Big Brother!

I took this photo about a week ago, before we cut off Shay's cute, scraggly, tangly, baby curls -- so now, he looks even more like a big boy.  He's got to start being the big boy in the house, now that he has a little brother or sister coming in January, just under a month after he turns two!

We're excited -- and I'm joining in the excitement more and more as I begin to feel less and less sick.  I wasn't sick for a single day when I was pregnant with Shay, so this all-day morning sickness, heaving every time I encounter a toothbrush, shampoo, or soap, feeling nauseous at the thought of a vegetable or something whole grain or something containing protein, or even just at the thought of entering the kitchen and preparing food, kind of caught me by surprise. Don't get me wrong: I still gained a few pounds in my first trimester, because plain white bagels with butter and plain white pasta with butter and ice cream still sounded just fine....  But I've been able to expand my repertoire of foods this week, which feels good, and the nausea is only in brief passing moments, instead of all the time -- which feels great, as I have to chase around an active toddler all day no matter how I feel!

But I'm sure that taking care of an active toddler and a brand-newborn, and dealing with all that sleep deprivation, will be just fine, right?  Right?