Half baked

So I'm officially 21 weeks pregnant! Over half way there.  Baby bump number two is officially a boy!!! And he has spent his past two weeks at the beach.  His kicks are getting stronger and more frequent every day and he wiggles whenever he hears big brothers voice say his name.  Big brother while he doesn't truly grasp the whole big brother concept loves asking how little brother is doing and where he's at.  We've shown him my belly and encouraged him to talk to his baby brother and give him kisses.  We've also told him since baby brother is in mommas tummy growing he has to be careful of mommas belly.  If I say ouch he immediately asks what's wrong with baby Eli.  It's so cute and I hope it carries through to when Eli really arrives.  Pregnancy so far has been good to me.  The nausea for the most part is gone, I feel great in the mornings and have worked really hard to keep up some sort of workout routine.  It helps that Noah loves going to the gym and asks when are we going to go which is an awesome motivator for me.  I feel like I'm bigger this time around but the scale says I've only gained approximately seven pounds,which I'm feeling good about.  Picking up Noah is getting harder as is hauling him around when he decides he's tired of walking.  But like I've heard from most moms what's a gal to do?? We leave the beach tomorrow and Friday is the anatomy scan!!

Happy birthday!!!

BSo this post is over a month late, but being a mom of two is hard!!! Even with Casey around I feel like I'm always being pulled by one boy or another, but that's a story for another day.  September 12 I was officially 34 weeks and all day long I waited for someone to come and tell me it was finally my turn in L&D. Around nine pm my nurse put me on the monitor to see how Eli was doing and that's when Casey and I started to notice a trend in my contractions, they had started coming at regular intervals of every ten minutes.  The nurse was unimpressed however Casey and I were very excited because that meant my body was progressing on its own!!! Finally at around 1030ish I got a bed!! It was time to get the show started.  We moved over to L&D and I was put on the monitor and given my first dose of cytotech.  I rested as much as I could through the night, but it was somewhat difficult as the cytotech worked its magic and put my body into more active labor.  By morning I was starving, but since no one had known when I would get a bed there was no food. Luckily my nurse was amazing and found me a breakfast tray along with dose number two of cytotech. After that is when labor got sort of rough for me.  I would never recommend to anyone to be induced labor is rough enough as it is.  With my first it was all back labor and major hip pain as my son dropped and my hips widened.  With Eli I felt the contractions everywhere!! I had back labor, front labor, and as I call it vaginal labor.  I told my body it needed to pick one , and ultimately chose to have an epidural.  However since I hadn't been on fluids they had to super hydrate me before they could give me an epidural. Once that was in place life was much better. Noah came to visit along with my mom and dad and towards the end of their visit is when I started to feel a lot of pressure in the nether regions, but not wanting to frighten my son waited until they left. However, my nurse came in rather quickly and was like umm honey you feeling any pressure?? And I said yes that I was about to call her, so she checked me and was like yep we're having a baby!!! And made the quickest stream of phone calls ever! All of a sudden a flurry of people rushed in ready to take care of Eli should he need it.  And with very little pushing Eli arrived!! All five pounds thirteen ounces and eighteen inches of him! Soon after we brought Noah in to see him and my favorite part of the whole day happened when Noah said "momma he came out!" Why yes son yes he did.