woohoo!!

...for baby number two!!

{isn't he/she so cute??? i am already in love}

i apologize that it has taken me forrrrevvveerrr to put up the details of this pregnancy. i have been frantically trying to finish up an independent study course before the 19th of this month and after writing {basically} a paper a day, i am practically done. hooray! just one more class to go before i am an official college GRAD. oh i can't wait.

anyways, can you believe that i am already 16+ weeks?!? i honestly can't. this pregnancy is flying by and i blame it all on maximillion who is running around at about one hundred miles/minute. i don't mind though--it's great having someone to distract me!

we found out we would be welcoming another little babe into our family on august 21. life was crazy. we were trying to close on our new home, throwing boxes together last minute, and saying our good-bye's to lovely provo. i wasn't feeling too yucky {thank goodness!} at this point...but a few weeks later the morning sickness really started to sink in.

it was hard. we were in a brand new place, i didn't know anyone, boxes were e.v.e.r.y.w.h.e.r.e. and i had zero energy to take care of max. i think i just unpacked the last box last week...it has taken me that long. however, i shouldn't complain because my husband ROCKS. {along with his job.}

there were so many mornings when i just wanted to keep sleeping and all max wanted to do was play play play. so danny would come home during his prep time and run around with max while i tried to muster up a little more energy. there was even one morning when i about lost it...ok, i did lose it...and i called danny in tears. i felt so sick and i could tell a migraine was setting in. danny talked to his principal, and luckily they were just doing a little test that day in seminary--not much teaching required. danny got permission to bring max in for the day and it was a win-win on all sides. i got to rest and max got to hang out with dad at work.

oh, and remember our flu epidemic?? that came at a prime time...right in the middle of all of this! i didn't think i was capable of crying so much {i can blame it on the hormones, right??} but luckily danny is super understanding. he would work all day and then come home and do dishes, laundry, and basically make our entire dinner. i have no idea what i would do without him. he is amazing.

and now, sixteen weeks in, we are finally starting to get the hang of things. our house is starting to feel more like a home, most days max is on a pretty normal schedule, and i have successfully been cooking meals for a few weeks! the morning sickness has pretty much subsided--this pregnancy has actually been MUCH easier than with max {when comparing morning sickness.} i haven't thrown up nearly as much and it has been far less severe. and the times that i have thrown up, max is usually right by my side, rubbing my back. {he is such a sweetheart! luckily, he won't remember how grouchy his mom has been lately when he is older.} i think the biggest challenge with this pregnancy has been emotionally. we planned on this baby {i'm sure some of you have been wondering that...} but let's just say it all happened much faster than we had anticipated :) the timing could have been a little better, but oh well!

we can't wait for the end of april to come so we can cuddle our brand new baby! we have a feeling that max is going to make one fabulous big brother and even though life is going to be very hectic at times, we wouldn't have it any other way.

p.s. we find out december 6th what we are having!! any guesses??

p.p.s. didn't our family pictures turn out wonderfully? i love them.