Belly Shot

Here I am at 22 weeks. My belly is definitely bigger the second time around, thats for sure. Granted this picture was taken right after I ate lunch, so I was pretty full. Don't mind the vacuum in the background. Grace saw me vacuuming up ants the other week and now she is obsessed with finding ants and then sucking them up. So I usually just leave the vacuum out so it's easier access when she discovers an ant. She's really into "helping" me lately. So I figure this is harmless and fun for her to do.
I can't believe I'm over half way through my pregnancy. Time flies a lot faster when it's not your first child. I'm feeling good though, the only weird thing I get when I'm pregnant is, a bloody/stuffy nose ALL THE TIME! My nose is always so stuffed up, I sound so nasally, I hate it! Breathing out of your mouth is the worst too! And I must get at least 3 bloody noses a day. Sorry if that grosses anybody out. But if you came over to my house you would probably see my walking around with a tissue up my nose. I've become quite use to it. Even Grace will say, "nose beeding momma", it's so funny. I know it's a common thing for pregnant women to get, so I'm not worried. I just have to make sure I always have a tissue handy wherever I go. Does this happen to anyone else??

We're Having A......

We had our ultrasound today and found out we're having a BOY!!! We're very excited! Everything looked healthy, which was a great relief. He looked so cute on the monitor, kicking and moving everywhere. Now, the name battle begins. If it was a girl we would be set. Girl names are so much easier to decide on for us. Boy names are so hard! I don't like any of them. At least we still have a couple months to decide.
I'm a little sad that I won't be using Grace's cute clothes again, at least for a while. But it will be fun to go shopping for some cute boy stuff.
Poor little Grace is so confused about the baby. She thinks everyone has a baby in their tummy now, even daddy. It's so funny when I ask her where baby is and she points to Mark's stomach! ha!
But she does give my tummy lots of kisses. She is such a sweetheart and I don't doubt for a second that she'll be a great big sister. She is OBSESSED with her babies/dolls. She pushes them in the stroller around our house. She puts them to sleep in their crib, she holds them and pats their back and says, "sshhhh", she takes them down the slide with her, and pretty much everywhere we go. She even feeds them food and gives them a bottle. She cracks me up. I love this stage she's in. She's totally her own little person, and she just makes me laugh.
Well, we can't wait for our little boy to get here. We are truly blessed!

I Couldn't Resist

My little princess.