First Trimester Done!

Baby #2 at 9 weeks

I'm officially 13 weeks pregnant with Baby #2. I'm gaining weight due to my poor eating habits and lack of exercise. I swear, it's either too hot or too cold outside. I no longer feel comfortable baby-wearing Bryce, so if I want to walk with him, I have to use a stroller. I started feeling quickening last week. Once I realized what I was feeling, I tried another attempt at a fetal heartbeat. It worked! My friend loaned me her monitor and I have been trying since 7 weeks to get something. I wasn't trying very often because it usually took 15 minutes of searching with no success. With this recent testing, I was able to find the fast heartbeat within 60 seconds. It was so reassuring to finally find it and hear it. Here's the video of my reading:




I have yet to record my first interview style video for Baby #2's DVD. I have a DVD for Bryce featuring clips of important people or events of my pregnancy. The first video on his DVD was me talking about how I felt and how we tried to get pregnant. I want to make sure Baby #2 gets to hear his/her story as well as see how big (or small) their brother Bryce was during the interview.

I've noticed with this second pregnancy that things are less important to me. I'm not as obsessed with remembering how far along I am, how much water I'm drinking, how many nutrients I get each day, and how big the baby might be each week. Days and weeks are just flying by. My brain is obsessed with Bryce because he's here and now in the present. The pregnancy will result in a baby next March, so I spend most of my time focused on Baby #1.

I went to a party today for a young girl, and there were babies everywhere from ages 9 weeks up to 3 years old. The crying, screaming, squealing and other random noises were hard to take. The parents were chasing after their kids and cleaning up their messes. It made me feel even better that my 2 kids will be close together in age. Every year of my second child's life will be the final year I'll have to deal with whatever child stage they were in. At some point, my bottle days will be over. My diaper days will be over. My toilet training days will be over. The larger the gap between my two kids, the longer I have to wait for those stages to end. I'm not a "kid" person, but I love my son with everything I have. I will equally love my next child. I want to raise them to be good people, and that is what I'm most looking forward to. I'm hopeful that this "kid" stuff will blast by me like every parent says it does since I won't be able to handle much with 2 young kids in tow.