Leopold is amazing!

I just love this little man so much and cannot wait to see him interact with his baby brother.
He is such a gentle soul, I've never met a more affectionate toddler. He definitely has a funny and cheeky side to him though haha.
Leo is growing up way too fast, he has at least 12 teeth (won't let me see if there are any new back ones), can count to two, saying 3-4 word sentences and picking up new words every day, is learning to swim, tells us when he has done poos or wees and always says "please" and "thank you".
I could not be more proud of him!

22 & 23 Week Update

23w3d

How far along? 22-23 weeks
Total weight gain/loss?: -1.5kg from pre-pregnancy weight
Maternity clothes?: I'm living in my pyjamas as the weather is so hot at the moment!
Stretch marks?: No new ones. My ones from first pregnancy are still very faded  

Sleep: Terrible. Insomnia has hit me hard and sciatic is kicking my arse! Wish I could sleep
Best moment this week?: Leo feeling his little brother move, he freaked out haha
Miss Anything?: Sleep!
Movement?: Constant movement, my little kicker :-)
Food cravings?: Still sandwiches and chocolate
Anything making you queasy or sick?: Nothing in particular
Have you started to show yet?: Definitely!
Gender?: Boy
Labour Signs?: No
Belly Button in or out?: In. I think it's getting a little flatter though
Engagement ring on or off?: On
Happy or Moody most of the time?: Tired
Looking forward to?: Our 4d scan booked for the 24th!

2013 and 21 weeks!

Wow, it's 2013! And what an exciting year it is going to be for my family. In about a month we are going on a lovely mini holiday to the beach (definitely looking forward to that as this Summer is looking to be a hot one), my fiance is working towards finishing is writing course and starting a home business, we are house hunting and looking to buy our first home, in May we will be welcoming our second, beautiful son (due only 8 days before my 22nd birthday), then we celebrate Leopold's 2nd birthday late June. Cannot wait for all this and more!

We rang in the New Year in a relaxed fashion. Showed Leo the children's fireworks at 9.30pm (he was mesmerised), put him to bed and then I watched DF and my younger brother play drunken xbox. Very amusing :-) I was asleep before 2am. I do wish I'd been able to have a couple of drinks, but there is always next year. Hope everyone had a lovely New Year's Eve and wishing everybody an amazing year to come. It's amazing how fast time as flown since having Leo over 18 months ago, part of me hopes this year moves a bit more slowly!

21w2d

How far along? 21 weeks
Total weight gain/loss?: -2kg from pre-pregnancy weight
Maternity clothes?: The dress I am wearing in the above picture, I want one in every colour!
Stretch marks?: No new ones. My ones from first pregnancy are still very faded  

Sleep: Sleeping well this week
Best moment this week?: Feeling/seeing lots of big movements!
Miss Anything?: Once again, alcohol. Damn you NYE!
Movement?: Millions of movements!
Food cravings?: Still sandwiches and chocolate
Anything making you queasy or sick?: Nothing in particular
Have you started to show yet?: Popped out a lot this week
Gender?: Boy
Labour Signs?: No
Belly Button in or out?: In. I think it's getting a little flatter though
Engagement ring on or off?: On
Happy or Moody most of the time?: So happy :-)
Looking forward to?: Our 4d scan in a couple of weeks time

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