I logged onto a website that I used to frequent when I was pregnant with Lily. It has great information about pregnancy and parenthood as well as some forums so you can talk to other people that are going through the same things you are. This was great for me with Lily as it was my first pregnancy and I didn't have any friends that had kids that I could turn to. This time I have only been to the website a handful of times, possibly because I don't have time chasing a toddler or because I just don't feel I need as much support this time with the pregnancy.
Anyway, when I logged in it told me there are 78 days till Lily's 2nd Birthday! I know I am going to either have a newborn or be hugely pregnant at that time, but I really want to make sure we don't skipped over her birthday. It would be easy to since she will only be 2 and won't remember it or really understand what is going on, but I feel since her world is going to be thrown upside down with getting a new sister that it will be great to have a day for her. I am not sure what we are going to do yet for her, but I know I have to make it special. I think this is going to be a challenge I will have every year, making sure both girls have a special day since their birthdays will be close to each other and close to Christmas.
After I read that there were 78 days till her birthday I realized that meant there are only 83 days till Christmas, and 68 until my due date! This year has gone by WAY too fast. There were so many things that I wanted to get done around the house and such before the baby is born but now I'm not sure if they will as I am starting to get to the part of my pregnancy where it is hard for me to do a lot of things because I'm getting bigger and more tired.
One of the things that has to happen soon is getting Lily into a "big-girl" bed. She has been sleeping in regular beds for naps at my mom's and at the baby-sitter's, but we still haven't made the transition. One of the reasons we had been holding off was because we couldn't decide if we were going to convert her crib to the toddler bed and buy a new crib for the baby, or just get a toddler bed and give the crib to the baby. I think we are just going to get her a new bed so she has something new and all hers. We need to do this soon though so she doesn't feel like she is being pushed out of her crib by her sister. I think she will be excited to get a big bed though. I asked her yesterday if she wanted a big-girl bed in her room and she said yes. I then asked if she wanted a crib and she said no.
Speaking of Lily, she just woke up for the morning so now my day starts.
