Oh baby...#2

Baby Buck #2. Or The Three Little Bucks Plus One. Or Caden's Going to be a Big Brother. Or HOLY CRAP WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER BABY!!! I think those are all appropriate titles. Although the "holy crap" part makes it seem like our littlest Buckling was a surprise. This little pumpkin wasn't a surprise but the "holy crap" is in reference to actually having two children. TWO. I'm nervous! But oh so very excited :) I am currently eleven weeks pregnant and due to bring forth another precious life on May of 2014. My children will be 25 months apart. Caden will celebrate his second birthday (and officially ring in the terrible twos--they've unofficially started already) and then get a new brother or sister. I am soooo excited. I adore babies. I can't wait to smell that newborn smell, listen to those quiet coos, tickle those tiny toes...I am anxious to meet my second child. I want to watch Caden hold his new sibling and love on him or her. I have a vision of him sitting quietly, gently holding the baby in his lap. How long before he shatters that vision?? haha my Caden is a rambunctious little boy and I wouldn't change a thing about him :) right now he doesn't understand what ls going to happen but if we ask him where the baby is he will point to my belly and kiss it. He's so sweet. 

It's a dark picture but Caden's pointing to the ultrasound!

Baby Buck #2 at seven weeks. "Shrimp Buck" is what my sisters are calling the baby haha baby looks much different now! 

Now let's talk about the actual pregnancy! :) I am eleven weeks pregnant and finally getting over the constant nausea. The nausea that lasts all the day and the night. Once we got to Hawaii it started to subside. My appetite has been all over the place. In the beginning it was voracious. I could not get enough food. Then, suddenly, I could barely choke down three crackers. That lasted for far too long. The hunger finally came back with a vengeance. I was like a teenage boy. Or like six burly men. Whichever eats more food. Now I'm back to normal. As far as cravings go, I always have cravings--pregnant or not. So I won't even classify any of my cravings as a pregnancy symptom. 

I am tired. I'm so very tired. The first trimester fatigue has been rough on me and it's just now getting better. It's hard to nap whenever I want because I have a toddler to take care of. A toddler who sometimes naps, sometimes doesn't. When Nathaniel's home he'll watch Caden for me so I can sleep a bit but I need a three hour nap, not a 45 minute snooze. I am so thankful though, he's the best :) 

With Caden I had bad sciatic nerve pain and that's already trying to rear it's hideous head. It's so incredibly painful. I have been praying fervently for the sciatic beast not to return. 

Other than all that I feel pretty good! My clothes are getting a bit tight, in the belly and chest area. I'm still hungry and I'm still tired but I welcome it. Nathaniel and I can't wait to welcome our newest one into the world. 

Pregnancy announcement! Taken by my good friend Jen Hammer :) 

Moving day and farewell

Moving day finally came! I was so incredibly nervous--to the point of becoming ill every time I thought about it. But it's over now and I'm fine! Our last few days in the house were filled with a longing to just get it over with, sadness, and looking forward to whatever's next. We packed up all the things we're going to need for the next month (yep, we are already realizing we forgot stuff!!) and moved into a great couple's house :) they've been wonderful friends to us the almost the whole time we've been here. We are so thankful for them!! Thanks for opening your house to us :) 

On the first moving day my mother in law and grandmother in law took Caden for the day (which was a HUGE blessing!!) and hung out with him. They even got him to take an awesome nap! The packers showed up--just two guys--and they packed the whole house in four hours. I thought we had a lot of stuff...apparently not! haha on the second day Nathaniel's grandma once again took Caden for us. She took him out to eat with some of her friends and said he was an angel and that her friends adored him :) makes this mommy's heart happy to hear that. The packers came back and moved everything out of the house into a huge truck and off went our stuff. I already miss it! I miss my bed and my shoes. For some silly reason I only packed two pairs of shoes :( but I did grab at least five pairs of flip flops...Hawaii was on the brain while I was packing! 

All we had left to do in our house was to clean the darn thing. Nathaniel and I kept that house SPOTLESS. Yet it was filthy. I don't even know how that happened!! Luckily it really wasn't too bad and we were be done quickly. Plus, Nathaniel's grandma came over to help us. And Caden hung out with one of his best buds that day so we could clean without worrying about him getting into...well, there was nothing for him to get into haha but we were able to concentrate on cleaning! 

We have been so blessed to have family here and have made some wonderful friends. We're going to miss you all so much!!!! We'll be back to visit family but most of our friends won't be here anymore. The Air Force is a small world though so I know that someday we'll run into our friends again :) we've said some "farewells" and I'd forgotten how hard it is. How many times have I had moving days? How many times have I said "see you around" or "goodbye"? It's so hard everytime. I hate this part of life. I've cried so much in the last couple of days. We haven't even left Alaska and I miss you all already. Thank you for being there for us, helping us out, hanging out and having a good time with us--we'll see you down the road someday :)