24 Weeks

We've got lots of movement going on. At our last appointment the baby's heartbeat was 163. This says girl which is really what I have been feeling. We'll see in three months! :) 

Kicks

Nick finally felt some kicks tonight! I'm glad I can share them with him now. It might be one of his favorite things. :) Now I'm getting ready for the dreaded hiccups to start! 

Half Way!

Here we are at 20 weeks!

 I'm feeling great, just about the same as I did the first time. We went for our 20 week ultra sound this week. We stuck to our guns and didn't find out the sex. I can't wait for the surprise. I do have a strong intuition that it is a girl, however. 

I am feeling TONS of movement, Nick, on the other hand, hasn't been so lucky. I'm sure he could if he was a little more patient but he's not. :) It seems the baby likes to play games with him. 

Rowan still doesn't understand the concept, and probably won't until suddenly there is another being around here taking up his space. It is cute though that every time I tell him there is a baby in my belly he always lifts up my shirt to look. The other day he lifted his shirt and said "baby in there!" 

16 Weeks

This is the first bump pic for baby #2...I'm already slacking!! I never wanted to be that mom that slacked after the first one, but it's tough staying on top of things with a toddler to chase after. 

I've decided that if this baby is a boy I will be SHOCKED! All signs are pointing to girl. The Chinese Gender Chart says so, my intuition says so, EVERYONE else thinks so, and I can't seem to find any boy names I love. We'll see if we're all right...in only 24 more weeks (hopefully)! 

Feeling Different

Even though my pregnancies have so far been the same physically, things seem to be much different emotionally. As soon as we found out we were pregnant with baby #1 I felt an instant connection. I really think because it took us so long to get pregnant and because I didn't have anything else to focus on. This time, I still don't feel like it's hit me. I have to convince myself that there really is a baby growing in there and I'm not just getting chubby. It's not until after each visit to the doctor that I'm convinced...but even that only lasts a day or two. I think both because we didn't try at all for this one and were blessed with a miracle and because I am so busy with Rowan that I don't even have time to think about being pregnant. I wonder when it will actually hit me?

Baby #2 is Due!!!

Rowan is very proud to announce that he will be a big brother in February! He actually got to tell daddy the news himself (handed him the pregnancy test). Nick and I were actually somewhat, kind of surprised about this one. We were just about to start "trying". We had met with out fertility specialist to make a plan. Well, God had his own plan and we didn't have to use ours! We are able to conceive naturally this time. It was actually very hard to believe for the first 8 weeks, until we saw the flickering heartbeat in the ultra sound. Once again, that truly proved to be the most incredible experience. 

So 27 more weeks to go! I need to start taking belly pics...

Sooo Big!

What a horrible mom I am! I always said I would never get behind on things like baby journals and books. Huh, yeah about that!
Anyway, Rowan is now 5 months, almost 6 in just a week and a half. He is now eating barley cereal and we are getting ready to introduce him to veggies this week. He can sit up on his own, although he is still a little wobbly. :) He has also rolled over just a small handful of times. Still no teeth...just A LOT of drool.
In the last few months, Rowan has met a few more new friends that have been born. He has traveled to Pittsburgh and gone to his first NHL game. Of course he wore his favorite Kunitz jersey!
We got to celebrate his first Easter with Uncle Mirek, Aunt Sarah and of course Laila. He still behaves so well in church, for some reason Father Lam puts him straight to sleep! ;) Last week, we sat in the cry room/donut room with all the elderly ladies. They were more focused on Rowan than they were the homily!
Nick and I are getting ready for a much needed all inclusive vacation in just 8 1/2 weeks. So we need to get the grandparents trained (teehee) for a few (7) overnights! AHHHHHHH! I think I will need to be trained too! It's coming up so fast, so I think that we need to have a few training nights between now and then.

In the next few months Rowan will be visiting Canada family again, meeting a few more new friends, eating fruits and veggies, I am sure rolling over more, a tooth or two hopefully and who knows what else is to come. It is all going so (too) fast!!!