Walk In Faith: November 2012

Holiday season is here! I'm so excited for Christmas this year. I know Lillian will have no idea what is going on but it will be so fun to watch her take in all the goodness of it:) We put up our tree last weekend and I just thought she would love the lights but she could care less. She took one look and hasn't been interested in it since. So I think we are still out a few years before her or the new baby will have any clue on whats going on. December 5th will bring Lillian to 7 months old already! I can't believe how fast she is growing. As I have mentioned in previous posts, Lillian was a pretty colicky baby. I wasn't sure exactly what it was, I thought acid reflux or an allergy to something in my milk. I was told she would grow out of it after 4 months but it still seemed to linger. She had really good days but then she would just have these days of constant whining and she just seemed unhappy. As a mother it is so hard to watch your baby seem unhappy. I fell pretty depressed by all of it. She was a good baby when we would be out and about so no one really understood. Most people thought we were over reacting and i was beginning to feel the same. When I became pregnant I was still breastfeeding exclusively but was told that I might dry up due to pregnancy hormones. After about a month I was noticing that I was already starting to so with much sadness I started to give Lillian formula. It took a few weeks to transition so for about two weeks now she has been strictly fed formula and has also started eating solids three times a day. Oh my goodness, what a difference it has made! Lillian is just SO much happier. We saw a change almost instantly. I now see joy in her eyes that I have never seen and she is just so much more content. She stays up for longer periods and her naps have been longer than her usual half hour. I am so grateful! I am glad I was able to breastfeed her but there was something in my milk that just didn't agree with her even after I gave up all dairy and egg. She is on a special formula that I am hoping we can ease out of over the next few months for one, its very expensive and two I am really hoping she will grow out of this allergy. So all of that has been a huge answer to prayer. Lillian is still immobile for the time being. She seems like she wants to crawl but just isn't sure how to do it. I'm not complaining. I am enjoying having a Christmas tree and not having to baby-proof everything just yet. She can crawl after the holidays, I'd be very happy about that:)
As for the new baby, it is now in it's 11 week in my womb. This pregnancy seems to be a little different than the last few. I am not as sick anymore and with Lillian the sickness lasted well into the second trimester. I have had zero food aversions. I think that has helped with my sickness because I can eat anything, I always feel a little nausea after I eat but it hasn't kept me from eating like last time. I am very tired though. I have days where I think I could sleep for hours, obviously I can't do that and take care of Lilly:) We will be finding out the gender of this baby so I just can't wait until January! My sister in law finds out what she is having today and I just can't wait! My first niece or nephew, so exciting!
Here's some updated pics of our little family. No belly pics yet but I can assure it that it is already made its appearance and I am slightly insecure about it because I am still so early. But I just need to get over it because I beyond excited to be pregnant again and for Lilly to have a sibling:)