22 Weeks Baby Girl #2

Hello sweet baby! This week I got to see you again at my doctor appointment, we had to do another ultrasound because at 17 weeks we weren't able to see all your anatomy. Luckily everything went perfectly, you have a 4 chamber heart, you are kicking and moving like crazy and growing and developing right on track! That makes us so happy! Sadly due to all the virus stuff your dad still isn't able to join me for the appointments but I have a great doctor and he has a wonderful staff so they make it easy when I do have to come in. My next appointment will be the glucose test where I have to chug liquid with glucose in it in 5 minutes to make sure I don't have gestational diabetes. But that wont be until the end of May so we have some time.

Mommy has been struggling this week with some insomnia, I have been waking up most mornings around 3 am unable to fall back asleep until 6 am. Luckily a good friend of mine told me about a sleep aid that is safe for me to take while pregnant and since then I have slept great. I have only used it twice but it has helped me get some rest. I saw this weeks letter board idea on Pinterest and had a good laugh, I knew that it was meant to be for this weeks picture. :)

Lexi has been so sweet with you lately, I think she is really starting to understand that there is a baby in my belly. She loves to rub my tummy and give you kisses and she'll say "Hi baby sister!" It melts my heart, I can't wait to see your amazing sister bond! We sure love you girls and are so blessed to have you in our lives! Keep growing baby!

21 Weeks Baby Girl#2

Sunday 4/12/20

Happy Easter sweet baby! What a great spirit filled couples of weeks it has been for our family. We had Conference last week and this week we focused on our Savior to prepare for Easter Sunday! This week we have done our resurrection eggs to help us get ready for Easter Sunday. Each day your sister get to open 2 eggs and we read a part of the Easter story to her, inside each egg is a symbol of Easter. She has really enjoyed it and it has brought a sweet spirit into our home this week.

Today Easter Sunday we watched a couple of videos on Easter, made resurrection rolls, ate a yummy dinner and spent a lot of quality time together at home as a family! We are so excited for you to be a part of the holidays that are coming up once you are here, I love holidays with my family! This week you are the size of a spaghetti squash  and the kicks are still coming which makes me happy!

20 Weeks Baby Girl#2

Sunday 4/5/20

We're half way there!!! I can not believe it, seems like these last 5 weeks have flown by for me. It is my favorite weekend in April, Conference weekend! And this years has been one to remember, not only is it the 200th Anniversary of the Restoration and Joseph Smith's first vision but its the first time that it hasn't been broadcasted in the Conference center. With the Covid-19 virus that has been spreading they can only have 10 people in a room together at one time so the first Presidency and the speakers rotated out during each session, even though it was different I felt the spirit so strongly! My favorite part was being able to join in the Hosanna Shout with our dear prophet and the apostles live on TV. I think I have only ever been a part of that 3 times in my whole life that I can recall, it was so spiritual!

This past week has just been full of conference prep for our family, we did some fun Come Follow Me for toddlers conference prep packets for Lexi and it has brought a wonderful spirit into our home this week. I have been loving feeling you kick more and more as you continue to grow, you are now the size of a carrot. Keep growing little one, we sure love you!

19 Weeks Baby Girl#2

03/29/20

Happy Sunday sweet baby girl! I am a few days behind on posting this but today is just as good as Thursday. :) Since the virus a lot of things that we are used to doing have been canceled to help prevent spreading any germs. Church and church activities are one of the normal things we now get the privilege of doing from home.  Today we learned about Joseph Smith's first vision and took the sacrament from home, it has been such a special spiritual experience that I wouldn't trade for anything! We just learned that our countries President has added another 30 days of social distancing so now I have to start my count down over. :(

Today I started to decorate for Easter which will happen in a few weeks, I needed some different decorations to help brighten my mood. I am so glad Easter brings fun spring colors! I have started to feel little kicks from you, and I have loved feeling you move around more and more! You are now the size of a Tomato, I can't believe we are almost half way through with this pregnancy, but that makes me so happy because we are getting closer to meeting you!

18 Weeks Baby Girl #2

03/19/20

Hello baby Girl!

Well we are in a very unique time right now, our Governor has asked that we self quarantine and social distance from friends and family too. It has been a very hard week because we are so used to our normal routine and sadly Lexi's dance class has been canceled for the semester.  We've been just staying inside as much as possible and trying to limit our contact with others. Another thing about me is I am very outgoing and I love to be around people and making friends. So this has been KILLING ME!

This week your sister and I have done a lot of at home activities, a few walks outside when the weather permitted and a lot of missing our awesome friends and family members who live by us here in Idaho. I am definitely starting to count down the days until I can see my friends and attend the library classes they have for the kids, I know that Lexi is looking forward to it as well!

18 weeks puts you the size of a bell pepper, it is crazy to me how much you change and develop in a weeks time. Keep it up sweet baby girl! 

17 Week Ultrasound- Baby#2

03/16/20

Today was the big day!! Your dad had to work the morning shift at Costco before my appointment and unfortunately he came home not feeling well. As I mentioned in my last post there was a potential virus outbreak happening and sadly it is in full swing in the U.S. due to that the hospital was taking lots of precautions to make sure we aren't spreading it so Dad stayed home. When I got to the hospital I had to go into the front lobby and get screened for the Covid-19 virus, it was not as terrible of an experience as I had anticipated. I won't lie though the Hospital was kind of errie because they weren't letting a lot of people in and no visitors so it was quiet.

Anyway onto the more exciting part of this week. :) My appointment with the ultrasound tech was at 2 pm and I got up to the Women's Clinic with 2 minutes to spare. I was so anxious and of course you never get into your appointment on time but my wait thankfully wasn't too long. When I got inside the tech asked me if we wanted to know the gender today if she could find it and I said YES! She had me lay on the table and she started your anatomy scan, again I was so nervous and anxious I hardly said anything. Everything went really well and she was able to tell me your gender. Your a little GIRL! I couldn't believe it! Not that we weren't happy but I just really felt like you were a Boy, but I thought that with your sister so obviously I don't know much about that! I called your dad and asked him if he wanted to know now or later and he wanted to know, we were both so shocked but thrilled for another GIRL!

Lexi was playing over at our friend Keira's house with Brynn and Kate so I had to go pick her up, we visited for about 10 minutes and of course she got the gender out of me. :) Then I loaded Lexi into the car and we drove home, Grandpa and Grandma Almond were at our house visiting so we got to tell them and then your dad and I sat Lexi down to explain that we were having another baby! She didn't say much but kept asking to see you haha, I told her that you were in my belly and that we'd see you in a few more months. That night we took her to McDonald's to get dinner and then we got some ice cream to announce your gender. We went to Arctic Circle and got a pink flavor blast cone and took Lexi to a park. When we told her you were a baby sister she was so happy! Sadly I missed her good reaction on film so we had to try it again, she was still happy but really just wanted her ice cream :)

Little Girl we are so excited for you to arrive this August! I am so excited for Lexi to have a little sister, I always wanted a little sister and aunt Emily was born when I was 12 so I didn't get the most time with her growing up since we were 12 years apart but I love her so much! I am so grateful Heavenly Father blessed my life with her and I know you and Lexi will be the best of friends!

16 Weeks Baby#2

03/05/20

Hello sweet baby, we are down to the single digits! Just one more week until our ultrasound and I am so anxious to see you! I hope that you will cooperate for the tech so we can find out what you are, Lexi was such a lady and had her legs crossed and was folded up into a ball. :) We had to have 2 appointments before we found out her gender. We are in the midst of some potentially scary times, there is rumor of a virus spreading in the United States that has everyone on alert. Your dad is a Pharmacist so he keeps me posted on things and so far he says it's not anything to really worry about. (phew)

This week you are the size of an avocado, and I have been scouring Pinterest to find a fun way to do our gender reveal and announcement. That is one thing about me you'll learn, I try to not go way overboard but I like to celebrate things in a fun way! I think I have a great idea, now I just have to execute it and you have to cooperate. :)

Can't wait to see you next week, keep growing!