Another Bump!

Well, it's happened. We're having another baby! Crazy! But we're SO excited!

The best one with both of them. My kids are just so photogenic I can't even stand it.

Here's my bumpity bump at 12 weeks. Gosh I just get exponentially bigger faster with each one.

 

Yes, Sophie and little baby are going to be pretty close. 21 months. I know, I know, lots of people have little surprise babies closer than that but I never thought I would be one of them. It usually takes me FOREVER to get pregnant. See, I thought I had pinned down my bodies way of getting preggo. First we try and try for months and months and months...and months and months and months. Then I usually miscarry once or twice 6-8 months into trying, we'll call it a practice baby to see if my body can remember/figure out how to be pregnant. And then finally (Conner after a year and Soph after 8 months) something sticks. This method is not very practical. It's hard, and stressful and sad and makes me cry a whole dang lot, but up until now it was the only way I knew. So imagine my HUGE surprise when this time it only took one month! and  no sad stories! Wow! In August when Sophie stopped nursing we (and when I say "we" I mean "I". Rusty just says "yes ma'am" to whatever I say) decided that since it takes so long we would just start not not trying to have a baby and see what happened. At first I didn't think it was possible! I didn't even take a test until I was about 7 or 8 weeks. I blamed the tired all the time on Conner  waking up 5 times a night for weird random stuff, and the hungry all the time on...being hungry? and the getting fat on being hungry all the time, etc. I finally took a test when I started getting sick. So anyway, long story not quite as long, here we are! And everything is going great so far! (oh wow I'm a poet) I'm also really glad that I can finally tell people (I don't tell non-immediate family until at least12 weeks...for obvious reasons) because I'm pretty sure I could hide it any more! Getting SO BIG!

 

So, here are the answers to all of your burning questions.

 

How far along are you? I am a little over 13 weeks putting my due date at July 4 2014. We're not EXACTLY sure since things never got completely back to normal after nursing, so dates could possibly change as time goes on, but for now this is what the doc is telling me!

How are you feeling? Oh thanks for asking! I'm doing good...now. I haven't thrown up in 4 days which is awesome! So I think we're getting past the biggest ick part. I'm also starting to get my energy up. I was pretty tired for a while. And 2 kiddos, one of them being Conner, doesn't help. But I'm either just getting used to being SO tired all the time or it really is getting better.

Are the kids excited?Well, obviously Soph doesn't care. Or even know for that matter. C is coming around. At first he was like "no way!" but not he just says "no" every other time I ask him if he wants a baby. He's really excited to share his room with Sophie though! so that's good!

How's the BP? If you remember I have weird stupid scared of the doctor high blood pressure during pregnancy. No good. So it has been crazy high at my dr apts. They made me do the lovely 24 hr pee test again (you remember? the one where I have to keep my pee in the fridge. yummy) But so far no itchy bug head medicine yet. Hopefully never!

 

I kind of feel like my amnesia hasn't quiet set it yet. Like when I found out I was excited, but Sophie was still pretty fresh on my mind. I still totally remembered what it is like to HAVE a baby. Sophie still feels very much like a baby to me, because she is! But while it might be crazy to have 3 kids ages 4 and under I would absolutely take my little sort of surprise over the long and sad alternative! Yay for babies :) Well that's all I can say because I just heard a crash from the other room. I'm out!