Introducing "Squishy"...

Well, I think its safe to say Isabelle is getting more incredible every day! She's doing so well with her development, she's now crawling like a pro, pulling herself up (and managing to get back down) and walking along the furniture. Her favourite thing to do at the moment is walk her 'baby' in her pushchair!
Her Physiotherapist couldn't be more pleased with her, these sessions have definitely helped her a lot!
She is starting to 'Babble' a lot more too, and I'm pretty sure we'll be hearing proper words from her soon! She is the most amazing little dancer, I have no idea where she's got some of her moves from!
I'm finding it hard to believe that she's 15 months old already! I have no idea where that time has gone!
Izzy was very excited to learn that she's going to be a big sister!! We found out that I am expecting again on 19/11/12, and we've managed to keep it relatively quiet for several weeks, having only just made an announcement on facebook tonight.
We're really excited, and we know Izzy will be an amazing big sister! However, the past few weeks haven't passed without a couple of little panics on my part.
Money will be a bit of an issue, and I cant help but worry about how hard I might find it, looking after a newborn as well as Isabelle, but I keep reassuring myself that the start we had was Izzy isn't the norm, she was a very poorly baby and fingers crossed, we wont have those problems again this time around.

I also feel weird when I think about bringing a new baby into Isabelle's life. I don't doubt that she will be a fantastic big sister, as she's so loving and kind. I just somehow feel guilty. She'll have spent 22-23 months having all of our attention, and then suddenly a tiny little pink squeaky thing will steal a lot of that attention away. It makes me feel sick to think how that may make her feel.
I'm going to make sure we involve her as much as possible, throughout the pregnancy, and when the baby is here. I don't want her to feel like she's been replaced, or like we love her any less.

On the night that we found out, we both shed a little tear, and Adam said to Isabelle "Are you ready to be a big sister?" .. straight away she nodded and said "yeah!" with such enthusiasm! Its was brilliant. Another amazing moment was on Monday, we went for our first scan, and of course, Izzy came too! She sat on Daddy's knee while they scanned me. She reached over and took hold of my hand while she giggled at the screen! That has to be one of the highlights of our time together!

As we called Isabelle 'Button' throughout my pregnancy, we decided we needed a cute name for this one to, so.. Baby Elce number two will be known as......................... Squishy! :)

We've decided we're going to find out Squishy's sex, when the sexing scan comes. As lovely as it was to have Buttons Sex a surprise, we thing it would be more practical to know this time around, as we still have all of Izzy's old clothes, so if its a girl, we can get the Newborn stuff washed, Ironed and hung up ready for her!

So, exciting news for the little Elce family just in time for Christmas. We're going to make this the most amazing Christmas ever for our precious little girl, as its the last one where she'll have 100% of the limelight.

Its hard to imagine how I will be able to love another person the way that I love Isabelle, as I have never felt an emotion as strong as this, but as soon as I saw that funny little blob on the screen, and that little heartbeat fluttering away, my tummy was already churning!

I love my little family so so much, and I cant wait for 2013!