April 29th

Well, I have been a single mommy for a little over a week now. I am so tired all the time and have only been getting around 6 hours of sleep a night. I miss Brian terribly. I went to NC Saturday to pick up the car and drove home Sunday. Hannah stayed with Grandma and Grandpa. She had a good time. Brian and I had a very nice time together. It was nice to just cuddle.. we haven't done that in a while (having babies will do that!)

I had my 26 week check up yesterday. Sonora is doing great. We officially have an induction date of July 25th planned (day after my birthday) so that Brian can be there. After she is born, Brian will be with us for one week. In that week we (he, family, and friends) will pack up the house and we will all move to NC. If the house doesn't sell, I will have to find work up there until it is sold. Then I can be a home mommy! In the meantime, I am exhausted! I feel like I am running 24-7 and it never stops. I have 4 1/2 weeks of work left... I just keep my eye on the end and know I can make it.

April 21st

Brian left yesterday - I bawled my eyes out for a while. Then I told myself to knock it off because I didn't want to scare Hannah. She was just following me around looking confused as to what I was doing. I spent the rest of the day very busy! I finally went through all of Hannah's old clothes and organized them into sizes for Sonora.

Brian took our home computer so all I have now is my work computer. I don't know what I will do once school gets out (6 weeks!). Anyway.. back to work!

April 19th

Well this is the last day with my hubby! He is leaving for NC tomorrow morning. He is currently at the dump dropping off loads of junk! We have been so busy with trying to sell the house, boat, and car (we sold that in one day thankfully ... he gets a company car with his new job) that we have not had time to sit down and realize that he will be gone for many months! I will really miss him! I will see him next weekend ... I have to fly up there and then drive our car back down here. In the meantime, I will be borrowing my parents car. It will be nice to see the area we are going to live! I will really miss Florida also but I look forward to hiking in the mountains! I hope this house sells - then I can join him.

April 15th

Week 24! Sonora is moving quite a bit now! She definitely has awake and sleeping patterns ... about every 3-4 hours.

Last week was my spring break and Brian and I took a very needed mini-vacation. We dropped Hannah off at Grandma and Grandpa's picked up their RV and boat and went to the keys for 4 days. We spent two days fishing and getting some sun! It was great to get away from the stress of tring to sell the house and Brian leaving.

Today I am home with Hannah since she is sick. She has horrible diarihea (sp) and just cranky/whinney all day. She has slept most of the day so it hasn't been too bad.

April 7th

Life has officially gotten really crazy! Where to start.... Brian got the job in NC and will be leaving us (temporally) in two weeks (tear tear sob). We put our house on the market on Friday and spent all weekend busting tail cleaning/boxing/fixing/landscaping!! This is not an easy task with three dogs and a one year old following you everywhere. Today I was outside replacing one of our screens on the screened porch and I look over and Hannah is standing in the dog water stomping and playing in the water!! It was so funny I had to take pictures (I know some you other mommies probably think that was gross - not me though.. just plain funny!) Brian found an apartment up in NC that would allow a month to month lease so we are super happy about that! I really hope our house sells and I am able to move up right after Sonora is born.

Let's see - baby is moving quite a bit now. I really enjoy feeling her. Can't wait to see her beautiful face! I am really curious to see who she looks like. Hannah looks exactly like her daddy. I would be neat if Sonora looks like me. Because my teaching insurance runs out July 31st and Brian will be away - my doc has said she has no problem inducing me so that we will be 1. Brian can be there and 2. we are covered by insurance.

Alright back to work!

March 30th

Hannah had her 1st birthday party yesterday!! We had about 10 people over to celebrate. She had a great time - finally opened her own gifts! She got a little baby pool so we went out today "swimming" (a nice luxary we have in Florida - swimming in winter/spring). I made her her own b-day cake. We thought she would tear into in her cake but once she got her hands dirty she started crying. She doesn't like to be dirty (I'm sure that will change).

Brian has a job interview this Wed. in North Carolina! So if he gets the job he will have to move up there. I will stay here until the baby is born (because of my work and insurance) and I also have to stay until our house sells. I really don't want to leave sunny Florida but he really hates it here and also the move will allow me to quit work and stay home with the girls. So, for me the benefits of moving outweight the cost of year long summer! I really hate cold though!

March 26th

Well... saw the doc today. She has me only gaining 16lbs. She was very happy about that until she saw that 10 of them were in the last 4 weeks! I love my doc. and she never really gets upset about weight. She just told me that is what my body wants to do. She always makes me feel better! Anyhoooo... heartbeat was 158 yea and my blood pressure was 94/50!

Well - I am a bit upset today! I have been weighing in here at school every week since the start of this pregnancy! I am determined not to gain all the weight that I did with Hannah. Up to week 18 I gained 7lbs and since then I have gained 11 more!!! I am going to the doc. tomorrow and ask what I can do! I do not want to be a whale again! The weight is so hard to lose and I still haven't lost all the weight from Hannah! The only good news about the scale is that my percentage body fat (measured on the fancy school scale) has not increased. Oh welllllll.... joys of pregnancy!!

On a good note... I am feeling Sonora moving around a lot more! That part is fun!

March 20th

Well, another week has gone by! 21 weeks yea! This past week has been interesting! Lots of family drama - thankfully none of it has to do with us. It just seems that everyone is getting a divorce all of a sudden! I informed my sweet darling husband that he was not allowed to divorce me! HA HA! He jokes about it all the time now!

I am still not feeling baby girl move too much since the placenta is in front. I only feel her in the bottom left corner of my stomach. I kinda feel cheated out of that joy of pregnancy. I hope to feel more when she is bigger. We still have not settled on a name yet. Sonora seems to be the only contender right now.

Hannah has her first birthday next Saturday March 29th. I am planning a little family party with about 8 of us. She is growing up so fast! It's hard to imagine that one year ago she was just a little blob newborn (actually she was not born yet!). Now she is walking (running) and saying ah-oh all the time! She is tring to run so much that she fell yesterday and bit her lip giving her her first swollen split lip! Poor girl!!

Anyway... enough procrastinating ... back to work!

March 13th

It's a girl!! We couldn't be happier!! Brian was a little upset - not because we are expecting a girl but because he was so sure it was a boy and he hates to lose a bet to me! All is wonderful though! My mom called last night after I told her it was a girl and she suggested the name Hailey. We would then have Hannah and Hailey. I told her I didn't like the name. The more I thought about it... I do kinda like it. I told Brian and he said that we will keep looking. We have not thought about names AT ALL.

I also found out why I am not feeling the baby moving! The placenta is located right in front. I am very comforted to see her very active and squirming all around in there! My next check up is March 26th... until then.....

March 10th

A little bit about me! My name is Stephanie and I am a high school science teacher. My husband, Brian and I got married in May 2006 and 6 weeks later we were pregnant with our daughter Hannah! She has been the easiest and greatest change to our lives!! When she was 6 months old we got pregnant with this little bundle! Surprising - it was plannned. We were TTC for about 3 months with this one.

Well, 19 weeks has gone by!! I have had morning sickness followed by the flu-like nastiness for about a month! Now I finally feel GREAT!!! Even though I have been sick most of this pregnancy I have really enjoyed it! I will find out if we are expecting another girl or boy this Wednesday March 12th!! I can't wait! I am really hoping for another girl since I want three kids. My hubby is really wanting a boy since he only wants two kids!! Either way, life will be perfect! (OK not perfect - but pretty darn close!)

I am still not really feeling the baby move around but I am not letting it bother me! We have heard the heartbeat at each doc. visit so I am sure all is well. I am excited to see the little booger to make sure all is well though!