24 Weeks!

This past Saturday made 24 weeks for me and Ryleigh. Time is slowly starting to fly by. The first part of the pregnancy went by slow but I guess now that we are so busy and the holidays are here, it's going by faster. As expected, things are a lot different with Ryleigh than they were with Emma. I thought that being pregnant and chasing a toddler around was going to kill me, but so far, I'm doing pretty good. Emma is a pretty independent little girl. She likes to be by herself and she is very laid back. My back is hurting by the end of the day from running around and picking her up but other than that, it hasn't really been as hard as I thought it would be. Josh and I are slowly making preparations for Ryleigh's arrival. We have the girls' room all painted and the toddler bed and crib in there. I completely rearranged the closet so that there is plenty of room for both of them. There are still a few things I want to do in their room, but for now, it's done. A few weeks ago, I ordered two bottles that we will be using. They aren't available in the Babies R Us store near us, but I wanted to make sure we liked them before we are started buying too many. So I got two bottles and also the set of pacis. We really like the bottles and think they are going to be perfect. I guess we will just have to wait and see if Ryleigh likes them. As I went through all of Emma's baby stuff, I realized that we don't really need much. I almost feel like I'm forgetting something. I can remember when I was pregnant with Emma, I filled up a whole page of stuff that we needed. I think the only issue I'm going to run into is that they won't be able to wear the same clothes. I had to get rid of a bunch of Emma's clothes because they were the wrong season. About a month ago, I made a checklist of everything I wanted to get done around the house before March. It was a pretty long list and I'm proud to say that we only have about 3 or 4 things left on it. We have been working our butts off every weekend trying to get a few projects done. It has mostly been cleaning out stuff and taking a bunch of things to Goodwill. I think I took 8 bags in one day a few weeks ago. It's crazy to think we had that much stuff laying around. But I'm a very clutter-free person. [my mom would laugh at that because I used to get fussed at daily when I lived at home for how messy my room was] But now, I'm all about having less stuff and making the most out of the room we have. I kind of got off on a different subject,......but now, back to Ryleigh. She is really a kicker. She kicks hard and she makes herself known. Just like with Emma, I have continous heartburn. I have to take a Zantac everyday before I even think about laying down or sleeping. It's horrible and it hurts, but there's not much I can do about it. Luckily, the zantac usually helps. I am still not gaining much weight. I think right now I'm down about 22 or 23 pounds pre-pregnancy. Sometimes I have an appetite but other times, I just don't feel like eating or I eat 1/3 of something and am full. I have a doctor's appointment next friday for my glucose test, ultrasound, and I am pretty sure I will be scheduling my c-section that day too. How exciting it that? It makes it seem so much closer. It's weird to be picking a day to have a baby. I mean is their really a bad day or good day? But it makes it easier when making sure that Emma is taken care of during those 4 days. So I guess for right now, there's not a whole lot going on. The pregnancy is going great and every day is one day closer to meeting our baby Ryleigh.