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Anniversary

18 week appointment

Today was my 18 week pregnancy appointment. Turns out a lost a pound since my 14 week appointment which seems weird to me given that it was the holidays. This brings my grand total of weight gained so far in this pregnancy to 1. I'm sure as this number grows I won't be so excited about sharing it!!!

We heard the heartbeat again which is always exciting, got blood drawn for the triple screen test(Jeremy still can't watch this part, how in the world is he going to handle labor and delivery?!?) and got our ultrasound scheduled. Yes, I know we did just have one last week but that was just a private one for gender and this one is medical and will be used to measure the baby and his organs, etc. And Jeremy will get to go to this one, so Wednesday that's where we'll be!

I went thru boxes of Vincent's baby clothes and apparently I have absolutely no newborn clothes but a heck of a lot of 6 month and 12 month clothes, hopefully they're somewhere else in the garage! It's exciting just knowing that it's a boy and know when we talk about 'the boys' it gets me a little emotional.

I'm starting my winter college class tomorrow, which also happens to be our 2 year anniversary!

Just Some Things

So...it's been a couple days since Christmas and it's been nice having this time off together, I have a really nice boss : )

The idea of 'the boys' is settling in and we've starting thinking of names. So far we really like Kaelin, Tanner, Jonathan, Kent, and lots really! But I'm sure we'll decide eventually.

We're starting to pack up. With Jeremy's back, the baby coming, and the crazy Spring semester I have we really are going to need some extra help and so my parent's have been generous enough to let us move back in and get ourselves in a better place before we set out on our own. This way we'll be able to save up and have extra help if we need it. We love being around the family so much that it will really be nice. My mom is helping us get the house together so we have our own little section and living area upstairs so it'll be really nice.

So besides being pregnant this semester, I'm having a really heavy load at school. I have to take 5 classes. One is an observation class that requires 6 hours of observation at ASU's child development lab per week, plus an internship that takes 8 hours of off campus time per week. And a lot more time being at ASU which isn't my favorite thing to do. So hopefully i'll be able to work about 25 hrs a week or so at work during tax season mind you hahaha!

It'll be crazy but nice to have that diploma before baby is born : ) and maybe take some time off before venturing into my next endeavor!

We've had a really great week and kinda fallen for each other all over again it seems. Oh I know, so cheesy!

Drumroll please...........

Jeremy & I are pleased to announce that Vincent will be having a little brother!!!

I got an early ultrasound on Tuesday and somehow managed to keep a secret until Christmas morning. I bought a blue layette set w/ stars & elephants and made our new baby's scrapbook page w/ the ultrasound pictures. The tech said it was 1000% boy!

Jeremy's reaction was so cute, he just kinda asked 'it's a boy?' Just shock mostly but it was an awesome Christmas memory!

Vincent's Birthday

"I got pickups in my mouth"

This morning Vincent woke up licked his hands and rubbed them on his cheeks, this was while he hadn't even opened up his eyes. I whispered 'what are you doing' and he told me 'i'm washing my hands'. He them proceeded to call me a tree branch and I called him a crocodile, this went on for a good twenty minutes. I love toddler insults!

After taking a drink of my water, Vincent got the hiccups or as he calls them the pickups in my mouth. He yells "MOM I have pickups in my mouth!" but before he can get thru the whole sentence his pickups get in the way and he has to start the sentence all over. He attempted this sentence at least 10 times!

When he finally gets the sentence in its entirety out, he says mom look! As if pickups in his mouth appear like bubbles!

What a funny boy, huh?

Tomorrow is his birthday, 3 years already! I can't hardly believe it!

His party is at noon at my house, come join the fun : )

This is what I got him for his birthday!

Belly Pic

16 1/2 weeks

Happy Birthday Dad!

My father is one of the most amazing people I know. Today he turns 57 years old. He hates birthdays and doesn't like to celebrate it, but I want to celebrate him. My dad is the most amazing dad a girl could ever ask for and I really mean that. He is amazing in so many ways.

My dad has always been there for me. He has helped me out of so many situations that I have gotten myself into and does it all because he says that's what dads should do. Even when I was doing things he didn't approve of or like, he still loved me and helped me whenever I needed it.

My dad was great growing up. Last night I told Vincent a story my dad told us about a little girl who wanted to go to church but had nothing in her closet except a bunch of dog bones. I told this story but couldn't get all of the binks right (you'd have to have heard the story). He made me promise every birthday that it would be my last one and that I wouldn't get any older. Sorry I couldn't keep that one dad. But the great thing about me growing up is that now Vincent gets to know my dad, the greatest grandpa in the world. And the new baby will get to know him too.

My dad is a hero. I don't think I knew this until recently. He's not a hero in a 'my dad's better than your dad kind of way'. He really is a hero. He came close to giving his life for this country many times and pays for his service every single day of his life. He pays for it with every walk up the stairs and every pounding headache.

I've always been my dad's best girl and hope that never ceases. He brings our family close together. I think I have a closer family than most, in the fact that we love being around each other so much that we usually choose it over all the other options that we could choose.

It is very rare to get a picture of my dad but I have managed to find a few in the last few minutes.

On my wedding day

My dad & Vincent camping at Riggs Lake

Dad & Casi

Elf Dance

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Santa Claus

Vincent has learned a lot about Christmas this year. And while at the mall on Friday he was begging and pleading to see Santa Claus and tell him what he wanted this year which is a toy kitchen. So we waited in lane for what seemed like forever! And when it was finally our turn he took one look at Santa and took off running towards the escalator. What a big game he talked about how he would sit on Santa's lap and tell him what he wanted for Christmas! So Jeremy had to sit with Vincent and Santa and after we got Vincent to put his arms down from his face and to force some sort of goofy smile this is the picture we got.

Then, after this exciting adventure, he says I need to go tell Santa I want a toy kitchen!

Some New Pictures

Last weekend, Vincent went to his cousin Giselle's 1st birthday party and he took some classic pictures with what he got in his party bag. See below!

Vincent w/ his new set of teeth

Vincent in his star sunglasses!




This next picture is my favorite! Earlier this week Vincent got a hold of my parent's dog's leash and wanted to take the dog on a walk. My parent's dog is a monster, she's the sweetest dog ever but is a mastiff (think dog from Sandlot). So Vincent taking her on a walk would be her taking Vincent on a walk. He then decided that he wanted to pretend that his dad was a dog so he hooked the leash onto Jeremy's belt loop and they went for a walk.

It's getting close

I always look forward to Christmas week : ) more than any other time. On December 23rd we have Vincent's birthday, 24th Christmas Eve, 25th Christmas, 26th still a fun day, the 30th is our anniversary (can you believe it'll be 2 yrs?), 31st New Years Eve, 1st New Years Day!

So it is really a fun week in our house!

Vincent is really learning about Christmas this year and has a grip on Santa Claus and baby Jesus. He is still so enamored with Halloween that he told me that for Christmas he is going to be Santa. Still got a little learning to do I guess.

Money's been tighter than....(i don't know, think of something tight?) but it's kinda given me a chance to really know what i want to get everyone for Christmas instead of just running out and buying things if that makes sense.

We're making some big decisions about our future and what we need to do to end up where we need to be, so pray for us : )

Jeremy got his mri results back and he has 2 protruding discs and lots of swelling and inflammation which come with plenty of pain!!! If I feel his back you can feel it kinda sticking out on one side. Finally we got to the right doctor yesterday and he's going to send us to a pain management place, he'll probably end up getting epidural like shots in his back which should ease his discomfort. Yay! He's such a lovely person when he's feeling good lol!

So, things are good!

Oh yeah, and I'm 15 weeks pregnant now which means 2nd trimester. The baby is about the size of an apple!

I really like the name Risa (it means laughter) but who knows. I'm so convinced it's a girl but maybe mother's intuition is all wrong!

Thanksgiving Weekend

We went to my Uncle Mig's house for Thanksgiving. His name is Michael but apparently on his mission to Chile he was called Mig (Miguel) and has been ever since. It's weird to me when people call him Mike or even Michael. It was fun and I love Thanksgiving!

It is so fun seeing Christmas thru a 3 yr old's eyes. Anytime we see anything Christmas related..a wreath, Christmas lights outside, a Christmas tree, ornaments, wrapping paper Vincent screams 'it's Christmas. Look at that Christmas'. It's so much fun. We set up our Christmas decorations (at least inside).

Vincent's birthday is 2 days before Christmas so he's going to be having quite a fun few days coming up.

Today Vincent and I went to the doctor for our 14 wk appointment and we heard the heartbeat, yay! Vincent covered his ears, which made me laugh. Jeremy went to his neurologist to try and figure out something with his back but didn't get to many answers. They can't prescribe any medication to help him and once insurance approves it he can start physical therapy. He has two bulging discs and lots of swelling and inflamation. If it's not one thing it's another, so hopefully he can have some relief soon.

Catching Up

So many things happen and I just forget to update so I may have already said some of this stuff but anyways....Jeremy gave his first family home evening lesson-- it was great! Vincent's always running in and out of our lessons but I guess that's how it goes. Jeremy came home from church the other week and just said that he thought we needed to think more about what Christ did for us, yay for Priesthood. So he gave a great lesson about Luke 22 and we sang songs and did the whole bit. He did a great job. The puppy ripped up his scriptures and he's pretty upset about it, but I have a great surprise idea for him so it should be okay.


Vincent is nuts as always, but he really is a great kid. He says funny things all the time. My dad bought him the movie wall-e and he had been watching it non stop but all of a sudden wanted to watch Dumbo. So he ran over to the couch and sat down and in his quiet voice said Dumbo is the greatest movie in the whole world. What a funny boy!



We took him to the coyotes game last week and he had so much fun. He'd yell and laugh when they would fall down as he put it. He was quite frightened by the taco bell blimp that was floating abouve us until he caught the coupons it dropped. He thought everyone wearing a coyotes jersey was a hockey player and would yell it out at them.



On Saturday, Jeremy, my mom, Vincent, and I went to the Suns game. One of my dad's clients has season tickets and asked if my dad wanted them. Intercepting that call at work I made sure he got them! So they were on the upper deck but better seats than last year's tickets we used from them. Vincent got so into it. He was standing there clapping above his head and loved seeing the gorilla jump on the trampolines. He's such a hoot at these events.

We've been trying to work with Vincent on sitting still, so Sunday dinner at my parent's was our latest attempt. He was sitting on his little booster seat and eating his potatoes and out of no where exclaimed " THIS IS NO FUN AT ALL "

On the baby front, I'm 13 weeks now and pretty excited to be out of the first trimester. It's now a little more real to me and I'm realizing we're actually going to be having another baby! I sure am going to have a fun Spring semester. I have quite a few classes to take at ASU including an intership and by the time I graduate (fingers crossed), I'll be about 3-4 weeks away from my due date. It's nice working at my dad's office though because I have flexibility for dr's apptmts and school classes, etc.

Jeremy's back has really been bothering him and hence bothering me : ) Hopefully this next doctor's appointment will give us some answers. Can't wait for school to be over this semester, hopefully I'll pass my classes- I have a couple giving me trouble.

Vincent will be turning three in about a month, I can't even believe it. He is such a big boy! Blogs are boring without pictures so here are some random ones : )

Vincent & Jeremy playing at the park

Vincent trying his hand on Jeremy's guitar (at our old apartment)

Vincent's 'badass' look

Vincent looking angelic at the sun's game

Boys

I have come to the conclusion that I have the cutest most precious little boy ever! In the car we were talking about the baby and which room he or she would sleep in. Then I asked Vincent who would get up if the baby cried in the night and he volunteered himself. I asked him how he'd get the baby to stop crying and he responded, "I will take him downstairs and we will watch all of my cartoons".

This weekend we had to help my parents clean out their garage and Vincent found a bike pump and insisted on checking all of our car tires for air.

This is a picture of my two boys this morning! They're so cute together

Gotta Love My Boys

Last night was my mom's 50th birthday! She is a completely amazing person and has helped us out in so many ways during the last few years. Last night, Vincent wanted to wait for his Grandpa to get home from work for us to leave their house. So he decided he wanted to lay on the driveway and wait. During this time, my boys crazy as they sometimes are decided to wrestle and tickle eachother. I love pictures like this. These boys were just meant to find eachother!

First Doctor Visit

Well our first doctor's visit was on Monday November 3rd. It's been a long few weeks to get to this point. I'm not remembering how long these 40 weeks are! Well after having to fill out loads of paperwork where I really felt like I was writing the same thing over and over again, we were on our way.

This last weekend I caught Jeremy's cold and because I'm so paranoid about losing the baby I had convinced myself I didn't feel pregnant anymore and was expecting some sort of bad news. Well we talked about how it had been going and surprisingly Jeremy was super talkative and asking all kinds of questions. With Vincent, he wasn't as involved as he would have like to have been and didn't really even have a choice in those first few months so it's his first time doing through this whole process and he's really cute about it!

Well she did an ultrasound and we got to see a picture of our baby, which right now resembles more of a little bean or peanut but she or he's there none the less and the doctor and Jeremy could see the heartbeat, I sure didn't see anything. And the doctor said that since I'm at ten weeks and they've seen the baby and heartbeat my chances of miscarriage are between 2-3%, which made it feel a whole lot realer to me. Jeremy got a little teary eyed holding the picture. Awww!

Then they took so much blood to do a bunch of tests. And we got our appointments scheduled thru March. It's been so long since I went thru this with Vincent or at least it seems like it. It's pretty exciting and I'm so glad to be in a better place this time around with a supportive husband : )

Halloween

Jeremy's Birthday

Random

Me and Jeremy at the park a few weeks ago with Vincent

Vincent wearing Daddy's glasses



HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF WHEN VINCENT WAS A BABY. I CAN'T BELIEVE MY LITTLE BABY IS TURNING THREE YEARS OLD IN TWO MONTHS! TIME GOES BY WAY TOO FAST!

I think it's finally starting to hit me that this baby thing really is happening. I can't wait for our ultrasound. I'm really excited for Jeremy to get to experience all of this- it'll be a first for him!

Baby Talk

Life has a funny way of doing things. With Vincent, my pregnancy was completely out of the blue and left me in the biggest state of shock and reality hit hard. When Jeremy & I got married, we were so ready to have another baby even though come to think of it Vincent was only just 12 months. So months later we got pregnant only to miscarry a few weeks later. It was completely devastating and really left Jeremy & I hurt for a long time. It took me a long time to recover physically and people who had gotten pregnant around the same time as me had big ol baby bumps and had their little ones. I was happy for them but at the same time so sad because that was supposed to be our little one.

We had been trying (sorry for those that hate that word) for quite a long time and it had become so stressful. Every month was so disappointing, and Jeremy wasn't a fan of seeing me get upset all the time. I finally decided to really take it serious the next month and try charting and using basal temperature and pin point dates. It worked! After almost two years of ttc we finally got pregnant again. Now, I know that it is still pretty early but the fact that I have made it further than last time gives me hope!

Because of the miscarriage, I've been pretty paranoid. So for the last month or so I've been getting weekly blood work done to check my hcg levels. Just knowing that they were doubling like they are supposed to was so reassuring.

This week I took my test on Tuesday and afternoon and the doctor's office normally calls me back the next day but I didn't ever get a call. For some reason Thursday afternoon they called Jeremy's phone and since he didn't recognize the number (which I would have if they would have called ME) he let it go to voicemail. The voicemail said for met to call them as soon as possible. So I did but in the four minutes since they left the message they had closed! How could they leave an urgent message when I couldn't find out what was up! So being the pessimist i can sometimes be I convinced myself it was over and it was bad news.

This morning when I called, she told me that the hcg numbers look awesome. Why she had to leave me a frantic message like that is beyond me! So she said I don't need to do anymore blood work and I'll see her in a few days for my appointment! -

Another Fun Night!

When I got home from work last night (after one of the craziest days on record I might add). For those of you who don't know I work at an accounting office and October 15th is just as crazy of a deadline as April 15th is-maybe worse. So anyways when I got home my boys were cleaning out the garage. Thank goodness for that because that's something I don't think I'd ever bring myself to do. While cleaning Jeremy found a lot of my maternity clothes from last time and baby clothes from Vincent I've kept along the way. (judging by all the clothes and boy themed baby stuff I have a boy would sure be cheaper, but there's something about a baby girl, huh). So were all playing outside when Vincent goes into the car and half shuts the door. Where it's not closed but you still can't open it.

A few months ago Vincent locked himself in the car and this was during a hot morning so we had to call the fire department and get him outta there. This time it was cooler so we had a little wiggle room. We tried for probably thirty minutes to get him to push the unlock buttom. But stupid cars only have the lock portion of that button with any markings on it so that was the only buttom he would push.

Finally, I thought maybe keys would be the right angle. In my purse, I had two sets of car keys. One was the valet set and the other the big honda key. I asked him to get mommy's keys and he pulled out the valet key which would be of no help at all. So, I tell him to find the big keys and he pulls out these!

So I tell him to look again and minutes later he pulls them out and eventually we get him to push the right button. What a fun adventure, huh!

Also, at about 8:30 when I walked into Vincent's play room to check on him this is what I found.....completely asleep!

Gotta love that little boy!

Once I get pictures off my camera I'll talk more about Jeremy's birthday this last week. I have come to the conclusion that I have the single most beautiful excitable 2 year old there is. Halloween is his favorite holiday of the whole year! He goes crazy for witches and ghosts and pumpkins like no one I have ever seen.

He keeps switching between wanting to be a witch or a pirate for halloween. Last night we were at my parent's house and Vincent was talking to my dad and told him "I'm gonna be a pirate for halloween and have a hook and a sword and wear a pirate shirt and you're gonna be a witch and mommy is going to be a pumpkin and dad is going to be a big pumpkin". He gets so excited. Yesterday in church out of the blue he starts singing a halloween song my mom taught him. He starts out singing "oooh-eww-ohh-eww this is halloween". Priceless!

He has started saying 'what?' all the time. If I call his name, his head peeks out of his toy room and he says 'what?' like he is so being bothered by it.

We've started talking to him about the baby, but he thinks it is in everyone's tummy. If we say where's the baby he lifts up his shirt and even thinks Sam (our male dog) has the baby in his tummy. I told him that my stomach was going to get big, and he said 'but mine will stay little'.

He is going to be such a great big brother. I'm glad we were finally able to get pregnant again so he will only about 3 1/2 years older- what a great helper he'll be (hopefully)

Happy Birthday Jeremy!

Can you believe it? He's 26 today! Getting up there honey! My sister is in town and is watching the kiddo tonight so we'll be able to have an actual dinner without crayons being thrown at us : )

I am trying to find an awesome place for Vincent to spend a couple days a week. I know he would really benefit from some interaction with other children and learn some social rules. I'm kinda picky just cuz I'm a mom but also because I'm going to school for child development and know there are so many sub par places out there. So if anyone knows anyone who does childcare out of their home, let me know! Thanks!

Overwhelmed!

Today I am so overwhelmed! At work, the final deadline of October 15th is right around the corner which means plenty of upset phone calls coming my way! And just added stress at the office! School is a mess and I'm trying so hard not to get behind. But with four classes and them being online, it's just very out of control at the moment. I did some homework that was due today then have a big exam on Thursday and a quiz Thursday night and am SO behind in the class I singed up for late. Hopefully it'll work itself out. Adding pregnancy to the mix is just fun, huh! I've gotten past the general nausea stage to full blown morning sickness, I'm happy to feel this way (this is what I signed up for, but I'm just hoping this pregnancy is different than my first and gives me some time off from the constant reminders).

This last weekend we were in Tucson (i'll post picks later). And we were going to see Wall-E at the cheap theatres and as I was getting Vincent out of the car, Jeremy completely blacks out and hits the pavement. I'd never seen anything like it before- it was pretty scary. He looked pretty shocked by it too. So Monday night we went to the dr. to find out about it. So his heart rate at times was dipping into the 30's and 40's which is ridiculously low! So they referred us to a cardiologist but not til the 30th of October!

Money is another thing as always ha! I wonder what we'll end up doing. I love our house but I just can't make it work with just my meesly salary, but Jeremy needs to be well before he can manage to be at a standing job. But I'm sure things will work themselves out.

I don't mean this to sound so negative, I'm really in a happy place. It's all just getting to me today, thanks a lot pregnancy hormones!!!!!!!!!!!

Play Time

Vincent and his 'cousin' Giselle on their two playdates!

5 weeks 4 days or so

I couldn't leave it with just one post so here's another one.

Jeremy & I have been trying to have our second baby since about as soon as we got married. A few months in, we got pregnant only to miscarry a few weeks later. I'd never experienced anything like that and we were both fairly devastated. I didn't know it is as common as 1 in 5 pregnancies, that sometimes they aren't even known to be pregnancies when it happens. So, it took me a long time to heal from that and get back to healthy physically. But we started charting on fertilityfriend.com and learned more about fertility than anyone could ever need to know and we got lucky.

The whole month I felt like it would be our month, but was trying not to get my hopes up as I tend to do that every month. About three weeks in, I started feeling not so well, but thought maybe it was just me subconsciously making myself feel like that. I was having to pee almost every 5 minutes and thought maybe I had a bladder infection or something. But I tested for that and it came back fine. I started feeling crampy and tired so I figured this just was not my month but I took a pregnancy test anyway and saw the faintest faintest faintest line. I always planned on telling Jeremy in the cutest way but I needed some validation that there was a line so I showed him. And he saw it too. I took a digital test the next morning and it said PREGNANT, so it was official. It is so much more confirming to see it say the word pregnant instead of a vague line.

We found out at about 3 1/2 weeks, really early! So we told our moms and a few family members but have still been very cautious and nervous about losing the pregnancy again. Last week I got some blood work done and it came back with good hormone levels which is good news! They want me to repeat the tests this week to make sure the levels are increasing like they should.

I've had a rough week with acid reflux, heartburn, extreme fautigue, and definitely some nausea. I am so glad to have all of these symptoms, kind of reassures me that there is something growing to make me feel this way.

Intro to Us

My old blog got totally messed up so I decided to start all over!

I think the first entry just has to be an intro one!!!

I'm Cori, I'm 23 yrs old and consider myself to be very lucky. I am married to a wonderful man who I am madly in love with. He saved me at a very scary time in my life. We have a gorgeous little boy who is almost three years old- wow how time flies! I'm going to school at ASU majoring in family and human development and hope to be done in May. Jeremy is getting some prereq's done at MCC and he loves being back at school.

Vincent is my beautiful brown eyed boy with red curly hair that fits him perfectly. He has changed my life in more ways I can count. Being a mom is the most wonderful thing there is.

Jeremy & I have been married almost 2 years and live in a cute little house in East Mesa. We have way too many dogs that drive us crazy most of the time. We're lucky enough to have tons of family close by. Our latest news is that we are expecting~ It's been a long road and we hope to make it to the finish line with a healthy baby this time around.