On Forgiveness Sunday, we confirmed that we are expecting our fourth child. Although I thought that I may be expecting, it was quite a surprise and not how I intended to be entering Great Lent. Hubby and I were open to having more children, but we were very content with our family. God had different plans for us.
This pregnancy has started out on the rough side in more ways than one. Its been my hardest first trimester yet. I have been pretty nauseous and fatigued. It was also discovered that I have a clot (I cant seem to remember the medical term) from the implantation. It's been an emotional roller coaster.
A couple of weeks ago we made the trip to New Jersey to venerate the Kursk Root Icon. It was such a healing experience for me in more ways than one. It helped me to be grateful for this pregnancy. The morning sickness stared to become manageable and the fatigue seem to be only towards the end of the day instead of all day. I also had an ultrasound a few days after venerating the icon and it revealed that the clot had decreased by half. Glory To God! I will be 10 weeks on Thursday.
The kids are all doing well. They are very excited about the new baby especially the girls.
Ice Man turned two this weekend. It seems like just yesterday he was born. I can't help just wanting to cuddle him up and enjoy his time as being the baby. He still loves to to be cuddled by Mommy. He is also entering the terrible two tantrums. He has for the most part, always been well behaved in church until recently. He does a fake whine, the only thing that gets him to stop is if I take him outside. As soon as we step in the church he starts again. Although it can get frustrating at times, I can't help but laugh inside when I see his face during his fake whine.
Dan Dan is the one who tries my patience. She can be so adorable at times but then her temper hits and its a whole different story. Once the temper hits there is no pulling her out of the fit she is in. We have tried numerous things to cope with it and the best thing we have found is if we put her in time out until she can stop her fit. It seems to be helping but it is defiantly a lot of work. We are still working on potty training. Some days she does really well and other days she could care less. She is enjoying doing "school work". I set up a binder based of this one for her to use. She really enjoys working in it.
Pic Pic she can be such a big help at times. We hadn't been doing much school since I was pretty sick with morning sickness. She was so thought full and would bring me water and snacks to help with it. She is the most excited about the baby. The last couple of weeks we have been gradually easing back in to school. Right now our main focus is on reading. We are going over the Bob books again as a refresher. Our plan next year was to use K12 but with the baby being due in the fall we have decided that it won't be best for us. I have been contemplating on what to use. I am leaning towards a "boxed" curriculum as it might make everything a bit easier while we are adjusting to the new baby. Although I really enjoy Sonlight, I am thinking we will be using My Fathers World. They are both similar and I have heard good things about both. My main deciding factor is price. Sonlight is on the pricier side of things.
After this week Hubby will have a couple weeks of from class during Holy Week and Bright Week. We are looking forward to spending this time together. And a few more weeks after that he will be done with his first year of seminary. It still has quite a bit of work to do and will be working on it during his break but it will be nice to still have him home. It has gone by pretty quickly, at least for me. :)
