Its a.....

We found out today! The ultra-sound went beautifuly, and our baby is growing as it should be. Its a pretty amazing thing to see a little, fully formed baby safely moving about on the screen KNOWING that it is inside my tummy but not fully believeing it. It seemed to like having its hands around its face, and at one point I think it was sucking its thumb (or possibly feeling its face...). We were able to see what it is... but sorry you'll have to wait a few days for that one! We figure that the internet isn't the coolest way to tell our families what it is, so give us time to spread the news in real life and then I'll be sure to fill you all in! It was a good day :D

Sweet Noah

I just wanted to write a quick note, passing on this blog site. Little Noah is a 5 month old, beautiful baby who was shaken by his daycare provider a few weeks ago. He's currently in the midst of a tough, long battle and they need prayer. So check out this site Noah's Road and say a prayer for this brave little boy.

As a mommy, I just can't imagine the pain this family is in right now. They need support, prayers and good vibes sent there way.

Bring on the streach

Its official. I'm getting big again. This morning I broke open the box of maternity clothes and am currently sporting a lovely pair of stretchy, slightly more constricting that remembered, no button jeans. Hmm. I have to say, this was the part I was least looking forward to this time around. Oh well I guess it makes it makes the million daily bathroom breaks more convinent :D I do have to say though, I fully expected to be getting bigger much faster than I did last time, and I really don't think I am. My progress once again is slow, which makes it a little bit easier.

I Love Spring

I may have said it already, but I will say it again! Spring is officially my favorite time of year. I don't know why exactly, but for me Spring time makes me feel alive. The neighbors all peek their heads out after months of hibernation, we can FINALLY play outside and then there is gardening... I absolutely love planting my vegetable garden. Last year Grady was just a little bitty guy, so I had to forgo it for one year, but this year I am back in action. My Dad and I spent a hot Saturday working in our back yard building two large planter boxes for my new and improved raised veggie garden. Even though the day came at the cost of badly burnt shoulders, I couldn't be more excited. I'll try to keep you all updated with the progress of my yummy homegrown veggies.
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As for another new addition baby update - I am currently somewhere between 18 and 19 weeks. He or she is currently around 6inches long.


I've been feeling it move a lot in the past few weeks and just last night was able to feel a little nudge from the outside! I can honestly say that even during the endless weeks of being sick, it did not really feel real until I felt him or her stretching and rolling about making themselves known inside me. Yesterday at church during the praise and worship time I was holding my 14 month old, smiling at him dancing to the music (and his new thing - raising his hand like the people around him... lol), when I started to feel the baby moving around inside. At that moment I felt so blessed knowing that God has given me an amazing family and despite my unbelief, continues to bless me beyond what I could have imagined.

Our next Ultrasound is scheduled for this coming Friday! I'm so excited not only to see our babe, but to try and find out if we will be adding another blue bundle or a pink package to our little family. I can honestly say that I will be 100% happy with either. If I had to guess though, I'd say its another boy... we will see!

Car seat saftey.

This is one area in which I was completely naive before having my own baby. However, the more I read on car seat safety the more convinced I am that often times we are much to relaxed with our current standards. We've decided to leave Grady rear facing for a while yet. At the earliest, we may turn him at 18 months - but are considering leaving him rear facing until he meets the rear facing limits for his seat. Here are some articles for my mommy friends who are interested in this topic.

http://www.parents.com/baby/gear/car-seats/how-to-use-a-car-seat/

http://aapnews.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/30/4/12-a

Looong overdue update!

Once, again I have dropped the blogging ball big time! It been a LOOONG time since I update you all on the happenings in the Falk household. Where to start???

1. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Grady! (On March 4th). I can't believe our baby is one already! It reminds me once again, that time goes by SO fast and we only get these moments once. Our little man had been taking "steps" for a month or so, but really took off just days after his birthday. He can now reach things off the counter, which has made me much more careful in the kitchen! He's learning all kinds of new things daily, which I sometimes just have to smile at. He's saying a few words, and is trying to say many more (we think). At 12 months his words included: Daddy, Mommy, Bird, Ball, That (dat), All done (ahh duu), Poop (nice I know), and Banana (nana).

2. As many know already, our family is growing once again! I am currently 15 weeks, and am due on September 25th/09 (yes, that is our anniversary). However, since I am leaning towards having a repeat c-section, our babe will probably arrive sometime in the week previous to the actual due date. We have had one ultrasound so far, at approximately 10 weeks and everything looked lovely. We were thankful not only for that news, but also at learning that we will only be welcoming one additional child into our home right now.

As for how I'm feeling....At around six weeks, the dreaded morning sickness kicked in and knocked the wind right out of me. It got to the point of it being unsafe for both me and the baby, so I decided to accept the help of heaven sent pills. While on them, I feel 95% fine.

3. We are anxiously preparing for our week long siesta in Mexico for Rachelle and Alex's wedding. I am very much looking forward to basking in the sun, and having some me time, and not having to worry about my "bathing suit body" as I will be 5 1/2 months pregnant at the time. I am not however, even slightly, looking forward to leaving Grady behind for that week. I am already starting to prep myself for the separation, and know it will go fine, but am none the less, dreading it.

So life is busy, and changing for us right now. We are looking very forward to meeting our new little one, but are also savoring the time we have to focus on Grady alone.

Not Me Monday

"Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week."

Not Me Mondays. And time when blogging mommies join in McMama's fun and tell about our "adventures" in motherhood. Its been a while since I played along, but I though this week I'd give it another go.

This past week, while driving down the road with an empty back seat, I defiantly did not see a train coming, and in my high pitched meant for Grady voice yell out "Choo Choo" to my empty vehicle. That would be just embarrassing. And when I later told Dan about my silly moment, he did not smile and say "I totally do that too". That defiantly not us.

As I grudgingly wound up the roll of Grady assisted unravelled toilet paper, I did not look my almost 11 month old square in the eye and say "This may have been cute the first few times you did it, but by the 100th time, mommy does not find it very cute" fully expecting him to understand and never do it again. And I did not finally concede and simply permanently remove the toilet paper roll from his reach when he immediately turned and tried to do it again and again. Nope, i don't give up that easily.

And I definitely did not realize that I have worm my hair up in a pony tail, hiding behind my black head band 4 out of the seven days last week. Nope, I have definitely not become one of those frumpy mamas. And this definitely does not make me kind of sad.