Apples

We’ve asked Ember a few times what he wants to name his baby Sister, and without fail, he comes back with the same answer: Apples.  I don’t know for mama and dada can get on board with that one, but we’ll keep it on the list ;)

Baby Brain

It’s well known that I have probably one of the worst cases of “baby brain” ever documented. Well, we got photographic evidence of this the other morning when I oh so logically put s box of warmer remover in the refrigerator. Because that’s totally where that goes, right? 

25 Weeks

A little late on posting this, but here’s week 25! Nearing the end of the second trimester. Everything is still going well, we’ve got a healthy baby and healthy mama! 

20 Weeks

Here we are, at the half way mark! It's all going so much faster this time around, but even still, being another 20 weeks away from meeting our little girl feels like a really long time.  I guess it's for the best, as we do need some time to get everything ready for her arrival! 

We had our ultrasound at this point, and everything looks perfect.  All body parts accounted for, in the right place, and functioning properly.  Our "little" girl actually measured quite large, in the 95th percentile! I wasn't surprised given what feels like my massive belly.  Baby girl better slow her roll. 

18 Weeks

Little girl keeps growing and growing! Mama is growing as well... feeling way more pregnant at this point than I did with big brother! Take a look at the comparison below of Ember at 18 weeks and baby girl at 18 weeks....

As such Mama is working on keeping energy levels of up and keeping headaches at bay. Otherwise, just chugging along!

14 Weeks

Well I made it to the second trimester, officially! This is the time when I'm supposed to start feeling more human again... and I'm slowly getting there.  But certain first trimester symptoms are hanging on for dear life, like nausea and fatigue.  I've still had a few rough days here and there, and am not feeling completely myself yet, but I can feel it slowly starting to get better.  Of course, new symptoms have popped up in their place, like headaches and heartburn, but such is life as a pregnant lady.

My worst pregnancy symptom, my crazy "baby brain" (which is so much more than that, but nearly impossible to explain), is hanging on for dear life and probably will until the end, but I am working with our midwives on ways to try to make it better through nutritional supplements, etc.

In the meantime, we're just chugging along with life, trying to get all our last house projects done so that once we're a family of 4 we can feel like we don't have to spend a lot of our free time fixing up the house.  We recently got our dining room painted, so we can check that off the list! Next up is to tackle our home office.

And to answer the incredibly and surprisingly common question I've been receiving lately: no. We don't have names picked out yet. ;)

8 Weeks

I just hit 8 weeks, and am definitely feeling pregnant.  For the first couple of weeks I felt pretty normal - maybe some mild fatigue and queasiness, but it was really very manageable.  Just a few days ago, however, is when it really started to hit me hard.  I'm pretty nauseous in the morning until I get a chance to eat something, and the nausea comes and goes throughout the day, peaking just before mealtime.  So far I've only puked once, so that's good. I guess. Also feeling just plain exhausted pretty much all day.  I thought it would be great that the worst of it would happen during my summer break, so I wouldn't have to deal with going to work while feeling so crappy - but, as it turns out, chasing around a toddler all day is FAR more difficult a task than going to work.  It's been a challenge to entertain Ember and give him my full attention while I've been feeling badly, but hopefully it passes quickly.  I'm bummed the last couple weeks of my time at home with him were marred by not feeling well, but that's how the cookie crumbles.

I can't help but try to compare this pregnancy to the last, mostly to speculate possible gender (even though we all know it's all just wive's tales anyway). So far it's pretty similar... I have thrown up significantly less, but my nausea is more consistent throughout the day than it was with E (with him, it was pretty much only in the morning).  So... we'll see!

Until next time!