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Post-Ultrasound Blog

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I saw this online months ago and fell in love with it. I finally found it at KK's on Monday, and of course, got it for the nursery! First of all, I want you all to open up Youtube in a seperate window, and type in "Multiplied" by NEEDTOBREATHE. I am blaring that song on repeat as I'm writing this, so I want you all to experience the same thing! :) And this is where I start crying. I am so overwhelmed with thankfulness and excitement and nervousness all at once. I don't express these feelings very much b/c I so often hear the negative side of parenting. About how hard it is and overwhelming and there's sleepless nights and teething babies and diaper rashes. And I know that's in store for us, and believe me, I fear that side of it, but there's also an amazingly exciting part of parenting that creeps in every once in a while. In 4 short months, I'm going to get to hold my son!!! I'm going to kiss his sweet toes and sme...

Pregnanter & Pregnanter

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So sorry for the gap in updates over the last few weeks! When I write, I always want to make sure I'm in a good frame of mind and am not stressed or overwhelmed or hurting b/c then it will just be  a really depressing post! My sweet friend, Erin gave Jack a onesie made from bamboo!! It is the softest thing ever! And I caved 2 days after we found out it was a boy and bought the other two. Honestly, there have been a lot of rough days over the last 3 weeks. Boo! It never ceases to amaze me how very different everyone's pregnancies are. If you were to go by the cookie-cutter pregnancy, I would think you would have some morning sickness in the first trimester,  feel this huge surge of energy in the second trimester, and then hit the wall of "get this baby out of me" in the third. My first trimester was full of energy and butterflies and roses, and now my second has been hit with a big lack of energy. It's so hard to explain how it feels, b...