Pregnant with a 6-month Old

I'm here-laying on my couch as my little one sleeps, blogging to the "world" about my wonderful pregnancy pains. 

I know the pains mean our little Dominic is growing and my body is compensating for his ever changing self inside of me, but I'm already feeling the give and take of having two children and I find it interesting that God is bringing this to light before Dom even arrives. I have to put myself second when Roman is awake-playing, feeding, reading, changing, and cleaning-but that also means, at times putting Dominic second since he's feeding off of me! When I come to this realization I take a breath, get some water and a snack while Roman happily plays in his jumper. 

I embrace this realization early as it is good practice for when Dominic is HERE with us and the needs of two increase. Pregnancy and wrangling an infant is all I've known with my kiddos, so I won't know what two little lives take until January, but for now I'm resting while I have the chance and thanking God for my beautiful life. 

Btw-I totally don't want to sugar coat; these pains are real, they aren't going away, and I'm sure with 19 weeks to go I haven't felt the half of it. But I've had some experience and trust in my God and the doctors around me to get me through!

Seattle {Travels}

This past weekend we took Roman to meet one of his great grandmas in a town close to Seattle, WA. You know what that meant...Seattle trip! 

We hit the prominent Pikes Place Market, stopped in at some speciality stores in the city, and of course stumbled upon a Seahawks pro shop where both daddy and Roman got some new NFL duds! 

During the time in the city and driving around the out lying towns, I thoroughly enjoyed our first travels with our son. Granted he's 6 months old, had no idea where we were and won't remember this trip no matter what-BUT all I could think of was how great it was to be introducing him to new places and how wonderful it will be to take both of our boys on trips as they grow. It will be so eye opening to watch them experience new cities, cultures, and adventures. It will be a favorite to dream up where we will take them and all that we will enjoy as a family.

We have our first family vacation booked for October to go to the coast! I can't wait for Roman to experience the sand and take him for walks around the ocean. Again, he won't have a clue what's going on, but I'm so happy we're starting these family memories now-no matter how old the babies are. 

Until next time!

I'm Back!

OH.MY.GOODNESS.

My last post was on June 2-THREE MONTHS have gone by since I jumped on here and posted. I believe my last blog post was written from bed, the night before I went back to work after maternity leave. Boy has life changed since then. 

We already knew it then, but I had yet to share on the blog that we are expecting our second baby! We found out when Roman was 1 1/2 months old that we were pregnant again and we were: stunned, thrilled, stunned, over-joyed, anxious-did I mentioned stunned? The surprise came more from how quickly we conceived again, rather than the fact we were having another baby. Clearly we know how babies are made, but the first time around it took us TWO years (hence why we felt called by God to let our second come in His timing, as we did with the first) to finally have a positive pregnancy test-we KNEW it could happen any time, but didn't know it WOULD happen so soon. All of that to say-WE ARE THRILLED to have our babies so close together, I'm enjoying pregnancy to the fullest and preparations are far under way for welcoming our second child as I am now 20 weeks along. Another exciting note to this is that we found out Roman will have a little brother (!) Dominic Alan to play, wrestle and grow up with. We are due one month after Christmas so needless to say, if I thought these last 20 weeks went by fast, the last half is going to FLY. Roman will experience all of his "firsts" holidays, we are planning his 1st birthday party very early so we can have everything ready by March, plus the added activities of every-day life...20 weeks (maybe!) will go by in a blink.

Another huge change since June 2-my hubby accepted a new job in Portland, moving us from our college town to our home town and making me a stay-at-home-momma. I was back to work after having Roman for exactly one month before I gave my notice and got to be back at home with him. Such a blessing for God to have provided a job where my husband can grow and flourish and for allowing me to be home with Roman, to enjoy my pregnancy and my time with Roman before Dominic comes.

Roman is now 6 months old and I'm having the best time watching him learn new things, try new foods and begin to understand the world around him. What a beautiful gift!

My hope now that I'm home is to blog about my wonderful, crazy, beautiful life and share my stories with whoever is out there reading them. (I know I've been home for awhile and only now getting back to blogging, but really-I'm going to do it now!)