A Much Needed Post......

So for those of you who read my blog, I apologize for not writing for the past 5 months. I have been busy and when I do have a minute to write, I just want to spend time with my hubby and kids. So here is a run down of what has happened and I will try to do better after this......keyword there is "try".


May

We were in AZ for most of the month. What a dreadful vacation! Both kids got rotavirus and were in the hospital. Poor Stew didn't really get a vacation because he stayed at the hospital with Ethan. We were supposed to be there to relax and see family and friends and that didn't really go as planned. Our last night there we were able to see some of our greatest friends, the Uerkvitz family and the White family.

The day before Mother's Day, I realized that I was "late" so I secretly went and got a pregnancy test and it came back positive! What a great Mother's Day gift to me!! When Stew and I talked on Mother's Day I showed him the stick (we were chatting on Skype) and he was definitely thrilled.


June

My birthday month! I turned 25 years old. I can't believe that I am 25, married, and have 2 kids with one on the way. Crazy! Also, Miss Ryan turned 2 years old 9 days later. I love sharing my birthday month with my cute baby girl! This is the month that I started to get really sick! I had been sick a week before my birthday and in that week I lost almost 12lbs. My doctor put me on Phenegran which helped ALOT!


July

Ethan turned 5 years old! I can't believe that my baby is 5 years old!!!!! The time sure went by really fast. Stew finished Summer Session of school a few days later and then we went to Toronto to visit his sister Lynette and her family. We had lots of fun. We went to parks, the ROM, had a girls night and the guys had a guys night. It was great being able to spend time with them and I am happy that right now they only live about 5 1/2 to 6 hours away.

A couple days later we had Stew's mom come and visit us for a week. As soon as she got in we went to Westside Market and got lots of yummy food for when she was visiting us. We went to the Cleveland Art Museum, Lakeview Cemetery, the movies (we went and saw Cars 2)......Cindy watched the kids for us a couple times as well. One time was so Stew and I could go get an ultrasound. I was cramping and spotting and it was really scaring me. The other time was so we could go out on a date since we hadn't been on one for a while. We were very sad when she had to leave to go home. :(

At my ultrasound I found out that I had Marginal Placenta Previa, which is where my placenta was covering the opening of my cervix. That is why I was cramping and spotting. I was put on pelvic rest, which totally stunk! I had to make sure that I wasn't doing a ton of strenuous activities and heavy lifting, which I wasn't doing anyway. I was also going to have to have a C-Section around 37 weeks to get Miss Elaina out since I wouldn't have the opportunity to have a natural birth.


August

Stew started year 2 of POD school!! YAY!!! Another big milestone this month was Ethan starting Kindergarten at Col. Lt. John Glenn Elementary. His teacher is Miss Lendel and she is AWESOME!!!!!! It was so weird going to Kindergarten Orientation and filling out so many forms just for him. By the end of the month he had already learned A, B, C, and D... how to write them as well as their sound and a song to help him remember them. Ryan and I had a pretty hard time when it was his first day. We both cried lots and we were very excited to pick him up from school at the end of the day!

Also this month, Stew and I celebrated our 6th Wedding Anniversary. We went out to The Melting Pot for dinner...... SO romantic! I love this man so much and I feel very lucky to have him as my spouse and eternal companion. He is amazing. He sacrifices so much so our family can have a better future.


September

Ethan has been doing SO well in school. He almost finished learning the alphabet by the end of the month. He started doing homework and absolutely LOVES doing it. As soon as I pick him up from school on Wednesdays, he asks if he can sit down and do it. We have been reading lots of books and I am excited for when he starts learning how to read them as well. Stew had his first round of tests this month. He did AWESOME! He ended up getting 3 A's and 2 B's on his tests! SO proud of him!!!

I have been sick this whole month. Every morning I "do my business" and then go about my day just fine. Also, I found out this month that the Marginal Placenta Previa "corrected" itself and I didn't have to have to have a C-Section to get Miss Elaina out.


October

So far this month has been a bit crazy. Our weather has been REALLY cold and we even spotted a little snow when it was raining. Ethan has been home from school for almost a week. He got croup from the drastic weather change, which resulted in having his asthma act up. He is on a steroid for the croup and a new asthma medication, which he hasn't been able to take yet. He hasn't been able to sleep much, which has made it to where Ryan and I haven't had much sleep. Hopefully the rest of us don't get sick too, especially Stew since he has tests coming up at the end of this week.


Alrighty......So I promise that I will try to keep up with the whole blogging thing. Sorry for this being SO long.