In the wee hours of the morning...

I'm pretty sure my dogs thinks its time to start their day.  I have been trying to get back to sleep since my 2am potty break and nothing has worked.  They followed me downstairs, begged me to let them go outside, came in, then went striaght for their food bowls.

I am in complete envy of my husband right now.  He has been asleep since about 8pm and is currently sleeping soundly on his stomach (my favorite sleeping position). I wonder how much longer before I can sleep like that again...Hmmm, let me think...probably another good 6-9 months before I get a full nights sleep.

I have currently made my grocery and dinner list for the week, made lists of things I need to buy for baby boy, things I want to buy for baby boy, and things I want get done around the house before his arrival.  Is it ever too early to start nesting?  I think i've been nesting since I was 12 weeks pregnant...I have eaten breakfast, I mean if you can even call it that at 4:30am, made sure the kitchen was still clean since after dinner, done two loads of laundry, and now here I sit at my computer wanting so badly to go to sleep.  However, at this point I wonder if i'd just be better off staying awake and taking a nap when Kensleigh does this afternoon. Decisions, decisions...

Maybe I'll go read a few more chapters in my book, again...sigh

20 Week photos...

Mikah's 20 Week ultrasound photos.  I only meant to post these 5 weeks ago!

Baby Feet!  I love those little feet already!

Scary looking face looking at me! ahh!

No mistaking him for a girl!!!

And His Name Will Be....

Jong and I haven't had a hard times with picking out names.  Truly, we knew our boy name and girl names from the moment the stick said "Pregnant" with Kensleigh.  We are just lucky that it happened to be a precious baby girl and now a sweet little boy.  Though, had it been a girl again I had another perfect name picked out!  So onto his name:

 Mikah James Kim  

Mikah, we love and always have.  From the moment I found out I was pregnant Jong started calling him Mikah and new without a doubt that it was a boy.  So I started calling him by his name too and until they told us differently he was a boy and Mikah James was his name.  Luckily for us he was a boy!  We are spelling Mikah with a "K"  because  we are partial to "K's" in this household.   Then James is my Dad's name and I wanted to name him after him.  

So there you have it Mikah James Kim, both being biblical and then named after my sweet Daddy.  We love you baby MJ and can't wait to hold you in our arms.  And I'm sure your Big Sister, Kensleigh, is just as excited to meet you as we are.  She will probably give you a million kisses a day!  

Half Way There...

20 Weeks and starting to count down!

I am actually 22 weeks as of right now, I'm writing this blog post a little late, but better late than never right?  I have been having headaches a lot lately, however in the past week they have subsided, so I am truly grateful for that.  I also have had some MAJOR sciatic pain this go round and I never had the, um, joy of experiencing that with Kensleigh.  My doctor says its from picking up my sweet baby girl and to try to do it as little as possible.  However, she's just so darn cute and sweet I have a really hard time not picking her up when she asks. 

Our 20 Week ultrasound went great, if you count Kensleigh crying for me to hold her the entire ultrasound, even though she was in her Daddy's arms the entire time.   What can I say, she loves me- I should be flattered right?!  We actually get one more chance to see baby boy at 24 weeks and then its really time to start counting down and getting things in order.  I know, I know it's still early, but I've always felt that the last half of pregnancy goes by pretty fast.  To me it just slows down right before your due date when you really, really want that baby out and to sleep on you stomach again.  Which speaking of stomach sleeping-thats my favorite position- however it did feel quite strange when I was able to sleep that way again after Kensleigh.  I found myself sleeping on my sides a lot more and having to remind myself that stomach sleeping was okay and to flip on over!  Anyone else feel that way?

I must say, being a stay at home mom and being pregnant has been wonderful and I am so lucky to get to experience it this go round.  I haven't had any vein issues and have managed a nap several days when Kensleigh is napping too.  I remember with Kensleigh being so tired from work that when I would get home I would literally crash into the sofa and then Jong would have to move me to our bed.  So I am thankful for sleep and being well rested.

Cravings so far this pregnancy: Chick Fil A everything, sweet tea, turkey/cucumber wraps, yogurt with granola, and my tervis filled with ice cold water!  Of course I have had a few others, but these are my most consistent, won't go away cravings!

I've finally figured out what I want to do in the nursery, but to be honest I am more concerned with Kensleigh's big girl room.   My plan is to do her room in June and start to transition her, then work on the nursery.  Who knows it could be December before the nursery actually gets done (hopefully not), but like I said who knows!  At least the plan is for him to sleep in his bassinet in our room for the first few months.  He'll never know the difference, right?

Egg Hunt with DeeDee & Handsome

DeeDee and Handosme came for a visit yesterday.  All so they could have an egg hunt in the yard with Miss little Kensleigh.  She ran out to the yard and picked up about 5 eggs, placed them in her basket before moving on to the next activity of blowing bubbles and drawing with sidewalk chalk.

I got one!

Look here's another one.

I think I'm tired already...

Really more eggs?

Okay, i'll go grab a couple more.

I got a blue one!

ooh, bubbles?

I love bubbles!

What? side walk chalk?  You guys were holding out on me.

Well, you didn't tell me there were animal "caackers" in the Eggs.  I would have kept grabbing them!

Would you like one?

It was an eventful day of playing outside, inside, Chipotle, Mellow Mushroom and naps for everyone.  Kensleigh had a great time seeing DeeDee and Handsome.  And I'm pretty sure they had a great time too- watching her play and draw and say "uh-oh" about a million times!

18 Weeks

18 Weeks and feeling pretty great (with the exception of the stomach bug that took over for 2 days)  Thank goodness for my husband-had it not been for him I would have called my mom and begged her to come up and help with Kensleigh.  Literally could not get out of bed.

Definitely having a hard time sleeping at night-not because I'm uncomfortable yet, but mainly when I wake up for my nightly bathroom break I crawl back in bed and think of everything...

Current thoughts:

"What color should I paint Kensleigh's big girl room? Light green? turquoise? pink?"
"Should I paint a stripe at the top?"
"Well, how about the nursery?  What about navy or lime green or gray?" hmmmmm....
"And then what about bedding?"

Literally toss and turn thinking about this.  With Kensleigh's nursery I new exactly what I wanted to do but with baby boys I have many ideas and can't come to a conclusion.  Decisions, decisions...
I'm staring to consider myself like the ladies that would come into PBK and have a million questions and want to see EVERY. SINGLE. PIECE. of bedding before making a huge mess and then not buying anything.... I really don't want to be that person.

I am mostly hot all the time too and if it weren't for Kensleigh I would probably turn on the AC, but  I don't want to freeze her death.  And its not even Summer yet or really Spring for that matter...

My mom bought baby boy his first little present.  Its the blue seahorse that glows and plays music/ocean sounds.  Kensleigh has the pink one and I started playing it for her when she was in my belly.  We took it to the hospital and played it for her when she was born and she knew it and was mesmerized.  So we have started playing it for baby boy at night and I have fallen asleep many nights lately with  it, only to wake up to rolling on top of it when switching sides.

Speaking of beds, I think I might go crawl in mine right now-goodnight!

16 weeks!

I know I need to start taking belly pictures because I was so good taking them with Kensleigh, but  when I think about it, It's always first thing in the morning or last thing at night.  And lets just say you'd rather not see me that early or late-I'd scare you.

I had another great check up yesterday, baby boys heart beat was 156.  Its starting to feel more and more real as my belly grows- I'm just having so much fun chasing around and playing with Kensleigh that I don't think about being pregnant.  And then he kicks me, catches me off guard and I remember that I'm not growing out of my clothes for no good reason, but for the best reason- bringing him in to this world.  I heard something that made me laugh the other day, "I'm not a person any more, I have an invader inside me, therefore it makes me a host." hah-it made me laugh-because on the days when you don't feel good, are queasy, and heads in a toilet you may have felt that way too.

Let's see no major cravings currently, though right at first it was Papa Johns cheese pizza.  I do tend to lean towards Chick Fil A  a lot.  I did that with Kensleigh too-something about a large sweet tea and original chicken sandwich-mmmmm.   Another craving thats a little bazaar i've had is a margarita.  I know, I can't and won't give in to that one, but I craved that with Kensleigh also.  Oh well, I'll just have to wait....I have felt much better and "normal" since entering my second trimester.  It was kind of  like magic-  I just woke up one day when I was in my 14th week and knew the "queasies" were over.  Praise the Lord!  I'm excited for warmer weather, beach trips, and walks at the park! Bring it on!

Totally enjoyed the beautiful day today with my girl!  Hoping for many more beautiful days to come!

Please don't judge the dogs.  My poor fur babies are in need of hair cuts and bathes-luckily they go to the groomers next week-I think they're just as excited about it as I am.