So as of yesterday I am 21 weeks along... over halfway there, woohoo! This week, baby is approximately 11" in length.. such a big baby already! At my ultrasound that I had on the 16th of this month, they estimated that this baby was already 14oz!! I am just over halfway, and I'm carrying almost a pound of baby already!! Maybe my doctor was right... this baby is probably going to be a hefty one! ^_~
April 17th we found out what we are having and then we kept it a secret for 2 weeks so we could tell our family all at once when my mom came for a visit. I am happy to now announce we are officially TEAM BLUE again! Another healthy little boy is on his way. We are still debating a middle name but his firstname will be Caius (pronounced kie-us). Alex and Landon found this name and both loved it... I thought it was cute and came home from work after getting a text suggesting the name, and both Daddy and Big Brother were calling him Caius.... sooooo Caius it is!I'm happy because it's unique (like we both enjoy) and not common at all. People either have LOVED the name, or pretended to tolerate it ^_~ Either way, we love it and could care less what others think =)
Mother's day this year kind of stunk.... I worked open to close at my store, and aside from one other person, I was the only mother to be scheduled on mother's day.... c'est la vie. I missed being with Landon all day, but all the same I had my other little boy with me the whole time =) It was nice to spend the day with at least one of my boys! My present for mother's day was a basic Kindle and I have been LOVING THE CRAP out of that thing! It's so wonderful and I am so thankful for it! Buuuuuuut not nearly as thankful to God for giving me two such beautiful, healthy little boys to love and raise =)
Here's a recent picture of Mr. Landon in all his glory =) He is officially 4 and a half as of the 16th of this month. I cannot believe how big he is and how quickly he's growing.... it's so exciting to think he will be a big brother soon =) He is SOOOO excited to meet Caius and play with him! He is going to be the best big brother ever =) I know a lot of people say that, but I truly believe he's going to be amazing!One last note: I do believe I am pretty much ready for Caius's arrival. I was "taking inventory" of all of our stuff, and regardless of a couple more things I would LIKE to have, we are ready for this little boy to get here. We have diapers (cloth diapers to use once his umbilical cord/circumcision heal and disposables for the first few weeks/until we get used to cloth), we have bottles, we have a ton of formula, we have my breast pump and accessories (regardless of whether he takes to breastfeeding or we have problems and have to formula feed, we are ready), we have a baby magic bullet to make him baby food when he's old enough, we have his crib and bedding (from Landon), we have the carseat and stroller still, we have Landon's old bouncer, we have Landon's old baby clothes, we still have Landon's old baby bathtub, we have an AWESOME baby bag (thank you Mom!!), and that's pretty much all we need to start. We need to clean/wash/assemble most of the stuff that we have from when Landon was a baby, but all-in-all we are ready!
Things I would LIKE to have are A)More plastic drawers to put all of Caius's diapers/clothes in, a kitchen-sized trash can with a lid on it PLUS washable wet bags for the cloth diapers, baby lotion and baby wash, spare breastfeeding accessories, different flow of nipples for his bottles (in case we end up using them before my maternity leave is over), a few more covers/pocket cloth diapers (we don't NEED them, but you can never have too many!) & I would like a swing and a play yard for Caius but that's not necessary. This is all stuff on my baby registry from Amazon. While I am not having another baby shower (that I am aware of) I still made one mostly for the sake of me paying attention to what we still would like/need if and when we have the spare money to throw out for it all. This is where you can find our list of shinanigans at: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/registry.html?ie=UTF8&id=EO4G1OFLQXXE&type=baby
I add/subtract from it all the time, but regardless I am certain if we got nothing else (minus little things like baby wash and a few more outfits) before Caius is born, we would be ready for him =) I can't wait to meet him and kiss his precious little face <3
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