21 Weeks, Boy or Girl?

    This week I will be in my 21st week of pregnancy. I feel like this pregnancy is going a lot faster. Talking with another mom at the park a couple weeks ago she told me that for her compared to the first pregnancy the second one goes by real fast, mainly because you are busy with the first baby, and then with home life and working full time you don't have much time to think about the pregnancy as much as you do the first. I am finding this to be very true. I can barely fit in week by week belly shots, is it sad that I have only three in the 21 weeks. And with Sophia I kept a "belly journal" which documented the pregnancy, I have tried to with this pregnancy, but needless to say it is more bare. I hope to get better, I don't want baby #2 to have less than baby #1, but from lots of mom they say that's just the way it goes.
    I have been feeling well so far, I can say I am not eating as healthy as the first pregnancy but I am trying. I think I am spoiling myself since I know this is probably the last time I'll be pregnant. The heartburn has been ongoing for the past 3 weeks or so. I had bad heartburn with Sophia too. The myth is that the baby has lots of hair, and from my last pregnancy it was definitely true, so I would assume baby #2 will have a bunch of hair as well. From about week 16 I have felt the baby move more and more.
    Last Friday Rusty and I went to the drs to do an ultrasound and to find out the sex of the baby. We were to keep secret till Thanksgiving due to we were going to announce to Rusty's family then, but that didn't happen. We ended up informing my mother in law, and from there Rusty began to make calls. He blames me because I posted on FB that we were finding out the gender that day, but I know Rusty and he can't keep in a secret for too long. So now that most family does know the gender we can announce what the baby is. It's funny that when you have a girl I think most people want or expect you to have a boy. Majority of the family thought it would be a boy, with the exception of the dads. Only all three dads expected another girl, the rest boy. I think I had my heart set on a girl (again) mainly because I think having a sister (only thing I have experienced) is great. I think that they can be good friends and share same interests, plus it helps on the pocket book due to I have ALL of Sophia's old clothes and toys. Rusty I think was more in the middle and could see the benefit of either a boy or a girl.
    We have the ultrasound on video, but I cannot access. Why husbands should listen to their wives. I asked to bring our camera and record from that because I know it's better quality and guaranteed to work. Rusty insisted his camera phone was just as good and we can send to email and text. Needless to say I was right, sure enough we cannot email, text or do anything with the video!! I hope to figure it out so that we can have for future use, oh well I can't help but love him anyways! Back to the ultrasound.  All I know I was looking for was the three lines we saw with Sophia, the girl parts. As soon as I saw the ultrasound that is all I was looking for. He first announce the baby was breech, then went to find the parts. Sure enough as he was on them I (almost) knew for sure what I saw and said "3 lines" he then said three lines, those are girl parts!! YAY! It is a GIRL! Rusty then says we're having another girl! Then after some going through the baby's body, which all looks great by the way, Rusty then says and realizes " I guess I'll never know what having a boy will be like." It was kind of sad, but he was still happy for our girl. I was really feeling very blessed leaving the appointment, I could not stop smiling knowing I was going to have our complete family, Rusty, my two girls and I.  We went out for biscuits and gravy (my fav) to celebrate.
    My mother in law was to know as soon as we found out, she was flying so she was expecting a text when she landed. lol Rusty was sure to text her. We then informed his Grandma, and it just trickled from there. I waited till Saturday until I saw my family to tell them, which by the way my own mother forgot that Friday we were to find out the sex, silly woman! But we went there with the ultrasound and told them to look at it and see if they can tell. It helped that the last ultrasound said "Hi mom and dad I'm a girl! They were very excited to have another granddaughter. So now everyone knows. =)

Sweet Sophia

Sassy Sophia

    Sophia is now 1 1/2 years old and as cute and smart as can be. She is loving books more and more, she loves being read to but still just likes taking them down and looking at each page by herself. Her vocabulary is growing everyday, she will stare at your mouth and try her hardest to repeat, she has learned cookie recently, and for awhile when she hears the train she says "choo, choo", we are trying to teach her the difference between a nana- banana and Nana- grandma. She likes to show off in front of people, its the cutes to watch. And at the same time I think we are entering the terrible twos. She will throw a major fit when she is not getting what she wants, not all the time but more and more often. She arches her back and just throws herself, it is the most horrible thing especially when we are in public. We went to the store for maternity pants and we forgot the stroller so Rusty bought her in without it and let her walk around herself (mistake #1) so when it was time to go (in public) she threw herself back, stiffed up and screamed, Rusty had the most horrible time trying to get her into the carseat. Lesson learned for me and Rusty, NEVER let your kid run the store by themselves, this was the 1st and last time. I know it is a part of growing up, I just really want a well behaved child. Lucky for me my mother in law bought me two books, one "Love and Logic for Early Childhood" and "Setting Limits for Strong-Willed Child aka Sophia" I am very interested in the different parenting techniques and think it is smart for all parents to have knowledge of techniques. With that said, in no way are all the answers in a book! It's so hard to know what to do, she has picked up hitting!! I know it's from daycare, I don't believe in hitting back to teach her it's wrong, we have resulted in time out in the crib when she does it, can't tell if it is working or not. although she can throw a major fit, she can still be the sweetest girl (when she want to be)

With Daddy

Kisses for Heidi

    Well thats all for now, cant wait to see  how much more our Sophia will change, although it's sad to see how fast it goes, and excited to get things ready for the second little girl in our lives. Poor Rusty has to live the rest of his life with a female dominated house, our Heidi, our two daughters and his wife. lol