23 Weeks

So, "officially" today I am 23 weeks pregnant, and boy, and I feeling it. Not just the baby kicking and punching but also wedging the belly behind a table when we go out to eat, trying to get out of the couch/car/bed. It's all so obviously...there. This belly of mine, I dont remember feeling and noticing it quite this much this early on. I've read that after that first baby you feel pregnant sooner and I think I agree with it. I started off this pregnancy 20 lbs heavier than when I got pregnant with william but the only thing I notice that is different with the extra weight is how I look, not really the heaviness and roundness. I dont have sore knees and hips as bad as I did with william, which is nice because I am dealing with the round ligament pain again. It is comfortable, more or less, this time around. I know what to expect.


The reason why I speak of the pregnancy this blog around is that I am seeing an O.B today as the safety measure route. Even though I am seeing a midwife as my primary care, we decided that seeing a Dr. would be a good thing to do to have all sides covered. With the way William's labor and birth went, I do agree that it is a good idea to have all sides covered. Even though I DO NOT like doctors, hospitals...etcetc, I would rather be safe. We are going to see the same dr. that delivered william, who is absolutely amazing. I went into the hospital with the idea that a c-section was necessary to get William out, but she came into the delivery room with the intention to try and get william out naturally. Being a big relief on me, they never forced any drugs on me, maybe because it was already too far along, but they were all very respectful and decent even though I kind of "barged" into their hospital with a baby needing to be born ASAP. The most amazing part about the entire experience (even though I was in a hospital) was that the Dr. did not charge me a dime for any of her services. Not a single penny for the delivery and post-partum checkups for the next 3 visits. She is amazing. I am hoping with everything inside of me that I do NOT need to go to the hospital and I get my homebirth this time, but if for some reason I need to go to a Hospital, she will be able to deliver the baby. I am excited to see her today, lets hope it goes well. We are bringing william with us so she can see him, which should be fun. He has been a grumpy baby these days so we will see how much of a good mood he will be in today.


Also, I get to go to the Hub and see some familiar faces there at the coffee shop and grab some good food and a nice hot cup of joe. Delicious.


Oh, I promised a picture of the baby sock. I realized after I had knit the entire sock and was closing up the toe, that the needle size I was using with .25 mm too small than the pattern said to use. But, it could have been a mistake, because throughout the pattern there were several mistakes and I had to adjust it alittle so I can actually make the sock work. These patterns are published through blogs and sorts and mistakes are going to happen... I'm glad I can understand enough about pattern these days where I can still make them work. Anyway, here is the sock (next to William's toddler sized sock). Enjoy!

Sun Day!

William is one to wake up with the birds these days, kind of cute actually. Either that or as soon as the sun starts to rise, even the slightest. 7 am, almost right on the dot, he's in there calling for dad. haha. It really doesnt matter what time he goes to bed, 7pm or 9pm, that kid is up at the crack of dawn. Maybe I should consider going to bed at 7 and waking up with the birds as well...then I would officially be an old lady. It's kind of funny that being pregnant makes you feel like an old lady even though technically, old ladies dont have babies anymore. Oh, the irony.

Happy Sun-Day anyhow. It is really beautiful this time of day in the living room. I have this really large window that catches the sun perfectly. Starts to peak in around 8:30 or so. Michael bought these light catchers that make a sunray of rainbow colors on the wall. It comes in the living room in the morning and as the day goes on, it catches the second one in the dining room and displays yet another blast of color. It's funny to find the simplest things making me smile these days. Even though I feel tired all the time (and have felt this way for going on 2 years. hah), being happy never fails to be a first reaction. Coffee, for example, makes me happy. Once you become a mom you long for that coffee. Even if you werent a coffee drinker before, you want it after the fact. The only functional picker-upper on mornings where you are completely zombified. I drank alot of decaf before william and while i was pregnant with william, but quickly changed to cafeinated. Seemingly I have a low tolerance to caffiene and I feel pretty good after 1 or 1.5 cups of coffee. Soon discovering my soft spot for coffee shops as well. Something so warm and homey about a dimly lit coffee shop smelling oh-so-delicious. :) There is one in Danville that i miss dearly, they made the best mochas. yum yum. Luckily the same owner has 2 other coffee shops around ky, one being in lexington a merely 5 minute drive away. Thank you God. :):)

When we move next year, the island we have fallen in love with has these pretty awesome coffee shop with fair trade coffee. I would prefer organic (which out of most organic products, organic coffee is the best) but eh. We are going to vacate to our potential home next month and so I am definitely going to check it out. Surprisingly, this island in Ga is fairly cheap! The population is about the size of Danville. Small towns are alot easier to function in and my old lady side prefers a small town. They even had a pretty good school system and a whole food market (not the chain), and of course, right by the ocean. The coldest months lows are only in the 40's, so snow is less likely to happen. I would mind waking up in Feb. with some temperatures in the 60's. Wouldnt mind that at all.

Well, this is a really random blog today, but I'm feeling pretty darn good on this sunday even though I am exhausted. Going to attempt to mow the front lawn and maybe get my booty on the treadmill. We'll see how that goes.. my bed may call my name and a nap time during william's nap time could come into play. :) Have a wonderful sunday.

Knit-tastic

I've realized that I have been blogging through blogger for over 5 years. My earlier blogs are a little depressing so this past year I recreated a blog. I'm not much of an avid blogger, just find that there are these points in my life where there urge to blog comes over me and the feeling of not having a choice in inevitable. :)

There are few extracurricular things in my life that tend to stick, but one that hasn't lost its place for over 2 years now is knitting. I absolutely love knitting, everything about it really. Being that I have a toddler too, I can't knit as much as I would like too, but I'm still finding that some projects do get finished with a little extra time. I finished up a pair of socks for William that he will be able to wear through the next year or two. Mostly winter socks because they are kind of wooly and the poor kid would suffer if i put those suckers on his feet in the summer. I enjoyed making them so much, I started on another pair and finished up of them yesterday. The yarn was supposed to make a rainbow sock, but because I am making a small person sock, it didnt quite turn out that way. The colors split into a set of 3 and kind of twisted around the sock. The skien came with a smaller skien of the red solid for the toe and heel. I figured I would make them with the solid parts, being that I've never done it before. I really like the way they turned out.

I took a break from making the other one and started on a pair for the new baby. After knitting a toddler pair, it felt weird to knit a much smaller pair (intended for 3/6 months). I don't know what it feels like to have a small baby anymore. :( William is growing too fast. So, knitting little baby stuff is going to be fun. My aunt is having a girl, so I get to at least work on girly stuff. I havent been able to do that yet. All the people i knew this past year who had babies all had boys! It's and epidemic!! haha. No doubt my sister, who has a baby due in November, is going to have a boy too. Her husband comes from a long line of 8 boys and undoubtly it will be his genetics that will determine the gender. Me, on the otherhand, feels like I am going to have another boy. At one point it felt like it may be a girl, but I dont know anymore. We'll see in August. I'm so excited.

Well, when these baby socks are finished, I'll put up a picture and we can see how small they are. :):)

Happy Spring!

I am absolutely loving the season change this year. It feels like it is so much different than the way it seemed to me this previous year. Maybe it has more to do with the fact that we are getting out alot more being that William is now constantly moving. :) Around this time last year, I was still healing and managing through my new mommyhood days.. but now, it feels so comfortable. It has become more of a way of life rather than something so new. Doing it for the first time is so scary because you honestly dont know what to expect. Read all the books you want on childbirth, breastfeeding, and the months following and in all honesty, it really didn't prepare more than if i didnt read it at all. Each book is a perspective really... average expectations. But every baby, mother and way someone is a parent differs as each person differs. The way it worked out for me was not what I had "prepared" for and expected. In the end, however, it has turned out to be the best.

So, I'm feeling pretty good today. Tomorrow I am officially going to be 21 weeks pregnant (officially to a calendar, I have no idea exact). The baby is moving around alot more, but he/she seems to spend alot of time kicking me in my lower parts and making me feel like I have to go to the bathroom way too often. When I am laying down though, they seem to punch more and thats when I can feel through my belly. This is a bit surprising because I am about 20 lbs heavier than when I got pregnant with William, but I can still feel through my belly. Doesnt make me feel like a big cow. haha. Feeling alot rounder and some sleeping and sitting positions are becoming uncomfortable, but the bliss is all the same. I love being pregnant, but the love doesnt go beyond just enjoying while the pregnancy just "happens"... lol I wouldnt get pregnant anytime soon after this baby is born, I havent felt entirely normal for almost 2 years. Maybe a 5 year break (or more) after this one. I wouldnt mind enjoying a drink and other natural pleasures for more than a few months.

Being that I've got quite a few goals planned out for my future, I hope to accomplish a few before we decide to have another one. Would like to walk away with an art degree of some sort before I turn 30. 23 is sneaking up on me fast so I've only got the next 3/4 years to get on that wagon and roll on.