Coming Attraction

Lots of news from the summer, not the least of which is that Sprout will no longer be an only child. We are expecting our second child, due early spring 2010. The official due date varies from late March to early April. We're scheduled to find out about if this is a boy or girl around Thanksgiving.

Profile of "Butter Bean" from this week's ultrasound

In what is a little quirk of the universe, Aaron and I are now where we were almost exactly 4 years ago when I was pregnant with Zeke. It was almost four years ago that I started this blog. We went to the Caribbean for the first time four years ago and announced our pregnancy shortly after. And, we just got back last month from our second ever trip to the Caribbean. This is just a coincidence, though, not pattern. If we are lucky enough to have more Caribbean vacations, we do not intend to have any pregnancy announcements!

Both the baby and I are healthy. I've been continuing to work out 4 times a week, I've gained less weight than before and have done well on any tests I've been asked to take. This pregnancy has not been quite the cakewalk that Zeke's was, though. The first trimester was all about exhaustion, heartburn, morning sickness, bad skin, ligament pain and more exhaustion. It seemed like the body remembered what pregnancy was last time and just went right back to that. Now that we are in the second trimester, things are getting much better and, for the first time in months, I had some energy this week. That being said, of course, I try my best to take a nap when Zeke does and today I slept most of the afternoon & evening while Aaron was at home. I think I've also been able to feel, at this very early date, the baby moving around. Not kicking, but spinning around. Still amazing.

We have told Zeke that we are expecting another baby. He doesn't get it yet, but we're sure he will as we get closer to the date. He's not really the kid that asks "why" about everything so we haven't gotten any questions and he doesn't seem particularly affected by the news. When we first told him, we told him something along the lines that "Mommy has a baby in her tummy." Zeke's only prior understanding of why something is in one's tummy is because someone has eaten something. Therefore, he seems to believe I have eaten a baby. His words were along the lines of: "Mommy has a baby in her belly and in her tummy. I EAT THE BABY! I have a baby in my tummy and in my belly."

I EAT THE BABY!

(We referred to Zeke as "Sprout" before we shared his name and so people have been asking if we are giving a nickname to this baby. I don't think it will be as big a deal this time, but we sometimes refer to this baby as "Butter Bean.")