2015 is shaping up to be a big year for us: We bought a house, Eric will finish his first full-time year of teaching and he’ll graduate with his teacher’s certificate and another master’s, and—drum roll—we’re expecting another little bug!
Kiwi, as we’ve taken to calling Baby #2 (Peeper Jr. just didn’t seem right!), is due mid-July—right after (but hopefully not on) Peeper’s second birthday. So far the pregnancy has gone very smoothly, as long as you don’t count feeling horribly ill for three months straight.
People keep asking me if being pregnant is different the second time around. The most striking difference, I’ve found, is that I got bigger way faster—I’m showing about a month sooner than I did with Peeper. I was also a bit sicker in the first trimester and felt more tired, but that could have been because I was busy running after a toddler and so couldn’t rest as much.
Now, at 21 weeks, I’m smack-dab in the middle of the pregnancy—and the second trimester honeymoon period. I find myself thinking, “What the hell were we thinking?” a lot less often these days. Not that we don’t want Kiwi 100%—it’s just that when your first child is a hot mess and you haven’t eaten anything that wasn’t beige in like two months and you are tired enough to lie down on the kitchen floor and never get up, the thought of adding a nurse-all-the-time, sleep-none-of-the-time newborn into the mix sounds like a lot of crazy. 
So I’m fully enjoying my in-between trimester. I love feeling Kiwi kick and can’t wait for the first time Peeper feels her little sister move. Sometimes Peeper waves hello at my belly, greeting Kiwi. And in the last week, she has taken to lying with her head on my growing bump as I rock her during wind-down time.
Peeper’s still too young to get that she will soon relinquish her only-child status, but I like to think that she and Kiwi are already forging their sister bond. My siblings and I grew up casting each other in elaborate make-believe games, arguing over whose turn it was to bring down the dirty laundry and relying on each other for pretty much everything. I can’t imagine life without them. And I can think of no better gift than to give Peeper a sibling.
Woohoo! Congrats! I am all lit up with smiles here.
Thank you! Us too. 🙂
Peeper will make a great older sibling, no doubt!
We sure hope so!
Oh congratulations!!! I am so excited for you and your family!
Thank you! We’re thrilled, too.
Oh congratulations!!! I am so excited for you and your family!
Thank you! We’re thrilled, too.
I was literally lying in bed this morning at 4:30, 15 minutes before my alarm went off, nursing a teething toddler and fantasizing about having no more children. I know that sounds horrible, but there are just tough mornings sometimes. But in reality, the excitement for our next (to commence, I hope, after we are settled at the new place) is immense and complicated. I love that you’re having another little girl and can’t wait to follow your journey and gain some guts to take the plunge ourselves. HUGE congratulations to your family!! <3
Thank you, Kelly—both for your well wishes and your honesty. I’ve had those mornings, too (and nights, and afternoons, and and and). Yes, our love for these littles IS complicated! But it is also limitless. I can’t wait to get our girls together once you’re settled!
I was literally lying in bed this morning at 4:30, 15 minutes before my alarm went off, nursing a teething toddler and fantasizing about having no more children. I know that sounds horrible, but there are just tough mornings sometimes. But in reality, the excitement for our next (to commence, I hope, after we are settled at the new place) is immense and complicated. I love that you’re having another little girl and can’t wait to follow your journey and gain some guts to take the plunge ourselves. HUGE congratulations to your family!! <3
congratulations lady! 🙂
Thank you!!
Omgosh!!!!!! CONGRATS! what a year for you. So special you are letting us follow along!
Omgosh!!!!!! CONGRATS! what a year for you. So special you are letting us follow along!
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Wow, congratulations! I have younger 2 siblings who are only a year apart, and they were the bestest of friends growing up together because they went through so much of the same thing in such close succession. It’ll be interesting to see what kind of role Peeper wants to take when Kiwi arrives!
Thank you! And I’ll be curious to see, too… Lately she’s been taking care of her Sheep, so I take that as an encouraging sign she’ll help with Kiwi too. 😉
Wow, congratulations! I have younger 2 siblings who are only a year apart, and they were the bestest of friends growing up together because they went through so much of the same thing in such close succession. It’ll be interesting to see what kind of role Peeper wants to take when Kiwi arrives!
Thank you! And I’ll be curious to see, too… Lately she’s been taking care of her Sheep, so I take that as an encouraging sign she’ll help with Kiwi too. 😉
Awww.. you’re baby girl is so adorable… congrats on your second baby! 🙂
Awww.. you’re baby girl is so adorable… congrats on your second baby! 🙂
Woo hoo! Congrats! The 2nd pregnancy IS different, but still as wonderful!
I find it’s different because I am different!
Woo hoo! Congrats! The 2nd pregnancy IS different, but still as wonderful!
I find it’s different because I am different!
Congratulations!
Thank you, Connie! 🙂
All I can say is, HUZZAH!!!!! especially b/c I don’t have to keep it on the Q/T any more. I’m so in love with Peeper and incredibly blessed and excited to double the experience. Thing is about love, though, that the more I have and give, the even more it returns! Thank you thank you!
So, so true! Kiwi is already lucky to have a Nana like you. 🙂
All I can say is, HUZZAH!!!!! especially b/c I don’t have to keep it on the Q/T any more. I’m so in love with Peeper and incredibly blessed and excited to double the experience. Thing is about love, though, that the more I have and give, the even more it returns! Thank you thank you!
So, so true! Kiwi is already lucky to have a Nana like you. 🙂
How exciting!!! Congratulations on the little Kiwi (and feeling good).
Congrats!
Congratulations – that is wonderful; my kids are a little over two years apart and it is perfect. Enjoy!!!
congrats!
congrats!