Here we go again!

Baby number 2 is on the way! I'm just over 13 weeks pregnant with Lil' T2. I decided to tell my office today because I'm showing so much already! Two of my co-workers said they had their suspicions. I guess baggy sweaters and big scarfs can only do so much :)

T2 is due August 1st! Everything has gone smoothly so far. I had some issues with nausea for a few weeks, but no major aversions. Just a lot more picky.

Here's a profile pic of T2 at 11 weeks

The second shot is of T2's bum and little frog legs

Everyone of course asks if I have a feeling whether it's a boy or a girl. I honestly don't. With Raya, my very first instinct was that she was a girl - but then I changed my mind somewhere down the road and ended up surprised when she actually was a girl. With T2, I didn't have a first instinct. I tried to force one but apparently that doesn't work. So my "feeling" that we are going to have another girl is based solely on the fact that virtually everyone else thinks I'm going to have a boy. Almost everyone thought I'd have a boy the first time too.

I've fantasized about both. My fantasies about having another girl are mostly long term... I imagine her when she's a little older and playing with Raya or when she's much older and I have a relationship with her like I do with my mom. My fantasies for a boy are all newborn and toddler age... what he'll look like and what it'll be like to need a pee-pee teepee for diaper changes. I can honestly say I love both fantasies equally and don't care which one comes true. I can also honestly say I will be a little sad about the one that doesn't. Raya says she wants a boy or a "tis-ter" - so apparently she feels the same way as me!

I'll try to post regular updates again like I did last time. I love looking back on my older posts so I really hope I manage to keep it up. I don't have a belly shot for this post, but my belly looks about the same size as it did at 18 weeks last time so feel free to refer back to February of 2009 for a picture :)