Big Baby

Well, its official I'm definitely showing!! Its fun to see the baby grow and Alahna's reaction to my ever growing belly. She now calls it the big baby!! Too funny. She sweetly surprised me when I asked her what she wanted to thank God for during our nightly prayer tonight...she said "the big baby"! I said yes Thank GOD for our baby getting bigger! Amen!!

Sweet prayer and night-night

I just wanted to share what a sweet girl Alahna is!

Now that she is sleeping in a toddler bed, my favorite time of day is snuggling up in her bed and reading her stories before bed. After the second or third book we always take a break to say our nightly prayer. I just made up a really simple prayer for her to be thankful to God for our family. It goes, Thank you God, Thank you for mama, Thank you for dada, Thank you for Alahna and Thank you for our new baby, Amen. Now that she is getting older and can contribute I've been asking her what she wants to thank God for. It's so fun to hear what she comes up with every night. Most of the time she just looks around her room and says something, but sometimes she really shocks me. After we told her about the baby and I started showing, she said "for the baby" for about 3 or 4 nights straight. So sweet. She has also thanked God for various things like sleep, pillow, Elmo, horsey, Hillary (our neighbor- her best friend's mom), the ABCs, potty. I need to start writing down what she says everynight. It will be a fun thing to look back on.

Tonight she amazed me even more. She wanted to get out of bed to go potty (yep we are in the midst of potty training...ahhh...going fairly well, hoping to have a short break from diapers before the baby comes). I decided to hold her and sing a song that I used to sing everynight when she was a baby before I put her down (until she started sleeping in the big girl bed). She actually remembered the words and sang with me!!! So cute. It seriously melted my heart.
It goes like this:
Good night, sleep tight
Mama loves you sweet baby
Yes I do, I love you
and you are my sweet baby
Sent from God, up above
in to my arms tonight
She hummed along and then chimed in with the last word of each verse. What a sweet heart. I can't even imagine loving another child as much as I love her. We are so excited to see how God spreads the same love for more children! Getting pumped up for "cheating" this time around and finding out the sex at our next ultrasound. Only 4 more weeks!!! YAY!

Soon we will be a family of FOUR! (or six if you count the dogs)

We are so excited to announce the upcoming birth of our next child!

Alahna is very excited to be a big sister!! She even knows there is a baby in mama's belly and says "hi baby" and said "night-night baby" tonight =)

Now that I'm out of the first trimester (I'll be 14 weeks this week) we are ready to celebrate with everyone. I was fortunate to only be sick for about two weeks and have honestly almost forgotten that I'm pregnant most days! I feel half guilty and half thankful for my easy first trimester. Being a wife, resident, mom of a two year old, and owner of 2 dogs keeps my mind busy enough =) We are definitely convinced that this one is quite different than Alahna. I was exhausted (fell asleep by 7pm every night) with Alahna. This time I haven't been extra tired, but I have been craving lots of random foods and was sick for a bit (both of which didn't happen at all last time)! It's amazing how each child is so different even within the womb. We are so excited to "cheat" this time and find out if Alahna will be getting a sister or a brother!! Only 6 more weeks. Yay!

I was fortunate enough to get a first trimester ultrasound and officially fell in love with this baby. It is so amazing to see how wonderfully made this little one is! God is so good!! I'll post pictures soon.

Please be praying for an easy pregnancy, proper growth and development for the baby and a health baby in the end. I'm not going to get much time off with this one, so we are going to need extra support. Luckily I have the most amazing husband! His laid back and loving personality is just what we will be needing in our house these next few months. Looking forward to a summer baby =)