It's a BOY

I'm still a little shocked.

I just knew it was going to be a little girl.

But I'm still very happy.

And starting to think about names.

And happy that I will be saving tons of money b/c I still have all of Peyton's stuff AND it is a lot easier to not go 'crazy' buying boy stuff verses girl stuff.

Loved seeing my 2nd little man on the screen for about 15 min!!!

Loved every minute of it...

Still on cloud nine and can't wait to meet this little one in January.

A little scared because I have no idea as to how I could possibly grasp the love that I will feel for ANOTHER child.

But excited for this journey we are taking together.

Big Day Tomorrow

Tomorrow is the BIG ultrasound.

So of course that means that I can't seem to get to sleep tonight.

Imagine that.

So I decided to blog some of the feelings I have about the sex of the baby.

Girl - well, obviously we have a little boy, so a girl would be nice.  I would LOVE to shop for all the girl things, pick out adorable shoes and outfits, with matching hair bows.  I would enjoy doing all the mother-daughter type stuff, and it would be nice to have one of each. 

Boy - Peyton is such a sweet little boy, and I would LOVE another little boy.  Growing up, I always said I wanted boys.  It actually wasn't until I became aunt to two amazing little girls did the want for a little girl to ever cross my mind.  And we have everything a little boy would ever need/want.  Toys, clothes, more toys, more clothes, etc. 

I know that whatever God has blessed us with will be perfect.

So, for my gender determination/guess: Girl.  Why???  Because this pregnancy has been so completely opposite from my last.  I had morning sickness for weeks and weeks, and I have had horrible migraines for weeks and week (they stopped when I was pg with Peyton).  Everything is also starting earlier this time, don't know if it is b/c of the baby or b/c the fact that this is my 2nd pregnancy, but the heart burn, back aches, etc have already started.

Hopefully by this time tomorrow I will know what my little baby is, and maybe even have a name for him/her.  (We have names for a boy, girl, not so much).

Migraine central

I cannot believe o have been fighting the same nagging headache / migraine for over a week now! This pregnancy oils turning out so different fro
The last one. I pray this let's up and that I don't fight daily migraines or bad headaches for the whole pregnancy.

On a positive note: I cooked dinner today.
Negative: I didn't get the things I wanted to accomplish over the weekend done. Didn't SHED the laundry room, put up the desk in the dining room or go to church today.

I've been in bed most of the weekend, sigh.

Here's to a better week next week.


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Time to SHED

I've been reading this book:

http://www.amazon.com/SHED-Your-Stuff-Change-Life/dp/0743250907/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1279671783&sr=8-4

Hoping that it helps me get this house in order before this baby comes.  I have a few areas that I'm going to tackle first...and I hope to share this process on the blog.  I feel overwhelmed by all the 'stuff' that we have accumulated, that we don't really 'need' or even use.  Need to start moving rooms around to make room for baby, but so much stuff is in the way that the process is going to be difficult if I don't get it under control.

I've read about 1/2 of the book.  Time to start taking action...

I've gotten to S. and H. - Sort and Heave...will sort and  heave before moving on to the next step.  Creating 'rules' for each of the areas before getting started...will share those here as I go.

But I have had a migraine for about 2 days straight now.  Hope it is gone for good, feeling ok right now, just weak from all the resting/sleeping/benadryl.

July Already???

Ok, well I guess June pretty much flew buy without me capturing much here on the good ole blog.  So maybe I should summarize???

- Peyton took Swimming lessons and is now swimming like a little fish.  Well, not quite like a fish, but he can swim and he really HATES the swimmies.  So bad that he cries the whole time they are on b/c he can't touch the bottom. 

- We got our fence finally...

- VBS at church - I taught the Kindergarten class (no picture yet)

- Can see more of the fence peeking out of the side in these pictures, but also can see our nicely trimmed bushes/hedges around our house.  Eric does such a GREAT job with the yard work, I think we have one of the best looking yards in the neighborhood :)

- Still loving the pool.  Not loving the fact that one little boy wants to go swimming EVERY single day, but we are adjusting.

 

- Took down my corner desk (which is for sale by the way) to start getting ready for the babies room.  Corner desk is currently in about 10 pieces in my foyer. Ready to get it sold or OUT of my house.

- My garden did GREAT this year.  Apparently I forgot to take pictures of it in June though, this is a picture from May.  Those plants and flowers are HUGE now.  It looks so much prettier in this picture actually :).  With the morning sickness and overall tiredness from the baby, the garden got way out of control, and I gave Eric the go ahead to cut down about 2/3's of the garden, leaving only the tomatoes and flowers.  I just couldn't keep up with it this year.  Not sure if I will do it next year with a newborn, but I do love it and I know it will be a part of my lifestyle for a long time.

- Had the first u/s of Baby#2. 

- Threw up a countless number of times, but entering the 2nd trimester and not getting sick for the last 2 weeks - PRICELESS!!!

Lookie Lookie

I had my ultrasound done, June 23rd, and I was 10w5d - and had ONE healthy little boy/girl.  The doctor surprised me and switched to 3D/4D for the ultrasound, and it was just amazing how much I could see of the baby (and he/she was only about 2 inches long)!   Arms, Legs, Fingers, Eye sockets, etc.  So amazing.  God has truly blessed us.  Can't wait until August when we find out if 'she' is really a 'she' like I'm thinking!

Wrong

Just wrong.

Yesterday was the day for my first ultrasound.  I had been counting down for weeks.  Then the doctor’s office called, and the a/c was broken in the office, so they had to reschedule.  Sadness.  My ultrasound is now scheduled for next Wednesday.  Only a week, I know, but I was so excited.  So I wait. 

In the meantime, I thought I would share this…this was when I ‘met’ Peyton for the first time… I was going to show the first ultrasound picture, but apparently I don't have those digitally - so that is on my todo list - to get them out of his 'baby box' and scan them.  I thought that I had before, but I can't find them at the moment.  So these pictures were taken the very first time I held Peyton...

Wow, what a week

This last week has been a blur, and I honestly don't know how on earth I made it.  I've been sick, fighting bronchitis, and tired, from the baby, and then on top of all that, we had VBS at church this week, and I was teaching the Kindergarten class.  Um, tired isn't the word.  I've been so completely exhausted, I've barely made it out of bed for more than a few hours all weekend.  But that is ok.  I'm feeling better at the moment so hopefully this week will be a good one.

Maybe I can even fit in a bit of scrapbooking at some point next week.  I need that!!!

And I need to make some lists of the millions of things in my head!  The million things that I haven't had time or energy (well mostly energy) to do.  My house looks like a wreck, we did do family clean up time on Saturday and that helped, but um, with the 3 year old, the living room already looks as bad as it did yesterday.  Yeah!  How can a kid make a worse mess in 3 hrs than he did in approximately 2 full weeks?????  He is going to have to learn to start playing in the playroom.

Eric passed all his classes this quarter. One more day of school then he is off for almost 3 weeks.  That is going to be a nice 3 weeks for us all!!!  Does this mean I have to start cooking again?

My garden needs to be harvested so bad.  I hope this last week hasn't killed/destroyed the garden.  I have to get out there.  Like, NOW!

Our pool is hot!!!  It feels like a sauna.  It wasn't supposed to be this way.  Didn't expect that.  Hello, pool = refreshing right????  I think it might have too much salt in it.  Sigh.

Oh, and Don't let me forget that i need to pay the bills. 

Glad VBS is over.  Sad that I don't have a week to play catch up before real life starts all over again.

Here's to the last few hours of the weekend!  I'm gonna go float around in my pool hot tub!!! 

Two weeks

Well, I didn't get to hear the heartbeat on wednesday. They don't start checking that until around week 12 and I'm only 8 wks. One good thing os that they moved up my first ultrasound a week, so it is only 2 weeks away!!!! And considering that next week is vbs I know that it will go really quickly.

As of yesterday it has been 4 wks since I found out I was pregnant!!! In some ways it has flown by, and in others it has crept ( like when I feel sick). Kinda hope the next 32 or so weeks go fast , but I want to cherish this as much as possible because I'm pretty sure this could be the last baby we have!

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Dreaming of Baby Room's Already

I think one of the best parts of expecting a baby, is dreaming/planning the baby's room.  Below is a picture of Peyton's room.

And here are a few layouts combinations of the room I'm envisioning for the baby. 

And I think this layout below is probably going to be the winner.  I really want to try to fit a twin bed and baby bed in the room, so I might forgo the changing table/dresser and use the built in desk for that.  (my scrapbooking built in desk, oh it is going to be so sad not having my scrapbook area!!!)

Used an online tool for this, so you can't really tell what is what, and this isn't what my furniture looks like, but you get the general idea.  :)

Oh, just can't wait to find out if it is a boy or a girl so I can REALLY start looking and planning.