Who Wants to Play a Guessing Game?!

Hello all! Next Wednesday (in 10 days), I have my anatomy ultrasound! That means, hopefully, we will be finding out if we're having a boy or a girl this time around!

We're super excited (this is, like, the only doctor's appointment I look forward to as a pregnant lady)! And I thought I'd have a little fun and ask you all to vote.....

Do you think I'm having a boy or a girl?

Boy

Girl

Now, if you want you can keep reading for some fun preggo lady and toddler updates. I also have a few questions for those of you with kiddos of your own. If not, no hard feelings! I'm glad you joined in for my fun little game 😄

So first update would be to let you all know that I am feeling MUCH better! I stopped taking my sicko meds the week we got home from Christmas. I didn't want to say anything until some time had passed (for fear of speaking too soon), but my nausea is gone (WOOHOO!) and I'm not tossing my cookies except for the occasional morning when I don't eat within thirty minutes of waking up.

Another update: I have felt the little nugget moving. Not much, and not strongly, but it's still really cool.

As for the toddler, she's doing well. This past Wednesday, she apparently decided she was ready to potty train. We had a bad day since then, and a rough afternoon or two, but it seems to be going well. For someone who knows nothing about this stuff, I'm okay with how it's going...

Which brings me to question number one: When do you change over to pull-ups? Do you wait until they are more consistent about not peeing in the diaper? Cause Rin goes in the potty (most days) during all of the morning. And taking off and putting on the same diaper a thousand times is kinda frustrating. 😏

Secondary toddler update: she just put three words together yesterday! For some reason, I was saying that they "feed the chickens to make them bigger," and Rin looked at me and said "Feed the bak-bak!" (her word for chicken). Today, she was shoving gold fish in my shirt pocket and saying "Feed the pocket!" Sigh......

That's really all for updates, except to say that student teaching really starts getting underway this week. If Andrew or I (or both) drop off the face of the planet more often, it's just from the work load. We're not ignoring you!

Now, for another question for those with more than one kid: What did your older child(ren) do when you were giving birth? It's something I've been thinking about, and (truth be told) worrying about. Is it okay for them to be with you? Is it too hectic with them there? Does it help to have them there?

Also, Is there anything you did to prepare your oldest to no longer being an only child? I've been trying to talk to Rin about there being a baby, but you never know what all (or how well) their little brains comprehend.

I think that's all for today! I tried to keep it short and sweet. There's more I could talk about, but, well, I'm sleepy 😊