One of Two, Under Two

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After 18months of trying to get pregnant and all tests coming back normal for my partner and I, I was diagnosed with secondary infertility and put on the fertility medicine called clomid. And with the first cycle, I was finally pregnant. And to my surprise, due just two days after my birthday. Now although getting to go through pregnancy again was exciting, fun and the usual scary.. it was also very hard for me. As I ended up having awful morning sickness to where I threw up everything, all the time. Even the things the drs said should help me with that. So much so, that I ended up barely leaving my room for anything but the bathroom for about a month in the third-ish month and I had lost 14lbs in those first three months. Thankfully, sometime in the second trimester the morning sickness faded to about half what it was. But it was still there hanging around, and stayed until the end of the pregnancy. Also by the second trimester, I found out by bloodwork that my second child was my first son. However, I did have gender disappointment when I first opened the results, mostly due to the whole thing with my daughter.. but that only lasted about a week. Then I was ready to have my babyboy in my arms and boy shop! So babyboy shop I did! Months later, I had a very small baby sprinkle at home, which was Winnie the pooh themed. It was okay, but I definitely wish I had more people there to celebrate him/us.. but distance.. and just not having many people in my life to come to begin with. Then at the end of that month, I woke up uncomfortable and just thought maybe if I peed I'd feel better so went to the bathroom. But an hour later I was still uncomfortable. So tried again. Nope. Plus now there was spotting. So I yelled for my partner to get up and call the drs office, and they said to get our bags and carseat and come in. We got there and they didn't even have time to get an IV in or do an epidural, which part of me wanted.. As I was pushing him out not even an hour later. Welcome, my oldest baby here at home - S. Weighing 8lbs 8.4oz and 21inches long. He is going to be two years old on Monday. And is of course in the terrible two stage right now. Actually, he has been since he was about 15months old.. But he also has so many sweet moments, and hearing him learn to say new things or point to stuff I've shown him before when he sees them again (like the moon and birds currently) makes my heart smile and makes the hard times a little less terrible. He's big, as he's always been in the 95-98th percentile for both height and weight. And from that, he's already more than half my height before even 2yrs old! (How rude! ) His favorite things right now are Trolls 1&3 movies, Barney, Bluey, Kane Brown, Finny the shark, dancing fruit, walks, hersheys chocolate, water, milk and being in the bath/water. His sibling.. His least favorite things are poop diaper changes, being told no or to stop doing something (ie: yelling on the top of his lungs, hitting and kicking, throwing food), and having to share. Plus.. his sibling.. (All typical toddler things, unfortunately lol).