Summer Already...

I have no idea where the time has gone! The last post I did was after our last major hospital visit in February! Well I need to be better about keeping up with posting, as soon enough we will be welcoming our baby boy into the world! As you can see from the countdown at the top of the page we are really in the home stretch! Our next appt. will be an exciting/informational appt. in which we will pick a day an learn what if any complications can be predicted. I am growing, which means he is growing... for those that want a good laugh and know us well, this baby is predicted to be bigger than our beautiful Bel was at birth... Lord have mercy on me!

Outside of the anticipation of our son coming into the world we have been keeping very busy. My wonderful husband as always continues to work and provide for our family, be home every night for dinner and spends endless hours playing with Bel. As for myself, I have just finished my 7th school year teaching (which I have no idea how it has already been 7 years) and I still love my job as much today as I did when I was first hired! I will not be returning to work until this winter and I am excited about the opportunity to be home for an extended period of time.

As for Miss Bel she is becoming even more independent by the day and yet still enjoying being a little girl. We lost our beloved daycare in February and had to make a transition to a new home. Thank GOD this went well and Bel seems to feel at home there and is thriving in the care of her new daycare mom. The little brother will join her there this winter. Bel has also began new adventures and continues with old passions. She started playing soccer this spring... she isn't thrilled, but she tried it... has started preschool and continues to swim one night a week. She even got her ears pierced! She loves being at the cabin, fishing with her daddy, playing in the sand with Grandma and helping Grandpa in whatever way she possibly can! We are looking forward to her 4th birthday coming up next month and all the new adventures she will have!

Life is wonderful, what can I say.

The News

Well of course our family and friends know, but we are excited and blessed to be expecting a baby this summer. For those whom we spend lots of time with we shared the news early, but because of past experiences we waited for the "special" week 13 marker set by our Dr. to share with everyone our news. Not long after the anniversary of our last miscarriage we were blessed with a new life. In true form of all of my pregnancies nothing has come without incident, with a couple of trips to the hospital under our belts already and appointments with our OB every two weeks we are well on our way to feeling further along, but in reality we are 14-15 weeks. High risk pregnancy is our way of life and right now I am currently serving the 3rd day of my 4 day "bed rest" that my Dr. has asked for after the latest trip to the Dr/hospital this weekend. The results of everything this weekend are all fine with both baby and I, but our Dr. said I needed to give myself some rest. For those that know me very well as you can imagine this is hard. I am not to lift much or even move much so this has taken away some of my household loves of cleaning and laundry. For those that do not know me as well, this is very difficult and not a joke, I described this to my mom as feeling useless. Logically I know that there is nothing more important than listening to the Dr. to protect myself and our child, but for the type A that I am it is difficult. For our Bel learning the news of being a big sister with a new baby joining our family she is over the moon excited... though we will see what happens when the new baby joins us. DH and I are filled with joy and anticipation and taking this new journey one day at a time.

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