3 to 4

In less than 5 days, my little family of 3 will be a family of 4! I am absolutely terrified and extremely excited all at the same time! I worry ab0ut how Rocco will react to the new baby, how fast or slow i'm going to heal, if breastfeeding is going to be successful this time, and the list goes on and on. I definitely feel more prepared for this baby, and yet i am still so nervous. I still sometimes can't believe i'm going to be a mother of 2...i'm going to have Kids...Children...Boys!

Day Out

Today was a great day. I had made plans with my best friend to go out for lunch and then help out with some wedding stuff. Lately i've been hesitant to go out anywhere b.c i move so slow and eventually i start to feel pain in all different parts of my body. But, bc i'm part of her special day, and b.c i have so much fun with her, i decided to suck it up and just go. I even told Peter i wouldn't be too long. Over 4 hours later I come home! I had such a good time out! I realized that I haven't been out just doing things that don't revolve around my kids...in a long time. I even bought myself 2 sweaters when we went to the mall! Really, it was nothing special, but it felt so good to be out and not worry about my little guy at home...who was in fact having a blast with his daddy! I unfortunately had to cut my time out a little short due to the fact that I felt like my unborn child was going to fall out...but that's how it goes when you're 37 weeks pregnant!
Anyways, i think i need to remember to have these kind of days once in a while to give myself a little bit of a break from being just a "mommy".

March 22

It's official! Baby boy #2 is scheduled to arrive Tuesday March 22 at 10am! I am having a scheduled C- Section with this baby and I am MORE than ok with that! I like that I can plan around his birth and it's not going to be some sort of guessing game as to when he will arrive. It will though, seem quite odd to wake up on that day and think "alrighty, time to go have a baby..."
I haven't put an "official" announcement of facebook, and i probably won't, and I know i'm taking a risk by putting this on my blog, but if you are reading this post consider this a fun secret that i've shared with you!
I'm soooooo excited!

Valentines Day?

Today is Valentines Day. Usually I would get all excited b.c I knew there would be something fun that Peter and I would be doing together. A while ago we had decided to alternate years, so last year was my year to plan and we had a great time. This is year is Peter's year and I think we may be doing something next week sometime...and surprisingly, I am completely ok with that! Today was just not a good day to do anything...really this whole week is not good for romance! Too much to do! Today I had a doctors appointment meeting my obstetrician and talking about my c- section, and then during lunch Rocco all of a sudden threw up and I had to clean up this huge mess b.c Peter was at school. So I spent the rest of the day worrying if he was sick, getting sick, or he just gagged on something... Then it was play time, supper time, bath time, then bed time! That was my Valentines Day! I think it's actually kind of funny that this supposed "special" day was really just another day in the Anderst home!

Is it March yet?

I am more than ready for this baby to come out. Not only b.c i am so excited to meet him, but b.c i need to get my body back. When i was pregnant with Rocco, I was more than ok with getting huge and just embracing my pregnant body. But now that I HAVE Rocco around, it it very hard for me to embrace this body. The reason is b.c my pregnant body is making it very difficult to do anything, especially things that relate to my Rocco. Mostly just playing with him is difficult b.c he is so active and loves to play hockey and run around and that is just not an option for me right now. Poor guy. I feel so bad, but I know that this won't last forever and it's almost over. We still do fun things, but it mostly involves me sitting on the couch watching him play and cheering him on!
I can't wait to be able to walk, run, and just MOVE normally again! But it is still absolutely worth it.

No more TV!

Well, at least not during the day! Many of you know that I love watching tv. I love the news, i love documentaries, dramas, comedies, and i especially love reality TV (except Jersey Shore)...Anyways, I would have the tv on from the moment i woke up, till the moment i went to bed. Even if i didn't watch it, I liked having it as background noise, and it made me feel not so alone. Now that my son is growing up like a weed, i've been starting to notice how much he too likes to watch whatever is on. The moment i realized this was becoming a big problem was when he would just "zone out" for a long period of time and not want to play with his toys. But i think what hit home for me was watching (of course) the news and how the did a study that kids that watch too much tv, have a harder time concentrating on anything else except the television. Also, the children studied was less likely to use the creative part of their brains and therefore not be able to concentrate on anything for a long period of time. I've always heard that too much tv was not good for kids, but i thought if i was watching boring stuff like the news, he could care less. Not the case. So, no more tv while the munchkin is awake! Occasionally we will watch an episode of Elmo's world, but besides that... nothing! I've only been doing it for about 3 days now and i've been really enjoying my time with Rocco, and when he is playing on his own, I read. Now i just need to find more reading material! and hopefully when the weather is back to normal, we can go outside and play.

Tick Tock

Time is getting closer to when my baby boy is set to arrive! I cannot wait to see what he looks like and just how life will change for us (again). Why are we so crazy? I can't believe my family will now be a family of 4! I'm 27 years old and I will have 2 kids, married for 6 years, back in Winnipeg, and my husband in school for nursing. If someone would have told me this is what my life was going to look like...i totally wouldn't have believed them! Especially the whole...living back at home with mom part. Ha! But, once again, I absolutely love my life! Seriously where has the time gone? This June will be my 10 year high school reunion. 10 YEARS! Crazy! Can't wait to see what the next 10 will bring!