Our New Addition

On February 18th, we were super thrilled to find out we would be having another baby.  I'm sure she was just excited at our excitement, but even Paisley joined in the celebration and laughed and got super excited when I told David.  It was pretty surreal at first, maybe even more than the first pregnancy.  In spite of all the nausea and other symptoms, it was hard to really feel like there was really a baby in there until our first ultrasound where we got to hear the baby's heartbeat.  I think there must only be a few things in this life more thrilling than hearing a little  baby heartbeat coming from inside of you.  We took Paisley to the appointment and she did not like watching the doctor touch her mom's tummy,  but we made it through. Dr. Holmes told us the due date would be October 17th, 2012.  That's a great date, I think.

After much anticipation, we found out that we are expecting another little girl!!  We've been very excited to use the boy names we've had picked out forever, but we are super excited to have another little girl.  I think Paisley will love having a little sister, especially one so close in age to her.  I hope they can be close friends.  Now for the fun task of picking a cute girl's name.  Any suggestions?

Now I am 21 weeks along (past halfway already!) and just starting to feel the baby move pretty frequently.  That's the best part about pregnancy, I think, besides the end where you get to meet the baby!  I'm starting to show now, although I haven't gained any weight yet.  I think I gained and kept enough with the first pregnancy for both of them!  The first trimester all I felt like doing was sleeping all day  - no exaggeration here - and now I'm happy to be at that glorious part of the 9 months where I just feel good and energetic.  Let's hope that keeps up for a while!

21 Weeks - the side view

And the front view