Our newest addition is a . . .

GUESS WHAT!!! I found out what my baby is!!! :)


Just a few pix . . . ok maybe more than a few. :) But they're all super cute!!!!

"It's a what?!?!"

My little baby bump! 

Way excited! SUPER EXCITED!

Can you tell? I'm just a little excited. lol. Like ALOT!!!

Tomorrow I'm finding out if I'm having another son, or my first daughter!! WOOT!!

I have had a countdown since I set the appointment up, and then with each passing week I frequently celebrated that I was that much closer to finding out the gender of my baby. Then when it got to one week, I of course was counting the few days left.

Now I'm just down to a matter of hours!!!

Really! I believe I'm just as excited about finding out about this baby as I was when I found out about Alyx. The difference is, I'm going to keep it a secret for two days!! Which will be hard since I'll be dying to let people know. But I want to tell our parents and siblings in person, in a special way. hee hee. :)

A lot of people ask me what I'm hoping for, honestly? A girl, but if it's a boy I'm super stoked too!

When it comes down to it. I really really just want my baby. I love being a mom. It is super fun and makes me happy. Not like it's easy and it can be frustrating at times. But it is sooo what I was meant to be. :) I love kids, and adore my little Alyx and am way attached to this baby I will soon put a name to . . . that is if it's a girl. We're not cement on a boy name yet. But that's ok, we got some time. :)

I'll probably give you guys an update in a few days about what we're having after we tell family.

Family pix

So I had these taken a few weeks ago by a wonderful friend of mine. I think they turned out pretty well! :)

A few pictures of all three of us. 

And then a few of Alyx with Jason or me.

My cool good-looking dudes. :)

I was told by my husband and a sister that I looked like my mom in this one.

My mom told me she could see her mom in this. :)

 :) Makes me smile. :) 

Last but not least an adorable picture of my son Alyxander.

Gotta love that face. ;)

Working things out

So no marriage is perfect, and mine is no exception. Jason and I have our fights and arguments just like everyone else. The important thing is that at the end of the fight, you make sure that if feelings were hurt, you say sorry and let them know you love them you talk it out without anger and listen when it's their turn to talk.

A couple days ago, Jason and I had our worst argument ever, but before the night was through. I knew Jason had had a long day at work, we had sat at the doctor's office for Alyx's 18 month check up for forever and grabbed some dinner on our way home. By the time we arrived, I didn't want to be around Jason and needed a break. So I took some 'me' time, then went shopping for food and came home. I got ready to go visiting teaching and started out when Jason and I exchanged a lot of words and actions that were far from loving. I broke down crying, grabbed Alyx and met with my VT partner. I knew then I was in no mood to teach and couldn't compose myself. Part of me didn't even want to head back to Jason that night, but another part of me wanted to go to him and fix things. Thankfully I have amazing friends/neighbors. My partner went to the girl we were going to see and told her I wasn't able to come that night. I had another neighbor take Alyx for a bit so I could talk to Jason without worrying about Alyx.

I went home and Jason and I immediately hugged each other and said we were sorry. We sat down and talked for a bit until we understood what happened. Another thing, most fights stem from very stupid and silly things. After we talked, we shared a heartfelt prayer and kiss. I love Jason. I know we will get into disagreements in the future and have hard times, but we will ALWAYS say sorry to each other and work things out. :) So I was totally happy with how things were, but the next morning Jason surprised me even more.

He bought me two dozen roses!! He said the white was because he was sorry about the night before. The red roses were because he loved me. I have such a wonderful thoughtful husband, who goes the extra extra mile. :)

Professor Wilber

So Jason has now finished his first week as a teacher! I'm so proud of him. :) He is teaching Spanish 105 while going to school as well. So far he has enjoyed it, from what I can tell. He is working hard to help teach his students Spanish and working on his Master's program. I've tried to help where I can. Massage him (almost every day), give him input and suggestions if needed, and help create some slide shows on his computer.

Here is my handsome husband for his first day of work/school. Since he works at school. ;)

We're also hoping and praying he can get a grant or two next spring. There is one where we can get around $15,000 for whatever we need, (a new car would be nice) or $5,000 to spend while living in a foreign country for two months that would help him for his thesis. So who knows? We might live in Spain or Portugal or somewhere like that a few months after the baby is born. Which would be pretty funny since we went to Japan a few months after Alyx was born. I just hope we don't always keep that tradition up since it's really hard to travel with a little baby and adjust to a whole new time change, but this time we would be traveling with a toddler AND a baby. Oh boy. lol. But I really am excited for the possibility to live in another country, especially since this time I could understand the language a whole lot better than when I lived in Japan. :)