ha. thats right. baby 2 is on the way :)
MAN i miss blogging. it has been so long. it keeps going on the back burner. half the reason is life is just crazy busy, and the other half is cause sometimes i just have nothing awesome to write about. but alas, baby 2 is definitely awesome to write about.
we found out pretty early, i was 3 weeks! back in March, joey was putting together adelynn's swing set (for her birthday, yes...she turned TWO a couple weeks ago) and i was dying to tell him. once he finished the set i took baby out there to swing- and i started taking pictures but really, my sneaky self was taking video. i said " say cheese!" then said " say, I'm a big sister!". His face was priceless. Glad i got it on video!
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We kept it between us till her birthday party- we figured by then i'd be almost 9 weeks, had my first doc appointment, and what better way to tell everyone? the whole family was all in one place, everyone was there at her birthday party. i wrapped up three big sister books and a big sister tshirt to open last. but miss birthday girl had a melt down (she was tired and over it) so my cute idea of having HER open it fell apart. bummer. but my neice payton was helping open gifts since adelynn had no desire. i have a video of that too-- no one was paying attention ha so it took a few minutes. but we surprised everyone and got lots of congrats. it was a lot of fun!
this baby is due November 18th. But since i'm having a repeat section my doctor said they' probably schedule that in my 39th week- so we're looking around November 11th. (if i dont go in to labor before then). i am now almost 12 weeks, and this pregnancy has been very different than the last! for one thing, i started showing at about 5 weeks. 4 weeks along flat tummy, then all of a sudden BAM--BELLY! so it was hard to hide for 6 weeks. (picture below is actually 10 weeks)
i also had a lot of morning sickness in the beginning- thats actually how i knew i was pregnant. we were trying so obviously i was hopeful but i remember being SO sick at work one day and i just knew. i waited till the weekend to take a test, i really didnt think id get a positive for at least another week but sure enough, there it was! ive also had a lot of pain so far. the sickness wore off so really all i've been dealing with is fatigue-- but this pain has been off and on, and out of nowhere. i never really had that with adelynn so it worried me. this week i had it pretty bad, i ended up calling the doctor. sure enough they told me to come in. they did an ultra sound and said baby looked fine, heart beat was strong (169-- at 8 weeks it was in the 170s), and my cervix was closed. all good things. when i was pregnant with adelynn i actually developed cysts on my ovaries (but it never caused me pain) so they thought maybe it was that again. the way the baby was sitting though they couldn't really get a good view of them. i go back next week for my regularly scheduled appointment for genetic testing, so they'll probably try to look again at that ultra sound.
and the fatigue i mentioned? a whole new level- woo wee! i don't remember it being so bad with adelynn but i also didn't have a two year old to chase around then, so i could nap whenever i wanted, sleep as late as i wanted, lay on the couch all day,etc. not so much this time- so i've been what i like to call drunk tired. it has been hard, especially at work- just feeling like a zombie. but i'm almost in the second trimester so i'm hoping it calms down!
as for gender- we're going to Stork Vision again and they are even nice enough to give me a referral credit! i get 30 bucks off for referring three people to them, love saving some dollars! we go May 31st and i'm so anxious to find out. we have both a boy and girl name picked out already too- and nursery themes! you know me, ahead of the game. i'm an OCD planner fo sho. in my head the baby is a boy, and i've had a couple dreams that it is a boy. but i keep telling myself it is a girl. one of my friends had a dream it was a girl, and my boss/mom dreamnt it was a boy. so who knows. i'm curious to find out.
i'm excited to meet this little one. but also very nervous as to how it will change things. we have such a close bond with adelynn, the three of us. its been all about her- i know it'll rock her little world. she adores babies and baby dolls, so i know after a period of adjustment/jealousy she will be a huge help and a great big sister! i'm just nervous! i know it'll all be okay though. one thing i am dreading though is when i'm in the hospital, being away from her- that'll be really hard. i'm also a little nervous about figuring out daycare. i may end up staying home, or we may be paying an arm and a leg for two in daycare. we're still figuring all that out. so stay tuned ;)
i'll leave you with the first picture of baby 2!
