August 21, 2008

Halfway through week 32. The baby likes my right side, she is head down with her buns barreling out through my right side just under my rib cage. I have gained a whopping 30 pounds and several bra sizes, at 5 ft 3 in. tall that is a lot. I have been really trying to pay attention to any new or unusual symptoms with this pregnancy. My first daughter surprised me by coming 5 weeks early, so this time I feel I need to be prepared slightly early. Right now the new baby's room is housing my three pet hairless rats and my husbands tarantula. I haven't even put the crib all the way together so I better hop to it. I still have all the girly bedding from when my daughter was born, that her grandma spent a ton of money on at Babies R Us. Maybe I will tackle the room today...

August 5, 2008

Woo hoo for week 30! It feels so good to be here. I feel HUGE even though my pics make me look smaller. I actually had a lady ask me if I was due soon, and I said no. Then she asked if I was having twins...It actually happened to me. I replied back nice and polite that that is not good good to say to a pregnant girl and then we laughed about it. Ugh.

July 25, 2008

My husband is on vacation right now ("leave" in Army terms) and it's great. We haven't EVER spent that much time together since we've met. When we met, we had a long distance relationship which started us out living 150 miles apart, then when he was deployed he was something like 6,500 miles away. So I do feel lucky right now to be able to spend these great two weeks together and not care about surprise training (which happens a lot to infantrymen, especially new Snipers), or CQ, or on and on. I am 28 weeks 5 days and I feel incredibly lucky. . .for right now. My husband has started doing more and more for me, at first it was somewhat unnoticed. He keeps adding little by little the sweet things day by day that make my pregnant life easier. Even though he is the best, I am so lonely. I know no one here in Tacoma, Washington. I have a confession. I dread the future to a certain degree. He is set to deploy again August 2009 meaning he will have a 10 month old when he leaves and a 2 year old when he returns. I will be alone with a 5 year old and a
baby. ****sigh****

July 2, 2008
25 weeks 3 days, the days seem to be moving by slowly. My belly seems huge one day and smaller the next. I have all these "problems" I am trying to deal with, as far as pregnancy is concerned. I feel extremely tired a lot of the time, I have varicose veins in various parts of my body, my boobs are huge and hurt, and always feel like I'm on an emotional roller coaster. At first this pregnancy was fine, I didn't have many worries, but now it's starting to hit me. I will have 2 children, 2 girls, to take care of emotionally and financially.

June 24, 2008
Yay! 24 weeks along. My belly is moving all around lately. Just in the last few days I can see my belly move from the outside which is really exciting for my husband! I have been thinking a lot lately about this pregnancy and how it compares to the my first one, you know this one is definatly harder on my body. I am 4 years older than I was with my first. However, it has been seriously easier for me on my brain. With my first pregnancy, I was just like most first time moms. I worried a lot, especially about the unexpected's. I did read a lot of pregnancy books and things like that, but nothing seems to prepare you more for pregnancy than having already been through it. Even though this one is so different than my first pregnancy, the constants stayed the same, starting to show at a certain week, fetal movement, the whole experience so far. Being pregnant this time seems so much harder also because I just moved away from all my friend's and family. I loved my job, I loved my home (Portland, Oregon), everything seemed to fit in it's place except for one thing. . . Then I met my husband. He is in the Infantry Sniper Section in the Army stationed here at Fort Lewis, Washington. His brother is also Infantry and stationed here as well, so that is exciting. We met at my work 4 weeks before he was set to go overseas. So fast forward to today and I am dealing with the fact that I have to start from scratch, and it can be very lonely sometimes, but well worth it. Thank you for reading and letting me ramble, I must be having a moment...

June 10, 2008
So my ultrasound was yesterday. The tech was super nice, and we are indeed having a girl. At first we weren't sure because the first ultrasound was a surprise and the girly parts only showed for a second. My husband and I were both there, he had never seen an ultrasound being done before so of course that was new and exciting for him. So our little munchkin is 16 oz and squirmy, I love it!

June 5, 2008
21 weeks 4 days today...I have gained 14 pounds already. I stopped working a couple months ago and the pounds are just a coming lol! I am not worried, I lose weight easily. The boobs are out growing my 34D bra and for being a small girl, that is huge. My husband graduates Sniper School today woo hoo! All is well and rounding, let's hope my belly doesn't outgrow my Palmer's Cocoa Butter haha

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