Dear Luke - Will you forget?

Will you forget?
Will you forget what it is like to be my only baby?
Will you forget what it was like to have mommy and daddy all to yourself? 
Will you forget what it is like to be spoiled continuously - not only by mommy and daddy, but by mawaw, poppaw, Aunt Ally, Aiden, Indigo, Mamaw, Aunt Tami, Aunt Tammy, Uncle Dave, Uncle Tim, Taylor, and Michael?
Will you ever forgive us for taking away your only child times?

Will you remember all the fun times we have had for the past 5 and a half years?  Will you forget all the times that I failed you as a mother - from forgetting diapers/wipes/outfits to letting you watch too much TV?  Will you forget?

Or will you remember that you are the one that made me, me?  Will you know that you have completely changed my world for the better?

Or will you not remember what it was like to be an only child?  Will having a little brother change you as well?  Will it be like he was always there, completing our family?

As I am two weeks away from my due date for your brother, I'm just scared.  Scared of how this will impact our little family unit.  In my heart I know that everything will work out, but I'm so desperately scared about how it will make YOU feel. 

Baby #2!

So... this happened!


Due date: 11/25/15
How far along: 24 weeks aka 6 MONTHS!!!
Gender: BOY!
Maternity clothes: For the most part I have been getting by with my pregnancy clothes from when I was pregnant with Lucas and tops I already have in my closet.
Weight gain: At my doctor's appointment today i was up 1 lb from last month.  The nurse said I was up 4 lbs total, but I thought I was only at +1 from last time... hmmm...
Sleep: Overall, not so bad.  If I could only get Luke to stay in his bed all night and not wake me up!!
Workouts: Long walks in Target - does that count?
Stretch Marks?: aplenty!
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button In or out?: In
Wedding rings on or off?: wedding band on, engagement ring too tight
Pregnancy symptoms: none really
Are you showing yet?: Yes!
Best moment this week: Matt is almost done with his summer session of grad school!  YAY!  This summer session has been hard for all of us because he has the same class M/W, so not a lot of free time. 
Movement: I can officially see him moving around through my shirt.  I can't wait for Luke to feel him kicking. 
Miss anything?: really missing having a beer...
Cravings: nothing really. 
Queasy or sick: not really...although I did get sick last week when we were out to dinner.  I had to leave it was so bad!
Nursery: still mostly set up from Mr. Lucas.  We are planning on starting to get it back in working order over the next month while Matt is on school break. 
Latest doctor's appointment: Today, 24 weeks.  Everything went well.  They gave me another ultrasound bc last month the baby wasn't cooperating when it came time to get pics of the heart.  Today he looked good!  The technician said with the height and weight measurements, he is exactly in the 54th percentile.  I'm thinking that is a good thing and he will be more like his brother and less like his daddy!  Matt was a 10 lb baby, whereas Luke was 6 lb 13oz. 
Next appointment: Next Dr. appt is 9/1/15.  Glucose test - Yuck!
Looking forward to: Spending a lot more time with Matt and Lucas this next month!

Hey There!

See those handsome cuties up there?  Yep, those are my boys.  They are my whole world - Lucas (4) and Matt.  Love them.  My name is Andrea, but I go by Ande.  We are living the dream in Cincinnati!

I'm hoping to use this blog as a way to document our life - so we can look back and have all these fantastic memories saved!