I have a severe case of pregnancy brain these days, so excuse the incredibly random posts to come. My brain can't seem to focus on one topic for too long. I haven't been updating very much lately. Mainly because Kaleb gave me
the plague a cold. Well three colds so far to be exact. My immune system is pretty weak to begin with, adding in the fact that women have lower immune systems during pregnancy and it makes a scary combo. I feel like I've spent most of the pregnancy so far fighting off colds Kaleb brings home from preschool.
I thought it was about time I made another update, today is a great day for that. It's the first day of my second trimester! This is a really big deal, especially for a high risk pregnancy. The risk of miscarriage drops dramatically once the first trimester is over. Colds aside, I feel good. I didn't have the same nausea I did when I was pregnant with Kaleb. Though I've luckily not puked once with either pregnancy. While pregnant with Kaleb I could barely stomach food during my first trimester, everything seemed gross. This pregnancy is the complete opposite. I want to eat everything in sight. No kidding, we've blown our grocery budget every month since I became pregnant. Probably because I'm eating double breakfast, double lunch and double dinner. Yet, somehow I haven't gained weight. Apparently this baby making is going through calories like crazy.
Though I haven't gained weight, I have magically gained a belly. As of around 8 weeks, suddenly it appeared. That was FAST! Most pants won't close already, makes getting dressed in the morning incredibly annoying. Of course I'm half asleep in the morning and accidentally put back whatever clothes didn't fit, so I'm not doing a good job of updating the closet as I go along. I'll be going through the closet later this month when my sister brings down a good chunk of maternity clothes. I sent her a lot of mine after I had Kaleb (since she was 6 months behind me). Though we're only 2 months apart this time, she doesn't need anything work appropriate so it's still easy for us to share maternity clothes.
I also want to mention (since I get asked at an almost daily basis) we will be finding out the baby's sex in June. We go in for the ultrasound right before Father's Day which is pretty fun timing! We are both still in a little bit of disbelief. How could we get so lucky? Twice! One third of the way through the pregnancy so we're working on getting things adjusted for the transition to two babies.
We've been reading Kaleb a lot of books and trying to get him used to the idea. In fact we've gone double stroller shopping and I told Kaleb that it's for him and the baby. So he sits on one side and says "Kaleb here" and then points to the seat next to him and says "baby here". I think that's a pretty good awareness. Progress! He'll be getting a big boy bed for his birthday later this month so we can transition him back to his room. Yes, he's three and still in our room. He had phases which lasted months where he was in his room, but somehow he always came back. Some night he climbs into our bed after waking from a night terror and continues to sleep with us. It will definitely be interesting to try to get him in his room again.
We're slowly re-arranging things to try to make space for all the things that come with having a newborn. Luckily we kept most of Kaleb's stuff, the bouncer, the jumperoo, the crib, the swing, etc. Originally we thought we barely needed anything for the new baby. Until we really started thinking and planning. Wishful thinking I suppose, the list wasn't too long, but it was longer than we expected.
In the meantime I'm counting down the days until Kaleb's third birthday at the end of this month. I can't believe my little baby is going to be three. Time really does fly! We're continuing tradition with a trip to Disney World for his birthday, as we've done every year. It will be a little bitter sweet as we'll be taking a break from Disney after this trip. Our year passes end at the end of May and we won't be renewing this time. We need to save up money for monster #2. Besides, now that Kaleb is going to be three, he would need his own year pass. Did you know that a year pass for a three year old cost the same as for an adult? Who the hell thought of that idea?! No more child's pricing for annual passes at Disney World. Boo to that.
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