My dress | Tristan’s blazer | Tristan’s pants | Tristan’s shoes | letter board
I figured since this pregnancy is already halfway over, it was past time that I do a post and share all the details!
If you have not already heard, we are expecting a baby GIRL in December!
This baby was not a total surprise, as we had decided we would be ready for baby #2 sometime soon, but it was a shock that it happened so quickly after we made that decision. We never planned to have a Christmas baby, but that is what’s happening! I know that it is going to be the best Christmas ever. I am hoping that she comes sometime before her due date of December 22 so that she will not have to share a birthday with Christmas Day đŸ™‚
I am always impatient to find out the gender, so we did a 3D ultrasound when I was 13 weeks and discovered that we are having a little girl! Luke said that he knew all along, but I was totally surprised. I love being a boy mom and thought I was destined to have all boys.
We told some family members early on, but didn’t get the word out to everyone until I was 17 weeks. We didn’t mean to keep it a secret that long, but time is flying by extremely fast this time around. Now I am sitting here at 20 weeks pregnant with half of this pregnancy behind me, wow!!
We have her name picked out and now I want to go full steam ahead with decorating her nursery and stocking up on bows and clothes for her.
swimsuit | sunglasses | headband
Tristan’s pregnancy was very easy and I had no complaints up until the end of course, when everyone gets uncomfortable. This time around, I felt like I had been hit by a truck during the whole first trimester. I was completely exhausted and there was one time that I slept for 20 hours in a 24 hour period. I am not sure if this extreme exhaustion was because of the gender, the fact that I work night shift, or that I’m taking care of Tristan who was about 9 months old at that time. It’s probably a combination of all of them! I actually went to see my OB when I was 4 weeks pregnant (but had no idea yet) to get my thyroid levels re-checked because I felt like something was seriously wrong with me. If only I had known at that time I could have knocked out my first prenatal visit, ha!
There will be more updates to come. Let me know what questions you have this time around!
So excited to meet this baby girl in about 19 weeks!! Praying for a healthy, happy baby!!