{"id":4191,"date":"2017-02-13T10:37:15","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T14:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.njphillipsfamily.com\/?p=4191"},"modified":"2017-02-13T10:37:15","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T14:37:15","slug":"t-5-days-maybe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/?p=4191","title":{"rendered":"T-5 Days&#8230;..Maybe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s no question now, we&#8217;re in the home stretch with baby #2! Our due date is officially 5 days away! February 18, 2017 felt light years away when we started this journey in June and now it&#8217;s hard to believe we&#8217;ll be a family of four in just days! But seriously, any time this baby wants to make it&#8217;s grand entrance is fine with me. I&#8217;m mentally ready, my bags are packed, slightly rested from the weekend (about as good as it will get), there&#8217;s no snow in the forecast, all grandparents are in position and I&#8217;m pretty sure Andy is well over my daily (really hourly) complaining about my general discomfort.<\/p>\n<p>So as we start to close this pregnancy chapter (FOREVER! There will be NO trying for a 3rd folks), I thought it important to take a moment to reflect&#8230;.because I may never get a moment to myself EVER again.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What did I like most about being pregnant?<\/strong> To be honest, the 40 weeks leading up to child birth is not my fave. It&#8217;s uncomfortable, filled with restrictions on things I can&#8217;t eat, drink and do (which I don&#8217;t do well with) and just exhausting. But knowing at the end of this journey I&#8217;ve helped create a perfect little person with my best friend is pretty astounding and humbling. It somehow makes it all worth it. I&#8217;d also add that pregnancy is without question a bonding experience. The level of truly &#8216;REAL&#8217;- I mean downright deeply personal and sometimes gross- conversations I&#8217;ve had with my\u00a0closest support system of other mommies has without question strengthened bonds with some of my most favorite people. I feel so lucky to have an amazing network of women and a wonderfully understanding husband in my corner.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What did I like least?\u00a0<\/strong>I miss wine. And not feeling like I&#8217;m constantly going to pee my pants.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Does it feel different the second time?<\/strong> Yes! Baby P #2 is WAY more active than Andrew. I&#8217;m talking full somersaults and kickboxing in utero&#8230;constantly. God help us if this child is even more active, energetic and curious than Andrew!<\/li>\n<li><strong>What am I most excited about?\u00a0<\/strong>Seeing Andrew as a big brother.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What am I most nervous about?\u00a0<\/strong>Handling the inevitable toddler tantrum in Costco, Target, Wegmans, etc. with a fiery two year old and infant. Literally carrying two kids at once scares me&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Girl or Boy?\u00a0<\/strong>We took an unofficial poll a few weeks ago. Grandma and Grandpa James vote girl. Coco and Papa vote girl. Aunt Kiki votes girl. The Barbas vote boy (though are VERY much hoping for a niece!). Andrew just wants to name the baby- boy or girl- Bob. Daddy won&#8217;t commit to a guess. And mommy just wants it healthy and out.<\/li>\n<li><strong>When will the big day\u00a0<em>actually\u00a0<\/em>happen?\u00a0<\/strong>Today works. But I think this kid will be much closer to their due date, just like big brother.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So for now we wait, enjoy our last few days with just Andrew and I look like this:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/turtle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4193\" src=\"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/turtle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"471\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/turtle.jpg 471w, https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/turtle-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/turtle-60x57.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s no question now, we&#8217;re in the home stretch with baby #2! Our due date is officially 5 days away! February 18, 2017 felt light years away when we started this journey in June and now it&#8217;s hard to believe we&#8217;ll be a family of four in just days! 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