Hey there

I just wanted to let you know that I am still here. Pregnancy is kicking my butt and I'm only seven weeks in. This week two of my classes ended so it was a very busy week, at least on the homework end. I need to start sitting down and blogging more, I'm really going to try for once or twice a week. There is a lot that will be happening in the next year and it would be nice to be able to look back and have a written account. Well I must go finish my homework before English, I will come back and write a better blog later :)

Huge News

So.....

J came back from his deployment on May 22nd and I happened to be ovulating. We had decided a few months back that we were going to try for baby number two, so I got off my birth control in April. All I can say is bing bang boom. Lol I guess what I've heard about it often being easier for women with PCOS to conceive the second time was true. I am definitely in shock that I got pregnant the first month and we're going to have another baby!!

It was very fun to tell J. Last time I just shoved the test in his face, but this time I decided to have a little fun with it. When he came through the door yesterday I had to tell him that his mom was putting his childhood dog down and then I told him if it made him feel better I had a present for him, but he had to guess what it was. I told him it was for both of us, but we wouldn't be getting it for a while. My husband is a bit of a perv so he started guess perverted things and then I told him we wouldn't get it for nine months. His face totally changed, you saw shock and then an instant smile. 

So my due date is February 16th and I am four weeks pregnant today. I don't have all the emotions I had last time. When I got pregnant with Connor I had already went through two miscarriages so I was scared for most of my pregnancy. I just don't feel the fear of losing the baby this time, I am at peace. Maybe it's because I don't have a lot of time to think about it, or maybe it's because I finally made it through a viable pregnancy and I know it's possible now. Whatever it is, I'm very excited to share my pregnancy journey with you ladies.

On another note, we have exciting news on the Navy front too. We just found out last week that my hubby made E-5. As a result of making E-5 within the twelve months to the end of his enlistment we no longer have to worry about PTS, he is automatically allowed to reenlist. We are very relieved that everything worked out and now we won't have to worry about what's going to happen until it's time to move to our next duty station.

Connor

Here are some newer pictures of Connor. :)

Hello

So I know it has been over a year since I have posted anything, I have been a very bad blogger. I missed writing, I enjoyed sharing my life. So I have decided to start again, hopefully I can be a better blogger. So let's get caught up to present day.

• In May 2011 I started yet another college. This time I am going for my A.S. in Accounting and for once I am doing fabulous in school. For those who don't know, I have been "attempting" college since I was 18. I am now on my 4th school and 5th major and I have nothing to show for my efforts so far. But soon that statement will change!! As I work towards my associate's I also earn technical certificates. I already have one and by the time May 2013 comes around I will have 3 technical certificates and two associate degrees. Go me!!
• My husband is currently in the middle of his third deployment. Thankfully he comes home soon and if he doesn't reenlist next year this will be our last full deployment. Connor and I went back to Texas for four months to be with family (I did school online for this deployment). We actually just got back to Florida a week ago and we're busy trying to the apartment back in order.
• I don't know how it works in the other branches of the military, but in the Navy when a sailor wants to reenlist they have to put in a PTS (for the life of me I cannot remember what that stands for). He has like eight chances to put in a PTS that gets approved before he is kicked out of the Navy. He has put in two so far. The first one was denied, the second one we're waiting to hear back about. So now we're facing the real possibility that he may not be in the Navy next year. My husband is one of those that wants to make a career out of the military, so I never considered the possibility that he would have to get out. Unfortunately the Navy is overmanned and his job is overmanned, so this is how life goes.
• We have decided to try for baby number two.
• Now let me get to Connor. My sweet sweet boy is almost two and as everyone says, he is "all boy". He loves to get into everything, loves to climb everything and he is so very destructive. I definitely have my hands full but I love every minute of it.

The Holidays

I know I have three more months to update about Connor, but they'll probably have to wait until Monday comes. I don't know how it works in other branches of the military, but in the Navy everyone gets leave around the holidays, first leave (around Christmas time) and second leave (around New Years). Well J had second leave so he's been home all week. Spending time with the hubby and the baby have made it kind of difficult to do much of anything. But once life gets back to normal I'll be able to finish all my updates while Connor's napping.

So how was everyone's holidays?

Ours was perfect. It was just J, Connor and me, which was absolutely wonderful. J had duty (once a week they have to stay on the ship overnight to do watches and stuff) on Christmas Eve, so Connor and I had to wait and open presents until he got home Christmas morning. he got home around 9:30 and after he got settled in we opened presents. Connor was real interested in grabbing the wrapping paper, so J would pull the present away once he had a hold of the paper, giving Connor the opportunity to help open his presents without even knowing it. We got through twenty minutes of present unwrapping before Connor got cranky and had to be laid down for a nap. We opened the rest of the presents (Connor got a TON) once we laid him down and then we played with the new "toys" we got. We had ribs, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese and corn bread for dinner. I'm a once a year traditional holiday meal person and since we had the whole traditional shabang at Thanksgiving we wanted to do something different for Christmas dinner. It was a perfect, low key day. I do have a few pictures, so I'll post them up in a few days.

On New Years Eve, we were suppose to go to a friend's house, but when we were getting ready to leave Connor got SUPER cranky, so we decided to stay home instead. J and I stayed up till like one watching the season eight of Scrubs (love that show).

Well, that's all I have for now. I promise you'll have a lot to read next week.

Month Two

Connor's second month brought about some big changes for us. When he was about 1 1/2 months, my dad and stepmom drove us back to Florida so we could be home when J's ship pulled in. The drive is about nineteen hours (which we did in two days) and my little man did wonderfully.

Connor started smiling during his second month, and it wasn't just the "i have gas" smile. Oh and let me tell you, I'm very spoiled when it comes to my baby's sleep schedule. By the time he was two months old he would only wake up once or twice a night!!

The most exciting thing that happened during Connor's second month was his daddy coming home!! J's ship pulled in two days before Connor turned two months and J got to meet his son for the first time. I was so excited to reunite my little family.

Month One

So we spent Connor's first month in Texas living with my dad and my stepmom. We tried breastfeeding, but unfortunately I am one of those unlucky women who do not produce milk, so my baby is formula fed. When he was two weeks, my sister and I drove up to Oklahoma (it is a 4 1/2 hour drive) to visit my mom for her birthday. He did wonderful in the car, even back then! By the time he was a month old he weighed 8 pounds and 14 ounces!! We didn't really have any big milestones during his first month.

Here's some pictures of his first month!!

Connor's first bath

shielding out the light

Connor with Mommy and Grandma

my mom's cat was three times the size of Connor when he was two weeks old!!

a few days shy of a month old

a month old

his favorite activity...eating