Get Ready for Ramblings!

   So it is not a secret that we want another baby. As you all know we have to wait until Daniel gets back from basic. I'm thrilled that Daniel will finally be leaving next month for basic so we can finally get this part of our life on track. I'm just so sick of waiting!

   When Daniel and I got married we knew we wanted a big family and that we didn't want our kiddoes too far apart in age. The plan used to be that when Nathan turned one we would try for baby #2. Well by the time Nathan turned one we knew that the Air Force life is what we wanted. If I were to get pregnant now before Daniel leaves for basic he would get disqualified. So that means we have to wait. Daniel leaves the day after Christmas for basic and basic is 8 1/2 weeks long. From basic he will go to tech school which is 6 weeks long. So we are looking at 3 months. So after we get settled where ever we are going to be stationed we can finally start trying for baby #2. That is about April. It would be a amazing birth day present to get that big fat positive on my 22nd birthday! But we will have to see.

   Now normally I'm ok with having to wait. Sometimes, times like this where it feels like everywhere I turn someone is announcing that they are pregnant. I have a sister in law that is pregnant and two random blogs that I fallow just announced that they were pregnant too. Sometimes it just feels like the world is out to get me when I finally think I have accepted everything.

   I want another baby. I LOVED being pregnant. I miss feeling the baby kick, everyone asking how the baby and I are doing, and I loved planning for the birth, picking out clothes. All of it! I know that if the Air Force wasn't our plan then I would probably be pretty big with a baby right now! I just have to keep reminding myself why we have to wait and that it is for a really good reason!

   Here are the plans for baby #2. Daniel and I have decided that we are not going to find out the gender and that it will be a surprise. With Nathan my family was really hoping for a girl because there are all boys. So I kinda felt like I let them down when I told them I was having a boy. Also after we found out we where having a boy no one liked the names that we picked out. Wither it was Daniel's family or mine it was never good enough. I'm not going to go though that with the next baby. We have names picked out already (now these could change, but this is what they will probably be) for a boy it would be Charles Lynn Laughlin. Charles after both Charlie's (my big brother and Daniel's big brother) for a girl I really like the name Molly Ann Laughlin. I've always liked the name Molly and Ann is my middle name. Nathan has Daniel's middle name so it is only fair that when we have a daughter that she have my middle name.

   As for the delivery I plan for it to be completely different then Nathan's. There was a lot of confusion with Nathan's birth feeling's were hurt and I didn't make myself clear. This also depends on where we are stationed, but I would like to have my mom there because she has never been at any of her grand babies births. I'm also thinking about having my sister in law Kathleen there too. With baby #2 I want to go natural. I was induced with Nathan because I was over due and I got the epidural. I'm thinking if I have someone there to help me though labor (and remind me that I can move and roll over! lol) I just might be able to go though it without any pain meds. That is what Kathleen can help with. She is as natural as they come and that's what I want for baby #2. I want his/her birth as natural as it can be. I want to labor at home as long as I can and I want to be able to move however is most comfortable. Hopefully having someone there besides Daniel can keep me moving and keep my mind off my contractions.

   There are a lot of hopes for baby #2. I know that everything will work out the way it is supposed to. I just can't wait for that day! I can't wait to announce that I'm finally pregnant when that time comes. I can't wait to introduce Nathan to his little brother or sister. I just can't wait for the future and all that it holds! I'm sorry this got so long! Congrats if you made it this far! It feels so much better to have that all out there!