2 WEEKS LEFT!!!!

WHAT? Did I really just say that? I feel like the more I say things about time these days, the faster it goes! Itty Bitty is going to be here before we know it and I am getting more and more excited about it by the day and also more and more nervous about it at the same time.

The excitement is obvious, I've been carrying this baby around inside of me for the past 9 months and have no idea if it is a she or a he and I have no feelings one way or the other either. It has been so much fun to not know, so different than last time when we knew everything except the day he (Jack) was making his appearance. I know it's driving every one else a little crazy but for Joe & I it has been so much fun to just enjoy the pregnancy for what it is. Don't get me wrong, it hasn't been the easiest thing not knowing who this little one is but it has definitely saved us a lot of money right now (haha).

As for big brother Jack, he is super excited. He tells everyone that asks if it's a brother or a sister that he is having a sister, in the past 3 months (at least) he has never wavered and said otherwise. I am wondering if he knows something that we don't, time will tell I guess. I just hope that if it's a brother that he will be ok with that too. I'm sure he will be but I guess that's another thing that time will tell with.

In the meantime, we are finishing up the things we need to do in the house. My amazing husband is still painting the upstairs hallway between our bedroom & the kids room and he's also doing the stairway and main entrance downstairs. My last day of work is next Wednesday and then the week after we are getting our beautiful new bedroom set delivered, I can't wait...here is a sneak pic at it from the website:

Oh, and it's a king size bed which means that we will have enough room for both kiddos, the hubby & me in the bed because you know there will be plenty of those days in the future!

So there you have it folks, now we wait til 12/3, enjoy some turkey, get last minute things done and before we know it we will be a family of 4!

xoxo,
Jaime

Good 35wk appointment :o)

I went to the Dr. today (as I said I would in yesterday's post) and had a very good 35wk appointment. Doctor thinks baby is head down, which really doesn't make a difference since my scheduled date is already set and this baby will be coming out no other way than a nice little incision :o) The heart rate was good and was actually on the lower side today which I'm told is because the baby isn't as active because the space in there is increasingly getting smaller & smaller. This is something I just can't understand since I feel like I am just getting bigger & bigger, haha.

Any who, we were given some good news today...although we already had our Itty Bitty's arrival date scheduled, we now also have a time of 8am that day...YAY!! The thing that stinks though is that we have to be there at 6:30am which is before Jack wakes up for the day. So the question now is do we wake him before we leave so I can say goodbye or do I let him sleep since it will be a big day for him too? Decisions, decisions! I also now have a pre-op testing date and time too. This is all so real now, I mean it was real all along but now that we are so close I am starting to freak out on the inside a little more but am also crazy excited all at the same time!

Here is a new comparison picture for everyone too to make you think a little more :o)

35wks 4d pregnant w/Jack:


and now, 35wks 1d pregnant w/#2:


xoxo,
Jaime

1 month left!

Well actually it's less than one month now. Yesterday was officially 1 month til our c-section date and tomorrow is exactly 4 weeks until we are holding Itty bitty in our arms. I really can't wait to see who he/she is, I am so ridiculously excited I can't even explain the feeling in words.

Now all the anxiety kicks in too, what do we need, what do we have and what has to wait until we know if Itty Bitty is a baby boy or a baby girl. We already have the 'gender neutral' stuff washed that we had from Jack but honestly it's not all that much. I have a list that I keep adding to of things we need like new bottle nipples (bottles themselves are in great shape still), burp cloths, diapers and things like that and then also a boy & girl list for Joe for when the baby is actually here so he can run out and get things that we will need at home while I am still in the hospital.

I am also having a little anxiety and maybe a little unnecessary mommy guilt about leaving my little man at home. I have never left or been away from him for more than a quick overnight trip that didn't even amount to a full 24 hours so I feel bad. Part of me feels bad because I am afraid he will hate me and think I am abandoning him and part of me is afraid that he will not miss me at all and maybe even not care that I am not there. Then at the same time I am excited for him that he will have Daddy all to himself for a few days and they will have that bonding time together. Joe has already said that he will bring him up to see me when ever I want him too so that is a little comforting, I'm just stressing over it unnecessarily right now I guess.

Tomorrow is another Dr. appt so we'll see how Itty Bitty is doing and then I guess I may possibly start going every week after this. So scary how close the end is but so exciting as well.

Oh, and maybe a new bump picture to add tomorrow :o)

xoxo,
Jaime

Belly Comparison

I find so often that I have people ask me if I am carrying the same or different than I did with Jack and then also let me know what their thoughts are as to what I am having based on how they see that I am carrying Itty Bitty. Because of this, I created an album on facebook and posted pictures that were around the same time from each pregnancy. Here are the pictures:

17wks w/Jack & 18wks 3d w/#2:





22wks w/Jack & 20wks w/#2:



24wks 6d w/Jack & 25wks w/#2:


33wks w/Jack & 33wks w/#2:


So what do you think????

Set date & new(ish) bump picture

YAY, so it looks like baby Itty Bitty will be turning our family of 3 in to a family of 4 on Friday 12/3 :o) I am so excited and can't believe that means we have a little less than 7 weeks to go now! I now start going to the dr. every other week which probably means the rest of this pregnancy is going to fly by!
On another note the dreaded 'nesting' bug keeps popping it's ugly head in and out and I constantly feel like I need to get things done and have them done NOW! Unfortunately because I can't lift or move things myself it means I have to wait for help a lot and any one that knows me knows that that is a very hard thing for me to do! We got the new crib mattress during the week and it's all set in the crib with the sheets & all, so now everything just needs to be washed when baby arrives. I am also in the process of re-arranging the living room to make room for baby's things again and wondering how Jack will take it when his stuff gets moved around to make room for a swing and a pack-n-play...hmmm...
So yeah, that's all I really have for now. Make sure you take our baby pool online : http://www.expectnet.com/games/BabyOoooBaby
and for your viewing pleasure (haha) here is my 'bump' picture from 30wks 6d:

xoxo,
Jaime

Harder pregnancy = girl?

I know it sounds like dumb logic but I'm just grasping at straws right now. I had the ideal pregnancy with Jack, was never sick, not even once with him, never had pains or issues that I heard a lot of other people complain about and really just had the 'perfect' text book pregnancy excluding the ridiculous swelling at the end.

This time around is sooo much different! I have sciatic pain that I have never had in my life, pelvic pain that started a couple of weeks ago every once in a while and just seems to be more of a constant thing these days and now I am starting to have a little lower back pain. I also had a few days of nausea this time around as well as one day of actually getting sick. Not to mention the headaches and the lovely stomach virus I had last month.

So with all that said, I am wondering if this pregnancy being harder is just a result of a different way of life that I have now, having a toddler, doing more at home and working part-time or maybe a different gender child is in there and is the cause of all my 'problems'...hmmm...gives me something to think about I guess until this baby makes it's arrival in a measly 8 weeks.

Tomorrow is my dr.'s appointment and then I start to go every 2weeks. Hopefully after tomorrow we will have a set date, so til then :o)

xoxo,
Jaime

So much going on!

Where do I even start with this post? Maybe I should start by saying that although we have a lot going on, it's all good things and exciting stuff :o) We have been in the process of a mini-move since the second week of August and that in itself has taken up a lot of time but it is so worth it. We share a townhouse with my in-laws and they have graciously changed 'apartments' with us so that we can have more room for ourselves and the new baby. We have re-done what was once Jack's playroom to be his & Itty Bitty's new bedroom and so far so good, he seems to love it. We bought him a Thomas the Train toddler bed, set up the crib, painted the room blue and put his train table in there and I think it's possibly one of his favorite rooms in the house now. Now I know you say why paint the room blue if you don't know what you're having and our answer to that is because the baby will stay with us for at least the first 4-5 months in our room and for Jack there are & will be so many changes, we wanted him to enjoy his own room for a little while and have something that is his, even if not for that long.

As far as changes with Jack, it's amazing! It's like he turned 2 and this switch went off and he lost any signs of being a baby at all and became a little boy, almost over night! It is so fun and so sad all at the same time because I look at him and he will always be my baby no matter what but at the same time he is growing so fast and speaks so much that it's fun to watch. He talks all day long and comes out with things from the clear blue. Some of my favorite expressions of his have to me 'mommy, follow me' (which he says even if he's actually following you, lol), 'do you hear that?' (which he says while holding his hand to his ear) and 'how cool is that?!'. He is always so full of energy and excitement and is becoming more and more my little best friend every day. Having him now be able to talk and pretty much hold a conversation with you is the best. Granted there are days when I wish he wasn't so opinionated and still in the baby stages but honestly, I wouldn't trade this for the world!

For me & the pregnancy, we are now in the final stages and although I can't wait for this little one to come out so we can see if it's a boy or a girl, I'm also a little sad that this is my last pregnancy (we have decided on only 2) and it has gone by so fast. My sister Nikole told me that after your first pregnancy, any others go by fast because you just don't have the time in the second pregnancy to worry about every little thing like you did in the first and she was right. I feel like the 2nd trimester just flew by as if it didn't even happen and here we are now. I am 30wks 4d today and if all goes well at Friday's doctor's appointment we will get our official scheduled date for the c-section and will only have 8 weeks to go. 8 WEEKS..I mean really, that's just crazy! I feel like all of a sudden we have so much to do and get done before the baby is here. I would love to get Christmas shopping done before I go to the hospital so that it's one less thing I have to worry about once we are home with the new baby. I would also love to buy a few new things for baby but that seems silly to me to just buy things now when we don't know if Itty Bitty is a boy or a girl. We do have a few necessities to buy (bottle nipples, bibs, burp cloths, diapers, etc.) but that is also stuff that Joe can take Jack shopping to get while I am in the hospital.

I must say that I am so extremely excited about all that is going on but then again scared by it all too. I just hope that my excitement will keep my scared feelings away for a while longer, we shall see I guess :o)

xoxo,
Jaime