Sprinkled with Love!

Last week, some of my lovely friends threw Grady a "Sprinkle". It was more than we needed but such a blessing! We felt very showered with love and support. Griffin called it "our baby shower" because we had just gone to Baby Eden's baby shower a few days before. He was very excited for it to be "our turn", so precious! He ended up with almost as many gifts as Grady! That kid is so well loved and spoiled by so many amazing people.

Here are some of the super cute decorations:

Gammy Becky made the banner, and it will go above Grady's crib and be embellished with all these cute animals they used as centerpieces :-)

 They even had creamy jalapeno and chips from Chuy's for me! Yummo!

 These two had a ball running around and acting silly. They even dressed alike (for 9/11) without trying! ha! There sweet friendship melts my heart.

 Little Miss was not to be left out, she holds her own with those big boys! Such a doll!

 Grady got lots of precious clothes and wonderful gifts. I forgot how small and precious newborn clothes are! So cute!!!

Haven got us this tiny shirt from Chuy's! Apparently its the first one they have sold to anyone other than staff... it figures we would be the first ones! Such a Chuy's obsessed family. Ha!

It was a wonderful night, and we feel so loved and lucky to have such amazingly supportive people in our lives. Thank you!

33 Weeks and Counting...

• How far along: 33 Weeks




• Total Weight Gained: 20 lbs 




• Sleep: I
  wake up several times a night to pee. And laying down is extremely uncomfortable. But it could be worse.




• Best Moment of the Week:  Grady's "Sprinkle" last week and getting to see him on an ultrasound this week! And also just how Griffin is constantly talking to Grady through my belly. Precious. 




• Movement: Yep. Anytime I sit or lay down he moves and moves. Must feel cramped.     




• Food Cravings: N/A  




• Food Aversions: N/A




• Symptoms: Lots of pelvic pain, cant breathe, uncomfortable to sit on soft surfaces, cant bend over, etc etc... 




• What I miss: Energy, sleep and lack of pain.




• What I'm looking forward to: Finishing up the nursery, and seeing Griffin be a big brother. He is gonna rock at it.  




• Other news: We got to see Grady in an ultrasound yesterday. Dr.Gass wanted to check in on how big he is now, since he measured big at the 20 week ultrasound. They are estimating he weighs 6.1lbs now, which is the 98th percentile. Please note that ultrasounds are notorious for being off by a few pounds. But I do feel like he is larger than Griffin so far. He was sleeping and wouldnt budge during the ultrasound, so we only got two pictures. The first shows his mouth and nostrils, and an arm covering his forehead. The second shows the hair on his head. Its a bunch. He looks like he has a toupee on!  Ha!  We decided to do a repeat c-section this go around. It was a tough call, but we feel best about this choice. Oh and I got my posh pusher (hospital gown) and grady and griffins matching shirts last week. So cute!!

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26 Weeks and Counting...

• How far along: 26 Weeks
• Total Weight Gained: 12 lbs so far
• Sleep: Blah!!! I am having the worst pains when I lay down. Mainly in my hip and pelvic area. "Rolling" over is very difficult and is when I have shooting pains in those areas. And I am getting up at least once and sometimes twice to pee. Blah.  
• Best Moment of the Week(s): Getting moved into our new house and seeing all of our baby stuff coming out of the attic. And best moment of last week- passing my 3 hour glucose test (i failed the 1 hr!)!!!
• Movement: Oh yeah. He is an active little bugger for sure! 
• Food Cravings: Nothing specific this week, just hungry!!! 
• Food Aversions: Not really. 
• Symptoms: Shortness of Breath, Have to pee constantly, cant bend over very well,pelvic pain, tired...
• What I miss: Being able to breathe when I talk and not having a huge watermelon on my front side :-)
• What I'm looking forward to: Fixing up the nursery, which might happen in a month or two... 
• Other news: We finally got to move into our new house. I love it so much and will hopefully blog about it soon. VBS this week. One of the preschoolers is so memorized by the idea that I have a baby in my belly. I mean obsessed. Its hilarious.
• Gender & Name: It's a Boy! And we finally decided on a first name- Grady! No middle name is decided upon yet... maybe Emmett... maybe Allan (griffins is Alan and spelled like Mr.Pate and his fam's. Adding the L would make it spelled like my dad's... we cant decide if thats too confusing or not. But I would like to have the family significance for each side).... maybe who knows???? 

Comparison Shot...

With Griffin

With Grady

22 Weeks and Counting...

• How far along: 22 Weeks

• Total Weight Gained: 6 lbs 

• Sleep: Thanks to some of my wonderful friends, I got two pregnancy wedges and that has helped quite a bit with comfort. Griffin has been waking in the middle of the night with all the housing changes, so I am pretty tired and wished I could get more sleep though! 

• Best Moment of the Week(s): Griffin has been "interacting" with "his baby" this week. He has been poking the baby, hugging him, and tickling him. Seems to really be getting excited!   

• Movement: Yep. Little taps and flips anytime I have to bend forward or scrunch the baby. And as soon as I lay down moving like crazy! Still can't feel it from the outside yet. 

• Symptoms: Tired. Back pain. Heartburn. Shortness of breath. 

• What I miss: The lack of back pain, and energy! Good nights sleep! 

• What I'm looking forward to: Picking out a name, choosing nursery stuff, getting baby things together.

• Other news: We moved out of our house the past two weeks, which was super exhausting for a preggo. And we closed on the new house and should move in sometime in the next two or three weeks, so I am sure that will be exhausting too! Ha! 

Some photo shoot outtakes for your enjoyment... 

Griffin wanted to put his booty on the baby! Ha

And a fun belly shot with Hav, while we are both at 22 weeks! 

19 Weeks and Counting... It's a BOY!

• How far along: 19 Weeks
• Total Weight Gained: 
• Sleep: Well, I traveled to Utah for Kristen's wedding and we probably slept a total of 10-15 hours over the course of 3 days. No good! I was one tired momma!! Griffin also had one of his bad weeks this week, so we had two very long nights of no sleep. But last night was better!! 
• Best Moment of the Week(s): Found out the gender and got to see our little alien on the screen! Big Brother cried (more on that in a moment), so that made it a bit sad.  
• Movement: I have felt a few small taps here and there, but nothing really major yet. 
• Symptoms: TIRED! Very large midsection :-) Back pain, ugh!  
• What I miss: The lack of back pain, and energy! 
• What I'm looking forward to: Picking out a name, choosing nursery stuff, getting baby things together.
• Other news:  The baby is apparently in the 86th percentile for size right now! Which for my small stature is really large. But that could even out of course. But I guess that expalins my huge baby bump already! Ha!

Well, we went and found out the gender this past Tuesday (a week early because of youth camp), and Baby #2 is a BOY! Griffin came with us to the ultrasound and did great being still in the room. He did say "mommy, this is taking forever!" a few times! haha!  


He actually acted happy about it being a boy in the ultrasound room, which we were surprised about. He has said he wanted a girl from day one. But as soon as we got out into the lobby, he crawled under a chair and started bawling bc he wanted a girl! It was so sweet and very sad actually. It made me cry! We were going to try some cute gender revel thing with balloons, but with him so sad we just decided to revel by sending out his sad video.

Definitely a boy :-)

By the time we got him from school later that afternoon, he was in much better spirits! He said a boy was good. We will see how long that lasts! We got silly taking some belly pictures!

- Mrs.Pate via my iPhone

18 Weeks and Counting....

• How far along: 18 Weeks
• Total Weight Gained: 2 lbs (lost a pound?)
• Sleep: This week has been pretty great in that department. 
• Best Moment of the Week(s): We are under contract on our current house and the new house!  
• Movement: Not yet. I have been too tired to pay much attention though :-)
• Food Cravings: Just food in general- and mostly bad food :-)
• Food Aversions: None this week. 
• Morning Sickness: Nope but the gag reflex every time I sneeze or cough is still going strong :-( ick!
• Symptoms: Tiredness (but a little better this week I think), round ligament pain, major shortness of breath.
• What I miss: The absence of  energy. 
• What I'm looking forward to: June 10th we find out gender! Then all the fun stuff that happens after you know the gender (nursery, name etc). 
• Other news: So excited and a little overwhelmed about the upcoming housing changes!  

Comparison Shots: 

Baby Pate #2

 and Baby Pate #1 (aka Griffin)

 

17 Weeks and Counting...

• How far along: 17 Weeks
• Total Weight Gained: 3 lbs
• Sleep: I need some! Griffin has decided to wake several times over the last two nights.... yawn!
• Best Moment of the Week(s): I was telling Griffin that we were going to go see a friends new baby, and he got upset and yelled "no, I want to see our baby!" haha! Sorry buddy- we got a long way to go.
• Movement: Nope. I am not the most observant though. Last time around I would notice when I laid down, but now I am asleep as soon as a lay down so who knows?
• Food Cravings: Salmon this week. I have wanted it a bunch lately. But thats not really out of the ordinary.
• Food Aversions: None this week.
• Morning Sickness: Still gagging when I sneeze or cough (more so in the mornings). Gross.
• Symptoms:Very tried. Back pain. Shortness of breath.
• What I miss: ENERGY!!
• What I'm looking forward to: June 10th when we find out the gender! Picking out a name.
• Other news: Griffin will now tell you that the baby is not coming until November.... so if you say the baby is in my belly he will say "no, not until November!" Ha! Such a hard concept to get. We found out Haven and Bro are having a girl this week, which made Griffin super happy. He still really wants us to have a girl too... so we shall see.
• Names: We havent done a ton of talking about names this time around. I have thrown out lots of ideas and Mr.Pate has disliked almost all of them. Ha! I would just rather wait until we know the gender and then start brainstorming this time.

And for comparison, 17 weeks with Baby #2...
Versus 17 weeks with Griffin...

If it keeps up, I may not be able to walk by the end of this! haha!

- Mrs.Pate via my iPhone

15 Weeks and Counting...

• How far along: 15 Weeks
• Total Weight Gained: 2 lbs
• Sleep: My child has decided to sleep awesome all week- so I am actually getting great sleep. 
• Best Moment of the Week(s): Having enough energy to actually finish all the laundry AND put it away! First time we have started the week without clothes hanging on our couch in months! haha!
• Movement: Too early, I still cant feel anything. But it is getting close! 
• Food Cravings: Not really. 
• Food Aversions: Nothing specific. 
• Morning Sickness: Just a really bad gag reflex... everytime I sneeze I gag. Ick. 
• Symptoms: Tiredness and gagging so far.
• What I miss:  ENERGY! And the ability to swallow a pill without gagging horribly. And coffee.
• What I'm looking forward to: Picking a name, feeling the baby move, the gender ultrasound. 
• Other news: Oh Griffin is still really wanting a girl and wants to name her "Grififi"...  

And for comparison...

15 Weeks with Griffin

15 Weeks with Baby Pate #2 

Telling our Fam

So after the news had really sunk in for Mr.Pate and I, we had to figure out how to tell our family. We decided to write "Big Brother League" on a piece of paper and send them this picture saying "Guess who is being called up to the big brother league?"

They all loved it of course, and were sooo excited. My mom texted me thinking I was just kidding... silly woman.

14 Weeks and Counting...

• How far along: 14 Weeks
• Total Weight Gained: 1 lb (though this time around I started out at what I finished at with Griffin :-( so I am hoping I do not gain much)
• Maternity Clothes: Ugh, this time around I had to start wearing maternity pants at like 8 weeks!! Seriously! My belly popped out so fast. So all maternity pants and some tops now. 
• Sleep:  Still sleeping on my belly and loving every minute of it!
• Best Moment of the Week(s): Griffin walking into daycare and asking if a little baby was our baby. Ha! He is so excited. Also, I announced on facebook and got so much love and excitement!
• Movement: Too early, I still cant feel anything.  
• Food Cravings: Nope. 
• Food Aversions: Not specifics really, but see below. 
• Morning Sickness: Yes. I have been sick quite a bit more this time around. No fun. My gag reflex is on hyper-drive and smells really get to me.
• Symptoms: Major fatigue. I have been soooo soo tired. Shortness of breath when I do anything slightly taxing. 
• What I miss: Not being tired and having energy to play with my sona nd stay up with my husband. I feel like I am wasting my time.  
• What I'm looking forward to: A second baby!!! Seeing Griffin be a big brother! 

And for a comparison from last time to this time, just so you can see how crazy my stomach is this time... 

 With Griffin...

With Baby Pate #2 (aka alien baby)...

Finding Out this time around

I found out late February that we were expecting. It was actually very funny because one of my best friends found out she was pregnant on a Monday, and as she was texting me I was thinking "you know I might just be too!" Ha! I didn't decide to take a test until Thursday though. And I didn't mention anything to Mr. Pate because I wanted to actually tell him in some fun way if I was preggo.

So that Thursday we had a county-wide worship service for the youth groups and Mr. Pate was speaking. So I picked up Griffin and waited at home for the babysitter (Momma Susan) while he went there early to setup. I took the test right before she got there, and thought I was gonna just blurt it out when I saw her! Ha! But I didn't and went on to the event.

It was hard waiting to tell Mr. Pate, but I definitely didn't want to tell him before he spoke! So I held it in. I ended up blurting it out to him later that night- and once again I couldn't wait long enough to do something fun! Ha!


- Mrs.Pate via my iPhone