thank you so so much to everyone who left such sweet well wishes on baby numero dos!! we are completely delighted to be adding another mini-human to our silly world, and it’s been funny to find that what they say is true about the second time around… it’s totally different!
i mean, by this time with maddalena… i’d had about 10 days of feeling really terrible followed by mostly just exhaustion… some major food cravings and even more major aversions that didn’t really even go away through the whole thing [oh, but see also: raging sweet tooth!]… aaand i was experiencing the most insanely enhanced sense of smell eeeeverrrr! it was so crazy, i could smell all the smells on the whole planet and none of them smelled good. at. all. but all in all it was an enjoyable pregnancy all around.
and now this time with bebe two? well, let’s just say i was a barely functioning and mostly nauseated human for a good two months, bleh, and it’s really taken until recent weeks to feel like a pretty normal person again! but i am! finally! yay! [oh yes, oh yes, the glories of 2nd trimester!!] so that’s been a little more extreme, but then on the flip side… the only major craving i’ve had has been a ridiculously desperate need for guacamole with a quesadilla one evening [random!], but i’m mostly just eating regular brittany foods now, although not a ton of it at a time, because i’m not super hungry. and! i have zero smell superpowers! and thaaank goodness. that’s one i’ll never miss. 😉
my perspective this time is a good bit different now, too, in ways that are really just nice and reassuring. i think it’s definitely hard to go from zero to one, because you just don’t have a clue! no clues there. solid cluelessness… but now that we’ve experienced the ups and downs and wonderfuls of having a baby growing into a little person for two and a half years, it just really, really makes me look forward to having a house full of more little ones. more boisterous family meals. more noises coming from the backseat of the car. all that! i remember thinking before madd was born that i could really only picture myself with a newborn and couldn’t really picture anything past that… but now! now i’m like, can i please have a house full of toddlers and little kids?! can we maybe even just jump forward to that stage? not that i want to miss any of the fresh and new stuff. i don’t. but now i just know how fun they get! i mean, spoiler alert: they get really fun as they get grow!!
and so, of course, there’s the tiny princess lady that now rules the kingdom around here… we’ve explained to her a little about babies growing in tummies and all that, and she’s fascinated by the concept, and definitely excited about the notion of a sister or brother! but bless her heart, i think she’s also kinda just rolling with it and actually wondering what on earth we’re talking about. haha. but she’ll make a really great big sister, and i can totally already envision her future in big-sisterdom as she realizes that what we’re offering her here is a lifelong best friend and constant servant to dictate over as she sees fit forever and ever amen. 😉 [mahaha, i’m a firstborn, can’t you tell?] and really, she’s turning out to be pretty darn amazing, if i do say so myself… and we cannot wait to see what on earth other human creations will be joining our parade here!
…yep, more of these sweet things, please! 🙂
SO exciting mama, you are looking radiant! XO
ekk so excited for y'all. and amen to the big sisterdom! i'm obviously a first born too! it has its perks!
You look amazing!! You know, if I remember correctly, the way I found your blog was that picture of you by the pool with your perfect bump from Pinterest, and I'm pretty sure I captioned "Can I please look like this when I'm pregnant?!" haha 😉 So I have no doubt you'll be radiant your whole pregnancy again! Annnnd I can't wait to follow along!
xo
okay, this so so cracked me up!!! you are the sweetest!!
You. Look. Gorgeous. Pregnancy looks amazing on you!
Congratulations! I had a feeling this news was coming!! I am totally thrilled for you and your family, and definitely creeped my husband out with how excited I was for a stranger's (but not really all that stranger-like I think.. after 2 years of reading?!) pregnancy haha. Im excited to see M as a big sister!
You're pretty much the most gorgeous pregnant woman ever. I've known that for years though. Let's just grow more loud italian families yes? The more the merrier, that's my motto! I'm so excited for you! Going to one kid rocked my world but then when David came along I was like oh yes! got this. I'm excited for you guys. ☺️
Oh and I'm glad you're feeling better.
Congratulations!!! 🙂 ditto on what everyone else is saying..you look amazing! 🙂
Congratulations! A bit late on catching up with blogs but so exciting! You make gorgeous babies so no doubt this one will be a little doll too!