Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Cute Sam moment of the day

I should have started this a long time ago!!!

I actually have a couple days worth here:

Daddy and Sam were walking through the hall baby gate to Sam's room to get Sam ready for bed. Sam went first, then Daddy. After Daddy was through, Sam turned around to see if Daddy had shut the gate. Since Daddy had not shut the gate, Sam went back and shut it himself saying, "door!"

Last night Daddy was getting ready to feed Sam some oatmeal. Daddy was sitting on the floor and asked Sam if he wanted some oatmeal. Sam went over and sat down like 2 feet away with a big thump of his big diapered butt on the floor it was so cute! Poor Daddy had to stretch to feed Sam since Sam wouldn't scoot closer.

Sam woke up in a bit of a foul mood so I nursed him for a while after his nap. He amused himself while nursing by trying to put his fingers in my mouth. He gives this little chuckle - while nursing - when he does it. It is very cute :)

Monday, December 15, 2008

Yippee! Little Smudge on the way!!

What is a "Little Smudge" you ask? Well, Sam's nickname is Smudge. Not sure why. So, our impending new arrival is Little Smudge. We are going to be having another baby!!! Yay!!! Little Smudge is due on 7/19/09. We have done one ultrasound and got to see the heart beating and confirmed that the baby is in the right spot. What a relief!!!

Little Smudge will be born just a few days short of Sam's 2nd birthday. Hopefully, they will grow up to be best buds. On my list of things to do - see if there is a way to encourage that. I know many siblings who are close in age but not close relationship wise. Is there a way to help make them close? I think life is easier when you have a sibling to share with. But, what do I know since I lack such a sibling... Anyway and eitherway - at least they can share childhood :) It will be nice to no longer be Sam's sole source of entertainment.

If things go according to plan, Little Smudge will be the last child we add to our family. I am trying to get my husband to agree to get himself fixed. So far, I have not been successful. I will keep trying though! If I end up having to have a c-section, then I will ask to have it taken care of then. We feel two kids is a good number - one for each parent. It feels like our family will be complete with two kids....maybe a dog someday - a little one.



So, at 9w 1d pregnant, I have so far managed to pretty much avoid morning sickness. I have had a lot of general stomach queasyness but no actual throwing up - yay! I definetely have the 1st trimester exhaustion though which has been rough to handle on top of my regular exhaustion. Sam is starting to sleep better though so that helps. I am hopeing to have more energy as I make my way into the 2nd trimester.



Here is a nice ultrasound picture of Little Smudge looking remarkably like a gummi bear...