The Goin Chronicles: March 2008

As if you didn't know! I haven't blogged about it yet though so there may be someone out there who did not yet know that. The reason I haven't blogged about this is I wanted to hear the heartbeat and just feel more sure first. I still get a bit paranoid though I have never had any problem pregnancies in the past.

So today we had our second midwife appointment and we heard the sweet sound of a beat! Not as fast as Andrew's was the first time I heard it. And this little peanut was on the move. It wasn't a few seconds after we heard it that Peanut took off swimming away again! For all the movement going on in there, I can't feel a thing. I so wish I could! But soon enough I will.

We had a good safe birth with Andrew. But things didn't go the way I had always imagined. Partly due to my ignorance and laziness and fear. This time I feel stronger in my desires for what I want and more secure about my body's capabilities and definitely more aware of what is going to happen to me. And we have decided to try something different. We are going with a midwife and a birth center. I'd LOVE to do a home birth but not at this apartment. Maybe someday when we have a house that'd be a good option but I just don't think we have proper space here. So a birth center is about the next best thing. We saw the room today and it looks wonderful. I am so grateful that this place popped into our lives the way it did. Purely by happenstance like it was meant to be! They are super nice and supportive and we look forward to happy a pregnancy and blessed birth.

Andrew is getting to be such a big boy. I see him figuring out his coordination every day. We have been really enjoying our spring like days around here and going to our local park a lot. He can go down all kinds of slides by himself though most still require someone to catch him at the bottom. He does sometimes get a bit twisted, like a foot will get caught but he still makes it down. Today at the park he wanted to go down the slide with his soccer ball and then with a water cup. So it takes a lot of coordination to figure out how to maneuver ones body with full hands! We are very proud of our big boy!

His new favorite thing to do besides slides is coloring. He prefers a coloring book to blank papers right now and he of course prefers to have someone coloring with him. Though he will occupy himself with it for a while alone too. When I color with him, he likes to scribble over whatever I color on. So cute! And forget about me trying to write something on my own! I can't fill out forms or makes lists at all without him wanting to help me. He gets his own pens and writes right along side.

Andrew is also very into his Daddy these days. Wants Daddy around all the time. At Walmart recently Andrew was in the cart with me. They always go and play with the toys while I shop and then come meet me. This time Andy had some things to look at on his own after the play time. As soon as he walked away from the cart to go check something Andrew started screaming "DADA DADA!" Andy heard him wherever he went in the store. One time Andrew even started to cry and it took me a second to get him distracted and into something else. I love it so much seeing Andrew attaching to his Daddy like I always knew he would. It must have been a hard road for Andy as he worked to build those bonds and Andrew was still so attached to me. But now he can see that all his effort has paid off! One night even, when Andrew woke up with gas pains, he would not calm down for me and as soon as Andy took him and picked him up Andrew laid his head on Daddy's shoulder and relaxed. It really is an awesome sight!

I am trying to teach him about the baby in mommy's belly but it is hard right now when I don't look too different. Still haven't gained a pound! Though I have popped already. But I tell him every day he'll be a big brother and mommy is making a baby for us and point to my belly. He'll get it before Peanut is born I am sure.

Here is a video of sliding down a tunnel side at the play area in Lewisville's mall. I still get pretty nervous but he is doing really well! He can climb up it by himself too but Daddy was helping to make it go faster.

And here is Andrew with his newest little friend Dylan. She is actually the daughter of a lady I know from LLL. She is so cute and only about 4 months older than Andrew so it is good to see how they interact, which honestly for right now is not much at all! She is chasing him cause he has the ball and won't share it! He loves to share his food but doesn't yet see the fun in sharing his toys...