Pregnancy and General Update

I knew I probably wouldn't be as communicative about this second pregnancy, but seriously, I had no idea how UN-communicative I would be!! I am making a pledge to not be the same when it comes to his pictures. :)

Today I am 35 weeks and I am ready to not be pregnant anymore. Am I ready for a newborn? No. But I would like to be able to lay down or even walk in comfort. We had a little scare this week, I woke up with some spotting on Wednesday. I was pretty sure everything was okay and knew the baby would most likely be fine if born that day, but it sure was an eye opener that we have a lot do still!! Everything is fine and the baby appears to be staying put for now. My c-section is now scheduled for February 21st. It was supposed to be the 20th but the OR was already booked with 3 scheduled that day so my doctor graciously offered a Saturday. Although, he doesn't think I'll go that long. My blood pressure has been elevated but had come down a little on Wednesday. I've been going weekly for the last couple of weeks and will continue through the duration. I had an ultrasound on Wednesday as well. They were already going to do one but the spotting made it a necessity. The little booger still won't show his face so I don't have a cool 3D pic of him. Apparently he's a superstar already and is waiting to show his face at his debut! They said he looks to be about 4 lbs 14oz right now. He'll probably gain 1-2 lbs if he stays in 4 more weeks, looks like I make small babies!! I'm hoping to make it to the 21st, but it's a wait and see. I didn't have to go into labor the first time so I'm not looking forward to that happening this time! At this point I'm going every Wed so stay tuned for updates..I'll really try and be better. :)

Peanut talks about baby brother every day. Wondering if he's here yet, giving my belly kisses. She has a little baby doll she got for Christmas that's all in blue and she calls it her baby brother. Hopefully she'll be this loving when the real one arrives. We've been dealing with some real Mommy attachment lately. She's always been a Mommy's girl, but the last couple of weeks its become crazy. Franklin and I are taking turns putting her to bed and she cries and cries for me. They both stick it out and it works out fine, but it's hard.

She's been in a big girl bed now for 3 weeks on Saturday. It's been a little challenging but does seem to be getting a little easier. We've put a gate at her door, that helped a lot!! At least with naptime when it takes her longer to get settled I know she's IN her room. And I'm happy with having quiet time in her room if she's not going to sleep, Mommy needs alone time!! And the gate has also stopped the late night visits to our room. Occasionally she'll wake up but not nearly as often as she was. I think knowing she can't come to our room helps. Although it was easier in the morning to just have her crawl in bed with me. :) Oh well, I won't be sleeping in much longer anyhow!!

That's pretty much our life right now. This weekend will be spent finishing organizing the baby's room and doing some cleaning.