Happy Thanksgiving

I am so thankful, so grateful, so appreciative for my family. My boys, my husband, the baby in my belly, my siblings/spouses, my dad, all the nieces and nephews, and all of Scott's family! I deeply miss my mom during the holidays, Zsa Zsa will always play a big part of our gatherings. Her recipes, traditions, and most all- her spirit will forever be part of our holidays! We enjoyed our last Thanksgiving as a family of four! Next year I will have THREE turkey's to love on! Most of all, I am thankful for our health...that is the biggest blessing that I am most grateful for! We had a memorable day!

4 Months

4 months pregnant with #3! Time seems to be on super speed, especially with the holidays coming up. This pregnancy is continuing very smoothly, which I am SO grateful for! I hold my breath each ultrasound, my heart races until they tell me "baby looks good!" Then I can breathe and enjoy the ultrasound. Today was my 16 week ultrasound. It was so much fun to watch baby bounce around, suck its thumb, reach for its feet, put its arms over his/her head.

She told me to cover my eyes when she had to measure the thighs- so I put a towel over my face. She gave me warning every time she got close to the genital area. I love not finding out the gender- it brings this whole new level of excitement and anticipation! It is totally not my personality to do this, but I decided to take on the challenge and glad I did.

I can feel baby move at random times throughout the day, especially at night. I will call the baby "bean" for now! Bean has a great strong heartbeat and all measurements look right on track. The organs look good, such a blessing that I literally thanked God for the second she told me!! More good news- my cysts are almost gone. She is not worried about them at all! She said they reduced significantly and no longer "on her radar." Such a wonderful appointment. My next appointment will be at 20 weeks. I will enjoy Thanksgiving as I am forever thankful for my babies!

I did have a little car accident last week. It is pretty embarrassing...I drove into a pole in a parking lot!! No distractions! I was not on phone, I was not talking to the boys in the back seat. I just cut a corner too sharp and nailed the pole! It did some damage to my car, a tow truck had to come get my car. Scott was out of town, so my dad came to pick us up. The boys were with me. They were fine. The airbags did not come out, but it was a hard jolt! I called the doctor, and she didn't seem concerned because my body didn't have impact with anything. I followed up with her that Monday, and baby bean was fine- thankfully! I was worried sick at the thought of me hurting this baby because of a stupid, careless mistake!! I now have a rental car for a couple weeks. Scott is probably the sweetest husband in the world. Although he has made fun of me and rolled his eyes, he has not made me feel bad once! He just said, "well girl, mistakes happen and I certainly don't love you any less- even though you drove your Lexus SUV into a light pole!!" I know it sounds awful, but we are thankful that no one was hurt. Scott and I went back to the parking lot for me to show him the light pole...well, actually it was not a light pole. It was a handicap parking concrete pole! I told Scott, "oh, I guess I was about to park in a handicap spot? At least I prevented a parking ticket!!" Hey, laughter is great medicine and we tried to make light of the situation! 

I continue to feel great and staying busy. I am loving these days with my boys! It is so cold outside- so cold and rainy for the past week. I like it because it actually feels like the holiday season, but I am missing the sunshine! Life is good right now, real good! Happy Thanksgiving! We have SO much to be thankful for! Baby bean and my sweet boys, we love you!

Bun in the Oven

Yep! Bun in the oven, and we couldn't be more excited!!! I am a little over 13 weeks and feeling great, thankfully! Baby #3 is DUE MAY 14, 2014.The first trimester flew by with my boys keeping me busy. I am so grateful to have felt good throughout the first trimester...no sickness, no fatigue, nothing. Obviously, I don't want to feel sick but at the same time- I kept wanting confirmation from the doctor! We waited so long to tell people until I knew, for sure, I was pregnant and all was good! Well, after 2 ultrasounds...it's confirmed! There is officially a bun in the Monteverde oven!

Baby is looking healthy. I have 4 cysts on my left ovary, which they are monitoring. One of them is pretty big, but at today's ultrasound, it is showing signs of "calming down!" The cysts are really no risk to the baby- they can just cause pain for me. I have heard the pain is pretty intense, I am SO happy that they seem to be reducing in size! I have had a few days of feeling crampy...not painful, just a steady feeling. However, those feelings are starting to go away. All in all, no complaints.

Big news...we are NOT finding out the gender of this baby. In case this is our last baby, we want to experience not knowing the gender. I am already so 'gitty' thinking about labor, and the excitement of not knowing what blessing is in store!

Hunter and Trent are 22 months apart, and Trent and baby #3 will also be 22 months apart in age! We are VERY happy with the age difference between the boys, and I sure hope that it feels as natural this time around! With the holidays around the corner- this pregnancy is going to fly by. I am going to make the effort to adsorb every moment and embrace these days with my boys. We are open to having 4 kids, but we are not committed to 4. So, we are approaching this pregnancy as "this may be our last." My goal is to soak up every minute of this pregnancy. It's all a "chemistry" thing for me....if our family chemistry feels "complete" then we will be done. We will play it by ear and be grateful for each moment and each blessing!

I REALLY could not be more excited! This feels so right, so good! It is such a blessing, and I am so humbled! I LOVE that my kids will be close in age and experience each phase of life together. We are happy happy happy!