15 weeks

So, I'm 15 weeks today and already tired of it. :) No, it's actually going a little quicker than the first time, but not fast enough. I'm just not a good prego person. The weeks do seem to fly by though since this time I have a job. I am feeling better lately, but still not liking food as much as usual. I know I love food, but not right now. I"m also so tired by the end of the day. I'm really trying to work out more, but it's just so hard not having as much time these days. I have been doing better lately though and atleast doing 2 miles every other day and then weights in between.

Things are going good, so busy with work. I work my butt off every day and get so tired of the stress and working on Sundays, etc. I need to get paid more for this much stress. :) I am taking on more roles and new responsibilities so it's about to get more stressful.

As far as the baby is concerned, great news. We actually get to find out what it is in less than 2 weeks. We were going to have to wait until the beginning of October, but I talked them into letting me do it on my next apt when I'm 17 weeks. I am pretty excited and nervous. I do hope it's a girl.. but will love whatever it is.. I might be disappointed for a hot second just because I can't dress the boy up in tu tu's. :) But, I guess we will see. I still do think it's a girl, I"m usually right. It's hard not to second guess myself though when the nurse was sure she saw something last time. I still think girl though. I'll keep everyone posted.

Mike is actually starting to apply for good jobs in Austin..he is going to be really picky and if one happens to come up that is awesome paying, he will take it and we will figure the rest out. Our biggest concern right now is money, we will be ok, but we want to be better than ok for once in our lives!! I am then going to bust my butt to find a great job in Austin as well after maternity leave. I think I'm at a good place in my career where I should definitely be making more money. So, I just hope this plan goes in place. We are just eager to get back to Austin and be financially ok with the new baby. We will do whatever we need to do to be ok..that's for sure.

Just wanted to post a pic of me at 15 weeks. I'm so much bigger than last time already. I wasn't even this big at 20 weeks with Dylan.

Here we are again!!!

Well,

Here we are again! Baby numero dos. I definitely am feeling mixed emotions these days about this one. We are SO excited, but also a little financially unsure about how we are going to pay this. I know in the end, we will be ok, we both make decent money and are smart about money, so I'm not too worried, but just want everything to be ok for us. We are finally at a place where we are doing really well financially, then we find out about this and we are hit with another payment. The more we think about it though and talk it through, the more we realize, everything will be fine. It will be very hard spending $1600 a month just in daycare, but it's not forever. We know that when they get a little older, all of this will be worth it. We won't be like this forever, that's the thing we are trying to keep in mind. It seems that everyone we know has someone, parents or another family member or even themselves to watch their kids, so I think we are the only ones we know, maybe a few others, that have to pay for daycare. Oh well, enough about harping on that. Now to get excited about the baby. We are pretty excited, but just waiting to find out what it is. We won't find out for another 6 weeks or something. I initially was for sure it was a girl. The dr did a sono and said she thought it was a girl too...I was sure. THEN, we went to a second appt and the nurse said she saw something and she thinks it's a boy..that was a week later from the first guess. I was pretty set on a girl and pretty excited about a girl. So, when she first said it, I actually cried a little. I felt bad if it is a boy and I was sad about it. I wasn't necessarily sad, boys are so much fun and I know what to do with a boy! :) But, I think I was just a little bummed because I had this vision in my head. No matter what, in the end, I will be excited about whatever it is. We just want a healthy baby. Plus, with a boy, I already have the bedding and lots of other boy stuff!! So, whatever God thinks we can handle, I guess we will get. I do know that after this, WE ARE DONE!!! No more..not even a question. 2 is enough for me and all that we are having.

So, I will hopefully continue the blog and keep everyone posted on everything. For now, we are having the baby in Mansfield at the same hospital. Of course, we would love to have the baby in Austin and be moved back, but it's not going to happen since I have to have a job. We are really trying to sell this house though(we just redid our bathroom floors, so I included a pic), so we can atleast be out from this thing keeping us here.

I'll be in touch!

Jill