Baby #2 Update

We are a week out from our new big news and the thought of #2 is slowly sinking in. We shared our news with Boo Boo, Uncle Mikey, and John's Dad's side of the family on Christmas. Everyone is excited! It is eating at me that my family doesn't know yet, but it will be very fun to tell them in person on New Year's weekend we are all together.


From last week my ultrasound appointment is now pushed back. My doctor called me on Thursday to confirm that I am pregnant (HCG jumped from low 200's to upper 600's in 48 hours). She wants me to wait until I see her on the 12th to do an ultrasound. It is eating at me not knowing an official due date yet. But, assuming our calculations are right we are looking at a late August baby!


We are already in the early talks of how we are going to finagle bedrooms in our house (do we move James into the guest room and make a new "big boy room" and keep his room as the "nursery"?...decisions, decisions!). Time will tell...


I've been feeling ok other than some occasional nausea and feeling tired. I will say that now baby #2 gives me an extra excuse to nap with James on the weekends and I do not mind at all! We are getting excited and just pray that all goes smoothly.

Here we go again!

Well, just when I think life couldn't possibly throw us any more curve balls, God continues to surprise us in wondrous ways!


Back story: We had been planning on a second child for a few months now. After some failed attempts and frustration I established care with a new doctor (my old OB with James left her practice and moved). Upon establishing care at my appointment on December 15th and talking through some things, my doctor suggested we do some testing then plan for "Clomid" since I'm likely not ovulating. So, I left and went on my merry way to talk through all of the madness with John.


Then comes the weekend- spent mostly trying to comfort James who was sick and needed extra TLC. We discovered Sunday, 12/17 that he has pneumonia.


Monday, December 18th I stayed home with James to take care of him. I spent a large part of my morning juggling him, work and trying to get future fertility appointments scheduled. After much frustration and a trip to the doctor with James I had all of my future appointments set.


Here comes the funny part....


I don't know what truly prompted me to take a pregnancy test, but I randomly thought my right boob hurt so I thought, "what the heck, might as well!" (I had also stocked up on ovulation kits and pregnancy tests over the weekend preparing for the fertility madness- jokes on me!!). In that moment I chuckled as it was instantly positive. I texted John immediately who shared his humor and was not a bit surprised. I peed on 3 more sticks before I finally convinced myself I was pregnant (FYI- they were all positive).


The funnier part comes when I had to call back the OB fertility nurse and tell her I was pregnant. haha! We both had a good chuckle. She said my doctor wanted me to get labs asap- so since James refused to nap I drug him along with me.


My nurse called me this morning and said I am indeed pregnant. I will get more labs done tomorrow (12/20) to confirm even more and will get an ultrasound done on the 29th to confirm a due date since my cycles were all over the board.


We are ecstatic and are ready for the journey ahead! When I asked James during bath last night if he wanted a baby at our house, he replied, "YES!".


So now the adventure begins!

Merry Christmas!

Well, we are coming down off of the Christmas high today and a few of us are back to reality. We have conquered three Christmases and have one remaining (this upcoming weekend in Des Moines). James was nothing short of spoiled and made out like a bandit with all sorts of new toys, books, clothes, etc. He did great with opening gifts and was truly interested in checking each one out individually before moving on to the next one.


We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! More pics to come.....

'Tis the Season!

The month of December was packed full of events. One of the biggest events that I want to document was James' Christmas Program at school this year. Since he is now in the 2 year old room he got to participate. They spend weeks rehearsing at school to get ready for the big event and it could not have been more adorable! We were sadly missing Daddy at this event who was out of town for work, but so glad Grammy and Boo Boo were able to make it!


James did great! I'll admit, I was a little fearful that he would be the one screaming and crying, but he marched right up there, sang his songs, and then stood up and clapped at the end for his job well done!


Great job, James! We are so proud of you and look forward to the many years ahead of these adorable Christmas programs. :)

Thanksgiving Re-Cap

Note- another severely delayed blog post! Here is my attempt to catch-up to-date!


We spent Thanksgiving in KC again this year! All things considered, it was pretty relaxing. We went to John's dad's side of the family for lunch and then hosted dinner with Boo Boo, Mikey, and Bethany (who was home alone sans Kyle on-call for work).

Of course a holiday wouldn't be complete without a sick child. As soon as we got James in bed the night of Thanksgiving and sat down to relax, we heard a barky, croupy cough through the monitor.


After a few minutes of waiting we decided to put him in the car and head to CMH for some steroids knowing that it wouldn't clear without intervention. A quick stop in the ED for some meds and we were back home within an hour.




The rest of the weekend was spent helping James recover from croup, a quick visit to Santa, and getting the house decorated for Christmas.

Parent's Weekend

John and I were fortunate enough to enjoy a quick 48 hour, parent's weekend out in early December. KU Basketball was playing in a tournament in Miami, so we took advantage of the opportunity and my companion pass for a short weekend get away. We left James with Boo Boo and away we went.


The weekend was fast, a blur, and full of great seafood, fun and drinks with good company. And not to mention, amazing weather!


Thanks for being so good to us, FL!

Birthday Party Weekend Recap

Well, here we are again on another late blog post! Hey, at least I'm not in denial. Keep scrolling to see some pictures from James' Birthday Party Weekend.