Twenty Weeks!!
This week marks the twentieth week of my pregnancy. It is such a weird feeling to get to the halfway point. I am getting a real pregnant belly and all the aches and pains that go along with it. Everyone always asks about morning sickness (which I never had), but never about the back pain or the leg pain or the knee pain or the hip pain. And the list goes on. The only thing that makes the pains worth it is the little little baby kicks I am now starting to feel. When I am laying awake in the middle of the night trying to get comfortable and frustrated that I can’t, I suddenly feel a little jolt in my tummy and I smile and the pain gets shoved to the back of my mind for a brief second.
The only thing that is strange about this pregnancy is I still can’t picture myself with another baby. Sweet Pea and I have such a strong connection and our daily schedule is finally coming together. I just can’t picture us as a family of four. I know in my head that we will get to celebrate all the holidays this year with a brand new baby, but it’s not connecting to my heart. Weird? I hope it’s not too weird. So when does a second baby finally feel real?! I guess maybe when they are born.
Yes, it will feel real when that baby is born…that is what happened for me at least! It is the sweetest thing though when you see your first loving on the second…cutest thing EVER!!!
I like the haircut by the way!
You’re not weird. You just can’t imagine how you can love another child as much as you love your first one… but you will. You are a natural Momma, after all!
All three of my boys are my favorites for very different, unique reasons. I honestly can’t say I love one better than another.
And now I have three of THE BEST daughters-in-law!!! I love them all. My heart is bursting as I write this.
How exciting! Darling diaper cake in a few posts below!
I was the same way in all of my pregnancies…I just couldn’t see myself with a baby…then with two babies…and now, I just can’t envision myself as a mother of three!
So…are you going to find out what you’re getting? We did, but our friends (Iain’s girlfriend Callie’s parents) didn’t want to.
I’ve always thought that having children is like being in a time warp. Before they’re there, you can’t imagine them being there; and after they’re there, you can’t imagine them not being there! (Just as you can no longer imagine your life without Sweet Pea.) Even when they’ve arrived and you are in the midst of their care, you cannot picture the future, though you know it must come. Once it arrives, once they are sitting on their own or standing or walking, once they say that first word or get their first tooth or go to the bathroom by themselves or make their first sandwich or… DRIVE, then in almost no time any other condition is a thing of the past and you have to make an effort to remember it!
When Heather was little and something was obviously bothering her, but I couldn’t figure out what it was, I complained to Grandma that I wanted Heather to be able to talk so she could tell me what was wrong! Grandma told me that when your mom was little she also wished with all her heart that she could talk. Then one day she started talking, and she hasn’t stopped since!
For me it didn’t really hit until JR was born
Do don’t feel bad 
AND SUPER congrats on getting a girl!! How very fun!!! AND thanks for the breast feeding encouragement-we will see how it goes, but it is a lot of pressure when the dr. acts like you’re crazy for going more than a year…:)
great pictures and thanks for stopping by my blog Good Luck in the great contest you entered
Oh, I hope you feel better soon!
I know exactly what you mean about things not feeling real. I feel exactly the same way! Everyone keeps reassuring me it will all work out!