Bonus Baby

I remember thinking how easy my sister had it when she was anticipating her second child and we were preparing for our first.  She had everything, all of the essentials, just had to dig a few things out of storage.  All the while, Reid and I were busy registering, painting the nursery, rearranging rooms, getting rid of clutter.  Spending lots of money on the essentials: crib, mattress, car seat, stroller, breast pump...granted we were blessed to receive very generous gifts at our Baby Showers, but we still had to fork over a lot of dough for baby number one.

It's nice the second time around.  You know what to expect.  There's still the excitement of a new baby, but not nearly as much unknown.  I'm sure we will be in for a lot of unexpected surprises.  The biggest being the baby's gender, but overall, it's a bonus baby.  We don't have to worry about the decision of going back to work and finding day care, instead we can worry about how the Big Sister is going to adjust.

We've been having a lot of fun daydreaming about baby #2.  It's also been fun looking back at old videos of Sally to try and remember just how little she was and how very far she's come!

Is this really possible??

Sally's jammie size now, compared to a 0-3 month onesie.  Did she really fit into that at one point?! Where has the time gone?!

 We've gotten a few fun "toys" to get ready for this baby.  The biggest one showing up at our door last week:

I took my sister's advice and ordered this stroller.  It's been so fun to play around with.  We got to test it out the other day.  I'm in love...

We received an early baby gift this morning.  I'm excited to try this on Reid tonight {it wouldn't fit just right on me quite yet, you know, with the bulging belly}:

Sally got one too, although, she was more excited about the princess bag that it came in!

So, all in all this baby #2 is a bonus baby, and we cannot wait to meet him or her!  As Sally says: "Mommy, I think it's time for baby to come out now so I can hold her." {she insists it is a girl} At least 4 more weeks before that happens please, we have some lungs that need some developing!