Our first time!

Well, we bit the bullet and took Coco to Chuck-E-Cheese's the other day! He's a little young for most of the games but still had fun and loves to tell you what all he did there. "And I play slide! And I ride truck! And I eat pizza! And I have apple! (Apple soda to drink)" So cute. 

Couldn't reach pedals but pretended like he was driving! ("I racing Mama!")

I can see us going back :)

AFTER the fun pizza date, we took Cohen to get a haircut.. His hair was 100% in his eyeballs (see above) and 95% mullet status. :-/ 

We tried Cool Cuts 4Kids, this time, after bombing at Sharkey's a couple times and getting some sub-par cuts at Floyd's. 

I showed this chick, "Dee", pictures of exactly what I wanted, explained that we like his hair longer, and told her he does not take kindly to people cutting his hair. (Nor do I.)

She said, "Oh, the surfer style! I got that. No problem."

Cohen liked the fire truck seat. Was excited to watch Cars during the cut.

Things turned sour when she tried to put the hair cape thing on him. He flipped out. So nix the cape.

Tears came immediately after the first lock of hair landed on his arm. Kid doesn't like being dirty. 

Have you ever seen anything more sad? Poor baby wiping his tears. 

It took Hector and me holding him down to complete this cut. 

Final product:

Does that look like a SURFER style to you?! No, looks like your basic, run-of-mill, mushroom boy's cut. 

We had to have a fun bath when we got home to get rid of the itchy hairs on his skin. 

Blue water! Tons of bubbles! Yay!

Well, that's about the end of my saga. I hope his hair grows out quickly. 

Mother's Day

I worked the whole Mother's Day weekend. We're used to this. But on the Saturday night before the big day, Hector and Cohen surprised me with a party when I got home!!

Walked in to this:

Streamers and confetti everywhere!!

Then on the table was this:

My favorite pizza! Hey, just not having to cook is a gift!!

In the bag were some very thoughtful gifts: the Jesus Calling devotional book, a movie, favorite work snacks and this:

My boys spoiled me!! I sure do love them!!

Big News!

It's raining, it's pouring
The little one is snoring (only cuz of allergies)

So I thought I'd update my ol' blog. My last post was on 2/21. And guess what? I was 3 weeks pregnant on that day!

Yep, that's right! Baby #2 is scheduled to arrive in the first week of November!

Here was our big announcement! (at 13 weeks!)

-And a couple other contenders, too. Just love Coco's face in these!-

Are we shocked? Yes, a little. Are we surprised, though? Not one bit. You see, I had a Mirena placed after Cohen was born. (an IUD, for those not familiar with the name) I can't say that it didn't work, because we never got pregnant in two years. And it was nice almost never having a period.

But I seriously believe the Lord started working on my heart, on whether or not that was the right thing to do. It was literally keeping us from being open to the Lord's plan. It was our planning. Our selfishness. Some things that seemed to be pointing me towards removal of the Mirena were: seeing a couple friends at work have theirs migrate through the uterine wall, into the abdomen (requiring surgery to remove it) and reading a friends post on birth-control in general. Mirena's website states that it is thought to work in several ways that make the uterus uninhabitable to a fertilized egg. Thought to, meaning they're not quite sure. They also say it may prevent you from releasing eggs, but this is not it's design. This all shouts to me, "A sperm could get through, and could fertilize an egg, but ultimately be aborted because the conditions in the uterus are too hazardous to facilitate implantation." SO, I had it removed. I felt a huge peace about our decision.

Well, 3 weeks and 6 days later I took a home pregnancy test that was.. you guessed it! Positive! You know why I took a test? Because I had an interview that day, and the pants I'd bought a week earlier felt way too tight. Hehe. Bloating. I don't normally bloat, so I thought, "mehhh... I 'll take an old test I had leftover from God-knows-when." This was at like 5 am, because I hadn't been able to sleep and was up trying on interview clothes. Weird, I know. So, yes. Shocked when I saw those two pink lines. But not surprised, because when you open yourself up to the Lord's ultimate plan, you should not be surprised when He takes you on a journey you may not have chosen for yourself.

We had our first doctor's appointment on April 3rd. I was 8 weeks and 6 days along. This is what our itty bitty looked like:

Pretty typical froggy-looking baby. 

We saw the heart beating and it was 166 bpm. Praise the Lord! They told us everything looked great!

We opted to have the First Trimester Screening done (which involves an ultrasound and a blood test) to see the chances of the baby having any chromosomal abnormalities, in order to be better prepared to care for a baby born with any. So we did this at the next month's appointment. Look how we've grown!

Hand at the mouth! 

Our sweet baby was bouncing and flipping and spinning all over the place, so the sono tech asked, "Um, did y'all eat lunch on the way over here?" Of course we had.. our appointment was at 1pm! So, baby was very energized. This ultrasound just brought tears of joy to my eyes. Joy at the wonder of God's miracles! This was on April 30th, at 12 weeks and 5 days. The tech told us the baby was measuring at 13 w and 3 d! Big baby! :) 

Today I am 14 weeks! I feel great, except that I sometimes still get overwhelmingly tired! But I don't have the nausea and upset stomach that I had for the first 12 weeks! I am already experiencing lots of heartburn... another head full of hair? :) 

Gender dreams? I'd be lying if I said I wasn't hoping for a girl this time. But, that's just one side of my heart. The other side would love for Coco to have a little brother. So, only time will tell! We should find out in mid-June. 

More later!!