If you don't care to hear about my pregnancy, read no further. Now that the baby is going to be here in a little over 9 weeks, she's been on my mind a lot more. I haven't really had time to look around for names and things like that, Donovan doesn't like it when I'm doing anything that doesn't involve paying attention to him unless it's something boring like cleaning. I am starting to get a little anxious about things though. I already have all of her clothes ready to go. All we have left to get are diapers, a mattress for the crib, and we have to set the crib up. After that we should be pretty much ready for her arrival. This pregnancy really has gone by fast, but now that I'm actually ready to take on the challenge of 2 kids, it's starting to slow down! And I still stand by the fact that I enjoy pregnancy, but this pregnancy has been a little different than Donovan's. While I feel like I'm in better shape and I have more energy, it's been a little more painful. Sometimes when she's moving around, it feels like she's scratching my stomach lining...does that sound weird? That's the only way I can think to describe it. She also likes to beat up on my ribs, hips, and the top of my pelvis. Some nights, I feel like every bone she can reach is bruised! Maybe she's just getting me back for squishing her all the time when I carry Donovan around. Yes, I carry my 3 year old sometimes, he's been so snuggly I can't resist!! On a side note: Sometimes when Donovan is tired of getting hugs from me, he'll say, "Stop, you'll squish my sister!" He tells everyone about his sister, I think it's on his mind quite a bit. He'll tell random strangers out of the blue, "My sister will be here after Christmas." But if someone asks him what the baby is going to be, sometimes he says it's a brother...I hope he's doesn't ask for one of those after she's born... Anyway, back to baby girl. I've had a lot of people ask me what her name is going to be. Honestly, I have no idea! Brad is so distracted during the season that we haven't really discussed it yet. Usually by the end of the day I'm pretty tired and it's the last thing on my mind. I'm pretty sure I have the middle name, but it doesn't have his approval yet. The first name will probably be changed 2 or 3 times at the hospital anyway so we won't have anything official until we see her. It was the same way with Donovan. We had 2 names we were thinking about and we were pretty sure we were going to use the other name. But he is definitely a Donovan! We made the right choice. Anyway...this was more or less just me getting things off my mind. I have noticed myself complaining about this pregnancy a lot more so maybe if I jot down what I'm thinking, I will complain out loud a little less.
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Justin and I never talked about names until 4 days before Sarah was born. It felt weird to decide without meeting her. Plus I didn't want to tell people what we were thinking because I didn't care what other people thought anyway.
I happen to believe that names are partly inspired so I wouldn't worry about it. Have a few ideas and I bet one will just feel right.
Does Donovan have any name ideas?
we had sabrina & fiona's names picked out before we even knew there were two in there! and we decided which baby was which two months or so before they came. haha. i guess everyone is different. when they came out, we both thought that they looked just like their names, so it worked out.
good luck with the last 9 weeks! the kicking and punching gets old, it seems like i soaked in the tub once or twice a day just to get the weight off my belly, and the babies seemed calmer and less wiggly when i was in the tub.
You're too cute. You call THIS complaining? You've got such a great attitude. Oh, and don't be surprised when Donovan asks you when his brother will be coming along shortly after he meets his sister. I think our baby girl was only a week old when Beckham started to ask if we could have a brother for him right away. Like this isn't hard work or anything! Oh, you want a brother?... Coming right up!
I can't wait to hear what her name will be and as far as the scratching on the stomach I think it just cause after each pregnancy the skin gets a little more stretched out so its a little more sensitive
I can't believe you only have 9 weeks left! Huzzah for you! I don't think 2 kids is too bad. Newborns are going to be hard no matter when they come or how many other kids there are. I asked Colin if he wanted a brother and he said no, he just likes his sister. I guess that's because a sister is what he knows. We had Colin and Kate's names picked out before they were born, but that's just because we only liked 1 name! I didn't like telling people what names we were considering, but I love hearing what names other people like. Call me crazy. No, don't really call me crazy. That would hurt my feelings. I'm glad the pregnancy is going well for you, because (using Donovan to base my analysis on) you make beautiful kids and you should have a dozen of them. I look forward to seeing pictures of this new one when she gets here. I'm sure she'll be as beautiful as the rest of her family. This is the world's longest comment.
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