24 weeks with baby girl!
i'm in the sweet spot of pregnancy, feeling good and loving all the kicks and movement i feel from her every day. multiple times a day in fact, she's a mover, just like brady was.
some things i want to remember about this pregnancy:
1. i'm trying to be healthier this time & actually work out (didn't do much when prego with B) so we go to the gym four or five days a week. i do barre twice a week and the other two or three workouts are on the elliptical. it's nice to keep moving and feel soreness in my muscles (not overdoing it), but honestly it's also just really nice to have a change of scenery most days for brady & me both. he gets to play with new stuff, i get a break from him + endorphins, and we leave much happier together! mike is in the throes of his final MBA semester so brady & i are on our own a lot and while we are making it work great around our household, i'm tired by the end of most days & the trip to the gym in the afternoon post-nap (or sometimes mid-morning) is really something i look forward to. by the time we get out, it's dinner/bath/purple time and the day is almost done!
2. i've gained maybe 12-14 pounds so far (i don't have a scale at home so it's a guess based on my 22 week appointment) and feel like my belly looks about the same as it did this time with brady. i love that i did even-week photos with my brady pregnancy to look back on. i gained a lot of weight with brady, and really had some swelling towards the end. i think regardless of exercise this pregnancy, i may still gain the same (sometimes your body just does the same thing for pregnancies no matter the external variables) but i'm hoping that exercise keeps my in decent shape to lose the weight more easily post-delivery.
3. i realized the other day that having delivered brady at 37 weeks, i've only got 13 weeks to go potentially!!! that was sobering!
4. i have no specific cravings or aversions at this point.
5. at 24 weeks, we are still working on a name for babykins. i think her middle name might be belle, which is french for "beautiful" and definitely is a strong contender. mike loves everything french & i always envisioned using that inspiration if we had a daughter. it's not set in stone, but it's a front runner. we go back and forth on her first name still. i was in the 30s (weeks) before brady really sank in when we were naming him. so, no rush!
6. when you ask brady where baby sister is, he points to his own tummy. the other day mike said, "but what's in mommy's tummy then?" and he said "baby sister. one in mommy's tummy, one in my tummy." I HOPE NOT! :) his preschool teachers told us this week he talks about baby sister all the time and also tells them she is in his tummy. so adorable! we moved him into his big boy room a couple weeks ago and now he calls his old room "baby sister's room" and tells me all the time, "i no sleep in a crib, crib is for babies." i love how he's starting to put it all together. he still pronounces sister, "baby sicker" and i love that too.
speaking of little man, here he is supervising mike taking my 24 week bump photos:
such a big boy now. i can't wait to see him holding his little baby. i think he'll really be a sweet, kind, gentle big brother.
