Sunday, May 30, 2010

All About Baby #2

We are so very excited to be welcoming another precious baby into our family!! We can't wait for November to get here! We found out on March 16 that baby Taylor #2 was on his/her way.


I had a terrible sinus infection and was achy all over. I just plain felt terrible. I knew there was a possibility that I could be pregnant, so I was afraid to take anything and suffered for a few days. I told Derek I would just wait and see if I was "late" before taking a test. I didn't want to go wasting a whole bunch of pregnancy tests because I was testing too early. The day I finally took the test I just couldn't stand it any longer....I was so miserable that I just had to take something. I was also just anxious to know if we had a baby coming! Luckily I was working from home that day, so before taking any cold medicine I took a pregnancy test. I took the test, went back to get some more work done, and came back fully expecting it to be negative. Much to my excitement it was positive!! About two seconds later I realized that meant I was left to suffer until I could get a doctor appointment for all of the yuckiness I had going on. I wasn't expecting my monthly "friend" until the next day, so Derek had no idea I took a test when I did. I didn't want to call and tell him over the phone that I was indeed pregnant, so I waited until he got home that afternoon. Can I just say that that was the longest day ever. The time seemed to drag by.

I wrapped the test in a gift bag and put a few Reese's peanut butter eggs on top so he wouldn't see it immediately. When Derek got home there was a gift bag on the table. I told him I had a gift for him. He was excited when he saw the eggs because those are his absolute favorites!! I had to tell him there was something else in the bag for him because he totally thought that was his gift. When he pulled the pregnancy test out he looked at me and his mouth fell open. He then asked, "does this mean you're pregnant?" I wanted to say, "well no, sweetheart, I just thought I would surprise you with a negative test....ha!" I of course told him YES!!!! I had been dying to tell someone all day! (I did finally get a doctor appointment that week and got some antibiotics that kicked my infection to the curb!)

I'm feeling pretty good. I haven't thrown up at all!! I've had constant nausea since week 7, and I am very much looking forward to that going away...hopefully soon. I'm starting to get a little energy back now that I am in my second trimester. There for a while I was good for nothing. Derek was doing all of the grocery shopping...ha! He has been really good to me and has taken on more of the household responsibilities for me. Joshua doesn't really have a clue what's getting ready to happen in his little world. He knows there is a baby in mommy's belly, and he even kisses from time to time. He also thinks he has a baby in his belly sometimes, which is just too cute!

My doctor appointments have gone well so far. I have to take the dreaded gestational diabetes test at my 16 week appointment on June 8th. I am not looking forward to that or looking forward to being on that diet for 5 months. We're praying I won't have developed an early case of it and that the test will come back negative. And then we should hopefully find out what we're having at the end of June or beginning of July!

The baby is due November 22, 2010!! Hopefully we won't be celebrating Thanksgiving in the hospital....but I guess having a new baby around will probably trump Thanksgiving....ha!

Please pray with us for a healthy baby! We praise God for the miracle of life and for giving us the opportunity to raise his children! What a blessing it is to be parents!!

It's still hard to believe that this sweet little guy is going to be a big brother!

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