Our Announcement

We finally announced our pregnancy to the FB world yesterday. I was kinda nervous because I just wasn't sure what to expect as a reaction!
I am stunned by how many congratulations and happiness we received (via comments) We made sure we told our families first because that's no way for your parents to find out you're pregnant is from Face Book.
Kai was so excited to help make our announcement and was thrilled to wear her Big Sister shirt.

She says she still wants a little sister and honestly I think this is another girl. My face is breaking out which also happened with Kai. All my friends that had boys didn't have any acne. We really want another girl so here's hoping!

It just went "click"

We've been struggling with potty training for over a year! O.o 
Nothing worked with Kai. I read countless Blogs and parenting articles trying all the tricks. I made 2 potty charts got her special stickers for them, special treats, special Hello Kitty underwear that she picked, we tried naked training, putting the potty in the living room, even talked to her Pediatrician (he was no help) and finally threw our hands up and bought Pull Ups though we bought the Target Brand. They worked great and they're not as expensive. Plus Kai loved the Fairies and Unicorns on the girls pull ups. 

2 days ago it suddenly just "clicked" with Kai and now she's been going on the potty with no problem. She's only had 2 accidents, 1 when she caught a shiver from the AC and the other when she was waking up from her nap.
I am beyond proud of her except for one little thing... She keeps trying to play in the potty after she flushes it! Like OMG EW!!!
We went through this a while ago when she was first discovering the potty. I thought we had broken her of playing in the potty.
Now she's getting mad at me because I don't trust her in the bathroom alone >.<
Oh well I'm sure things will even out soon.
She told me today that she wants to be a good big sister so that's why she's going in the big potty. Awwwww
Plus she is super excited to start 4K this fall. She has been dying to go to school since Daddy start back to college in April. 

She's growing up so fast but I'm so proud of her! :') I know with a new baby coming this is a good thing but I'm still sad to see my baby growing up.  

How did I forget this!

Kai is only going to be 4 next month. I don't know how I forgot how cruddy I would feel in the first trimester.
I had completely forgotten about the nausea, the insane increase in my sense of smell (I feel like a blood hound lol), the crazy hormonal roller coaster,and being so tired!

What really gets me is the nausea isn't constant now but I think my eating little meals helps.


Kai is going to be a great big sister.
Kai is super excited and says she wants a baby sister. I have this gut feeling that its another girl which would be awesome because that's what we both want.

Kai is a little confused about how the baby got in my tummy. Here's our convo about it...

My mom:" Kai are you excited about the baby?"
Kai:" Yeah! When is she getting here?"
My mom:" Well not for a while..."
Kai:"Where is she?"
My mom:"In Mommy's tummy for right now."
Kai spins around to look at me eyes huge "Oh my gosh Mommy! Did you eat the baby!!"
Me (laughing):" No I didn't eat the baby. Daddy helped put her there."

She waited til we got home to see Daddy and ran up to him and yelled "Thats a naughty Daddy putting a baby in Mommies tummy!!"
I don't think I've seen him laugh so hard in a long time. 

I can't wait to see her face when she hears the heartbeat at my Drs appointment :)

Life flipped over.

Well I'm finally back at the key board after having a HUGE surprise dropped in our laps.


Found out 3 weeks ago that we are expecting Baby #2!
Totally wasn't expecting that especially since when we had one accident I took a dose of the Plan B pill.
I had never heard of it not working before and apparently is so unheard of that I have only now met 1 count em 1 woman that the Plan B didn't work for and I talked to almost 30 women.
Pretty crazy.

Now that we are over the shock of it we are getting excited. I am only 7.5 weeks right now.
Kai is thrilled beyond belief. She says she can't wait till she's a big sister. She doesn't care if its a brother or a sister she just wants a baby.

I just have a feeling its another girl but honestly I don't care as long as its healthy.

I've already called and made an appointment to see the midwife group that is connected to a local hospital.

From my calculations I am due mid February. I'm stoked to start sewing blankets and cloth diapers. I'm going to be even crunchier with this baby :)

Other Passions

A lot of moms I know claim that they don't have any other passions or anything besides their kids. Which usually means 1 of 2 things. 
1. They're boring
2. They just want to feel superior

Kai is one of the greatest joys in my life BUT I do enjoy other things that I share with her.
I absolutely LOVE music. Just about all kinds though I can live without Country.

Lately Kai and I have been on a Blue Grass kick and also just some alt music. (Which is WAAY different then country. If you think otherwise you are misinformed) My mom is from the Eastern part of Kentucky so I know the difference. I grew up on it
She loves when I sing (Never thought choir lessons would help here lol)

We've been listening to a lot of Old Crow Medicine Show. She loves Wagon Wheel. Darius Rucker does a good cover but these guys did the original and we love it.
We also discovered thanks to Pandora the band The Steel Drivers, Trent Wagler and The Steel Wheels, Jack Savoretti, Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, Ben Harper, Damien Jurado and many more I can't remember at the moment.


I think people undervalue music most of the time and they forget how a well written piece of music can invoke strong feelings of love and sadness.

Our wedding next year is going to be a huge music geek mash-up :) 

Here is the song I am currently hooked on...

Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros "Home"

Disappeared for a bit.

Sorry about that. We've had some HUGE surprises in the past 2 weeks that really threw me for a loop.
I'll make a more detailed post about it later once I've finished processing it.

Sh*t our Moms should have told us!!

I have seen so MANY articles and post about things that either...
1. No body tells us about being Moms
2. Things they shouldn't
                OR
3. Things they did (that really aren't helpful or true.)

Here are the things I wish my Mom, Mother In Law, Grandma or H*LL somebody elses Mom had told me would happen when Pregnant, breast feeding, toddler wrangling and being a Stay at Home Mom.

Here's the biggest lie I have read lately on Babble...
There's always a woman you view as a Perfect Super mom but she'll readily admit to having bad days and the latest poop explosion or other kid related accident.

To which I say BULLSH*T!! Unless you are a really good friend of said Perfect Super Mom she will never admit to anything like that AND she will make sure to make you feel inadequate either about yourself, your child, your home or romantic life. Which if you watch her generally reveals that she's unhappy about some part of her life and usually quite Neurotic or controlling when she thinks no one is looking.

About pregnancy...

I wish some one would have told me that your breasts can start leaking like a sieve starting at like 5 months. I was completely dumbfounded when mine started and it got worse when it rained!
My midwives didn't even think to mention it.


Another thing is that you can have actual contractions that don't hurt and you can have braxton contractions that hurt like a B*TCH.

 About Breastfeeding... (here's my personal thoughts on breastfeeding. Its great if you can BUT if you don't want to or can't it doesn't matter as long as your taking care of your baby don't listen to anyone's opinion. I breastfed for 7 months and then formula fed for 5 months.)

That it can hurt at first but it shouldn't hurt all the time.
That you will feel like a milk cow when using a breast pump.
That getting engorged is almost worse than labor and almost anything can make your breasts leak.
I don't know about anyone else but I had no problems with my supply. I so wish someone would have told me you can donate milk. I would have jumped on that one.

Toddler wrangling...

It would have been nice to know that there really isn't much difference between toddlers and teenagers other than dating. Neither group can control their emotions, they dress themselves ridiculously, they go through phases of loving or hating things regularly, and they throw fits thinking you're ruining their lives.

Oh and how about the fact that toddlers have the ability to demolish a room in like 10 seconds flat after you spent 2 hours cleaning it. And that they can take up 3 times the room they really need in your bed.

Being a Stay at Home Mom...

I thought staying home taking care of Kai would be easy and fun. Holy Balls I was wrong.
No one ever bothers to tell you how lonely you'll get or that at times you'll feel like you're going crazy OR that you'll forget how to have an adult conversation.

I was so lonely and I still get that way. I thought it would be so EASY to stay home with Kai but it wasn't at all. After juggling the changes and feedings and being drop dead exhausted I would have preferred a full time job. Looking back on it I'm glad I did it and I know I will do it with all following children BUT I really wish someone had like " YO that shiz is a lot harder than it looks"

I'm sure I will have many more blogs about this kind of stuff :)