Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
A little Christmas in July
So, I haven't yet blogged about the fact that we are expecting baby #2! We are all very excited for our addition. I'm a week away from the half-way mark, which means this pregnancy is speeding by for me. With Jasper, every week seemed like an eternity. With this pea, it's a very different experience. My due date is Christmas Eve.
I've been sick and that hasn't been so fun, but I'm feeling better at this point. This little pea is SOOO active. Way more active than Jasper. I first felt the baby move at 16 weeks (which is pretty early). Rob felt the baby kick at 17 weeks! I think that is unheard of! This baby is constantly kicking. I think Rob, Jasper and I are really going to have our hands full with this little one.
Today we had our ultrasound to check all the organs: heart, brain, spine, face, kidneys, bladder, arms, legs, toes. Everything looked normal, which brings great peace to my heart. I've been having some really, really weird dreams lately about birthing a frog. To see that it was in fact a little human that was doing all that kicking and not a frog made me quite happy.
We also found out that we are having a boy!!! Jasper's going to have a little playmate to wrestle with! I have to say that in the depths of my heart, I kind of thought it was a boy, even though I was kind of hoping for a little girl to play princess, dress-up, and barbies with. I guess my nieces will have to put up with a thirty year-old aunt who wants to play barbies too... I've been thinking about it alot, though, and I see my sister Anna with her two little boys who look after one another and play together so well. It really will be wonderful to have these two little guys so close in age. I just hope I can teach them to love and like one another!
Picture of baby with hand in his mouth
His hands
Profile
I've been sick and that hasn't been so fun, but I'm feeling better at this point. This little pea is SOOO active. Way more active than Jasper. I first felt the baby move at 16 weeks (which is pretty early). Rob felt the baby kick at 17 weeks! I think that is unheard of! This baby is constantly kicking. I think Rob, Jasper and I are really going to have our hands full with this little one.
Today we had our ultrasound to check all the organs: heart, brain, spine, face, kidneys, bladder, arms, legs, toes. Everything looked normal, which brings great peace to my heart. I've been having some really, really weird dreams lately about birthing a frog. To see that it was in fact a little human that was doing all that kicking and not a frog made me quite happy.
We also found out that we are having a boy!!! Jasper's going to have a little playmate to wrestle with! I have to say that in the depths of my heart, I kind of thought it was a boy, even though I was kind of hoping for a little girl to play princess, dress-up, and barbies with. I guess my nieces will have to put up with a thirty year-old aunt who wants to play barbies too... I've been thinking about it alot, though, and I see my sister Anna with her two little boys who look after one another and play together so well. It really will be wonderful to have these two little guys so close in age. I just hope I can teach them to love and like one another!
Picture of baby with hand in his mouth
His hands
Profile
Monday, July 21, 2008
Jasper at low tide
Sara had a Primary activity on Saturday morning and Jasper and I went along to help her setup. Once they got going we decided to go check out the park's low tide. While we saw crabs and sea anemones and moon snail huts and shrimp and fishies and little baby eels, Jasper's favorite activity was digging in the sand. In fact, he liked it so much that he let me go play in the Sound to find crabs hiding in the seaweed (not too far away, mind you) for 15 minutes with nary a "Mama" (a title Sara and I hold jointly, for now). It was a very pleasant morning for both of us as we waded through low tide - Jasper on my shoulders with pail in one hand and shovel, dripping with wet sand, in the other.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)