Milestone moment for pregnancy #2: Last night (March 5th, 2014), Tony felt our 2nd baby girl kick for the first time! Just so happened to take place directly AFTER we finished our conversation about name choices... coincidence?! I THINK NOT. I think that #1 she loves her daddy's voice and #2 she likes the name we have tentatively agreed on! (I say tentatively because we haven't chosen her name yet. It's just the top name that we are liking but aren't 100% on it.) It was a really sweet moment, though, and to see Tony's face light up when he for SURE felt her kick was awesome!!!! It's really incredible how much more prepared I feel we are this time around or at least that we know what to expect.
It's definitely a new experience for me to not have a name for my baby by now... which may seem silly to other folks considering I am barely halfway through this pregnancy. I know I've been talking about it so much lately... I am usually not so "type A" about things but this - naming this baby - is something I just can't not think about. Tony and I have a great conversation about baby names last night. He looked over my long list and starred the names he liked and could envision for this baby. And then one by one we went through those 10 names and started marking them off one by one for different reasons. "Oh, but Violet doesn't sound good with Presley..." "Addison is nice. But then we would call her Addie, right? I don't know that I like her having two names..." you get the picture. So we narrowed it down to one name complete with a middle name that we both love - it's got family history, goes well with our last name, the initials don't spell anything offensive, and sounds great with Presley. Plus, Presley can say it and it sounds adorable.
Another thing that is different about this pregnancy? I don't remember feeling so sappy when I felt Presley moving around. Maybe I did and I just don't remember (highly likely)... but I just really marvel in it here lately. Especially thinking this could be my last pregnancy. It's also weird to me to think that I am 26 and this could be my last time carrying a baby. I don't regret starting our family when we did whatsoever, but it just feel like such a young age to be done expanding our family. I like the idea of having three kids, but at the same time, I think it would be a lot less strenuous (in so many ways) for our family to stay at 4 members. It's all very surreal to talk about at this point, anyways. So anyways, I just bring this up to say that this pregnancy is different for me in small ways. I guess the true test will occur when the baby's hiccups start!!! (If you don't recall, I was thoroughly annoyed by those last pregnancy! Sorry Presley!!!)
I also can't wait to unpack baby #2's baby book and start writing in it! I got it several months before we got pregnant from Hallmark when it was on clearance for somewhere between 70-90% off!!! It had a circus theme - which we are not fans of the circus - but we LOVE animals and it was just beautiful. The colors were very neutral (mostly the color red) so I felt it would be perfect whether we would have a boy or girl. Tony thought I was ridiculous at the time for buying it but I bet now he thinks I'm a superstar! And my mom will be happy... she likes Hallmark baby books. Plus, she bought us a baby book just before Presley was born last time because "she has to have a baby book!" Which, I am so glad she does have one and I love Presley's baby book so so much!!
Update on the home buying: The seller has signed the contract and the inspection is scheduled for the beginning of next week!!!! SO EXCITING. I hope to feel more at ease after the inspection is over... just one more big step towards owning our home! I went through our list of wants for this house - and it literally had everything we were hoping for minus ONE optional aspect - which was our preference for a flat driveway. It is definitely not flat... it's actually pretty steep. What makes me a bit more comfortable is the fact that there are stairs right next to the driveway AND there is plenty of room on the street for friends and family to park if they are not comfortable in the drive. Can't wait to talk more openly about the house once plans become more concrete!!!!!!
That's all for today... it has taken me all of Presley's nap just to write this much! I'm not sure why my brain is moving so slow today. Looking forward to a relaxing weekend and hope it'll turn out that way!!
It's definitely a new experience for me to not have a name for my baby by now... which may seem silly to other folks considering I am barely halfway through this pregnancy. I know I've been talking about it so much lately... I am usually not so "type A" about things but this - naming this baby - is something I just can't not think about. Tony and I have a great conversation about baby names last night. He looked over my long list and starred the names he liked and could envision for this baby. And then one by one we went through those 10 names and started marking them off one by one for different reasons. "Oh, but Violet doesn't sound good with Presley..." "Addison is nice. But then we would call her Addie, right? I don't know that I like her having two names..." you get the picture. So we narrowed it down to one name complete with a middle name that we both love - it's got family history, goes well with our last name, the initials don't spell anything offensive, and sounds great with Presley. Plus, Presley can say it and it sounds adorable.
Another thing that is different about this pregnancy? I don't remember feeling so sappy when I felt Presley moving around. Maybe I did and I just don't remember (highly likely)... but I just really marvel in it here lately. Especially thinking this could be my last pregnancy. It's also weird to me to think that I am 26 and this could be my last time carrying a baby. I don't regret starting our family when we did whatsoever, but it just feel like such a young age to be done expanding our family. I like the idea of having three kids, but at the same time, I think it would be a lot less strenuous (in so many ways) for our family to stay at 4 members. It's all very surreal to talk about at this point, anyways. So anyways, I just bring this up to say that this pregnancy is different for me in small ways. I guess the true test will occur when the baby's hiccups start!!! (If you don't recall, I was thoroughly annoyed by those last pregnancy! Sorry Presley!!!)
I also can't wait to unpack baby #2's baby book and start writing in it! I got it several months before we got pregnant from Hallmark when it was on clearance for somewhere between 70-90% off!!! It had a circus theme - which we are not fans of the circus - but we LOVE animals and it was just beautiful. The colors were very neutral (mostly the color red) so I felt it would be perfect whether we would have a boy or girl. Tony thought I was ridiculous at the time for buying it but I bet now he thinks I'm a superstar! And my mom will be happy... she likes Hallmark baby books. Plus, she bought us a baby book just before Presley was born last time because "she has to have a baby book!" Which, I am so glad she does have one and I love Presley's baby book so so much!!
Update on the home buying: The seller has signed the contract and the inspection is scheduled for the beginning of next week!!!! SO EXCITING. I hope to feel more at ease after the inspection is over... just one more big step towards owning our home! I went through our list of wants for this house - and it literally had everything we were hoping for minus ONE optional aspect - which was our preference for a flat driveway. It is definitely not flat... it's actually pretty steep. What makes me a bit more comfortable is the fact that there are stairs right next to the driveway AND there is plenty of room on the street for friends and family to park if they are not comfortable in the drive. Can't wait to talk more openly about the house once plans become more concrete!!!!!!
That's all for today... it has taken me all of Presley's nap just to write this much! I'm not sure why my brain is moving so slow today. Looking forward to a relaxing weekend and hope it'll turn out that way!!
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