Summer is so fun!! I love summer! We are enjoying our sunny days thats for sure. The heat can be a bit much BUT for some reason I just love it. I will take these HOT days over bitter cold winter any day. I love the sweat, the barefeet or flip-flops, gardening, sitting by the pool for hours, going for walks on our road every evening, the beach, camping, all kinds of summer activities that are just not possible in the cold months. Uh I love summer!
That being said. I am looking forward to fall. Which is also a beautiful time of year in its own way. Having something so amazing to look forward to will help me say good bye to summer a bit easier. I am 27 weeks pregnant and due in October. It is so neat how there has been a shift in my spirit and I am beginning to feel really ready for this baby. Before I was kind of freaked and worried about how the HECK Im going to do this (which I still get freaked every now and then) but Im just feeling so ready. There is a new and fresh excitement.
This pregnancy has been quite different then my first. I am not gaining near as much weight as I did with Noni. There are many reasons for that I think. I am active of course, still nursing, had lots of queeziness in the beginning and still just have no appetite. I guess it is because of the heat, I am usually a big eater. But at my last midwife appointment my measurements were a little too low, so I am doing my best to eat good high calorie food but its hard. I have had lots of cramps and aches this time around which is normal with the second time around. Babies heart rate is sort of on the higher range which is common for little girls. I am not really having much of a gut feeling as to the sex of the baby but I really would love to expereince raising a boy but 2 girls would be so fun. That is why I am glad its not up to me.
Since day one we have been talking to Noni about the baby in Mommys belly. I dont know how much she really understands but she knows where the baby is. I love seeing her hug the baby and kiss it. (aka my belly) She now does it randomly on her own. I am so excited to see her with the new little one. She has turned into such a little mommy. She nurses her babies, feeds them, wraps them in blankets, gives them naps, all kinds of stuff.
I am still nursing Noni (@ 23 months) and I talk to her about how she will have to share boobies with the baby. She seems ok with it for now. I wasn't sure at the beginning if I was going to tandem nurse or not and what I have decided is that I don't have to decide. I am open to it and ok with it if Noni wants to. At this point it is looking like she will still be nursing when the baby comes, but alot can happen in 3 months. I am going to be working on getting her to not need to nurse inorder to fall asleep which is really the only time she nurses these days and if we stop that then she might wean herself. Or she might want it more during the day if shes not getting it for sleep. I don't know. We will see. I am trusting my instincts and trusting her. I think it would be absolutly amazing to nurse my two babes at the same time. ABSOLUTLY AMAZING! Looking forward to seeing how it will go.
Noni is getting so big. So grown up. She is turning into her own little person thats for sure. Miss personality. I love it and some times hate it. Shes a very busy girl and can't really play on her own yet so she is constantly saying "mommy come here." She is pretty much saying everything although sometimes its hard to understand. It takes a few times of her repeating for us to figure it out. She says mini sentences and will repeat everything. So we have to be careful and we have started spelling things. Just the other day in the store she asked me "why" twice. So I guess we will be heading into the why phase pretty soon here. My favorites are: "thank you mommy" "what you doin here" and well theres lots more. She amazes Peter and I every day with the things she says.
Ah. I guess thats it. Peace!
Monday, July 25, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
HI
Not feeling too up for writing these days. Don't have the time mostly then when I do I am just not real motivated or inspired to write. We are thoroughly enjoying our summer and beggining to really anticipate the new arrival. About 3 months to go!!
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Randomness
Friday, July 8, 2011
Savoring the moments
I am 23 weeks pregnant now and the time is just flying by. I am over half way, i can't even believe it. I have been struggleing lately dealing with my 22 month old and all the side effects of being pregnant and being sick for two weeks straight that I haven't done much thinking. And this week it just hit me. I only have 4 more months left before another member is added to our family. That means no more just mommy and Noni everyday its going to be mommy, Noni and baby. It has become so much more of a reality to me this week and although I am so excited part of me is a little sad. Life as we know is going to be totally changed...again. And although I don't worry about it I do wonder how Noni is going to do. We can only prepare her so much and her little world is going to be so different too.
I know it will be fine, we'll all adjust, and make it work. It's going to be so fun and so challenging all at once. But for now I am savoring the moments I have with my Noni-girl just me and her!!
I know it will be fine, we'll all adjust, and make it work. It's going to be so fun and so challenging all at once. But for now I am savoring the moments I have with my Noni-girl just me and her!!
Friday, July 1, 2011
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