Merry Christmas!
We got back to Indy after an 8 day stay in Michigan. We went to Nolen's first birthday party and Reece had a blast with the Hot Wheels track and all of Nolen's cars. Then we hung out a while after the party with Emily and Jeff and had dinner from La Fiesta, which I had been craving! Yum. The rest of the week was filled with family, shopping and relaxing. We got together with my Aunt Jean, Uncle Joe, Paula, Jordan and Dan. They got Reece a Little People Racin' Ramp Garage. He has been loving that! Ethan and I shopped a little on Monday, and I got to have lunch with Rebekah. We then went to Toys R Us, and that was so overwhelming!! I don't think I shall go there again any time soon! We only bought one Hot Wheel car and that was it! Tuesday, we visited with Great Grandma and Grandpa, and they just got a kick out of the boys. And we shopped some more. Wednesday, we got dressed in our snow gear and took Reece outside to go sledding down the hill. He does not like his puffy winter jacket. He always asks to take it off as soon as I get it on him. He totally reminds me of Randy in A Christmas Story! He could barely move with the snow pants and gloves and boots too. Ethan went down the hill the first time and wiped out and Reece was worried. He thought daddy was hurt. Then he went down the hill with Ethan a few times, whining the whole way with a slight smile on his face. Not sure why he put up such a big fuss and refused to totally enjoy it. Ethan had more fun than he did! He did go down once with me. And after that he was saying, "I go home." Which meant he wanted to go inside!
Monday, December 27, 2010
Thursday, December 16, 2010
25 Weeks Down, 15 To Go
Photo of me at 25 weeks. Belly feels bigger than it actually is. I have not been sleeping well, tossing and turning most of the night. I think I sleep on my back more than I think I do (previous to pregnancy), and not being able to now affects my sleeping pattern too. I am usually dog tired when I go to bed, so I expect to zonk out and stay out through the night, but not so.
It snowed 3 inches or so last night, and while Ethan was at work I wanted to take Reece outside to play in it, and so I thought it would be a good idea to shovel the driveway while I was at it...probably not my best idea yet. I'm already feeling sore, and it's not even tomorrow yet. I have a feeling I will be regretting the shoveling. But, it was fun to get all dressed up in our snow pants and snow boots and play in the snow with Reece. He does not like his coat...it's pretty bulky compared to what he's used to. And I'm not sure he was a fan of the snow pants (his first time wearing them). He said, "I take da coat off...no go outside and play!" But I made him go anyway, and he fell down a few times and got stuck and couldn't get back up just like Randy in A Christmas Story movie....I was cracking up. He would say, "I fall down...help pwease!" He was slightly amused when I made some snowballs for him. But other than that, he wasn't too impressed with snow, in general. We will try again and see how next time goes!
Reece has not been able to stay away from the Christmas tree...he loves the ornaments! Last year when he was not even 1 year, he was better about not touching the tree. He just loves the tractor ornaments we got from a man at church, and says they are "papa's tractors." And he also likes the jingle bell ornament. He can sing most of the Jingle Bells song, and loves "Up On The Housetop", especially the "ho ho ho" part!
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
What Is The Plan?
I feel like I won't be able to sleep until I type some ideas out about what to do when I go into labor. Things are a lot different the second pregnancy in a lot of ways, but first and foremost I am concerned about how Reece will react to the baby, and also what to do when I go into labor. We don't have family down here in Indy, so who do we call if I go into labor at 3am like I did with Reece? And for that matter, who do we call during the day if I go into labor?? Of course I will have my parents on call to make the 4 hour drive as soon as I know that I may be in labor. Hopefully we will have an idea from a dr. appointment like we did with Reece. We went in the day before and the nurse practicioner said that I was having contractions and that I could have the baby soon. We thought she was off her rocker, but it turns out she was right! So we're hoping to have an idea, but it could happen without any warning too. In which case, if we called my parents to come down, I could labor at home for as long as possible, but 4 hours is a long time. And who knows, my labor could be really slow like with Reece, or it could go a lot quicker! We're hoping to line up a bunch of contingency plans, but with having a baby, there is no plan! Unless you are being induced, you don't know the day or the time. We need to have someone on call to come to the house if I need to go to the hospital in the evening or middle of the night. We need to have someone who is available during the day to come watch Reece if I go during the day. There may be someone who is available on weekends, but not week days. We have a lot of people at church who I am sure would watch him, it's just a matter of work days, times, etc. Then we need to have Reece's schedule written out (even though he's got a pretty flexible schedule) and his bag packed too...just in case he's got to go somewhere other than home. *sigh* It will all work out, I think I just have to start asking around...who's available to babysit my first baby while I'm having the next!?
Friday, December 3, 2010
Week 23 Doc Visit
22 Weeks
Today I had an appointment with my Ob/Gyn Dr. Rothenberg. In 5 weeks I had gained 11 lbs (from 142-153lbs)!! Whoops! This happened with Reece but between weeks 14 and 18, I think it was 10 lbs in 4 weeks. I was expecting him to say, lay off the extra calories, but when I asked about it he said he wasn't worried because I lost the weight between the pregnancies. It's only a problem gaining so much in 5 weeks when you are previously overweight or didn't lose the pregnancy weight. He also said, "Wow, you are showing a lot earlier than you did with Reece." Translation in my head, "Wow, you got big, fast." Thanks, yes, I know I'm a little ahead of my first pregnancy sizewise by about 4 weeks, according to belly photos. But all is well with baby, I am just finding that I need to take it easy sometimes. Last night I was SO tired that we couldn't follow through with the plans to decorate the Christmas tree. I napped on the couch while Ethan and Reece put the tree up, and then Reece went to bed, and then I followed soon after! I'm also trying to cut down on lifting Reece or David, the little guy I babysit. They are just too heavy. About the only time I pick them up is to put them into the high chair and take them out again. All hugs and snuggles are given from a sitting position!
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Flashbacks
22 Weeks with Baby Walker #2
21 Weeks with Reece
I have been having a LOT of Braxton Hicks contractions since about week 19. I'm on week 22. Baby is very active and loving life in the womb, I can tell. Except for when Reece tries to climb on my belly. I'm cutting back on picking up Reece now, after noticing the other day after making Thanksgiving dinner and cleaning and just doing too much I had some cramping on the right side of my abdomen that stopped me in my tracks. Ethan told me to take it easy and let him do things for me. So today I took it easy and rested a little, but of course I just can't relax all day when there are things to be done! I did do a little scrapbooking and tried to work on the quilt, but found out I need a different color of thread. So I have to go to the store to get some tomorrow before I finish that project. Wish I could start on a quilt for baby, but don't know the gender, and after baby is here there will be NO time!! Trying to get as much done now as possible. I keep thinking about Reece's room and what needs to be done about that, and how our lives will change once another baby is in the picture. I hope it's not as hard as I think it will be to make sure Reece still feels loved and special, because he is my good little guy. I just don't want him to get lost in the shuffle. We'll try to make sure he is involved with the baby as much as he wants to be, and give him all of the love and attention he deserves. I love him so much (I'm tearing up as I type). And my hope for the baby is that he/she gets as much attention and guidance as Reece has had to this point. Being a mommy is an emotional roller coaster.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Thirsty....but not for Dr. Pepper
I had a Dr. Pepper with dinner....it sounded so good at the time, but now I don't think I could sleep if I tried. So, I'll journal a little bit! I gave Reece a few sips, and it took him an hour to get to sleep. He sang "Choo choo Train," counted, recited quotes from books like Mr Brown Can Moo, Can You?, said momma and dada a few times, etc. Then he finally conked out.
At church, Reece likes to give the play by play. We're trying to teach him to whisper when he wants to say, "All done singing da songs" or "I give da money to Dod (God)," or "Say da prayers to Dod." He is such a sweet little man.
Pregnancy wise, I am still craving sour things. Went scrapbooking on Saturday with some girls from church and one of them brought sour worms. Man, did I chow on those! And chocolate is just take it or leave it right now! I have been having regular Braxton Hicks contractions. The baby doesn't like those. Baby squirms and wiggles after those every time. I have been waking up parched at night and needing something to drink in the worst way. Last night I had to go downstairs and get some ice water, then it took me at least an hour to get back to sleep. My right leg fell completely asleep last night for no reason at all. That's not a good sign! That means my hips are probably adjusting and widening and affecting my nerves and blood flow. Belly is about as big now at 21 weeks as it was at 26 weeks with Reece. In my scrapbook on the 26 week photo, I wrote that I finally broke down and bought maternity pants...HA! I've been wearing maternity pants now for at least 3 weeks!! It's true what they say about getting bigger, sooner the second time around. I can feel the waddle coming on already!
At church, Reece likes to give the play by play. We're trying to teach him to whisper when he wants to say, "All done singing da songs" or "I give da money to Dod (God)," or "Say da prayers to Dod." He is such a sweet little man.
Pregnancy wise, I am still craving sour things. Went scrapbooking on Saturday with some girls from church and one of them brought sour worms. Man, did I chow on those! And chocolate is just take it or leave it right now! I have been having regular Braxton Hicks contractions. The baby doesn't like those. Baby squirms and wiggles after those every time. I have been waking up parched at night and needing something to drink in the worst way. Last night I had to go downstairs and get some ice water, then it took me at least an hour to get back to sleep. My right leg fell completely asleep last night for no reason at all. That's not a good sign! That means my hips are probably adjusting and widening and affecting my nerves and blood flow. Belly is about as big now at 21 weeks as it was at 26 weeks with Reece. In my scrapbook on the 26 week photo, I wrote that I finally broke down and bought maternity pants...HA! I've been wearing maternity pants now for at least 3 weeks!! It's true what they say about getting bigger, sooner the second time around. I can feel the waddle coming on already!
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Halloween and Growing Babies
Well, I'll start by saying that I'm glad that my belly has somewhat caught up to my, ahem, rear end. For a while there it just looked like I had a bigger bum for no good reason. Which reminds me, I need to take a belly photo!! I started taking belly photos with Reece at week 14 I think. I'm going on week 19 with this one! Just today starting to feel the belly encroaching upon my ribs if I don't sit up straight enough. Baby has been hanging out verrrrry lowwww. Way down there. Just poke, poke, poking away!
Reece went trick or treating on Sunday night after we got home from evening worship. It was pretty chilly out, so we only went to about 10 houses behind our block. I rode him around in the wagon with Ethan's lantern setting on one end, and Reece on the other. He never let go of his little pumpkin bucket (which used to be mine when I was little) or his little pumpkin flash light that he got from the Halloween party we went to. He loved going up to the houses to see their Jackolanterns. "Pun-ins!" he would say. When prompted, he was very good about looking the people in the eye and saying, "Treat," (he usually omitted the "trick"), "Tu tu," and "Buh bye."
Reece and I went to vote today. I gave him a mini Tootsie Pop to lick out of his Halloween stash. He loved it to the Tootsie middle. He handed me the stick and said, "All done!" He got a "I Vote, I Count" sticker and said, "Tu-tu" (thank you) to the nice man. Such a good little guy. We then went to the mall so he could play in the play area with the kids. Really all he wanted to do was sit in the big car all by himself. He got very defensive if anyone else wanted to sit with him in the car. After a while he began to play in the house and go down the little mini slide, with some slight interactions with other children. I gave a mom my number that I had been talking with. She was new to town this week from North Carolina. I thought she could use a contact in the area.
Reece took a 3 hour nap today, preceeded by a 4 hour nap yesterday, and a 3 1/2 hour nap the day before...I think we're looking at a growth spurt here!!
Well, I don't know why I'm still up because I didn't get a nap today, and I'm super tired! Off to bed for this sleepy head!
Friday, October 29, 2010
Ultrasound at 18 weeks
18 weeks today! We had the ultrasound on Wednesday. I had to wake Reece up from his nap to put him in the car to go to the appointment. Poor guy. As I put him into the carseat, he was saying, "Bed. Night, night. Sleep!" He was NOT done with his nap! I thought he would fall back asleep in the car, as he has done in the past, but not this time. He dozed off a few times, but every time the car stopped he would wake again. On the freeway, he saw a FedEx truck with the letters big and bold on the back of the truck. He said in his very sleepy voice, "R for Reece!" I told him that was close, that they were letters, but there was no R. We picked up Ethan at work. Sometimes he walks to the appointments, but it was so windy that he preferred a pickup!
We waited in the waiting room for the ultrasound, and I had to use the restroom. I should not have because when we got into the ultrasound, the baby was too far down in my pelvis and didn't have as much room to move, so the tech couldn't get all of the measurements she needed. So she told us to go to the appointment with the doctor and chug lots of water to fill my bladder back up, then come back when my bladder was full. So Ethan left to go back to work because all of this was taking too long! So we waited some more, went to the appointment, she sent us back to the waiting room after a very short listen of the heartbeat and that's about all, and we waited some more. The tech came and got us again, and she got all of the organs and measurements that she needed. By this time, I had to GO! I told the nurse that I was either going to go in a cup, or an accident might happen! She rushed me to a room and did the pee test, and we were off...almost 2 and a half hours later. And it was rush hour downtown Indy. And Reece and I were hungry! What a day.
Baby is measuring about 1/2 pound which is right on track. All is well in the womb! It was so neat to see the baby...it makes things more real! The profile is so different than Reece's ultrasound profile!
We waited in the waiting room for the ultrasound, and I had to use the restroom. I should not have because when we got into the ultrasound, the baby was too far down in my pelvis and didn't have as much room to move, so the tech couldn't get all of the measurements she needed. So she told us to go to the appointment with the doctor and chug lots of water to fill my bladder back up, then come back when my bladder was full. So Ethan left to go back to work because all of this was taking too long! So we waited some more, went to the appointment, she sent us back to the waiting room after a very short listen of the heartbeat and that's about all, and we waited some more. The tech came and got us again, and she got all of the organs and measurements that she needed. By this time, I had to GO! I told the nurse that I was either going to go in a cup, or an accident might happen! She rushed me to a room and did the pee test, and we were off...almost 2 and a half hours later. And it was rush hour downtown Indy. And Reece and I were hungry! What a day.
Baby is measuring about 1/2 pound which is right on track. All is well in the womb! It was so neat to see the baby...it makes things more real! The profile is so different than Reece's ultrasound profile!
Baby's arm and ear
Baby's Feet
Profile
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Baby Cheered Me Up
I am in the midst of a bad cold...you know, the kind that keeps you up all night long coughing no matter what you do (drink water, cough drop, sleep sitting up, etc.). I haven't gotten a decent nights sleep in probably 5 nights now...and Ethan probably hasn't either. Last night I moved downstairs to the couch at 4am so I wouldn't keep him up!
So, when Reece went down for a nap yesterday, I thought I'd try to take a nap too, being as exhausted as I was. I was almost asleep, and a coughing fit hit me. That tickle in my throat would not go away! I propped myself up in bed, trying to go to sleep in between coughs. At one point, I almost began to cry because I was so frustrated! And then, I felt the little *poke* *poke*. Baby has been moving around in there, but I haven't really been able to feel it from the outside yet. This time I could! I sat and felt the baby poke me for about 10 minutes, and the coughing calmed to where I finally drifted off to sleep...only to be woken up 20 minutes later by Reece's waking up and humming. Baby was trying to cheer me up...well, baby was probably saying, "What's going on here!" But it cheered me up anyway.
Reece has been humming and singing all day basically! He does at meal times, during play, waking up, going to sleep, riding in the car...it's so sweet! He can sing, "Wheels on the Bus" and "Night Night Baby," and can hum "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," so far. My mother in law says, "A singing baby is a happy baby." Reece must be a happy little guy!
So, when Reece went down for a nap yesterday, I thought I'd try to take a nap too, being as exhausted as I was. I was almost asleep, and a coughing fit hit me. That tickle in my throat would not go away! I propped myself up in bed, trying to go to sleep in between coughs. At one point, I almost began to cry because I was so frustrated! And then, I felt the little *poke* *poke*. Baby has been moving around in there, but I haven't really been able to feel it from the outside yet. This time I could! I sat and felt the baby poke me for about 10 minutes, and the coughing calmed to where I finally drifted off to sleep...only to be woken up 20 minutes later by Reece's waking up and humming. Baby was trying to cheer me up...well, baby was probably saying, "What's going on here!" But it cheered me up anyway.
Reece has been humming and singing all day basically! He does at meal times, during play, waking up, going to sleep, riding in the car...it's so sweet! He can sing, "Wheels on the Bus" and "Night Night Baby," and can hum "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," so far. My mother in law says, "A singing baby is a happy baby." Reece must be a happy little guy!
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Just Another Day...
Just another day....but each and every day is wonderful in it's own way!
I took Reece to the library to see Ms. Bobbie sing with her little guitar...or ukulele...I'm not sure exactly what it was! But she was very good with the kids and sang songs about being polite and nice to others, and how to eat healthy and all kinds of fun songs. Reece almost fell asleep on the way there so he was a bit chill during the whole thing and just watching the other big kids and what they were doing. He did bounce along to the songs at times. Then we went to pick out our books and CD's and were on our way home.
Last night Ethan went to play basketball and was gone as I was putting Reece to bed. Reece said, "Dada?" a few times as I was putting him to sleep, and Ethan got home before he went to sleep, so I took him back downstairs to see daddy. Then we did the whole bedtime routine over again with daddy there...he missed him so! Tonight he cracked us up because he was being so animated and laughing at the starfish in the book we were reading. They are hidden on each page, and sometimes peeking from behind something, and Reece just thinks this is so funny!
On Sunday, Reece was keeping time with the song leader by moving his arm along with him. It was so sweet! I was trying not to giggle because he looked so serious, and was really trying to do it just right.
As for baby #2, I felt him or her move from the outside tonight as I sat on the couch. Just a little poke, poke, poke. Just letting me know baby is there!
I took Reece to the library to see Ms. Bobbie sing with her little guitar...or ukulele...I'm not sure exactly what it was! But she was very good with the kids and sang songs about being polite and nice to others, and how to eat healthy and all kinds of fun songs. Reece almost fell asleep on the way there so he was a bit chill during the whole thing and just watching the other big kids and what they were doing. He did bounce along to the songs at times. Then we went to pick out our books and CD's and were on our way home.
Last night Ethan went to play basketball and was gone as I was putting Reece to bed. Reece said, "Dada?" a few times as I was putting him to sleep, and Ethan got home before he went to sleep, so I took him back downstairs to see daddy. Then we did the whole bedtime routine over again with daddy there...he missed him so! Tonight he cracked us up because he was being so animated and laughing at the starfish in the book we were reading. They are hidden on each page, and sometimes peeking from behind something, and Reece just thinks this is so funny!
On Sunday, Reece was keeping time with the song leader by moving his arm along with him. It was so sweet! I was trying not to giggle because he looked so serious, and was really trying to do it just right.
As for baby #2, I felt him or her move from the outside tonight as I sat on the couch. Just a little poke, poke, poke. Just letting me know baby is there!
Friday, October 15, 2010
Counting, Cooking and Costumes
I'm not sure, but I think Reece could be the smartest boy ever :) He's already speaking in full sentences...minus a conjunction word or pronoun here or there. An example of a few sentences he has been saying lately...
"The sun is bright...sun in eyes."
"Bring the bowl outside."
"It's a little/big/itty bitty bus."
He also knows most of his colors and a few shapes. He's into sizes and comparing things. We have found that he is beginning to grasp the concept of counting, but his favorite numbers are 8, 9, and 10...so he usually just says those when counting. But the other day Ethan said, "One, two, three, ____" and stopped, and Reece filled in the blank and said, "Four." Then Ethan said, "Five..." and Reece said, "Six." Pretty great!
I have been letting him up on the step stool while I cook lately, so he is now OBSESSED with bowls, spoons, and pans and pots. He wants to sleep with the pot, bring the bowls outside, upstairs, downstairs, in the car. Which we do not let him, and he usually cries about it! He pretends to pour things into the pans and stirs to his little hearts content. He went through a phase like this around a year, and now is back to it. He says the pan is "hot" and blows on it to cool it down. He offers Ethan and I bites of his "soup" (that's usually what he makes). Now if I could just get him to do dishes without making a mess!!
Today we went hunting for a costume. I tried a few on at Once Upon a Child. A chicken and a dragon...both had hoods which he DID NOT like! So that ruled out anything with a hood which leaves only superheros...which he does not know who any superheros are yet. So, I think we'll just use what we have and not spend any $$ and he'll be a farmer with overalls, plaid shirt, and a John Deere hat. Voila!
"The sun is bright...sun in eyes."
"Bring the bowl outside."
"It's a little/big/itty bitty bus."
He also knows most of his colors and a few shapes. He's into sizes and comparing things. We have found that he is beginning to grasp the concept of counting, but his favorite numbers are 8, 9, and 10...so he usually just says those when counting. But the other day Ethan said, "One, two, three, ____" and stopped, and Reece filled in the blank and said, "Four." Then Ethan said, "Five..." and Reece said, "Six." Pretty great!
I have been letting him up on the step stool while I cook lately, so he is now OBSESSED with bowls, spoons, and pans and pots. He wants to sleep with the pot, bring the bowls outside, upstairs, downstairs, in the car. Which we do not let him, and he usually cries about it! He pretends to pour things into the pans and stirs to his little hearts content. He went through a phase like this around a year, and now is back to it. He says the pan is "hot" and blows on it to cool it down. He offers Ethan and I bites of his "soup" (that's usually what he makes). Now if I could just get him to do dishes without making a mess!!
Today we went hunting for a costume. I tried a few on at Once Upon a Child. A chicken and a dragon...both had hoods which he DID NOT like! So that ruled out anything with a hood which leaves only superheros...which he does not know who any superheros are yet. So, I think we'll just use what we have and not spend any $$ and he'll be a farmer with overalls, plaid shirt, and a John Deere hat. Voila!
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Dada?
Boy will we have 2 happy campers here when "dada" gets home! Ethan was gone for about a week and Reece and I were in Michigan during that time. There were other people around and we were on the go a lot, and Reece was a tad younger, so I don't think Reece realized as much that daddy was "gone." But he's only been gone for a day and a half, and Reece goes to the front door and says, "Dada?" Then he hears the washing machine make a noise that sounds like the garage door opening and says, "Dada!" and runs to the garage door. He is really anxious for daddy to come back! He's the one that wrestles and plays chase when he gets home! Mommy just cooks and cleans the house and folds laundry and is busy a lot! That's right, I'm all work and no play! Just kidding. I stop to play amid the cleaning and such...but I'm just not daddy. But I'm okay with that. Speaking of daddy coming home, he could be home within a few hours, so I've got to get the kitchen floor mopped and vacuum before he arrives...gotta run!
Monday, October 11, 2010
Sleepless in Indianapolis
Crazy things have been happening in the family!! My sister, Emily, had an appendectomy last week, then my mom broke her foot on Sunday while we were visiting, and now my brother-in-law has a stomach bug...I'm beginning to think I'm next!
I'm currently writing this blog because I cannot sleep. Ethan is out of town to California, and that always makes me a little restless when he's gone. We went to the store, and on the way home I said, "We're going home!" Reece said, "Home....dada!" I told him dada would be home tomorrow...which means nothing to a toddler. We miss daddy when he's gone!
The sleeplessness could also be because I had soda tonight at dinner, which I have not had caffine due to the pregnancy for a LONG time!! (Probably 3 months at least) My body is probably freaking out. But the soda tasted so good with the creole food I had at Yats! Yummy! Come visit me and I will take you there to eat, and you will love it! Ethan thinks it's too "authentic" which for him means there are too many unidentifiable objects in the food, or objects that he doesn't like. But I loved it! Reece tried some of mine and kept saying, "Hot!" which for him meant "spicy!" Wish I had leftovers to eat in the middle of the night when I wake up hungry!!
Sleeplessness could also just be a pregnancy thing, but I've been pretty exhausted lately, it shouldn't be an issue. Perhaps I have too many things running though my brain such as...what color to paint Reece's new room when it comes time? When do we move him to a new room/bed? How is the labor going to go this time around? (I've been watching too many episodes of "A Baby Story" on tv...I cry every time a baby is born just because of the amazing-ness of it, but at this point it might be partially due to the fact that I'm thinking about the pain!) Is it a boy or girl? And on and on I could go...
I have been craving and eating pickle, tomato, cheese and miracle whip sandwiches....YUM! I cannot get enough. Still cannot tolerate/don't want coffee, much to my dismay, but it's just as well. Can't say that I'm really craving anything else in particular...just healthy foods in general. For a while I was on a Penn Station sandwich kick.
Reece had his first whole piece of candy this weekend...I let him have a tootsie roll pop...and the flavor was banana! I hadn't heard the news of a new flavor! I despise all things banana flavored...but Reece loved it to the tootsie roll center. By the end he had sticky all over, but boy did he look like he enjoyed that sucker. We made sure to brush his little teeth really well that night!! He also went through the dark woods with a large group of kids to trick or treat at my parents house. Some of the people handing out candy jumped out and said boo! None of it phased him! He was cool as a cucumber. What a guy. And he said "Thank you" to everyone who put candy in his little pumpkin bucket (which used to be mine when I was little). Boy, does he love that bucket. Anything pumpkin these days, he loves.
Well, I'll try and get to sleep now. Wish me luck.
I'm currently writing this blog because I cannot sleep. Ethan is out of town to California, and that always makes me a little restless when he's gone. We went to the store, and on the way home I said, "We're going home!" Reece said, "Home....dada!" I told him dada would be home tomorrow...which means nothing to a toddler. We miss daddy when he's gone!
The sleeplessness could also be because I had soda tonight at dinner, which I have not had caffine due to the pregnancy for a LONG time!! (Probably 3 months at least) My body is probably freaking out. But the soda tasted so good with the creole food I had at Yats! Yummy! Come visit me and I will take you there to eat, and you will love it! Ethan thinks it's too "authentic" which for him means there are too many unidentifiable objects in the food, or objects that he doesn't like. But I loved it! Reece tried some of mine and kept saying, "Hot!" which for him meant "spicy!" Wish I had leftovers to eat in the middle of the night when I wake up hungry!!
Sleeplessness could also just be a pregnancy thing, but I've been pretty exhausted lately, it shouldn't be an issue. Perhaps I have too many things running though my brain such as...what color to paint Reece's new room when it comes time? When do we move him to a new room/bed? How is the labor going to go this time around? (I've been watching too many episodes of "A Baby Story" on tv...I cry every time a baby is born just because of the amazing-ness of it, but at this point it might be partially due to the fact that I'm thinking about the pain!) Is it a boy or girl? And on and on I could go...
I have been craving and eating pickle, tomato, cheese and miracle whip sandwiches....YUM! I cannot get enough. Still cannot tolerate/don't want coffee, much to my dismay, but it's just as well. Can't say that I'm really craving anything else in particular...just healthy foods in general. For a while I was on a Penn Station sandwich kick.
Reece had his first whole piece of candy this weekend...I let him have a tootsie roll pop...and the flavor was banana! I hadn't heard the news of a new flavor! I despise all things banana flavored...but Reece loved it to the tootsie roll center. By the end he had sticky all over, but boy did he look like he enjoyed that sucker. We made sure to brush his little teeth really well that night!! He also went through the dark woods with a large group of kids to trick or treat at my parents house. Some of the people handing out candy jumped out and said boo! None of it phased him! He was cool as a cucumber. What a guy. And he said "Thank you" to everyone who put candy in his little pumpkin bucket (which used to be mine when I was little). Boy, does he love that bucket. Anything pumpkin these days, he loves.
Well, I'll try and get to sleep now. Wish me luck.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Quickening
At 14 weeks, I think I felt the "quickening" sensation of the baby moving! They say it could be gas, or it could be the baby moving. Well, I think I have a better understanding of what the baby moving feels like from the first pregnancy, so I'm pretty sure it was the baby. It happened while Reece and I were singing a song together. When asked what's in mommy's belly, Reece says, "A baby" and kisses my tummy. He is so sweet. He will be a great big brother! He sees me on the computer and asks to see "Nolen." So I bring up the photo program and show him pictures of Nolen, and he says, "Awww...Nolen! Baby Nolen." and tries to kiss the computer screen. He loves babies already...and wishes he could see Nolen more often!
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Bun in the Oven #2
Well, it seems we have another bun in the oven! Ethan and I will be parents a second time over, and Reece will be a big brother to either a boy or a girl...we're not finding out much to Ethan's dismay. I would like to be surprised again (it was SO great!) but he really wants to find out. I have heard of people doing the whole "one finds out and keeps it from the other" but Ethan + keeping secrets = NOT! He can barely keep my Christmas/Birthday gifts a secret! It just wouldn't work in our case. We are currently discussing names. Mostly boy names, not because we necessarily think it will be a boy, just because we already have a girl name picked out from the last baby and want to use it. So far, we got nothin'. Ah, the name conundrum.
Currently we are at 13 weeks, and the first trimester is OVER, thankfully! This time around was a tad different than the first. First of all, Reece comes first, and mommy second. This means if mommy wants to lay down, and Reece needs to eat, she cannot lay down. Secondly, weeks 7 thru 11 were not very fun because I had to eat about every hour, on the hour in order to not feel sickly. That's a LOT of eating! Small snacks, but still lots of time spent trying to decide what will not make me feel rotten, what I'm craving, and what just sounds awful to me...lots of standing in front of the fridge or pantry waiting for something to jump out and fix itself because I certainly didn't have enough energy to make it for myself. This didn't seem to happen much the first time around, but I also worked at the daycare where they prepared hot lunches for the kids, of which we were able to also eat, therefore solving the preparation dilemma. I have felt bad about laying around feeling sickly and tired and not as energetic and playful for Reece, but I am now feeling better during the day and feeling more myself in the second trimester.
The due date is March 31 or April 1...sometime around there! Soon after we found out, Ethan comes home all excited because he got asked to work a camp at the Final Four which is in Houston this year. I thought for a second and said, "Um, I think we'll be having a baby right around that time." I think he said, "We will?" (Not having really figured out the due date yet, this was when I was only 6 weeks) Then he said something to the effect of, "Oh, rats." (Not oh rats we're having a baby, but oh rats I can't go). Anyway, I offered that he could still go (a JOKE!), and he immediately countered that it wouldn't look very good if he went...ha! Well, we at least figure that the due date is good timing for Ethan to be able to stay at home and watch some basketball games in March Madness if I have the baby early, but then we thought again and said, Nope, we'll be sleeping instead of watching games....oh wait, we'll just be zombies because we will have a 2 year old to take care of and not be able to nap when the baby naps...bah! It's going to be a lot different the second time around! Any advice from moms of 2 for the second time around??
Currently we are at 13 weeks, and the first trimester is OVER, thankfully! This time around was a tad different than the first. First of all, Reece comes first, and mommy second. This means if mommy wants to lay down, and Reece needs to eat, she cannot lay down. Secondly, weeks 7 thru 11 were not very fun because I had to eat about every hour, on the hour in order to not feel sickly. That's a LOT of eating! Small snacks, but still lots of time spent trying to decide what will not make me feel rotten, what I'm craving, and what just sounds awful to me...lots of standing in front of the fridge or pantry waiting for something to jump out and fix itself because I certainly didn't have enough energy to make it for myself. This didn't seem to happen much the first time around, but I also worked at the daycare where they prepared hot lunches for the kids, of which we were able to also eat, therefore solving the preparation dilemma. I have felt bad about laying around feeling sickly and tired and not as energetic and playful for Reece, but I am now feeling better during the day and feeling more myself in the second trimester.
The due date is March 31 or April 1...sometime around there! Soon after we found out, Ethan comes home all excited because he got asked to work a camp at the Final Four which is in Houston this year. I thought for a second and said, "Um, I think we'll be having a baby right around that time." I think he said, "We will?" (Not having really figured out the due date yet, this was when I was only 6 weeks) Then he said something to the effect of, "Oh, rats." (Not oh rats we're having a baby, but oh rats I can't go). Anyway, I offered that he could still go (a JOKE!), and he immediately countered that it wouldn't look very good if he went...ha! Well, we at least figure that the due date is good timing for Ethan to be able to stay at home and watch some basketball games in March Madness if I have the baby early, but then we thought again and said, Nope, we'll be sleeping instead of watching games....oh wait, we'll just be zombies because we will have a 2 year old to take care of and not be able to nap when the baby naps...bah! It's going to be a lot different the second time around! Any advice from moms of 2 for the second time around??
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