Baby #2: 28...29 Weeks!

Well, I didn't want to admit it, but I'm one of those moms. You know, the kind that swears her second pregnancy/child will not lack the same attention that baby #1 received? Yup, I'm her. And I'm admitting it and accepting it.

So aside from not blogging every week, I also have taken ONE, yes, count it, ONE, bump picture...and it was a selfie! Maybe it's the third trimester nesting in me, but I may actually try to take more pictures and maintain the weekly updates for the rest of this pregnancy...I really desire to do so!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 28 Weeks 6 days

Size of baby: Butternut Squash

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained 5 lbs {as compared to 20lbs with Our Darling Girl by this point!!}

Maternity Clothes: EVERYTHING - Old Navy Maternity jeans are my fave and Target sweaters

Gender: Sweet Baby BOY!

Movement: This little man is doing FLIPS! One moment I feel kicking up near my ribs and the next I feel kicks on my hip bones! He's pretty active in the mornings and evenings.

Sleep: I am really surprised at how well I'm sleeping! I wake up maybe once during the middle of the night - more so to check on ODG who has been having night terrors.

What I miss: Not really anything that I'm missing due to pregnancy...

Cravings: Salad! I craved it in the beginning and I'm doing it again!

Symptoms: A bit of heartburn has set in, but completely manageable and no where near as bad as with my pregnancy with ODG; definite ligament pain mostly in my hips

Best Moment this week: Every week ODG gets more and more excited about SBB coming! She kisses my tummy and hugs him and talks to him! She even uses needing to hug him as an excuse to getting out of trouble ;-) I think my favorite thing about this week or two has just been feeling like I'm enjoying being pregnant...which I don't remember feeling with ODG and definitely expect that with this pregnancy. Hoping this feeling lasts!

Find out what 28 weeks & 29 weeks were like with my first pregnancy here!

Hoping to be back next week with another update!! Until then...

The long awaited GENDER REVEAL!

You've been waiting and waiting and enduring all my teasing, if we're friends on FB, and...

The time has come to introduce our newest addition

Our Handsome Prince 

(looks JUST like his big sister's profile ultrasound picture)

 Who could resist the 70% off rack at Target?? 

Gender Predictions

Well folks, I promise I will catch up on weekly posts as soon as I can.

I am currently 18 weeks - can you believe it?? - and we have our anatomy (20 week) ultrasound scheduled for November 12...

GUESS WHAT!

We're finding out the gender this time!!

(If you weren't around for Our Darling Girl's pregnancy, we did not find out the gender until she was born.)

I want to start the gender guessing game - I know it's a little early, but I have to do something to keep me excited for the next 10 days, right?? Leave your guesses in the comments! Here is some information to help you guess...

If you aren't familiar with these wives tales, here is some information.

My prediction: Boy 

Reasons: Migraines, heartbeat is a little lower than ODG's was at this point, just a feeling

Comparisons from ODG's pregnancy & this one:

More Headaches: Boy 

Chinese Calendar: Girl

Morning Sickness: Girl

Mayan Calendar: Girl

Stealing Moms Beauty: I don't remember..Boy?

Baby's Heartbeat: Girl

Cravings: Boy

Emotional Wreck: Can't remember...Girl?

Carrying Baby: Girl

My prediction: Boy (due to a dream once she was a boy)

Feel free to ask me any other questions you can think of that would help make a prediction! We will be informing all of our family & close friends before posting anywhere on social media, but I promise not to make you wait too long :-) Can't wait to see all of your guesses! 

Oh! For those inquiring minds who were around for ODG's pregnancy, yes, this will be a Baby BAL version 2!! We haven't decided if we will share the names yet, but if we share, I promise to share on social media :-) 

Happy guessing! 

Baby #2: 15 Weeks!

These weeks are just flying by! Anyone else feel like that or is it just the pregnant one feeling like time is flying?

Here are a couple things I've noticed are the same and a couple different from my pregnancy with Our Darling Girl and now:

• Same: nauseous/vomiting daily, craved cold & salty foods in the beginning
• Different: migraines, starting to crave mostly sweet things, heartburn with first pregnancy and NONE so far, I'm not gaining weight (midwife is totally on board with this plan) this pregnancy so far

Want to start guessing now about gender? 

Want to compare more to my pregnancy with Our Darling Girl? Click here!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 15 Weeks

Size of baby: Naval Orange

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Lost 2 lbs overall

Maternity Clothes: Maternity pants all the way, but mostly normal shirts

Gender: ???

Movement: I don't think I've felt anything really this week, maybe one or two tiny flutters when I'm really trying to feel something

Sleep: I have surprisingly mostly slept through the night this week!

What I miss: Enjoying sleep comfortably

Cravings: Hm....baked potatoes & BBQ, either separate or together!

Symptoms: Forgot to mention this in past posts, but sometimes when I'm nauseous, I sneeze! Finally figuring out how to control my nausea (thank you, Zofran!), and I'm going on 2 weeks completely gluten free with no migraine yet.

Best Moment this week: Feeling great this week! Got to spend time with friends that I have missed and actually enjoyed my week :-)

Baby #2: 14 Weeks!

SECOND TRIMESTER! WOOHOO! Everyone told me that already having a little one running around makes the next pregnancy go by quicker...they weren't kidding!

Want to compare to my pregnancy with Our Darling Girl? Click here!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 14 Weeks

Size of baby: Large Lemon

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Lost 2 lbs overall

Maternity Clothes: Pretty much can only comfortably wear maternity pants and a few of my shirts are still good to go! Definitely need to do some more shopping!

Gender: ???

Movement: Maybe a couple of flutters, but nothing major

Sleep: Getting up once in the early early morning but usually can go back to sleep just fine!

What I miss: GLUTEN! 

Cravings: Chocolate milk, ice cream

Symptoms: Another migraine this week...and still nausea/vomiting; no heartburn yet!

Best Moment this week: Hm...weeks when you have a migraine there isn't much to brag about. Best moment I would say is having a hubby who is able & willing to drop everything and care of sicky me & ODG when absolutely necessary...even cancel important meetings! 

I *MAY* get brave and take a "bump" picture next week or soon...we'll see how I'm feeling :-)

Baby #2: 13 Weeks!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 13 Weeks

Size of baby: Peach

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Lost 2 lbs overall

Maternity Clothes: My Old Navy maternity clothes came in! Just a couple pairs of pants, shirts, PJ pants, and a vest for when it gets colder. More shopping in my future!

Gender: ???

Movement: Maybe a couple of flutters, but nothing major

Sleep: We're chugging away sleeping...biggest hindrance is the hubby's snoring!!

What I miss: GLUTEN! 

Symptoms: No migraine this week...just morning (all day) sickness and minor headaches.

Best Moment this week: Found baby's heartbeat at home then had our first midwife appointment and got to hear it again! 

We got to ride on this "Speeder Train"...I promise ODG is happy...she just didn't want a picture taken :-)

Later that day, ODG had one of her besties come over to play and of course they were princesses!

Baby #2: 12 Weeks!

WOO! I'm behind! I make notes on my phone so hopefully I don't forget all this when I don't have time to blog, so just be prepared for about 2-3 more blog posts to pop up super quick!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 12 Weeks

Size of baby: Lime

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I intentionally haven't weighed this week...

Maternity Clothes: Time to buy maternity clothes! Running out of normal clothes that fit correctly!

Gender: ???

Movement: Maybe a couple of flutters, but nothing major

Sleep: Sleep has improved! For now :-)

What I miss: Just the comforts of Texas...home!

Symptoms: MIGRAINES!! ALL DAY SICKNESS!! And some other yucky pregnancy symptoms...

Best Moment this week: Mom and Dad coming to visit! We went shopping, apple picking, ate at yummy restaurants (Dickie's BBQ baked potato...enough said), and enjoyed their visit! Our Darling Girl even got to sleep in the hotel with Kaki and Granddaddy and go swimming!

Stopped in the pumpkin patch before heading to the apples. Y'all...you actually pick pumpkins off of the VINE in Washington! 

Picking Honeycrisp apples with Kaki

Relaxing after a long swim at the hotel

Our family at my birthday lunch...oh yea, I had a birthday! 

Baby #2: 11 Weeks!

Honestly, not a lot happening this past week. I got super sick (morning sickness) Friday-Sunday, thus the delay in 11 week post :-) This coming week = LOADS of fun as Kaki & Granddaddy comes to visit! Can't wait to share about their visit next week!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 11 Weeks

Size of baby: Lime

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I intentionally haven't weighed this week...

Maternity Clothes: Running out of normal clothes...a trip to the consignment shop for maternity clothes is in my near future!

Gender: ???

Movement: Not yet...

Sleep: Sleep has improved! For now :-)

What I miss: Hm....Jason's Deli baked potatoes again...I have yet to find somewhere to get yummy baked potatoes here. Also Chipotle!

Symptoms: Slight headaches (thank God, no migraine this week); vomiting

Best Moment this week: Hm...I can't remember, to be honest! I feel like this week flew by...which may have been the best part :-)

Just a cute tidbit from this week of Our Darling Girl at ballet. She's the one on the far left!

Until next time,

Baby #2: 10 Weeks

Written on September 5

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 10 Weeks

Size of baby: About the size of a prune, a bit bigger than an inch

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Lost 3 pounds total

Maternity Clothes: Can still wear regular pants, but they're getting tighter each day! 

Gender: ???

Movement: Not that I know of!

Sleep: It's been kind of hot here (and we don't have air conditioning), so sleep hasn't been the best!

What I miss: Bahama Bucks sno-cones!

Symptoms: About the same - nausea (less vomiting - yay!), food aversions, and needing to (but not wanting to) eat constantly; also had my first migraine ever yesterday, super scary!

Best Moment this week: Our Darling Girl has started saying "Are you sick mommy? Is the baby growing?" and patting my stomach and telling baby it's ok - I think she thinks the baby isn't feeling well and not understanding it's me :-) She's also started trying to use "I'm not feeling well" as an excuse herself! 

Baby #2: 9 Weeks!

Written on August 29

I can't believe we haven't made my pregnancy with Baby #2 public on the internet yet! With Our Darling Girl's pregnancy, we announced it as soon as we saw the heartbeat on that first ultrasound at 8 weeks. The only reason we haven't made it public yet is because I'm waiting on some very special family portraits! Since I started with weekly updates when I was 9 weeks pregnant with ODG, I figured I should make sure to do so with this baby, too. So here we go!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 9 Weeks

Size of baby: Our little one is the size of green olive or about 1 inch long

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Lost 4 pounds

Maternity Clothes: No maternity clothes yet, I don't like anything around my stomach when I'm nauseous, so I've been wearing alot of loser jeans, dresses, or stretchy pants!

Gender: ???

Movement: Too soon, but saw the little wiggly worm on the ultrasound!

Sleep: Because I'm trying to eat/drink often to avoid morning sickness, I'm having to get up at least once most nights, but fall right back to sleep. Definitely having to nap during ODG's nap time!

What I miss: OY! This one's hard for the Texas girl...Chick-Fil-A, Jason's Deli, Whataburger, and Cheddar's

Cravings: Pistachios, Gumbo, mostly salty foods

Symptoms: Nausea/vomiting, needing to (but not wanting to) eat all the time, aversions to eggs (the smell & seeing them raw), and exhaustion!

Best Moment this week: After a second attempt, finally being able to see our little wiggle worm on the ultrasound, along with a beating heart (around 160 bpm) and healthy fluid around the forming brain! Also, ODG has started associating me being sick with the baby growing, so when I'm not feeling well she'll talk to my tummy and say "It's ok, baby, keep growing!" I get the feeling she thinks the BABY doesn't feel good instead of me...oh well! It's sweet :-)