Pruitt Littles

our little Emma bug is going to be a big sister!  baby girl #2 is due to join our family July 11th!!  so, we're already 22 weeks along (5 1/2 months), and mama's feeling huge.  thank goodness there are only about 4 months left...we are already so so anxious to meet our sweet little baby.  we still need to have the confirmation ultrasound to make sure it's a girl (we did an early gender reveal at 14 1/2 weeks), so that update will come soon, but we've already been referring to the baby as though it's a girl....so i guess we'll see if that's been right.  haha.

we found out we were pregnant with this sweet little one the day before Emma's 2nd birthday, Nov. 4th, which was so fun!  it was that very day, 2 years ago that we went into the hospital to have Emma, so it was really neat for me to relive that day in 2011 and compare it to now beginning preparations for 2 babies.  both amazing and happy days for sure.

this pregnancy is way way different from my pregnancy with Emma.  nausea was all the same for the first 4 months, and, as long as i eat on time, i have little to no nausea now.  i already can't sleep at night because i'm so uncomfortable, yuck.  and it feels like this baby is sitting low in my tummy because i have constant pains and soreness in my lower stomach, more-so if i stand for certain periods of time, or pick Emma up a lot during the day.  both are inevitable, so i'm pretty much in pain all the time - sucks, but it's worth it.  we're working on finding ways to work around the struggles of the pregnancy, and hopefully we'll find ways that work for us soon so we can do everything we'd like to do - especially outdoors now that the weather is amazing again.   - my little one loves the park and going for walks -

Emma's been great with the whole thing.  the very first time i told her there was a baby in mommy's tummy she ran to her room and brought back a comb and a heavier toy.  she then climbed up on the couch next to me and first tried to cut my stomach open with the comb (clearly to save her baby from being in mommy's tummy), and when that didn't work she tried to hammer the baby out of me.  i couldn't stop laughing.  it was cute to me to see her trying to save the baby.

she has been a little bit jealous that J and i have been saying there's a baby in my stomach...so lately she's been referring to herself as "the baby".  i'll say, "emma, do you want to say hi to the baby?"  and she'll respond with, "no...me baby!"  *translation: "No, i'm the baby!"   she's been getting better with it, but i don't think she'll fully understand until she actually meets the baby, so until then, we're practicing with how to tend to her baby dolls.  and she's been great.  i think she's ready to be a big sister though.  she's so sweet with little babies at church, and when they cry she always comes to tell me that the baby is sad.  we'll see how it goes.  i'm nervous/anxious/excited.  eep!

we've got a couple of name choices for baby girl, and we haven't been able to narrow it down to one yet.  it's killing me not having her name picked already.  we knew Emma's name right away so it was nice to be able to call her by name all throughout my pregnancy...and we just haven't been able to do that yet with this little one.  honestly i don't think we'll have her name decided on until we meet her...not my favorite thing ever, but i guess it'll have to do.  we can't wait to meet her and see her sweet little face!  we're anxious to see if she's a mini Emma, or if she arrives looking completely different.  we're still thinking there's a possibility that she'll arrive with darker skin and black hair like me...wouldn't that be a sight.  our daughters would look like complete opposites - night and day.  haha.  my guess is she'll look like daddy too though, which i'm totally okay with!  it's fun to have people think i'm the babysitter or nanny...seriously happens all the time with Emma!

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