Week 26: Two Down, One to Go!

Tomorrow officially begins my third (and FINAL) trimester! Thank you, Lord! We officially made it through Halloween, and had a great time taking our little monster out for his first trick-or-treating experience. Now we just have to make it through a big turkey dinner, put up some lights and a tree, and do our final countdown to meet our little princess.

Just so you know, Macy, Mommy already has plans for your first Halloween costume! Next year, at this time, we will be going door-to-door with you and your brother in your first of a few duo costumes, that is until you two are old enough to voice your own opinions about such things. I'm hoping we're safe next year for this idea, since you will only be about 10 months old, and Jadon will be a little over 2 1/2...maybe I'm underestimating the thought process and will of a 2 1/2 year old though :/

At any rate, things are going well with you, so it seems. I do worry about things going on inside my belly a bit from time to time...nothing out of the realm of ordinary for any pregnant mommy. Lately I tend to think that Jadon moved a little more than you do, at this point in my pregnancy, but Daddy reassures me I thought that with Jadon. When I go a while without feeling you, I start to pray about your health...that the umbilical cord won't be wrapped around your neck, etc. (bad to say, I know, but I do think it's just normal to think these type of things here and there). And you know that stuff happens all of the time...more than people realize, and I know babies are fine in most of those situations, and that's what doctors are for, but YOU ARE MY BABY and you matter most to me and your daddy :)

Aside from that, the only other thing going on at this point in my pregnancy is that my #1 enemy, heartburn, has returned :/ Ah hearburn...he and I go way back to my pregnancy with your big brother Jadon. Although my syptoms aren't too bad yet, Tums are an everyday necessity now. There really is actual scientific evidence that the hair on a baby's head (in utero) can cause heartburn. So you have lots of hair like Jadon did, huh? Well, hope you are enjoying the Tums in there ;) Honest to goodness, the minute I delivered Jadon, I never had heartburn again...until now that is. Welcome back, heartburn! You only have a few months left to torture me, then I will say goodbye to you again...until my next pregnancy, that is.

Week 25: Double Digits

Ah, yes! Only 99 days to go, until our little girl is expected to greet the world :) You cannot know the excitement it brings me to finally see that the days are down to double digits.

Nothing too exciting to report, as far as little Macy goes (I mean, other than she's moving like crazy, and obviously growing considerably, since I feel as big as a house already). We have spent everyday this week doing much of the same things (1) job hunting for Daddy!!! (2) taking Jadon on some type of outing most everyday (outside to play with his lawn mower, to Books-A-Million to play with Thomas the Train, or to the mall to run around the arcade and ride a few rides), (3) constantly cleaning up toys around the house, doing housework, and decorating for Fall outside...finally, and (4) listening to a sermon online everyday during Jadon's naptime...this week, Andy Stanley's series on "How to Be Rich." It's not what you think, so check it out for yourself here ;)

We've been preparing for Halloween lately too! It's only one week away! (Then Thanksgiving, then Christmas, then Macy!!!) There are so many festivities for kids in Myrtle Beach for Halloween. We have a few Fall Festivals to hit this weekend that include costume contests, pre-trick-or-treating, hay rides, etc. Jadon has been practicing his growl in his costume, but you'll have to wait for pics on his blog to find out what he will dress up as.

That's all for now. Gotta go meet Gramma for dinner at the Outback...and the pregnant woman says, "Yummy!" :) Oh yeah, and check out how big this baby is getting!

Week 24: Curious?

Jamie and I celebrate being husband and wife for FIVE years today :) We are taking a trip to the mountains of North Carolina tomorrow, Asheville to be exact, so we can enjoy the Fall weather and tour the beautiful Biltmore Estates. Ah...the crisp, cool Autumn air, the smell of drying leaves, and the multi-colored scenery. We are so excited! We can't wait to take Jadon to the petting zoo at River Bend Farm; enjoy a Frontega Chicken and coffee at Panera, and maybe make a stop at this hip little place for some lunch one of the two days we are there :) All of this is courtesy of Gramma's Marriott Rewards points. Yay for generous Grammas!

And, oh yeah, almost forgot...(not really)...for all of you (Tiff and Tara) who may be interested in knowing our little girl's name, you must click here and read the latest entry on Jadon's blog. Pics from our trip to come...Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

24 Week Check-Up

I had a basic check-up at the doctor today. Nothing special, just a weigh in, belly measurement and a heartbeat check (150 beats per minute) :) Jadon did fairly well in the office...for Jadon, that is. Thankfully we only had to wait about 20 minutes to be seen. During the time we waited in the examination room, he found plenty of ways to entertain himself and us:

First, he discovered that there was a chair that spins:

Then he imitated Daddy by pretending to blow his nose:

And he showed us his "Happy Feet." (*See the entry for this date on his blog for video of that.) Afterwards we grabbed some Chick-fil-A, and then headed to the pumpkin patch in Litchfield. Those adorable pics can be found on Jadon's blog too...click here. Such a blessed day to see/hear my babies growing up :)

Week 23: Thar She Grows!

The pics below were taken at 24 weeks, actually...I'm SIX months! Woohoo! Only 3 1/2 to go...boo! :/ First Halloween(which is soon!), then Thanksgiving, then Christmas, then BABY!!! The holidays will surely help this countdown be much more enjoyable :)


Our little girl is most certainly growing! I feel her moving constantly, and Jamie can always put his hand on my belly and feel her now too. Although he talks to her a lot, I remind him that she can only here my voice from the inside right now, and it will be another two weeks, before she can hear outside voices. He says it doesn't matter because she can feel the vibrations ;)

Imitation is flattery, so Jadon is always lifting up my shirt and kissing and talking to my belly too :) He is sooo cute! The funniest thing was seeing him lift up Grandpa's shirt the other day and start talking to it. Hahahaha! I can't convince him that Grandpa doesn't have a baby in there though ;)

This fairly rapid growth spurt has definitely caused some difficulty sleeping lately. For whatever reason, different parts of my body (mostly my arms???) keep falling asleep in the middle of the night, which is SOOO uncomfortable. I literally toss and turn all night long now. I do have a Snoogle pregnancy pillow that Jamie bought for me, when I was pregnant with Jadon, but I am hesitant to unpack it from the garage, since Jadon is still in the bed with us (all our idea, not his...he could definitely sleep in his own bed, as far as he cares). His room is just too far away from ours and near the front door of the house, and I just know one day, he will figure out how to open it...scares me to death, and no, I cannot sleep with a monitor on. I can hear EVERY little noise with it, and it drives me crazy. So for now (and likely not much longer) the Snoogle pillow remains packed away, as I struggle to get comfortable at night.

What will I do with TWO babies in my room in a few months??? LOVE every minute of it! :) At this point, both Jamie and I have forgotten what it is like to sleep next to each other, and are content going to sleep next to a kitty-breath toddler and waking up with a finger in our eye, as Jadon says, "Ice." One day I will wish he was small enough to crawl into our bed and not care to have his mommy and daddy snuggled up next to him.

Week 22: Baby Beckham?

So my uterus is the size of a soccer ball now??? Yes, it is! I can totally tell there has been a growth spurt in the last few weeks. I feel heavy and I have a stuffy/runny nose too :/ Did you not get the invitation to my pity party?

I will say that I am feeling a little better than at the beginning of the week. I can breathe better at night, so my throat isn't so dry in the morning, but tissues are my new best friend, during the day. Have I mentioned that pregnancy is not my favorite part of life? I mean, I LOVE the outcome! The process is really not my cup of tea though. I just don't get those women who love being pregnant. The anticipation, I get, but that's all. Who likes to gain an extra 30lbs??? Who likes feeling tired from doing absolutely nothing??? Blah.

Being sick this week (and likely the tremendous growth spurt of my uterus into soccer ball-sized proportions) has me feeling not my best to say the least. If I didn't have Jadon to take care of, I don't know that I would leave the couch. I don't feel sleepy tired...just physically drained and tired. Alright enough "complaining," I suppose. Contrary to all of that, I am so very excited to meet our little girl, and her big brother has kept me more than entertained this week. He's so funny! You can read more about him on his blog. As much hard work as he is for me and Jamie, he is greatest joy of our lives :) I cannot believe I will soon talk about my KIDS...plural!!! Crazy!

Here is a clip of our ultrasound from a few weeks ago, as promised :)

Week 21: The Name Game

According the all of the resources, little girl has gained an ounce and a half this week alone...might not sound like a lot, but it feels like a lot! And to quote one Internet source, "In the next five weeks, she'll be packing it on!" Hopefully that means just the baby and not the Mama ;) I can actually tell there has been a growth spurt this week. Sadly a girl who works at the Starbucks inside Kroger made the comment, "Wow! You're really growing!" Hmmm...is that another way to say, "Wow! You're getting really big!"??? I attribute it all to the shirt I was wearing, but whatever. I'm proud to say that I've only gained 12 lbs. so far...right on target. If only I can keep things this way thru Thanksgiving and Christmas!As far as the baby goes, Jamie and I have spent the better part of the week discussing names. We do think we've settled on one. We had a girl's name from our pregnancy with Jadon that we still liked (Mia Grace), but that seems kind of like another baby's name to us now. So then we settled on a first name that we both love. The middle name has been a little harder and has taken some convincing for Jamie, but I definitely think it is growing on him ;) I'm not sure that we're ready to announce it, since we have a few months left to think about it, and I'd hate to change her name, once we start referring to her with it. Maybe next week. Here are a few other names we liked, but didn't choose: Peyton, Rylan, Claire, and Kenley. No one is allowed to steal any of them for at least five years, just in case we have another girl, though I'm fully expecting to have a baby boy named Jack before then ;) Maybe by next week, we'll feel ready to announce "her" name. That's still so strange to say...her :)

She has been very active lately. I suppose that 1.5 extra ounces has helped improve her karate skills. Jamie has been able to feel her thru my belly tons of times this week. I think next week my uterus moves up above my belly button. To me, it feels a little more comfortable, when that happens. Carrying the baby so low honestly feels like she's stepping right on my bladder sometimes. I'm excited to see her moving, when she's much bigger and carrying higher in my abdomen. I remember watching my stomach roll around from the outside with Jadon. You could always see where his butt was curled up in the rightside of my rib cage. It makes it a little harder to breathe then, but it is the coolest part of pregnancy to me. Just a few more weeks, until that happens :)

Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice :)

Well those of you in the minority (28%) were correct! Yes, Jack is actually not a boy, afterall...hmmm...wonder when this is really going to sink in. Jamie and I are going to have a DAUGHTER in four months!!! I really can't believe Jack is a girl, and her name can't be Jack anymore! What the heck??? So I was wrong. Jadon will not have a brother who plays on the same sports teams with him, but I will have a son who will watch out for his little sister in school :)

I have tons of video and ultrasound pics, but am utterly too exhausted (after the doctor's appt., the car attempting to overheat on the way home, and a play date with Beka and her two kids after that!) to upload anything right now. You're going to have to trust me that there was no penis or testicles on the screen today ;) Guess we have some thinking to do, in order to pick out the perfect name for our little princess. I have no doubt, after one trip to Baby Gap, this will all sink in and one of Jadon's two closets will soon be filled with a glowing pink hue...with a little purple and some tiny flowers as accents :)

Yay! I just realized I get to shop for baby dolls :) Now that is a VERY fun thought for Mommy. And I'll FINALLY get to buy an Easy Bake oven!!! Oh how I wanted one of those all of my life. Don't feel too guilty about that, Gramma. I'll let you buy this one, if it will make you feel better ;)

Week 20: Half-Baked

Tomorrow's the big day! Can I/we believe I only have 135 days to go in this pregnancy??? Jamie and I both think that sounds much better than four months :) Jamie has been hitting the pavement hard for his new job, working his butt off, while I sit here and endure Jadon's wild antics ALL DAY! I need major prayers, before this second baby arrives. Lord help you, little baby, if your big brother doesn't learn to stop throwing things at us, as if he wants us to play fetch! Oh my goodness!

And the final countdown is upon us :) We find out in 15 hours what the sex of this little swimmer is :) Yay! You know, I had no desire to find out Jadon's sex, but it is very different this time. I think it is because I want to know if I can put away the soccer balls and blue baby clothes, or if I need to hit the sale rack at Baby Gap to grab some pink dresses :) Will Jadon have a team mate kicking the ball alongside him, or will he be annoyed that his little sister is doing cheers on the sideline, or better yet playing with her Barbies?

Even though this pregnancy is more than half over, and I can feel the baby moving quite a bit, and clearly my belly is growing, it will all finally seem VERY real tomorrow, when we can give "it" a name. Then I will really start daydreaming about the role this child will play in Jadon's life...not that it will really end up that way, but it's fun to dream about those things (i.e. soccer buddies, high school basketball games on the same team, best friends, etc.). And, yes, I do know that if it is a girl, they can still be great friends...it'll just be different in my mind that's all. Then I will think about Jadon either (1) being the big brother who wants to beat up all of the boys who date his little sister or (2) tattling on her for hanging around the wrong guys. I think I'd prefer to daydream about soccer :/ Not sure I can handle all of the things that come along with pink dresses :/ Maybe I won't have to...I suppose we'll see tomorrow.

A few side notes: Jamie's mom, grandma, and my sister Emily will be thrilled to buy pink dresses! Auntie Em has been waiting to buy Barbies, since Jadon was in the womb. Jamie's mom has been waiting for a little girl since...well, since Jamie was in the womb! And Jamie's Grandma Vicky has rubbed my belly saying, "We want baby girl," for both pregnancies, I suppose for good luck like Buddah(?) Well, not really, but she really did rub my belly and say that.

As for my mom and Wally, they really don't care either way. They got their boy, and I'm sure my mom wouldn't mind a little helper in the kitchen, when she's baking Christmas cookies :) What about me and Jamie? We really are thrilled either way. I'm a little more nervous to have a girl and it would be a more economical (as far as toys and clothes) to have a boy, but I will be very excited to see Jamie's face, if he hears he will have a daughter. I have no doubt he'll be making quite a few stops at the little dresses department, if that ends up being the case, which will make me smile a lot :) :) :)

I wonder what a week 20 craving for carrots and ranch means??? Lord knows I've had an entire bag in the last week and a half! We'll update you all tomorrow!!!

Week 19: Where's the Baby?

Your big brother is very intuitive, Little Baby. I swear, he knows you're in there, and he's quite curious to know more about you, though I'm convinced he knows more than we do at this point. When I ask Jadon, "Where's the baby," he lifts up my shirt and begins exploring my belly.

"The baby's in there, Mommy."

"Yikes! I felt something moving!" "You mean to tell me it's a REAL baby in there? Get outta here!" "Hello, Little Baby. I'm your big brother, and I can't wait to meet you!"

"I love you, Little Baby."

Last night, after Jamie and Jadon were sound asleep, I looked back through Jadon's entire blog, and I realized just how excited I am to have the opportunity to take another 500 pictures of gummy grins, to nurse a baby again, and to watch the story of my life continue to unfold as a mother of TWO. I am truly overjoyed and completely undeserving of the blessings the Lord has given me, especially in the last few years. As if it weren't enough to watch Jadon grow and change into the little, independent boy he is so quickly becoming, in a few short months, I will also get to watch him take on the joys and challenges in his role as a big brother.

I must admit, I am a little sad, and try not to think too much about these next few months of Jadon being the only child in our home and the center of our attention. Instead, I try to think about how amazing it will be to watch him and his new brother or sister develop a relationship that will last throughout their entire lives, and how Jamie and I have the privilege of having the most intimate knowledge about and relationship with them both. I'm truly overjoyed!

Week 18: Snap, Crackle, Popped!

This is a pic of me at 18 weeks, 4 days. I like that Jamie cut off half of my butt, making me appear smaller than I am, but I don't like the indentation from my bathing suit bottoms around my hips...it's not a big horizontal stretch mark, people...not that there should be anything wrong with that, if it was ;) I can no longer wear pants without an elastic waist. My mom and Wally have both commented that I have a bump, and they said it in a way that made them seem surprised. That'll happen, when you're four months pregnant, you know?

Not much going on this week, well, except for the HURRICANE that is supposedly coming for us :/ Oh how I dread the possibility of having to pack up our car and evacuate. The only bright side is that, if we're staying in a hotel, that means I get to order take out :) A pregnant woman in her second trimester and an array of take out menus could be dangerous! I'm kidding, of course...well sort of ;)

I haven't been feeling too many flutters in my belly this week. What's up, baby? Are you sleeping? Give me a few kicks, will ya? Mommy tends to worry about this stuff. I need more movement, before our ultrasound appointment in two weeks. Did I mention, we'll find out the sex then??? SO EXCITED for that!

***UPDATE: Just about an hour after I finished writing this entry, both Jamie and I were able to feel the baby moving from the outside of my tummy! This was a first. Up until then, I had only felt flutters here and there. The baby is definitely growing. I could feel him/her (definitely a him) kicking my bladder too. It's such a weird feeling, like a nerve in my bladder is being pinched. It's also comforting, but a little freaky to feel such a tiny thing moving with such strength inside of me. I like the large baby movements, like kicking in the ribs, when the baby takes up your entire stomach and rib cage, much better...guess that's because it means it's closer to time to get the baby outta there :)

Week 17: Milk and Ketchup

I'm not a milk lover, by any means. I NEVER drink a glass of milk, that is, unless I have something like a chocolate chip cookie or a piece of chocolate cake. For some reason, this week I drank an entire half-gallon of skim milk. That may not seem like a lot to some people, but it is for me. I think I had a glass every night this week with a fiber One bar on the side :) Yummy!

I also usually do the low-carb thing. It works for me, but not when I'm pregnant. As with Jadon (which is weird because most people's pregnancy cravings are different each time), I have been craving anything made with tomatoes...specifically ketchup!!! I remember eating a large order of onion rings from Burger King, when I was pregnant with Jadon. I kid you not, I had an entire packet of ketchup with every 1-2 onion rings I ate!!! What??? Crazy! Well, this pregnancy isn't much different. Jamie made sweet potato fries the other night, and I dipped each one in so much ketchup, it was ridiculous! I cannot get enough cold ketchup...that and I had to have an order of lasagna from a place called Redz the other day for lunch. They didn't put nearly enough sauce on that lasagna. Oh yeah, and I also had a piece of pizza from Sbarros at the mall the other night for dinner...with an entire bowl of sauce on the side :) Tomatoes...YUMMY!

In other news, I am feeling you move a little more now...not a lot, but more than last week. And the big news is that your Gramma, Grandpa and Auntie Em moved to Carolina Forest! Yay! They are now a very short, very convenient three miles down the road from our house :) I'm hoping we won't have to miss church, once you are born (like I did with Jadon), since you should be able to stay with them for an hour and a half, rather than go into the very germ-infested nursery. I know you'd likely survive it, but it's not my favorite thought. Besides that, Daddy and I could use an hour here and there to grocery shop, go on a short date????, and spend some quality time with your big brother, since he's pretty used to having our undivided attention. Guess we'll see how things go.

This weeks starts a rapid growth spurt for you. You will nearly double in size in the next few weeks. Yikes! I have my maternity clothes out and ready. You'll likely gain 7 ouces and grow over a 3 inches by week 20. Hopefully the same won't be said of me :/ Although I've found the humidity in the mornings to be unbearable, so I've taken a break from my walks on many days. It has been around 86 degrees by 9am lately and the air is so thick! Yuck!

Only three more weeks, until we find out if Jadon will have a baby brother or sister :)

Week 16.75: Movin' On Up

We had our third doctor's appointment on Friday. My appointment was scheduled for 10am, but I didn't get seen until 11:30! Typical at this office. I'd love to switch offices, but I really want to deliver this baby at the same hospital as Jadon because it is new, small, super clean, and the staff are so professional...just kinda wish we didn't have to sit through the long waiting periods at nearly every doctor's appointment.

Anyway, both Jamie and Jadon were there with me. Things would have likely been just fine, if they had been on schedule, but with all of the waiting, Jadon become unmanageable in the examination room. By that time, we had been there for over an hour, and the room was way too small and had WAY too many tempting things for him to try to get into (i.e. the on/off switch on the bed, the stirrups, the cabinet doors, magazine rack, outlets without protective covers, a trash can that pulled out of the cabinet...it never ended). I think Jamie was a bit bored as well because he seemed to need to inspect some of the equipment too!Like father, like son, huh?

After being in the exam room, and giving everything a test drive, he could no longer take it, so Jamie had to take him outside, just before the mid-wife made it in to listen to the heartbeat :/ I did have my camera with video options with me, so that was my only option for Jamie to get to be a part of the experience.

It took 90 minutes to be seen for a 10 minute appointment...typical, I know. She was able to find the baby's heartbeat very quickly this time, without searching at all. Last time, it took a few minutes to find, and it was way down at the lowest part of my stomach on the lefthand side. It is now only about an inch below my belly button on the righthand side :) AMAZING! I never get tired of hearing that sound :) I still can't believe it's real! This is really happening! After the doppler, I had to get some blood drawn to do tests for genetic abnormalities with the baby and to have my thyroid level tested again. She also told me that, after the baby is born, I will have to have a rubella vaccine again because I'm no longer immune...weird.

I've gained eight pounds so far...blah! They say five is average for this stage, so I shouldn't complain. I'm still walking every morning, and do try my best to eat lots of healthy foods, and always take the best prenatals I can find, along with my Omegas and the baby aspirin (until week 37). Things are going unbelievably well, to be honest. I haven't had any kind of scare...no bleeding, cramping...nothing! Unreal!Five miscarriages, bleeding with Jadon, and now nothing! SO, SO, SO awesome!!! :) Our next appt. is on Friday, September 22nd. That's when we get to find out if we're having another son or a daughter :) Now that is truly unreal!

Week 16: Prego! It's in there!!!

This is what your big brother does, while Mommy blogs (if I'm lucky, that is):
Yeah, so that didn't last long. Just as soon as I typed those words, Jadon woke up. We attempted to potty, which he did a tiny bit, but he saved the bulk of it for the master bathroom floor and Mommy's feet ;) Then after lunch, he decided his bedroom floor would be more appropriate. Ahhh...potty training is much like training a puppy, I'm thinking, especially after the poop in the living room floor incident yesterday. Oh my!

Oh well. In much happier news, I have officially felt you move on several occasions :) You're about a week earlier than Jadon, or at least I am more tuned into your movements than I was with Jadon's pregnancy. And in sad news (I suppose happy, depending on how you look at it), my waistline has officially disappeared. I find myself wanting to hide my belly behind maternity shirts. In a rush, yesterday, I put on a regular shirt and quickly decided that should just be packed away for the next year or so ;) I've been picking up a few maternity items here and there, when I find them on sale, and I deperately need to get my old maternity clothes out of the storage box in the garage. It wasn't long ago that I packed them away, wondering if I'd ever wear them again. Funny!

We have a doctor's appt. coming up this Friday, the 22nd, but it's not the BIG one...just routine stuff, but we will get to hear your heartbeat again :) Then next time, at 20 weeks, we get to find out what your sex is. Let me just call this now (though I have debated doing so)...I feel you are a boy, just like I did with Jadon. I think your name will be Jackson, "Jack." I just always thought we would have a boy named Jack, though recently I've had at least one other name on my mind that Daddy sort of likes too (hard to believe with him...we disagree on TONS of names). But anyway...it will be another month before we know.

So just to recap: I am REALLY pregnant! I not only have the lack of waistline to prove it, but can also feel the tiny flutters of our future baby Jack (hehe!) in my belly. Just a side note, Baby: If you're not a "Jack," we're going to be just as thrilled. Mommy and Daddy would be SUPER EXCITED to buy a few pink dresses :)Here's a peek at your development this week (you're 4 1/2 inches long from crown to rump!!! Holy cow!):

Week 15: Potty Trains, Headaches, and a Stuffy Nose

At the recommendation of Jadon's doctor and our own desire to get him out of diapers, before you arrive, we've started potty training this week. I must say, I am SO thankful that Daddy is home to assist me with this! This process may take as long as it will take for you to get here, but we're hanging in there. Your big brother has been learning the sign for "potty" and has started wearing big boy underwear around the house. Let me remind myself now that it takes much patience and dedication to potty train...maybe we'll start earlier with you. Who knows?

Mommy has been feeling light-headed this week. On our morning walk one day this week, I had to literally sit down on the sidewalk because I thought I would faint!!! What??? I've never fainted in my life! Crazy! I've felt that way a few other times, but was in the house where I could just sit down on couch. They say this is normal in the second trimester, due to the increase in blood volume. In fact, I remember feeling this way with Jadon, when I would shower. Hopefully we don't have any major episodes with it. Sometimes I worry I'm becoming hypo-glycemic :/ Hopefully not.

Late Thursday night, I had a terrible headache, which progressed into an entire body ache by the middle of the night. I went to the couch around 4am and was there for over 24 hours!!! Daddy took care of Jadon, while I literally laid there ALL day. I felt like I had eaten something bad, but still don't know. On top of that, my headache felt hormonal...like the ones I had with previous miscarriages or when I was taking too much progesterone with Jadon (around 13 weeks in). It's a different type of headache that Tylenol doesn't seem to help, but thankfully it was gone by mid-afternoon on Saturday...it returned Sunday morning, but went away with one Tylenol.

And on top of those things, I've had the typical stuffy nose that can come with pregnancy. Yay! Gotta love the extra mucus you produce...ummm hmmm. See why I love pregnancy? Such a fun process ;) but so worth it at the end, right? :) Sorry if I've scared those of you who are not yet mothers...just being honest...but it REALLY is worth every crappy part of it :)

I'm thinking I may have felt you move, when I was sick on the couch. They say the second time around, Mommies are better able to identify the feeling of their baby moving much earlier. I felt Jadon move during week 17, so I've been paying close attention, but to be honest, it's still hard to tell if it's my imagination, a gas bubble, my pulse or you. I'm assuming it's you...we'll be able to tell better in a few days I'm sure ;) Here's a look at you this week (you're the size of an apple!!!):

Week 14: Welcome to the Second Trimester!!!

Whoohoo! Now we're makin' some progress! Yay! Only 26 week to go :/ Boo! (Huge sigh) I'm ready to be in the third trimester, to be honest. I'm not one to be patient with pregnancy, that's for sure. When your big brother Jadon was in the womb, Mommy was ready for him to be born at 37 weeks (because he would have been fully developed by then), but honestly I was ready as soon as I got pregnant, and that's how I feel about you.

Pregnancy itself is not Mommy's favorite part of life...the end result is, but the process is so SLOW! I'm ready to feel you move! I'm ready to find out what your sex is! I'm ready to see your face :) Guess I need to take a breath and slow down because it's surely going to be a while, huh?

We had dinner with Daddy's friends Steve and Allyson this week. Allyson is 30 weeks pregnant with a baby girl, and I must say I would LOVE to switch places and be only 10 weeks away from seeing you, but I also know I need all the time I can get to cherish and spend time with Jadon, before you arrive and I have to share my time with two babies...bittersweet, as it seems the entire process of parenting is. At any rate, you are surely growing in there, little one. Mommy didn't buy a maternity bathing suit, and at this point, I'm thankful summer is coming to an end because my tankini will surely become a bikini by September!

Here's a glimpse at your development this week: