Getting back to working out!

Yesterday was day 5 of being back to working out. It's a lot harder than I expected it to be to get on track. I definitely wear out a lot quicker and my stomach seems to get really sore down by my pubic bone. Not sure if that's just normal pregnancy workout soreness or if it's my body's way of telling me I'm over doing it. I'm still going to keep pushing and will try to find different workouts to try. I'm determined more than ever, to keep active and in shape this pregnancy! 

Anatomy Scan!

  

Had my 20 week anatomy scan today! Baby Reagan is looking completely healthy! He was opening and closing his mouth and would stick his little tongue out. It was super adorable! He had his arms up in front of his face like he was blocking punches or something. haha. He's still a baby boy which is great since we've already named him and started shopping. Bentley needs a brother anyway. So we're super excited. My SCH resolved as well so I'm beyond thrilled about that. It was a huge concern of mine this entire time. And that also means that I can now start working out again! Woohoo!!!! My placenta is 1.5cm from my cervix though so I do have to come back at 32 weeks to make sure that it's moved away from my cervix. But overall it was a pretty perfect ultrasound. He had no signs of abnormalities at all and he was around 12 oz. He's so cute and perfect already!

March 2016

Haven't updated in a while! Things are going great! We found out about a month ago we're expecting a boy! So now Bentley will have a brother to help offset all the girls haha. Lex has been going to Christian school since the beginning of the year and absolutely loves it. I'm praying that we're able to figure out how to send all three girls in the fall. I think she'd be devastated if we couldn't figure out how to make that happen. She hates missing school or days where school is closed.

I'm about to finish up this semester. Only a few more weeks left. Summer semester starts at the end of May. I'm going to be taking 8 week classes though so I can finish up before baby is due in August.

L'Oréal Paris Advanced Haircare Extraordinary Oil VoxBox

Recently I discovered influenster and decided to give it a try! They sent me the new L'Oreal Paris Advanced Oil haircare. I was very excited to try it since my hair is very dry and damaged. I LOVED it. It made my hair so soft and smooth. It felt so moisturized. I wish they had an oil product that also dealt with frizziness since that's also an issue I deal with. I would definitely recommend to people and even used on my daughters hair and she loved that it didn't hurt when I brushed her hair after her bath! Thanks influenster!!!

Woah!

Well this happened yesterday!! I'm still in complete shock! Definitely hasn't hit me yet. I really didn't think we could get pregnant without working for it. Josh is in complete denial and wants me to take another test before we say for sure I am. Now to decide if we want to try a birthing center birth this time around and when we want to tell people. I'm a little nervous to tell people this time since it's baby #5 and I don't think they're going to be as happy this time.

So torn!!!

Last year we homeschooled Alexis and it went amazing! She did so awesome. We started 1st Grade homeschooling her last week and it's going well so far. I know she longs to go to an actual school though. She wants to make friends and have that social interaction. So at the end of the week we decided to go check out a local Christian School. The school looked great on their website but once we got there it was even more amazing. They rank high in pretty much everything. They require all the children at a certain grade (I forget which one but I think 3rd grade) to be in band and choir. These were HUGE selling points to us because Alexis is very musically talented and I really think she has the potential to be AMAZING! For her age, she already is. She loved it and of course begged us to let her go there. The biggest issue is that we are only a one income family. The principal kept telling us that we needed to just trust in the lord and he'd provide for us. I truly believe he will but I can't help but feeling so nervous. What if it's not his plan for us to do this? What if we do this and then hit a huge financial snag and could use the money? We have 4 children that we have to think about. This money could help us pay off debt. How do we chose which is more important? I've been praying so much about this and still feel so torn. My heart tells me that we should do this for her but my gut is so nervous. And I know that Josh is super torn as well. I just wish there was a way to get a grant or something to help make this happen for her!

I'm going to college!!!

First I'll start off by saying that I am not going for anything fancy and wont be going for my Bachelors degree or anything but I'm still pretty excited and nervous to be going to school for the first time as a mother. Last time I was in school was when I was in high school so this is a big step for me. I've always been really into the internet and computers and recently I designed my own website using a website builder. While doing this I learned a lot about html coding and really grew an interest for it. So I've decided I'm going to get a career certificate in web design and development. I'll be starting this summer semester off with the Student Development course that is required by the school since I'm a first time college student. Then in fall I'll start the actual career courses. I'm going all in and will be taking 4 classes in the first semester! AH! Praying my kids will be super helpful and take it easy on me during this time. I've talked to God a lot about it and really feel this is something I need to do. I know I would regret it if I didn't at least try. Plus, once I finish I should hopefully be able to add onto my design "business" or get a freelance job working from home. I'm excited to be starting this new chapter in my life and so happy that I have a husband who is there to support and help me through it!