We'll never get out of diapers...

Well, well, well...we meet again.  And so soon.  Seems like I never updated again towards the end of my last pregnancy.  Obviously due to complications.  BUT we did end up with a healthy, beautiful baby boy that is today- 9 months old!  And now, the journey begins again!  Baby #2 is on its way!  We are excited.  It has by no means sunk in yet, or really even clicked in my head.  I'm sure it will tomorrow morning, since that is my first doctors appointment.  Everyone is obviously hoping for a girl this time.  I guess I secretly am too, but it really doesn't matter.  You would think it would seem real to me, considering how I can not get out of this tired "1st trimester" tired funk I'm in and not to mention my always raging hormones.  I see my husband as a saint now...my last 1st tri and this one.  You've got to be to put up with my crying, yelling, crying, smiling, crying- self.  Nausea every now and then, but mostly just back pain, which I don't remember much from my first pregnancy.  Well, not too much to say yet since we are just finding out!  Guess they'll be more to say next week!  And I guess now, we will never get out of diapers!  :)

second to last ultrasound!

Today was most likely my second to last ultrasound.  Daddy had to miss because of work so we brought along Aunt Meggy!  I was very excited to see how much bigger he has gotten since six weeks ago!  I was def. right.  He is now 3 lbs 14 oz and measuring almost two weeks ahead of schedule.  I have NO new pictures and was dissapointed by that.  Elijah does not like to cooperate and does not like his picture taken.  Every ultrasound she has tried to get a picture of his face so we can see who he looks like and every single time he is covering his face.  I could scream.  :)  Funniest part was, she goes down a little further with the camera and his legs are wide open and she says, "There are his testicles..."  I of course think, Who covers there face and shows their private parts!?  :)  My son, of course.  I knew he was vertical since I can feel something right under my rib cage, so I assumed he had flipped and was head down.  To my dissapointment - Elijah Cade is breech.  He is practically sitting indian style in my belly.  I was sad and knew what that meant - c section.  She said there is still time for him to flip but because of my uterus it was highly unlikely.  Oh well.  God is in control and it will all work out because at the rate we are going he is going to be a chunker anyways.  She mentioned my fluid was low also.  I moaned and groaned and said all I ever do is drink water and she said 'You drink more water.  Fifteen, twenty glasses a day or I fuss at you...' (in little chinese accent)  I know that low fluid is a cause of early birth sooooo I will be drowning myself from here on out.  Ugh.  As if I don't spend enough time in the bathroom as it is!  She also said STAY OUT THE SUN.  Which I have not been doing.  I'm sceptical about telling Taylor any of this, because then he becomes the pregnancy nazi.  :)

Currently working on organizing the house and nesting has seriously come into play.  I've been doing way too much.  Next project is probably Elijah's room.  Organizing and getting things straight so once the shower comes and goes, I have actual space to put things!  Super excited and can't believe less then 9 weeks till my baby boo is HERE!!!

daddy's little mini me.

Well, well, well - Elijah is officially his daddy's mini me when it comes to fashion.  All of his not so 'baby clothes' look just like Taylor's.  It is hilarious.  He has his 'basketball shoes' as you can see from the picture that next to daddy's are teeny tiny.  A couple pairs of jeans that look like daddy's got shrunk and even Polo just like Taylor.  I also decided that from what I know of his little personality so far...he is a lot like his dad too!  I'm going to have my hands full!  

Our next regular doctors appointment is tomorrow and Elijah's Nanny gets to come with us since she now has a baby in her belly too!  Her appointment is 15 minutes before ours so it worked out perfectly.  After this appointment I believe I'll have to start going every two weeks.  Ugh.  Not looking forward to a drive twice a month that takes longer then the actual doctors visit itself.  Elijah still is middle nameless because everything mommy likes, daddy doesn't and everything daddy likes mommy doesn't.  I've decided I'm going to have the last say so since I'm the one who is carrying him!  

In other Elijah news...the baby shower is fast approaching and I finished the guest list today.  I didn't think I would have a long one but boy was I wrong.  I asked Taylor...if every person brought him a present, where would we ever put all of that stuff?!  He has more clothes then us as it is now!  So if you are reading this now -I will probably need your address soon so I can give it to Nanny and MeMe for invites!  

Mommy is struggling with third trimester discomforts.  Back aches and insomnia being the worse, not to mention the lack of mobility.  He should be over 2 pounds now in there and Dr. Chau says he's long like his daddy.  Wonderful.  He isn't shy in letting me know that because he probably kicks better then Hartley.  :)  Other then that Mommy, Daddy and baby are doing great and can't believe how fast this time is going by!  If every pregnancy was guaranteed to be like this one - I'd have 10.  Well maybe more like 3ish.  Till next time! 

Mommy abuse.

We have had one doctors appointment since my last update. It was with my regular doctor. He did all the usual measurements and such and everything was perfect as usual. The time came to check his little heart beat and my little angel decided to kick the monitor once Dr Hoerner pressed down. It made static and made me smile. He seems like his daddy already. Our next ultra sound is this Wednesday, the 22nd. We are so excited to see how big he got. He is super active; morning, noon and night. The doctor says healthy babies are the most active which makes me think this little boy is as healthy as they come.

He kicks the most at night right before bedtime. He also likes his own space and if you poke - he kicks. When I am washing dishes, my belly pushes against the counter, and he is then kicking the counter. It cracks me up sometimes. His name is Elijah Beatmann. We are unsure of a final middle name yet. At 24 weeks I am officially starting to feel the last and final trimester discomforts. Most mornings I wake upfeeling like I got hit by a mack truck. Back aches, leg pain, head aches and the newest...rib pain? I am attributing it to someone exploring further. :) I will be updating again later this week with the newest pictures of my sugar plum.

snips, snails & puppy dog tails.

Snips, snails & puppy dog tails...that's what little boys are made of.

Well, well, well, just like I had prayed for so long - Baby B was not modest - at all.  We walked in, she put the camera on my belly and TA DA...little boy parts.  Loud and proud.  My doctor said he flashed us.  :)

So now that it's over and I believe it's settling in - it's official...I will soon be out numbered.  Daddy was very excited and says he knew it from the beginning.  I just had my fingers crossed considering we already have little blue outfits in the closet.  I find myself sitting here and thinking now...what will he be like?  What will he look like?  Will he know I'm his mommy as soon as he sees me?  Does he love me already like I love him?  I know all these questions get asked almost every day by expecting moms and I guess I'm no different.  I look at the calendar and think now it's just preparing and one big waiting game.  I'm no good at waiting.  I never was.  I will tell you your present before you even know I bought one.  

That's my new little man's profile.  I love that you can pick out his little mouth and nose.  He was kicking and kicking on the ultra sound and I also go to see his little hand and little feet again.  I feel as if I don't even know him yet and he has already consumed my every thought. We are so far deciding between two names because they are the only two we can A. agree on and B. seem to fit.  We should be starting on the nursery soon too.  I said in the last post I would probably have it finished in a week.  That's no longer true because I feel like I've been dragging and tired lately.  I'm now in procrastination mode instead of nesting.  

Who would have ever thought?  I would be a mommy to a little baby boy.  It makes me think...What else do you have in store, Lord?! 

& visions of nurseries dance in my head ...

The big date, May 11th is vastly approaching, and while that is overwhelming, the excitement of my finalizing my nursery visions is keeping me awake at night...or maybe it's the feeling of ms. or mr. little bit I get now.  Either way, I decided I would share my 'visions', both boy and girl with you!

So with out further a dew,  Elijah ? Beatmann's room will be based on the following:

I like the plainness of the walls, with one accent wall with the crib as the focus.  His will be all white with splashes of teal and orange all over.  :)  I of course will make almost everything.  Cheaper and sweeter.  

I also am thinking of black furniture for boy or girl.

Now IF it were to be a girl, and daddy allows her in the house... ;) 

I am head over heels with this bedding from sophiabedding.com.  The colors are black, white, pink and a light lime green.  It's very different and sweet.  The mobile that goes with it, is all ribbon and if I could find the right pieces - I could make it!  

So, everyone who is close to me knows that my whole excitement of finding out the sex of the baby is mainly for nursery purposes.  I'm anxious and want to put a name with the little face I see on the screen.  How exciting?!  I'm sure I'll have the entire nursery finishing in the week following.  Most likely not, but I'll be a mad woman, that's for sure.  :)

little boy blues or sugar and spice

     The name 'Baby Beatmann' has now been used to it's maximum usage.  Although, it does have a nice ring to it and sounds like it goes very well together...I would like my angel to have a name and not 100 nicknames like now.  The big day is sometime between the beginning and mid May.  The actual date of the doctors appointment slipped my mind so I have to remind myself later in the week to call and verify.  I'm praying our Baby Beatmann is not modest for Mama and Daddy at least, and has legs wide open so there is with out a doubt a 'boy part' or 'girl part'...even though Daddy says it's 'boy parts' with out a doubt.

    My last doctors appointment was on the fifteenth of April and I took along my mother in law for the experience.  This was with my regular doctor and his appointments are normally 30 seconds - if that.  I don't mind driving all the way to Metairie though, because I do get to hear a heartbeat, which to me is an amazing sound that I would drive to China to hear if I had to.  Other then that, everything was perfect as usual.

   Baby Beatmann's legs are growing longer then his/her arms this week.  It no longer has ANY alien traits, which is of course, always a good thing.  He/she pee pee's on average every 40 minutes, which seems to be just as much as me!  We are (on Monday) 16 weeks and growing.  16 weeks means time to wait for that first kick.  I haven't felt any yet.  Just the weight of the baby on some type of organ for the past few days which has not been the most comfortable thing.  Nausea and morning sickness is almost out the picture completely, which never was a problem anyway.  Now it's moving on to headaches and back aches which are almost always apart of my daily routine.  These back aches tend to almost make me cry.  Ouch!  How worth it is all of this though?!

    I guess that is all for now.  The next update will be with huge news.  Little boy blues or sugar and spice?!