I am 24 weeks along with our baby boy already! Time is flying. I feel like I said that a lot when I was pregnant with Claire, but it definitely feels faster this time. Probably because I have an 11 month old :)
He is moving around and kicking like crazy. Love it :) He should be around 1 lb and about a foot long at this point. Still feeling great. I've had very mild heartburn a couple of times, but nothing too bad.... yet. My guess is that will get worse as we continue to grow. Haven't had any back pain yet either, but I know that came with the third trimester last time. Really enjoying this stage of pregnancy!
Claire is doing great! Learning so much. When you ask her, "Claire, what's a sheep say?" She goes, "BAAA!" Cracks me up. She is also learning what objects are... The other day Ben told her to go bring him her sock. She jabbered something, walked across the room and grabbed her sock out of a pile and brought it to him. Later he asked again where her sock was. She went to her toybox, threw a few toys out, and pulled out a sock! Such a little smarty-pants :) Still napping great and sleeping through the night. She will be 1 in 2 weeks... so hard to believe! I'm pretty happy we get to make the switch to cow's milk soon and introduce some new foods to her. She's a great eater and hasn't had any allergies to anything yet. Tooth #3 has popped through the top, and I think #4 right next to it is on it's way as well. She hasn't been too bad with the teething... she gets fussy once in awhile, but it never lasts long. She is so busy and active... never sits still. She loves her Minnie Mouse car and is constantly climbing on that (and occasionally falling off of it). She just started tipping her head back when we take a picture of her, along with a huge smile... so adorable. Love that little girl so much. I can't wait til I can stay home with her all the time! Speaking of that...
I've decided to take a year leave from work once we have Baby Boy. TCAPS has a great leave option, so I can take 1 year for child-care leave and still be guaranteed my position. After that year, I could take an additional year of leave, but my position would not be promised back. I LOVE that I have this option. This way I can spend a whole year at home and then at the end of the year, I can make a decision if I want to go back to work or stay home until they are in school. I have been doing well with my new Premier business and I'm really enjoying it. This has provided some additional income for our family, and will definitely help when I am not working my full-time job. Let's me contribute while allowing me to stay home :) Ben goes back to work on Monday, so I'll have to start dropping Claire off to get babysat while we are both at work. It has been such a blessing for Ben to be able to stay home with her for this long... and we have a great friend of ours who will be watching her during the day. It will only be until June when I am done with work. I think I can handle 3.5 months of this... and then I'll be home with my 2 babies :) Oh, and we might have a litter of puppies at that time too!! Going to be a busy household :)
So blessed and excited for our family!
24 Weeks
