Thank you to those who voted in our baby naming poll. We have made our decision for naming our little girl. May we introduce to you Miss Sarah Elizabeth Kapaldo.
We wanted to stick with a traditional/biblical name and this fits the bill. According to BabyNames.com Sarah means Princess while Elizabeth means God is my oath (or Consecrated to God according to BabyCenter.com). We aren't big into nicknames (we never call Abigail Abby), but instead of sticking with just "Sarah" we may end up calling her Sarah-Beth.
Today is the 20-week mark for me and Sarah-Beth. We are halfway through the pregnancy-which I cannot believe! Like I've said before, Abigail keeps us so busy that time seems to fly and I forget how far along I actually am. Sarah-Beth is quite the kicker. I'd say she is even more active than Abigail was. She kicks more during the evening, which hopefully doesn't mean she'll be a night owl ;-)
I have been blessed to have two uneventful and boring (as my Doctor put it) pregnancies in a row. Other than a cold here and there (with little medication options) and a poor appetite early on I barely show signs of being pregnant (minus of course my ever-growing belly). Speaking of my belly, here is a 20-week picture:
While I'm at it, here is a cute picture of Abigail from the other day. She is waiting for her Daddy to get out of the shower. She loves playing with Daddy on the weekends!
Abigail will be 14 months old next Friday! Even though she is so old she still only has four teeth (although I think I see one getting ready to peek through). Even so, with her iron supplements and all the eating she is doing, we thought we'd go ahead and buy her a big girl toothbrush. Up until now we had been only using a wet washcloth per our Doctor's suggestion. I found an adorable toothbrush with ladybugs on it. Abigail christened it tonight:
~ Girl! ~
I had my ultrasound today for another check up and to find out the big news: girl or boy. The ultrasound technician went right for it while the baby was cooperating. Unlike with Abigail, we both clearly saw that we are having a girl.
This little one was much more cooperative. Either she will be very different from Abigail, or the Tang and popsicle I had kicked in. She was't sitting cross-legged and she wasn't facing away from us. She was proud to let us know that she is all girl.
Baby K has all of her fingers and toes. Her heart rate is a healthy 150. Nineteen weeks down, 21 weeks to go.
We're all set on girly clothes and accessories. Now all we have to figure out is a name! We knew we'd name our first girl Abigail Marie, but never thought to figure out another possible girl's name. So we'll be wracking our brains to come up with just the right name for Baby K. Check out the Baby Names link to the right and vote on what we've come up with so far!
Sunday marked the start of week 18 for Baby K and me. I can't believe that we are almost half way through the pregnancy (40 weeks total). Abigail occupies so much of our time and energy that time screams by so much faster than when I was pregnant with her!
Like I've heard many people say, women often feel their little one's kicking and dancing around earlier with subsequent pregnancies - mainly because they know what to look for. This has definitely been the case for me. I especially notice Baby K moving around when I get a chance to settle down for a bit.
On Monday I have my next ultrasound appointment. This is the big one - when we find out if we are having a boy or a girl. I just can't believe we are at this point already! We will definitely keep you posted.
Until then, here are ultrasound pictures from a number of weeks ago (around 12 weeks along). I think I see a resemblance with Abigail.
We left Springfield for Woburn at 9:30 AM. I won't bore everyone with travel details except to say we made it home at 6:30 PM.
We had a great weekend even though it was so full of traveling. Abigail got to see and spend time with her grandparents and uncles (and boy does she love her uncles). She also got to meet family for the first time. We will also never forget her first beach experience. We're looking forward to another family visit in July.
We left Springfield around 8:00 AM in a caravan of three vehicles. This trip took a bit longer than we expected due to frequent stops and extremely heavy downpours.
We arrived in Charleston around 6:00. We had a tired, hungry, and fussy baby on our hands so we skipped out on dinner with the rest of the family and spent our evening in our hotel room.
Abigail's set-up for our journey.
Our trip started around 5:30 AM on Thursday. I planned on Abigail falling right back to sleep for an hour or so, but she didn't. We whisked her away to the car straight from her crib, so she was too excited to sleep. The trip wasn't bad at all, minus heavy rain during the second half of the trip.
The nice thing about traveling this time is that we brought our new automatic Ford Escape. I (Diana) could share in the driving duties and Jonathan could share in the Abigail entertainment duties.
We arrive in Springfield, VA around 4:00 PM. Most of the day was spent, but we made the most of it spending the rest of the day with some of Jonathan's family. Abigail's Great Grandma and Papa flew in from Illinois for the graduation. This was the first time Abigail got to meet them.
Five days...thirty-nine hours on the road...approximately 2,000 miles traveled-think we're crazy? It was all worth it.
Our main purposes for the trip were to go to Uncle Michael's (Jonathan's brother's) graduation from the college of Charleston and to visit with family.
