Baby No Name Update, part 2

Today I felt baby no name hiccup! It's the first time this pregnancy. Pretty exciting stuff if you ask me! Feeling a lot of movement down low, which leads me to believe this baby is butt down at the moment. Have been trying to do some yoga stretches and poses to encourage the baby to end up as it should, head down. So, wish me luck. There is still plenty of time though, at week 26.5! I go in for an appointment next week, so I probably get to look forward to drinking a horrible sugar water concoction to test for gestational diabetes.

The other big news is that Husband and I have FINALLY agreed on a boys name! We are still sticking with the girl name from last time. It's taken us something like 10 weeks to come to an agreement with the boys name this time. I'm a little shocked at the selection, it's not at all common, and yet somehow my HUSBAND picked it out (for those who know him he's more of a Jennifer or Jason kind of person). When I first saw it (he showed me on the net) I instantly felt like I should hate it, yet somehow I don't. Good news all the way around. I even got approval from the girls I work with. I'd tell you all, but even though I think theft would be extremely unlikely, who really wants to risk it? Not me. And thankfully he'll temporarily forget his obsession with the name Duncan until next time.

We Officially Have a Toddler!!!!!!

Gumba is walking! He walks way more then he crawls now. For all of you nay-sayers out there, keep the, "oh, now he's really going to be a handful" comments to yourself. Gumba is already a handful. I've gotten plenty a comment when he's crawling around about how fast he is. Best part about him walking, we no longer have to bend ALL the way over get him, he's easily 2.5 feet off the ground...it's fabulous. And, the way cute thing is, we now have to watch out for him so we don't bump him over! Who knew that would be as precious as it is. Gumba is also working on a seventh tooth, it like it's fellow brothers is taking forever to come. Now he has lopsided teeth! Hmmm, what else is new? It is finally warm outside, so we've been taking walks whenever we can. It's supposed to be in the teens for the next week! Gumba is totally enjoying it. He lays very patiently on the ground as I wrestle him into his snowsuit.

Not much else. Baby number two is moving a lot more then Gumba. I had a checkup the other day and the baby was moving around a ton because the midwife was pushing on my belly (she's new). She had a hard time tracking down the heartbeat! Husband was able to make it to the appointment on account of Gumba taking appropriate naps and the weather being warm. I'm glad he made it, because now I don't have to worry about scheduling one around him.

Oh, and we finally have a video of Gumba protesting while having his diaper changed. He totally hammed it to. But, unfortunately like all our videos, it's too long to put here. But, maybe the link will work below (he's walking in this one)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK_ZkoMAw0o

Baby No Name Update

Heard Baby No Names' heartbeat today! Everything is going well as far as we can tell without ultrasounds, which we won't have another one. For all those who want to start guessing, it was in the high 140's, low 150's. Husband wasn't able to make this appointment either. The first one he was working and Gumba came with me, he was freakin' adorable. Gumba behaved very well, and when the heartbeat was detected he came up to the table with a big smile on his face and touched my hand! Who knows if this has any significant meaning, but it meant a lot to me regardless. But Husband and Gumba stayed home today because it was a chilly -46F outside. Yes, you read that correctly, the temperature outside of our house all day long has been -46F, and it isn't expected to warm up until the weekend or so. Everybody at work couldn't believe I came in, but once I reminded them I have a house with a garage they started to get it. In Fairbanks it sat around -35F. So, hopefully Husband will be able to make it to one of my many upcoming appointments, February is usually warmer than January. We're still hoping on having a birth center birth. The midwife today said that vitamin's C and E help strengthen the bag, so hopefully my water won't break three and a half weeks early this time. We won't be finding out the sex until the baby reveals itself on its birthday. We have plenty of unisex items since Gumba was a surprise as well, so no need to worry there. One of the midwives is due on June 4th, a women I work with is due June 7th, and our baby is due June 14th. A midwife told me today they already have 15 babies with due dates in June, so it'll be a busy month. Hopefully they'll have room in the "inn" for everyone!

Take care all and stay warm!

Turns Out I Can't Do Everything

Back in October I had this great plan to make Gumba a Halloween costume. He was going to be a penguin. That didn't happen, and I have no cute pictures of my son for his first Halloween. As Halloween approached, and I realized the costume wasn't going to get made, that maybe I had gotten in a little over my head. Turns out that having a 10 month old, who is in cloth diapers (lots of laundry, folding, etc.), who eats homemade baby food, I work 25 hours week (commute 35 minutes one way), and being pregnant, really is a lot for one person to have on their plate!

Here's the sonogram from several weeks ago, eat your heart out:

The baby is due June 14th, barring any complications, like another baby coming early. First trimester on the brink of being over, thank goodness. Trying to wrap my brain around the whole thing, I suppose it's too late to have second thoughts! Gumba will be 18 months old, so they'll be a good little bit apart. And I'll have the summer off!