pregnancy - week 14

I have yet to write anything about my pregnancy on the blog so far. I am slacking off.  I'm 14 weeks now so I'm just starting the 2nd trimester.  Yes, I still have a ways to go!  We are SO excited to be expecting again!  We feel so blessed to be able to have another little baby in June.  I'm a little nervous about the three kid thing because I am so comfortable with our family of four, but also incredibly happy to add to our family at the same time.

Here is a picture of our little babe at about 12 weeks:

I didn't do a good job of documenting my past pregnancies, so hopefully this time around I will be better at writing about it all.  I want to be honest on here that this pregnancy has not been a walk in the park this time around. The first trimester was rough.  Just a few days after I found out I was pregnant, the morning sickness ("all-day sickness") hit. I didn't have morning sickness with my other pregnancies (and have only thrown-up a couple times in my entire life until now) so I was not mentally prepared for how hard it is at all! I was constantly hungry, but nothing sounded good so I'd force myself to eat something and then I'd just feel sick.  It was a cycle that didn't seem to end for weeks on end.  Plus, the weird SI joint pain/posterior pelvic pain I had at the end of Aiden's pregnancy has already showed back up and I don't even have a big belly yet.  The doc explained that it was normal to get the pain during the first trimester because my hormones have just relaxed my ligaments too much.  For a while, I was in pain no matter if I was standing, sitting, laying down, or practically doing anything.  But the pain isn't as severe as it was a couple of weeks ago so hopefully it goes away soon.  I think all my hormones have finally calmed down now that I'm in my 2nd trimester and I am so grateful to feel a little better!

During the last couple of months, I have been SO blessed with friends and family helping me out - watching my boys, driving Aiden to preschool, and bringing us meals.  And my friend Jen's 12-year-old daughter even volunteered to come play with the boys while I took a nap in my room a couple of days which was SO sweet of her.  My mom has helped entertain the boys while I napped at her house a few times and Nate has been amazing at cleaning the house, feeding the kids dinner, and making sure I feel okay.  I am so thankful people have been so understanding.   I seriously have such amazing friends and family!

  I am so glad to be on the mend finally and feeling more like myself again!  I am so excited to find out if it is a boy or girl in January. People say because I had morning sickness so bad it must be a girl.  But then others have said that it's probably a boy because we already have two boys so it is more likely this one will be a boy too.  But we really don't care if it's a boy or girl, we'll be happy either way!