Intro

I've never been any good at these, so here goes nothing:
My name is Kristin. This is me:

I have a boyfriend named Chris. He looks like this:

Yeah...he doesn't take "serious" pictures. Like at all. Ever.

Anyway! This is our 16-month-old son, Carter:

Aaand this is the most recent ultrasound picture of our new addition (due late July/early August, this was taken at around 13 weeks):

We're getting our next ultrasound this Friday, though, so look for new ultrasound pictures soon!

Speaking of this next ultrasound, I'm almost 19 weeks pregnant, so this one will be our anatomy scan. Chris will be finding out, but I'm not...yet! We're planning a gender reveal party for April, and I, along with our closest friends and family, will be finding out if it's a boy or a girl then.

I guess I should tell a little more about us. Chris and I have been together for two years now (and yes, if you're counting, we did get started really soon). He works a full-time factory job making conveyor systems, and I work at Subway making sandwiches part-time. The rest of the time, I stay home with Carter and make an attempt at being a housewife. Carter will be one and a half in two months. He walks, runs, walks backwards, and in circles. He understands a lot of what we say to him, but he has yet to say his first "real" word (he babbles and says "dadadadada" a lot, but never seems to actually mean "dada"). Number Two has just recently started moving so that I can feel him/her with some small amount of frequency. And that's pretty much what we all do!

As far as parenting "methods" go, ours is closest to attachment/natural parenting. We breastfeed (I'm proud to say that at 16 months, Carter and I are still nursing); cloth diaper; bedshare; and I was practicing babywearing, but had to give it up with Carter because I have a few problems with my back. I'm hoping to see a chiropractor soon and invest in a "better" baby carrier that will be easier on my back than what we were using previously. I also would like to practice baby-led weaning with Number Two (this basically just means skipping rice cereals and purees and letting him/her eat small pieces of "table food" when he/she seems to be ready for it). I'm incredibly excited to start breastfeeding and babywearing all over again, and thrilled to see Carter become a big brother.

I think that more or less wraps up this introduction. Hopefully I'll actually keep up with this blog (and remember the password for it, lol), so stay tuned! :)