The Buerglers

How far along? 18 weeks! How big is baby?  According to The Bump  Baby's about 5.6 inches long and about 6.7 ounces now and keeps on growing rapidly. (That's why you're probably feeling so hungry.) Total weight gain? about 8-10 lbs. It's been a nice slow and steady gain. Maternity clothes? Yes. Started looking for a maternity swim suit to wear on the boat & to the beach. HOLY HECK. Apparently pregnant women with 36H chest don't get to go swimming. I am going to order this one to try.   Stretch marks? Nothing new. Belly is starting to get itchy though. Time for the Belly Balm. Belly button? Eh. It's stretched out. Exercise:  I've been sick for about 10 days, but I get to Pure Barre when I can. I took Eric for the Couple's Date night the Friday of Valentine's weekend.  It was awesome!!! Sleep : It's been pretty erratic with being sick (see below), but for the most part pretty good.  Movement:  Not much at all. I ke...

A few years ago our friends took their daughter to Disney World for a surprise 5th birthday trip and I fell in love with the idea.  As we approach Evie's 5th birthday, we've been working tirelessly to plan the perfect birthday princess trip for her special day. Having grown up a little over an hour from Disney World, my experience and memories of Disney trips are much different than Eric's, which did more of the week long family trip instead of the day trips, like I did. Fortunately, I was at Disney a few years ago for the Princess Half Marathon so I saw a glimpse of all the changes that have taken place, most notably, the Fast Passes. My head started spinning then at what the trip planning must be like for a family these days; a far cry from showing up after church on Sunday, sharing a few Mickey shaped treats with 3 other siblings, and watching the evening firework show as we ran to the car as to not get stuck in the mass exodus. As soon as Eric and I agreed on...

It is beyond my wildest dreams that tonight I hit a milestone of 100 Pure Barre classes (at my home studio). I was hoping to have reached this goal about 6 weeks ago, but life happens.  And that's the biggest lesson I have learned this year:  just because life happens doesn't mean that your fitness routine is toast. Get up and keep trying. I was 8 months postpartum and really struggling with my back and hips hurting.  My chiropractor said my core was probably horribly out of shape from having two kids and not really exercising.  She got me back on my feet with a daily walking challenge of one mile, two miles, and then three miles.  Once I was able to do that she suggested adding yoga or pilates classes to my weekly regimen to start building my core while protecting my back.  I liked those well enough but I was hesitant to invest that kind of money into something I only liked okay .  Providence had me leave th...

We found out this week that IT'S A BOY!!!  I had the Harmony Blood Test done.  We have typically declined the genetic testing because we've heard so many horrible stories of false positives; The Harmony test is 92-99% accurate AND it provides the boy/girl chromosomes. We decided to go with it. So YAY! We're having a boy!!!! How far along? 14 weeks 2 days How big is baby?   At week 14, your baby is 3.4 inches and 1.5 ounces, has almost doubled in weight since last week and keeps on growing. Total weight gain? about 5 lbs. (down from 2 weeks ago) Maternity clothes? Yes. I am so glad I bought two new pairs of maternity jeans. My other pairs are a size big AND stretched out. They looked silly. Stretch marks? Nothing new this pregnancy Belly button? Flattening out Exercise I haven't been able to work out the last two weeks because I was having some issues with my hips and low back. Hoping to start back on Saturday. Sle...

How far along?  12 weeks today! How big is baby?   The average fetus at 12 weeks is about 2.1 inches long and .49 ounces. Now that baby's got pretty much all his or her parts, baby's main job is to keep on growing. Total weight gain?  7lbs, 3 of which were the last week. Maternity clothes?  I found out I was pregnant right at the change of seasons so I just pulled out the maternity clothes instead of my regular fall/winter clothes.  I also went to Pea in the Pod to get some new jeans since mine are all too big.  I couldn't not take a picture with the fake belly.  The nice thing about this pregnancy is my two sisters-in-law are done having kids so they passed along their maternity clothes, and as my sister is done with hers (shes 6 wks post partum) she's passing them over to me too.  I have a whole new maternity  wardrobe !  Stretch marks?   Nothing new Belly button?   I swear, it's almost flat already. What? E...

This year lacked an abundance of major milestones, however it was filled with a wholelotta crazy that made for many afternoons having kitchen dance parties to Uptown Funk leaving this Mama ready for Happy Hour the second Daddy came home from work. So here's to 2015, I hope your cup is as full (of liquor) as ours! January -  With the school year in full swing, we enjoyed much of our daily routine of Evie going to Young 3s, 3 days a week.  Maggie and Elizabeth spent 2 mornings a week working at The Natural Baby.  Elizabeth started taking classes at Pure Barre. Eric went on the January retreat with Saint Brigid Life Teen and started as a full-time employee for NCR. February -  Eric and Evie went to their annual Chick-fil-a Daddy-Daughter Date Night. Elizabeth, Evie and Maggie drove to Savannah to meet new baby cousin Ellie and to celebrate Valentine's Day.  We had a snow day or two. Elizabeth went on a Lent retreat. March -  Photography season b...

Measurements: Weight:  26 lbs (66%) Length:  34.5 in (>97%) Eats:  3 full meals with us, a snack or two if she's hungry,  and 12-16 ounces of cows milk (4 at her naps + 8 a bedtime). She has a sippy of water throughout the day Diapers:   Bum Genius 4.0s & Elementals, Thirsties pockets and AIO, Bottom Bumpers Large, Blueberry Simplex OS and Smart Bottoms.  Size 4 in disposables (at night) Clothes:   generous 18-24 months, 24 moths, and 2Ts. She will probably be in 3t before we know it! Shoes:  6.5 Sleep : 8pm bedtime, wake up around 7 or 8, with two naps one around 11 and one around 2 Teeth:  four bottoms; four tops; four molars, and two canine Firsts: 8/15/15 Started walking about 70% of the day 8/16/15 First trip to the Varsity 8/25/15 Started walking 100% of the day 8/27/15 Started gymnastics 9/9/15 Peed in the potty (just the one time) 9/10/15 said "no, MINE" 9/11/15 Trip to play putt-putt ...