Here we go again.....

-Vomit
-Headache
-Tired
-Migraine
-Heart burn
-Cranky
-Vomit

The cute and tiny culprit: Due October 15, making me 18 weeks along.

.....just keeping her decent.

Thankfully I have mostly good days now. The occasional bad one just makes me grateful for the good ones. Our ultrasound was today. That definitely lifts the spirits and gets us super excited. I can't believe we are having a GIRL!! What do you do with one of those??

Oh Crap!

"Wook Mommy, a hosey. Yeehaww!"

Bennett was so excited to show me what he figured out how to do during his nap. Since we didn't want to chance a broken limb, we converted his bed that night.

My easy life, as I know it, is over.
3 hour naps-OVER
Naps period-OVER
Easy bedtime-OVER
8:00pm bedtime-OVER
Sleeping past 7:00am-OVER

We are on day 5 and the transition was not as bad as I thought. We only have to take him back to bed once or twice, and hopefully it will improve over time. I love him so so so much, but that cute face staring at me at 5am is not something I want to wake up to daily. We have to work on that wake up time.

Bennett goes under the knife

:The following post contains actual images from a surgical procedure and may not be suitable for children or the pansies:

Shortly after Bennett was born we found out that he had a cyst on his eye socket that needed removed. Apparently the bone in between your eye and your temple is not always fused when they are in the womb. In very rare cases, when it comes together it can sometimes trap 1 skin cell and start to grow a little pocket of skin inside. So as the child grows, so does the cyst. It can be no way harmful as long as it is taken out before it gets big enough to push on the optic area and affect his vision.

He needed a MRI in preparation for the surgery. Isn't that the cutest noggin you have ever seen, look how smart he is. The cyst is the white bubble on the right side.

MRI day was awful. They had to sedate him through an IV since he would have to be still for 40 minutes. The had a hard time getting into a vein. After 4 pokes, lots of blood and screaming, they finally were successful.

The before shot. Can you spot it? Most kids' grow right on the bone so it is very obvious. Bennetts grew mostly into his temple so it is hardly noticeable.


The Dr. took these for us. Poor buddy.


Ewe!!


The nurse warned us that he would wake up kicking and screaming.
This is how he woke up and stayed.

Recovery has been pretty easy. He hardly skipped a beat. He was back to bouncing off the walls by the time we got home and has never complained about his scraped bone or 10 stitches. Kids heal so fast. He will have a scar but they cut on his eye lid, on an natural crease so you will have to search pretty hard to spot it.

I am in Love!!

This is our newest niece Payton. Beautiful, I know.

I am in love with her and looking for an excuse to go back and see her again...