Sweet Pea

Saturday was our 5 week mark. You are the size of a sweet pea. Holy crap this is going to be a long pregnancy. I feel good. Crampy which I remember and I'm fine with. Not sleeping so great, but i think that has a lot more to do with you sister taking up 2/3 of our bed due to her new habit of coming into our bed..every. single. night. . I'm trying to maintain a sense of calm and just go about life normally pretending nothing has changed to hopefully make it go faster. Clearly, I'm lying to myself. I had a dream about you last night. you were a girl. We had figured out a storage solution for your clothes and I was happy. I got a glider this weekend. I always hated our other rocking chair and I figured it would be great in Ella's room now anyway. (it is). That's all i have for now. Stay put. Grow a lot. Be healthy. Love you already.

Peanut M&Ms

I am so sick. Not whoa..i'm having a baby sick. More like whoa..Ella started school 2 weeks ago and brought home every nasty germ sick. Not much I can do but ride it out. The m&m's are helping though. Your big sister is currently watching tv in her underwear. When i wrote her blog i wrote about all the wonderful adventures we would take once she arrived, in yours i will tell you that there will be TV and you will love it! Especially when your momma looks and feels like a truck hit her.

Chocolate covered caramels

These are quite good! Perfect ending to my sensible pregnancy breakfast of multi grain waffle and a banana. I feel like I've been hit by a truck. Your big sister's preschool germs have affected only me it seems. Last night I slept in a sea of used tissues, with Ella curled around my feet like a puppy, and daddy asleep in the basement so I didn't contaminate him or his sleep. Quickly remembering how attention span is the first thing to go. Have not managed to complete a task yet. THIS is not good considering my job of doer of all that is fun for DBFA. LOTS of fun scheduled for the next 3 months, which should make the time fly, but also concerns me because something is bound to fall through the cracks. Have been trying for two days to make an appointment with my OB who it seems has become an international rock star in the past 5 years. I need to work, but very tempted to just turn on last nights episode of RHOBH and fall asleep to the sounds of Kim's drunken slur and Lisa's affected British accent.

Cake and coffee

A little over 5 years ago, I found out I was pregnant with your big sister. I started a blog to chronicle the pregnancy, instead what I captured was 9 months of anxiety and being horizontal on bed-rest. Yesterday I found out I was pregnant with YOU. The date was September 11, 2011. Today, I am starting your blog. My hope is to remain vertical this year. The St. Gerard necklace is back on and I've had cake and coffee for breakfast. So far I think you and I are off  to a fabulous start. With love, Mommy.