Hello!
First of all I bet you all are wondering how Kierra is doing since being potty trained. Well, she is doing fabulous! She's had maybe a handful of accidents since day 7. We have no problems during nap time. We put a pull up (aka: night night panties) on her before bed if she's had anything significant to drink after 730. If not, she does completely fine and wakes up dry! She likes to use the, " I have to potty" excuse to try and get out of situations. She definitely uses that to her advantage. Other than that she is doing great! Her vocabulary is expanding like crazy. It happens over night and sure does surprise me! Currently, everything is "mine." Teaching her that everything is not hers is top priority right now.
Being 36 weeks pregnant this time around is insanely different. Actually, let me back up, the whole pregnancy has been insanely different! I think one of the biggest difference and one I didn't expect is the weight gain difference. I've already gained 30 more pounds than I did with Kiki. I was also on bed rest at this point before. I'm very thankful that's not the case this time! I couldn't imagine being on bed rest with a 22 month old. There is NO way. I'm super exhausted all the time now. Just a few minutes ago I cleaned the bathroom and afterwards felt like I had cleaned a mansion. My feet had already started to swell and I was sweating. My plan was to clean the whole house today, but that isn't going to happen. :( One room a day (or week, hah!) I suppose! I still have no feeling on whether it's a boy or girl! I've talked to several people and just because pregnancies are completely different doesn't mean the sex of the baby will be different. We will be happy with a boy or girl though! I am very anxious to meet this sweet baby, but will miss feeling his/her movements in my belly. There is nothing like it. What an amazing miracle it is!
Next weekend my friend Heather is hosting a baby shower for us. I absolutely can not wait! All the decor is made from scratch. She has been planning this for a long time and it's awesome to see all her hard work come together! Everything looks beautiful and I can't wait to see it all set up! The theme is 'cute as a button.' After the baby shower, I will start packing our hospital bags (I feel way behind on this!!) and have everything ready for baby to come home. I can't believe how fast this pregnancy has gone by and I'm going to *try* to enjoy these last weeks. With swollen painful feet and all!!
Until next time (maybe when baby is born!), :)
Anxious mommy!
1 Samuel 1:27: "For this child I prayed...." Can't wait to meet you sweet baby!
