a few recent photos of the future big brother! :)