What We've Been Up To

It's been a long while since I've blogged. We've been quite busy and it's only going to get more crazy. I can't believe it's been over 5 months since Claire was born. Thanksgiving is next week and then in a few more weeks is Christmas! The holidays are going to be rough this year, but we will be with family and that will help.

Here's a little of what we've been up to -

The end of October we went to Ames for the Iowa State Homecoming game. My parents went with us. We got up early to tailgate before the game. It was luckily a perfect day weather-wise. ISU didn't win, but it was at least a close, exciting game to watch. I still can't believe they just beat the #2 (not anymore!) team in the country on Friday! So proud!

A couple weeks ago we saw Luke Bryan in concert. That man can shake his ass! It was even better of a concert than I thought it would be. I love live music so I hardly ever turn down the chance to go to a concert. Unfortunately, Brad and I have different taste in music and it seems that we only ever go to country concerts. Or maybe it's the fact that we live in Iowa and only country singers come here! I'll take what I can get I guess.

The last, but most exciting thing we've been up to is this...



I'm pregnant again!! Baby is 8 weeks in this ultrasound. I'm now 9 weeks along and due June 24th. Yep, another June baby. We couldn't be more excited and nervous at the same time. We feel so blessed and so lucky. The day we found out, I cried and prayed and talked to Claire. I know she had a hand in this. This baby is so lucky to always have his/her big sister watching over them and keeping them safe.

We are going to Iowa City, at least to begin with. It was hard going back there after how we left there last time. My blood pressure was extremely high at first, but did go down before we left. We have a plan, which is a little bit of a relief. Our next appointment is Dec. 9th. We will have the first trimester screen. We will then have more blood work at 16 weeks, and then the anatomy scan and our first fetal echo at 20 weeks. They also want to do another echo at 28 weeks just to double check everything. Fingers crossed baby will be 100% healthy and we will get to finish out this pregnancy with my local doctor.

Please don't say anything on Facebook if we are friends. My parents know, but we aren't telling Brad's family until this weekend, and we aren't telling our extended families until Christmas. We're just being very cautious. I wish we could wait to tell anyone until February when we know everything is OK, but I'm showing already, so that's pretty much impossible!