The Mothership

It's been long since told, but we are pregnant again!!!  And to tell you the truth, I am pretty excited.  No, really, I am...at least I am now:)  It came as a bit of a shock, but I am very excited.  Infact, I was just looking at someones facebook page and they were cuddling with their baby, and I had a longing for cuddles...a longing?  Really?  How can this be?  My little girl is only a bit over a year and I'm already ready for another baby.  I can't really say that I was ready for the news when I found out though. We had Carolyn's first birthday party.  To my surprise, as we were opening gifts, I thought that maybe I had started my period...false alarm.  But that got me thinking...when WAS my cycle supposed to start?  I am fairly regular but, I didn't think much of it and the week went on.  Finally on the following Friday it occurred to me that I had not started yet and that I may actually be pregnant.  I was running wi...

This is somewhat of a continuation of Carolyn's Birth.  This is about when Luke came to meet her at the hospital for the first time.  This is a memory that will forever be fresh in my memory.  It touches my heart every time I think of it and almost makes my eyes tear up with delight and sadness at the same time.My mother warned me how upset she was when she came home with Sam, at how BIG Emma looked and was no longer her baby. Well, this played somewhat the same way, but in a slightly different, emotional way.  Let's go back to the day before...or couple of months before Carolyn arrived.  Now, don't get me wrong I was VERY excited to have a new baby and especially have a girl.  I've always dreamed about how close I would be with my kids, but especially my daughter.  There would be a special closeness.  Little did I know how CLOSE I would become with my little man.  He is all kinds of emotion...but he is a part of me.  Raising him h...

Carolyn Frances Thielen is finally here!  She is so beautiful...but then again I'm very biased. This all happened very differently than Luke.  Luke came early, but very stubbornly.  Which of course is his personality; always rushing, but under his own terms.  Carolyn came two days after my due date through induction, but she came as smoothly as any birth could.  This too, is her personality; calm and easy going, but not without making a statement first. We dropped Luke off at Patti & Chris's house Monday night after spending a whole day together as our last day of a family of three.  We did whatever Luke wanted to do and even took him to EnterTRAINment junction.  I had never been away from Luke for more than a day so I felt sentimental.  I tried to go to bed early, because we needed to leave for the hosiptal by 2:30a.m..  I laid awake thinking about how different we would be as a family and many questions entered my thoughts. ...

So I know plenty of women feel insecure about their body image when they are pregnant.  However, I seem to have heard the MOST ridiculous comments, directed at me, that no pregnant woman should ever have heard.  Some of them were even from the nurses at the Ob/Gyn office and they see tons of preggo ladies.  My conclusion is that I just make people feel sooooo comfortable that they decide they can tell me their inner most thoughts and not feel the need to filter anything.  Yes, this has to be the only logical answer.  Right? I mean what would posses a person to even say these things.  I have stuck my foot in my mouth plenty of times, but I almost always IMMEDIATELY retract my statement and profusely apologize.  Here are some of the statements: "Hmmm, and the doctor hasn't mentioned anything to you about how much you've gained?"  "Were you overweight before you became pregant?" said to me during delivery "Ooooooooo, ssshhhshhshsh, I really d...

So it has been about a year since I posted anything!!!  That's amazing.  I guess I've been a little busy this past year, having a new baby and all.  So, in the next posts, I will just be trying to recount some of my memories from the past year.  They probably won't be sequential, because I can't remember more than two things at a time anymore.  Sorry for the sabbatical:)

So I know it has been awhile, but I've been a little pregnant ok!  I know it's the lamest excuse, but it's the one I'm goin' with!  These past two months have been a bit busy...and it's been unseasonably warm, so we've been outside a lot (meaning I'm exhausted). Since I've last posted, I have: gained an appetite gained some pounds read The Hungar Games, all 3 of them in a 2 1/2 week span had some parties napped made some bowties (that are VERY cute by the way!) read Roadwork to my son at least 3 times a day, probably more gained a better understanding of how much patience my child needs from an adult There is probably more, but I can't remember anything anymore (infact, I have started to post EVERYTHING in my calendar just so I can recall what happened yesterday). Mostly though, I have tried to put all the "stuff" aside and just enjoy being with my son, before his world (and mine) are thrown for a wild ride!  I love him...

I've caught the bug...I'm preggo again (and not just hungry for the canned pasta sauce).  I'm actually fo' real pregnant!  AHHHHHH!!!!  What have I done? No seriously, I am very excited for this new baby.  I LOOOOOOOVE Babies.  I love their smell, their wrinkly bodies, the breast feeding, the rocking, the singing, hmmmmmm, need I go on? However, right from the start this baby is already different.  I feel more nauseous than I did when I carried Luke (maybe it's a girl?).  My energy level is nil.  I'm not sure if that's because I have Luke to chase around this time?  I was chasing around 12 1st graders before, so it can't be that much different.  I have little to no appetite.  I haven't gained any weight (which is peculiar, considering I do this even when I'm not pregnant).  Poor Tim comes home from a day full of work and swoops in to make it all better (he's the bestest!). We found out the day after I got sick in my exerc...