Picture Post

I finally uploaded a few pictures to share from the last few weeks.17 weeks

18 weeks

I love this picture of Maddie and her Daddy!!

Grandma Phyllis was excited to see us last weekend.

Maddie and her grammy! Say cheese!!

We had a nice visit last weekend in Rochester with Bob's family. We cleaned out a lot of stuff from Bob's mom's house so they can get it ready to sell. It was an emotional task to do on the kids and we still have some more boxes to go through. I have more painting to do this weekend to get our basement ready for new carpet. It's a project, but will be nice when it's done!

Ultrasound and Mom visit

I have been wanting to update about my week but once again the days have gotten away from me. My mom flew in late Monday night and was excited to go to our ultrasound and Dr. appointment with us. We dropped Maddie off at daycare because we knew it would be a long appt. Everything on our ultrasound looked great! The heartbeat was 148 and the baby weighed about 7 oz. I'm amazed at how much we could see and what a miracle I am carrying!

Our tech had a hard time determining the gender of the baby. She gave us a 80% chance that it's another girl!!! They will do another ultrasound in 4 weeks to make sure the kidneys are functioning well since they were a little hard to see. I'm 17 weeks and they said it would show up better in a few more weeks. Hopefully we will get a definite answer if it's a boy or girl?? We got some nice profile pictures and our baby is a little mover. I love that I feel her(???) everyday and lets me know she's doing well.

After our appointment we picked up Maddie and went to lunch. Us girls had a full day of shopping and Maddie was such a good girl. I'm glad that she likes to shop just like her mama and after a few treats and a cute little purse from Grammy, she was set. It was a great day! I'm so glad that I got to share that with my mom and I know it meant a lot to her too. She left early the next day but it really was a great visit! Fast for her...but so worth it!!!

Our garage addition is finished and we are both really happy with it! Bob has to do the electrical inside and the trim still needs to be painted. We will have to wait for the weather to warm up here even though it has been beautiful! Last weekend I decided to paint the trim in our basement. It was a job, but turned out great! I think it brightened up the basement and I'm so excited to get that project finished. Matt and Michelle will come up in a few weeks to help and I need to get most of it done my Maddie's birthday. She will be 3 in six weeks! Where has the time gone???

I will try to add some more pictures soon!!

TGIF

Have a great weekend!!!

Prenancy and Projects

We have been really busy at the Hogue house! We have a lot of projects in the works not to mention all that Bob has going on a work. This past weekend we painted our basement and took the platform out where the wood burning stove had sat on. We will order the new carpet this weekend and I can't wait to get it finished and our basement back together. 15 weeks
16 weeks

As far as the pregnancy goes, I have felt great! I love that I just started to feel the baby move this week and it is a little reassurance for me. I feel it mostly at night or after I eat. Our ultrasound is less than a week away and I can't wait to find out what we are having!

Maddie loves to be outside when she can and is a real trooper! It was freezing out when I took this picture and wanted to stay out and play even though her cheeks and hands were cold. She keeps telling everyone that she is going to have a sister and we have to tell her that we don't know? She doesn't understand it right now but whatever it is, she will make a great big sister and helper!

Our contractor started on our garage this week. Everyday I come home it has changed so much. We put garage doors on both ends for easy access. They should be done this week and we can start thinking about moving some of the things in Bob's workroom out there. We need to make room for another spare bedroom so Bob is getting a garage and losing his work room. This way he can store his motorcycles in there and his guy things! It's just one of the many projects that we have going on.

Next on the list....paint Maddie's room and get the work room converted into a den/spare bedroom. I want to get a lot of these projects done before I get to big:)

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope everyone had a nice Valentine's Day? Our was pretty low key since Bob had to work all weekend but overall was nice and relaxing. Maddie started off the weekend with a cough and runny nose. We had some shopping to do on Saturday morning and finished early since I knew she wasn't feeling the best. We had a nice dinner at home and decided not to go to church on Sunday morning because I didn't want any other little ones to catch her cold. My Mom got Maddie this princess snuggie and she thinks it is the greatest thing! When ever she is hanging out watching TV or a movie she wants to be all snuggled in!
This morning Maddie was excited to open her Valentine present. My parents gave her a book called "I Love You A Bushel & a Peck". My mom always sings that song to her and she loved the book! She sang the song all morning too!

Miss Maddie is very girlie and loved her little sparkle purse. She even had to take it out when we brought Bob lunch today.

She also loves her m&m's and was ready to have them for breakfast! She got a movie and an I spy book and I think she was pretty happy. We read the book right away and she watched her movie while I got ready this morning.

We had fun playing with the play-doh that my mom had made for her and eating popcorn and watching movies. It was a snowy day and I think she is feeling better. It was nice to lay low and just spend time together. Maddie has enjoyed watching the ice skating at the Olympics! She thinks they are beautiful and tries to copy their moves. It's so cute to watch her as she goes in circles in the living room with her arms extended out! I think I need to get her in skating some day??

It's Presidents Day tomorrow so our office is closed. I'm looking forward to having another day off and Bob and I have some errand to do in the afternoon. I think we will go out to dinner to celebrate our Valentine's Day too! I'm lucky to have such a wonderful husband and daughter that love me the way that they do. I'm very blessed!

I'm back!!!

I know it has been a while, but I finally got my computer back and can update my blog with a few pictures. We celebrated Christmas with Bob's family in January and it was really good to see Phyllis again. She was so excited to see Maddie and it's always a joy to watch them interact together.
Maddie has the greatest aunts!! CeCe put on her pretty dress so she could "fancy dance" with her!

This past weekend my parents came to visit. Maddie was so excited to see her Papa and Grammy and was quick to show them everything in her room and any toys she had laying around. She loves anything princess and was happy to play the fishing game with her Papa. I love that he gets right down on the floor to play with her. Maddie is so blessed to have such wonderful grandparents!

Michelle and Matt came up Saturday night and stayed until the Super Bowl was over. It's nice that they only live a few hours away and can come up to visit. We all went to church in the morning and the girls did a little shopping in the afternoon. We had a great time and Bob had supper ready for us when we got home. He had a whole spread laid out to kick start the Super Bowl. It was a fun game to watch even though we wished our Vikings would have been there. Oh well....there is always next year!

My parents left on Monday morning and Maddie had to get a little more snuggle time in with her Grammy before they left. I just love this picture!!!

Well, I'm 14 weeks pregnant! I feel great and my belly is definitely growing fast! They say you show faster the second time around and they are so right! I'm that that stage where I'm not big enough for maternity but my clothes are getting to small. I guess there will be a shopping trip in my future since I had gotten rid of all of my maternity clothes. That shouldn't be too hard for me! :)

Our next Dr. appointment is 3 weeks away. I'm supposed to have an ultrasound and I hopefully they will be able to determine what the sex will be? I'm dying to know and I can't wait to start getting a babies room ready again and Maddie into her big girl room. Also we will start talking about names after we know what we are having. I think it's always difficult to pick out a name and we seem to have different ideas. It should be interesting??

Today's Dr. Visit!

Today we had our first appointment with our new OB doctor. I loved our Dr. that we had with Madelyn, but he no longer delivers babies. Our new Dr. was fantastic and was just as excited about this pregnancy as we are!

I was really excited that both Maddie and Bob were with me. I was even more excited that I hadn't gained any weight since my first appointment. I think that was due to the fact that our entire house was sick last week and nothing really sounded good to me. Maddie told the Dr. that she was going to be big sister and that I had a baby in my tummy. I think she thought it was neat to hear the heartbeat too? The monitor showed 166-167 for the heartbeat and she said that everything looked and sounded good. We have our next appointment in six weeks and we also have an ultrasound scheduled. I'm looking to find out the sex of the baby so we can get organized and get things rolling.

We have a lot of plans for our basement this winter/spring and know we will be pretty busy. I'm excited to get rid of a bunch of junk that we have been keeping for way to long and it is time to clean house! We are planning on converting Bob's work room into a den/spare room that will have another queen bed in it. We get so much company at our house that we need that extra sleeping space and need to make due with what we have.

On a positive note, I have been feeling a ton better!!!! I haven't felt pregnant the past few days and hoping that we are over the hump of morning sickness?? Time will tell!! My computer is being sent to Dell so I haven't had a chance to upload any new pictures. I hope it will be back in a couple of weeks and I will post some pictures of Maddie and my growing belly!

Sorry, It's been a while.....

Wow! It has been a rough week at the Hogue house! It started last Tuesday night with me getting the flu. Maddie and I were home alone since Bob had to work that night. There is nothing harder than trying to entertain a two year old when you feel so awful. Thank goodness Maddie is a little rock star and tried to help her Mama anyway she could. First she came into the bathroom and asked if she could sing to me? (thinking it would make me feel better) And then offered to snuggle me. It didn't last long as I got sick again, but I love her sweet spirit!

I couldn't wait for Bob to get home and was already in bed. I had no idea that our night would be so short. I was up sick in the night and it didn't take long for Maddie to catch the bug either. Bob got it too and it was hard for us to get out of bed and get Maddie cleaned up. She was a trooper and told me that she would be fine and I could keep my own puke bucket. In between changing sheets, blankets, and cleaning carpets, we were all wiped out!

Most of Wednesday was spent with us cuddled in blankets, eating crackers, and sleeping. By that night I thought we were all on the up and up, but I guess I was wrong. Today as I type this, it's Friday. I attempted to go to work this morning and it didn't last long. On top of the flu, I'm getting a wonderful head cold. I still felt terrible and came home and went right to bed. It feels nice to get some rest and I'm hoping to get my energy back soon. We all are still dragging a little bit, but I guess that comes with the territory?

Bob is at work, Maddie is at daycare and I'm tucked in bed. I'm not sure if I'm having a hard time recovering because I'm pregnant or this bug has really got me down? My computer is broken so I haven't been able to update with any pictures. We had a lovely time last weekend with Bob's family in Rochester. We celebrated Christmas with his family and had a nice visit with his mother.

It is my goal to do a better job with this blog this year. I want to document things that happen in our family since I'm not into scrapbooking and want to have something to look back on. I hope to document this pregnancy and update on our Dr. appointments. We have one this Tuesday the 19th so I'm looking forward to hearing the heartbeat and meeting with our Dr. We will have a new Dr. this time because mine no longer delivers babies. I hope and pray that everything goes ok and we have a smooth pregnancy. So far, this one has been a lot harder than with Maddie. I have felt more nauseous and tired this time. I would guess it's a boy, but we will have to wait and see???