My Cantaloupe {24 weeks}

24 Weeks with Baby Shank

Had the hubs take the bump pic this time...I'm thinking I should show off all of the "pictures" he took that were too lopsided to use! But...I love his effort!! This one was the keeper and I wanted to document our moment of laughter over some cute but unusable photos :)

Baby Update:

Baby is doing good! Heart rate at last baby appointment was 154 bpm. Not sure if it's changed at all since we found out about baby. We did our sequential testing and everything was normal. We also did our gestational diabetes testing. That was also normal! Yay!

Weight Gain:

+ 15 lbs! I've got 16 weeks to go and 15 pounds to gain. I'm SURE I can gain 15..it's staying 30 pounds or under with this pregnancy that is going to be tough :)

Maternity Clothes:

Yes. Tops and bottoms unless I'm at home relaxing. In that case I can wear just about anything lose and comfy!

My favorite Moment:

 I LOVE the kicking, hiccups and hubby placing his hand on my bump waiting for little man to kick! We've had some pretty intense kicking from this little guy. Intense enough where Kale is even suprised!

I really miss:

Being able to bend down. I seriously can't bend down to pick things up. I am carrying this little guy so low, it hurts to bend down to the ground.

I will admit it...Kale helped me put on tennis shoes..ONCE...I must say it was far better than me trying myself :)

Cravings:

Not really too many cravings lately. JUST food in general. I eat like a horse. Especially right when I wake up in the morning and late at night. I've been waking up lately to eat! Yep. I wake up nauseous with hunger. 

Sleep:

I could definitely be sleeping better these days. Not being able to fall asleep until around midnight and then having hunger wake me up at 4 am....I think baby is plotting against me while I get my few hours in each night.

Daddy Update:

Daddy Shank is constantly feeling baby kicks from baby. Sometimes he feels them, sometimes he doesn't. I think this may partially be from me having a little more fat around my midsection with this pregnancy than I did with Morgan. When he does feel them, it's because baby has kicked me so hard that he literally raises Kale's arm/hand. 

Time is flying by. We both have agreed that this pregnancy has felt like it has just flown so quickly. We only have 3 more full months of pregnancy left before baby shank arrives. We will have to move quickly on some of our "Before Baby Arrives List" so we don't run out of time!

I will leave this to another post.

We also need to plan a babymoon or at least a staycation of some kind! O.K. dinner and a movie? Something! I guess with all we have going on presently, dinner and an hour of freedom would suit me just fine :)

We are excited and going through the motions joyfully. It's been a great pregnancy (besides the upset of being allergic to prenatals and being very sick for 3 months).

The last trimester is almost here!! Whoop Whoop!!!

~ The Shank Family

Spring Break 2014 {mini family gathering}

While on our trip to the beach with Colten, Morgan and Nana Weycker - my sister in law Stefanie and her kiddos joined! 

My Aunt Tracy also came down and Stefanie's mom was also there. It was like a mini family reunion all in one great spot. 

The kiddos all had a blast seeing each other and playing together!

The pictures speak for themselves :)

We also had the weird...pleasure of crabbing on the beach! Yes! Crabbing.

I remember crabbing as a kid but never with chicken! This was definitely interesting!

We also had an amazingly tasty crab boil! I mean this was the mother load of crab boils!

The shrimp were enormous!

Good times with family. No matter what...the beach is definitely a place that is hard to leave!

~ The Shank Family

Spring Break 2014 {My Two Loves}

This is a catch up post. I was not very well (first trimester yukkiness) when we had the pleasure of traveling to Texas and spending an entire week on the beach! It was wonderful and relaxing! I wanted to document for memories sake the time we had. 

Spring Break- March 2014 - Freeport Texas

This was the visit I took to see Colten while he was at dad's for the year. I brought Morgan along because let's face it...she's my little travel buddy!

The kids had a wonderful time on the beach. Morgan was actually old enough this time to play and have fun!

We were blessed to have a beach house for a week provided by nana weycker.

The ocean view was amazing.

The kiddos had a blast playing on the beach, building sandcastles and finding new little diners to eat at!

I would LOVE to go back to the beach asap!

~ The Shank Family