Another girl!

Have I mentioned how happy we are to be expecting another little girl?!

 We found out on the day of our anniversary. Enoch and I took the day off work and Melany was with us for the ultrasound appointment. Enoch and I were very shocked because we really thought I was having a boy. I thought that because my nausea and other symptoms were worse than with Melany, this time around it would be a boy.

After the shock, we were able to really imagine how wonderful it's going to be for Melany to have a little sister. And I thought how fun it is to dress and shop for little girls!

My pregnancy has gotten better but I am still feeling very tired. Working 9 hour days makes for a very tired Mama. And we've also been working on potty training Melany so I am extra tired. But I can't complain, I am 24 weeks tomorrow (6 months) and both the baby and I are doing well.

Our little girl kicks so much and it can get interesting  being in a therapy session at work, and all of a sudden a little kick reminds me she is there.

We also just finished taking birthing classes taught by our doula.

Yes! I am having a doula and I am aiming for a VBAC. I want to experience natural labor without meds (as muCh as possible).  I will be using skills I learned in grad school about CBT and relaxation exercises, meditation..as well as reading up and studying everything about hypnobirthing.  I will also be doing prenatal yoga.

23 weeks

Melany is super excited to have  a baby sister

Melany says "this is my baby"

21 weeks

Easter 2014

We've had such busy weeks in April. I need to write another post on all of it.

But I don't want to forget to post the pictures of Easter. We teach and talk with Melany about Jesus all the time. However, she is still young to understand the resurrection, so we just reminded her how much Jesus loves us. On Easter day we didn't do much but had dinner and hid eggs for Melany in our "under construction" backyard.

 It was that weekend that Enoch barely finished putting up the gazebo so we hid the eggs in the grass and Melany jumped for joy looking for them. She had an Easter basket but only to place the eggs in them. A lot of people here bought their children baskets full of toys and gifts. We opted to just placing small chocolates inside the eggs. We also took some pictures of each other and our little Sariah (Melany's middle name).