BELLY! Week 16

 While I was getting ready this morning Tim snapped a couple of pictures.  :) 

I love that my belly is starting to show! :)  I really love being pregnant minus the last 2 months.  The lack of sleep really starts to get to me at the end.  And at that point I'm peeing so often during the night that as soon as I get to sleep I'm up 2 hours later to go pee again.  But the next 3 months will hopefully be perfectly wonderful! :)

16 week check up

We had a regular check up this morning to make sure all is well with the little baby and myself.  Kaelyn and Tim also came along even though they really didn't need to.  I like it when they come along :)  My blood pressure was looking good, 118/64ish ...I can't remember exactly, my blood tests I did a couple of weeks ago all came back normal, and I've gained a total of about four pounds which is also normal.  We got to hear the baby's heart beat which is always reassuring.  Our next appointment is November 19th and we'll find out the sex of the baby!  I think we're both very excited to find out what we're having.  We've been discussing names, but aren't having much luck.  Tim is stuck on the name Finnegan for a boy. Someone please tell him we're not naming any of our children Finnegan.  ;)  We both kinda like the name Dylan, but Dylan Dunn doesn't sound very good together so that's out.  We haven't really come up with any girls names yet.  It's difficult to find a good website to search baby names on.  I find it hard to search through A's, then B's, then C's...etc which is how most sites are set up.

No pictures this time.  We're taking weekly belly photos starting 2 weeks ago (week 14).  I'll probably do another one tomorrow for week 16 and post that soon.  I'm also keeping a weekly belly journal like I did with Kaelyn.

More to come soon.  :)

Zombie Walking

At 17 1/2 months old she has built up enough courage to walk on her own!!  She was able to walk holding our hand or hanging onto furniture. We had been able to get her to walk a few steps to us if we set her down in front of us.  But on Sunday she walked from Tim to me and back and forth and back and forth!! :)  We were very excited, but I think Kaelyn was even more excited!  With her arms out and little waddle she looks like a mini zombie.  :)

She's been doing, what I call, laps from the living room to her bedroom and back again.  Sometime's she brings her buddies (stuffed animals) from one room to the next, one at a time.  :)  She's really enjoying walking and we love watching her.  It's great to see her so happy and proud of herself! 

Back by popular demand - New baby on the way!

We posted this picture on Facebook to announce our second baby (bun in the oven).  However, many people did not get it.  :)  Even a friend of mine who knew I was pregnant before the Facebook announcement didn't get it.  So much for being creative!!  haha  I'm going on 14 weeks along with our second baby.  We've had two doctor's appointments and both went very well.  Kaelyn and Tim came along for both.  At the second appointment we got to hear the baby's heartbeat.  The whole thing still seems completely unreal.  I've been feeling really good so far during this pregnancy.  I feel like the tiredness is catching up with me now though.  I've had a few food aversions and some junk food cravings.  My belly hasn't popped out as much as I thought it would.  Many people seem to get bigger faster during their second pregnancy.  Some people have asked if this will be our last and I can't say yes or no for sure.  We may very well decide to go for three.  :)  People also ask if I want a boy or girl.  I tell everyone the same thing: if you had asked me before Kaelyn I would have said I want a boy then a girl. Now that we have Kaelyn I could careless what we have next...I'd have 3 girls and be content.  People give me a look like I'm lying.  But honestly, I DO NOT CARE!!  :-)  

The baby's due date is April 12th, but because I had a c-section before the doctor will schedule me for another on April 9th.  BUT if I go into labor naturally prior to the 9th he will let me try and delivery the baby vaginally which is what I want.  The baby will come along about 3-4 weeks before Kaelyn turns 2.

Our next appointment is October 24th.  We'll just have a normal check up with the Doctor.  Then we should have another appointment about November 21st (day before Thanksgiving) and that's when we should find out the sex of the baby!! YAY!!  

Kaelyn is 17 months old and is a sweet girl.  She loves leaves (which you can see she is holding one).  She's a chatterbox (mostly nonsense words, but it's adorable).  At her 15 month check up she hadn't gained much weight so we recently had to go back and do a weight check.  She had gained a little more which was good. She weighed 19 pounds and was about 30 inches long - little peanut!!  She's wearing 12 month size clothes and size 2 shoes.  :-)  She's been rather needy lately and I think it's because she has got several teeth coming through.  Yesterday Kaelyn and I went grocery shopping and she excitedly screamed at every item I picked up off the shelves and put in the cart.  Although, I found it amusing the rest of the store may not have.  haha!