Thankful

As I'm sitting here on the couch watching Finding Nemo for the twelfth time this week, I can't help but smile and just be thankful.  Thankful for family and friends.  Thankful to have a warm home, a roof over my head, and a ton of good food in my belly - which makes me thankful for maternity pants.  Thankful for these little belly kicks.  Thankful for my family of 3, soon to be four - especially this "Memo" fanatic to my left.  He makes my heart happy every day.

21 weeks (tomorrow)

I hope you all had a very filling, both in love and food, Thanksgiving!!    

Baby Update

Had my 20 week sonogram yesterday.  The BIG sonogram.  You know, the one where they take all of the measurements and check all the things...like gender.  Yeah - I said gender.  Are you all dying to find out what we're having?!  Well, so are we.

Baby was being very sleepy and uncooperative, and just wouldn't reveal themselves to us.  At least they are modest.  I blame the turkey sandwich I ate at lunch.  Tryptophan... what was I thinking??  I may as well have just slipped it a NyQuil.  I should have drank a Mt. Dew or something before I went.  Regardless, everything looks good.  Baby is measuring within 3 days of the due date.  And things are still looking good with me.  So really that's all I can ask for.  

We were excited to do something special, and tell our families on Thanksgiving - but ya'll are just going to have to wait now.  I'm actually taking this as a sign that we aren't supposed to know the gender until the big day.  I originally didn't want to find out, but Bryan really did - so I just got it in my head that we were going to find out.  If this isn't a sign, I don't know what is?  This pregnancy has been a bit different than Aaron's, so maybe I should just keep doing things differently.  We'll see how long I can hold off!

Fun Facts:

-I'm 20 weeks (almost 21 weeks)
-The baby is about the size of a banana now
-I'm starting to feel the baby move more; it especially loves to kick or head butt my full bladder
-Speaking of full bladder, I have to use the ladies room every 20 minutes
-I'm tired
-No real cravings still, just have to eat often so I don't get sick.  If I don't eat often, I get hangry, and you don't want to meet hangry Lindsey.

Sometimes...

I iron my shirt with my hair straightener - and then I check off "multi-tasking" from my to-do list.

Does anyone else do this?

Speaking of to-do Lists, does anyone else write down things they've already done just so they can cross them off?  Wake up - check!  Eat breakfast - check! It's a great way to feel accomplishment early in the morning.

Disney Jr Live

Two weekends ago we took Aaron to see Disney Jr. Live - A Pirate and Princess Adventure.  He really enjoyed it.  Well - he really enjoyed Jake.  Sorry for the crummy pictures - indoors, bad lighting, etc.

Getting ready to start

He knelt down like this for most of the show, and refused to take off his coat the entire time

Really excited about his $12 Jake hat his dad bought him - everything there was such a good deal (insert sarcasm here)

After the show we went to the Burger Barge - where we waited way too long for our food.  This poor boy was very tuckered out and fell asleep immediately on the ride home.  

Regardless of the long wait at lunch, it was a fun adventure with Aaron.  Looking forward to more of these outings. 

Art time

Aaron likes to color currently.  Which is very exciting.  I love a good arts and crafts session.  And coloring is so soothing.  However, coloring with your toddler is something I would put under the category "Things that are hard to do when you have a self-diagnosed case of OCD."

I was minding my business drawing my hand turkey and beautiful Christmas scene when Aaron wanted to help me.  Of course I let him, because that's what good mothers do.  But I couldn't help but cringe a little when he was drawing his version of Santa on top of my Christmas tree.  But....I have to look at this as free therapy for myself.  I made a big step tonight, and am one drawing closer to overcoming my issues!

Sorry, Santa, for making you look very girlie - and pretty terrible for that matter.
Maybe Aaron will actually teach me a thing or two.  

We're adding on

As most of you already know, baby #2 is on the way!  We're due 4/10.

Baby's first portrait
(12 weeks)

And let me just say, Aaron is taking this whole Big Bro thing very seriously. 

He never misses an opportunity to be in a picture with his baby brother or sister
(this was 3 weeks ago at 15 weeks)

He is also reading up on all the pregnancy literature out there so he can keep me  and baby healthy

I'll be 18 weeks tomorrow.   I do feel differently this pregnancy.  I was very sick the entire first trimester.  With Aaron I just felt nauseous in the mornings, and if I didn't eat soon enough.  With this little nugget I was nauseous ALL day, and actually getting sick often during the first trimester.  

Everything, and I mean everything, smelled like death - but I also had that with Aaron.  My house smelled of bleach pretty much every day for 3 months.  I was even washing my sheets in bleach.  Bryan was not amused.  I actually cleaned out all of the bleach at Walgreens one day.  I'm not ashamed.  I am now prepared for cold and flu season, as well.  

I'm not as tired as I remember being with Aaron.  I would fall asleep on the couch before 7pm with him.  Now I can stay awake until at least 8pm.  Or maybe it's just that I'm always tired so my body is used to it? 

I haven't had much of an appetite with this pregnancy, either, but that is slowly coming back.  So what if all I want to eat are apples and Mexican food.  Mexican meals for dinner 2 nights in a row is fine by me!

So far things are going well, and going by pretty pretty fast.  I still haven't felt baby move, well at least not to where I can difinitevly say that's what it was.  I've felt a couple of flutters that probably are baby, but I can't be 100% sure.  I'm looking forward to that part of pregnancy again.  That was one thing I really missed once Aaron was born.  It's such a special thing only shared between you and your baby.      

Stay tuned for more baby updates!