Drum Roll Please....

Well secrets out people. We are expecting baby #2 mid October around the 15th. Bret and I are really happy and excited to finally be adding another child to the family. Bret, oddly, was the person who started getting really baby crazy and wanting to have another kid. I knew that I could not get pregnant until Ashlyn was old enough to handle some things on her own because I get really sick during my pregnancies. I needed to feel that she was capable of playing by herself, eating, etc. so that if I was not feeling well that she could take care of her self in some ways. And at being 21 months old and already pretty much potty trained we felt it was ok.

We actually surprised Bret by having my friend Ashley design a shirt for Ashlyn and me putting the shirt together that said "I'm going to be a big sister." I put it on Ashlyn and she came out of her room to show daddy her "pretty" shirt. Bret did a double take and said "Is that real?" It was cute. He was very surprised and very happy!

I have to say that being pregnant is something that is extremely hard for me. I get very very sick. Nauseous all day, throwing up multiple times a day, and sometimes being so weak that I can barely get off the couch. Add kidney stones, U.T.I.s, anemia, back pain, and much more- you can see that this is no easy task for me. Bret also has been feeling a lot more hardships this time around because he is having to take care of me, Ashlyn, and sometimes even making his own dinners when I am too sick. He is a very strong man and I am very thankful for his hard work and support. I hope we are able to have a big family like we originally planned but I am not sure how much more of these pregnancies I can take. Luckily medical breakthrus and helping a little with coming out with the generic zophran pill which used to be $80 a pill. The generic has made things a lot easier and now I can have maybe 3 good days a week of not being completely nauseous. The pill is used to treat nausea for cancer treatments just so you know how strong it is. And that doesn't even help me sometimes. I can go a few days at a time without being able to keep any food down which makes for some extreme dehydration and major weakness. On the bright side Ashlyn will be thrilled to have a playmate and Bret and I can't wait to cuddle a newborn again. They are super cute when they are babies. I can't wait to hold him or her in my arms!

Ok here's a funny pregnancy story that I have to share!!!!:

I decided to switch my doctor because I had a pretty bad experience with my last delivery. I really wanted to still deliver at the same hospital (Lakeview) which is where me and Ashlyn we born. The only thing is that not very many doctors deliver there. Long story short I found out the guy who started the practice where Bret and I see our family physician delivers. Dr. Cope from Cope Family Medicine. I love the office, my friend is a receptionist there, and the doctors all seem to be very nice. So we decided on him. (He has been really great by-the-way!) Anyways my first visit at 11 weeks he had a student from one of the local high schools shadowing him. Remember he is really a family practice physician doing ob/gyn on the side. So this shy, tall, skinny kid comes in with Dr. Cope. Ashlyn starts flirting with him and putting on a show. Then Dr. Cope does my exam- pap smear and all. This kid was probably in shock for seeing, I'm guessing, his first vagina. I probably scarred him for the rest of his life! Poor kid. I bet he wasn't expecting that at all when he just wants to be a family doctor. I wish I could have told the kid, "Listen it's not going to look like this on your wedding night. It will be a lot better without the big tool holding my whoo whoo open and the tools, and I'm so so so sorry!" Let's just say the kid looked a lot different coming out of the room then he did coming in. HaHa.