My second baby is 4!
Monday, September 4, 2017
Saturday, August 12, 2017
Maternity photos
Our amazing photographer, Susie captured some amazing pictures of our family as we prepare for the arrival of baby Amelia!
It was so humid and hot outside, but my guys did a great job! I'm so happy with the way they turned out!!
Friday, June 16, 2017
Second Trimester
Baby girl is kicking my butt! Before we found out that we were having a girl I swore that this pregnancy was so different. I was so sick all the time. Not the rolling nausea I had with Declan and Silas. I gagged and felt awful every morning and it lasted until mid evening daily. The morning sickness finally subsided around 26 weeks. I feel tired and worn out no matter what time I go to sleep or how much sleep I get. And I recently found out I have gestational diabetes. The plus side is that I shouldn't gain much more weight, but I will have to take my blood sugar four times a day and if I can't control it with diet I will have to take medication, which I'm not super thrilled about.
I know it will all be worth it when I get to hold my sweet baby though!
16 weeks
18 weeks
20 weeks
22 weeks
24 weeks
26 weeks
28 weeks
Thursday, May 18, 2017
/it's a...
GIRL!!!
Both boys are so excited to be having a sister! I am still in disbelief! I had myself convinced we would have three boys, but we'll be adding tutus and bows and lots of pink, I'm sure, to our home.
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Monday, April 24, 2017
First trimester down!
We are so surprised by our wonderful news! Josh and I had tried for about a year to have another baby and we told in November that it wouldn't likely happen without some intervention. We decided that we had two wonderful children and that we didn't need to go through IVF, IUI or AI when we were already blessed with two babies. Instead we decided to get a puppy. Jasper was born in December and came home in February. He had been home for a week when I realized I was "late" and peed on a stick.
I was shocked and walked into the bedroom and told Josh that he must of needed a challenge and then showed him the test. It took a lot not to let the secret slip. In fact my sister was the first to call me out and I asked her not to tell anyone. And then I suffered some major pregnancy brain and forgot to tell my brother about bridging some childcare for us and told him and my sister in law as well. I really wanted to wait until after my sister in law had her baby, but I started showing way early so we told family before Easter.
I was shocked and walked into the bedroom and told Josh that he must of needed a challenge and then showed him the test. It took a lot not to let the secret slip. In fact my sister was the first to call me out and I asked her not to tell anyone. And then I suffered some major pregnancy brain and forgot to tell my brother about bridging some childcare for us and told him and my sister in law as well. I really wanted to wait until after my sister in law had her baby, but I started showing way early so we told family before Easter.
8 weeks
10 weeks
12 weeks
14 weeks
Sunday, April 16, 2017
Surprise!
Guess what?!
The Willinghams are growing another two feet!
Hambone number 3 due in mid to late October.
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Home owners!
We bought a house! Well, we bought the house we were renting, so we don't have to move! Andi and John have graciously let us rent from them for the last 6 years and today we bought the house from them!
And now we renovate!
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Meeting Jasper
So it's been a while since anyone has posted! Much has changed with us in almost two years. I will post a proper update soon, but in the meantime... meet Jasper, our newest family member!
*disclaimer* we did not buy him from a puppy store. We adopted him through a family friend.
*disclaimer* we did not buy him from a puppy store. We adopted him through a family friend.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Where has the time gone?
I have not posted an update in eight months!
I owe at the very least picture entries for the following important milestones in the last few months:
After I started experiencing extreme the headaches (or rather one extreme headache that wouldn't go away) in November I started seeking help from pain management. A head CT had shown nothing and the caffeine/pain pills were not helping. I had to do something. I received an occipital nerve block which helped reduce the headache, but the symptoms were becoming more intense and more had started to appear. I started a plan for medial branch blocks working up to radiofrequency ablations. In the meantime receiving trigger point injections and chiropractic care.
I will have some time on my hands soon, so I should be able to add and backdate these entries.
After an MRI in December I was diagnosed with a Type I Chiari Malformation. I didn't realize that some of the things I were experiencing months before hand were symptoms until after I was diagnosed. I started physical therapy and started seeing a neurologist. Between all the different specialist I was going to the doctor almost daily. Each therapy would help for a few hour to a about a two days before it weakened and the same level of pain and discomfort came back. My neurologist suggested another type of MRI to look at the flow of CSF and it showed a block. She suggested I see a neurosurgeon.
Between the CINE MRI in January and the consultation with the Neurosurgeon at the end of March, I had a particularly bad fair up while at work and according to my work mates, I passed out. I had another MRI ordered because of the weakness in my limbs and the tingling/numbness in my face had started to become increasingly worse. The scan showed that the Chiari herniation was measuring larger than it had been in December.
After a very tearful meeting with the neurosurgeon we decided to go forth with surgery and that pretty much catches us up to now.
I'm having surgery tomorrow, or rather today, since it's after midnight. The link below gives a good description of what will happen. It's not a cure for Chiari, but it should help bring relief from some of the symptoms (if not all of them). I was extremely healthy before so I have hope.
http://www.mayfieldchiaricenter.com/chiari_surgery.php
My faith is with God and I pray that he guides the surgeon's hands tomorrow as well as all of the staff that will be looking after me, including nursing, residents, anesthesiologist and anyone else that helps along the way and after!
I owe at the very least picture entries for the following important milestones in the last few months:
- Declan's 1st birthday (There is SO MUCH GUILT for not posting these pictures!)
- Trick or Treating 2014
- Happy Holidays 2014 (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years)
- Davis Family Photoshoot
- Dad's minor stroke
- Easter
- Watching the boys grow
After I started experiencing extreme the headaches (or rather one extreme headache that wouldn't go away) in November I started seeking help from pain management. A head CT had shown nothing and the caffeine/pain pills were not helping. I had to do something. I received an occipital nerve block which helped reduce the headache, but the symptoms were becoming more intense and more had started to appear. I started a plan for medial branch blocks working up to radiofrequency ablations. In the meantime receiving trigger point injections and chiropractic care.
I will have some time on my hands soon, so I should be able to add and backdate these entries.
After an MRI in December I was diagnosed with a Type I Chiari Malformation. I didn't realize that some of the things I were experiencing months before hand were symptoms until after I was diagnosed. I started physical therapy and started seeing a neurologist. Between all the different specialist I was going to the doctor almost daily. Each therapy would help for a few hour to a about a two days before it weakened and the same level of pain and discomfort came back. My neurologist suggested another type of MRI to look at the flow of CSF and it showed a block. She suggested I see a neurosurgeon.
Between the CINE MRI in January and the consultation with the Neurosurgeon at the end of March, I had a particularly bad fair up while at work and according to my work mates, I passed out. I had another MRI ordered because of the weakness in my limbs and the tingling/numbness in my face had started to become increasingly worse. The scan showed that the Chiari herniation was measuring larger than it had been in December.
After a very tearful meeting with the neurosurgeon we decided to go forth with surgery and that pretty much catches us up to now.
I'm having surgery tomorrow, or rather today, since it's after midnight. The link below gives a good description of what will happen. It's not a cure for Chiari, but it should help bring relief from some of the symptoms (if not all of them). I was extremely healthy before so I have hope.
http://www.mayfieldchiaricenter.com/chiari_surgery.php
My faith is with God and I pray that he guides the surgeon's hands tomorrow as well as all of the staff that will be looking after me, including nursing, residents, anesthesiologist and anyone else that helps along the way and after!
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