Morning sickness is officially done and over with; glory to God!!!! lol I wasn`t sure if it would ever end!!
I have been feeling little flutters from the baby over the last few weeks; the coolest feeling in the world!!! It feels like little butterflies fluttering around in your tummy :)
Sunday January the 4th at 14 weeks, I felt the first real `flip flop` from Sweet Pea on the way to evening service. I was in the car indulging on some delicious strawberry rhubarb pie, that my mom had so graciously dropped over (my fave!) and felt the first major movements from my little one. I was so taken back that I let out a shriek of excitement!
Our much adored townhouse has been perfect for our little family. We were newleyweds in this home, brought our first daughter home to this house and now our second little one will be coming here as well :)
We have three bedrooms, three washrooms, a finished walk out basement, spacious living area, etc. Sounds a little like a Real Estate ad doesn't it. lol It has been perfect....however, they didn`t design the master bedroom with a big enough closet for both myself and Dennard, or maybe the problem is, I have too many clothes....nah....I`ll go with the latter of the two. lol
Anyhow, I have always occupied the master bedroom closet and Dennard has occupied his office closet; the spare bedroom beside Nya`s room. Now that his office will soon convert into Sweet Pea`s nursery, we had to find a solution for what was going to happen to all of Dennard`s clothes.
A) Throw them all away and keep just the essentials
B) Cram it all under the bed
C) Keep his clothes at my dad`s house in my old closet
I am just kidding about the solutions above, although option A sounds a little enticing to help declutter our home! ha ha
My handyman, do it all, jack of all trades father came to our rescue :) Strangely enough, our linen closet is twice the size of our mater bedroom closet and has more space than any household really needs for a linen closet. Its a double door, spacious closet that can hold all the essentials of a small Bath and Beyond store. We decided to convert this closet into Dennard`s closet and keep some space at the bottom for a mini linen closet.
This has worked out amazingly!!!! It was a genius idea of my dads that has worked out better than we thought. Now that Dennard has his clothes out, its time to fill the nursery closet with freshly washed, teeny, tiny clothes very soon :)
During the renovations, Nya and I sat on the floor watching my dad work his handyman magic. At one point, Nya looked over at me and asked if the baby could stay in her room :) With my heart melted into a puddle on the floor, which happens often because of the sweetness of my Nya, lol, I began to explain to her how the baby will have their own room, but that she and the baby will be next door neighbors and can visit each other any time. She was quite excited about that! It was really cute.
One thing Nya is very adamant about is the gender of Sweet Pea. She is convinced that Sweet Pea is a girl. She always refers to the baby as her sister. When asked what the baby is, almost always she will say a baby girl. lol
Everyone in my family thinks we are having a girl, expect Cheryl who says boy, but admitted deep down she thinks its a girl. lol It has been tradition in my family that what ever the gender of the first child is, the second is the same. My grandmother was one of 6 girls, my dad was one of two boys, my mom one of two girls, I am one of three girls, my older sister has two girls, my middle sister has two boys; the tradition runs deep in my family.
If we have a boy, I will be breaking Pepperall history!! lol
I like that all bets are on me right now to see if the tradition continues or if a new one begins; it is kind of fun to think about :) lol
Most of our friends and church family on the other hand say we are having a boy.
Truthfully, I have NO idea what the gender could be. I felt it was a boy at the beginning of my pregnancy, then I felt girl and now I feel boy again. It really varies week by week. lol
As cliché as it might sound to some, my husband and I have absolutely NO preference in a gender what so ever. Some think that because we have a girl, we must want a boy. They think that because Dennard is a man, he must desperately want a boy. Truth be told, they couldn't be farther from the truth. In fact, we are just so grateful and thankful to be able to have another child, male or female. The gender doesn't make the family, nor does it complete it. We will be just as thrilled to have another girl as we would to have a boy.
With that being said, as of Tuesday February 10th, at 19 weeks along, we will officially know what we are having! I am sooooooooooooooo, soooooooooooo, soooooo excited!!!!!! This will be my ultrasound where they check the size and weight of the baby, brain, lungs, heart chambers, etc. It is at this time that they can also determine the gender, so..... with fingers crossed, we are hoping and praying Sweet Pea doesn't choose to be modest and a gender will be revealed :)
We always said that for our first pregnancy we didn't want to know the gender, but for our second we would find out. We wanted to have the best of both experiences of not knowing, and knowing :)
Sweet Pea at 15 Weeks
Big Sister Nya at Second Prenatal Appointment :)
January 12th 2015 @ 15 weeks pregnant
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