emolychan

I realized that I never actually started blogging about my second pregnancy now and I'm at week 26 (which means I'm already nearing my 3rd trimester..!) Almost 2/3rds of the way through and no news - lol - but honestly, my pregnancy hasn't affected my day-to-day too much and sometimes I even forget I'm pregnant! Mindset-wise, we already know what to expect when having a baby, so I think that's why both me and Carlo don't really think about it. There's no buzzing anticipation or constant research of baby products, baby, or pregnancy because this is our 2nd rodeo and we pretty much have everything we need, except maybe some NB/sz1 diapers. I think when we have 1 or 2 months left is when we'll actually start clearing space for our 'nursery' - which is going to be our huge walk in closet in our master bedroom - and when we'll start re-washing some of the stuff we'll need to use like baby clothes, bedding and some my breastfeeding stuff.  Our ...

went to the aquarium 2x. she seems to have a different favorite animal each time though i feel like a consistent one is the turtles SO happy when she wakes up! loves lying down and looking at us and squealing. she usually does this for 5-10 minutes and we're just playing with her while she's still in the bed lying down but also being playful with us. she could probably be in there for up to 20 minutes if we don't coax her to come out  ANOTHER sore throat. she was sick for like a full month last time and her prolonged cough lingered for prob 2-3 weeks after that. i think she was OK for maybe 3 days until she got yet another sore throat (as did i!!!) and it's another prolonged one for about 2 weeks. yikes! i she seems to LOVE wearing dresses. maybe because she can look down at it and it's flowy. we usually like gender-neutral and plainer clothes (to be more practical) but she seems to really like clothes with animals or characters on them, so we're thinking about ...