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My name is Allyson and I am excpecting my 2nd child and thrilled as ever!! My boyfriend ,Jason (one day to be husband), is very excited as well and he wants this baby to be happy and healthy, as do I. This will also be his first child so he is going through this for the first time. However he has taken on the job of being my son's father since his real dad is not around. My son, Isaiah, who is 5 is pretty excited as well to be a big brother and keeps asking me when his sister is going to "pop on out". We are very much looking forward to the arrival of this little girl. I had my first ultra sound on Feb. 20th and they guessed girl, my 2nd ultrasound confirmed that. I am really excited to pick out all the cute little girl things <3

This pregnancy was definitely something I was trying for which is different for me because my first was unplanned 100% and I was 19 and was very very scared. I didn't want to be pregnant by the guy I was and was completely miserable. I haven't been too sick during this pregnancy like I was during my son's so that has been pretty nice. The nausea came and went in the beginning but like I said not even close to how sick I felt when I was pregnant with Isaiah. I am feeling awesome now but starting to get big and uncomfortable sleeping and moving around.

We were hoping for a boy and eventually having a 3rd and that would be a girl but I would want to stop at 3. Jason says if we keep having girls he wants to keep trying for a boy. But in reality we would end up stopping if we had 3 girls in a row. He is scared to have one girl because he knows one day she will have to grow up and if he ended up with 3!?!?.... He would love them all but probably be stressed for a very long time LOL I just think the older boys would be nice to watch over a younger sister and that way I could still have my little princess and my boys. Isaiah will be a good big brother and has a 5 year jump on his little sister. He says he will play with her "baby toys" but doesn't seem too willing to want to share his toys LOL

We had been trying but not trying very hard I guess you could say. I had stopped taking my birth control for a couple of months and pretty much 3 months after that I ended up pregnant. We figured I was after Thanksgiving when I had a few drinks and it pretty much put me out of commission and it wasn't more than I had normally drank. Also since I had been a couple weeks late on my period we figured it was time. I took the test and sure enough it was positive! My due date should be July 27th 2009 or somewhere around that, the ultrasound is putting me at August 7th. Hopefully I will come early since it is my 2nd pregancy. I was almost 10 days overdue with Isaiah and that was miserable.

I am really excited for this baby because it is a new beginning for me and a new chapter to my like. When I got pregnant for the first time I was 19 and it was by a guy who I didn't really know and it was not a good relationship at all. It got worse shortly after my son turned 1 and I had to flee the state we were living in for our safety. I had been raising him on my own until Jason and I re-connected a year and a half ago. We had dated when we were 18-19 and then lost touch for 6 years. When we got back in touch it was like we couldn't be seperated from one another and knew it was fate to be together. My son loves him a lot and considers him to be his father now, which I totally approve of since his bio dad is a low life. With this new baby coming into the world we can begin to live our lives complete and become a bigger happy family.

Congrats to all you mommies, soon to be's and Good luck to those TTC!

*UPDATE*

Arianna Ellen was born August 13th @ 4:05pm, weighing 7lbs 19inches long. She is more perfect that I could have ever dreamed of. I am so happy that this pregnancy journey was a success despite how long it took LOL Her entrance was grand and it was even scary for a couple of moments but worth every second.