Baby Mitchell

I've been a horrible blogger lately! Maybe it has something to do with the fact that all I can seem to do is keep up with O and the house and then collapse into bed shortly after getting Little Man to bed. This pregnancy is kicking my trash! I don't remember being so exhausted when I was pregnant with O, but I guess I also wasn't chasing a 2-year-old around and Mike wasn't working through Grad School.

Anyway, I thought I should do a post on the upcoming new addition!

When people ask me about how it's going, all I can tell them is how excited we are for this little one to come.

It might seem vague to them, but that's really most of what we're feeling. After losing our little one last January, it feels almost surreal for everything to be going so smoothly and we couldn't be happier!

A couple Sunday's ago I was sitting at the organ during Sacrament Meeting and it hit me how different that Sunday was from the first Sunday in February last year. I sat at the organ last year on the Sunday after our miscarriage and held back the tears as they announced the birth of a sweet baby to a family in our ward that week. It's sometimes hard to mourn the loss of a sweet little spirit that most don't know existed. This year though, I sat at the organ already bulging enough to make it difficult to use the foot pedals. While I still miss the little ones we've lost, I feel so incredibly blessed to have another sweet spirit on it's way to our family.

As for the pregnancy itself, it hasn't been too bad.

I was horribly sick during the first trimester, but Mike and I just considered it a blessing and a daily reminder that there was still a little one growing in there. (Mike had a little easier time at looking at the bright side of my morning sickness then I did, lol!)

6 weeks is a little early to see a baby bump, but I wanted a record just in case our time with this little one was short.

After I hit the 2nd trimester my sickness cleared up and I've been feeling pretty great, just exhausted.

I had a little problem with heartburn, but was able to clear it up pretty quickly, thank heavens!

I have spider veins and vericose veins, so I get to wear these incredibly fashionable compression socks around the house, which is pretty awesome.

20 Weeks

Here are all the pictures we have of our sweet little one.

 Profile

 Isn't it so tiny and cute?!

 Face

We're excited to be delivering him in Bear Lake. Especially since the office I've been going to here has forgotten I was there 4 times in the last 4 months I've been going there. Seriously? You can't even keep track of the patients you have checked-in? How could I possibly trust you to deliver my baby without forgetting about me or something?! 

After discussing it with my doctor here and the doctor I'll be delivering with in Idaho, I've decided to try for a VBAC. In order to VBAC(vaginal birth after Cesearean Section), I have to go into labor on my own, so we'll see how that goes. The plan is to give my body until June 8 and if nothing happens by then, then we'll have the baby by C-section that day. I'm a little nervous. What if it works and I actually have to deliver this baby?! I've never done that before. Last time I just laid down on the table and the doctor took it from there. I know that sounds totally ridiculous, but it is a little scary, right?

That pretty much covers this pregnancy, except for one very important detail:

Our little one's name!

We've already picked it and O loves it.

His name will be Elliott Dan Mitchell

O's middle name is after his Dad and Papa Mike, and Elliott's middle name is after Papa Dan. Both are incredible men for our little men to look up to!

Oliver is so excited, he talks about baby Elliott all the time:

"And then we will play with him and love him"

"I'll teach him how to run and run and run so fast!"

"Baby Elliott Dan kicked my face!"

"I love baby Elliott Dan!"

So do we, little one!

June 8th, here we come!