I was on a sewing frenzy last week. Megan’s crib and curtains are done, but there is still alot of work to do. Mostly just sorting.

Megan’s custom diaper bag and changing pad. I thought it would be cool to put vinyl on the pad so I could clean it. Of course, Ethan says, “That will feel nice and sticky when you lay her down on it.” Oh well, it looks good!


Custom interior to fit my wallet, cell phone, attach my keys, and maybe a few things for Megan.

Have I mentioned that I love my doctor? I love that she is experienced, hi-risk–whatever you want to call it–but the office seems as small and comfortable as my old doctor. At least when you are the first appointment of the day. Because I can schedule them so early, I am in and out of the parking garage in less than an hour. Which normally would cost like a $1, but in the Med Center even record timing of 1 hour is $4. But totally worth it.

Today was 23 weeks and 2 days. We are making good progress. Megan’s heartbeat was 150 – perfect she says, and I am measuring right at 23 weeks, again perfect. I told her that I could start making up stuff so that she can start her day with someone intersting, but she said, “…we need some dull ones around here.” I am scheduled for the glucose test at 26 weeks, then began visits and ultrasounds every 2 weeks starting at 28 weeks.

The most exciting event of the day was that Alyssa saw her baby sister move. We watched my belly for a few minutes and saw 2 distinct kicks. Alyssa was very confused, but agreed that it was her sister moving inside mommy.

Megan’s room will be underway soon. The walls will remain the ocean-blue we painted for Noah, but the crib bedding will be completely changed. The fabric is picked and as soon as I can buy it, I will probably start sewing. Right now I am finishing up her diaper bag. I could not find one that I liked, so I decided to make my own. I will post some picts of this cute stuff when they are ready. Girls are fun!

Megan has become a lot more active in the last week. I felt her first kick at 15 weeks and it has been a long 6 weeks to get to this point. There is nothing like feeling that first movement, and there is nothing like wondering why you haven’t felt it again. I would go days without feeling anything, then think “maybe that was it?” But no doubt I can feel Megan everyday, and that is very reassuring. Daddy and Nana have felt her, but so far not Alyssa. Yesterday was the first day I could lay still and expect Megan to continually move. So I wanted Alyssa to come feel, but she was not intersted at that moment. Luckily in the months to come we will have alot of oportunities to feel baby sister.

Everything was great at the ultrasound! Doctor was wonderful, technician was nice and explained everything through the ultrasound, and Alyssa was excited. Okay all are true but the last one. She talked up having a sister so much that I tried to get the idea it may be a boy in her head. Just so she wouldn’t be disappointed, ya know. Well, then she decided she did in fact want a brother, so the first thing out of Big Sister’s mouth was, “No, I want a brother.” Lucky for us, I could say, “But you have a brother, and now you have a sister.” She didn’t care, she seemed actually disappointed. But the great thing about almost-3 year olds is they change their mind so quick. We went to lunch, called the family, then went to pick out a gift for baby sister. Alyssa has this way of picking up the first cute animal she sees and is determined that is what she wants. So baby sister gets a brown bear from the movie Brother Bear. (We have never seen it) But it is cute and she picked it out herself. It is currently in bed with Alyssa so we will see how much it is really baby sister’s. Welcome to the family little girl!


Walking to the doctor’s office.

Watch out Daddy, here come the girls.

Tomorrow is the big day. It really does seem like a big day, something I have looked forward to since week 9, my next meeting with our baby. All three of us go tomorrow at 10am for the 20 week ultrasound. I thought it would be fun to take Alyssa and see her reaction. Plus she will love seeing the baby. She gives him/her hugs and kisses and says “I love you baby.” Okay — so I told her one night at bedtime, “tell the baby you love him too,” but she does it on her own now. She gives the baby stickers when she is passing them around, one for me and one for my belly. She is just so cute, I thought she can only make this day better.

So, what do we want? You may not ask, but everyone thinks it. Alyssa said for the longest time, I want it to be a girl, like us. “What if it is a boy?”, I ask. Not even an option, “I want a sister.” But within the last week, she has now flipped to “it’s a boy.” So much for her being my fortune teller. Bottom-line I think she will be happy either way. Me? I am truly mixed. I would love to have another little girl. Girl is all I know, and I love it. And we don’t have any sisters or many girls around here, so that would be fun to watch… for a few years anyway. But of course, I want to experience the joys of a boy. And I want Ethan to share that bond. I want to have a boy to get back a little of what I missed with Noah, but I don’t want a boy, so that nothing ever comes close to replacing him. These are all good things. It means I can find the joy in either sex. And I am anxious to see where my joy will come from.