Expecting #2

Erik and I are expecting baby number two! We are so excited and thrilled to be adding to our family. However, I am very anxious to be adding another munchkin and don't know how it's going to work with two of them to take care of. Everything about it is stressing me out. How in the world am I supposed to run errands or even get out of the house with two kids on different sleeping schedules? Will I ever breathe fresh air again? And where the heck is this baby supposed to sleep? We only have two bedrooms in this house. Guess he or she is going in a closet. :) I know I am blowing it totally out of proportion, but the new addition is seriously going to throw me for a loop. It's definitely going to be a whirlwind that's for sure.

To be honest, it almost doesn't feel like it's really happening. I feel like I'm just getting fat, tired, more zits, and have no energy to do anything. Unlike my last pregnancy, I often forget what is going on and really haven't paid much attention to the growing fetus inside of me. Claire takes every ounce of my attention and I never seem to remember to catch up on how big the baby is at that moment or what body part is currently developing. I couldn't even take the first "I'm Pregnant!" picture before the word "Pregnant" disappeared from the screen. When I finally got around to taking it, I had to digitally insert "Pregnant" onto the stick (good thing I still had it laying around). Shows you how lazy I have been these past few months. You'll also notice that I can't seem to take my belly pictures on time. I've missed the usual 4, 8, and 12 week marks. Oh well. :)

I am currently 17 weeks, and so far, this pregnancy has been very different from when I had Claire. Thankfully, I really haven't been sick. With Claire, I threw up constantly. This time around, I throw up bile in the morning when I brush my teeth and that's it (sorry TMI). Every now and then I feel nauseous later in the day, but all I have to do is pop a Zofran and almost two seconds later I feel great. Well, not great, but not nauseous. :) The other weird thing is that I haven't fully embraced my baby bump. I honestly don't know what it is, but I haven't been able to get myself to wear fitted shirts that show off my belly. At first I felt that I was showing way too quickly for how far along I was, but now I really have no excuse. Along that note, I could not believe how fast I started showing this time. I swear the week after I knew I was pregnant (and I knew right away because I was tracking everything), I felt so bloated and gross and thought I looked two months into it. It was so crazy how fast my body changed.

Last week, at my four month check up, we tried to find out the gender. Unfortunately, their ultrasound machine just wasn't good enough to decipher between the three parts the doctor could see. He told us he saw three parts but couldn't tell if they were three girl parts or three boy parts. :( We were so disappointed. Now we have to wait another week and a half for my official ultrasound (which actually is earlier than initially expected). Hopefully the legs will be spread! :)