Well folks - it is official! On January 26th we found out that we are expecting our second sweet baby! My due date is October 6, 2010 and we couldn't be happier! I had my first doctors appointment on Monday where I met with a nurse to learn (or relearn) about what I can eat and what I can do, had my blood drawn and, of course, got on the dreaded scale. I am using a new doctor with this baby because our insurance has changed since Cole was born so things are a little different. With Cole I received an ultrasound at 8 weeks to check his heart beat. That was not the case on Monday and I was so disappointed. Luckily we have many connections and one of my dear friends who I used to work with (and who helped take care of me when Cole was born) let me come to the hospital and she did an ultrasound for me. Unfortunately Rhonald was working but I did get to see that sweet little heart beat and a rolling little 8 week old baby! I have been feeling great - although I am very tired, much more so than when I was pregnant with Cole. I attribute that to having to keep up with a toddler all day long. I also have a lot of opinions about what we eat and don't eat which, I think, is driving Rhonald a little bit crazy! Other than that things are going so very well. Cole is excited about being a big brother and kisses my belly every day. He loves babies and I pray that continues when we bring his brother or sister home with us! We ask for your prayers for all of us during this time of change but especially for our new little wonder...that he/she arrives safely and is 100% healthy!
This is what we spent about 30 minutes doing this Saturday morning...still in our jammies...before breakfast! Oh the joys of parenthood! We wouldn't trade it for anything!
Superbowl Sunday we spent the evening with several friends enjoying lots of food and talking and some football. Our friends, Kellie and Joe, were there with their 4 month old baby, Claire. Cole loves Claire. I mean, really he does. That night Cole helped me feed Claire a bottle and he kissed her head and gave her toys to play with. The evening ended and we went home and went straight to bed. Well, the next morning Cole woke up asking where Claire was and then he got very upset when I said she was at her house. I was trying to think of something to calm him down and I remembered Peggy. My sweet doll, Peggy, was given to me on my first birthday by my Aunt Peggy. She was my best buddy growing up and I still have her sitting on a shelf in my closet. I ran and got her and showed her to Cole. That sweet boy of mine instantly fell in love with Peggy as well. Cole has to share his milk in the morning with her, he reads to her, he rocks her, he sleeps with her. It is so sweet to watch him love her and take care of her. I will admit that I always thought I would pass Peggy down to a daughter but hey - maybe all of my kids will love on her at some point. It is just nice to know that Cole has a place in his heart for babies and for taking care of others.
No pictures to share but I do have 2 stories that I wanted to tell you about.1. Rhonald and I always put Cole to bed together if he is home. We have a system...Rhonald reads, Cole chooses who gets to say prayers and then I sing with him. Tonight after stories we asked him who he would like to say his prayer and he said "Cole." So we smiled and said "ok, go ahead." thinking the whole time that he would not say anything. Well, we were wrong and I swear I was almost brought to tears with his little prayer. I could tell Rhonald was so proud too. It went like this, "Dear God, Jesus, God, God, God, Jesus Amen." It is awesome to see him grow in his little faith and to know that even at this young age he has a love for God that is so amazing!2. We have been going back and forth on when to get rid of Cole's pacifiers. I mean, he is addicted and, really, so are we. We have been dreading this day for 2 years now. When I say Cole is addicted I really mean it. I have never seen Cole fall asleep without his pacifier ever. While Cole was at Mother's Day Out today I cut the ends off of all of his pacifiers. I'll be honest that I did leave 1 intact just in case. When I picked him up he asked for one so I gave it to him and he was upset. He asked for another and I gave it to him and he was even more upset. My heart was breaking but I knew in that same heart that this was the right thing to do. It took much longer to get him down for his nap than usual but he did go to sleep. Problem was he was even more mad when he woke up and had some energy! After about 40 mins he calmed down and was ok. Around dinner time he found the pacifiers I had given him and said he was throwing them away because they were broken. At bedtime, oh the dreaded bedtime, he asked for one again. I gave him another "broken" one and he looked at it and then threw it away without saying anything. After that we did our normal bedtime routine and he never mentioned his pacifiers or cried one little tear. I am so proud of him and I pray this continues!!!!!
We have been snowed in once again and were looking for new and exciting things to play with. Cole is really into pretending lately which is so fun. He is also really into the show Max and Ruby on Nick Jr. There are several episodes where Max, the little brother, pretends to be "super bunny." I was cleaning out a few of Cole's dresser drawers and found my old nursing cover. He instantly wanted to see what it was. I put it over his head like a cape and told him he looked like super bunny. Well, that did it...he has hardly taken it off since. He runs around the house saying "Super bunny to the rescue!" over and over. I have become super mommy and Rhonald is now known as super daddy! I guess it really is the little things that make him happy!
Well folks - it is official! On January 26th we found out that we are expecting our second sweet baby! My due date is October 6, 2010 and we couldn't be happier! I had my first doctors appointment on Monday where I met with a nurse to learn (or relearn) about what I can eat and what I can do, had my blood drawn and, of course, got on the dreaded scale. I am using a new doctor with this baby because our insurance has changed since Cole was born so things are a little different. With Cole I received an ultrasound at 8 weeks to check his heart beat. That was not the case on Monday and I was so disappointed. Luckily we have many connections and one of my dear friends who I used to work with (and who helped take care of me when Cole was born) let me come to the hospital and she did an ultrasound for me. Unfortunately Rhonald was working but I did get to see that sweet little heart beat and a rolling little 8 week old baby! I have been feeling great - although I am very tired, much more so than when I was pregnant with Cole. I attribute that to having to keep up with a toddler all day long. I also have a lot of opinions about what we eat and don't eat which, I think, is driving Rhonald a little bit crazy! Other than that things are going so very well. Cole is excited about being a big brother and kisses my belly every day. He loves babies and I pray that continues when we bring his brother or sister home with us! We ask for your prayers for all of us during this time of change but especially for our new little wonder...that he/she arrives safely and is 100% healthy!
