The Pregnancy (abridged version)

I was 150% convinced that the baby was a girl.  NOTHING was the same.  I was so sick up until 18 weeks..... thank goodness C orben took great naps and played well on his own because I layed down and slept a lot.
As soon as the nausea subsided, all of my ligaments began to loosen way too early so I had chronic sharp, shooting pains constantly.  When I moved it was worse.  All day, all night.  Awesome.
So at 20 weeks when we went for our anatomy scan, I just knew it would be a girl. So when we got there, since we had Corben with us, we asked if she would be able to look for the babies "stuff" first since we didn't know how long our 12 month old would last in the room.  She, of course, said she would try but it just depended on how baby was laying, etc.  She put the transducer on my belly and the very first image that popped on the screen was baby's "package"!  I said,"Is that what I think it is?????"  She laughed and confirmed what we were looking at.  We would be getting another little boy.

Since we didn't find out what we were having with Corben, we thought it would be fun to find out the second time.  I am so glad we did because I was already buying girl clothes.... that's how sure I was!
Plus, in hindsight, Hunter gave us enough surprises (more on that to come) so I am glad we knew at least something ahead of time.
Once my third trimester hit, my blood pressure started driving up.  Every appointment was stressful.  I just didn't feel myself.  I was constantly telling my doctor how worried I was.  I was worried he would be too big, was worried about her vacation the week of my due date, just overall worried.  Ha...how's that for mother's instinct?
So as I approached my 37th week, Dr. H knew, as well as I did, that the baby needed to come soon.  We were chasing the inevitable with the pre-eclampsia and it was time.
To be continued on the delivery.....

I don't have a whole lot of pictures from when I was pregnant with Hunter.... but here is one from 8 days before he was born.....gotta love the belly!

The planned surprise

When we had Corben, I immediately knew I wanted to do it all over again right away.  I had the best pregnancy, delivery, newborn, infant.  This thing was easy.....people who say having a newborn is hard are crazy!  I had it all figured out.
When I had half of my thyroid removed when Corben was 5 months old, my body didn't react well.  It took awhile to find the right dosage of Synthroid that my body liked.  Everything was thrown off.  Still, we knew that we wanted to try to have another baby soon.  Around the end of October my hormone level started balancing out and we decided that we would like to try for baby #2.  We didn't know how the thyroid stuff affected my body, so the plan was to try until February and if it didn't happen we would hold off for the rest of the year (we have a high deductible insurance plan so the goal was to have a pregnancy and delivery in the same calendar year to avoid paying two years of deductibles).
Two weeks later....... we found out I was pregnant!  Talk about meant to happen!  We didn't even know if I could get pregnant, let alone that fast!

Corben announced the big news!

July 29, 2012 we would be welcoming a new bundle of joy.........

It's been a long time......

But I am ready to get back to writing.  This past year and a half or so has been pretty wild.  I didn't have the time nor energy to write, but I think it is important to get the story of this year written out.  I would like to have everything printed and put into a book for my boys eventually and the events of this last year make up a significant "chapter" of our lives.  So the next few posts will be me catching up..... stay tuned!

10 months

Our big boy is 10 months old today and not lacking for size, that's for sure.


He is still crawling everywhere, pulling up on everything, and getting into everything he can. He has had a bit of a "launguage explosion" and is now saying "mama" and "dada" appropriately, as well as copying pretty much every noise we make. This morning Steve left for work and I said "bye bye dada" Corben immediately put his chubby little hand up, started waving and said,"bu da da." So sweet

Pointing at anything and everything is a new favorite thing as well. He lifts up his little pointer finger and lets you know what he is interested in. The other day at the grocery store, he pointed at ice cream and Mountain Dew. As if he has ever had either of those two things!

Without further ado..... his chair picture :)

Santa!

Corben got to go meet Santa for the first time this morning. He did not cry and was not scared. The photographer did, however, have a huge hand clacker thing to get his attention. Whenever he sees something new, he gets very very serious. So that is the face we got.....

There are lots of new things around the house for Corben to explore. He is so good at listening to "no" and "don't touch" so the Christmas tree has not been bothered. He is crawling everywhere, pulling up on everything, babbling all day long. It is a fun stage we are in. He is getting quite the silly personality!

9 months

I cannot believe we are just 3 months away from one year old! Corben is so much fun and doing new things everyday. He almost exclusively feeds himself (he has no interest in pureed foods, other than yogurt) so he picks up all of his food and feeds himself like a big boy.

He is crawling everywhere, climbing anything he can, pulling up on everything, and will even briefly let go and stand for just a second at a time. He should be walking anyday now!

Here are his 9 months stats:

23.5 lbs-96th percentile

31 inches- 99th percentile

Such a big solid boy!

And of course, his chair picture!

Waving!

Clapping!

Catching up!

Yep, behind again on the blogging. Here is Corben's first Halloween, his first ASU game, and some of his beginnings of being a walker videos.

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ASU, ASU, ASU!!!


This past Saturday, Corben got to experience his first ASU tailgate and game. It was an afternoon game, so by the time we got settled at the tailgate, it was time for Corben’s nap. He slept for 2 hours like this….

Here are a few more pictures from the day.

ASU won, by the way!

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Corben the Cow

For Corben's first Halloween, he dressed as a cow! He was the cutest little cow I have ever seen, that's for sure!

On Friday, we got to go to Steve's work for the firm's family halloween party. Corben had fun crawling around and was the hit of the party.

Then on the actual Halloween day, Corben had his first day at the Little Gym. He had a great time in his class with the songs, exercises, exploring, and climbling.

Then that night, we took the dogs and our cow and went for a long walk around the neighborhood. After the barn door shut for the night and our little cow was fast asleep, Steve and I sat outside, enjoyed the cool night, and handed out candy.

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WALKING!!! EEK!

Last but not least, we have our ALMOST walking boy. He had been pulling up on this walker for awhile now, but has now figured out that he can push it and walk. For now, I keep this upstairs because the tile downstairs may be a little too slick for him to be pushing this on.....Yikes, he's going to be running around this house before we know it!