So the update: Still very smooth sailing, like Reed's pregnancy. My only complaints are heartburn (just like with Reed, but I have my medicine again for that, so that's taken care of) and back pain. This is a TOTAL pain (Hah, but seriously it is). I didn't have anything like it with Reed, but I wasn't picking up a 20 lb child throughout his pregnancy. I'm sure the constant bending and playing on the floor is the culprit, but what are you gonna do? I love playing with him and I'm not going to stop because of a little (or a lot, ouch!) back pain. I'm sure it'll only get worse the more weight I have to carry around, but only a few more months and hopefully it'll go away.
An ever-growing belly. Sorry, no pictures.
Gender reveal! Crazily enough, it's a girl! I had been secretly hoping for a girl, and since I wanted one I was convinced it was a boy instead. I had my mindset right so I wouldn't feel disappointed when I found out it was a boy.
So we went in for the anatomy ultrasound where they look at just about everything: heart, kidneys, lungs, spine, nose and lip, etc. Everything was perfect and measuring right on time. The tech asked if we were going to find out, because he already knew. At that point I thought "this has to be a boy if he already knows." We told him 'yes' and he asked if we had any other children. We said we had a little boy who was about to turn 1. He said "well, you're in for double trouble now" so I'm thinking, yep, definitely a boy. Then he types girl on the screen and I pretty much start shrieking "Are you serious?! No way!! No WAY!!" And in true pregnancy/hormone-overload fashion I get all emotional. Wes is pretty much in shock, even though he guessed girl from the beginning. All the girl/scary/teenage years are flashing through his mind and he is having a silent freak-out. But he is good about compartmentalizing things, so he quickly recovered and hasn't been thinking too much about it to stay sane. I secretly like bringing things up like "you'll have to walk her down the aisle one day" just to see the look on his face. I'm such a bad wife.
So here's out sweet little girl. Bow added for extra cuteness. No name yet because Wes is in charge. It'll take him FOREVER to choose one, so I'll be pestering him for the next few months until he gets good and annoyed and finally decides.
So that evening we decided to have a little celebration. We went to dinner as a family, then stopped by Sonic for a shake (and they were half-price ALL day: score). I got strawberry in honor of baby girl.
Then we dropped by Kohl's because I had two coupons that were going to expire, and Wes picked something out for his daughter. Love it!
Almost everyone in our Sunday school class at church has boys. Currently there are 4 of us pregnant and 3 are having boys. SO MANY BOYS! It was only a matter of time before someone had a girl, so I had to do something special. So I made cake balls with strawberry cake in the middle. The class was split about 50/50, but everyone was pretty surprised. Wes said their boys are going to have to compete really hard for her attention.
Of course, Mommy has already been shopping for little sister. I didn't go too crazy (yet), but found some really good deals at Kid-to-Kid and Target. Everything was majorly discounted or on clearance, so I felt pretty good about it. This little girl is going to be spoiled, I can feel it.
So with 2 under a year and a half, I'm going to need a bigger stroller. Seriously.
I had the chance to go to Buy Buy Baby (if you've never heard of it/been there, it's an experience) and test a bunch of strollers. I decided on a Contours double stroller and had it in the back of my mind for later. We obviously have no need for it now, so I was going to wait for a coupon and purchase it. Now strollers in general can be pricey, so just imagine what a double stroller goes for. It was a necessity, so we were just going to have to bite the bullet and do it.
I'm a member of several local online garage sale groups on Facebook (which are genius, by the way) and Friday night I saw several pictures pop up from a lady saying she was cleaning out her garage and having a flash sale that night only. And there was a picture of a double stroller, literally THE stroller I wanted. So Wes and I loaded the car to go check it out.
It was a little dirty as it had been sitting in her garage for a year, but other than that it had all the accessories and was in good shape. We got an extremely good deal on it, saving ourselves HUNDREDS of dollars. After hosing it off and scrubbing some of the gook off, it looks brand new. This is one happy Mommy!
It is a fantastic stroller because you can very easily take the seats out and face them any direction (forward or backward), plus I can put baby girl in her car seat in the back while Reed hangs out in the front seat. AWESOME! It sure will make transporting two little ones a lot easier.
Coming up! Reed turns 1!!
Enjoy!
The Turners
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