We’re expecting another little Baby Donkey! What wild and wonderful year this has been so why not round it out with another brown eyed babe (I mean unless this one wants to look like me for once and be blue-eyed).
We found out early September and I immediately felt like trash. I was so nauseas and irritable, tired and overwhelmed. Harper had just started school and Audrey was just shy of 18-months (which in my opinion, is the hardest age- let’s hope I don’t eat my words here) so it was a difficult first few weeks. And then it hit me like a ton of bricks- anxiety and depression came on strong.
I have never felt anything quite like it but holy shit. It was intense. It made everything harder- getting out of bed, cooking meals, being present. I wanted to do anything that took my mind off of the present, the future, and the any sort of responsibility. I only wanted one person to comfort me and he was at work until 4ish every weekday. Needless to say, that was a LONG few weeks.
Somewhere around 9 weeks I woke up one morning and felt okay. Since then, I’ve been fine. It was the weirdest and most insane experience of my life and I just feel so grateful for each day that I wake up and feel good. Obviously I still have the occasional mood swing #hormones but overall I’m feeling good. As soon as the random waves of nausea kick it and I can stay awake beyond 8:30p- I will be GOLDEN. but let me not ask for toooo much.
SO here we are at 13ish weeks another little lady on deck and I feel like I can take a deep breathe and relax a little even if I’m sitting here adding to my mile-long to do list that I’d like to tackle before I’m too pregnant.
We we’re so bowled over with the congratulations and well wishes from friends when we shared the news- and had a good laugh at all of the “OMG”s and “WOW”s. I have yet to take a single bump photo so we’ll see if that’s a trend for this pregnancy. Fingers crossed I can get it together for the sake of the baby book.
xoxo, Emma
I have gotten a lot of the same question (or comment) which doesn’t bother me but I think its worth mentioning- having all girls isn’t a bad thing for Joe. He is the most amazing girl Dad and honestly his biggest concern is protecting them from boys lol and making sure they don’t hate him when they become teenagers. I think it’s easy to assume that every man wants a son and although we would have been overjoyed to welcome a little boy to the family- we are equally as thrilled to be giving the girls a little sister. Three girls- be still my heart. <3
