17 +5

Seventeen weeks and five days. That is how far along I am with baby Goober #2! I feel like I am so much farther than that. Besides showing earlier because it is baby #2, I have an umbilical hernia, I am more tired from chasing a toddler, and for the life of me cannot find a comfortable position to sleep in! I guess that if these are my only issues... I am very blessed. I am thankful for easy pregnancies. At one of my last appointments, the nurse was asking me routine questions and three questions in stops and says, "Oh yeah! You are my easy patient!" Glad I can make your day easy :-D

I have so much respect for single, pregnant moms. There are mornings when I just don't have the energy or am in pain and Mike will hop up and take Olivia to school for me. Especially with the hernia, I am trying to make sure that I am taking it easy and not overdoing things. This is definitely hard with Olivia.

Potty Training Update:

It has been going well for the most part. This week has been a little weird and she has actually been having multiple accidents a day :/ That is definitely not what we want to hear. Ugh! One day at a time. One. Day. At. A. Time. She will still fight me when I tell her that it is time to go potty at home. But! We have only had to throw away 3 pairs of panties because of poop. Yay! I just pray that by the time baby is there that she will be fully potty trained. I know there is a great chance that she may regress, but we will deal with that as it comes. She is still in pull-ups at nap time and a diaper at night. I have a feeling that the diaper will still be used for a while. I know that I was a deep sleeper and had accidents for several years. Some things just take time.

We are getting close to Olivia's birthday! It took us until today to finally set something up so that family can come and wish her a happy birthday. It is hard with Mike's schedule because he works on the weekends :/ Thankfully he will have her actual birthday off so that we can do something special for her. Like getting her a pet fish! She loves to go to the pet store and check out all the fish (she is always looking for Nemo and Dory). So we thought that we would get her one for her birthday. For Christmas, we are getting her a big girl's bed so that we can prepare the crib for the arrival of the little one.

Just wanted to give a quick update. My back is starting to hurt, so I need to go find something to do that is a little more comfortable. Until the next time that my mind is clear enough to type.