Poor Baby #2....

I always said I would do for Baby #2 (and #3, #4....however many Jason and I decide to have) exactly what I did for #1. Well, that just doesn't seem to be happening now does it?! Oh wait, you didn't even know I'm having a baby? Because I haven't posted ANYTHING about being pregnant and I'm, oh, 17 weeks tomorrow?! Sigh....exactly my point. But, let's face it, life with a 13 month old is chaotic to say the least. And I've been working quite a lot lately trying to make some things "go away!" (Morgan, that was meant to give you a chuckle since you are probably the only one that can relate to that quote.)

 

At any rate, we are expecting #2!!! June Anne is going to be a big sister late February/early March! My official due date is March 2nd! We couldn't be more excited. We feel so incredibly blessed. We were aiming for our first two to be between 18 month to 24 months apart. June Anne's due date was September 3rd; Baby #2's due date is March 2 - you can do the math. Exactly 18 months. Talk about perfect timing! Isn't God funny like that? "A man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps." I definitely don't think the timing was an accident.

This pregnancy is so much different than with June Anne. With June Anne, I was sick for much longer than I was with this baby (thankfully!). I was only nauseous for about 3 weeks with this baby. I can't decide if that's really it - that I have actually been less nauseous - or if I just didn't have the luxury to think about how terrible I was feeling! I'm much more tired with this baby - even still at 17 weeks - than I was with June Anne. Although, I'm not convinced that this is as much a symptom of pregnancy as it is of just the shear business of life right now. I want junk food - ALL THE TIME, whereas I wanted fruit with June Anne. I'm also carrying much higher with this pregnancy - boy anyone? We will find out on October 12th! And I will certainly let you know! We will be happy either way. It would be fun to have a sister close in age for June Anne; but, we would also like a boy at some point, so why not now?

At our 8 week appointment, the baby was measuring slightly smaller than based on my original due date of February 26th, so they pushed by due date back a week to March 3rd, which is actually what I thought it should be all along. Here is a picture of our little peanut! The heartbeat was 153 at the first ultrasound. Since then, it has been 170 at our 12 week appointment and back down to 160 at our 16 week appointment. So different than June Anne, whose heart rate was consistently high. Guess they start out early being very different and their own little person! I can't wait to meet this sweet baby and see it's little personality!