Hello Third Trimester

Well I am now 25 weeks pregnant and in my THIRD trimester!

I can't believe how fast this pregnancy is flying by. My first trimester was torture, I never thought I would live through it. I was throwing up, couldn't keep anything down, and ended up losing 11 pounds. It was summer and I did not leave my house except to go to work, I didn't even go to the beach one single time! I made it through thanks to my amazing husband and a lot of ginger ale and nabs crackers. I can't even look at a package of nabs now because I ate so many. 

The second trimester was much much better. I haven't been sick, but I was having some issues with elevated blood pressure. Every time I would go in for an appointment my blood pressure was a little higher than the appointment before, which is odd for me because my BP is normally very low. I chalked it up to being stressed out at work because I was a new nurse at a new job. My husband, Adam, and I sat down and talked about the pros and cons of me working and decided that it would be more worth it for me to have a healthy pregnancy than for us to have the second income. So halfway through my second trimester, around 18 weeks, I quit my job and it was the best decision we have ever made! I have been stress free (for the most part) and just enjoying this season of life growing this little life inside me. 

Here are a few pictures from the first and second trimesters: 

12 weeks 

Ultrasound at 15 weeks 

IT'S A GIRL!!!!!! 

In Blowing Rock, NC at 22 weeks 

It's been a long time coming..

WOW.

It's been almost two years since I blogged and a LOT has happened. Here's a short little timeline of what's been going on with the Cox family in the past year:

:: March 2013::

Hubs and I moved to a rental home in Youngsville, NC.

:: October 2013::

We adopted our third furbaby, a precious pitbull puppy- we call her Daphne.

:: May 2014::

I (finally) graduated nursing school and became a registered nurse!!!!!

We moved again and bought our first home in Franklinton, NC.

:: June 2014::

We found out we are pregnant with our first little blessing!

:: August 2014::

It's a girl :) :) :)


So there it is.. As you can see, our lives have been pretty busy and exciting this past year. Our lives are about to get a whole lot more exciting and we could not be more thrilled!