20 Weeks!

How far along? 20 Weeks
Total weight gain/loss?: -4kg from pre pregnancy weight
Maternity clothes?: I love long maternity singlets!
Stretch marks?: No new ones. My ones from first pregnancy are still very faded Sleep: Bit of insomnia at night, but sleeping okay (when Leo doesn't keep me up)
Best moment this week?: Seeing beautiful bubba at our scan! Gorgeous little man
Miss Anything?: Funnily enough I miss alcohol and I was never a big drinker
Movement?: Little cutie is an active bub. Feeling (and seeing!) lots of movements
Food cravings?: Sandwiches! With salad, ham, cheese, chicken...whatever I can get my hands on!
Anything making you queasy or sick?: Beef and just general morning sickness
Have you started to show yet?: See above picture ^-^
Gender?: Boy
Labour Signs?: No
Belly Button in or out?: In. Although it's getting very deep!
Engagement ring on or off?: On
Happy or Moody most of the time?: Very happy :)
Looking forward to?: Picking the name and our 4d scan early next year!

Bubs #2 is a.....

Boy #2 is on his way!!

That's right, a beautiful baby boy. We could not be happier :-)
I cannot believe that in just a few short months I will have two gorgeous little men to dote over, I can't wait to see the friendship between Leopold and bubs develop and grow. I think it will be beautiful.
Our scan went great and everything is looking perfect, he had his little ankles crossed and (as you can see in the picture) likes to have his hands on his face. Just like his big brother always used to in ultrasounds!

Now to get started on picking a name, not going very well and the moment, and sorting through mountains of Leo's old clothes. Not going to stop me from buying lots of adorable new things though haha!

Madeleine xoxo

Tomorrow!

So I'm 19+4 weeks pregnant and tomorrow is the day of our 20 week morphology scan! I could not be more excited :-)
I keep getting little butterflies in my tummy (some of those are little baby kicks, which are getting stronger all the time now!), partially with nerves and partially in anticipation of seeing our bubba and hopefully finding out the gender.
People assume that because I have a boy I want a girl this time, but that is simply not the case. I actually would really love another boy to provide Leo with a little brother so close in age (they'll be 22-23 months apart eek!). However, I have had a strong feeling the whole time that I am carrying a little girl and will of course be thrilled if this is true. Looking forward to baby shopping and planning for our new addition. I was very disorganised first pregnancy and having a toddler means I don't really have the luxury of sitting around reading maternity magazines and day dreaming.
I know everything will fall into place though :-)

We're also talking about buying our first home in the new year and this is just about the best thing for us! We're in a very small 2 bedroom house at the moment (technically 3 bedrooms, but one is a study/storage room) and we don't even have space for a cot here! I'm also really looking forward to knowing we are providing for our kiddies in the future AND decorating!! Expect to see a lot of inspirational pictures here in regards to that haha.

Gotta head of to bed soon, but some cute pictures of Leo before I go!

Love his little cheeky face!

Giving me death stares as I kept interrupting his relaxing time

That's a couch on either side of him, this is where he chose to sit

Madeleine xoxo

Ramblings

Pretty darn sure no one reads this blog or has any interest in it at all. That makes me a little sad, but at the same time determined to keep blogging. It's a journal for me and nice to have this record of my day to day life, Leo growing up, my pregnancy and everything else.

Will be doing a fun weekly pregnancy update from this Friday (19 weeks) onwards which I am looking forward to ^-^
I'm also getting into the Christmas spirit and having a lot of fun decorating and shopping (so unlike me as I am not a Christmas person).

In other news, I have a shocking cold (as does poor Leo) and it is awful to be pregnant, constantly dribbling from the nose and coughing non stop in Summer weather -_- Hopefully that ends soon!

I will do a proper blog post on Friday, but until then...

Madeleine xoxo

I can't get enough of this beautiful boy!

My gorgeous Leopold is almost 18 months and I cannot believe we are about to celebrate his second Christmas!
He is definitely in toddler mode now, chatting my ear off constantly, learning new things every day and in general he is an absolute delight (although we are hitting the terrible-twos a little early and get the occasional full on tantrum).

He is also finally sleeping well about 75% of the time and for those of you that read this blog and know Leo's sleeping patterns this is amazing. Still not making it all the way through the night, but much improved. I can not recommend baby massage enough, it is simply amazing.

I just love him and his cheeky face so much (and I refuse to cut his gorgeous curls!) so here is some Leo spam for you!!

Madeleine xoxo

What an exciting month!!

Wow December is really shaping up to be an amazing month for our family.
It is Leopold's second Christmas this year and we are so excited to see his face light up on Christmas Day when he opens all his presents (thoroughly spoiled little boy). We're doing three family celebrations this year, plus our own tradition of Christmas morning being just us. The shopping is nearly all done and I'm really looking forward to writing everyone's cards and wrapping all the gifts!

The 19th of December is the date I am most looking forward to though as it's our 20 week scan! I'll be 19+5 weeks pregnant and hoping bubs cooperates and we get to find out the gender. I would love to give Leo a little brother, but have a feeling we are having a baby girl :) Either way so fun and so much to look forward to.

This we'll be our last holiday season as a family of three and that is so amazing and scary. Time really does fly once you become a parent.

Hopefully I get a chance to do another update before Christmas is over, but if not I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable holiday!

Madeleine xoxo

17 Weeks

Wow time is really flying by. I'm 17 weeks and 3 days (in a couple of hours). Pregnancy is going well. I still have morning sickness, but it more controllable now thankfully. I did end up in hospital on fluids once, so glad that hasn't happened again!!
Very excited for my morphology scan in just over 2 weeks, definitely going to find out the gender!
About to start counselling for PTSD from Leo's birth and that whole experience, hopefully that will help me come to terms with what ever happens during this birth, although we are planning a totally natural, no-low intervention birth at our local hospital. I really trust our doctor and am just hoping I come away from everything knowing I was respected and did my best

Bubba at 12 weeks 3 days

17 week belly!

Leopold is going great, learning so much and growing so fast. He is obsessed with fruit, sushi, The Lion King, all animals and baths at the moment. He will be 18 months on the 21st of this month and I can hardly believe how fast this year has gone. Leo is still breastfeeding like a champ, with no sign of weaning despite the pregnancy and thanks to baby massage is finally starting to sleep a bit better. So proud

Writing a reminder to myself right now to update this blog more regularly, before I know it this baby will be here and I doubt I'll have the time with 2 under 2 hehe.

Madeleine xoxo