17 weeks Pregnant!

           

 

Okay, okay, it's a bit of a late announcement but an exciting one none the less. I am 17 weeks pregnant, my official due date is September 11, 2012 (I realize a bit of an ominous day but we are going to reclaim it!). Things have been going well, moderately. Well truthfully, as much as I love pregnancy and the miracle of growing a baby and bringing it into this world, it is so hard. It just is, it is wonderful and beautiful and rewarding and really really hard. At least for me. I am just now coming out of about 10 really rough weeks of nausea and major fatigue. The hardest thing to deal with is not being able to be the wife and mother that I want to be. When I am so sick that all I can do is lie in bed, I can't be on the floor playing with blocks, or helping my lovely husband around the house. I find that really difficult. I feel guilty and useless and frustrated. The upside is, we are going to have a second baby, Lily is going to have a sibling and we are going to be a family of four! I am over the moon. It has been interesting to compare this pregnancy to my pregnancy with Lily. Physically, things have been pretty much exactly the same. I've had the same cravings; lemons, olives, pickles etc, the same nausea and fatigue and the same crazy hormone induced skin break outs. But mentally, this pregnancy has been so different, not that it isn't as exciting as the first time, it is! I just know what to expect and I am so busy with having a busy life that it doesn't hold the same importance as the last one did. I know that sounds awful and it isn't really how I mean it, it is just as special and amazing as the first pregnancy, I just don't have as much time to marvel at the amazing thing(s) that my body is doing! In terms of health, I am doing wonderfully, no complications so far (fingers crossed). We have our first ultrasound on April 13th to make sure that the baby is growing properly and that it's anatomy is all normal. I can't wait to get a peak at our little bub, it always makes things unbelievably real. Anyway, here are some pictures of my belly at 17 weeks, these are the first real photo's I've taken this pregnancy and I will continue to update you as I progress! By the way I am WAY bigger WAY faster with this one, I guess my body just knows what to do but WOW.

Better late than never...?

Ok, so I'm betting you thought I was gone for good. It has been forever and a day since I have done a post and there are NO excuses. BUT... I've been busy! Life with a toddler is super fun, crazy, hectic, did I say crazy!? I wouldn't trade my life for the world but sometimes maybe I would like it to slow down just a little. Dan is in the peak of craziness with school, he's finishing up final projects and getting ready for exams, but pretty soon he's going to have 3 WEEKS OFF! I can't wait to spend more time as a family and just hang out... and maybe clean the house and catch up on laundry. Lots of other fun things have been going on, I've finished my training to become a Music Together teacher (a music teacher for a mix aged class, ages 0-5) and I start teaching my own class in 10 days! I'm pretty excited but also a little nervous. Lily is at such a fun (and busy) stage, she's 14 months and learning new things all the time. She's learning new words, running, climbing... I'll do a full Lily update in a day or two (I promise!), complete with pictures. We have another exciting life change in the works but you are going to have to find out about that in the next post (which I'm going to do now!). Thanks for sticking with my friends, I'm going to do my best to keep you updated on the journey of our life more regularly. Love, Kate.