Gender Announcement!

I forgot to post this but this is what we did when we announced the gender of Little Ox #2!

WE ARE SO EXCITED to be having another little boy and a little BROTHER for Josiah.

Refreshed at 16 Weeks

I think it is crazy how fast this pregnancy is flying by compared to the last!

16 WEEKS.

Some of the best parts right now:

• more energy
• less nausea
• Showing - instead of just looking like I gained weight out of nowhere!
• BABY WIGGLES
• Name planning

Some of the not so great parts:

• nausea (even though it has lessened)
• back aches
• headaches
• ligament stretching - UGH.

On top of that - I have been having issues with my tailbone - which has been painful at times.

However, all of this brings me to today and 

PiYo.

I only just got this program today and I am going to tell you why I already LOVE it.

The last few weeks my body has been aching. Even though I have been working out, I felt like my body needed something different. I started pondering over a few ideas and programs - and ultimately landed on PiYo. I knew I wanted to get it eventually, but I wasn't thinking in the middle of my pregnancy. However, I knew I needed yoga or something to get my body feeling refreshed AND worked out all at the same time. BOY am I glad I chose PiYo over everything else I considered. 

And like I said - I have only done the first day. Since I was pretty familiar with yoga and pilates, I skipped the foundations video and started with lower body - and here is why I fell in love immediately.

• MY tailbone and lower back have IMMEDIATELY improved. 
• My mind AND body feel so refreshed.
• It was exactly what my body was telling me it NEEDED.

And just a little bonus to throw in there:

• One move made me have to stop a second because I could feel our little baby flippy-flopping all over the place. MAGICAL :)

So get PiYo. End of story. 

Little Ox #2 - Week 10

10.5 WEEKS!

Our little baby is one-quarter of the way done! :)

It is exciting that our baby has moved from an embryo into a fetus this week! Yay!
This pregnancy seems to already be moving a lot faster than the time before - no doubt, because I have another little one keeping me busy :)

It is weird to think that I am already 25% done with this pregnancy!

Luckily the nausea is starting to subside, because the last two weeks it got much worse and it was very difficult to eat.

Plus, last week we were able to see our little one for the first and and hear its little (but LOUD) heartbeat. That is always SO exciting, just watching the baby grow and change every time you go in for a new ultrasound.

We probably wont be as lucky as before - with Josiah we had around 18 ultrasounds throughout the course of the pregnancy - which was AMAZING, even though some of them were for scary reasons at the time.

I am figuring we wont have that many this time, so every chance we have to see our baby on that ultrasound is exciting! :)

Not showing much yet, but my lower abdomen is definitely already starting to harden up. Love the progress!

This week or next week I will be starting my first trimester blood work and have to do the 2 hour sugar test. BLEH! Wish me luck! :)