I had a doctor appointment this morning and all is looking good! We got to hear the baby’s heartbeat and it is around 160 bpm. We are excited because at the next appointment we get to find out if Sweet Pea will have a little brother or sister! I can’t wait!!!

The time has come in my pregnancy where I am getting really uncomfortable. Sleeping has become hard. I know that this is nature’s way of getting the mom used to not sleeping the whole night through, but it seems to have come earlier than my pregnancy with Sweet Pea.

But with the unenjoyable part of pregnancy comes the joyful part! Two nights ago I was lying in bed reading while the rest of the house was quiet. It was the first time that day I was able to concentrate on fully relaxing my whole body and try to get comfortable. I rested my hand on my stomach and felt a flutter! It was so exciting. It makes the life growing inside me seem real.

Since I am still early in the pregnancy, I can’t normally feel the flutter during the day when I am moving around chasing after Sweet Pea. And the baby isn’t big enough to be felt from the outside.  So for now I will cherish the moments when everyone else is sleeping and I get to feel the life inside me.

Sweet Pea has become quite the helper. Anything that I am doing, whether it be unloading the dishwasher or drying my hair, he wants to do too!! So of course I let him help. Even though everything takes sooo much longer to do I want to encourage this helpful behavior, not hinder it. Here are the attempts at drying my hair the other day:

I love that everything I do is so wonderful and interesting to him. The picture of him drying my hair just reminds me that this little person looks up to me and wants to copy everything that I do. This is where I pray the Lord will give me strength to be patient and be a good example to him. I hope as he grows older he stays the loving, helping little boy he it right now.

Pregnancy news: Thanks for all the comments and emails I got about my pregnancy! It is so uplifting to know so many people care and are praying for my family. I am now fifteen weeks along. The baby is due in early August. I am very thankful that in both this pregnancy and Sweet Pea’s I did not encounter morning sickness. Just a lot of nausea and cramps. And of course mood swings. I think my hubby is looking forward to the end of this pregnancy for that reason alone. I will give more updates and the pregnancy moves along!