Update

I feel so behind on getting pictures out and news out about everything lately so I figured I'd post a little something. Things are going well as we adjust to life with 2 boys.
Joshua is doing really well. I was impressed last night as I was holding the baby with one arm and Joshua in the other to watch a "baby show" as Joshua calls it. The baby started crying and Joshua didn't react at all which I thought was great cause I thought he might get aggravated. We had to go to the doctor yesterday for a weight check and they pricked Caleb's heal and Joshua got very upset saying they were hurting his baby brother.

As for Caleb, he is very sweet. I so missed holding a baby. I really love the sweetness of babies and had forgotten how fun it is to cuddle such a sweetie. Joshua is fun to cuddle but doesn't let me cuddle him much and in fact, wipes off all my kisses. :) Caleb has lost some weight and is now down to 7 lbs 14 oz but that is to be expected with nursing etc. The doctors say everything looks great.

As for me, labor was 21 hours long total. I pushed for an hour which wasn't too bad. Caleb did decide to "make his own path" and I had some pretty severe internal ripping. It was pretty scary after he was born because I had severe hemorrhaging and the doctor said was VERY close to being rushed to surgery. It took the doctor over an hour to get it under control which was really intense time of him yelling at the nurses to run and get supplies and John looking at what was happening horrified. The whole time I kept thinking this is how women use to die in childbirth all the time back in the day. I ended up having over 100 internal stitches. Thankfully everything got under control. It has made it really hard to walk, go to the bathroom and even sit but it's slowly improving.

John is a really proud papa and a great big help around the house - I"m so thankful for him. I'll try to get more pictures up soon!

Home again, home again!

He's here!!!

Caleb Gray arrived last night Sept 17th at 10:13pm. He weighed 8 lbs 9 oz and was 21 1/2 inches long. more to come!

Our Baby Boy??

So I saw this over at Three Boys & A Dog and figured I'd try it to see what our baby boy might look like. I would be absolutely SHOCKED if our baby looked anything like this...but it was fun to try. You can try this yourself at makemebabies.com

Fall y'all!

I've got the fall fever. Although this weekend was rather warm, there was a great breeze yesterday and altogether I just have that fall feeling. I got my decorations down yesterday and put a few up. I am also particularly excited because with the exception of today the rest of the week is supposed to be in the 70's. Yay!! Now hopefully in a few weeks when it's time to get out my fall clothes I'll be able to squeeze into some of them since all my maternity clothes are summer. Yikes! We'll see.

Did everyone run out and get gas today?

It's amazing what an influence the media can be on our actions. It seems everyone, including me, is running out to get gas as the prices are going up and fears of rations based on Ike's impact on the Texas oil. I was surprised how packed the stations were and how some were even already out of gas. I did join the masses though and got some gas.

Divine Appointments

Today as I waited at the doctors office there was one lady beside me and another one across from me. The one next to me asked me how far along I was and then if it was my first child. Which my answer to this question is always, "well, it's my first pregnancy but not our first child as we were blessed to adopt a son 2 years ago after years of infertility." I guess I don't always have to share this level of detail but am proud of our story and how God worked in our lives so I do. Well, the woman across from me then joined the conversation to tell me she adopted 2 children domestically as well. We shared our stories and I told of how we were blessed with this miracle pregnancy and how I wouldn't change any of it for the world. That although the infertility was tough had we not gone through it our son would literally have different parents and now God's perfect timing has blessed us with a pregnancy.

I share our story a lot so I didn't think much more about it as we both got called back to our rooms. It wasn't until the doctor walked into my room and said, "I don't know what you said to my last patient but you gave her more hope and faith then you could ever imagine" that I realized I just experienced a divine appointment. I couldn't help but be really moved by his statement and by this simple conversation that I've had so many times. God orchestrated this conversation in order to give hope & faith to someone. I certainly didn't do anything special but share our story but God certainly moved in such an amazing way through putting us all in the same place with all the right questions. Normally, this wouldn't be so profound to me but I guess it just really spoke to how we impact one another without knowing it. It makes me realize how many divine appointments are in our lives and makes me think about how many I have missed because I felt too busy. I don't know how big or little of a real impact I made in that woman's life today but she sure made one in mine.

I love the book “What Happens When Women Say Yes to God” by Lysa TerKeurst which talks a great deal about this topic and here is also a nice article that I found on Divine Appointments.

Potato Stamps

Joshua LOVES stamps...so I decided to try and make potato stamps today. They were not as easy as I thought they would be and Joshua used them more like paint brushes then stamps really but it was still something new and fun and kept Joshua busy for awhile.

A Day In My Life

What I'm currently listening to is Joshua saying, "Mommy poops, daddy poops, Joshua poops, dinosaurs poop, Riley poops, pigs poop." So on and on and on and on. Most likely taken from one of his favorite books.. "Everyone Poops." And people wonder why I can't carry on an adult conversation anymore.

Now & Then

Joshua loves playing in his baby brother's room and was pretty quiet in there the other day and this is what I found. I love looking at the picture of him from when he was a baby to now - he looks like SUCH a big boy now. Sniff, sniff.

Dentist

Joshua had his first dentist appointment yesterday. The office was great! They took his picture - which turned out kind of funky but I thought it was a sweet idea. He had his teeth cleaned and received a fluoride treatment. And, of course, he had NO cavities! What a big boy!!

Cow Milking

This past Saturday we took a trip to our local zoo. It's funny cause recently two other bloggy friends of mine have taken their kids to their local zoo's in totally different states and have a very similar picture to Joshua's milking the cow. So I thought I would put their links up and you could take a tour of kids milking cows. The cow must be a staple at the small local zoos. Too funny!

With All I've Been Given

The Bachmann Family

Faces

Three times over the last two weeks I have run into people who obviously know me and I have NO clue who they are. At church on Sunday, there was a young couple with a baby who I had not seen at church before. Trying to be welcoming, I started chatting with them and asking all about their baby and they said, "Aren't you a real estate agent?" And I said, "well, yes". And they said, "We're the Blank's and you sold us our house." DUH!! I can't believe I was their agent and I didn't even recognize them. I don't know if maybe it's pregnancy brain or if I really don't remember faces at all. I was just so embarrassed.