Month: January 2014

My very skilled sister-in-law Anne Black took these pictures for us. She is so talented! I love these photos. You can check out her work here.

Not a big deal or anything, we are just the cutest family ever 😉 Thanks Anne!

 

 

Boy, Thanksgiving and Christmas really did us in this year! We have been so busy I’m just NOW able to take a breath. I think our little family really felt the stress of the holidays this year, which resulted in weird behavior from Caidoc, a sickness that wiped us all out one at a time, and some scary early labor!

As far as “weird behavior” goes, we just noticed a big decline in Caidoc’s usually stellar attitude. I think most of that had to do with having an ear infection, getting sick twice, too much attention during the holidays, and confusion about the impending “dethronement”. I’m happy to report that with out schedule getting back to normal, he’s just bouncing right back to his happy self 🙂

Don’t get me wrong, we had AMAZING holidays. We were all SO spoiled with lots of Christmas present and goodies, and got to have lots of family time which was much needed. This year we were able to continue our familie’s tradition of a Christmas light drive (Caidoc’s first that he really remembers), and the Kent Christmas Dash, both of which were big kits with Caidoc. Can I just say, the holidays are SO MUCH fun with a kid!!!

What a great family I have 🙂

In other news, as most of you know, we found out a few days before Christmas that we are having a little GIRL!!! I was so stocked. I was convinced it was a boy. Now, I don’t mean I just had a feelings, like with Caidoc (I was wrong with him too), I was CONVINCED. I was getting out all of Caidoc’s baby clothes! That will teach me. Oh well. After the initial shock, and asking the technician to double check, I am finally getting excited for a little girl. I guess I just wanted a buddy for Caidoc, but as several have pointed out to me, I’m super good buddies with my older brother and younger brother who are close to my age. So, I guess it will be ok 😉

I’ve had many more ultra sounds and appointments than I did with Caidoc, mostly because of the VBAC situation, but I feel good about it and I’m not stressed about the birth. We also recently had another meeting with our doula, whom we just love, and she always makes me feel more calm. We are so excited to welcome a new little one.

Caidoc is going to be such a good big brother. We are not over stimulating him with the idea, I don’t think we need to. He’s extremely aware of what’s going on and I don’t want his babyhood taken away prematurely. He already wants to be such a grown up that I have to remind him that he’s “still my baby”…mostly because I’m a little sad to see him grow up. Time for a newborn so Caidoc gets some breathing room! Haha!

So, around May 9th (I’m expecting it to be much later though) we will be welcoming Azélie Eloise Jillian into our little family. Keep us in your prayers!