Hero Owen

Owen has gotten into dressing up! One morning this week when getting ready for the day he decided he needed a hero outfit complete with bandana, undies, pants for a cape, and house shoes! He makes quite the good hero to me!

Is blue eyeliner ever ok?

How about when paired with blue-ish mascara?

Does this brighten up the eyes or is it a little too 80’s?

Since getting my nee hair do ive been trying to actually get up and do a little hair/make up each day, and this is one of my new tries.. jury is till out.

What do yall think?

Disclaimer- yes I know I need better eyebrow plucking to happen!

Oh ok, we have been here before!

This pregnancy has not been as “difficult” as my first with Owen. In that one I threw up every day, several times a day, for the first 25 or so weeks. THAT was hard. I also had some episodes of bleeding that were concerning but eventually worked itself out.

During this pregnancy I have had SEVERAL SEVERAL episodes of bleeding. I have gone into the hospital for this several times. I bleed pretty much every day which during pregnancy is NOT GOOD!

Yesterday we finally got clarification as to WHY this has been happening. I am so glad to have a reason.

I have, for the second time, a condition called placenta previa. It effects .5% of pregnancies and just because you had it in one pregnancy, does not mean that you will develop the condition again.

Well, I did.

We went to Rex Hospital up in Raleigh this week to a Fetal Maternal Specialist. They did a very lengthy 2D/3D ultrasound to check out this little boy and the surrounding area.

Baby boy looks GREAT!!! Squished up in there, but great. The only issue found was a slight previa.

This means : that your placenta is lying unusually low in your uterus, next to or covering your cervix. The placenta is the pancake-shaped organ – normally located near the top of the uterus – that supplies your baby with nutrients through the umbilical cord.

If you're found to have placenta previa early in pregnancy, it's not usually considered a problem. But if the placenta is still close to the cervix later in pregnancy, it can cause bleeding, which can lead to other complications and may mean that you'll need to deliver early. If you have placenta previa when it's time to deliver your baby, you'll need to have a cesarean section.

I am not too worried, we have been through this before. By 28 weeks with Owen the placenta moved and all was well. Hopefully this will be the case this time around as well. My specialist will continue to monitor me for the next several weeks and we should get another high tech ultrasound in March.

It was super fun to see the baby again. He was moving all around and we got some fun views of him. I must say, his tushy is quite cute!!!! He is so flexible and stayed all curled up in his little home. Owen was at the ultrasound as well and he enjoyed seeing his little brother.

We got some 3D pictures of the little guy I will post below. He is 17 weeks so things are a bit difficult to see, but  I think he is perfect in every way!!!

{ok the pics are not cooperating, I will post tomorrow! }

16.5 weeks with a new do!!!

16.5 weeks with a new hair do!

Yesterday I spent some time by myself up in Raleigh (about an hour away) to do some shopping and to get my hair done. If anyone has been paying attention on Pinterest lately Kate from the Small things blog has been taking over with her amazing hair styling tutorials.

A few months ago I was looking at her tutorial and i thought to myself, gosh I have seen this girl before. Well low and behold her husband and I go way back (like 15 years back) to church camp. We always kept in touch and suddenly i stumbled onto his wife's amazing blog.

So I of course contacted her and yesterday she did my hair for the first time. Can I just say that I LOVE IT!! She took me super blond and gave my cut a sassy little trim. I am so excited!!!

I love finding people with random connections in interesting ways!!

For fun tutorials on how to style your hair, check out Kate at http://www.thesmallthingsblog.com/