The Day We Found Out Blessing #2 Was On The Way

On the morning of February 23rd, we were reminded once again of Gods love and faithfulness.  

I had been feeling a little different.  Different in my lower stomach area.  I knew that it wasn't time for "that time of the month" but kinda thought something was going on downtown.  :)  And since we had been trying for a baby I figured, why not.  Why not take a test.  So we woke up, got Boston some breakfast and I went to do my thing.  We waited about 5 minutes and we were itching to go into the bathroom to read what it said.  Since I am always too nervous, I sent Jer into the bathroom while I watched from the bed.  His reaction is always priceless.  It was just like last time...he picks it up, mouth opens wide and smiles.  By that time I'm standing right next to him and we both just start laughing/crying/oh my goodenss'ing/in shock/ecstatic....well you get it.  It was amazing!  All in about 30 seconds our lives had changed for the best.  Meanwhile, little Bossy is still sitting in the kitchen eating his breakfast.  

We knew that since he's a chatty little thing it would be best to keep this to ourselves until we get everything confirmed at our first sonogram appointment almost 3 weeks later.  So a secret we kept.  From everyone! For almost a month.

For about a week after learning about a new baby, every time we would think about it it would put a huge smile on our faces.  They were definitely "wow I can't believe this is happening" kinda smiles.  

However, the special day wouldn't be the same without a similar picture like the one that we took the day we found out we were expecting Boston.   

We stuck with the same Clearblue tests since we like seeing the word pregnant on it.  :)  This time around they had new and improved tests.  They now say the week of gestation that you are.  And I have to say, it was right on the nose since I was a little more than a week out from it being "that time" for me.  Isn't that cool?  How clever, Clearblue!

 It's fun to see this picture with our little man in it with us.  And daddy representing baby #2.  :)

It was such an awesome morning.  One that we'll never forget.  And it will definitely go into the memory book.  It's often still so weird to think that we won't only have Bossy anymore.  That we will have another little human running around here eventually.  I can't quite fathom it just yet.  But I know it'll be amazing.  We are so thankful to our Lord for His grace.  It always amazes me that we as woman can grow a human.  Absolutely miraculous.

Next up....our tradition that we did for Boston and now for the new baby.  :)

xo

Something Exciting I've Been Cooking!

Coming in November.....a BABY!!!!  

We are absolutely thrilled to be expanding our little family and to finally share the news!!  After a private/devastating miscarriage in early December we wanted to safely get past the first trimester before giving our announcement.  I'll be 15 weeks tomorrow and feeling amazing.  This pregnancy is very similar to the one with Boston (his was perfect till the end).  Although, this one, I've had a few headaches and one episode where I thought I was having a heart attack.  Turns out it was just heartburn.  As for energy and nausea, energy hasn't changed a bit and I had nausea roughly 4-5 days (right before bedtime), which is 4-5 more times than I had with Boston, but thankfully they were all in the evening since I have an active toddler to chase around all day!  

This pregnancy is considered high risk due to the birth that we ended up experiencing with Boston which you can read about HERE.  But we're confident that the Lord is going to give us a smooth end-of-pregnancy this time around.  :)

Oh and gender....well, like Boston, we are not finding out the gender until the birth!  I'm an odd duck in the fact that I have no desire to know the gender.  Plus, we had such a fun time being surprised when Boston was born we plan to do it all over again with this little Cook.  It's such an amazing surprise, too.  Especially since Jer got to walk out into the waiting room where all of our family and friends were and announcing...."It's A...." and "It's Name Is....." while it was videotaped.  

I absolutely love being pregnant and I'm extremely excited to grow this little human that will soon become our son/daughter and Boston's sibling.  

Can't wait to share more of this pregnancy along the way!  

Next week I'll be sharing what tradition we are continuing to do that we also did from the beginning/still do for Boston along with the day we found out we were adding a little addition.

xo