Tim and I have been sitting on some really exciting news for a few months; we're pregnant! The most exciting news so far is that we found out this past week that our baby is growing healthy and that he is a little BOY! That's right-we're having a BOY! And we couldn't be happier or more excited about it. His due date is October 11th but I'm pretty sure he'll probably be late like his sister.
We waited a while to tell everyone I was pregnant this time because we wanted to make sure everything was going well...and I was sick for a really long time with different bugs, including morning sickness, and its really no fun to see you so miserable all the time. Also, pregnancy seems to take forever, so by waiting longer to tell people it will at least go by faster for them. :-) We told our families earlier of course, but now the cat is out of the bag and we've announced it to the world (aka facebook and this blog).
The First Five Months:
Similar to Mary's pregnancy, my immune system was nonexistent the first couple months so I got really sick with a bunch of bugs: the flu, the stomach flu, a couple of viruses, colds. Then at around 10 weeks my morning sickness really started to kick in. Some days it was all I could do to lay on the couch all day intermittent with changing Mary's diapers, getting her bottles, and getting us some food. It was bad enough that there were multiple times when I was thankful for my food storage milk powder because I would run out of real milk and have to use that for Mary. This lasted for a few weeks and then we discovered a miracle; Unisom and B-6 vitamins. This little medical combo practically eliminated my nausea. The trick was I had to take it at night before bed, but not too late otherwise I'd be too tired the next day. There were a couple of times when I couldn't take it because it was too late and the next day I always threw up. It worked wonders though-no prescription and the unisom would help me sleep at night. I'm definitely going to be using this for future pregnancies. Other than that though, things have been really great. I can now feel this little guy moving around pretty often. I feel like his movements are bigger than Mary's were at this stage. Some days I feel more tired than I can remember being before, but I owe that too my little munchkin waking us up early and lots crazy dreams.
I'm so excited to know the gender now. After the ultra-sound Mary and I just sat in his room thinking of how we want to decorate it. Needless to say we have a lot of organizing and cleaning up to do.
Tim is a very excited and proud papa. He has taken such good care of me through my whole pregnancy. He has made late night trips to satisfy my cravings (Subway sandwiches this time) and been incredibly patient with my lack of cooking, cleaning, everything. I am reminded every day of how incredibly lucky I am to have been blessed with this man as my husband. He is THE BEST dad and husband. Always playing with Mary, never complaining, and just doing everything-and all after working a hard days work. He is really excited to be having a boy. I imagine father-son campouts in a few years and know he is just going to LOVE them!
Mary I think is going to be a really good big sister. She loves babies and gets excited every time she sees one in real life, on tv, or in a picture. When we visit my sister she likes to give her baby cousin kisses and hand him his bottle. I'm hoping she'll be "helpful" with me too.
I feel so incredibly blessed and happy. We are so excited for this little boy to join our family and our so grateful for the help and support of our family. I'll admit, if it wasn't for my sister having two little boys within the last year I'm pretty sure I would be thoroughly overwhelmed and super nervous. But thankfully I feel a little more prepared because of our sweet nephews. So yep-we're having a boy and I'm over half-way done! WHOOHOO!
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