Summer is approaching rapidly and things are just good right now in the Reed household. I’m so happy to finally be saying that. It seems like we’ve had such a batch of bad luck  and just hard times this past couple.. well, years! With the exception of our angel baby Noah, things have been very stressful.  And even with him actually, with his reflux and allergy problems & just being a first-time mom, it’s been A LOT to deal with.

But (*sigh*), I finally feel like I’ve got a handle on things. I think this next baby is doing really well! I’m 14 weeks now! Woohoo! Over the big 12 week mark and things are looking good. I’m anxious to go to the Dr. again next week to find out if things really are going as well as I feel they are.  I still feel crappy a good portion of the time but it’s not constant like it was for that first 11 or 12 weeks! I got to stop taking my medicine and now it’s mainly headaches and sinus issues I’m dealing with.

My belly feels ginormous already. I had my first “rub down” the other day.. already, which is annoying but at least it was someone I know!  Yeah,  I am definitely showing and it’s kind of  awful, but kind of nice because I just don’t care anymore. Everyone says you show a lot more easily with the second baby and man, they were not lying. I’m in maternity jeans and buying extra long shirts. Maternity shirts are mostly hideous. I am starting to feel a little movement in there, too! I didn’t feel Noah move until week 16 but now I understand what everyone was talking about when they said that “butterflies” feeling. I never had that with him but I think I didn’t know what to look for. With him it literally felt like he was taking his tiny little finger and poking me. No kidding.. it was so weird. With this it’s the little flutters that I’m feeling. It’s exciting!

Noah is gearing up to be a big brother. I think he’s going to handle it well.. he’ll be one of those kids that’s saying it’s “his” baby and wanting to hug & kiss it all the time. He never gets jealous when I’m holding & playing with other kids so we’ll see if that stays the same when he’s getting a tiny bit less attention! I’m sure we’ll have some tough times but I think he’ll be a very big helper

We’re getting ready for summer around here. The flowers are almost all planted, which always makes me so much happier. We’re able to take Noah outside to play, which is a huge relief and lets him get a ton of energy out! I can’t wait for even warmer days so we can play in his baby pool and the sprinklers. That will be nice.

I’m trying to figure out some fun summery crafts to do with Noah. I just got flash cards for him so we can work a little harder on his letters, numbers, and shapes. He has so many other things around here with those on them but I felt like I needed something compact like that and I couldn’t find the ones I used to have for school. He’s already loving it. He can count to 14 now but he doesn’t know his numbers really by looking at them. He can sing his ABC’s very nicely, too which I think is hysterical to listen to. And he knows all his colors.. shapes we have not really worked on much so we’ll have to do that this summer.

AND.. the big thing- potty training! We’re in full swing with that now. He is doing pretty well with going on the potty whenever we ask him to but he still doesn’t have a sense of when he needs to pee. He can pee on command! haha, but he won’t say “I need to pee” and run into the bathroom the way he does when he is getting ready to poop. The poop thing is not going so well either really b/c usually he actually starts pooping in the diaper, then realizes that he’s doing it and is like “uh-oh!” and then he runs in there saying “don’t poop in my diaper!”… lol. So we’ll get about half in the diaper and half in the potty. I’m not the slightest bit worried about it right now. He’s just 2 and they say not to even worry about it until closer to 2 1/2, plus he’s a boy so they normally take longer. I just want him to be pretty darn close to all the way trained by the time Nov. gets here!

Well, I could write forever about all the things I’ve neglected to blog about in the past few weeks, but I better head upstairs and relax. My head is not feeling so well today. I will catch everyone up on stories & fun stuff as soon as I can! Gotta get back to blogging..  while I still can!