23 Weeks

I can not believe I am over half way through this pregnancy!  It is really scary/exciting/overwhelming!

I am so excited about having another baby, but naturally I worry about how NK will handle having another baby in her mama's lap.

BabyBoy is moving around like crazy.  He still don't seem to be as active as what Norah Kate was though, so maybe he will be more laid back :)

Our last ultrasound was the anatomy ultrasound and I was 21 weeks.  They estimated his weight at 12 ounces and he is most definitely still a boy!  He was measuring 20 weeks and 2 days which they said is normal.

My cravings still include fruit and cottage cheese, but also dark chocolate, hot chocolate, Cranberry Splash Sierra Mist, French toast, eggs, and bacon.

I feel great!  This chiropractor really helped my hip and back.  I have joined the Y because running is more difficult so I am mostly doing the elliptical, stationary bike, squats and lunges (without weights).  I still run some, but it just depends on how bad he is jumping on my bladder as to how well it goes.  So far I have gained 12 pounds which about right on target where I was at this point with Norah Kate :)

I am not near as tired or as moody as what I was the first trimester.

The only negative thing has been pee-ing on myself when I cough, sneeze, or laugh with a full bladder!!  I have been doing Kegel's like crazy but they aren't helping.  I can only imagine how bad it will be with future pregnancies!

I am starting to feel Braxton Hicks more and more... mostly when I work and I think it is because I don't drink enough water (yes, please, slap my pregnant hand... Drinking water is the biggest challenge!)

So far I have done nothing yet to prepare for this baby!  It is so different than with Norah Kate. By this point with Norah Kate I had a whole room full of decorations for her nursery, clothes, etc.  I also had her nursery mentally decorated in my mind and probably would have had her room finished had we been in our house.  I have bought BabyBoy a few outfits, a thing of bottles, pacis, and a few packs of diapers and wipes.  I know now that a newborn requires a lot less "stuff."  We will be just fine with a bassinet or Pack and Play in our room, a few sleepers, and some wipes and diapers! 

My next appointment is December 11 and I have my glucose test (yuck!).  I will 25 weeks then!  Amazing!  It is crazy to think about because then I will have one more appointment before it goes to every two-week appointments which will then make my pregnancy fly by even faster!

Funny Sayings from NK

Let me just tell ya.. this girl can talk!  She is really starting to get very expressive and it is quite hilarious to me on most days.  Honestly though, I am so used to her talking so good that when she does regress and whine and fuss like a two year old I get frustrated.

NK: Mama, I'm ready!
Me: Ready? For where?
NK: Church.
(This can be said on any given day, not just Sundays.)

NK: Hold you. (Translates into Hold Me).

NK: Show me. (Translates into Show you).  Yes we have pronoun confusion.

NK: (Lifts up my shirt.) Baby brudder in dere!  Hey brudder!

NK: (Hands me her baby) Hold her just a second, k?  I be right back. (Nodding her head the whole time).

NK: Yeah. Um (smacks lips like she is thinking... we are working really hard on "Yes ma'am")

NK: Eek!  A sizzard! (lizard)

NK: (in a deep, creepy voice) Dere's a 'pider in dere. (There's a spider in there!)

NK: Hossy! 'Mere! Sit! 'Ay down! Bood boy (good boy).

NK: Baby cryin'.  It needs a paci.

NK: Awe wee.

NK: You hurt?  I fiss it (I fix it/kiss it, not reallll sure because she kisses the "boo-boo".)

NK: Bwankwet (blanket)  Her "l"s are funny to me because she has a hard time saying them but when she does she really rolls her tongue out very dramatically.  My brother used to do the same thing.

NK: I get it.  (She says this with an insistent look on her face, while nodding, usually for stuff she knows she is not supposed to have like more candy, my make up, Hoss's food, etc.)

NK: Ew. Gross.

NK: I 'cared (scared)!  (She says this with a "scary" look on her face.)

 

The other day she was driving down the drive way in Matt's lap.  What's the first thing she does?  Tries to turn the music on of course!

We were at Mama's a few weeks ago (by the way, she still has not named my poor Mama... she calls her Granna and Mimi pretty equally, so we jokingly call my mama GrannaMimi.  We were joking that my next baby will name Mama, but for real, I think he will have to!)  Anyways, Norah Kate was watching the Wizard of Oz (very, intently, which was weird because she would not sit still and watch anything!) and she runs in the other room to get Papa.  Meanwhile, she runs across a bug.  Well, instead of freaking out my daddy is telling her to stomp on it.  She tries to stomp on it but couldn't because she was barefoot, so without being told she ran put her shoes on as fast as she could and then stomped on the bug.  Then she spit on it.  Oh. My. Goodness.  The funniest thing I had ever seen.  Of course I couldn't get my phone to record this event until the very end.  It was priceless!

Her new thing is "tattling."  For instance, I get on to her for something so then she runs to Matt and points a me and says "Ugh. Mama!"

NK: Dopen it! (Open it, she adds a "D" to open for some reason).

Me: It's cold in here, Norah Kate.
NK: Put your jacket on, Mama.

I know this isn't funny. And I swear I never thought kids really did this because it is a really bratty thing but it caught me so off guard that I didn't know what to think.. but NK has starting blowing "rasberries" (you know, sticking her tongue out and blowing making a spitting sound) when she doesn't get her way or get in trouble.  I hope we out grow this one fast!

Okay, last one.

Me: Night, night Norah Kate.
NK: Night, night.
Me: I love you.
NK: Lub you.
(The sweetest, most precious words any mama can hear :))