Let It Snow!

I'm still not sure how much snow we offically got on Tuesday/Wednesday of this week. Somewhere between 11-12.5". My little man loved it! Oh, to be a child. No cars to dig out. No driveways to shovel. No freezing pipes to worry about. Just snow angels, snowballs, forts and snowmen. I love this picture. I got him in mid snow toss. Poor guy, I'm surprised he could move. He had so many layers on.

Nothing like a Grandma!

Lately Jack & I have been going to visit Grammie at least one night a week for dinner. Jack loves to go to Grammie's house. Mostly because she lets him do things I normally won't and she always has treats for him. He adores his Grammie and her little dog Heidi. Over the last two years, she has struggled with being sick a lot and we haven't been able to do as many things with her as we would have liked to. But in the last month due to new meds, she is almost like her old self again! It is wonderful! I love our weekly visits with her. It warms my heart to watch them interact during our visits. I love that he has such an endearing relationship with her and that she has been able to be such a big part of his little life. There is nothing better for a child than to have so many people in their life that unconditionally love them. Thanks Mom, for being an amazing Grandma! I love you for it.

Cravings and Doctor Appointments

The nausea has passed and I am officially hungry again! Can you tell I am excited? I've been so sick these first few months that I have actually lost weight. Now don't worry, baby is growing and doing fine. And the mama is way pumped to be down a total of 14lbs!!! So on to the cravings... This time around is way different than it was with Jack. I am craving the strangest things and things that I normally hate. Here's the short list: Swiss cheese, steamed cabbage, Philly Cheese Steak Subway, Apples, Nectarines, Avacodos and BBQ Lays. With Jack it was pancakes, Hostess cupcakes, White Castle, Mexican food and anything with Peanut Butter. I still am wanting Mexican this time too, but I wouldn't call that a total craving. I love Mexican food anytime. So do you think that with the difference in cravings that maybe this just might be a girl this time around???

So I took Jack with me to my appointment this week. He took the whole experience in with wide eyes. He loved the rolling stool for the doctor. He climbed up and pretended he was the doctor. He diagnosed me with some made up word in Jack language. When I asked how bad that was, he said very bad. Then he proceeded to put out his little hand and say, "Fifty dollars please." My doctor got a great kick out of all of this and said he was quite the little professional and that I was getting quite a discount too. He loved hearing the heart beat too. My doctor asked him what he thought about it all and he told her, "Yep, his brothers and sisters were in there." She replied back to him that she was sure it was just one and did he think brother or sister. His answer, "brothers and sisters." We'll, have to see what he has to say when only one shows up this summer. I hope he's not too disappointed.

Faith Update

I was reading my “about me” profile today and I think it might just be time for an update. I’m not exactly that person anymore. Back in December my little family had a somewhat faith struggle/crisis that brought us all to our knees. It truly made me realize that we had been putting on a good show on many fronts for some time. We hadn’t been walking the walk at all. We hadn’t even been doing the right things to allow God to bless our marriage richly and abundantly with his Grace. Our lives and our home had become toxic and the most awful part is realizing that we had contributed and stood by letting it happen. I guess it is always nicer when you have someone else to blame, but we had only ourselves. I have to say that New Year’s this year was awful. Christmas wasn’t exactly the same for me this year either. It was like I was only going through the motions. I didn’t even make any resolutions this year. However somehow through that crisis we had to endure and are still working through, we have found our way back to our faith community and to a wonderful parish that feels so much like home. Our pastor is wonderful and delightful to talk with. We’ve made our way back to confession and to Sunday Mass. We are starting to tithe and to make a budget to give our full tithe as we should. We are praying as a family and reading the Bible as a family. And it is amazing how eager Jack is to pick it all up. He loves the prayers and making the sign of the cross and singing at Church. I truly see God at work in our lives. It is amazing how quickly He works when you just finally open the door to Him and allow His help and guidance in your life. I think I am a bit of a control freak – I’ll admit it. I think I’ve tried to control too much in my life and it finally all fell to pieces in front of me. So for 2009, no Resolutions for me, I’m just choosing a different path for the year and praying to grow with Him and learn to let go and let God. I’ve even got a few new books about the vocation of motherhood and creating a domestic church within your home (wonderful Christmas presents from my mother-in-law) to help me on my journey. Food for thought I like to think. A new routine of morning prayer. Maybe start a journal. And rekindling a old relationship with my rosary. Hopefully I can really keep all of that up. I am truly baffled with how we were blessed with a 2nd little miracle on the way. Our life was a mess, but yet somehow God saw fit to send another little soul to us. I think if this baby is a girl maybe her middle name should be Grace.

P.S. The baby got its first little blessing last week from our parish priest. Already on the right track and not even born yet.

Baby Thoughts

I've had this picture of Jack around 1 year old on my desk forever. It is one of my favorites. He had just learned to walk. It got me thinking how wonderful each new stage is when you have a little one. All the discoveries and seeing the world through their eyes. It is amazing and a true gift from God.

I've been thinking a lot about the new baby today. Boy or Girl. I am feeling like just maybe a girl this time around. What it will be like... It's laugh...It's smile...It's little personality... We were blessed so greatly with Jack. That boy is a one of a kind with the best laugh in the world. I love it when I come around the corner and preschool to pick him up and I hear his laugh before I ever see him. I know this little one will be just as delightful but in his or her own way. I so can't wait until we meet.

12 Weeks 6 days and counting

My very first post about baby number two!!!!We've known since November and it's been killing me not to yell it from the roof tops. But we wanted to be careful given our past. I also can't believe changing my diet and taking the Metformin worked so quickly! I am amazed. Truly a miracle. Well, we made it to 12 weeks! I feel like I can breathe a little sigh of relief!!! This was my last ultrasound right before Christmas. It looks like a little kidney bean with arms. So far so good. I totally am thinking girl this time around, because she is already caused a little drama. I can't tolerate much sugar or fat. Makes me really sick. However, that has made me eat much healthier, especially at the holidays. And around week 8 we had some bleeding that scared me horribly. Turns out the placenta hadn't attached all the way and there was a small hole. I took it easy from week 8 to 10. At week 10 it was still there, but everything else looked wonderful and the heart beat is very strong. They are thinking it will fix itself by my next appointment on the 20th. I pray that it does. I so want this little one. I feel so blessed that God is allowing us to bring another little soul into this world. And Jack will be a big brother!!!! How wonderful! I can't believe I am going to have two little ones to love and enjoy. I absolutely love being a mother! There isn't a better job in the world!