Logan Can

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22 Weeks

How far along? 22 1/2 weeks


Baby Size: A papaya! About 8 inches and 1.2 lbs.


Total weight gain: 16 lbs. 


Maternity clothes? Absolutely! Although I am still rocking my nike shorts and yoga pants a lot.


Food cravings: Still craving that sugar. Mostly cookies and milk at night.


Feeling: I’m still feeling great! I am loving all this energy I’ve had lately.


Sleep: It’s been a little better. I’m still getting up about 3 times a night to use the bathroom.


Miss Anything? Other than being able to bend and sleep normally, I’m not missing anything.


Movement: All the time! It’s the neatest thing. His kicks are starting to get a little stronger.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope! Not anymore!

Looking forward to: putting new carpet in next week, and all of my family coming to visit for the 4th.

Bump: Hasn’t grown any in the last couple of weeks, but I’m thankful for the slow down.  If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve probably seen pictures of my growing belly. Luckily I’m all belly (so far) and haven’t gained any inches any where else! 🙂 Let’s hope it stays that way for a while.

Exercise: Walking 1.5 miles every night and swimming a couple of times a week. It’s getting harder to walk outside because of the heat, but I’m still managing.


Nursery: The nursery is officially painted!!! We are putting new carpet in next week, and then we will go buy the furniture that we picked out a couple of weeks ago! I’m super excited for it to start looking like a real nursery instead of an empty room.


Doctor Visit: Our visit went great! They checked Hampton’s organs on the ultrasound and she said everything was perfect. We have a very healthy boy! My next visit will be my last 4 week appointment and I will have my glucose test done that day. I’m kind of dreading that.

20 Week Baby Bump

How far along? 20 1/2 weeks


Baby Size: A banana!


Total weight gain: 12 lbs. 


Maternity clothes? Yes… They make life so much easier. Motherhood Maternity actually has some cute maternity clothes. 


Food cravings: Sugar in general. Cookies, cake, pop tarts, cereal. All the things I shouldn’t be eating.


Feeling: I’m finally feeling much better! I’ve had more energy, and I haven’t been as sick.


Sleep: I haven’t had more than 3 hours of sleep a night in the last couple of weeks. People tell me it’s mother nature preparing me for sleepless nights. I think it’s just that I’m getting bigger and it’s hard to get comfortable. He also moves a lot at night which doesn’t help with the whole sleep thing.


Miss Anything? My old body? haha I love my baby belly, but I have a feeling that when the end is near, I will be so ready for him to get out so I can get back to my normal self. It’s getting harder to bend.


Movement: A lot! I am loving every minute of it! It feels like he is doing flips some days, and others it is just a lot of tapping. Kicks aren’t super strong yet, but I love feeling him move. It’s the coolest thing.


Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope! Not anymore!

Looking forward to: Starting on the nursery! We finally picked out our colors and bought paint this past weekend! I’m so ready to buy the baby furniture and get the ball rolling.

Bump: Oh my! I started showing very early (around 10 weeks) and have been growing non-stop ever since. It’s pretty weird because my friends who are due around the same time as me are still barely showing. If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve probably seen pictures of my growing belly. Luckily I’m all belly (so far) and haven’t gained any inches any where else! 🙂 Let’s hope it stays that way for a while.


Exercise: I’ve still been walking a lot and I’ve been swimming a couple of times. I’d love suggestions on pregnancy workouts!


Our baby boy’s name is:

Hampton Keith


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Memorial Day Weekend

 If you haven’t already read this post, we found out that we are having a little BOY! We are so excited. After finding out the great news on Thursday, we traveled to Jacksonville Beach, Florida for the weekend. On Friday, we enjoyed a 3 mile hike through the trails at Hannah Park. It was so beautiful and peaceful. After our hike we went to the beach and enjoyed some fun in the sun! Who doesn’t love the beach? The best part was that it was not crowded at all where we were. It was nice to be able to really enjoy it on a holiday weekend.

Saturday, we went to the outlet mall in St. Augustine and bought Hampton way too many polos for next year. He’s not going to be spoiled at all. 😉 We had a wonderful time with family and friends. I hope your holiday weekend was just as blessed as mine. Thank you to all of those who have fought for our freedom and continue to do so.

It’s A …

Last Thursday I went to my 18 week appointment and we found out we are having a BOY!!!! We are absolutely thrilled. I’ve always wanted a big brother, so I am ecstatic we are having a boy first. We are naming him Hampton Keith (after his daddy and grandpa). I am so in love with this little boy already. Of course, we already went on a shopping spree and bought him polos and other “baby frat clothes.” Hampton is very healthy and that is the most important thing to us. Now the fun begins as we start decorating his nursery!

I’d also like to report that I have been feeling MUCH better the last couple of weeks. Thank you for your continued prayers and encouragement. We are so excited to welcome our little boy into the world this October!

15 Week Baby Update

Well I am about 15 1/2 weeks along and still very sick. I was so hoping it would pass soon but there has been no sign of that happening. I’m still craving tomatoes daily and still walking about a mile and a half every day. I’m hoping that second trimester energy I have been promised by so many will come soon.

I went to the doctor today and had a great check up! The heartbeat was 153. I love hearing that little heartbeat. It brings tears to my eyes and makes the sickness so worth it.

I’m getting very excited to find out the sex of our baby in a couple of weeks! I seriously can’t hardly stand it! I’m so ready to start buying little baby clothes and setting up the nursery. The office is almost cleared out. We still have a little work to do in there, but it is coming along.

Have I told y’all how excited I am to have an October baby? October is my favorite month. We celebrate our anniversary and Ryan’s birthday in October, not to mention Halloween!! I’m a Halloween fanatic. I blame it on my mom because we have always thrown a big Halloween party every year and go all out. It is so fitting that our first child will be an October baby. God’s timing is definitely perfect.

In my next baby update, I will be revealing the gender! What do you think it is?

Cravings: Tomatoes, Grapes, Sugary snacks
Total Weight Gain: 5 lbs.
Chinese Gender Calendar says: Girl (although I’m not all that convinced of it’s accuracy)
Baby Bump: I started showing early – around 10 weeks I had a noticeable bump. It hasn’t grown too much since then.
Heartbeat: 153 per minute

Let the guessing begin!!

Life Lately

Hello lovely ladies (and gents?)! I hope you are all having a wonderful week. It’s almost Friday! Whoop whoop!! I don’t know about you, but the month of May is always so packed full of exciting events for us and our families. The craziness is starting this weekend and I can’t wait. We will be celebrating graduations, birthdays AND we will find out the gender of our baby! I can hardly contain my excitement!

I have been feeling so much better this week. I’ve only thrown up about 4 of the last 7 days which is AMAZING. I feel like I can actually do things again. I also started pilates this week. I’ve really enjoyed it so far. It’s a nice change when I don’t feel like walking. I’ve still been craving tomatoes and eating about one or two a day. At least it’s a healthy craving, right? Although I’m afraid our baby will come out red.  The baby is 3 inches long and is the size of a lemon according to babycenter. I go back for another appointment next week and will schedule my ultrasound (EEkKK)!

On another exciting note, I traded in my car for a SUV last Friday. It’s been an adjustment but a really good one. We have been wanting a SUV for a while now and with the baby on it’s way, and enough money saved up it seemed like the perfect time.

13 Week Baby Update

How far along? 13 1/2 weeks
Baby Size: almost 3 inches long about the size of a kiwi.
Total weight gain: 3lbs. (yikes!)
Maternity clothes? Not yet! My jeans are starting to get uncomfortable so I’ve been wearing a lot of nike shorts and dresses.
Food cravings: Grapes and Tomatoes. I loved them before I was pregnant but nothing like this. I’ve gone through 2 bags of grapes and 5 tomatoes so far this week.
Feeling: I’ve still been pretty nauseous and extremely tired. Yesterday was my worst sick day so far. I couldn’t even keep down saltines. I felt like I had a stomach virus it was so bad. I’m definitely ready for the sickness to pass, or at least not hit me every day.
Best moment this week: Meeting my best friends baby. He is so precious and it made me really excited for our little one.
Sleep: I’ve been waking up at least 2 times per night to use the bathroom. Other than that I’ve been sleeping okay.
Miss Anything? COFFEE!! I know a lot of women still drink coffee during pregnancy, but I gave it up just to be safe and it is killing me! I’ve gone 9 weeks without it. Also, queso dip. I love Mexican food and not eating cheese dip has been so difficult.
Movement: No movement yet. I think I’m still several weeks from that, but I can’t wait to feel a kick for the first time!
Anything making you queasy or sick: Meat and eggs. 
Looking forward to: Starting my second trimester in a couple of days! Hopefully I will start to feel better then.
Best Pregnancy Moment: When Ryan bought me From Pea to Pumpkin: A Pregnancy Journal. I have loved keeping up with everything in this journal from week to week. It also shows your baby’s size and weight each week. It was the perfect gift and I highly recommend it. 

Baby Cantrell

Hello hello! I am so sorry I haven’t been writing lately. I have been a little preoccupied by this growing baby in my tummy! That’s right, we are expecting a BABY!!! Little Cantrell is coming in October and we are thrilled! It has been a very hard secret to keep these last couple of months since I have been sick pretty much the whole time. I have been anxiously awaiting this moment FOREVER (so it seems).

We told our families on Easter Sunday just before lunch and they were ecstatic. We put letters that spelled out “Logan is Pregnant” in Easter eggs and my mom tried to play it off as one of her holiday games. At first, everyone was spelling out “Easter,” “He is Risen,” etc., until my grandmother spelled out “nesting” and that got everyone in the right frame of mind. After that, it didn’t take long for them to figure it out. I loved that my mom took a picture of everyone’s reaction. These pictures are something I will always treasure.

Everyone trying to figure out the puzzle…
I love everyone’s face in this one!

On the other hand, I’m not really sure how Pippa is going to handle it. She won’t be an only child anymore and that will be devastating to her, but I’m sure she will adjust.

Up to this point, I’ve been craving horrible food. Week 8, all I could/would eat is Zaxby’s. Terrible for me and baby, but I’ve been eating better this week. I went to the Doctor for my 12 week appointment today and everything looked great. She said I have a very “active” baby. I have only gained 1 pound since my last visit which is pretty exciting but I will probably start gaining about a pound a week from here on.

We would greatly appreciate your prayers during this special time. I am so excited to finally share this wonderful news with all of you!

         

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