Doctor's Appointment Update

So my girl is doing great. She is measuring up to where she is suppost to be and she weighs a whole 3 lbs and 13 oz. so almost at 4 pounds. She's still a tiny thing but the last month is when the babes really put on the pounds so does Mama =/ She is very active and is already head down! I was praying because I really didn't want her breeched. I know they can still turn but it gives me hope every appointment. I did have a ultrasound but the pics arn't that great. Usually I see them great and can make them out but since the Doctor was doing the measurements they are random shots that you are like what is that? Monday night my colostrum came in so hopefully I don't start leaking everywhere anytime soon?! Tuesday I have another appointment for a ultrasound so hopefully I will get some good shots and my girl will be cheesin' for the cam =D Until Tueday XOXO

33 Weeks

It's amazing how fast I feel this pregnancy is going by. I am getting anxious to meet my little Gia. I feel great I don't feel like the heat is too much or swollen or anxious to get her out. Just anxious to meet her. To get to know her and watch her little personality and for Meelah to finally have a bestfriend. Meelah loves to play with kids at the park but sometimes the bigger kids ignore her because she's little =( But soon she will have a playmate that will always be there and who at times she may try to ignore...lol. But I'm excited to see how close they will be <3 I feel so blessed to have been given the opportunity to be Meelah's mother. My heart is overjoyed that God is giving me another gift to treasure. I weigh 137 So that's 1 pound for the week. I try not to go too over board with the sweets so I am trying to eat a lot of fruit to help that need for sweets but sometimes I just can't help it. Although the other day I did eat a whole half of a Watermelon in one sitting by myself =p (Not a small melon either!)I took Meelah to the Park the other day and I WALKED. I think I did good considering we live on a hill. I just felt really sweaty and hot at that last peak to almost being home. I think that will be the last walk to the park til after Gia is born but I was very proud of myself. I honestly can say it's a breeze as far along as I am. I have no complaints (Don't tell Solomon because sometimes I still like to use the I'm pregnant card...hehehe). I'm not complaining because it was worse my first pregnancy but in the middle of the night I get leg cramps in my thighs, calves and feet. I tried eating a banana before bed the other night and for some weird reason I had more cramps than usual =/ The nurse suggested more Calcium. So I will try that (poo I'm not a big milk fan and everyone knows my relationship with cheese) So I guess it's more Ice cream haha jk. Tomorrow I have another Doctor's appointment. So I will keep you updated XOXO from this Mama <3

32 Weeks

So this pregnancy is flying by! Pretty soon I will have 2 beautiful little girls. I am getting exciting just thinking about what Gia will look like. And I am really starting to enjoy being pregnant. I love feeling Gia kick especially since she didn't kick very much at all in the beginning. Now she goes crazy especially at church =)I am starting to use the bathroom everytime I shift positions or get up from sitting or laying down. I am not swollen all over how I was with Meelah. My weight is almost the same as it was with Meelah at 32 weeks.I weighed 136 pounds with Meelah and now with Gia I weigh 135. I'm averaging gaining 2 lbs a week now. I know it is all Gia. I try to sustain from really salty foods, but I still have a sweet tooth for sugar especially chocolate (...Mmmmmm). I remember the feeling of love when I first had Meelah how instantly my love just was strong and never ending. How could I be so in love with someone I just met? I would do anything for her. Now I'm feeling so blessed to experience that again. That's what gets me past the thought of labor. <3 My hair is growing overnight. I have to sleep with it up now every night because Solomon lays on it or I pull it myself under my own arm. And my nails are so strong and long. These are great benefits of pregnancy =) I know time is getting closer, but I really have no complaints. Everyone always asks, "Are you ready to get that kid out?" and I always answer, "Nope not yet!" Even having a 20 month old and keeping up with her crazy butt this pregnancy hasn't really had a toll on my body yet. This pregnancy gives me hope that I could have another baby and really enjoy being pregnant. Yes everyone I do want another baby one day! I don't know why that sounds so crazy to people. I'm not saying I want to become Octomom!! But children are such a blessing. How ever many God puts on Solomon and my heart. Rather we stop at 3 or how ever many =) Stop acting like 2 kids is a lot. Now With that said I have a Doctors appointment next week so I will keep you all posted.

27 weeks Prego Shots ;)

27 Weeks

So I have a full on bump going on now! It moves and shifts and all the other interesting stuff that comes with this precious package :) I weigh 126 so I have gained about 16 pounds over night. I wish I could take those cute little belly pics but I'm taking the pics myself so these bathroom shots gotta work (but I truly am thinking of investing in a nice tripod soon!) but as for the pregnacy we are set on a name for our Sweet baby girl, her Daddy chose it and it will be Gia Soelle <3 Gia means God's Grace and Soelle is a mixture of my name and Solomon's name together (SOlomon/daniELLE). I get exciting thinking Of her. Wondering what she will look like, if she will look like Meelah and Solomon or will she look like me? Will she have curly hair like Meelah? I wonder how Meelah is gonna feel knowing I love her to death and to pieces but now I'm going to have to share my love. Considering her new favorite words to everyone are, "My Mama!!" (even to her Dad) But she is a loving girl and I know her and her sister will love each other and be so close but that initial feeling of her feeling like what's going on really gets me thinking. I have already. T cried knowing I will have to leave Meelah over night when I do have Gia. I wish she could stay with me. I wish I. Luke have a homebirth just so Meelah could be there. I never leave my girl she is always by my side :( Well as the weeks progress I'm feeling more and more pregnant and I'm ok with that. I love feeling the kicks in my tummy and the moving in there. I always tell solomon to look when my tummy is shifting but he is never too patient to stay still and be patient to watch. I'm starting to sometimes get thoses good ol' cramps in my feet when I sleep. But they are manageable right now. They aren't the ones yet that are in your legs and you jump up becAuse you think you are starting to go paralyzed! I have to sit up straight now because I feel Gia shift if I'm too hunched over. I am excited and feel blessed to have such a beautiful part of Gods creation growing inside me. I am one blessed Mama XOXO

22 Weeks

Now at 22 weeks I am starting to really look pregnant now. I think my stomach did some growing last week. I remember I was laying down and Solomon seen me and was like, "Babe you really popped!" Well considering I'm not growing as fast as I did with Meelah this time around. We also did get double checked and it is another girl =) I haven't felt fluttering in a couple weeks I think at 18 weeks I felt some for aw

hile but not no more. I read the baby sleeps 12-14 hours a day at this point in there. We still don't have a name for her =/ I like some names but I don't really like the meaning so then I have to pass on them. I am really picky. A name is important, it is what she will be called for the rest of her life!! Meelah is really good about learning about babies. She is starting to rock her dolls, puts them in the baby swing and sings to them, gives them bottles, wraps them in a blanket, she talks to my belly and says, 'Hi Thister, Hi Baby!" She even loves to put lotion on my belly to prevent the stretch marks. She is amazing, but she also keeps me on my toes. Sometimes I think how am I going to do it with 2 babies. I know I am not the only mother in the world but it's hard with one baby and the thought that 2 are gonna be here with me all day is crazy. Especially the whole nursing thing. That is very time consuming and draining but I know it is the best thing for my baby so I'm down to do it again. Meelah was and is always in the 90th+ percentile for weight and height and I know that had a lot to do with it. So I plan on doing the same with this little one <3. I have to pee like crazy already. My belly button I can see is starting to change into a outtie. That line that goes down on my tummy is apppearing more but still is very light. I am not swollen yet (thank God). It is really hard for me to keep up with this blog considering we have a very busy and Chaotic life at the moment. But I will try to do better. This is very time consuming and Meelah is always wanting to touch the computer when it's on. She is always with me and when she sleeps I try to take care of other things or rest. But I will try to squeeze this in if not at least me weekly 'Growing Belly Picture' XOXO Danielle

19 Weeks

16 Weeks

I am now 16 weeks and one day! So Sunday we went to the Ultrasound place and after 20 min of suspense they said it was a girl!...they could not be 90% sure so we have to go back. They said there was too much umbilical cord in the way so in order to be more sure we have to go back. I am excited. I am excited to see how Meelah will be with her and to see if she will also look like Meelah and Solomon or if she will look like me =) But we will see only God knows. Meelah will have a sister and they will be close so I am happy for her. I was shocked to see that there was a baby the size it was suppose to be in there and growing considering my belly isn't looking too pregnant and the moment. I have a Ethiopian belly as of right now, bloated looking but don't really look pregnant =/ It is popped though it's just a way different shape this time around. I do not eat as much as I use to. I get full faster but then I am hungrier quicker (like every 2 hours). My clothes and everything still fit I have not yet had to go shopping. I get super tired and pray that Meelah falls asleep at 8:30 every night because I just feel like for the life of me I cannot keep my eyes open o_0. So we will wait to be double sure on the sex but whatever God blesses us with I know the love we will have for this child will be indescribable...I know from experience ;) XOXO

1 More Day =)

So I have been having the worst nights of sleep ever. I wake up every morning at the crack of dawn and my back is killing me! I think it might be because my hips might have expanded a tiny bit and when I lay on my side my back is unaligned. I try putting a pillow in between my legs but that just don't work. I can't use the tummy boppy yet because I don't really have a tummy that needs support =/ I was looking at pictures when I was 15 weeks with Meelah and I was like full on showing already. It's crazy because I heard usually with your second you show faster because your body is use to the change but nope not this time. I am smaller for some reason which makes me think I really hope they are able to tell the sex. We were suppost to go today to find out the sex of our little orange but Solomon has school so we had a later appointment but the place said they are closing earlier then what our appointment was set for so due to our crazy schedule we have to go tomorrow on Sunday! It's all good a couple hours won't kill me...I hope. But I am way excited. I think Solomon is excited but is real nervous and doesn't really know what to think because he's not as eager as I am to find out what this baby is...lol . So we will see and I will keep you all posted =) XOXO

15 Weeks!!

So this week has been great so far =)...Why? Because I have not felt sick! I'm just tired but tiredness I can do. Who doesn't like to sleep? Anyways I'm still wearing my regular clothes there is no rapid tummy growth going on so far I have a small belly but I think I look more bloated then pregnant "/ (Although at the nail salon the lady doing my pedi said she was wondering if I was pregnant?) I took a test on Parents.com and using Old Wives Tales it predicted a boy! So this week I scheduled a appointment for a Gender Determination! We go Saturday! I am soooooo excited just because it will be the first time I see my little baby and also the suspense of knowing what is inside me is killing me. I want to know so I can start preparing and SHOPPING and most important have a name for my little bundle! I know this sounds cliche` but it honestly doesn't matter what it is because like I've said a girl would be great for Meelah to have a sister close to and a boy would be great to experience just having a son =) I just pray for a healthy baby! This pregnancy and also with Meelah I never really felt pregnant til the middle of my second trimester when I started to feel a elbow roll across my tummy but I had a feeling of how really special this baby is inside of me and how lucky I am that my pregnancy has came this far. I know God has a awesome purpose for this child and he designed this baby to our family. I feel a whole new better thing toward being pregnant. Yeah I was sick but the love I have for my Meelah I know I will feel it all over again for this baby. I feel honored that God has blessed my womb. So with that said I will keep you all updated on the Sex of our little one! On the bottom of the page I added a Poll to see what you think we are having so take it. It will close Saturday at 5:45 pm so vote =) and Stay tuned! XOXO

14 Weeks!!

So last week when I turned 14 weeks it was Valentines Day <3 So I missed out on keeping up that week also I had got sick on Sunday and Monday so I fell behind on my schedule, my Wifely and Mama routine. But don't worry I still was able to sneak in a quick belly shot in the midst of a crazy week. Last Monday I felt for the first time a flutter/ripple movement in my stomach. I drink lots of water so it probably was the baby moving but it's so small I doubt it was a kick I felt. But that was exciting! Last week my little baby was also the size of a lemon....(check out this weeks blog now =)

13 Weeks!!!!

So yesterday I had my second Doctor's appointment. She didn't do too much but I got to hear my little one's heartbeat for the first time. It was exciting I thought to myself, 'ok there is a baby in there?' Even though I don't feel pregnant just yet. There is a little creature in there with a heart beat of 170 which the Doctor said was fast but not a bad thing. She said my weight is ok that I haven't lost too much weight and that I should just nibble on stuff every hour until I get my full appetite back. She also told me by my next visit I could have a ultrasound and we can see the sex. But since I am 13 weeks already last time with Meelah when I was 16 weeks we went to one of those ultrasound 4d places and found out early so I am debating if I wanna do that again. Just because I am too anxious. This is suppose to be my last week in my first trimester so let's see how everything goes. Today has been a rough day. For some reason today I cannot keep anything down =( So I am pretty weak and hungry. But I can only pray that tomorrow will be better. Also my pregnancy line is started to lightly appear again even though it just bearly went away from Meelah "/ So I will leave you at that and with some tummy shots ( I took these this morning before I got sick...lol !!! XOXO

How I'm feeling....=)

I willl start posting pictures on Tuesday but although there isn't much going on right now. I will be 13 weeks on Tuesday so I will start fresh although I believe though with Meelah I got a lower pop belly at 13 weeks and this is the flattest my stomach has been since I got married. When I started off pregnant with Meelah I was 117 lbs, I lost 11 lbs in one week and was sick until I was almost 4.5 months...this time around my pre-pregnancy weight was 111 lbs. I got sick again at around 9 weeks (Pre- 9 weeks I was a firework. I found out I was pregnant at 5 weeks and I was still feeling good and doing 5 mile walks/jogs, bike rides and other activities). But as soon as that 9 weeks comes along I'm going through hell =p~ This time is lasted about 2.5 weeks thank God!! It wasn't as bad either. With Meelah I was throwing up multiple times a day and couldn't hold anything down not even water. This time juice and bland foods were ok at times and I would throw up once every 2 days and it was mostly acid because I didn't have too much in my tummy anyways. I weighed 103 lbs at the end of being sick this time. But I am slowly getting my appetite back. I am especially craving chocolate. Just yesterday I felt like I would do anything for a s`more (mmmmm). I feel like I'm a little more emotional then usual like a commercial will make me cry ( I do not cry all the time or to Solomon) I just feel a little more tender at times =) I am tired a little more now and take 2 hour naps a day now otherwise I just feel pooped at like 4pm. Thank God Meelah cooperates and takes naps too!!  God really has blessed me with a awesome little on e I know she is going to do great with her little sibling. She is patient and already has those Little Mama insticts.  I have a doctor's appointment Monday so we will see how everything goes!! Keep ya guys posted...XOXO

Welcome Back!!!

As you all know with my last pregnancy I blogged weekly for close friends and family to follow along  our pregnancy journey and I feel it brought us closer and the suspense was growing waiting for our Little Meelah to arrive. Now she is 15 months and is about to be a Big Sister!! This is the second time around for us so I thought why not blog again to keep our family and friends in the loop on what's going on through this amazing time of our lives. It may be hard for me to keep this page up because I have to keep up with Meelah and I don't get too much me time but I will try. I like having a blog page because it is specifically about my pregnancy, what I feel and what's going on and you can read it if you want or not if you don't. You are not reading all this pregnancy woman stuff on facebook = p But I will do my best and I hope you guys all enjoy following our journey the second time around...XOXO