Dance Company

Ori is old enough to be in Dance Company at her studio! I am so excited and a little jealous as well. I always liked dancing but when my mom put me in it I didn't like to perform so I stopped taking it. I still don't like to perform but nowadays it is not required and there is a place for students like me.

Anyway, Ori is a performer. She loves all the attention and is really serious about dance. I think she likes Cheerleading a bit more but since she is not old enough to be on the performing squad, dance will be her thing this year. I went to the informational meeting last night to hear all the particulars. It is going to require quite a bit of commitment from me but I think this is going to be so important for her. I feel like dance is the springboard for so many other activities! I can't wait until she starts. I will very interested in which style of dance she will like the most. Right now she is taking a combo class which is ballet and tap. She says she prefers tap. Next year she will be taking ballet, tap, jazz and a rehearsal class that will either be tap or jazz. I have a feeling that she will like jazz best but we'll have to wait and see.

I am also hoping that with her starting kindergarten and dance company that she will be so busy with her own activities that she will not have time to be jealous of the baby. It will also get me out of the house and back in the groove of things. Hopefully, I will get back into shape faster this time around too. These next couple of months are going to be so much fun!

Pregnant #2

I can't believe it . We are pregnant with number #2! I can say that I really wanted to have just 1 more child for many reasons. One is that I wanted Ori to have a sibling and two because I wanted a chance to fix all the mistakes I made with Ori. I basically wanted to get a chance to do it right and I got it! Quick was on the fence because of the expense aspect of it but I think it is for the best.

Week 8-Pregnancy 2

Week 8 is when I actually went to the doctor for them to confirm my pregnancy and give me the actual age of the baby. Why did I wait so long do you ask? Well, Quick was out of town and I had already suspected around week 5 1/2 and then did a pregnancy test around week 6 and I figured there was no hurry. If I was pregnant, I would still be pregnant later on. I typically don't have any high risk behavior so waiting was not going to kill me.

Then once I found out for sure..meaning saw the ultrasound, I still had to wait a week or so to share it with Quick. I didn't want to tell him over the phone so I just kept it a secret and waited. There was also the little issue of him mentioning that he thought that one kid was enough. I really wasn't quite sure how he would react but I hoped that he would be happy too.

With Ori, I didn't find out for official sure until week 6. So this pregnancy, I really took it easy. Luckily, just like with my first pregnancy, there were no symptoms except an aversion to coffee. So, no morning sickness, or tiredness. Very lucky

Ori's funnies

Ori is such a funny girl. These are her latest funnies:

I went to wake up Ori for school one morning by saying, "Peek a Boo, I see you". Her eyes flew open and she looked at me and said, "Silence!" It was so hilarious that I just started cracking up. What a diva!

This morning, I laid out her clothes for school. I picked a dress that she is not particularly fond of. She walks in the room and puts her hands over her eyes and lets out a huge sigh. Then she points at the dress and says, "That dress is hideous". Too funny.

Week 19

Here we are almost in week 19. Officially it will be tomorrow which is Tuesday. I am feeling more and more movement, kicking. Today we had a very active baby. This second pregnancy has been so different from my first. I remember when I first felt Ori, I was on the Long Island Railroad and I felt those first flutters. It was really amazing. This time, I did not feel any flutters and just started to feel pops here and there. Then something rolled across my stomach that could be seen from the outside. Very cool indeed. Maybe I am just too busy this time around or perhaps I don't sit still for long enough to focus on what is happening. Instead of taking the train for 2.5 hours each way, I drive so I am much more mentally and physically active.

Next week we go for the big ultrasound. The one where they can determine the gender. Well, if the baby cooperates. Once again, me and Quick think it is a boy. Ori thinks it is a girl. However, we have the added support that our NT scan doctor said she was 70% sure it was a boy and my doctor said that she also thought it was a boy based on the heart rate. So, we will see. Of course we thought Ori was a boy too and we are sooo wrong. I am excited to find out if we are right this time.

The best part about finding out the gender is beginning to assess what we will need for the baby. I kept all of Ori's stuff so we have most of the stuff already, it will be mostly clothes if it is a boy. If it is a girl, we'll have all the clothes she will need. The other great part is the Just Between Friends Sale will be on the following Saturday just in time to pick up a few things. It should be fun.