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H O M E ✨ • I am extra grateful to finally be home in our house as a family of three (almost four!!) plus the doggos. The last several days have been such an emotional roller coaster it feels good to be finding my way back to a routine. As I briefly mentioned before, right when all of this quarantine stuff started happening we were visiting my mom in PA. Mark got called into work and the military was placed on no travel orders. So, Jasper and I were quarantined at my mom’s while Mark was in Delaware. Things could have been much worse and we are so thankful for my mom. • However, as the restrictions grew more strict things seemed to get more difficult. By Thursday I found myself grabbing a last minute rental car and driving back to Delaware because Mark was preparing for a possible deployment (THANKFULLY he is home). So, our days have been spending time with one another, doing house work, and figuring out this quarantine as a family. • Wherever you are and however you’re feeling, I see you, I hear you, and I am holding space for you ❤️ + remember we’re ALL going through something. #TheDevines #DevonJade #DJ

#14weeks ✨ here we are! • Not much has changed in the last week. Still wondering if it’s the baby growing in my belly or all of my quarantine snacks making an appearance 🤷🏻‍♀️ It’s important to me to stay as active as I can while pregnant (it made a HUGE difference with Jasper I believe) so even being cooped up in the house I’m getting in whatever movement I can + going for lots of walks. I also have the BIGGEST sweet tooth this pregnancy. I have a pretty big sweet tooth to begin with but sour patch kids and jelly beans don’t stand a chance near me. #BabyDevineX2 #DevonJade #DJ

Reminiscing on when it was just me & you @devine_muscles_ ✨ I am getting pretty stir crazy, even though I’m a SAHM who rarely leaves my house when there’s *not* a pandemic- maybe it’s bc I KNOW I physically CAN’T leave? This quarantine has really stirred up some emotions and I am quite often finding myself thinking about Mark and I’s life before children. After all, we’ve been forced apart from this crisis. At first I felt wrong having these thoughts. I felt guilty and like I wasn’t a good mom. But I think it’s natural to have these thoughts and emotions surface. It’s whether you let them linger and control you that matters. If this was happening three years ago I know we would be binge watching Netflix, finding ways to stay occupied, enjoying the extra time together, I would be journaling endlessly and probably be doing a lot of self work and reflection. Instead, we are in two different states, with orders not to leave, and no real sign of when we will see one another again. I’m solo-moming it while 14 weeks pregnant during a freaking pandemic. I know, I know, “it could be worse”. I’ve played out worse scenarios in my head but the truth is right now THIS is my reality and it’s crappy. This post isn’t to complain or be a Debbie downer. Let this serve you as a reminder that we ALL are struggling with this in some way. It’s hard. However, I know we’re all doing the best we can in the situation. Sending extra love and light to everyone 💕💕 May this pass quickly. #DevonJade #DJ

Quarantine day 6539237392– we finally made it outside ☀️ I’ll handle this much better if the weather stays warm. #JasperThomas #JT #DevonJade #DJ

Today I had my appt at Maternal Fetal Medicine. As if this appt wasn’t nerve wracking enough, the Coronavirus craziness made it even more scary. I am quarantined at my mom’s house with Jasper until this thing passes. Mark got called into work last weekend while we were in PA. The military has everyone on a strict 60 days of no travel. So not only will I possibly not see my husband until mid May, he wasn’t able to make this appt. Jasper was not able to come with me either. Fortunately my sister babysat Jasper while my mom drove me 1.5 hours to my ultrasound and stood by my side. The baby appears healthy and so far everything looks perfect. I got a bloodwork to confirm as well. I do have some scar tissue that may be from my surgeries from Jasper’s birth but they are monitoring me to hopefully catch the placenta accreta if it occurs again. No one knows why I experienced what I did with Jasper, but now it puts me at risk for it happening again. It’s scary but I love the practice I chose and I have never been treated so well by a group of medical professionals. Positive vibes only from here on out! And look at our second little peanut 😍🥰 So in love! #BabyDevineX2 #DevonJade #DJ

And just like that the letter board is BACK ✨ #13weeks HELLO SECOND TRIMESTER! I fully plan to take weekly bumpdates just like I did with Jasper. I am so happy I documented so much from his pregnancy because now I have all of those memories to look back on ❤️ I know things will for sure be different this go around but I don’t want to forget any of it! So, far this babe has given me yet another easy pregnancy. I had less nausea (about 3 consecutive weeks of it, maybe???) but the exhaustion was REAL. In the moment everything seemed worse because now I’m chasing around a toddler, but hindsight it’s been easier this time. As you can see, I am showing SO much faster than I did with J. I feel like this is what I looked like at 20 weeks with him. But I guess this is technically my third pregnancy so it’s bound to show up quicker! We had our first appt and ultrasound. Little burrito babe seems right in track with a heartbeat of 161 bpm. I have an ultrasound with Maternal Fetal Medicine this week just to double check some things. Also, moving forward I will be having my scans done by them and more frequently to help keep an eye on placenta accreta if it decides to happen again. All in all, we are of course thrilled!!! Blog posts will be happening again too (in the midst of everything else lol). Thank you for all of the love XO #BabyDevineX2 #DevonJade #DJ

Happy TWO year anniversary, my love ❤️ XO #OnCloudDevine #DevonJade #DJ

When you finally get to show off your “BEST BROTHER” shirt 🤗 • Seriously though, he is already the greatest big brother. When you ask him “where’s your baby?” he comes over to me, lifts my shirt, kisses my belly and then lays his head on me 😍😭 And he LOVES looking at the ultrasound photos. Jasper you truly are the sweetest boy. I don’t know what I’m going to do if I have two! #JasperThomas #JT #BabyDevineX2 #DevonJade #DJ

The Devine family is growing by one! 👶🏻❤️ Baby Devine 2.0 due September 2020! #TheDevines #BabyDevineX2 #JasperThomas #JT #DevonJade #DJ

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