This morning.

I just had to post about my lovely morning. (I haven't had one in a long time.)

Joel woke us up at about 7:30 this morning and I rolled over to Jared and said, "I'll give you $35 dollars of my own money if you will let me sleep in a bit."

So, Jared gets up and I sleep an additional 2 hours! So nice.

I got up, took and uninterrupted shower, and got dressed. I walked into the kitchen and said something like, "I want a cake doughnut like I've never wanted one before."

And get this.

Jared put his shoes on and went to Meijer.... For doughnuts.

Amazing

So, while Jared was at Meijer, Joel had some apple slices. And what was he doing with them? He was putting them in and out of Jared sneakers and then eating them. Kind of gross, I know. But so funny.















THEN! Joel found the recycling. And a soy sauce bottle.... and was "drinking" out of it. I promise it was clean! After he put it up to his mouth he would go "Mmmm, ahhhhh"











































I really had the best morning in the world. And I even woke up with hurt feelings. I love my boys so much.

Look at my baby

It's been a while. With moving and the melodrama of all of that... I'll post some pictures when I get it all decorated as I would like it to. We love our apartment. It's perfect! I don't feel overwhelmed when i look around. i'm so excited to have people over for the first time this weekend!

The pregnancy is .... going. A few irritable mishaps with insurance has made it a bit stressful, but it's really going great. I'm not sick at all and, frankly, less hormonally moody. I cannot wait to find out if it's a boy or a girl. And i can't tell if it's my gut or want that is telling me its a girl. We'll cross our fingers i guess :)

Jared finishes his first year back to school today! I'm so proud of him. He works so hard for our family and i cannot think of anyone else in the world who has ever put up with as much as i put him through and love me as much as he has. it's been the BEST two years of my life.

A little Joel update:
Joel can say "ball" , "Car", "eyes", "Bye", "tractor", "truck". "fish", "apple", "banana"
He knows where his belly button, eyes, nose, and hair are located.
If you say "outside", "tub", "tooth brush", or "get in your chair" he know wheres to run.
He gets into really really goofy moods. if you say "ahhhh! you're so funny joel!" he spins in circles and laughs at himself.


And seriously. Look at his pictures. He is beautiful.

Well, all free things must come to an end

In the two years Jared and I have been married, we have only lived a total of 6 months by ourselves. Now, it's time that we move on to bigger and better things.

We found a home.

An apartment home, but a home none the less. The apartment is brand new, built 2009. We're the only people in the entire building (at least for the time being). Our apartment is upstairs and we're on the corner so we only share one wall, which is amazing. You can go HERE for some pictures.

I've been feeling a little lost with where we belong as a family and this truly is an answer to my prayers.

I'm really really really sad to be leaving the Second Ward family. I really am. I've lived there basically my entire life and know everyone (give or take a few people.). And I've met some really great new people. Hopefully, although I know there are no families our age, I'll make a friend.

I'm just so excited to move. Just not the act itself. Unfortunately, Jared is studying for finals the next few weeks which leaves me to do the move myself.

Anyone want to do some service? You could watch the boy or help me pack?!? I'll make you dinner?!?!

The Park.

We love the PARK! I've decided that in the morning, we're going to walk to the park. and if we feel like it... we'll go to the park in the afternoon.

He loved loved loved the birds. and now says "KUCK! wow Kuck!" (meaning duck...)


























































Then we got to the park and he goes straight for the stroller...







































So I put him up in the swing. And he hated it.


And the, like a true little boy, he played in the dirt.



































And I finally saw got him up on the slide, and look how pretty cute he is:)

























































And can you really resist this.... face? "I CAN'T smile mooom!"























































And then after he went down the slide he was all about climbing up the stairs for the slide.




















He wasn't so sure of the bridge. I wouldn't be either if there was a gaping "holes" on the size bigger than me....




















And the BEST picture of them all, I left him at the top of the slide so he could learn to go down him self... not a good idea.


Yeah, we have fun there. I have a few videos. But they're on my phone and my phone is lost. :)

In other news, he says ball, button, truck, duck, and wow. He's getting sooo cute. I love playing with him.

Love him.

:)

Well...

We've had a rough couple of days.

I'm a little lost.

The Fetus.

Well, we had our first ultra-sound. It was kind of scary because the Doctor couldn't find the heartbeat with the dopplar (what is the spelling of that?). BUT! All is well.

Ok. So. After the doctor tried the dopplar, Joel, Jared and I went into the ultrasound room. The lady, who was super rude, said to us "I need to let you know that we don't typically let children come into the ultrasound room so, just next time, don't worry about bringing him."

so, my jaw dropped a little bit and I said, "Well, Jared, how about you can sit in here, see the baby and take Joel out to the waiting room."

So, Jared kind of nodded, the ultrasound lady put the thing on me and Jared had like, 15 seconds to look before she said, "Alright. There you go." and shooed Jared out of the room.

wow. a little abrupt, you think?

So, during the whole ultrasound, she was like, "do you need to pee? Your bladder is full." "Are you sure you don't need to pee? Look at your bladder!" "Just know we have a bathroom just down the hall."

This woman was nutz-o.

and, PS, I did NOT have to pee.

Anyway. This baby likes to MOVE! I mean, he/she is a mover and a shaker. It makes me nervous for future months when he/she can reach my ribs. My poor poor ribs. We didn't get a good video of the baby kicking their legs. (I'm having a hard time not putting this in "his" or "her" terms.)





In other news. We finished our first family vacation! Yay! It was really great! Friday we were in south Haven, MI, Monday we were in Lafayette, IN, and by Tuesday we were in Clarksville, TN. It was fun. Some of Jared's family, some of my family. It was a blast. And Joel did SO well! I have some funny videos I need to post of him being GLUED to the laptop watching cars. Maybe I'll post about it tomorrow.

I love my family. Jared is so good to my family, Joel makes me smile and cry everyday, and this new baby is really making me excited.

It's been a GREAT day.

Pregnancy

I guess I'll blog...

Well! So much for the whole "not sick" idea of pregnancy. Last week we all had a bug and I'm just now eating fooood! Mmm. I love food.

I went to my first doctors visit today! Everything looks normal and I couldn't hear the heart beat. My Uterus is tipped? It's normal, I guess. I go back in two weeks and I'm really hoping that Jared and Joel will come along. It's not like Joel will care, but I'll like it if he's there.

I love love love love my doctor. We talked a lot about my chances of a VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) and she really likes the idea. The latest she'll let me go is October 8th (Renee`s birthday which is kind of exciting.) What she said to me is EXACTLY what Jared and I talked about and had planned. I really like her. AND!!! Pretty much every stranger that I've told I'm pregnant and it was planned that the babies would be so close have basically said, "Wow, weirdo." And she said, "I'm so excited for you to have two babies really close! I think it's a great idea!" love her.

On the rude note. I need some help. I have a co-worker who has been really really rude about this pregnancy. Anytime it comes up (and it comes up a lot), she says things like, "Haven't you heard of birth control?" or, "You want to be one of THOSE families?" or, "Man, you should really look in to only having two." It's really starting to hurt my feelings. Maybe it's just the pregnancy talking, i dont know. My question is do i say something? The season is almost over and i guess i can blow it off, but the whole "birth control" comment all most pushed me to tears.

Ugh. Alright.Maybe I'll post joel photos. He's been REALLY cute the past few weeks.