It's a Boy!!!

That was also a delayed announcement. We have been expecting baby #2 for about 6 months now. Yes i'm 24 weeks and time just flew by when you are having a toddler and expecting at the same time. I was looking back at the beginning of this “baby Tran-Henderson” blog about 4 years ago and I had so much free time then when I was pregnant with London. I was writing pretty much every week detailed of my pregnancy and how the baby was growing. I do feel a bit of guilt this time around that I don’t even take weekly pictures nor write weekly blog posts.

This pregnancy is so much different from the last time, not only because it’s a boy. Did I already mention that? Deonn was so over the moon when we found out. We found out at about 13 weeks, way earlier than then normal 20 weeks sonogram appointment. I supposed with new technology and all, this is the first year we could do DNA testing as early as 10 weeks to detect abnormalities with the baby and also to find out gender. So when the test result came back and we spoke to the nurse over the phone, she said everything was great and we are having a boy, we were both very elated. Im happy because now we have one of each, but maybe Deonn is happy is because he really wants to have a boy.

Unlike London’s pregnancy, I’m the last one in all of my friends to be pregnant this time around (they all have had babies in the past few years) so it’s bit different to be pregnant by myself. Last time around, it was like I was in a pack. Either way, we are very thrilled for the baby’s arrival in February. Yes, it’s a winter baby!
Here is the official ticker!

We are turning the guest’s room into the baby’s room. There will be some challenges since we still want to fit in the crib and the bed. The result will have to speak for itself. We haven’t prepared the room just yet but we will have to, pretty soon. I’m already more than half way so there’s not much time left.

Let’s see, I’m almost at 23 weeks so by now the baby is about 11 inches and almost 1 pound, about the size of a papaya or grapefruit.

London is super enthusiastic about her baby brother. She talks to my belly every day. When she wakes up in the morning, she would kiss the belly and say “good morning, baby”. Before I leave for work, she would say “have a good day at work with mommy”. She says that after confirming with me “is baby going to work with you?” At night time, she would talk to the belly and murmur something (I can’t really hear or comprehend sometimes). When we picked our pumpkins couple weeks ago, she got a mini pumpkin for her “baby brother”. I love this whole new experience very much: expecting while having a toddler, it’s completely different from last time.

Here are some pictures at our 20 weeks sonogram appointment. Baby is healthy and growing, according to the doctor.