Surprise!

As many of you probably already saw on Facebook, I am pregnant!! 



This shirt comes with a bit of a story.  My oldest sister, Sarah, had this shirt made for her son, Connor, to wear when she became pregnant with Mckenzie.  It got passed along with all the other hand me downs and was the perfect size for Tavian to wear.  I didn't use it on Cole because he quietly snuck up on me as I was waiting for the pregnancy test to process (we weren't suprised by this pregnancy..we actually were expecting it!).  But, we did get to use the shirt on most all of our immediate family.  It was really fun to watch as they figured it out.



We are so excited and I had my first real apt today.  I'm already 11 weeks (life was too crazy to see the Dr. any sooner), and I'm so happy to almost be out of my first tri-mester.  If you remember my last post, I was crazy busy getting my massage therapy training done.  Now just add to the list of craziness that I was also pregnant!  If anyone would have told me beforehand that I would have been able to go through all that while pregnant, I would have said it was impossible.  It only makes me all the more thankful that the Lord helped me through it.  I have never, I mean never been so exhausted in my life.  Luckily I didn't feel too sick too often.  There were a few pretty nausuas days, but overall I felt really lucky.  I had jolly ranchers on hand at all times and I was eating something all the time too.  I was nervous at first because, as you know if you read my last post, the first time I was going to try and do the training I couldn't because I was pregnant with Tavian.  Granted I would have been much farther along with him, but I had a few nervous weeks that if anyone in my training found out that I might get kicked out....so I didn't mention it for the first two weeks.  I had talked it over thoroughly with my Dr., who I totally trust, and he said there was no risk whatsoever.  But I was nervous they might not let me for liability reasons.  Thankfully everything went fine and I wasn't at risk for getting kicked out!  Whew!!  It was relief when I no longer had to hide it...and I think my classmates were happy to know I don't always eat that much on a regular basis! haha! 

It is crazy being pregnant again, and a lot of the time I have to remind myself that I am.  Having our apt. today was great because we finally got to hear the heartbeat.  Such a wonderful sound!  It was cute having Tavian there to listen to his little brother/sister's heart.  Still, the second time around seems so much different.  I hardly think about it because I am just so preoccupied with the cutie right in front of me!  I'm sure it will get more and more real as the time passes.  December 7th, our due date, will be here before any of us know it!  I think it is perfect timing.  I think I will love having a Christmas baby, and of courseCole has shared his excitement over the fact that all the expenses will fall in one year :)...lol, that's my hubby for you!  It is hard to believe that Tavian's first Christmas was last Christmas, and this Christmas will be our new baby's first Christmas.  So amazing how quickly things change!  God is good!!! 

We have decided to post pone our big vacay.  I am hoping we will get to take off sometime next August as we are celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary.  We could have still gone this summer, but I really don't want to take any more time away from being with Tavian, and it will be nice to save it for a non pregnant time....if that will ever exist me for..;)  lol! 

As for finally being home with Tavian, oh my goodness we are both loving it!  I have missed him more then I could ever describe, and I can feel him putting trust back into me and has started to realize that I'm not going to be leaving every 5 seconds.  My first day back with him was Monday and we went to Epic to swim and to the park.  Such a fun day!  I wish I could remember all the adorbale things he has been doing lately.  It literally blows my mind how smart he is.  He says new words every day and understands everything we say.  I think pretty soon here I'll dedicate a post to some of the fun specifics!

So I think this catches me up...at least to some degree.  We are very excited to finally make this news public and be able to have all of our friends share in our joy.  Please pray for me and the baby throughout the pregnancy!