Baby Peirce: Second Trimester

October 25th: I am 16 1/2 weeks and we find out if you are a girl or boy in less than a week. I needed to write one more post before the gender ultrasound. Honestly I will be so extremely happy with a baby boy or girl. Everett would love having a baby brother and I think it would the sweetest thing in the world to have two boys! Boys are so so special to a mommy heart. On the other hand I just need to have a baby girl at some point. Something about having a baby girl just sounds so magical and special. Ultimately we just want you to be as healthy as can be. I have been so emotional this pregnancy. I blame it on the fact that I am already a mom. I know the love that comes from having a baby. I tear up and cry over the silliest things and it happens a lot. My heart is already so full of love for you. Something that didn't happen with Everett until after he was born. Everett is going to be the sweetest and probably pretty rough big brother. I wish I could explain more the excitement I have to finally meet you and have another addition to the family. On the other hand I am completely terrified about taking care of two instead of one. I know how difficult it was when Everett was a newborn. I am praying and hoping I can enjoy the newborn stage this time around and just soak up every second of it. Sweet baby you are already loved by so many and we can't wait to meet you in April! Or March if you are anything like your big brother.

October 31st: Today we found out we are having another boy! We are beyond excited. During our ultrasound baby was perfectly healthy in every way. They were a little concerned that my placenta hadn’t moved up yet but three weeks later at another ultrasound it had so all is good. It is so much fun seeing baby boy during the ultrasound. We can’t wait to see if he is going to look just like Everett or look completely different. During the ultrasound we had the tech write down the gender for us. When we got home we had a friend put the right color jelly beans in a package and had Everett open it and tell us the gender. He was just too excited about the candy but it was still a fun way to find out it’s another baby boy.

December 20th: I have been doing an awful job writing down things about this pregnancy. I am now 24 weeks!! It is hard to believe we have come so far so fast. This pregnancy is flying by. I have gained 21 pounds and that is more than I gained total with Everett. I have had extreme upper back pain and muscle aches with this pregnancy that I never had with Everett. Honestly this pregnancy actually feels like a pregnancy. With Everett I never even felt pregnant other than the kicks he would give me all the time. This little guy is kicking all the time. He sure is an active little one. At my appointment today his heartbeat was in the 160’s. The nurse joked he was just hyper from my fruit smoothie I had for breakfast. Even though I haven’t been the most comfortable this pregnancy I am loving being pregnant. The entire experience truly is magical. Much more so this time around. Because this time around I know how perfect he is going to be once he joins the family. Just over 3 months until we meet this sweet baby boy.

 19 Weeks

20 Weeks

24 Weeks