summer days

I feel like we've had such a weird summer so far.. weather-wise.  Mostly nothing to brag about here in Minnesota, but the occasional perfect days are just that.. perfect!  Yesterday was one of those days.  It just makes me so happy to be a mom and be able to spend time with my little man.

In the morning, we went to a music class in Woodbury.  My friend Suz gave me the idea and she has been going when she can with Miss Peyton.  It was so fun!  Leyton really enjoyed it.  He definitely has a shy side to him but once he warmed up, he was dancing all over to the music with the other kids.  So adorable!

Then Luke, Leyton and I went to Como Zoo in the afternoon with my grandparents and parents.  We went with Leyton last summer when he was barely born and he just didn't appreciate it :)   This year, he was loving the animals!  Freaking out and yelling at all of them!  Here's some highlights from our fun afternoon together:

exploring the fishies and the smelling the flowers with grandpa.

oooh! monkeys!

loving the train!  until it started moving...  so I guess he likes still trains. :)

houses and babies.

This weekend was quite eventful in the life of the Prossers.  First and most importantly.. our friends Brent and Suz had a baby BOY!   We went to see them in the hospital on Saturday night, but we left after midnight thinking that it was still going to be a while!  But, after 2 am, Mr. Jagger Burns made his appearance into the world!  This has been a long process especially for Suz, so everyone is just thrilled that he is finally here and they are doing great!!

Now to back up, on Friday afternoon, Luke and I went and looked at more houses.  We saw about 5, and one we particularly liked!  Gosh it just makes me nervous, this whole house thing!  After seeing these, Luke took me to dinner in Stillwater to just be together.   ahhh that was great.  I love my Luke time :)  And it was good to just talk about where we are at with this crazy house decision!

Saturday, I had a wedding.  nothing new there.  (but it was a friend of mine and the wedding was beautiful!)


Sunday, we had a great family day enjoying Luke's semi-new fatherhood.  Leyton is an expert shopper and picked up on his dad's hints at some new grilling gear.  So, he's stocked up :)  We got a chance to see both of our dads and both families!   Everyone met us at this new potential house so we could get their opinion.  ahhh it really does make me nuts!

Sooo.. we'll see.  Luke and I are really excited about this option for a house and are still talking it over.  I'll keep you posted on it all!

mini update.

This sunny Tuesday brought us two updates worth mentioning:  one really good and one... kinda bad.  The good first.  I had another baby appointment today!  Met my doctor (she's wonderful.. thanks Watson!), and heard the little things rapid heartbeat.  It's in the 150s right now.. so cute, but doesn't mean much for the gender guessing game.  When they're this little, they all beat at around the same pace.  But it's so fun to hear that little life in there!  Everything is going great so far.. I haven't gained much weight this time around!  not as much at this time last round.  woo hoo victory for me!

And onto the not-so-good news.  As many of you may know, we put in an offer on a house in Woodbury that we were pretty psyched about.  It was a great house for the price, which fit right in with what we wanted to spend.  Lots of room, nice big kitchen, great location.  So we were excited but we knew it was a risk!   All along Luke has been so great about reminding me that if God wants us to get this house, we will get it!  And if he doesn't, He has a much better plan for us than we can see.   I love resting in Him and trusting His will for our lives.. he knows way better than we do!

I would love to be Leyton right now.  This guy could care less and is loving life!  That's the way it should be!

Julie's baby girl!

My friend Julie had a GIRL!!!  Meet Taylor Brynn, the missing link to that now complete family!

I was so excited to meet this sweet girl last weekend.. the family is doing great.. Ryder & Gunner are such great older brothers!

2 growing babies

Leyton will remain my baby until the other one comes along..  So for now, I have 2 babies!  This older, crazier more active baby has passed the 15 month mark.  He's as fun as ever!

These days, he's talking a lot more.. or at least trying to.  His words include: ball (ba), mom, dad, all done (ahhh du), oh no, truck (uck) and apple (appa).. not sure why he picked apple but he must love them!  He's still working through his animal noises and definitely vary on what he feels like saying day to day.  You can really see his little brain working and he understands a ton.  He knows when we say.. get your shoes, your socks, your diaper, your juice.. all that kind of stuff.  Smart boy!

Here's a couple videos to show some firsts for this boy..

Hockey must be his blood!  This is a daily activity, he keeps going for a while..  Look at him work so hard!

I'm not sure whether this can be considered his first summer-sault, but he's lovin it! :)

In other news, baby #2 is cookin along at 12 weeks!  This cute little thing is working on its reflexes.  The fingers can open and close, its curling its toes and the mouth is starting to make sucking movements.  The intestines and kidneys have found their place and the nerve cells in the brain are multiplying rapidly.  It's the size of a lime.. or a little bigger that its brothers hand!  

I couldn't be more proud of my babies!

new & different

This time around.. these are the things that are different so far:

1.  Not nearly as much face breakouts!  With Leyton, they were horrrrible and showed up right away!  This time, not so bad!

2. I feel really great!  With the first pregnancy, I felt pretty junky a lot of the time, just nauseous and sick.  And I had really bad headaches, one that sent me to the emergency room.  This time, no headaches!  I do feel a little yucky at times, and need to keep the food coming (no complaints there!) but I do feel better this time around.

3. The belly popped way earlier!  It felt like with Leyton, I "filled out" all over first and then eventually the belly came.. I went through the awkward stage for too long. ick.  But this time, it popped at about 11 weeks. Starting even at 9 weeks, my belly fluctuated quite a bit.  In the mornings, it was pretty flat.  But by the end of the day, it would stick out!  I do remember this happening the first time around too, but now it's just out there all the time!  :)  The bella band came out of hiding a day before week 12!  I do like this change though.. it makes it so real that I really am pregnant and there is a growing baby in there!  

And things that are the same:

1.  Everything smell so strong!  This was hint #1 with Leyton, I'd open up cupboards and it smelled horrible. Same with this one, things smell horrible.. or really good.. but just so strong!  Sometimes I really can't even handle looking at Leyton's baby food..

2.  I'm freaked out.  

3.  I'm so in love with this baby!

Baby Prosser #2!!

It's true,  It's true!  We're doing this crazy thing again!  Luke and I are SO thrilled to be announcing a second little Prosser babe will arrive somewhere around December 19, 2011.  There's been such a mix of emotions through all this, but overall.. so excited!

Today I just began week 12 in this pregnancy.  We've known for about 8 weeks now, so I'm going to playing a lot of catch up!  It's so fun to go back and read through when this blog began, all in honor of baby #1 and all the adventures that were to come.  It's a great chance for me to express my emotions, my fears, my excitements.. and to have a way to remember it all!   So hope you don't mind as I backtrack a little, document a little about these past 8 weeks. 

So, to jump in...on April 9th.. I woke up and took a pregnancy test!  It was kind of random that I took it and I didn't really think it'd be positive, but I thought I'd check!  Sure enough, those 2 glorious blue lines came up and I freaked out!!!  I totally remember my reaction the first pregnancy, it was so fun!  This time, I wondered if I wouldn't freak out as much.. just think "oh cool, I'm pregnant again."  but I was thrilled!!  It's fun that it was a little shock/surprising but.. wonderful!   I ran upstairs where Luke was having breakfast with Leyton (oh.. yes, we still live with my parents.  oops).. but I ran up and said, "2 lines!  There are 2 lines!"   I don't really know if he understood right away what that meant, but when it clicked, he was so excited!  We had to keep our freaking out a little quiet because my parents were upstairs and didn't want to share the news quite yet, but it was so fun!

My sister happened to be in town that weekend, so I went up to her room, jumped in bed with her and whispered, "I'm pregnant!"  She screamed and said "I knew it!"  I love her :)   We went to tell Steph and Kevin (more tears!) and made calls to our siblings out of state.   It was funny to say so casually to our parents "Oh, Leyton's going to be an older brother."   Haha, they had no idea!  Over the next couple of days, we had so much fun telling our families and a few friends the great news. Everyone was so excited!  

We used this line a few times to surprise some friends: I showed them this t-shirt design and told them we had just ordered this for Leyton.  It took a couple seconds of confused looks then they got it!

But then was the waiting game.  I had no idea when my due date was so I scheduled an appointment when I thought I'd be around 8 weeks.  I had to wait about a month to go to the doctor!  It's kinda weird when you don't have a belly, didn't really have any symptoms of being pregnant and haven't been able to see the baby!  It just didn't feel real.  It was fun to tell a few people, but it just felt fake.  

So after waiting for what seemed like a year.. on May 16th, Luke and I went to the doctors and got to see the little baby!  We had an ultrasound to check on the baby, measure it and get a due date.  At that point, they told me I was 9 weeks and the baby was doing great!   With Leyton, we only had a 20 week ultrasound because everything was normal and there was no reason to do another.  But to see this cute little thing at 9 weeks old was incredible!!!  Just amazing!  It was an inch long and had developed all the essential body parts.  The heart had divided into 2 chambers, valves had formed, as well as tiny teeth.  (seriously?  the tears are flowing right now even thinking about it!)  The baby's organs, muscles and nerves were kicking into gear.. eyes are formed, as well earlobes, a mouth, nose and nostrils.  Oh!!

We were absolutely floored.  I started crying right away as this little one inch gummy bear was moving across the screen, waving its arm.  Something crazy happens when you see this little life, this baby, this child growing inside.  And I think it's even crazier the 2nd time around.  When it's the first, it almost seemed more mysterious.. I kept thinking, that's my baby?  And this time to think.. that's what Leyton was!  Leyton has my favorite nose in the whole world and that was there at 9 weeks?!  This little creature becomes a real, moving baby.. our child.  Incredible.  So without further adieu, I'd like you to meet baby Prosser #2!

So there's ya go.. that's my feelings!  We are loving every bit of this.. even the little pouch that decided to debut itself this past week!  I will share much more about all these changes and what's been going on this time around.   Here we go again!