Halfway there

I can hardly believe it, but I'm halfway through this pregnancy! It feels like I've been pregnant a long time, probably because we found out so early. Yet sometimes it still doesn't feel real.

I have so much more on my plate this time around that I don't have time to focus on every new development. I'm still trying to cherish each little kick and flutter, but I don't have the luxury of obsessing over them the way I did the first time around. Also, I will admit there is an element of "been there, done that" with this one. Each milestone feels more like a reassurance that everything is progressing as it should rather than a brand new wonder.

I suppose that's the lot of the second child. But hopefully what she misses out in not being "the first," she will more than gain from my increased confidence from already having gone through it with her big brother.