Hello, 2nd Trimester! :)

14 weeks today! Woo Hoo! Officially in the second trimester! Everything is going good - still losing weight, though, despite all my efforts. Although this week I only lost 1.2 pounds which is a much slower loss than what I've been experiencing.

From the day of my LMP to today I am down a total of 27 pounds so far. :/

My next appointment is a week from today and I should FINALLY get to hear my little baby's heart beat. It was too early to hear it at 11 weeks (and I have a hunch that my placenta was between the doppler and baby) and although I got to SEE it on the u/s the day after that, they didn't let me hear it - so I'm really looking forward to hearing that a-WHOOSH a-WHOOSH a-WHOOSH on the doppler next week :)

DD is so excited to be a big sister. Every night we have to say prayers for God to watch over and protect the baby brother or sister growing in my tummy and she gives the baby hugs and kisses. I'm so happy she already loves her brother or sister so much :) Hopefully we'll be able to find out in the next 5-6 weeks if we're on team PINK or team BLUE!

I leave you guys with a picture of my daughter, Carmyn, loving on "her baby." Hope everyone is doing well. :)

Congrats on making it to the 2nd trimester.  You're daughter is a doll and I think that's awesome you and she say prayers for the little one!

Best wishes!

what a sweet picture!! Congrats on making such great baby progress!!

 super cute!!! damn i thought i was passed the first trimester already. i guess i have one more week to go. man i haven't lost any weight. BUT i am pretty much maintaining the same weight since around 9 weeks. which i'm pretty amazed by. i've only gained 6lbs so far in 3 months. which is astonishing and i'm pretty happy with that. i was worried in the begining because it was creeping up so steadily but its stayed at 6lbs for the last.....4 weeks. i eat badly, not gonna lie, but very small amounts so that definitely helps.

ha! i love that our pregnancies are so close together! :) soon you'll be feeling the baby move. ugh i can't wait! i'm so looking fwd to the next couple of months. i spent my first trimester wishing it would hurry up and pass. and now that i'm at the good part i want to savor every minute of it. by the way, being "out" is awesome. :)

your daughter is gorgeous!!!! i can't wait to find out what you're having this time around! how exciting! are you doing anything special to announce the sex of the baby? my mom wants to throw a gender announcment party. lol. we are so celebrating this first baby in the family. lol.

Congrats on reaching the second trimester milestone!
I love Meli's suggestion of having a gender reveal party.... we did! A good friend of mine made us the cake and we went out to dinner with a big group of friends to celebrate!  Here are some pics :)