A Smidge of Everything

I'm one day shy of five weeks along. I don't think it's appropriate to put a belly pic up yet. I think 6 weeks is a good marker, so I'll have one up here next week. My weekly markers fall on the same day (Monday) as they did with Eden. Kind-of interesting in a ho-hum way. :)
Thus far, I'm feeling just a few minor effects of pregnancy. I found out last night that I CAN overdo it with the physical activity. I went to a ballroom dance and danced from 8-11pm with few breaks. It was certainly nice to be popular, but I just didn't realize until I got home... and then even more when I woke up this morning that I had probably done a smidge too much activity. I'm feeling just a bit weak and sickish today and will probalby slurp soup and lay on the couch all day. My only other symptoms are hunger in between meals, very frequent urination and feeling bloated. I feel like my jeans are already tighter, but that could just be from eating out three nights in a row.
Since I'm still about 15 pounds above my pre-pregnancy weight from having Eden, I would really like to limit my weight gain this time around. I gained over 50 lbs. with Eden and I really don't think that's necessary again. Don't worry, I'm going to eat healthy and enough. I don't think there's any stopping me from eating enough and I'm in the process of stocking our cabinets with healthy snacks. I've already bought some maternity clothes and most of the pants and jeans are pretty loose, so my goal is to not have to size up this time. I'll just fill those out and we'll be good.
I'm already talking and praying with Eden about her new brother. (Sometimes I just say, "the baby" and sometimes I say, "baby brother.") I'm still pretty convinced that it's a boy this time. Just a wierd gut feeling. Maybe that's also from eating out the last three nights in a row. One thing that doesn't sound right when I say it is the only "C" name that we both kind-of like. When I call this baby by that name, it just doesn't flow.
Anyway, I'm trying to talk about the new baby often and trying to think, for my own sake, of areas where I need to begin preparations now, mental and otherwise, for the reality of two. The only thing I'm really realizing is that with no personal life experience with siblings, I'm feeling pretty lost. It's not the relational things that I'm concerned with. I feel like my comunication skills and people skills will serve me well. And I've been reading "Don't Make Me Count to Three" which has plenty of scenarios that have helped me imagine mediations with two. It's the every day tasks: getting two dressed, getting two bathed, getting two to the supermarket, getting around the supermarket with two, etc. that I can't wrap my brain around. I suppose once I work out my system for each task, I'll be able to repeat it and then I'll be fine. I'm pretty sure the word "floundering" will be appropriate, though, for a few months after the baby is born. I'm not looking forward to that time. I'm looking forward to getting beyond that time.
My cup will be running over with things to do, things to learn, feats to accomplish... but I am praying that God will still cause my cup to run over with His love, His peace, His wisdom and His joy.