Pics...finally

I am 25 weeks pregnant and am finally getting a picture of me pregnant. The second child just doesn't get the same amount of pictures. I had almost every month from 4 months on with Becca. I keep thinking about getting a picture taken but then it slips my mind. That's definitely another thing worse this time around...my memory! I can now empathize with my friends who have gone through this before. I am still a little tired but in my nesting mode. I am so ready to get both rooms done. I have finished painting Becca's bed...which was the guest bed...and put it in her room. She's so excited about her new big bed, which is a full-size, that she told me she needed to take a nap in her bed yesterday. She has pretty much stopped taking naps most days so this was a great surprise. We'll see how long this novelty lasts. My next step is to find paint for the boy's room and get it painted. Until that happens, both rooms are cramped and messy. So, if you come see me in the next month or two, you'll just have to look away.

I passed!

I got to chug my sunkist for my glucose test today. I'm not a big drinker so drinking a whole can in 5 minutes was pretty hard. But my blood sugar levels were normal and so were my iron levels. Last time with Becca, my iron was a little low. I didn't have to go on pills but my doctor told me to eat more steaks and hamburgers...now that's a diet I can follow! It's funny how different doctors are. There are 4 doctors in my practice and I've seen 2 different ones the last 2 weeks. My due date is December 30th. The first one said if everything was going well, he would induce me any time after Christmas. The doctor I saw today who is older and said he has seen more and doesn't understand why people wait so long...I had an 8 pound 4 oz baby and almost a 4th degree tear which he said was probably due to the fact I was 2 days over. Anyway, whatever his reasoning, he said if everything was going well and I was ready, he'd induce anytime after the 16th. Now that sounds much better to me. Plus I'd have the full benefit of my mom who will be here for 2 weeks starting the week of Christmas. I don't know what my regular doctor prefers...probably not the 2 weeks early but I can only hope.

Becca's room

I finished painting Becca's room yesterday...it's not too pink. I picked out what looked like it had only a touch of pink...it's called ceramic pink. Now, we will sand and paint the footboard of the guest bed...which will be Becca's "new" bed. We have already repainted the old dresser that was in here that used to be Darren's as a bachelor. We painted it white and she picked out pink knobs. We already have her bedding she picked out from JC Penny online. It's pink stripe with pink hearts on the other side. Imagine a little girl liking pink. Once her room is done, we get to concentrate on the boys room. Then maybe I'll think about names...any ideas?

Guess what we're having??

We are so excited to find out we're having a boy...especially my husband. I honestly didn't have a preference. The problem now is names; I think boy names are much harder because you can't get cutsie or girlie with boys which narrows the field down. We want something a little different, although I will probably use my dad's middle name for his middle name which is Max. That also narrows down the choices as we will have to find something that goes with Max. My doctor told me if I don't go into labor on my own, we can induce anytime after Christmas. I don't want too close to Christmas but I don't want to go into the new year either. If he would come on his own two weeks early and be healthy, that would be great. Most of my family are coming into town for the holidays which will be nice. Just thought I should share our great news!

Great news!

I am pregnant!! Yeah! It hasn't been the easiest road to get here and ideally we would have gotten pregnant earlier or waited a few months because the timing isn't great...Becca will be 4 December 10th and this baby is due December 30th. Can you imagine 2 babies and Christmas all in the same month? I can't. We really are excited; I've passed my first trimester and am finally feeling like it's real. I haven't really been sick, just a little more pressure/slight pain with this won and of course exhausted every day. I'm lucky I can take a nap most afternoons wth Becca. Just wanted to share my awesome news. We'll find out what we're having, probably the first of August. I'll keep you posted.

Long time no blog

Wow! I can't believe how time has flown. This is my first week of having nothing to do and I'm so happy about it. Becca and I went to Iowa for my husband's niece's wedding. We then drove to Oklahoma for my grandma's 90th birthday celebration. We were gone for a total of 2 and a half weeks. When I got back I had so much to catch up on, it wasn't funny. The next week was Vacation Bible School which I helped with. The end of the week I went away for Southern Living at Home convention. Then I had something several nights last week after getting back and am so glad my summer is winding down. My neighbor started a dinner and book club and we had our first meeting last week. I've got this month so I'll be having people here and cooking something. I'm really excited about this. So many women have been really enthusiastic about it.

Stir crazy

I haven't been watching a couple of the kids I normally watch because their dad's company has been on strike. They came back Monday and then the youngest ended up with hand foot mouth. I sterilized the toys in hopes Becca would not get it. She ended up with a fever the next day and complaining of her mouth hurting. Evidently, HFM is something you have to ride out..it's a virus. So I didn't think much of taking her to the doctor until today. She still said her mouth hurt but she didn't have any rashes or mouth ulcers. She actually had strep which I'm now sorry I let it go a few days but at least we figured out the problem and she's got antibiotics. I've already been staying in to keep from spreading HFM and now Darren went out of town last night and won't be back until Monday night. I am stuck in the house with no interaction and going a little crazy. I told Darren he would probably get sick of me pretty quickly when he got back because I'm going to be needing to get out. I am leaving for out of town for 2-3 weeks next Friday so if Becca had to get sick, I suppose this was the best weekend for it. I'm going driving to Iowa with Becca for Darren's niece's wedding; he can't go because it's a holiday weekend. Then, Becca and I are driving to OK to spend time with my family, meet my new nephew and celebrate my grandmother's 90th birthday! I'll have all the getting out of the house I can stand by then.