Babe #2 (Warning: Bare Belly Photos)

It's about time I publish about the baby in waiting. I don't know why it's taken me so long...maybe because she doesn't have a name yet. I should tell you that I have had this secret desire to keep her all to myself and our little family. I don't like leaking information. Her arrival has only been a far off date and only proof of her existence is my expanding belly and her movements that are only for my own knowledge. I don't know why it is. I guess my pregnancy (and birth) of Leah was all too public.

I can't hide any longer. I am much larger with this baby than with Leah and I'm getting pretty close here people. It snuck up on me. So here are the much requested belly shots you've all been waiting for and a few of the ultrasound pictures for documentation purposes. I'm 27 weeks and all baby.



This pregnancy has been very uneventful which has been really nice. Leah's first 2 trimesters were the same way. This time around I was sick with a cold and then sinus infections for the first couple of months which in turn made me nauseous from medications. But I still was much better off than most! I totally held it together emotionally this time around...I don't know what the heck Leah did to me but I was an emotional wreck with her the first trimester or maybe I have just matured :) This second trimester has been utterly uneventful. Again good. One other thing that is different is that this baby girl is really low riding. It doesn't even seem right. I keep thinking she might fall out. Leah was so far up and in it was hard to tell I was pregnant at all.



The one thing I look forward to the most about this baby girl coming is Leah's interaction with her. Leah has wanted a sibling for so long and refused to believe we would have anything but a sister for her. When the ultrasound technician told us it was a girl Leah had this expression on her face like..."What the heck did YOU expect it to be?" No biggy for her. For the last 6 months she has spoken about her sister in her play and refers to the baby as "my baby". She tells me everyday how her sister will soon be involved in whatever she is doing. She will be a very good big sister.

SO. Now for suggestions or opinion. I have come to the conclusion that we will not be able to agree on a name for this little girl. So I'm letting Kellen name her with the idea that I can name the next. Kellen really wants to name her Sadie Mae. It's a cute name but for some reason I am struggling with it (probably because my grandparents had a dog named Sadie). What do you think? Any suggestions? He told me I could change the middle name but everyone seems to like it and I think Mae is really pretty. I'm just afraid it sounds hickish. Let me know what you think and I will continue to update on the baby as my 3rd trimester plays out. Due date : Halloween. Kinda fitting for our little family I think!

BFF Photo Shoot

From BFF Pictures

Kellen likes to take pictures. Now Leah has learned how to pose for the camera. This particular day Leah asked her daddy to take pictures of her and whale together. Whale is Leah's best friend. This at times can be interesting because Whale is not your typical stuffed animal...he's really large. One of Leah's favorite things to pass the time is to sit and stroke whale. 

From BFF Pictures

Another thing Leah loves is her thumb. Now some people cringe that Leah sucks her thumb...but I don't really care. I'm actually proud that she does. Leah has always been a self-soother. As parents we can't be control freaks about everything.  When Leah gets upset she doesn't look to someone to soothe her and tell her everything is going to be alright...she just pops her thumb in and grabs whale! 

This may sound harsh, but I'm not always going to be around when life throws her challenges and it's comforting to know that she'll already know what its like to take something on herself. Now that she is getting older and she's putting two and two together, I've seen her step back from situations and handle them independently (with out her thumb) and I know that's because she's confident that she doesn't always needs someone else.  I think as parents WE are the one's who are afraid, afraid to let go of the control...we don't want our kids not to need us. But I say it's okay. So I let Leah suck on her thumb.

Besides, as time goes on she uses it less and less and the pediatrician explained to me that really it does not permanently hurt their teeth until they are 5 or 6 and usually it's too embarrassing at this age for them to continue doing!

From BFF Pictures

Mommy and Me

From Edemame and Others

I love this picture. Kellen showed it to me last night...he was holding out on me. Leah has been such a mommy's girl lately and I love it. Sometimes I feel bad for Kellen...for example when she refuses to hold his hand but I don't think he minds much. He probably knows it won't last forever. When it goes away I'll cherish this picture :)

Sophisticated Girl

I'm really tired. In one week I got a job offer, accepted, apartment searched,worked and started packing. I'm exhausted and to top it off...fairly sick. I really shouldn't be blogging but I need a break for a sec.

So I was thinking about how my siblings and I still call our parents mommy and daddy. I know this isn't normal. But for me it seems disrespectful to not call them this because if we called them mom and dad it would be like we are to good or something. To my horror my little girl all of a sudden has started calling me "mom" or "Magen." She calls her father "dad" and "Kellen." Kellen has been correcting her but I honestly haven't made a decision about how I should react. And it is a decision for me because I never would have thought that at the age of 2 my daughter would be calling me "mom." Kids these days...the grow up so fast. She's so......sophisticated.

Little Girls

I have been battling getting Leah to bed for the last 2 hours! Almost every night it's a battle. Why is it that for Kellen she goes down so easily? I guess it's a combination of being a softy, laziness and just being plain tired after chasing after her all day. I was explaining to Leah why she needed to go to bed...among my reasoning was that she is a little girl and little girls need to sleep. She replied, "Little girls don't sleep!! Little girls play with toys!!" Touche.