Slacking

I cannot believe how long I've gone without posting to the blog world. It's kind of sad and now I feel like I've missed so much posting it's intimidating to even know where to start.

First things first...Trevor and I are expecting baby #2 on June 27th 2013!! We tried getting pregnant for over 14 months with no success. It was pretty trying on my female instincts and hard to conquer positively each month. I obviously knew we could conceive because of McCoy but we weren't sure why it wasn't working out. We were given a lower risk fertility option called Clomid after the 13th cycle. You take the pill 5 days during the month. We did one cycle of clomid and ...it worked...Finally! I know we are so blessed to have an addition to our family. This experience definitely taught me tremendous lessons of patience and gratitude. 

I was pretty sick again this pregnancy and props to all those mothers out there that do this so many times because taking care of a toddler while being so sick and tired is extremely difficult. Poor McCoy watched a lot of movies and Trevor was amazing to donate all the energy he had at the end of his work days to play with, feed, bath and put McCoy down for the night for about 2 months straight since my bed time moved up to about 7 every night.

Fortunately, Zofran, an anti-nausea prescription (which didn't take away my nausea but did help me keep food down for a couple hours), gave me a little relief with this pregnancy and I started to feel a little better and have a little more energy around the holidays (15 weeks along). I'm feeling pretty well now that I'm currently in my second trimester, almost 20 weeks. 

We had our 20 week ultra sound this morning. We were able to see our little baby and find out what the gender is.....drum roll....IT's A BOY! We couldn't be more happy and excited for McCoy to have a little brother. Here are some of the fun pictures we got at the ultra sound. 

We have had some pretty big mile stones in McCoy's life the past few months. 

McCoy started Preschool for young 3 year olds in Januray. It's a great time for him to get out of the house in this cold weather and be social with other little kids his exact age. It's been good for him and he's absolutely loving it. His teacher, Miss Lisa always tells me how impressed she is with his sharing and loving nature with the other kids. She also says hes one of the few kids that actually says, "please, thank you, you're welcome." He makes mommy proud! 

At the begining of this year McCoy moved from nursery to Sunbeams in Primary. He missed the toys the first couple weeks but he's loving it now and does so well. He has a great couple as his teachers that were preschool teachers for over 30 years. He's the only boy in his class and the youngest on top of it but he does well. This picture melts me heart and makes me realize my little boy is officially not a baby any more. He's growing up so fast. 

And last but not least in the slightest, McCoy is officially potty trained! I cannot tell you how proud I am of McCoy for accomplishing this in the way that he has. We tried in December for 6 days hoping to get it done before the holidays and his preschool but it was a little too early and I was still pretty sick and tired at that point. When we tried again a few weeks ago it was like magic. He goes days without accidents and he is really good about telling me when he needs to go. He loves wearing underwear and going potty like daddy and Steele. They were the best examples for McCoy during this transition. 

Trevor and I couldn't be more proud of him in every way. He's going to be a great big brother. 

Summer weekends

 The last couple weekends we've had the chance to go on a couple mini vacations. 

We went to Idaho with the Hobsons a couple weekends ago. We spent the weekend boating and relaxing with friends by the river. 

This past weekend McCoy and I went to my grandparent's cabin, "Gubler's Glen." It was a lot of fun spending time with family and hiking and adventuring through the woods. McCoy even had the chance to ride his very first four wheeler. These four wheeler rides included wearing helmets and of course McCoy and Steele both loved wearing them. In fact, McCoy loved it so much, he wore his helmet almost all day every day. 

 

We've enjoyed ourselves so much these past few weekends. Makes me wish summer lasted longer than a couple months. 

Instagraming it up

I tend to forget about the blog world because I'm always posting on Instagram. My apologies.

Here are some of our pictures that we've posted recently if you haven't seen them already. We have so much fun together now that I'm not working and I'm loving each moment. 

Our family reunion

In July we went to LA for Trevor's family reunion. It was a great time to spend with family in a very fun environment. We drove all the way and McCoy did so well. It did help that we have the best road trip car and he could watch all the movies he wanted with our DVD entertainment system...and of course, he had all the treats he could want. We stayed in a KOA camp and McCoy was in heaven. We all enjoyed ourselves. 

The cabins where we stayed. (I stole this from your Blog, Jessica.)

We went to the San Diego Zoo while we were there. McCoy loved every minute of it.

During this trip we confirmed that McCoy has a sweet love for Uncle Gabe. He wanted to spend most of his time with him. I'm convinced that it's not only because he's an awesome uncle but also because Gabe is the only one that can keep up with McCoy's energy. We found Gabe playing with McCoy nermerous times: throwing him up in the air, jumping down the street together, and of course sharing all sorts of candy together. 

We had such a good week spending quality time with Grandma Hatch, Aunts and Uncles, cousins, sisters and brothers. We love our family!