malenasmommie
	Age: 25 Country: US Province/region: North carolina City: Charlotte Partner: husband Mike Children: Yes, 2 Pregnant: Not anymore Occupation: US ARMY
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Friday, 19 Oct

Well I'm new at this but here goes... My husband Mike and I returned from Iraq in May and immediately began trying to conceive a second child. We were elated to find out in September that our daughter will be a big sister in May. We are all super excited about the upcoming addition. After putting our lives on hold twice to serve overseas, we are finally ready to take time out and enjoy our family. God is Good!

Wednesday, 24 Oct

Mike and I went to the doc today and finally got some answers. We had our first ultrasound this morning and we are 9 weeks again, not 11 or 7 like the other docs said. The new doc also said that my vitamins were making me sick so we are changing vitamins and I think I have decided on the Prenate DHA so we'll see. I have to go back on Thursday but today was wonderful. Of course I cried and Mike seemed really excited for the first time in our pregnancy. I guess it all became real for him today. It has always been real for me but there again I am sick all the time. I never thought about it before but it must be very different for the dads.
Malena is super excited too. She got to see the baby's picture and is now thinking that the baby is ready. We are having to explain that it will still be a while.
So our baby's heartbeat is 173 bpm so according to the old wives tales that puts us in girl range. I guess the names for today are Kaytee and claire (unless you ask my mom, in which case the ONLY name is Catarina Bouvier)! Good luck to all and Godspeed!

Wednesday, 14 Nov

Well we had a check up at the doc today and all is well. I have lost almost 20 pounds so far and the doc doesn't seem concerned at all. My BP was slightly elevated but once again no biggie. We got to hear our baby's heartbeat and that was awesome!!! We are so excited! I can't believe I have to wait til May to meet baby. Oh well the meeting will be a long time coming.

Tuesday, 4 Dec

Ok so we went to the doc last week after LOTS of cramping and it turns out that I overdid it the week of THanksgiving. I guess those Black Friday sales were a bit much. Oh well Sis was here and I was happy for a minute. Thank God that everything is okay though. Doc took me out of work for a week and now I am back at it but having some trouble with motivation. I look around the house and see a MILLION things that I want to do and it just seems that I want to do all of those and NOT work. I don't know. Maybe I need a career change. I mean I know that this really isn't the time but who knows. Maybe I'll go look this afternoon.
Mike got called back to active duty last night. He will be gone about a week. I know it isn't a long time but seeing as I can't go in the basement (where the laundry is done) and we have 3 cats but I can't clean the litter box and top that all off with my husband's vizsla only answers to him I can't run the pups I feel a bit overwhelmed. I know that there are pregnant women in worse situations than this but I can't help but feel like Oh My God!

Oh so by the way last night Mike and I were talking about names and I am frustrated there too. He has literally 5 girl names that he likes and he hates most of mine. We had agreed on Katherine and we would call her Kaytee but he finally tells me that he hates the name Katherine and he wants the plain ole spelling of Katie. I am so disappointed. I know it isn't a huge deal but our 5 year old is Malena and there is nothing boring about that. I don't like a lot of the really popular names because I don't want our children to have the problem I did in school (there were 3 other Hollys in each class all through school). It was a huge compromise for me to look at Katherine. I just thought that if we did something different it would be okay...you know like a boy name for our daughter (Brandon was our frontrunner after our friend Brandon died overseas) or and old name that a lot of people haven't tried to bring back (Lucy or Cecillia). We already decided that if we have a boy he will be Charles or Henry ( both family names). I just thought that we could be more creative with our girl selection. My mother loves the name Katerina ( I spent some time in Russia and had a good friend with this name so I approve) with the middle name Bouvier (huge Jackie O fan so once again approval) My husband put his foot down on this one so I tried to campromise. I thought that Katherine Brandon Bouvier would be acceptable but then Mie tells me that he hates Katherine. I don't know what to do. I really just want to change the name altogether. Our daughter suggested Clara (my husband's grandmother's name) and we both liked it but he is still very adament about Katie Brandon. He doesn't want a name that can be shortened. He just wants the name to be it. I want to give options. I hated my name growing up and would have loved to have something else to go by. Mike's mom likes Emma-Nuelle which wouldn't be bad with our hispanic last name and then she could choose between Emma, Nuelle, and Elle. I like it all but he hates it. WHY ARE MEN SO DIFFICULT????? Oh well. Thank God we have 5 more months (provided baby decides to hang out that long cause Malena sure didn't). We will find out on the 11th what we are having provided the baby decides to let us know...HAHA if it is at all like Mike it will be DIFFICULT with that too! Don't get me wrong I love my husband but if he goes back overseas this baby may end up with a name NOT on the list. Ok so I wouldn't really do that but I would sure like for hi to think I would. Maybe then he could compromise a little. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Saturday, 5 Jan

So on December 26th we received a late Christmas present. In our third ultrasound the Doc told us that our bundle is a girl. Although she was a bit shy we think that we have it pegged right. He was not 100% like with our daughter Malena, but the lack or visible `boy stuff ` means that we either have a girl or a late blooming boy. Either way we will be happy however the doc seemed pretty confident in his prediction. We couldn `t be happier unless he said she was holding a million dollar check! HA! So we have our name choice...Katherine Brandon Bouvier we will call her Katie though. My husband and I had to compromise and so I lost my spelling but oh well. We just can `t wait to meet our bambina #2. May can `t come soon enough. Mike bought a really pale pink to paint the nursery that looks amazing with the black and cream toile design and the espresso furniture. He sure is excited even though he really wanted a boy. I promised him one more try for little Charlie. We `ll see. Maybe I need to read a book on making boys. We apparently don `t know much about it. My best friend is flying in from Oklahoma to help host a baby shower in Feb. and I am at a loss on location. I need somewhere neutural since I am feuding with my biological mother and sister. I would like to invite all of my family and friends to one event but who knows. I hate being at odds but sometimes my pride gets the best of me and I have to stand my ground. I just hope that taking this stance doesn `t damage Katie `s relationship with them but I guess if that is how they want to be then she really doesn `t need a relationship like that. Oh well there I go venting again. So I have taken a more laid back approach to work these days. Before the holidays I was full throttle and it really seemed that I never stayed in one place long enough to take a breath. These days relaxation and a stress free environment trump the money and rush of my profession. I am still working but until the baby gets here I think that cutting the work load will work well for me. Well I guess that is all of my good news for now. Next appointment with the Doc is the last week of Jan. Maybe we will have more news then.

Thursday, 14 Feb

So we took Malena yesterday and went for our 4D ultrasound. It was a wonderful experience. When I was looking at some other people `s pictures I thought to myself `that is pretty neat but some of those pics are really creepy `. I was right but it was well worth it.Katie was being difficult. She is breech so her feet are flat in front of her face and she is sucking on her toes and thumb. It is too cute! Anyway she was also lying with her arm bent beside her face so we got a good look at her ear but not much else. We have three profile shots but none were really great for looking at facial features. The place we went to has a policy that if you don `t get a good facial shot they give you an equal length free session which is GREAT!! We were able to verify that she is definitely a girl though which was half of the reason for going. Now I really am excited and starting to finally feel pregnant. I don `t know why it took so long. I guess with a second child you are so busy with the first that you can `t focus completely on the new baby like with a first pregnancy. Oh well. I am so ready for May! I guess I have to take the pics to my next OB visit so he can verify girl status and figure out what to do since she wasn `t breech at the last visit. I had been feeling some really odd pressure and I guess that was her turning around. I can `t wait to see her!So we are having the baby shower this weekend and it seems like it will be going over quite well. My best friend, Beck, is coming in from Oklahoma on Friday (provided her daughter gets over the flu by then)and I can `t wait to see her either. This seeing each other every six months is for the birds. When we were in Iraq, she was living maybe twenty feet from us and we were on the same team at the end so if I needed her she was a mic key away. I went out there in August to see her and had a blast. Beck flew in in December but it was for the funeral of my gunner, Jeff. There wasn `t a lot of fun going on that week so this will be our first real visit since August. I was going to go out there in for the infamous University of Oklahoma/ University of Texas game but my daughter was sick so since she is also a HUGE Sooner fan, I stayed home and we watched the game on ESPN. I love that Malena loves OU too! I hope we can train Katie to be that way too.So it is 4am here and I can `t sleep. I had a horrible leg cramp that woke me and my husband up so he is watching TV and here I am...listening to so Kate Nash and Ani DiFranco thinking about getting ready and taking Malena out for Valentine `s Day breakfast. She enjoys spending time with both of us since we have crazy schedules these days. I love my daughter and I can `t wait until Katie gets here so that we may begin to share our love with her. Our lttle family seems to have a lot of that to go around.

Monday, 18 Feb

Well yesterday we had a wonderful baby shower. My sister came into town and it was great. There was a better than expected turn out. Mike and I were excited to see people who drove hours to be there. I was truly amazed that so many people we cared for were there for our Katie. It was a magnificent shower and spending time with my sister was amazing. After the shower we made a slip cover for the nursery love seat, curtains, pillows, and a beautiful blanket. Tonight after my sister left, my mom and I made more pillows and had a great time. Mike and I have our next doctor `s appointment on the 20th to see how little Katie is doing. I know that she has plenty of time to flip but I am very nervous about her being breech. I guess I will just worry about her until she gets here.

Saturday, 1 Mar

Ok so I am nesting and while my house looks great, my husband just gets lazier than ever. Don `t get me wrong, he works really hard (like I don `t)but could I get some help? What is really bad is that he is actually a lot better than usual. He has almost completed painting on Baby Katie `s nursery (that he started last week) and seems to be getting excited about finishing without me standing over him nagging. He says the closer to being finished he gets the more he wants to get done. I hope he finishes soon because I am dying to get in there and get everything set up and ready. My mom,sister, and I made curtains, pillows, blankets, and a slip cover for the loveseat in there and I want to get in there and decorate. It is also driving me crazy that all of the stuff from the nursery is in the dining room until he gets done...dear lord all the clutter everywhere.

Sunday, 30 Mar

Is it horrible of me to be tired of being pregnant? I am so ready to see Baby Katie! Tonight I made a collage to take to the hospital with us. It will be my `focal point ` for labor. I didn `t realize how much of a trip down memory lane it would be. I miss my friends. I put pictures of Brandon and Jeff in there and I can `t help but be a bit sad. They may have to come out before we go to the hospital. Who knows. Anyway. We started lamaze 3 weeks ago and Mike and I are learning a lot. Mom went with me last week. Malena is getting excited but very jealous. I don `t really know how to deal with it but I hope it works itself out. I am just ready to do this. These Braxton Hicks are just getting on my nerves and I am tired. At least it won `t be too long now!