A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten and the future worth living for.
Friday, July 5, 2013
Little Miss Myla is Here!
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
39 Weeks
40 Weeks
For anyone here locally in Houston with us who is planning to visit me and Miss Myla at the hospital, Ryan and I would like to let everyone know that we are not going to accept visitors on Friday except for a couple of people who have already been told exactly who they are. Other than that, everyone else will wait until Saturday. We will let everyone know once we are accepting visitors. And lastly, if you do visit, no children please. I'll be letting my nurses know of my desires so if you bring your kids you're not going to be allowed in at the security desk!! And just to clarify, "children" = anyone under the age of 18!! Even if you do not agree with our requests here, I ask that you please respect them.
And if you are our Facebook friends, look out for a post from either Ryan or me letting people know when we will be accepting visitors. Most likely we will text people, but keep an eye out anyway. Woo.... Now I can't wait until Friday!!!
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
38 Weeks
How far along are you?: 38 weeks. But who's counting?
Total weight gain?: 34 lbs. I can't quite keep track well because I don't own a scale so the only time I find out is at dr visits.
How big is baby?: Freaking huge. At my last appt my dr guesses about 6.6 or 6.7 and that was on 6/7.
Maternity clothes?: Ya and y'all have prob seen this outfit before since I refuse to buy more than like ten pieces of maternity clothing. It just doesn't make sense to me since its such a temporary wardrobe.
Stretch marks?: Haven't seen any yet.
Sleep?: Like last week, still getting up like 1-4 times a night to pee.
Best moment this week?: Being told that if I'm still preggers on my due date (6/24) then we will induce me that week... YES!!
Movement?: Tons of it. My baby is crazy. Plus she is kind of outta room in there.
Food cravings?: Ice ice ice.
Food aversions?: Nada!
Labor signs?: Braxton Hicks.
Belly button in or out?: Still out.
What I miss?: My feet not hurting all the time :(
What I'm looking forward to?: Being her momma.
And this week, we had big brother rhys in the picture with me!! As you can tell, he already gives his baby sister kisses. He is such a sweet boy and we love him to pieces.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
37 Weeks
35 Weeks
I Am So Behind!!
Thanks so much for keeping up with us and Miss Myla Ryann! :)
Love,
R & C
Thursday, May 16, 2013
34 Weeks
Sidenote Update: I know that I did not update a 33 week picture and you'll have to excuse me because we did not take one. Last week was very hectic for me and Ryan. New house, I got a nursing job, and we had a huge health scare in the family that we have been dealing with and we were pretty much in small emotional little fragments last week trying to deal with all of this new stuff in our lives and between my crying blubbering breakdowns and his worrying we were just not able to get to the picture. But alas, here is this week's picture and we hope you enjoy our progress as much as we do. Only 39 days until our due date!! AAHH!!
Also I just realized I spelled "cantaloupe" as "canteloupe" in our chalkboard and I'm very mad at myself and want to retake the whole thing. GRRRR >:(
Monday, April 29, 2013
32 Weeks
Friday, April 26, 2013
31 Weeks
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
30 Weeks
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
29 Weeks
We are down to something like 75 days until my EDD y'all. This is exciting. It's literally like 10 1/2 weeks away and I'm so terrified it's not even funny. I'm excited to meet Myla but at the same time, I'm terrified of the process leading up. Speaking of her name, here is the final decision on the full name: Myla Ryann Sanders. We love it! (And yes we are aware her initials will be MRS lol)
Friday, April 5, 2013
28 Weeks?
How far along are you?: 28 weeks. HELLO THIRD TRIMESTER!!
And PS - anyone finding me through Pinterest, glad to see you here! Repin us!
Monday, March 25, 2013
27 Weeks
How far along are you?: 27 weeks. This is the last week of my second trimester ahh!!
26 Weeks
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
25 Weeks
How far along are you?: 25 weeks oh yeah.
Just for fun, here's a pic I took yesterday of Ryan... In my glasses... Making a really attractive face. Just gotta love this man. I know I do. With all my heart.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
24 Weeks: 6 months!
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
23 Weeks
22 Weeks
How far along are you?: 22 weeks!
Total weight gain?: About 10 lbs
How big is baby?: The size of a papaya (which are gross and mommy hates the smell of).
Maternity clothes?: Wearin' em like a champ.
Stretch marks?: Nope.
Sleep?: The internet says (so it must be true) that baby is awake about 12 hours a day now. As for me, I'm sleeping fine.
Best moment this week?: Eating a Dulce de Leche cupcake that Ryan got me from Crave because he is the best boyfriend EVER and feeling her kick SUPER hard afterwards!
Movement?: Well, obviously she likes cupcakes.
Food cravings?: Any Mexican food. Same as last week
Food aversions?: Nope.
Labor signs?: Nope.
Belly button in or out?: Still an innie.
What I miss?: A life that didn't involve taking so many Tums.
What I'm looking forward to?: Seeing my little baby's face.
I know that this week's post is a week late but I totally forgot to do it last week. It was a really stressful week. I have begun preliminary stages of baby shower planning and last week I was also dealt a devastating blow... my beloved poodle that I have had since I was 5 years old, Miss Peggie, got out of our fence and we haven't seen her since. I don't expect her to be found at this point so it was a little bit of an emotional week. As for the baby shower, invitations should be out soon and nobody make plans for April 27th because you'll be attending my baby shower :)
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
21 Weeks
How far along are you?: 21 weeks!
Total weight gain?: About 8 lbs now.
How big is baby?: The length of a carrot.
Maternity clothes?: Just got some more on my birthday. The shirt I'm wearing in this picture is one of them. Thank you, Ross, for having cheap stuff!
Stretch marks?: Nope.
Sleep?: She actually woke me up kicking the other night.
Best moment this week?: Playing videos of Rhys's voice and her kicking a ton.
Movement?: She kicks a lot after I eat sweets and when she hears Ryan's voice. Daddy's girl already.
Food cravings?: Any Mexican food.
Food aversions?: Nope.
Labor signs?: No just some weird sharp pains below my ribs :(
Belly button in or out?: Still an innie.
What I miss?: My old jeans.
What I'm looking forward to?: Warmer weather so I can start wearing dresses.
We decided to do a little bit of an owl theme for Little Miss JuneBug. I'm so excited! Owls are adorable!
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
20 Weeks: Halfway There!
How far along are you?: 20 weeks. That makes me 5 months today and means we are halfway there!!
Total weight gain?: About 6 lbs.
How big is baby?: Right above 11 ounces!
Maternity clothes?: I need more...
Stretch marks?: Not yet (thank you Palmer's Cocoa Butter Oil).
Sleep?: Still doing good.
Best moment this week?: Finding out the gender this past Thursday :) I know Ryan is SO excited to have his little daddy's girl! I love it.
Movement?: She has been SO much more active lately! I mean kicking all day long. She's hyper like her daddy.
Food cravings?: Mexican candies. Tamarindo to be specific.
Food aversions?: Nope.
Labor signs?: Nope.
Belly button in or out?: Still an innie.
What I miss?: Beer.
What I'm looking forward to?: I love doing baby registry stuff...
On a side note, I feel like I look ridiculously huge in this photo compared to last week. I had Olive Garden for lunch that day and maybe my lunch was making me look like I ate a basketball because I don't feel like I actually look that big on the regular. Who knows. However, after Ryan took this picture he definitely laughed and said "You're so pregnant." So maybe I do look that big. Denial? Perhaps.
Also, we told Rhys this past Friday that the baby is a little girl and he is going to have a baby sister. He must've said "baby sister" a million times this weekend!! At church my mom asked him, "Where is your baby sister?" and he pointed to my tummy and said "There! BABY SISTER!!!" He gets really excited. He also decided he would yell at my tummy and tell her hi. It's safe to say he's pretty psyched about her and Daddy and I are hoping it stays that way.
Love,
Ryan and Clarissa
Monday, January 28, 2013
19 Weeks
How far along are you?: 19 weeks
Total weight gain?: About 6 lbs
How big is baby?: The size of a mango. About half a pound now and 6 in long.
Maternity clothes?: Yep
Stretch marks?: Not yet
Sleep?: Doing great.
Best moment this week?: Going out with Ryan and him introducing me and the baby. So sweet.
Movement?: This past week, I felt the baby kick and told Ryan so he put his hand on my tummy and a couple of seconds later the baby kicked so hard that both of our mouths dropped! It was very cool.
Food cravings?: Not really any this week
Food aversions?: Nope.
Labor signs?: Nope.
Belly button in or out?: Innie baybay.
What I miss?: My cute clothes.
What I'm looking forward to?: Finding out if we're having a boy or a girl this Thursday. AHH!!
This week, a little shoutout to Baby Sanders's Nina and Nino (godmother and godfather) Omar and Christina. We asked my big brother and his wife if they'd do us the honor and they said yes. Yay!
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
18 Weeks
How far along are you?: 18 weeks
Total weight gain?: About 4 - 4.5 lbs
How big is baby?: The size of a sweet potato :) and really showing this week!
Maternity clothes?: Only wearing maternity jeans now. I went and bought another pair at Ross because they have great cheap maternity stuff. I'm wearing them in this picture.
Stretch marks?: Nope and I even bought cocoa oil yesterday to make sure I don't get them. (I hope it works)
Sleep?: Alright except for waking up around once or twice a night to use the restroom. I used to never do that.
Best moment this week?: Drinking a cup of coffee and feeling our JuneBug start kicking like crazy. Mommy is sorry, baby, but it tasted so good!
Movement?: Oh yeah. I feel JuneBug all throughout the day and especially when I'm sitting down eating or going to sleep.
Food cravings?: Milk still tastes strangely more amazing than I remember from 3 years ago when I suddenly couldn't stand the taste anymore.
Food aversions?: Nope.
Labor signs?: No.
Belly button in or out?: Innie
What I miss?: Brie
What I'm looking forward to?: We find out baby's gender in 9 days and we are SO excited!
And I just realized that our blog doesn't include our due date... It's the 24th of June. So hopefully we will have our JuneBug in time to enjoy some fireworks for the 4th of July!
Also, in my journey to becoming a new mommy, I've been looking up the most efficient, cheapest and healthiest ways to do things for baby once he/she is here (can't wait til we know if it's a he/she next week!). I've decided that I'll be making my own baby wipes. I found the greatest tutorials on how to make them from baby wash, oils, water and paper towels. They even fit into those carrying wipes containers from Huggies and Pampers once you finish those out! I'm really excited about them because I will know all the ingredients that are in them instead of some harsh ones that could be in store bought brands and I will also save a bundle of money. Once you make homemade wipes, you could end up saving around $200/year in expenses on them. As an added plus, they're gentler on a baby's skin, depending on what wipes recipe you use, and you can easily make more when you run out and not have to worry about driving to the store.
The other venture I plan on taking on is something I've kind of always wanted to do when I had a baby and that is making my own baby food. With all these tutorials and recipes and how-to's on the internet and different blogs these days, there's just no excuse for me to say I "don't know how" or I "don't have time" because it's just not true! It's just a little veggies and fruits steamed, mashed, frozen and voila! I probably sound like a hippie at this point but I swear to you I'm not. I really just want to be able to say I put my all into being the best mom I could be and to giving my JuneBug the best that he/she deserves.
Not sure who all reads these blogs since they may come up on Google searches but if you're looking for homemade wipes tutorials I found some here, here, and here. I won't even bother posting the links to the homemade baby food sites I bookmarked because there are so many if you just Google it that you'd be amazed.
Wow this was a really long post! Thanks for reading :)