These hips don't lie

I am 22 weeks today. I have 4 months before this guy comes home with me and I am starting to notice all kinds of projects around the house. I just cannot do very much these days. I am having major pain when it comes to walking. Pain that didn't come with Little Man until much later in the pregnancy. There are days I really want to do the dishes and get my kitchen under control but the thought of walking and moving my hips makes me not do it. I wish I didn't have such pain so I could do all the things I want to do.

I am tempted to get one of those maternity belts that support you. I just don't know if it will really relieve the pain. I am starting to think that LM know's a baby is on the way because he is becoming very needy. He wants me to hold him a lot these days and with my sore hips I prefer to only do it while sitting down. He is never very happy with that. He is starting to become a bit more of a daddy's boy. Last night he woke up twice and wanted nothing to do with me. He wanted daddy to walk him back to his bed. I was a bit sad and a bit happy to go back to bed.

Please note my hair. I will be getting it cut soon, not short just layers. I will show you my new style when I get it done. I am really excited about it.

Tomorrow is the BIG day.

(LM's cute little feet in the booties that my grandmother made)
I am finding out the gender of sweet baby number two tomorrow morning. I cannot believe just how fast this pregnancy has gone. I remember think that this day took forever to come with Little Man. It is pretty hard to imagine that I will be having my second in about 4 1/2 months.
So I went to my old blog and read what I wrote when I found out that Little Man was a boy and it made me laugh!

Take a look....
Last night I could hardly sleep. I woke up this morning wide awake and was so excited to get dressed and go to the Doctor. I grabbed for my glassed and looked at the clock and it was 4 am!!! I almost died. So I made myself lay back down and try to get some sleep. Which was hard because I kept having dreams where the Doctor was about to tell me what I was having and then I would wake up.

Not that I won't love this baby as much as LM but once I fall asleep tonight I will be out! I am excited, but I am really in desperate need of sleep right now. LM has been waking up and staying up for hours during the night the past couple of nights. I think he is teething.

Until tomorrow.....

Time Out for Mommy.

I was reading an book the other day that talked about time out for moms. I loved the way the author talked about how we need to have patience for our children even when they are having major meltdowns and tantrums. It will help the realize how they should behave when things aren't going the way they want them to go. She talked about how if you are going to loose your temper you should walk away go to the bathroom or another room give your self a moment to have a quick "time out" regain your thoughts and your patience. I realized I was already doing this sometimes. All though I could think of moments where I wish I had taken a time out.

It reminds me of a poem by Dorothy Law Nolte-

If children live with criticism,
they learn to condemn.

If children live with kindness and consideration,
they learn respect.

I want my children to not just be good rounded citizens of America I want them to have patience, love, appreciation and I want them to learn truthfulness. I want my children to learn these qualities from me their mother. So I see some things I need to work on. Patience would be my biggest weakness at the moment. So this month I will be working on showing patience to my son and my husband. Hopefully one day LM will look back at who his mother was and describe me as a patient woman of God.

Random thoughts.

Okay. Kudos to all the preggo mommy bloggers. I really have no clue how you keep up with it.
Seriously I don't remember being this wiped out all the time. So I went back to my family blog and started to read all the pregnancy post I wrote while expecting LM and turns out I was wiped out. I just somehow forgot all the joys that come with being pregnant. Funny how that works. I am not feeling nausea any more which is the first symptom I am glad to get rid of. So things are starting to look up. I have some pictures of the little gummy bear that I will have to post for you all soon. With LM I had a hard time knowing what I was looking at now I feel like I see everything perfectly. I am trying to decided if I want to do a Vbac (vaginal birth after Cesarean).I had a c-section with LM and I am not sure if I want a Vbac or another c-section. I know the positive to each and the negative to each. That will be a whole other post.

good night blogger buddies

Baby Number two.

If you read my last post you now know that I am expecting my second child. I am 8 weeks and I am exhausted. I really wish I could post a bit more, I even have a review I need to get up I just have no energy at the moment. So please forgive me for my lack of blogging skills these days. Yawn. Is it bed time yet?