Liam Jake Solomon

I've shared it with most everyone, but I never officially announced on the blog that we are having a little boy! I have a very positively identifying picture to prove it, but I've felt like sharing it online is a little weird lately, haha! It never bothered me to share Aaralyn's hiney shot, but all I can think this time is that I don't want a picture of my son's privates out for all the world to see before he's even born. Maybe it's a pregnant hormone thing, or something else, I don't know, haha!

Anyway, everything has been going great in the pregnancy so far! I switched doctor's pretty easily when we moved back to the mountain and I really like who I'm seeing now. I guess she likes me too, because she was telling my aunt who works on the OB floor at the hospital about it, haha! I think I've spent maybe twenty minutes in her company, so I'm very happy to know that she remembers who I am outside of our visits. It makes me feel that much more relaxed about delivery time :)

We had one tiny scare where we thought my water may have started leaking, the details of which I will leave out because they're a little difficult to explain and probably a bit of an over share. The good news is that we're fine though :) Liam was measuring about three days behind at our last ultrasound (January 13 I believe), which is normal. I've only gained one pound the entire pregnancy though (after losing about 15-20) so we're going to have another ultrasound in a few weeks just to make sure he's still doing good. With my thyroid issues, Dr. Kyrimis felt that it wouldn't be a bad idea and I agreed. We opted out of all the genetic testing so we don't get as many ultrasounds as other women might and I'm happy to be able to see him again before he arrives.

It's funny to me how different this pregnancy is from Aaralyn's. With her, I felt like you couldn't even tell I was pregnant until after 35 weeks because I was just huge all over. This time around, I've already had strangers start asking when I'm due and I'm only 24 weeks along, haha! Instead of sweets, I crave a lot of salad this time around, unless you count cold cereal which I could seriously eat for every meal for the rest of my life and I would be happy. I don't ever remember really having sleeping issues with Aaralyn either, but I've been exhausted this entire pregnancy. I wake up at least once every night and then toss and turn for thirty minutes to an hour before I finally fall back asleep. I'm thankful or every bit I can get now though, because I know I'll be waking up more often than that to feed him once he's born.

Aaralyn is excited to be a big sister. She likes to talk to my belly and tell Liam stories, or sing songs to him. She's felt him move a few times now as well. I think she is going to do great when he arrives. She already talks about playing with him and was quite put out that he wouldn't know how to stand up and walk so they can play soccer when he's born, haha!

We are so thankful for our kids. I can't even explain it, how they've made our lives better. I look at Aaralyn and  can't even remember what our lives were like before her. I can't wait to meet our little man!