Hi All~

Today I called Kaiser to set up my 20 week ultrasound. Can you believe they are already booked for the entire month of December?? I was trying to make the appointment for December 31 so David could come and not worry about getting off of work and making up the time (he is off that day). But ALL of their clinics they are fully booked. AGGG! So the appointment is for January 8th at 12:45p. So in 41 days we will (hopefully) find out what this baby is for sure. I have mother's intuition, but now I just need confirmation.......I am excited to find out! At least this time around I have the holiday season to carry me through the wait, whereas last time I had the blah month of Feb and March to wait through.

With Love,

Misty

Hi All~

Last pregnancy I was worried about how to tell my employer that I was pregnant. This time- no need! This past thursday I had a meeting with my supervisor and the head of our department. They told me my position was being "dissolved" (dumb word) effective November 30th. I had the perfect set up- work soley from home and get paid while I am a stay at home mom being with my precious Lily. They offered me a part time moving to full time position that would be 20 hours IN the office per week. So the first thing I know for sure:

1) I am a stay at home mom first, and an employee of corporate America second.

2) God is in control. He gave me the job and he took it away.

3)I am in the season of my life where I need to be at home to raise my children and provide for them emotionally and spiritually first, financially second. I am also in the season of my life where it will not be easy, money will be tight, but these are the memories I will look back at fondly. Not that I had a "career" or was a "breadwinner", but shaped my children's characters to be servants for God.

4) In God's time he will show me the way- IF I am supposed to have a part time evenings job, and WHERE if applicable.  Time to sit and wait.

5) I am thankful for Jesus and my crown in heaven. Earth will pass away, but eternity will be forever. And I want to see Lily and this new baby there with me.

With Love,

Misty

Hi All~

There is always a battle waging....right? Well, the battle right now is to keep working out- or should I say "moving" in order to stay healthy. I have the internal argument with myself. The one where I say, "Don't work out Misty, it's okay, you're pregnant." And then my more motivated (smarter half) says "Just cause your pregnant, it's no excuse to get tired and lazy." When I was pregnant with Lily I made it a point to work out very often. Now, I know my life is not the same as back then, like I have Lily on the outside now, plus my job to squeeze in, but it's really no excuse. With that being said, I did the ellipitcal last night while I watched TV in the basement (my free treadmill broke). Today as soon as David got home from work I went for a 32 minute jog. It felt good, although I took it slow and easy. I could already feel my hip flexors getting sore, like they do when I am pregnant. All in all, I am going to try and keep working out during this pregnancy because I really do think it leads to better labors. Oh, and I have been craving more sugar lately than usual. YIKES! But that is a whole different entry. On the baby front, (s)he is doing good. At my appt its heart was beating about 160 beats a minute and "he" was moving his arms around by "his" face. It was nice to see the baby and start to feel a connection. Sometimes I feel like I don't stop enough to feel it because life is so much busier now. I think it will come in time as the baby grows and kicks me etc.

With Love,

Misty 

Hi All~

Today I went to the doctor for the first time for Baby #2. I was anticipating it so much because I had no idea how pregnant I was, therefore had no idea when this baby was due. Today they did the internal u/s and gave me the DD of May 26, 2008. YEA!! I thought I was having a mid june baby or something (knowing me, I probably still will). All in all, this has been a easy 1st trimester (Sorry Julie). I've been really tired and a little sick to my stomach, but not like I was with Lilia (first baby-14 months old now).

Here is how we found out:

I was getting ready to go back to NE and I get really motion sick.  I decided to take a test before leaving for two reasons 1) To see if I could drink while back (going to FB game) 2) and to see if I could take motion sickness pills. So Oct 12th I took a test randomly to check and it came up positive right away (I was already 8 weeks by this point and wondering why I was getting "fatter"). I was upstairs and David was in the kitchen feeding Lilia breakfast. I didn't tell him I was taking one, because he would give me the lecture about wasting money to buy them, and then taking a test when I "obviously" wasn't pregnant. Okay- so it came up positive right away and I just yelled David's name-over and over again. He got annoyed and wanted to know "what" already. I ran down the stairs (might have jumped the last few) and put the test on the table so he could see it and said "I'm pregnant!!" Needless to say, he was shocked, but really excited. Then within 20 minutes we were seperated because I had to leave for Nebraska- so we didn't get to talk about it. But before I left he was able to get a picture of Lily, me and the test for scrapbooking purposes. There is the story. We are so excited for this new baby- new life. We don't take it for granted by any means. So many people have difficulites conceiving, or they miscarry, so we have our hands continually raised to God in thanksgiving. Next doc appt is December 18th when I will be 17 weeks.

Love,

Misty