Tenlee's New Big Girl Room

We have been working on Tenlee's new room for the past few weeks. I am so excited at how it has turned out. It is so adorable and it has been a lot of fun decorating a little girls room. We decorated the nursery very gender neutral, which is great, but adding pinks and cute lamps/blankets is much more fun! We kept the nursery and moved Tenlee down the hall to our spare bedroom, which turned out to be a perfect room for a little girl!

 Before

 

 

 

We kept this dresser, but I asked my sister-in-law to

redo it for me so it would match the room

 

 

After 

 

 

 

Her first night in her new big girl room. She was so excited!!

 

Thank you Aunt Janelle for making the sign with the verse on it and for redoing the dresser!

And thanks to daddy for painting and making Tenlee a new bed!

 

End of First Trimester

THE FIRST TRIMESTER

I feel like this pregnancy has been a little more different than my pregnancy with Tenlee.

DIFFERENCES
Tenlee-I knew I was pregnant with her before I could even take a test because of my symptoms
Baby #2-Had no symptoms other than being tired

Tenlee-I wanted to eat more sour things-sour punch straws, sunflower seeds
Baby #2-I am wanting to eat more sweets-cake, any kind of dessert, toast with cinnamon

Tenlee-Started to show at 15-16 weeks
Baby #2-Started to show at 9-10 weeks
At night I am really big for some reason, I did this with Tenlee too.

Tenlee-No change with my skin or hair
Baby #2-My skin feels more oily then before, my hair will not do anything

Tenlee-Felt great the whole pregnancy, had no nausea
Baby #2- Still feel better than what most women do, but almost everyday at some point I just don't feel well. I am more nauseous with this one then with Tenlee, but at least there is no throwing up:)

SIMILARITIES
Tenlee- Very crampy
Baby #2-Very crampy

Tenlee-Would get sick while applying hair color to clients
Baby #2- Found out that applying color once again makes me feel sick

Tenlee-Very tired
Baby #2-Also very tried

   I don't really remember how much I ate with Tenlee, but I eat a lot with this one. I am hungry all the time. I also have a lot of heartburn with this baby, I did have it with Tenlee but I thought I had it more towards the middle/end of my pregnancy with her.

   Tyler took pics of me with Tenlee every 2 weeks after I started to show. I didn't really show with her till almost 15-16 weeks. But with this one at 10 weeks/bare belly you can def see a baby.



Tenlee/ Baby #2  

 

 

Tenlee/Baby #2

 

 

Tenlee thinks she has a baby in her belly too, so everytime

mommy gets a picture done, so does Miss Tenlee!

 

 

 

Phares Baby #2-How we found out

I really assumed that when we found out we were expecting another baby it would not be any kind of surprise. In my head I thought I would feel like I was pregnant, take a test, have it show postive and then think of a fun way to tell Tyler and our family. The end. Well that is now how it went at all...God knows I love surprises and well, he gave me quite the surprise!

Tyler, Tenlee and I went to Florida with my family over spring break. Tenlee and I drove down with them and then Tyler flew down later in the week. The first part of the week was horrible. The drive down was miserable and then the first few days there were even worse. Basically the whole drive down consisted of my brother Lukus and I yelling at each other and then my dad yelling at the both of us. NOT FUN! We left on Friday and got there on Saturday. From Saturday to Monday I just felt like horrible. Not physically bad, but just emotional drained and just aggrivated over EVERYTHING! I eventually called Tyler on Monday night and told him I had to come home now, so I made him look up plane tickets for me and Tenlee to fly home the next day. Of course they were way to expensive so I had to stay. We went to walmart that night to get a few groceries, and I just randomly picked up a prego test. I knew it was going to show negative, and I also knew Tyler would be mad at me for spending money on something that I already knew the answer to. I am still not sure why I bought it, I had no symptoms other than being tired.

 I woke up Tuesday morning and took the test. After the long 3 minutes were up I glanced at it and saw the big fat negative sign that I had been seeing for a while. I told myself I wasn't going to cry, I was in Florida, Tyler was flying in less than 24 hrs and I knew God would let me get pregnant in the right timing. This just wasn't that time. I picked it up so I could throw it in the trash and I realized that there was not just one BIG FAT negative sign but also a second line there. Which meant....I WAS PREGNANT!!! From where I had the test sitting I could only see the one line, but as soon as I picked it up it was pretty obvious that it was a positive test. After praying over and over and thanking God, I ran and got my mom. I was so in shock that I thought maybe she should double check and make sure. And of course she also saw the 2 lines.

(I went back to walmart that night and got a different

brand and a digital just to make sure I was for sure!) 

 

So now a few things were making more sense. I realized that my hormones were so out of wack, that is why I was getting my feelings hurt so easy, and getting irratated so quickly. I kind of felt a little better, I really thought I was turning into a crazy person:) And I am sure the rest of the family did too!

Tyler had told me that when I found out he wanted to be suprised. I called him on the phone with Tenlee and he wanted somthing a little more. I had packed a BIG SISTER shirt for Tenlee so I decided to put that on her and she could wear that to the airport to show daddy the next day. And again I am not sure why I even packed the shirt.

The next day seemed to drag on!!! I was getting so excited to see Tyler and even more excited to tell him my Big News!!  My dad had suggested that morning that we just time it right so when we finished up with our morning plans we could just swing my and pick him up. Instead of doing double driving. My mom knew I had wanted to go alone, so she told my dad I was just planning on going with Tenlee alone. The morning finally came and went, and there Tenlee and I were standing at the airport waiting for him. It literally seemed like it took hrs for him to get out to the waiting area. But then finally I saw him walking towards us. I really assumed he would notice her shirt, but he just told her hi and started to pick her up to give her a hug. I asked him if he had noticed her new shirt. As soon as he looked he got this look of surprise and asked me if I was being serious?!

We had said that it would have been awsome to find out we were expecting while on our trip to Florida. But we both knew it wouldn't happen. It still amazed me how God had everything planned out.

All ready to show daddy her new "Big Sister" shirt!

They were both so happy to see each other!

And Tyler looks pretty excited about the baby news as well!