It's a BOY!!!

So today was the big ultrasound day. Everything looks perfect, and we are having a precious little boy. His name is Sawyer, and I love it. I never knew I wanted a son until this pregnancy. I have had such a strong desire to have a son, dreaming about it and all. Well, God has blessed us once again.
After the ultrasound we went shopping and got a few outfits. I really haven't ever looked at boys clothes, but we found some super cute things. I am so excited just to know what we are having, now we can really start planning for this new addition. I had bedding picked out for boy or girl already, I can't wait to order it. I am so thankful that he is healthy, and pray that it all stays that way. I hope these next 21 weeks go by fairly fast. I can't wait to meet my little boy!

It's getting exciting!

I can't believe it's already late April. Time is just flying by. Things are going really good. A few weeks ago I went to two of my nursing school friend's baby showers. They were a blast, and it was so good to see eachother again. Here Jen is around 32 weeks and glowing. I am 16 weeks along in the pic, you can't really see me belly though.

The next day was Sabre's shower. She is a few weeks ahead of Jen. They both look beautiful.

I am such a bad mom. I hadn't had Berlin's pictures made since Christmas 2007. So my andMIL
and I took her for Easter pictures. Honestly, she is such a little poser. We had a really had time chosing because they were all great. From now on I am going to take her at least twic a year.Here are some of my favorites.

Easter was fun this year, although the weather was pretty rotten. It was so nice to get together with family for such a special day.

I am 18 weeks now and feeling great. We get to find out the sex in 1 WEEK!!!!! I honestly can't wait. I am so excited. Berlin is going to come with us, I think it will help her understand more. She is so excited, and will be the best big sister. Also, I started working back in Labor and Delivery last week! It is honestly a life saver. I love my job there, and was honestly pretty miserable where I was. I am so thankful to be back.

Sweet baby :)

I had my 1st visit with the actual Dr. last Thursday. I was so excited to hear the heartbeat, it just seems so surreal. When we got there she ended up doing an ultrasound too, which I was not expecting. It was so amazing to see our sweet little baby. By dates I was 11 weeks 2days, but she ended up moving my due date up 9 days. So here the baby is 12 weeks 4 days. Time already seemed to be flying by, now it really is since my due date got moved to September 20th! I can't believe in two more visits we will know the sex! We really are waiting till then to start our preparations. If it is a girl she will be set with clothes for life. I literally of tubs full of Berlin's "old" clothes. Now if it's a boy, we'll have to do some shopping. I can't wait to know!!! So far I've lost 2 lbs. , the great thing is that I haven't had any morning sickness. Really I feel great, it's so weird.
Also, in other exciting news I get to go back to Labor and Delivery. I just have to wait for my area now to find a replacement. I can't wait!

Ready for Spring!

I can't belive tomorrow is March 1st! Time is just flying by. Things are pretty exciting for us right now. We are expecting our second baby the end of September. I can't wait for Berlin to be a big sister, she is already so excited. I am 9 weeks along, and so far it's going pretty fast. I still have a LONG way to go though. I can't wait to finally get to hear the heart beat in 2 weeks, its seems like such a long wait!

In other exciting news our little Berlin turned 3 the end of January. Thanks to the ice storm we were out of power for 5 days, so her Tea Party we planned got canceled. We still had a party with just family, and it was a blast. Here she is the moring of her birthday. We had crashed at Jake's Grandmother's house.

I'm 3!!!!

She asked for a chocolate donut with sprinkles for her birthday for a month straight!


We took her to Chucky Cheese that day to have some fun!

Opening her gift from Uncle Will and Aunt Andrea. They let us shower at their house, thank you so much!

A big Dora!!!

We ended up having her party at Joses, it's not a Tea Party but she still had fun.

My beautiful little girl!

Making a wish!

Eating cake with her cousins! What cute girls we have!

Present time!

What a princess in that tutu!

We love pig tails!

Fun days with Daddy at the park!

WEE!

I can't wait till its warm outside and we can get out and start having tons of fun. Work is pretty stressful right now. I am officially taking my own patients on the Medical/Surgical floor. It's very over whelming at times. There is so much you just can't learn in school. Some days I don't get to eat lunch untill 4 or 5pm. I know it is making me a better nurse, it's just pretty painful along the way. Also, when you are literally running all day long, a lot of the little extras I like to do for my patients get neglected. I am next to go back to Labor and Delivery so hopefully in the next few months. I am liking working days though. I am trying to keep a good attitude. I know I am really lucky to have a job at all.

P.S. Tomorrow is my dear friend Jen's birthday! Happy Birthday girl! Hope it's a great one!

A little bummed...

So work has been pretty slow lately. Since I just got off orientation last week I hardly ever got called off, but a lot of my co-workers had been using all their vacation time just to get by. Well, last week my supervisor gave us the opportunity to cross train in other areas of the hospital in orders to get our hours. Of course with bills to pay I jumped at the opportunity. So today I went to a meeting, to what I thought was to go over the specifics. Well, it turns out that I pretty much got transferred to the MedSurg unit until Labor and Delivery picks back up. At first I was upset, just because I felt like I was just getting comfortable where I was, and now I have to start all over again. To be honest MedSurg really scares me. You have 6-7 patients and they can all have a different diagnosis and gobs of meds. So I start tomorrow, hopefully it will go OK. I know I am lucky to have a job, it just really caught me off guard and I really did love what I was doing. I am just going to try and keep a good attitude, and hopefully everything will go fine. One good thing is that I get to orient on days instead of nights, and probably even get a day position when I'm off orientation. Hopefully labor and delivery will pick up soon, so I can get back to what I love!

Looking forward to the New Year!

Well 2009 is officially here. I still can't believe it, and find myself still writing 08. We had a wonderful Christmas with our family. Berlin got so much stuff, I couldn't even keep up with what she got. We started Christmas off, just us and let B open her gifts. She seems pretty excited about the candy cane!

She finally got the Tinkerbell movie she's been asking for!

Later that morning my mom and siblings came over for breakfast and gifts. It was so much fun. I really LOVED having Christmas at my house. I wasn't even stressed about cooking the food (maybe because mom had already prepared most of her dishes ahead of time, and I just had to throw them in the oven). We all ate way too much, but we look forward to that meal all year long! Here are my nieces Natalie and Megan with Berlin opening their gifts, it was a little crazy. I loved watching their faces light up with each gift.

Jake, my husband, opening his gift from his "Secret Santa".

My brother Brandon!

My brother Brad!

My Mommy and sis Julie

Max's seems to like his gift!

My beautiful birdhouse from Sarah and Donnie! I can't wait to get it hung up!

Sarah has a Paris theme in her house, I love that picture!

Berlin at Nana's and Pop-Pop's, aka Jake's parents. I had a really bad migraine, so I was a little late. I hate that I missed everyone opening their gifts, but at least Jake got some good pictures. Berlin got this great easel from her Uncle Will and Aunt Andrea.

My little family Christmas 2008! I look a little rough, I had just got up from a nap and rushed over!

Will and Andrea, their first Christmas as husband and wife!

She loves her new Aunt!

The day after Christmas I got called off from work. I needed to work for the money, but really I didn't mind because I got to spend the whole day with Berlin. She looked so cute in her dress up clothes. I really don't think I could love anyone more!

I can't believe how big she is getting. It is bittersweet. She is so much fun, and amazes me at how smart and funny she is. But she is just growing up way too fast! It just makes me realize how precious time is, and all the stuff I want to do with her. Hopefully we can start dance classes soon, I know she will love it.

I'm pretty sure she will always be a girly girl. What a priss in those shoes with her legs crossed. She cracks me up!

I love this little girl xoxo!

Well I hope everyone had a great holiday season. Hopefully it will snow sometime soon, I really want to go sledding! Really though I am looking forward to Spring! Berlin's bday is coming up, so I need to start planning that. She wants to have a "Tea Party", I can't wait. I want it to be really girly and pretty. I started working nights (7pm to 7am) this week. The first night was bad, but the second was ok. It just makes it hard because I sleep during the day, and that takes up time from being with Jake and B. We will make it work though. I really do LOVE my job, so that also makes it easier. Also, today is my sister Sarah's birthday. She is such a great sis and friend. I hope she has a wonderful birthday, and can't wait till we get to celebrate it together.