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Growing pains

2009-09-07T06:33:00.000-07:00

Our life is already pretty crazy with two babies, but lately we've added to the craziness! For the past month, we've been getting our house ready to put on the market! It is very exciting but recently I have been getting emotional at the thought of leaving my first house. This is the house I brought my babies home in! This is the first place I've put hours of work in to to make our home! I guess I just have to keep reminding myself of the benefits of a neighborhood and more space!
The kids are doing great. Ava just started preschool last week!! Someone this weekend described my feelings well as she said of her son, I couldn't be sad because she was so excited! It is very hard for me to relinquish control of my baby! but Ava is a very social child and she had no problem with the transition. I think it will be great for all of us! The only negative I see is that she is regressing in potty training but I hope that will fix itself with a little time!

Reece is 8 months old now and such a big boy! He is clapping (still half closed fists), crawling, cruising, shaking his head "No!", waving bye bye, babbling up a storm, and he's even stood for a couple seconds not holding onto the furniture! He's growing too fast! I've wanted so badly to keep him my baby but he's seemed to grow up faster than Ava!
Reguardless, I'll still keep tryin to keep him my baby as long as possible!

Huffstetler's lately

2009-07-20T17:18:00.000-07:00

We just made it back from our FABulous vacation and I have been depressed all day!!! Well, I did go work out and FINALLY made it to a class this afternoon, so that really helped my endorphins!! Ava is the normal biploar 2 year old. She the cutest thing ever one minute and a CRAZY terrible 2 at any moment! I will admit, she does have it in her genes to be fiesty, strong willed and stubborn, so LORD help us all. AND she does get that from BOTH sides! HAA!
Potty training still continues and is going well! She's pretty much 100% at home and is just having an accident here and there..It's been long and frustrating and I'm soooo ready for it to be all the way done!

Reece has been a wonderful baby these past couple months. He's so sweet. However, he has been getting 3 teeth at once this past week, so he's NOT too happy about that!! So needless to say, a tantruming toddler and screaming in pain infant has not been that much fun lately!! I just have to keep telling myself that this will pass! before I go and start looking for a job outside the home!! :-)
Reece also just started to scoot crawl this past week! AHHH!!! Before I know it I'll have two mobile toddlers!!!
So, to summarize our lives lately, I absolutely adore my babies,but I'm pretty much positive at this point that we're going to stop while we're not outnumbered!!!

Goodbye paci, hello potty training, Go to sleep Reece!!

2009-04-13T16:08:00.000-07:00

Yes, we have a busy crazy life with 2 babies!.I have managed to accomplish one thing this week of which I am very proud! I forced myself to take away Ava's paci last week and to my suprise she's done great!!! I was sooo scared after hearing so many horror stories! Ava was reeeeaaaly attached too!! It's almost been a non event! God is totally helping me out! :)
I've been really having a hard time with Reece and his sleeping. He was doing so well! Sleeping through the night at 7 weeks even up to 10 hours for a couple weeks! At 12 weeks he started rolling over in his sleep and we've only had a couple of full nights sleep since. He wakes himself up sometimes 3-4 times a night and won't stop crying until we flip him back over! It's killling me! If you know me, you KNOW I am NOT good with out sleep! Pretty much the only down side to the whole baby thing. :) So anyhow I just pray he grows out of this or learns to roll back over and can go back to sleeping all night again!
So, on to potty training....About 2 weeks ago Ava just decided she wanted to start going potty so we've really been encouraging her since she's showing signs of readiness. She was doing really well at home at first and then she started telling me when we were out in public. SO EXciting!! I have been so proud. However, after today I have been a little discouraged..She had a couple of accidents and was obviously not as willing to let me know. I'm guessing there's ups and downs to this process but I'm ready for her to be trained now that we've got the ball rolling!

Easter

2009-04-13T15:24:00.000-07:00

HOlidays keep getting better as Ava gets older! Ava's not quite sure why we're collecting eggs or seeing Easter bunnies all week, but she's loving it nonetheless!

She had a Easter egg hunt on Thurs. and Fri. and has seen 3 bunnies! She had a blast putting all of the eggs in her basket and looking inside.

Thurs. we went to Fox Tree farm. We had a good time up untill the end. I felt like the worst mom ever as I dragged my two year old threw the dirty dusty road while she cried and went limp on me..AHHH!! I was so mad that she was ending our time like this! It's sooo embarrasing and I feel like it makes me look horrible as I yell at her to GET UP because I refuse to let her sit and throw a tantrum when it's time to leave! I seriously did feel like I was the only person to have a tantruming child!

Anyhow, Friday was wonderful! We went to an egg hunt at a beautiful home in Forest Acres. Ava and Jackson were trading eggs, throwing them out of their baskets and then collecting them again! They were sooo cute!

So she really LIKES the idea of the Big Bunny, but she does not want to get closer than 3 feet! She has wanted to stand at a distance and say "Hi Easter Bunny!" and wave but that's ALL!!

On the other hand, Reece had his 1st experience with the bunny and I must say he did very well! He didn't mind sitting on his lap at all! HA!

I think next year will be even better! It will be so much fun when she and Reece both get into the holidays!

Life with 2

2009-02-25T09:14:00.001-08:00

Yes! once again, it's been forever! Sorry to all my blogger fans..HA!! Lately when I have a little time, I have so many other things I need and want to do! Getting addicted to facebook hasn't helped! So the story of my life this winter, my kids are constantly sickish. Not that it's horrible but bad enough not to be able to do our normal activities. Nobody likes a kid with green snot, imagine that! It's hard for us all to be trapped inside! I can not wait until Spring!

As for life with two babies, we're finally getting adjusted. Ava's FINALLY back to sleeping 12 hours at night and Reece is sleeping from 10pm to about 8am with 1 bottle around 5am! I think that's awesome for an 8week old! So, we've been very lucky! The good Lord knows I need my sleep to be a good Christian person! HA!

Ava's 2nd birthday is coming up in a couple weeks! I can't believe it, but she has been already acting like a 2 year old for a little while now!

My little "Reecey" as Ava calls him is not so little. He's weighing in at about 13.5 lbs! He's a chunk! I didn't have a little baby for long, so that's kind of sad..However, not sad enough to make me want a 3rd! :) It's been so awesome going through all of the "firsts" again with his smiles and coos. It's been soooo cute to see him smile and coo at Ava too. It makes all the hard times definitely worth it!

2009-01-12T12:02:00.000-08:00

Okay, so Reece is almost 3 weeks old and I haven't updated, but it's been crazy!! For all who haven't heard yet, I was all ready to go in at 6am and my water broke at 2am! He was waiting till the very last minute! I was glad it happened that way though. Labor was great. I got my epidural about an hour after going to the hospital! Awesome considering it was 15 hours with Ava. My labor lasted about 6 1/2 hours total with 4 pushes! However, despite the great labor and delivery, I had complications with my epidural. (worst nightmare about birth by the way) Apparently, they went too far with the needle and I was leaking spinal fluid for a week which caused non stop migranes! Thank God for good pain meds or I NEVER would have made it!! I also discovered yesterday that I have mastitis.(sp.?) Luckily I caught it soon and got more drugs! HA..The story of my life these days! Other than the medical craziness, oh wait other than that, things are crazy all around! In case some of you don't know, 2 kids are hard!! There have been plenty of GREAT moments don't get me wrong, but I think it'll take a little while to adjust! My job just got 10 times harder and we're making less money! :)

Back to the great moments, Reece is precious! He is needy, to be expected of a newborn, but it's been great having help and getting to bond with him. Ava also LOVES him! She is absolutely adorable wanting to hold him and give him kisses and snuggles all the time. She gets really upset when he's crying too, which is kind of pitiful but sweet.. Her naughty side has def. come out since he's arrived and she's had a horrible time sleeping, but I HOPE it is a phase that will be ending soon! Hope to be updating soon since he's growing so much every day! Thanks to all my friends and family who have provided meals, help, love and support!

Ready or not!

2008-12-22T14:21:00.001-08:00

Well, I'm going in tomorrow to be induced!! I NEVER thought I'd say that, but I will def. be glad at this point to not be pregnant! My doc. didn't think I'd make it to my 39 week visit and here I am at 40 1/2 weeks! It's been crazy! I've had contractions and LOTS of pressure all week, so I feel pretty confident that my body is ready! I really hope it's as easy as my friends make it out to be!! It all feels so surreal that I am actually going to have a baby tomorrow and it's all planned out..
I felt really emotional with Ava today thinking that it would be our last day just the two of us. My mind was taken off of that though when I realized she was burning up and running a 103.6 fever and then went even higher!. AHHH! I could not believe this was happening of all times to be sick!! We took her to the doc. and he thinks she has some kind of sinus infection. So, she's on antibiotics and will hopefully be better very soon. So, pray for Ava and for us tomorrow!
I will hopefully be uploading pics soon!

39 weeks!

2008-12-13T11:30:00.000-08:00

So, I am now at 39 weeks! I did not think I'd make it this far! There have been MANY times I've been soooo ready for the baby, but I guess I've just decided to accept that I'm not in charge! I have been feeling well, so I am thankful for that! If Reece doesn't come in the next week, I'll be induced on the 23rd. It could have been sooner, but they literally have no openings at the hospital until then with everyone wanting to schedule their births at this time of year!! I hope he comes on his own though! I am anxious and excited about his arrival and looking forward to how Ava will be with him..Say a prayer for me!! :)

Today we are going to see Sarah's baby boy William. Her due date was actually after mine, but she had a planned C-section yesterday! I am the last one now! William was 7lb 3 oz and 21.5 in., pretty small, but he was early! Again, in that prayer for me, please ask God to give me under 8lbs! :) HA..

I am feeling very thankful for everything I have in my life right now. I am so fortunate to have a great family, a husband with a stable job in this economy, being able to stay at home with the babies, and great friends!

Reece likes the womb

2008-12-04T16:03:00.000-08:00

So, I've decided that little Reece( hopefully still little!) wants to stay inside the belly as long as possible. I know, I'm just now 38 weeks, but I never plan to go to my due date! I've just been really ready lately..I'm sure when he gets here and things are chaotic I'll wonder why I wanted him out so badly, but that's how I feel now. I can't sleep, I have shooting pains in my thighs, I feel like I've been riding a horse for 9hrs most of the time, and my belly seems to double in size the last month. All things I know everyone reading wants to hear me complain about!

Anyhow, enough of that. In other baby news, Andrea had her baby last Wed. A baby girl!!!..SOooo exciting! We went and saw them in the hospital Thanksgiving day and she was adorable. I can't wait to see her again soon!

Ava's done really well with all of the new babies. I just don't know how she'll be with our permamnent baby! She's been really fascinated lately with getting in the crib and playing with the "baby toys" inside. She tried to put a babydoll in the bouncy seat with Stacey's newborn the other day, so I can just see Reece surrounded by babydolls since Ava thinks all of his swings, seats, ect. are for her babies!
So I've decided I'm going to try and focus on my time with Ava instead of my last miserable weeks of pregnancy..Positive, positive!!!!

Babies, babies, babies

2008-11-24T16:04:00.000-08:00

So, we have our first new addition to our playgroup. Miss Savannah Jane Starnes was born around 4:30 today. She weighs 5.14 and is 18 in long. Tiny!! As far as I know, they're doing great! Stacey called an hour after delivery and told me how easy it was! That's encouraging! Andrea and I will see her tomorrow and then Andrea goes in on Wed. to have hers!!

I went to the doc. today and am almost 2 cm and 50% effaced. I'm excited to know that I'm progressing but who knows! The doc seems to think that I won't make it to my due date though! I'm hoping for 2 weeks!

Ava has been really sweet lately. She was giving me such a hard time for a little while there! It depressed me because I just really wanted our last little bit of time together alone to be perfect. I'm hoping that I've just learned how to deal better with this "toddler testing tantrum" stage. I'm just glad we seem to be having really good days together lately!

Pic is of Ava resting her arm on my expanding belly while watching her TV show! It was pretty funny.

Surprise!!

2008-11-14T08:51:00.001-08:00

So, last weekend some of my girlfriends and I pulled off a surprise shower for our friend Andrea...It was so much fun to plan this little get together and actually get everyone to show up! We all met at San Jose. I brought Andrea in and when the host said oh, you're meeting the baby shower, I just pulled Andrea and said , COME ON! She was really surprised which made it so much more great!...We all had a fab. time just having a girls night..The only thing missing for us was the margaritas!!! Oh well, next time!

It's been really nasty weather for the end of the week which makes it miserable to have to stay at home! Fortuantely, Ava has been spending more time doing arts and crafts! I'm so excited that she's liking painting and coloring and crafts. I just hope her interest lasts for more than a week! I got her a little art activity tray for the floor which she can color ect. and do play dough. It's been a hit so far..It just gives me more to keep her entertained when the new babe gets here!

Halloween

2008-11-10T17:01:00.000-08:00

For Halloween we went down to good ole Jasper for our last visit before baby Reece joins us! The last hour of the ride was excrutiating, but we had a blast!

We went to Yahoo pumpkin farm Halloween day and Ava rode on her 4th hayride! She enjoys them though! She saw farm animals, her fave, and we jumped in a bounce house.

That night, Ava was so adorable trick or treating...It was like she really didn't understand the dressing up and going door to door, but she sure liked the treats! We really only let her go to a few houses around my parents(all fam) and she would walk up and say "knock, knock" as she banged on the door. She could say "treat" and then "tank too." She had never had candy before but daddy of course gave her m&m's so now she's obsessed!

We also hung out with my BF Ivey and baby Wyatt for his 1st Halloween. We went to trunk-or -treat at my hometown church which was kind of overwhelming for Ava but fun. Can't believe we'll be taking 2 next year!!

Boo at the Zoo!

2008-10-20T16:19:00.000-07:00

Saturday night Caleb, Ava, and I went to Boo at the Zoo! I have never been so I was so excited! any new activity to do as a family! So, I thought it would be a good night with the fair still in town and the USC-LSU game that night. Ummmm, no..It was soooo packed. We had to wait in line 30minutes to get in which needless to say is not fun with our 19 month old. Is my child just really active or what ? I see other toddlers just patiently hanging out in their stroller or another example sitting in their mom's laps at library time! Never Ava! Oh well, it's okay.

ANYHOW!, she Loved roaming around the zoo at night seeing all of the lights and some animals. They didn't have any buildings open though and she literally knows where the animals are (we've been alot I guess) so she was a little disapointed when she couldn't see the

"peeeee pes!" (penguins) And all of the animals that were on show were sleeping so the whole time she was saying "nite, nite-shhhh!" and that's nite with a loooooong i and her finger up to her mouth shushing. It's so cute!

She had her first trick or treat experience. We tried to get her to say trick or treat, but that wasn't happening so at least she would say"tank tu" thank you afterwards!

As always, Ava whinned like crazy to ride the carosel only to refuse to get on an animal when we get through the line and gate! So we pay to ride on the bench, oh well! It was a good time!

Okay, so I've been busy

2008-10-08T10:02:00.000-07:00

I hate that I haven't been able to keep up with my blog, but there's no time lately! And when there is, all I want to do is sit down for 30 minutes doing nothing! Maybe watch Chelsey Lately! :) Well, everyone's getting bigger, me, Ava, baby, all except Caleb I guess. (which isn't really fair considering he eats more icecream than me!) I swear he's the one with the pregnant cravings! Ava's cuter every day and I'm just trying to soak up my time with her and not take it for granted. She's saying a lot of words. They're definitely not perfect but I know what she's trying to say. But she also tries to tell me things I can't figure out which is frustrating for both of us! She's been napping in her "big girl" bed for almost 2 weeks and we're going to put it in her room and try nights starting this weekend! Hopefully she'll do good! I'll update the progress!

Labor Day, Ect.

2008-09-05T17:54:00.000-07:00

Last Sat. was Daniel's 1st birthday. He is the son of our good friends Dan and Jennifer. They had a huge water slide and little pools around for the kids and tons of food! Ava had a blast and Daniel racked up and had a great 1st b day! We ended up hanging out with the Bledsoes again on Labor day. We all went to the zoo early that morning. Ava has more fun every time we go! She loves the peguins and does sounds for a lot of the animals. She also LOVES the aquarium. She was running around saying, "shishy, shishy!" It's sooo cute!

Our first day back at library was Tues. and Ava loves it. They do lots of songs in addition to reading and she was adorable doing all the motions to the songs! It's so rewarding to see her doing the things that I've been doing for months now, all of the silly songs I sing over and over again! It all seems worth it when I see how she learns from it and loves her music so much! She's also starting to say colors! She says blue and purple pretty well. She is starting to have her opinion about things she wears like the "bue bow!" :)

Ava and I are leaving Sun. to go to Jasper to see my parents and my best friend Ivey and baby Wyatt. I can't wait to see him!..As for our baby, I'm excited to meet him, but also sad to change our life right now! I know things will be great when he gets here, but it seems it will be here too soon!! I have to post the poem I got from Ashley J. I balled when I got it and think it's the best poem to describe what some of us feel about adding a new baby!

Loving Two

I walk along holding your (almost) 2-year-old hand,

basking in the glow of our magical relationship.

Suddenly I feel a kick from within, as if to remind me that our time alone is limited.

And I wonder: how could I ever love another child as I love you?

Then he is born, and I watch you.I watch the pain you feel at having to share me as you’ve never shared me before.I hear you telling me in your own way, “Please love only me”.

And I hear myself telling you in mine, “I can’t”, knowing, in fact, that I never can again.

You cry. I cry with you.

I almost see our new baby as an intruder on the precious relationship we once shared.

A relationship we can never quite have again.

But then, barely noticing, I find myself attached to that new being, and feeling almost guilty.

I’m afraid to let you see me enjoying him—as though I am betraying you.

But then I notice your resentment change, first to curiosity, then to protectiveness, finally to genuine affection.More days pass, and we are settling into a new routine.

The memory of days with just the two of us is fading fast.

But something else is replacing those wonderful times we shared, just we two.

There are new times – only now, we are three.I watch the love between you grow, the way you look at each other, touch each other.

I watch how he adores you — as I have for so long.

I see how excited you are by each of his new accomplishments.

And I begin to realize that I haven’t taken something from you, I’ve given something to you.

I notice that I am no longer afraid to share my love openly with both of you.I find that my love for each of you is as different as you are, but equally strong.

And my question is finally answered, to my amazement.

Yes, I can love another child as much as I love you—only differently.

And although I realize that you may have to share my time, I now know you’ll never share my love.There’s enough of that for both of you – you each have your own supply.I love you—-both.And I thank you both for blessing my life.

God is so Good..

2008-08-22T09:59:00.000-07:00

We had our ultrasound this morning and everything looks great! The cyst isn't even there anymore!! We had a University specialist ultrasound tech and she was awesome! The ultrasound was extremely detailed, very interesting, and everything from his head to his toes looked great! We have been trusting in God through all of this but it is a sigh of relief to actually get to SEE that everything should be fine! Thank you so much to all of you who have been praying for us! We truely believe that prayers have been answered in one way or another, because the ultrasound tech seemed very suprised that the cyst would have gone away in 3 weeks! But all things are possible!
The baby was so cute this morning! It's 100% a boy!! He was very active during the exam. He already weighs 1 lb! Guess now I can just worry about him not getting too big! :))

Circle of Life

2008-08-20T16:34:00.000-07:00

Well, 4 weeks after finding out that my great grandma had cancer, she passed away yesterday. It has been very sad to lose someone so wonderful and I am especially sad for my grandmother and mom in losing their mom/grandma, but I think everyone is grateful that it all happened so fast that she didn't really suffer. That's what I was praying for. It's never an easy time though.

Before I received the bad news, my best friend called me yesterday morning to tell me she was in labor!! How crazy! I lost someone close and gained a wonderful someone new in my life. Ivey, my BF, only had 12 hours of labor for her first labor! Everything went wonderfully and baby Wyatt was born at 7:15 last night weighing 7 lbs and was 18.75 inches long. I am soooo happy for them and can not wait to visit them in a couple of weeks.

Ava and I are doing well. She is getting her last 4 teeth in at one time, so those are giving her trouble at times. I am getting close to 6 months in the pregnancy. It's going by so fast! But I feel great right now and hope it continues to go well. We have our 4D ultrasound on Friday so we're praying everything turns out okay. No names yet!! Suggestions are welcome!!

It's been a while

2008-08-12T15:57:00.000-07:00

Okay, so in the last month, my love of my life dog ran away from the sitter, I got a week long flu like virus, I got a speeding ticket, I found out our baby has a cyst, and I also found out that my great grandmother has liver cancer ..... whew...So, needless to say I haven't had much time to blog!!! All of that sounds horrible, but through it all we are looking up and staying positive. At times like these, I would not make it without God in my life! I know that we've had so many people praying for us and my family and I have a peace that things will be okay with our baby and I know that my grandmother is one of the absolute best Christian women I have ever known and I will see her again one day!!

Some exciting news is that we are having a boy!!! I was so thrilled! The baby factory will be closed after this! Not that I don't love my kids and my life with them dearly, but 2 is good for me!!

Hopefully from this point on, I will be able to keep up my weekly blogging!

Baby # 2

2008-06-21T13:20:00.000-07:00

So, I went to the doctor on Thursday and was extremely relieved to see that everything looks great so far! The baby looks like a little alien still but I swear it already looks like it has Caleb's big lips from the profile! hehe..The ultasound tech said that she thought she saw boy parts but ultimatley concluded that she was not going to say for sure since it was so early..UGH! I kind of wish we hadn't even heard that because that just gets our hopes up! I KNOW that I'll be happy with what God gives us, but I can't give up this feeling of wanting a boy!

In other news, Caleb, Ava, and I went downtown to eat lunch today and ended up going to Finely park afterwards. It was so nice! I mean it is downtown and the homeless people hang out there, but it has a great playground and rock fountain that goes all the way up a giant hill. We walked all the way to the top and Ava LOVED looking at the rock falls. She would have gone right through the rails and jumped in if we hadn't stopped her!

After volunteering in the nursery all week for Vacation Bible School it's going to be soooo nice to get back to our normal schedule this week! I love being able to stay at home! I would be EXHAUSTED working with kids all day, chasing my wild toddler, AND being pregnant!
Props to all those who do it!

Isle of Palms

2008-06-12T17:34:00.000-07:00

So, Caleb and I went to the Isle of Palms to celebrate our 2nd anniversary this past weekend. Yes, two years and two babies. We don't mess around..haha..But anyways, we had a fabulous time. We stayed right on the beach for three days. It was really hard to be away from Ava that long. But, I'm glad I made it cause it did us good to get away and rest and relax with no worries or stresses. Ahh, even though my life is great, I could definitely be at the beach ALL the time!

When we got back on Monday, we took Ava to the Lake Murray beach and she really enjoyed it. She ran out to the water every chance she got. She has no fear, which is kind of scary, but I'm glad she's a water baby. I can't wait to take her to the real beach in July!! She'll be so much fun this year.

Okay, I know we're kind of too much PDA in some pics, but hey, it was anniversary weekend!

Sex and the City

2008-06-02T07:13:00.000-07:00

So, the girls and I went to see S & C on Saturday night and we had a blast! Besides the graphic sex scenes, the movie was great. Definitely for girls night. We went to Travinia's for dinner afterwards and pretty much had our own Sex and the City monologue going on. I think once you've shared the experience of having a baby there's NOTHING you won't talk about, and that's our group ! I ate and laughed so much that I felt like I had done crunches. Thanks to our wonderful husbands for letting us get out for some girl time! Hope they'll be ready for it once a month now!

So, as for Ava, she's absolutely adorable. Even if she is being naughty, I have to try so hard not to laugh at her. She's just a little sponge right now! She's mimicking things we show her more and more. Ex. I pointed to her the other day and said, "sit" she pointed back and said "sit!" very funny to me, so then we had to do it over and over..She just yesterday started blowing kisses, very cute. She throws her hands up shrugging and mumbling "I don't know" in her own little language. She gets her own diapers now. (which will come in great handy for the new baby) She can identify some body parts and point to her boo boos. She's understand so much these days! Even though she has developed her own strong willed personality and throws little fits every now and then, I still think motherhood, even though very hard and trying at times, just get better and better!

Pics from the par-tay

2008-05-25T18:34:00.000-07:00

14 1/2 months

2008-05-24T14:30:00.000-07:00

Ava and I had a great time this week at our playdate at Blair's house. Blair is new to our mom's group and she and her little girl are soo sweet. We also went to the "big Pool" for the first time this year and joined two of her little 2 year old friends. Of course it was overcast , the water was absolutely freezing, and Ava was so ready for a nap but I was determined to stay as long as possible. This year will definitely not be relaxing pool time for me! She's ALL over the place and I have to be right beside her constantly as she has no fear of the water! Definitely a water baby!She loved it for about 45 minutes and then had the naptime meltdown. So anyway, we'll try the afternoon next time!
This morning we ran in the jail break race. I'm trying to still do as much as possible and stay in shape for this baby..I like to eat! but maybe working out will help somewhat. :)
We then went to Anna Grace's 1st birthday party. Again, Ava was ALL over the place. We can not sit down anymore! We had a great time though and Anna Grace did great digging in to her cake. All going to take much needed naps now:)

My first Blog!

2008-05-20T18:41:00.000-07:00

Thanks to my wonderful sahm friends I have been pursuaded to start my blog! There have been so many things that have happened in the past 2 years and I wish I would have had it all documented! So I'm starting now!
So, I recently found out that I an pregnant with our second child and I am 9 weeks and 1 day today. I went to my first doctor's appt. today. Nothing eventful, just a checkup, but I do get an ultra sound on my next visit June 11! also my b-day! I would love to have a boy and complete our little family with one of each , but I only pray for a healthy baby. Sounds cliche, but it's all you ever want.
More to come!