Time Flys!

Wasn't it JUST Halloween?! It seems like when Halloween came up, everything started to just zoom by! Something that kept my sanity for this pregnancy was always thinking 'but i don't have to worry cause I'm not having the baby til next year' um...Its next year! I'm having a baby next month!

I went to the Dr's today and they checked me and said that I'm dilated to a 1 and that this little girl's head is RIGHT THERE! It makes me so nervous but i just have a feeling everything will be OK. They also said that the baby has officially dropped. What that means also is that my contractions are going to get a bit more intense. I didn't really think that was possible at this point ha ha jk My Dr said i just have to take it super easy for the next few weeks and at least keep this girl in for 4 or 5 more weeks. Even that sounds way 2 soon for me lol She's on her way...

As far as everything else is going, we are dealing with the terrible 2s at our house :( We aren't sure what triggered it but, Lydia freaks out over the smallest things. I think she can also sense the baby coming. But she will be totally fine and then just start screaming and we cant do ANYTHING to get her to stop. We have even tried giving her her favorite treat and she will just throw it. She's still my little sweetheart but just has these crazy tantrums :( We are just trying to give her as much attention as we can. She has been through a lot the past few months (new house, big girl bed, potty training, the baby) I think its all coming to blows now. Pray for the storm to pass the Rieck home ha ha

On a lighter note, Thanks SO much to Grama Lora (Lora Loomis) for making Lydia this cute owl poncho and beanie! She loves it! She always pulls it over her eyes and says "i a owl" ha ha We love u Grama Lora!

Baby Update

Well, I'm now 30 1/2 weeks! How insane is that? it has gone by so fast! Anyway, i have been having some pretty intense contractions lately :( SO not pleasent lol We almost went to the hospital the other night cause they were seriously as strong as they were when i was in labor with Lydia. We waited them out and they stopped. So i had a drs appointment today and they checked me just to see if the contractions were doing anything. She checked me and said that i've actually dialated a bit :/ She said its nothing to worry bout unless its even more at my next appointment in 2 weeks. As she was checking me, she freaked me out lol She was feeling and said 'oh my goodness...um...have u been to OB triage yet?' i told her no. Then she said 'i think i might feel this little girls head' What?! She then proceeded to push on my belly (really hard lol) and actually had a hold of the head and the butt! She said that she was trying to see if it was the head or the butt bearing down on the cervix (i dont blame people if they have stopped reading by now lol its very TMI lol) She said that by the feel of it, She thinks its the butt. She wants me to get an ultrasound in a little while just to make sure. She said if its the butt, then thats ok. if its the head, then this girl is making her way out! Lets hope for the butt haha

We are getting so excited for Christmas around here :) I cant wait for Lydia to open her presents lol She is sooo excited. She knows whos present is whos under the tree and will hand me mine and hand her dad his. She's always asking 'Kim-miis?' (christmas lol) I always feel so bad telling her 'not yet...' :/

Thats about all thats going on in the Rieck house :) I'm so excited for this next year. There are gonna be some big changes and i cant wait! (and it seems like this baby isn't very patient either hehe).

LOVE This Time Of Year!

Everything about this season just makes me happy :)
The decorating...

Family time...

The yummy food...

And just getting cozy in the cold weather...

Its even more exciting now that Lydia knows whats going on and is getting excited too. Last night, we were driving to my parents house and she wanted me to stop in front of EVERY house that haad lights up lol She just freaks out and says "Stop! Whites, Mommy!" haha And her new favorite word is Beautiful haha So we are already loving Christmas time with this girl :)

Well, i had a drs appointment a couple weeks ago (im down to every 2 week appointments! weird huh?!) and had to get an ultrasound to make sure my placenta previa was gone. Luckly it is! Hopefully no c-section for me lol They also said that the baby would probably look really skinny still cause in the next couple weeks, she should gain the baby weight. BUT when she looked at her on the ultrasound, she was shocked to see that we have a little chunk on our hands haha She has the biggest cheeks i've seen. Her height was measuring normal BUT her weight (which is supposed to be measuring about 2 lbs right now) was measuring over 3! When i was born, i weighed almost 11 lbs! My poor mom (AND she did it all natural!). This is what karma is all about... Please be nice to me, baby Brie...haha

Wouldn't it be nice?

I tried to win this amazing prize last year (and obviously didn't lol) and I'm determined to win it again this year! All my Christmas shopping will be done! haha Check it out for a chance to win!

http://laurawinslowphotography.com/blog/2011/11/21/10000-holiday-bloggie-bash-laura-winslow-photography/


It's pretty amazing :)

The Bright Side

It's been really hard for me lately to think of the bright side of things. I've been so stressed with things. Between house payments, Contractions with this pregnancy, work, and TONS of other things on my irrational pregnant mind, i can barely get any sleep at night. I also freak myself out thinking that this pregnancy will end with an awful labor experience like last time. And not only that, our new Dr only delivers at 1 hospital. And that hospital happens to be an hour away. I freak out that we wont make it.
Well last night, Max and i were just sitting and talking about things we r a little worried about. Then we realized, we r just thinking of things that MIGHT go wrong or things that we just don't have any control over. Money's tight, yes, but we are making it. There are SO many things we have to be thankful for. As far as house payments, we HAVE a house. Not only that, its an amazing house. And as far as the pregnancy goes, in February, we are gonna have another sweet little girl to add to our family :) Sure there are tons of things that can go wrong with the pregnancy and the labor but, those are out of my control. I just think of my friends who have had a hard time getting pregnant or the friends of mine who have lost their babies. It breaks my heart to think of those situations. So it makes me think 'what really am i worried about?' That i might go through some pain to get this girl into the world? That is ridiculous. I admit, the pain i went through delivering Lydia was the most pain i've ever felt. But it was the most amazing experience of my entire life. So much so, that im doing it again lol
There's just so much to be greatful for that i cant just dwell on things that are overwhelming me. I have an awesome little family. A husband that cares for me more than anyone. i know he would do anything for me. He's been putting up with my morning sickness, aches, pains, emotional break downs, and times where im just so irrational haha i also have a little girl that amazes me everyday. She's so smart and its so fun to see the world thru her curious eyes :)
I'm going to be more positive and just enjoy the now instead of worrying about the unknown :) Bring on my favorite holidays!

Update on Things

Well, things are just moving along here. So much that i forget to keep my blog updated lol This pregnancy is going by SO fast and i don't wanna look back and see that i didn't write anything about it. As most of you already know, we are having another girl :) We are so excited! We wanted another girl for and now its all falling into place :) Our girls can be close friends. Me and my sister, Alicia, were 2 years apart and when we were younger, we did EVERYTHING together. Max and his brother, Niels, are 2 years apart and they had the same bond. So we are happy our girls will have that :) And we have TONS of girl clothes (some that Lydia never even wore cause she grew out of it before i even got to it lol). We are also SO happy its a girl cause we couldn't decide, to save our lives, on a boy name. Before we were even married, we had our first 2 girls names picked out. Lydia was my choice cause I've loved that name for so long. Max picked this girls name cause he's always loved it. Her name will be Gabriella Jane Rieck (but we will call her Brie). The middle name Jane is after 2 people that i care about A LOT, my friend Janet Peterson and my cousin Kimber (whose middle name is Janelle).
So far, this pregnancy has been pretty tough :/ I got sick at 4 weeks and i JUST started to feel better about a weeks or so ago. Every once and awhile, i get nauseous but at least its not like it was a few weeks ago. I've also been having a lot of what i thought was braxton hicks contractions. When i went into the Dr's last week, i told her that i have been having some very intense braxton hicks. She said thats no problem if its only twice a day. i told her its twice every half hour! She looked a Little freaked out so she checked me. She said that i wasn't dilated at all (thank goodness!) but my cervix had thinned a bit. She said that the contractions were the real deal. i just need to take it easy from here on out. With Lydia, i started having real contractions about 2 months before she came. So they said it could just get to be earlier with every pregnancy :( But we aren't 2 worried. Just being cautious now lol
Lydia keeps me pretty busy lately. which is good so I'm not counting the minutes until this pregnancy is over haha Shes just getting so big so fast. When we moved into our new house, we just put the crib in the baby's nursery and got Lydia a toddler bed. It was hard the first couple nights but now shes a pro. Its to the point where shes saying 'bye bye' to us before we are even done saying goodnight to her lol She just thinks shes so big in her big girl bed :) She's a little chatter box and is always on the go. Now that its cooler her, we take walks and go play at the park. She loooves it. She gets really upset when the walks are over now lol
Sorry for the huge post lol just had a lot to get off my chest hehe I'll try to update more often :) and i will upload some ultrasound pics as soon as i can. Still getting last minute things sorted in our house :)

Officially in Debt...but lovin' it!

Our gorgeous new house! We signed papers for it on Friday and we will be moving in THIS week! Its been a long time coming and its actually just in time that we got it too! My brother comes home from his mission in November and we are actually in his room right now at my parents house lol and with this baby coming in February...the time couldn't be better :)
A few months ago, i posted a pic of a different house that we were trying to get and i was set on getting it. Everytime we it would get close to closing on the house, something else would come up and we would haveta wait even longer. We thought that we might as well go look at other houses, just to see. We found this one first. Max fell in love right away. We put an offer on it that afternoon. The next morning, our realtor called and said that our offer was accepted! We knew then that it was meant to be :) we pulled out of the other house offer and went full force with this one. We are so happy and excited to start this chapter of our lives. And i can really start nesting like crazy when we find out the gender on this baby next month :)

I'll post more pics once we are all settled :)