Baby #2

Did I mention that we're having another baby! Baby girl #2 is due October 15th, 2015. I found out I was pregnant the day before Valentine's day, when Lyla and I were in California. Initially (for like 15 minutes), I was thinking that I would wait till Valentines day to tell Todd, but I quickly decided that I didn't want to wait, so Lyla and I Face Timed him and shared the news. I prepped Lyla before to say "big sister", and she actually did a better job translating it to her dad than I expected. She also held up the pregnancy test for him and the great thing about doing over Face Time was that I was able to take some screen shots of Todd's face. We were both pretty happy about the news, because it felt like we'd been planning this baby for a long time, and everything was finally coming together.

Todd's reaction to the news

The day I flew home from California was the first day the nausea started. I was 4 weeks, 6 days, but I later found out I was really 5 weeks, 6 days. Here I sit at almost 30 weeks, still feeling the nausea everyday, but thankfully it has gradually eased up quite a bit since week 17/18 or so. Sometimes I can't believe that its been almost 24 weeks since then because I still feel like I have a ways to go. Luckily with Lyla I learned through experience that even terrible pregnancies come to an end, and I am excited to get through the next 2 months or so to baby time!

We found out on May 29th that our baby is a girl! Todd and I were both surprised at how unprepared we were for the news. Todd was really hoping boy, and even though my final guess was girl, I was still caught a little off guard. I think we were both tearing up a little when the tech left, but not the same way as at Lyla's ultrasound. I was thinking about my girl Lyla and her dad and their sweet relationship, and picturing this other girl forcing her way in and pushing Lyla out. Todd was wondering how on earth he could have the capacity/strength to care about another girl the way he does Lyla. Anyways, I write this down because even at the time I knew we were being silly, but the feelings were still there. The more time goes on, the more excited I am about having two little girls and a sister for Lyla. I know by the time she is born, we would never choose to have it any other way!

Trying to tell Lyla about her baby sister after our appointment

As a side note, anytime we would ask Lyla if she wanted a baby brother or baby sister, she would say sister. Every time. My sister claims that the kids always know, so her final guess was girl based on that. Lyla was right!

Also, in the beginning of the pregnancy I was really thinking boy, but the closer we got to finding out, the more I started thinking girl. I would say my final guess was also girl. We are excited, and October 15th can't come soon enough! We're excited to meet this girl, and maybe more excited to be released from this prison that is pregnancy!