Killian Andrew Keth

This birth story is a bit late, but I'll just blame it on him being my third. ;)

So my entire pregnancy I kept praying that things would go better than they did with Jace. I prayed that labor would start before my water broke. Starting around late August I started having intense Braxton hicks that remained during the rest of my pregnancy. I figured it was a good sign, surely labor would start before my water broke and what happened with Jace was just a freak occurrence...

On October 22nd, two days before my due date, Shaun I decided we needed to take the kids to the park in the late afternoon because I was going crazy waiting for labor to start and analyzing every single little twinge. 

We got to the park and started playing, everything was going great. I picked up Jace to get him a drink when I felt it...such a familiar feeling. I tried to convince myself I peed myself and excused myself to the bathroom. I still wasn't sure what happened so when I walked out Shaun asked me what happened and as soon as he did I felt another gush and I knew it, my water broke. We packed it up and I texted my midwife. She gave me the opportunity to try to get labor started on my own before I went to the hospital. I can fast forward a lot of time by saying there was a lot of walking, praying, and pant changing but barely any contractions.

I finally went into the hospital at around 10pm. I was 3cm and contracting every 5 minutes so I decided to walk around and try to get it going. Well, it didn't end up going and I knew I was going to have to be induced.

Having been in this situation before I decided it would be best to get the epidural and then start pitocin. At around 1am I got my epidural started and what do you know...my blood pressure drops and I almost faint. It was seriously like Jace all over again! (These kids of mine are little stinkers) Again my blood pressure dropped and I nearly passed out, but I turned on my side and after about 5 minutes I began to feel a bit better.

Everything got settled at about 2am and I did what I do best during labor...I slept. At around 5am the pitocin was cranked all the way up and I was progressed pretty far and we knew it wouldn't be long. The epidural was starting to wear off on my left side but I wasn't too concerned about it.

Around 7am things started to get a bit crazy, the contractions were coming hard and I was feeling lots of pain on my left side and pressure in general. My midwife came in to check me and I was at a 9 and almost ready, we knew it would be soon. Only a little bit of time went by and I called her back in because I was feeling immense pressure. I knew it was time. They got everything set up and at 7:30 I started pushing (immediate relief, like its so crazy how that works) and at 7:35am Killian Andrew Keth was born!

They put him on my chest and the first thing I said was that he looked just like Emery. I felt like I had already birthed this baby! We got lots of skin to skin time and then they took him to get him cleaned up. He weighed 8lbs 9oz (we were shocked because I swore he was smaller than my other kids, but he ended up being smaller than Jace and bigger than Emery) and 20 and a 1/4 inches, making him my longest baby by a quarter inch! The hospital stay was awesome, he had a little scare with his Temps and blood sugar but he was quickly cleared.

He is now over a month old and he is just the sweetest! He is my first exclusively breastfed baby and it is going so well despite the fact that he has a tongue tie. He's growing more and more everyday! Emery loves him to pieces and Jace is starting to interact with him more which is great! This is the first baby where I finally feel like I know what I'm doing...it probably helps that I just had a baby last year and my memory is fresh lol.

Killian still sleeps a lot during the day but he's also starting to interact with us more. He coos and goos and smiles away when you kiss him. He has slept pretty good for me since the beginning, he usually gives me 3-4 hour stretches during the night. He loves music already and he is such a wiggle worm. He's another sweet and calm soul, he reminds me a lot of Jace with his laid back personality. We still think he looks a lot Emery but he also has features of Jace and is overall getting his own look more and more. He's the perfect fit into our loud, crazy family and he is so so loved.

Jace Michael Keth

Jace Michael Keth made his way into the world on January 11^th, 2015 at 5:12am, just one day past his due date! I have just got to say that this labor and delivery experience was definitely different than Emery’s was. I would say that Emery was a fairly quick and easy birth with no complications and smooth sailing. However, Jace’s birth didn’t quite go as smoothly, but overall it was still a great experience!

On January 10^th, (my due date), I still had no sign of oncoming labor. I had experienced contractions earlier on in the week after a visit to my midwife when she swept my membranes, but they died off completely by Tuesday morning (the day after the sweep). I was feeling pretty discouraged that I had reached my due date and still had nothing, so we decided we were going to go bowling and go have fun. I went upstairs to get dressed and asked Shaun if he had any feelings that today would be the day. He said it would be nice, and I had said I had a feeling but I didn’t think anything would happen that day. I went into the bathroom and got dressed but as soon as I pulled my pants up I felt a familiar feeling of water leaking (like I peed myself a little). I was kind of shocked but I didn’t want to get my hopes up, so I called Shaun in to let him know and continued to get ready. About 15 minutes went by with no other sign, so I texted my midwife and walked into the living room to give Shaun the update. As soon as I sent the text I felt it again and knew for sure that time it was my water.

I called my midwife to let her know my water was indeed leaking and she told me since I was not contracting that I could wait up to 2 hours before I came in to see if I could get contractions going. Two hours passed (it was now 3:30pm) and after what felt like peeing myself for two straight hours I still had no contractions (besides a few). We left for the hospital and I was already pretty emotional. I had a hard time leaving Emery and was disappointed that contractions weren’t picking up, but I knew it would be okay. We got to the hospital where my midwife checked me and told me I was only a 3 and my cervix was still hard. We discussed options of inducing but I wanted to wait it out. I was contracting every 2-3 minutes but I couldn’t feel all of them. We agreed to let me go until 10pm, after that we would check again and see my progress. In between monitoring’s  I was up walking the halls, bouncing on the birthing ball, and frequent trips to use the restroom.

By 10pm I was still only a 3, and even though I was 80% effaced they still needed to start Pitocin. They began the Pitocin and immediately my contractions began to get hard. I decided to go ahead and get IV medication then. I tried to rest as much as possible between contractions but they were coming hard. At 2:30am I couldn’t take the back to back, sudden and sharp contractions. They were so hard I could see my stomach “jump” and get hard instead of gradually building up like they had before Pitocin. I no longer felt like I could breathe through them and knew another dose of IV meds wouldn’t help. I decided for an epidural, a decision that I never thought I would make due to my deep, deep, fear of them. Luckily the whole process went smooth and I didn’t jump when he was inserting the needle! I do have to admit that after the epidural and my legs went numb I started to freak out mentally; I didn’t like the feeling, or should I say lack thereof, and had to tell myself mentally that I was fine and it was temporary. Right after I got the epidural my blood pressure dropped to 86/40-something. I told the nurse I was going to pass out and I was sweating terribly. Shaun started to panic a bit and some people came in. I turned on my side and felt immediate relief. Then my blood pressure went up to 168/something, most likely from my panicking. Things settled down and my blood pressure went down and the pain had subsided. I could only feel pressure.

Right after things calmed down the nurse checked me and I was a 4. I decided it was time to get rest, so they cranked up the Pitocin and I slept while I could. Around 4am the nurse checked me again and I was a 7, so they called the midwife and she came around 5am and checked me and I was a 9, almost a 10. Things obviously were taking off quick and I started to feel some major pressure from the contractions. I was feeling ready to push. Shaun got my leg on my right side and my mom got my left leg and Reanna was wiping my head with a cool clothe. I began to push at the end of one contraction, took a break, than began to push on the next contraction. I pushed twice and my midwife told me I needed to stop! I rested and at the next contraction I pushed two more times and he was out! My epidural was wearing off at this point so I could feel most all of it, and I still stand by my statement that the feeling of the baby coming out is so empowering! I was afraid that with an epidural I wouldn’t be able to feel it like I did with Emery, but I did and I’m so happy it worked out. I had no tears and everything was great!

Jace weighed 8lbs 7oz and 20 inches long! I got to feed him after Shaun cut the cord and they weighed him and such. He latched great! He’s been such a quiet and calm baby so far and things are going way better than expected. I’m still breast feeding while supplementing two feedings a day (give or take) and am also pumping when I supplement. I’m obviously tired but Emery has done AMAZING with Jace. He loves to help and watch him when we feed or change him. He only got jealous when we were putting him down for bed and I needed to feed Jace. It was mommy and Emery’s cuddle time that Jace cut into, so I sent Shaun out with Jace to get a pacifier and Emery happily fell asleep cuddling before Shaun could even come back to his room. It’s been great and I feel so blessed with my boys and my amazing husband. My birth could have gone wrong in many ways, but luckily I had my amazing “birth team” (Shaun, my mom, and Reanna) and my amazing midwife and nurses! All that was missing was my sister who couldn’t make it out this time, she was truly missed.

Thank you for reading and for all the thoughts and prayers for my family! We are happy and so in love with life right now! God has truly blessed us!

Happy New Year From The Keth's! (And Emery is 6 Months Old!)

Hello Friends and Family! It has been one incredible year for our little family, and I'm hoping everyone feels the same! I wanted to just review the year a little bit, but try not to make this blog TOO long, lol.

January

This was a pretty tame month, we celebrated my dad's birthday and just enjoyed the fact that we were pregnant! On the 17th, we found out we were having a BOY! I also started my second year of college, so that kept me pretty busy. :)

February

In February, we celebrated Valentine's Day and also got ready for our first year anniversary! My pregnancy was really progressing and I was feeling all sorts of kicks and jabs from my boy!

(Odd Pregnancy Cravings)

March

March was an eventful month! Shaun and I celebrated our first year of marriage of the 26th! I was so thankful for my marriage and how awesome my husband was. We also left for Boston to see my brother get married to his lovely wife, Nicole. It was SO much fun and it was an incredible experience. However, walking around Boston being almost 8 months pregnant was NOT fun. Hahaha :)

(My present...Don't worry, Shaun got a Kindle ;))

April

My brothers wedding happened on April 7th, it was beautiful! April was one of the most life changing months. It was an extremely hard month, but it was the best thing that could have ever happened to us. I thank God all the time for the events that took place. We also enjoyed the progress of my pregnancy! We celebrated Shaun's 24th birthday on the 28th, it was fun! :)

May

May was a relaxed month. I finished my semester of school and just enjoyed the last part of my pregnancy. We were definitely trying to prepare for our little one's arrival. We also had our baby shower in May! 

June

June, what a big month! Most of it was spent relaxing and visiting with my amazing sister! Then, on June 27th we received the most precious gift EVER, our son Emery Joseph. I remember the whole experience like it was yesterday and I loved every single minute of it. It was the most incredible thing. I fell in love with my supportive husband so much more that day.

July

In July we said goodbye to my sister and hello to my wonderful mother-in-law Cindy who came to help us for 3 weeks.  I can honestly say that I don't remember much from July, everything was kind of a blur between sleepless nights and figuring out the whole 'mom' thing. Then Emery turned 1 month old. It was the fastest month of my life!

August

August was honestly kind of a blur as well. We were just trying to get adjusted to our new life. I believe August was the month that we started getting the hang of things, like Emery not sleeping in bed with us anymore and actually sleeping at night. I also started my semester for school. Emery turned 2 months!

September

September was a fun month! Emery was really starting to show his personality and we had so much fun discovering it with him! He started to stay awake more often and he just really began to take an interest in everything! He also learned how to roll from tummy to back. I loved it so much! We also got a visit from my brother Heath and sister Nicole. Emery turned 3 months old!

October

October was a bittersweet month. Emery was getting SO big and SO fun, but he also had to have surgery. I spent the whole month worrying, but I knew I shouldn't have, it went perfect. He was such a little rockstar, he handled it so well. We went to visit Shaun's family in Chicago! It was a ton of fun. Emery learned how to roll from back to tummy. He also began to eat baby food! It was a great month! I also celebrated my 21st birthday on the 15th. Emery turned 4 months!

(Poor baby after surgery)

November

November was a fun month! We celebrated Emery's first Thanksgiving, it was so much fun! Emery got his very first tooth this month too! He has been turning into such a big boy! He just loves to be independent and play with his toys. He also loves to watch Yo Gabba Gabba while in his Jumper. He learned how to sit up unsupported for short periods of time! He's really turning into such a wonderful boy! Emery turned 5 months!

December

December was an amazing month! Between celebrating 'Nana's birthday on the 15th and Emery's first Christmas and New Years, we had a blast! Emery is so big now and it is just so amazing. He is sleeping in his crib now, he's starting to yell and talk more, he's learned how to jump in his jumper and put himself to sleep. He's almost ready to start holding his own bottle! It is crazy how fast he has grown over the past 6 months!

So there it is, my year in 1 post! I've loved reflecting on this past year and thinking about all the wonderful memories and moments that have happened. I am incredibly blessed with such a wonderful husband and an amazing son. I think I am one lucky girl! I know that 2013 will only bring more happiness and fulfillment into our lives and I can not wait! Happy New Year Everyone!!!!!

Emery is 3 Months!

Emery is three months! And I have a guest blogger! It’s *drum roll please!* Shaun!!!! Haha. Motherhood is an absolute joy! Emery has blessed us in so many ways! Shaun says that fatherhood is amazing. Emery is like our little sunshine, we get to wake up to his smiling face every day, and it’s so precious! Recently we’ve had some issues with pediatricians and such, but we are working through it.

Dada and Emery at Rainforest Cafe

 Emery’s surgery is coming up quickly! Yikes! I really don’t want this to happen, but I know God is faithful and he will protect our little boy. It’s still so hard though, I don’t want him to have to suffer. The surgery is for a condition called “hypospadias”, and it’s not a major surgery, but it’s still surgery. We have faith that he will be okay.

So we can talk about Emery’s feedings! He’s eating a ton more now, around 30-34 ounces a day! He will usually eat 4-6 ounce bottles at a time, but sometimes he wants 8-10 ounces. I have a feeling it won’t be long before he starts to take 8-10 ounces per feeding.

Emery’s sleep is incredible!!!! He takes 3 naps a day, one around 11, one around 2 and one around 6. The past few days he’s been skipping his morning nap and sleeping from 2-5, I’m hoping to get back into routine but I don’t see that happening with our upcoming Chicago trip! It’s working though, so it’s okay. The naps last about 2-3 hours, sometimes 4 hours, then he’s up about 2-3 hours, then back down. Then he goes down for bed around 9-12 and wakes up for 1 night feeding around 5, then back down until 8. He’s gotten so much better at sleeping since his first month blog!

Emery is a really happy baby (most of the time) and when he’s up he LOVES to look around. Anything that is colorful will catch his attention, anything with noise will catch his attention and anything that moves will catch his attention. He’s also started to “talk” to us a ton more now. I will ask him if he can say “goo” and he will respond most of the time. His crankiest times are when he gets sleepy or he is in his car seat. He really hates his car seat, which is a total bummer.

Emery sucking his thumb for the first time!

 Emery has a tooth coming in! Crazy! He’s got a little white bump on his bottom gum, right in front. When I touch it, it’s a bit sharp. He’s been drooling like crazy, chewing nonstop on his hands and a bit more cranky than usual. Overall though I think he’s handling it like a champ!

Lately we’ve been having some rough days, especially last Sunday, he was crying so hard at my aunt and uncle’s house and he wouldn’t stop! It was the first and only time he’s ever acted like that, and we still don’t know what caused it. Today has been significantly better than the past few days though, and I’m sure it has a lot to do with the fact that we prayed over Emery today. God is so incredible, isn’t he?

We are leaving for Chicago on Saturday; it will be Emery’s first plane ride! Shaun and I are extremely nervous; we just hope everything goes really smoothly. I’m sure he will do fine, but there is that nagging part of me that just hopes he doesn’t have a random melt down on the plane. Any tips or suggestions would be wonderful! We will have to write another blog when we get back about the experience. Prayers would be so wonderful!

Shaun and I are just so happy with what God has blessed us with! We are so underserving, yet his mercy still flows through us. It’s amazing! We just hope we can raise Emery to be the best person he can be, and to have a heart full of Jesus! We wouldn’t trade being parents for anything else in the world. Every day, Emery grows more and more and we know the future looks really bright for us. We are actually really looking forward to having more kids, but right now we are focused on Emery, more kids will come before we know it! God Bless you all!

Emery in his new big boy car seat.

Emery is One Month!!!

Happy one month to my beautiful little boy! I can't believe a month has already passed, it went so quickly. I thought I would share a little bit about Emery! 

First of all, bedtime can be amazing, or it can be awful. We have a bit of a routine though, so I guess that's a bonus. We normally head to bed around 9-9:30, sometimes he will sleep and only wake up to eat every two-three hours or some nights he will stay awake until 1-2am and then finally sleep until 4 then back to sleep until 6. He's normally awake around 6 though, unless it's been a rough night. We've only had a handful of nights that he will scream all night, so I am counting my blessings. 

He's been sleeping in his bassinet lately which is wonderful because for awhile he would not sleep on anything other than me! As soon as I would lay him in his bassinet he would wake up screaming! That was pretty stressful, but most nights he does good!

As far as eating goes, he eats about 2-4 ounces every 2-3 hours, sometimes he goes 4 hours. It really varies, if he eats 4 ounces he will normally go about 3-4 hours in between feedings, but if he only eats 2 than he goes about 2 hours in between. He averages about 24 ounces a day, but it all depends on the day. He's a great eater! 

He loves to look around! He gets mad at you if he can't look around while he's awake.He's so strong for his age that he already holds his head up and turns his head every direction to look around. He was already holding his head up by himself right after he was born! He loves to kick and move his arms around. He's also going to be rolling over pretty soon, he can already get himself on his side. It's crazy! I think it's safe to say he's going to be doing everything early! Another thing he's almost ready to do is coo, he's got his mouth ready to make the noise but nothing is coming out yet. 

For playtime, we've been doing tummy time with a mirror. He just loves to look at himself. He will lift his little  head up and stare at himself for quite awhile. It's so cute! He loves to stare, especially if he's starring at his daddy. He will follow his daddy wherever he goes, I love it! Whenever he hears his daddy come into a room his little eyes start to dart around looking for him. He also loves to watch TV, it cracks me up!

He's really not a fussy baby, he cries when he wants to eat, needs changed, wants held or is just tired. He never really fusses just to fuss, but I know that could change. I'm crossing my fingers though! Overall he is sweet as can be and loves to cuddle and I can kiss him all I want and he tolerates it, so that's a bonus. Haha! 

A few more little things that I didn't fit in:

• He enjoys bath time, especially if he can see himself in a mirror.
• He likes to lay in the boppy pillow and just relax, sometimes he will nap in there.
• He's been drooling a ton, I'm hoping it's not a sign of early teething.

I love my little family, Shaun is a great dad and Emery is a wonderful blessing. I'm looking forward to all the new things he will learn this next month!

Emery Joseph Keth

He's here! He's here!

I can't believe my precious baby is finally here! I honestly couldn't wrap my mind around giving birth or being a mom, but here I am! I decided to go ahead and share his birth story for those of you who want to know! I think it went pretty smooth!

Let me share a bit of the background first, my sister has flown here from Washington to help me with the baby, but obviously leaving all her little ones means she couldn't stay very long and she has to leave July 3rd. I desperately wanted her to be there for the birth and was praying I wouldn't go over my due date. At my 38 week appointment I was only dilated to a one (almost a two) and starting to thin out. It wasn't too bad of news but I really wanted to be progressed more. At my 39 week appointment (Monday, June 25th) I was only dilated to a two (almost a three) and still not thinned out a whole lot. We started talking about my options if I wanted my sister to be there for the birth, and we decided to come get checked on Wednesday (June 27th) and if I still wasn't progressed than we would talk about being induced on Thursday (June 28th). I was really conflicted, I really wanted my sister to be there but I did not want to be induced, so Shaun and I turned to prayer about what we should do.

On Monday, after my doctors appointment, I was starting to feel crampy more and more, I figured it was just from being checked and such and didn't really pay much attention to it. Monday night Shaun and I prayed tons that he would come and we wouldn't have to be induced, because it wasn't what either of us wanted. While I was sleeping Monday night I kept waking up with pretty uncomfortable cramps throughout the night. I still thought it was from getting checked and didn't think too much about it, they weren't horribly consistent. Waking up Tuesday morning I was still cramping, except I was cramping harder and more frequently. I still didn't think I was in labor though, but I did think maybe I was progressing. So we spent Tuesday counting contractions and I was convinced that I was not in enough pain to be in labor.

Tuesday evening they started to become more consistent, about 5 minutes apart. I STILL was convinced that I wasn't in enough pain to be in labor and thought that this was the pre-labor pains. Around 6 I decided to go to the bathroom. After using the restroom I stood up and felt a little gush of fluid, I thought it was weird but counted it as probably peeing myself or something. I got Shaun and told him what happened, and he came in to help me change, as soon as I bent down to start changing another gush of water hit the ground. The look on Shaun's face was priceless, I couldn't believe my water was breaking! Shaun called my AMAZING midwife and she told me to relax, take a shower, eat a snack, and then make my way over to the hospital. So, I hoped in the shower and tried to clean up but my water just kept leaking so I figured I might as well just stop trying to clean up. I'm glad I did because then another huge gush of water came out. Luckily, everyone who I wanted in the room with me was in the house so everyone grabbed our stuff, including some grapes for me to snack on. I was terrified on the way to the the hospital, I was convinced they were going to tell me that I wasn't in enough pain and send me home. Then we got there, and I got changed and got in the bed. It was finally going to happen!

We got the hospital around 6:30. When my midwife came in to check me I was dilated to a five (almost a six). I was already halfway there! Obviously the contractions started to get worse, and I began to feel it a lot. I sat on the labor ball for a few minutes and couldn't stand it, when I stood up though my water broke the rest of the way! I was in quite a bit of pain, but I really did not want an epidural so I went with some medication in the IV. After I got the medication, I was out! I slept pretty much through most of my labor, waking up for pretty hard contractions. Apparently I was also making some hilarious conversation with my family. Eventually the contractions got harder and I was ready for more medicine. They did end up giving me more, but I also got a small dose of Pitocin because my cervix wasn't thinning out all the way. So pretty much the pain medication was no help, and the pain got a bit worse. Before I knew it, it was 3am and time to push. Once I started pushing I honestly believed that there was no way he was coming out, but after pushing a few times I got the hang of it and kept telling myself "the more you do it, the faster he will come". At 3:20am, June 27th he was born! I remember the relief that fell over me when I felt him come out, and they set him on my chest. He was so blue! The poor guy had the cord wrapped around his neck, but after a few seconds we got to hear his beautiful voice! I just remember looking at him and wondering how everything just happened.

I just want to say that my husband was so amazing this whole time. Everyone in the room with me was a huge help, but Shaun was so supportive and helpful, I felt so comforted by him just standing there. They took him to get weighed, he weighed out at 8lbs 7.4oz and 20 inches long. After they cleaned him up and gave him back I gave him to Shaun. Watching him hold his baby for the first time was amazing! Then Grandma got to hold him next, then Auntie Heather and then Aunt Nini! They were all so amazing with so much support! I loved it!

It was a wonderful and amazing experience. I honestly still can't believe that I did it! We've had so much help and support that I just feel so blessed. I am so amazed and proud of Shaun, it's like he just popped into father mode. He's great with him! Of course we suffer from lack of sleep, but I find myself not caring. I just feel so lucky to have him here, healthy and everything. He really is a good baby, and we are still trying to sort it all out but he's been amazing, and all the help we get has been so amazing! So that's it! I'm a mommy, Shaun's a daddy and Emery Joseph Keth is finally here with us! Thank God for all his wonderful blessings, Shaun and I are blessed beyond understanding! We are so thankful and in love with our little one!

26 Weeks Pregnant!

Sorry for not updating my blog often, it’s been crazy around here!

First of all, I would like to say I am officially 26 weeks pregnant! It seems to go by fast at times and others it seems to go soooo slow. 

Life has been crazy around here! With school and our upcoming trip to Boston I’ve been keeping myself pretty occupied. For Spring Break I decided to get a bunch of crafts done and some reading done as well since I haven’t taken much “me” time. It was fabulous, but now it’s back to reality and we will be leaving for Boston on Wednesday night. I am so excited to go somewhere new and of course for my brother’s wedding! I’ve been trying to pack slowly while cleaning and that has been working out pretty well, as far as school work goes though, that isn’t going as smoothly. Boo! It will all get done though, it always does! 

So now about my pregnancy!!! There are some new and exciting things happening, and some new and not so thrilling but still kind of exciting things (if that makes any sense). 

·         -First, he’s moving like crazy! He pretty much moves throughout the day, some days more than others. I like to kid myself and believe I know his “schedule” but he proves me wrong pretty much every time. Shaun has been able to feel and see him move, which I love and my parents have both seen him move. It seems like whenever sticks their hands on my stomach to feel him move he quits completely. Ha!

·         -Indigestion! Yuck! I’ve had heartburn before but never indigestion, and it is soooo gross and annoying!

·         -My stomach has actually grown (one of those not so thrilling yet exciting things). I doubted my stomach would stretch much since I was overweight pre-pregnancy but I was wrong! As exciting as it is to have a human being growing inside you it’s not as thrilling to realize you’re gaining weight. Yes, I know, I know, it’s for a good cause! 

·         -The pain! (Yet another not so thrilling thing). It’s a bit exciting though because I know it’s from me stretching and getting ready for the baby, but it doesn’t make the pain hurt less! Haha. I knew to expect back pain and such but I never realized my hips/pelvic would hurt so badly! 

I’ve had a lot to occupy me from thinking about the baby coming but the other day I realized that I really have to get this baby out of me somehow. It’s so exciting, yet extremely terrifying to think about. I am so anxious to meet my little guy! 

Some more exciting things going on, in two day I will have been married for one year!!! That is so exciting and I am so happy! I love my husband so much and he is the best thing that ever happened to me! God has truly blessed my life and given me everything I’ve ever wanted and everything I’ve ever needed and more! He has fulfilled my life to the fullest and without him I would have nothing. I am so grateful for His love and kindness! 

I hope everyone has a wonderful rest of the weekend and week! And again, thanks for reading my blog! 

-Hannah