24 weeks!!!!

Ok, so who ever said that the second time goes by so much faster was ABSOLUTELY correct. How in the world am I 6 months pregnant already???? I can't believe that in a measly 15 weeks we will be meeting this little peanut that has been having kick boxing class inside me at all times of the day now.

Since we chose not to find out this time around it's been fun to see people's reaction to our decision and also their opinions. Ok, well not fun all the time though. It's amazing to me how people see someone who is pregnant and all of a sudden they feel like it is their right to disregard any kind of filter they would have with any other person that is not pregnant and just say what ever they want right to your face. When I was pregnant with Jack of course I got all the 'wow, you're so big' and 'you look like you're ready to pop' earlier on than I had expected but this time around people are really pushing it. Here are some of my recent favorites:

-'You're due soon, huh?'...UHHH, nope, still have 15 wks to go jerk face, I'm just 4'nothing and this baby has no where else to go...but thanks for that!!

- 'I'm thinking girl but your face hasn't changed yet so we'll see'... oh ok, so thanks for telling me I haven't gotten ugly yet but that you're waiting for it!

- 'Is it twins?'...this should NEVER be asked, I mean really, come on now!

- 'Look at you, you're getting bigger'....hmmm, I thought when you grow a human being inside your own body you are SUPPOSED to get bigger...maybe I am wrong though. What is wrong with people???

Ok, the vents are over now and on to happier more fun stuff. Last Tuesday (on my 30th birthday) I had a dr.'s appt and found out that not only did I only gain 2lbs in the last month (yay me!) but I was going for another sonogram because at the anatomy scan they did not get the baby's profile pictures that they needed because of the position of the baby. It was such a great present to be able to see baby itty bitty again :o) Here are a few pictures we have from that day and hopefully I will take a new picture of my belly tomorrow since the hubby will be home to take it for me :o)

Baby Itty Bitty looking right at us:
cutey profile picture:

Yawning :

xoxo,
Jaime

'It's a girl, she's afraid of her dad'...

yep, those were Joe's words when he kept putting his hand on my belly when I would tell him that the baby was moving. All of a sudden the baby would stop and he said 'It's a girl, she's afraid of her dad so she stops moving', lol. He keeps saying these days reasons he thinks it's a girl, that was one of them and the other is because he says I'm not as nice this time around as I was when I was pregnant with Jack, haha.

Well last night one of his theories were proven wrong. We were laying in bed watching TV and baby Peanut was moving all over the place. I told him to put his hand there and just leave it and sure enough the baby let him know that it was there, first with a few light kicks and then with a couple more swift ones. Yep, baby is either a girl saying "I'm not afraid of you, just gonna make you work a little harder', lol or it is a boy and was telling daddy 'who are you calling a girl?', lol, either way this little one finally let daddy feel it and I am so happy. I love to see the look on his face when he gets to feel the baby for the first time :o)

On another note, I am now 21wks 2 days pregnant and we have 18 weeks left to go since I will be having a scheduled c-section probably the first week of December. I can't believe we have more days past then we have coming already! Before we know it summer will be over, Halloween will be a thing of the past and Baby Peanut will be around the corner, oh, I can't wait to meet this little one and see who this wiggly worm inside is :o)

Here is a picture from last week, 20wks 1d pregnant:

xoxo,
Jaime

18wks...almost 1/2 way there!!!

So crazy, I feel like this pregnancy is going so fast. I was told in the past that second pregnancies always seem to go faster because you just don't have the time to sit and think about every little thing or worry about everything the way you did with the first and so far that is so true. There are a whole new set of things to think about and worry about though but I'll save those for another post another day.

So here we are, I have my next Dr.'s appt this Friday (19wks1d) and then next Friday is our BIG sonogram where we can find out the sex of the baby but we won't be. This is going to take a lot of will power but I'm very excited about it and waiting til the baby is here to see if it's a he/she.

Here is my latest picture. My body is still small but my belly is slowly taking over all of me! See for yourselves:

'til next time...

xoxo,
Jaime

Always Loved, Never Forgotten...

4 years ago today I was woken up by my mom on her couch in Florida and heard the words 'he's gone!'. Being that I had just woken up from a big 2.5 hours of sleep it took me a minute to realize what it was that she was saying. He's gone? Where did he go? And then I realized she was saying what my biggest fear was, my Dad had passed away. In the matter of seconds my world crumbled around me.
I am admittedly a very big Daddy's girl and to think that I wouldn't have him there anymore to talk to or anything crushed me. How could this happen? How could the very first man I loved, my very best friend, the person I told absolutely everything to be gone? It took me a couple of minutes and going in their room to see the truth for myself before I called Joe from a curled up position on my mom's kitchen floor. I couldn't even get the words out, I didn't want to, I felt like if I said it then it would definitely be true and I didn't want that, I wanted to think this was all a bad dream...but it wasn't :o(
I guess the grown up in me is happy that he did not suffer long and can live with saying that my babies have the best guardian angel ever up in Heaven watching down on them and keeping them safe. The other part of me though, the little girl inside, wants to kick and scream and say how unfair it is that I no longer have my daddy here. How is it that he had to pass 4 months before my wedding and never get to walk me down the aisle? How is it that he got to see both of my sister's first born (and even one of their seconds) and not mine? How cruel is this world that would take a man so amazing away from his family that loved him so much? Unfortunately though all that thinking will not bring him back.
He was my best friend, my 'person' - you know the one person that everyone has that they can tell just about anything to? That was him to me. He was an amazing man, a wonderful husband and an even better dad. Not a day goes by that he doesn't pass through my head at some point or another. I would give just about anything to have him back for one more day. To hear his 'bad' jokes or to see his smile.

7~11~06...gone too soon...love you forever Daddy-o!!!!

Baby Ooooo Baby!!

In honor of turning 17wks today and being almost 1/2 way through this pregnancy already (can you believe it?!?!), I have decided to start up the online baby pool to get everyone thinking & guessing :o) So go ahead, take your best shot & guess Baby #2's (it still has no other nickname) sex, weight, length, time, date, etc. Here is the link to the game:

http://www.expectnet.com/games/BabyOoooBaby

xoxo,
Jaime

Summer Already!!

I can't believe it's just about July! We have gotten through the big 2nd birthday & party and we are cruising right in to the summer. Jack has been loving the few trips we have taken to the pool (in our complex) already and I can just tell he is going to be part fish by the end of the summer.

As far as I go, we are now almost 17wks pregnant and I can't believe it...how did 4 months pass so quickly?? Next thing you know the summer will be over and I'll be 6 months and will be in denial that the time will almost be here. We have a busy summer ahead of us too that involves a mini-move, painting, decorating and of course potty training which should be quite interesting!

I plan on taking a new picture this week to compare to the belly picture with Jack but for now here is a picture of me from last week, 15w6d...Holy Belly!!!


xoxo,
Jaime

My boy is 2!!!!

How did this happen? Where did the time go? We had his cake this weekend and when the '2' candle was lit and he was getting ready to blow it out I just wanted to cry. There are just about no traces of a baby left in him anymore and he's a full on boy now, bruises on the legs, scraps on the knees, playing with cars, trucks & trains kinda boy!

I can't believe that 2yrs ago I was wondering when this little boy would make his appearance, would he be early, late, on time? I was wondering how in the world I would love this little person as much as people say they do when they first see their little ones. I was wondering if I would be good as a mommy and if I would ever live up to the standards I have put upon myself as a mom. Now, 2 years later I think I fall more & more in love with this little boy every day. He brightens my world, makes me complete and just amazes me every day that I see his little eyes open up and look at me in the morning. It has been the best experience of my life to be a mommy to him, he makes my 'job' so easy and makes every second of life so much more worth living!

We celebrated his birthday this weekend by going to the Jersey Shore and hanging out on the boardwalk all day with daddy, grandma & grandpa and had such a good time. The weather wound up being beautiful and we were able to eat a lot of junk and just have a good time all together.

This coming weekend is his official 2nd birthday party and I can't wait. He has little friends & cousin coming, family & some family friends too. We decided on a park this year and I think as long as the weather hold out it will be a blast! Stay tuned as I'm sure there will be a ton of pictures to follow :o)

xoxo,
Jaime