Thing 2

Here's the official "We're having another baby!" post. I don't know why I've been putting off writing it, but here we are. One week after the official Facebook post seems appropriate. So far we don't really have a cutesy moniker of choice. We called Lily 'the Creature' the whole time I was pregnant with her. For now, Thing 2 works. 


Thing 2 will be arriving sometime around December 4th. That is one day before the end of classes for Joe, and finals are the next week. We're hoping that maybe the baby will hold off a week or so until finals are over and Christmas break begins. If not, that's ok, too, we'll probably still keep it. 


At 14 1/2 weeks pregnant, I'm at the beginning of the second trimester. There's no real baby bump to speak of yet, so there's no point in posting a picture. For the first couple of months I was really tired, and with just a little bit of morning sickness. Then I apparently became lactose intolerant. That's right, I am now sensitive to dairy. Those of you that know me well know how devastating this is. No cheese, no milk, no cream in my coffee, did I mention NO CHEESE???? I actually cried when I figured it out. But, I've been trying all sort of dairy substitutes, I'll write a whole post on these successes and failures. The only good part about cutting out dairy is I just about instantaneously lost 3 pounds and have very easily kept it off. Honestly, though, I'd rather eat cheese. 


I've been working out pretty regularly. I dug out my copy of my favorite prenatal workout video with Summer Sanders. They don't treat you like an invalid and it's mostly light lifting and good stretching. You're supposed to use one of those band things, but I hate them so I use free weights instead. I've been doing it faithfully twice a week for the last month or so and I can really tell the difference. My arms have some definition again that they had been lacking basically since before having Lily. I would like to do it three times a week, but I just run out of days. 


I guess I'll write one these pregnancy updates about once a month. It's weird, I remember the first time around it was this all consuming thought "I'm pregnant." Now it's like I have to remind myself, oh yeah, I'm pregnant. That's probably because I have to keep my toddler from destroying everything. I just don't have the time or energy to think much more about it. 


Don't let my non-chalance throw you off though, we are absolutely ecstatic to be adding another member to our little family. Lily will be 2 1/2, Joe will be almost done with school, and I can just stay inside in sweatpants for 3 months before having to venture too far out in the world. Sounds pretty perfect to me.