22 weeks

For Father's Day we had Brian wear the shirt... it was... different

How far along: 22 weeks - today is Father's Day!!!!
Total weight gain/loss: No idea... I really should go to the grocery store and check...
Maternity Clothes: Yup. and I am slowly finding things that I thought would fit me the whole time that are starting to reach their max stretch point :( 
Stretch Marks: No. But I am feeling super stretched out. Especially in the evenings. Loving the cocoa butter! 
Sleep: I can't sleep in at all... I get heartburn and Caidyn wakes me up with kicks. Not the worst thing to wake up and just gives me an excuse for a nap later 
Best moment this week: All the little kids at camp being really excited for me having a baby. It is so adorable. 
Have you told family and friends: Yes!
Movement: Oh yes. Our little mover is starting to not move as often but makes it VERY known when she is moving around!  
Food Cravings: Whatever makes my heartburn feel better...  
Anything making you queasy or sick: Heartburn all the time :(
Have you started to show yet: Oh yes!  
Gender Prediction: Ultrasound said girl! 
Bellybutton in or out: In and still getting shallower and wider by the day.... 
Wedding rings on or off: On. 
Moody at all: I feel like maybe I should just say stressed instead of moody. I'm very busy right now but also very focused. I am accomplishing so much!! 
Looking forward to: Vacation at the end of this month/ beginning of next month. I'm quite excited for a little R and R! 


I was obv REALLY tired for these pictures...

21 Weeks

The awesome birthday pool calendar and 50/50 fundraiser our friends made for us! Getting Caidyn's college fund started early!! 


 We bought Caidyn an Arwen's necklace from Lord of the Rings

How far along: 21 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: I was up 5lbs last appt... and I don't own a scale so... not sure. 
Maternity Clothes: Button pants - yes. Although I was able to try the scrunchie trick doubled with a pair of pants and it worked and wasn't too uncomfortable! Shirts, still going strong with most of my regular ones! 
Stretch Marks: None yet, but feeling VERY stretched out 
Sleep: Working really hard during the day means I'm sleeping VERY well at night. 
Best moment this week: Getting to tell my students it was a girl. They are all so excited and have promised to come back next year to see me and they request pictures via Edmodo :)
Have you told family and friends: Yes!
Movement: Probably the best part of my day is right at night when Brian and I are getting into bed and Caidyn puts on a little kicking show for us. SO ADORABLE!!!!  
Food Cravings: Nothing really specific right now... basically foods that are gentle on my stomach because of all the heart burn. 
Anything making you queasy or sick: I have heartburn like woah now. It usually means I am hungry... so I am learning to use it to gauge that I need to eat when I'm not feeling hungry. 
Have you started to show yet: Yes!  
Gender Prediction: Ultrasound said girl! 
Bellybutton in or out: In. But getting wider and wider by the week.... And shallower. I have a feeling it may pop eventually... :/ 
Wedding rings on or off: On. And it has been warm and I haven't had to take the smaller engagement band/wedding band off yet! 
Moody at all: I'm definitely feeling the pressure of the goals I set for myself both personally and professionally. If I am in the middle of a focused session and something interrupts me I have VERY little patience... oops! 
Looking forward to: The weekend of the 15th... I work this weekend ALL WEEKEND LONG getting ready for camp and then camp straight through the week. It was hard last year when I wasn't pregnant... I can't even imagine this year!

20 week update

I realize I just did a 20 week update but I didn't include all the usual pictures and questions. So here is that post.



How far along: 20 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: +5 lbs
Maternity Clothes: Definitely for all bottoms that would usually button... I'm still wearing normal shirts and elastic bottoms (skirts, workout shorts). I can wear some normal dresses and enjoying the comfort of some maternity dresses. 
Stretch Marks: Nope! 
Sleep: Going really well! As long as I get to bed before like 10pm I can wake up on time and not need a nap all day. Its the little victories :)
Best moment this week: Telling everyone the gender via the scavenger hunt!! 
Have you told family and friends: Yes!
Movement: SO MUCH KICKING!!! Caidyn is definitely a big mover - Brian enjoys feeling and is sometimes so surprised how forceful she is! 
Food Cravings: I really love mozzarella sticks and glazed doughnuts. But because of that I feel gross and then crave healthy stuff. Right now I want black beans - they just sound so healthy! 
Anything making you queasy or sick: At first I was really emotional about not guessing Caidyn's gender right. I felt like my mom intuition was already wrong and I didn't even know her at all. But the more I've thought about it the more I realize that I have so much time to get to know her, and if I am really honest with myself,  stopped being sure she was a boy about 3 weeks ago. So maybe my intuition is just a bit slower... which is ok because I have 4ish months until it needs to be super fast! 
Have you started to show yet: Oh yes! And I'm enjoying showing off the pregnant belly with fitted shirts - something I avoided like the plague until about 2 weeks ago! 
Gender Prediction: Ultrasound said girl! 
Bellybutton in or out: In
Wedding rings on or off: On. But I'm not sure for how long. Whenever I get warm like by going outside my fingers swell up. I got a second wedding band for our first anniversary that was sized a little big - and I never got it resized for this occasion. When my engagement ring/first wedding band combo starts to be too tight I think they'll go into the safe deposit box and I'll just wear the bigger, skinnier, second wedding bad. 
Moody at all: Yeah... I feel bad for Brian. Its just dawning on me we'll have a little baby and as prepared as I felt mentally I know feel like I have no clue what to do with a baby! I'm excited that at our next Dr's appt at the end of this month we'll get information about classes! 
Looking forward to: Summer! And camp! And wearing a t-shirt and shorts and sneakers every day of the week! It will help me stay in good shape since I'l already be dressed for a workout and also make it easier to get dressed since its all elastic waistbands :)

20 weeks - half way there!

We had an AMAZING 20th week of pregnancy - I am almost sad to see it go.

We started off Sunday celebrating Grumpy and GC (Grandpa and Grandma Block)'s 28th Wedding Anniversary! We went out for a nice dinner on the water.


Taken on actual Week 20 Day 1

It was Memorial Day weekend so we used our Monday off celebrating Uncle Nathan and Aunt Bridget getting ENGAGED! Nathan proposed on Saturday at Magic Kingdom.

We are SO excited for them!!!

Tuesday I spent the day at the pool with the 8th graders - a nice way to end the year - and finals started Thursday.

Wednesday we had our 20 week ultrasound and checkup. Everything turned out great! We also found out the gender of baby C - but didn't tell anyone yet!


Friday was Auntie Ali's high school graduation! It was great to have all us Block girls together to celebrate!


Saturday we had a Gender Reveal Scavenger Hunt! We wanted to be able to tell our friends and family in a super fun way- so we designed a scavenger hunt for them to follow to figure out what Baby C is! It began in the park with each team getting a clue with a poem that led them to their jar of all the clues. They then followed each in order from place to place with a picture task at each stop. The last stop gave it away!

We had a ton of fun and I hope everyone else did! Here are some great snapshots!



We had so much fun and hope everyone else did to!

We can't wait to meet our little girl, Caidyn Arwen Wyss :)

Month 4

So maybe I'll only do monthy updates...

because I suck at blogging during the school year.

I will say - I have been REALLY focused at work since my intern left. Like I have an outline done for the entire first half of the year next year (I don't normally plan that way, but maternity leave has me totally freaked out... so I'm OVER planning for sure).

So month 4 is almost up. I'm at 19 weeks 1 day right now! Wow! If C is born in September I am more than half way done! Either way, I'm super close to be half way done! Or, about 4 1/2 months until there is a baby here! Eek!

So we got a LOT done these past couple weeks!

We emptied out the exercise room, moved the guest room furniture to the exercise room, and then painted C's room, primed the crib, sanded the dresser, purchased the chair, and created the art for C's room!

When I say we... the only thing Brian and I did was purchase the chair and created the art. And I am working on sanding the dresser now!

But we have AMAZING friends and family who helped us a ton.

Brian was going to be a bigger help... but then... moving the weight room... he dropped a 45lb weight on his foot. Ouch. And its broken. So he wasn't much of a help. And being I'm not supposed to lift or be in a room where painting is happening... I just worked on the art. And cooked for everyone.

We will have actual pictures of what we have so far for the nursery right after the scavenger hunt!

12 and 13 and 14 weeks

Turns out I suck at remembering to update this...

Especially since I was feeling much much better!

I got a little cold... We had our 12 week ultrasound and everything looked good - C was moving SO SO SO much - so we still don't have a decent profile ultrasound picture...

But we will soon! I actually go back on Wednesday (5 days!) for my 16 week appointment, and I think I get another ultrasound? Really not sure... I'm just kind of going with the flow.

Weeks 13 and 14 I was tired but could push through it... busy... as always... bought a few more things for C's nursery!

Not sure if I blog announced it but we have decided on doing a scavenger hunt gender reveal. We will find out about 2 days before the party, so we can prep, and everyone else has to follow the scavenger hunt to figure it out! Get ready for #WyssWyssBaby to go viral :)

JK. Get ready for 12 people to use #WyssWyssBaby.

We have also decided if C is a girl to spell it Caidyn, versus Caiden for a boy. I'm excited about that difference! But it is also the reason I am just writing C now since writing out the whole way would make it seem we know something now, which we don't.

Here are a few updated pictures... sorry for the worst post ever.

11 weeks

So we suck.

And left our camera at the high school during the track meet so we didn't take an 11 week picture. I plan on faking on this weekend (trying to suck in what I can - it is getting harder and harder!) so I have it for later on. I'll post my best attempt... I try to make it look at least a little different and do my hair different or something... we will see!

I can still update on how week 11 was!

How far along: 11 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: I never checked at Publix last week. Honestly it is only something I remember to do when Brian does it... but I have no clue. I feel like maybe I am back to normal but also am REALLY worried I am not and the Dr will judge me. At this point I literally have 4 easy jobs and have only done 2 of them - stay sober and don't smoke. I don't think I've gained weight and I am really bad at taking the prenatal vitamin. I will get better at both!
Maternity Clothes: I bought a dress that I wore for Easter (that I can probably wear forever, it is adorable and not very maternity - in fact Traci - sister in law - was asking if they had it in other colors to buy for herself and she is def not preggo or getting preggo soon). I've also bought a couple other stretchy things - I feel so lucky that maxi skirts and dresses are in right now! Hello soft and stretchy!
Stretch Marks: We bought some cocoa butter lotion. Total blonde moment - Brian and I both expected that stuff to smell like coconut. I really don't like coconut and wasn't excited about it... but it smells like chocolate! Excellent surprise!
Sleep: I am starting to have weird dreams and be anxious when I go to sleep hoping that whenever I wake up to pee will be a convenient time... such a weird thing to be anxious about!
Best moment this week: I ordered the first thing for the nursery and it came! And Brian loved it (I didn't ask him about it before I ordered it... oops!)
Have you told family and friends: Yes! And my school. So everyone knows now!
Movement: Nothing I can feel but I think baby C was supposed to start moving recently so it is only a matter of a few weeks before I start feeling it!
Food Cravings: Not really... I finally can have froyo on a regular basis again and I still hate most sweets/ desserts. It is making me sad and I think a real cause for why I don't think I've gained weight.
Anything making you queasy or sick: 2 things, brushing my teeth but only in the morning. I just think my mouth isn't ready for all the flavor... and ITCHYNESS. I am SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO itchy. I called the Dr and she told me a few things it could be. For now I am putting on so so much lotion and benadryl at night to help calm me enough to fall asleep.
Have you started to show yet: I feel like both yes and no. My clothes aren't really tight enough to show that I am like barely pregnant shaped, just fitted enough that I look fat with my normal clothes. I have a weird anxious for when I start to look pregnant for people who didn't know me before and can't tell I'm bigger and I also don't want to start being too big too soon so I am just in limbo letting time go.
Gender Prediction: I have no idea anymore. I was so positive it was a boy and then it dawned on me there is a 50% chance it is a girl, which I knew... but now I'm not sure.
Bellybutton in or out: In
Wedding rings on or off: On
Moody at all: No, but I think I had my first hormonal cry inspired by the show Chicago Fire. It was really heart wrenching but Brian was hardly bothered and I was sobbing. It was bad.
Looking forward to: My dates were way off last week. I was 12 weeks at my appt. And there was a whole week I didn't account for. Looking forward to continuing this uptick of fewer stomach aches and more energy! And the same stuff as last week, haha.