To My Little Lady Bug

Dear Lil' Lady Bug,

In about 14 weeks, I will finally get to meet you. I would be lying if I said I wasn't nervous, but I am so ecstatic to meet you. I am already planning how I am going to protect you and how I am going to teach your brother to watch over you.

As your daddy, I feel an extra responsibility to take care of you. I promise to be the example of a Godly man to whom you can look to. I promise to be there to play tea party and dress up. I promise to not be too busy to carry you to go shopping. I promise you not to be too sleepy when you think there is a monster in your closet. I promise to be at all your games and functions. I promise to be that dad that all your friends wished they had.

All this to say, I can't wait to meet you. I am already so in love with you, my Lil' Lady Bug.

Love Daddy

Half Way There

I can't believe it but as of last week we are already half way there. Time has flown so fast this time. Maybe because when I was pregnancy with Ty I was just sitting around at home and not working. Life is so busy and flying by me right now that this pregnancy is just rolling right on through.

That is good in many ways, but then also sad. I am glad that we are that much closer to seeing and holding our beautiful baby girl Fe Evelyn Gloria. But on the other hand I feel like I am missing out on just enjoying the pregnancy.

I am just so super thankful that we haven't had near the amount of complications that I had with Ty. I feel confident and have been praying for a pretty smooth and stress free pregnancy and delivery. So far so good.

Family Time!

It has been long overdue but we finally made it back to Florida to visit the family.

The grandparents haven't see Ty is a very long time and this if the first time they are seeing me pregnancy with my little baby girl.

It is good to see all the family and friends, even if it is just for a quick weekend. Ty is having a blast meeting everyone and laughing with every one. He and Janelle get along real well and are playing together.

Now we are on the way to say hi to some friends.

Little Princess

So the verdict is in and the cake has been cut.

Chris and I are having a baby GIRL!!!

What in the world are we going to do? I am scared crazy, I have no idea idea how to raise girls.

Okay so technically I didn't know how to raise boys either but I don't know, I was more emotionally ready to handle a boy.

Now we have only 20 weeks to not only re-learn the basics about having an infant but also learn the special technique that is needed to raise a girl.

Any advice?

Wiggly Giggly

I spoke about this the last time with Ty. I think I must be crazy but I for one think that feeling the baby move around inside my tummy is absolutely creepy.

Okay I know, it is beautiful and wonderful and all that magically stuff, but come on, it is weird.

For me each time I feel the baby move it serves as a reminder that there is a human being growing inside of me. While I am so grateful and honored that God has chosen me and Chris again to birth and raise another one of His children the whole process just gives me the willies.

I mean just think about it, a person that will one day be walking and talking and breathing and eating all on their own is inside of me. I am sorry, I just find that so ... crazy!!!

Big Bad Kidney Stone

Good thing about last week: We got to see the baby for the very first time.
Bad thing about last week: We spent about 5 hours in the emergency room waiting to see what was wrong with me.

Wednesday morning while I was at work I started to feel a tremendous pressure and pain on my lower left back that radiated from there forward toward the left side of my stomach. It was so intense that I ended up on the floor underneath the conference table trying to find different positions to lay in to elevate some of the pain. I managed to crawl to the phone to call my sister in law to come save me. Of course she didn't answer her phone so I had to wobble down the hall to her office and fall on the floor in there instead.

She rushed me to the local clinic where they could not find anything wrong and by then the pain and reduced significanlty. I still felt some pressure after I would use the restroom but no where near the level I did earlier that morning. Although they did not find anything to report they did highly suggest that I have an ultrasound done immediately to check on the baby. Especially since we hadn't had one yet.

So Chris left work and came to pick us up to head to the emergency room. We were there for about 5 hours and had a urine test, blood work and the ultrasound. We were worried that somehow we would either see or the technician would see the gender and tell us. But thankfully the little one was so wiggly that they couldn't get to it. They were able to do their major checks and the baby and I were completely healthy.

Based on my description of the pain and experience they diagnosed me as having passed a kidney stone. Praise Jesus it happened as fast as it did and there are no lasting effects.

Not As Expected

Since leaving our last prenatal appointment I have been feeling this little one moving around like a champ. I was concerned for a few weeks there because with Ty I could feel him from around 16 weeks. It took us until 18 weeks before I felt this baby moving. They say typically you can feel your second baby moving sooner but I guess we are out to prove all the stats wrong. Let's recap all the stuff that haven't happened like they say.

Weight Gain: I am supposed to gain more weight with the second baby and faster. That is a big negative. At this point I have gain less than half the weight I did with Ty.

Showing sooner: Last week is the first time I feel that the outside world could finally see that I am actually telling the truth about this pregnancy. I may not have been huge with Ty but I know for certain you would question my status around 14/15 weeks.

Feeling the baby move: Already stated, just recently starting to feel the baby move. In fact I remember that Chris was able to feel the baby move weeks after I could and he felt Ty around 18 weeks. I am not 20 and Chris felt this baby move for the first time last night. Awesome experience. You should have seen his face.

Less engaged in the development: Okay I have to give you this one. They say with that with each child you have the excitement and hype is just not as strong. I would have to agree. We are certainly excited but I don't think we have done as much this time around. And time seems to be going a lot faster also.

Overall, not the pregnancy experience that I have been expecting but I am not complaining at all. I will take the smaller stomach, smaller weight gain and actually less creepy baby movement anytime.