Argh so off. Today was definitely one of those forget me days. We had power outage problems and my Hinalei is now suffering from the nightmare stuff. Meaning she watches something scary and then wakes up later reciting that the exact same thing has happened to her. I am beside myself because I already have enough trouble sleeping being pregnant but she likes to climb in bed and sleep on me like I am giant pillow.
My little boy is definitely not so little anymore. He went to nursery on Sunday and just like his older sister I don't think we are going to have a lot of problems transitioning him. He honestly just sits at the snack table for most of nursery. He eats so much. He is never done eating and will now not be fed by anyone. He will gladly sit and figure out to get every piece of his meal in his mouth and if you try and feed him he will just keep his mouth closed and refuse to eat. It is so independent which I totally appreciate in preparation for number #3.
Baby #3 is growing healthy and strong. For some strange reason Joe and I can't seem to settle on a single name for this boy. We have gone up and down every single name and list and researched and yet nothing seems to fit. We keep saying that when we meet him we will know but I am so wanting to have his name done before any of that. I am not sure exactly what the hold up is but I have a feeling it is related to the fact that Hinalei and little Joe both have significant names and we don't want to have this little baby feel any less. He is kicking now which is amazing.
While America has several interventions for birth I find NZ a lot more concerned about the size of a women. In the USA I never once got questioned about my weight while pregnant even though I knew I wasn't in a safe range and I honestly didn't do much to keep my weight under control. Here in NZ after losing 13kgs and then falling pregnant I have really feel like I have been guilt tripped a lot more about my size. It is hard to be overweight and pregnant. To not have the normal cute belly like everyone. I look at a lady who is pregnant with me but in the normal range and I see how round she is etc and I feel like I just look like I have been eating my way through winter. Oops now I am totally just unloading in a negative way. I am glad that I did a lot before getting pregnant to be healthier and I know it has helped me stay healthier with this pregnancy.
The end of 2012 will definitely be exciting for our family and as we welcome our new baby boy and then countdown to my siblings returning from there missions.
