Baby update

We had our 2nd sonogram on Friday, February 18th at 21 weeks, 1 day. It's a boy!! Poor Kadence...she really wanted us to have "Princess Sparkle," not "Jack Black." (Those were the names she had picked out for the baby.) When she called Grandma Patsy to tell her that she was having a little brother, she told Grandma that "It's Jack Black, but I'm sorry it's Jack Black."

I looked at the sonogram picture of Kadence from the same time...and compared the two. Looks like he has a bigger head.

Kadence alternates between being upset about "Jack Black" and being happy about him. Not too long after we found out, Patrick was carrying her up to bed and she yelled back downstairs "Goodnight Mommy! Goodnight Jack Black!"

For an entire day she kept telling me "I'm so sorry I have a brother." I told her that it was OK, Jesus really wanted her to have a brother...to which she responded "But WHY??"

We were at Children's Place and I found this shirt...I read it to her and she kept grinning, and said she needed it. Some day's I'll be getting her dressed, and she specifically asks to wear it.

When she's happy about him, she sings to him, and talks to him...and blows raspberries on him. We were cuddling in bed one morning and he was kicking, so I put her hand on my stomach so she could feel it. He kicked her, and she pulled her hand away and told me "Don't put my hand there! Jack Black will kick me!" She also told a lady at the store that "Jack Black is in my mommy's tummy."

She was sitting in my lap earlier (which doesn't have that much room anymore) and he kicked her back. She turned around and said "Baby, stop kicking me!" Then sighed and said "OK, you can kick me."

I've been making such a big deal about her having a little brother that she's finally getting excited too...the other day we were in the car and she told me "I'm so cited to have a baby brother." She's been telling me she's going to teach him how to play, and asking him to come out. "Baby, come out! Baby, come out!" I told her he couldn't come out yet because he was still growing. So she turned back to my stomach and said "Grow baby, grow! Grow!"

I started Physical Therapy last week...specific issues being pelvic rotation, and my sacrum not moving the way it's supposed to when I walk. However, I made it longer this time before ending up in Physical Therapy than I did last time, so yay for that. :) Because my pelvis is being kept where it's supposed to go now with the appointments and exercises, it's basically made more room for "Jack Black"...and since my first appointment with the physical therapist, his activity level increased significantly. It may be unrelated, but the Braxton Hicks contractions have also gotten more frequent and more uncomfortable. 

Speaking of BH contractions, I didn't feel them until the 3rd trimester with Kadence. This time I started feeling them around 20-21 weeks. So things have continued to happen WAY earlier this time around, so I'm still hoping for earlier delivery, and shorter labor. :)