quarantine – Paige is Parenting

It’s funny how so much changes from your first to your second pregnancy. When expecting Jameson, I documented every week diligently and took monthly bump photos that have been lovingly scrapbooked.

At 37 weeks, I’m pretty sure this is the first update I’ve written for this baby. Oops!

My beautiful baby shower, thrown by my sister and mom

As for bump photos? I was laughing to my mom about the fact that I might have five or six photos on my phone. Honestly, even that number sounds a bit high.

The only real “bump shot” I took around 4 months pregnant

I had heard from other moms that after your first pregnancy, the future ones fly by. Boy, were they not kidding!

Here I am, almost at the finish line of my second pregnancy and it feels like only last week I was finding out that I was expecting again.

I’m currently entering my second week of maternity leave, thanks to some back to back illnesses that caused my doctor to encourage an earlier rest period.

I’m finally packed and ready for our hospital stay and for Jameson to stay with our relatives while we’re at the hospital with the baby.

I’ve been able to do some fun stuff with Jameson to soak up these last days of him being an only child.

I got to attend Jameson’s school dance during the middle of the day. He was excited to have me there and I was grateful to have the time to spend with him.

An outdoor holiday lights walk made for a perfect family day while trying to social distance while waiting for baby boy #2 to arrive

And my ankles have remained relatively un-swollen since I’ve been off from work, which is a real miracle in itself!

My scheduled C-section date is the 29th but I’m hoping this little guy decides to make his appearance before then. Jameson arrived at 38 weeks, so we will see!

I’m excited, I’m ready, and probably as rested as I’ll ever be, so I can’t wait to welcome baby number two into our family.

Another day here in quarantine after the baby and I tested positive over the holidays. D had to stay in Jersey for work tonight and the weather was too crummy for a walk, so today was the definition of a stir crazy day.

“Hello, down there! What’s it like in the outside world?” – my toddler, probably

Jameson and I quickly ran through my list of fun things for the day and leaned heavily into the Disney channel for entertainment. We watched Encanto TWICE today. Yes. Twice. Yea, it’s a lot of tv.

He started the day off snuggly and ended it like this. #personalspacemom

But the truth is I don’t feel bad about today at all. We’ve done a ton of fun, crafty, Pinterest worthy stuff since we’ve been stuck inside from Christmas Eve on. Today was one of our last days in quarantine.

It was raining. It was Wednesday for crying out loud. And did I mention it was raining?

So anyway, tonight I am raising my cup of decaf coffee to all the mamas and the papas out there who ran out of ideas around noon and watched one too many animated musicals. I see you. I feel you. Hell, I am you. Cheers!

Tag: quarantine

Pregnancy Update: 37 weeks

Adventures in quarantine