Exciting news....Finally!

I have been hoping to make this post for a long time and now that it is finally here and happening I can't believe it...I am so excited to announce that we are expecting!! It took us a long time to get pregnant this time around and it has been a difficult pregnancy so far but we are thrilled and can't wait to welcome a second child into our home this August. I am 14 weeks along now, I have been really sick with this one so the last two months have dragged by. I am slowly starting to feel a little better with each day, I am back to cooking dinner some nights of the week, going to the grocery store and cleaning my house occasionally. Its amazing how much we can take for granted feeling good and full of energy to do these basic things each day, I am so glad I don't always feel like this and that I know it will end soon. I appreciate Shane's help during this time, he has really jumped it and taken over so many things that I just couldn't do while being so sick, he is a darling dad to Makena and she adores him. I also owe my mom a ton, she has taken Makena to give me time to rest, brought us dinners and even helped clean my house, I am so grateful to her. We are not really sure how much Makena understands other that we keep telling her there is a baby in my tummy and this summer after her birthday we will have a little baby at our house. She looks at my growing belly with wide eyes and points at it and likes to look at the ultrasound pics of her new baby. She loves babies and is such a sweet girl so I am sure she will be a very helpful and excited big sister! They will be exactly three years apart, at first I was getting so stressed when we were having trouble getting pregnant because they were going to be so far apart but now I feel that the timing is just right for us. Makena is so easy now, we potty trained her in December and she does so good, she never has accidents, she sleeps through the night and is usually a great little helper. She is a bit stubborn which both Shane and I swear came from the other one...ok the whole family is a little stubborn. We have an appointment one week from today and I get to have an ultra sound so we may get to find out what we are having if they can tell. Even though the last few months have been a challenge I am so thankful that I am pregnant and that we get to have another sweet baby come into our family. This is such a fun time in our lives! Stay tuned next week to see if its a girl or a boy!


Here is the first pic of our baby. When I went in for our first appointment I thought I was 8 weeks along but found out I was really 11 weeks along! This was a big suprise and brought a lot of relief to me since I was feeling so sick.