WE ARE HAVING ANOTHER BABY!!!!!!!!!
baby #2 is due June 25, 2015 and we could not be more thrilled. i've been lying pretty low for the past few months, bea and i spent most of november holed up at home while i wallowed on the couch eating crackers, drinking ginger ale and trying not to barf while letting bea watch entirely too much television when finally brad and my mom said "enough!" and let me come to utah early for the holidays on december 3rd. so bea and i have been hanging out in utah for the entire month of december being spoiled by grandma and grandpa (or as she calls them, mamaw and papa). i haven't had to cook once and i think i have done dishes maybe one time since being in utah. it has been magical, and quite a lifesaver as this pregnancy has been much, much harder than my first. i never felt sick with bea and with this one, the nausea, indigestion, and heartburn are RELENTLESS. i am like a walking, talking Pepto-Bismol ad. like this one:
only without any of the relief (because, no pepto during pregnancy, duh!) and... no diarrhea. like the polar opposite of diarrhea actually. which is equally miserable. #tmi #ishjustgotreal
add a hefty serving of severe fatigue and a toddler to top it all off and you have the past three months at the cummings home! i mean i can't really complain about bea, because i mean look at her, she is perfect. but while she may have an never ending outpouring of energy, i unfortunately do not. im pretty sure she sucks mine out of me. with her cuteness.
i'm almost 15 weeks along and i am showing quite a bit. i am definitely, unmistakably pregnant, but since i haven't announced it (until now) i've been trying to avoid any and all social situations (or just showing up in a big coat and never removing it) so as to avoid addressing the elephant in the room. i am excited to finally come out of hiding. i am still feeling sick several days a week but it is a huge improvement from the all day err day sickness i was experiencing earlier.
and, if you're wondering, we find out the gender at the end of january. my guess is boy, brad thinks it's another princess. i will honestly be thrilled either way. since our plan is to only have 2, i am hankering a little for a boy just so i can know what it's like to have a son in this lifetime, but then again, is there a sweeter bond in this world than between sisters?! so really, either way, it's a win. i know some great families of 4 that have 2 girls and have long admired their sisterly friendships and would love to experience that in our home. but then again, the boy, the girl, the perfect american family? hard to resist. i just don't even have a preference.
i guess this post will probably double as our holiday card, because amid all the pregnancy sickness, traveling and REALLY not wanting to be photographed (is there anything more flattering than a photo of a woman in early pregnancy? the answer is yes, everything in the universe.) i really have not even thought or cared about getting a proper greeting card together. although i have loved receiving all of yours! i haven't been home to get them out of the mail but brad took pictures of all of them and texted them to me while i've been away and i am always just floored at how we are so blessed to be friends with so many great people.
so as per holiday card requirements i will give a brief update of where we are and what we're doing:
Bradley: accepted a job in new york city at the end of july as a marketing manager at a mobile gaming company called FreshPlanet. they make social gaming apps and such and bradley is loving it. he still runs his iOSboardgames.com blog on the side and it is growing and gaining more and more followers and notoriety each day. it opens up exciting opportunities for him on a regular basis, which included a trip to italy earlier this year! he is a busy guy but his favorite job is being a daddy to the coolest (almost) 2 year old around.
Caity: besides being pregnant, nothing really new has come up for me (besides our move back from philly to connecticut in july). i still am blessed to be able to stay with bea during the day and i love it SO MUCH. we have a lot of fun together. i started a new church calling in cub scouts (webelos assistant den leader) and am learning the ropes of scouting. which will all be useless if this next little nugget is a lady. we love our apartment and love being back in the NYC area and taking advantage of what it has to offer. (i.e. we took bea to the radio city music hall christmas spectacular before we left for utah and she had a blast!! definitely will have to do that again! and maybe next time i will actually take pictures!)
Bea: is allllllmost 2 (will be in january) and is, in a word, a riot. we love having this girl around. she is talking up a storm, and we usually know what she is talking about these days. she has FINALLY gotten over being obsessed with spooky things and halloween and is all about "baby jesus", "Kissmas cheese!" (christmas trees), "YITES!" (lights) and "OPEN PRESENTS!". but not santa. she really, really does not like santa. maybe next year. she got some great christmas presents this year, her favorite of which is a hello kitty tea set. she was trying to tell us about it in the car today but she forgot what it was called. she kept saying "CUP POTTY! CUP POTTY!" which confused us to no end because, as she is progressing with her potty training, we thought she was trying to tell us about some new kind of potty, but alas, she was saying "cup PARTY" because she forgot it's called a "tea party". we all had a pretty good laugh after that. our days are filled with moments like those. she loves to sing and interpretive dance. she knows the words to lots of songs but her favorites are "the itsy bitsy spider", "are you sleeping?", and of course, the ever popular "let it go". we got her just dance 2015 for christmas for the sole purpose of having her dance to "let it go" which is featured on the playlist. she loves that game and watching her play is a lot of fun, she gets very serious about getting the moves down. she loves puzzles and is actually really really good at them and can complete some that are beyond her age level pretty speedily. she loves the alphabet and knows several letters. she is finally figuring out more colors than just pink and blue. some days she can count to 8 by herself and some days she can't. it's completely arbitrary. she loves her grandparents. she knows to point to my tummy and say "mommy's tummy!" when i ask where the baby is but i'm pretty sure she has zero idea what that means. she loves horses (neigh-neighs). she loves to color. she loves riding in the car. and she is starting to hate going to bed. #toddlersamiright
anyway. we took some impromptu family photos today with brad's family so there may be some family pics on their way soon after all. we shall see....! happy 2015 ya'll!!
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