The last month in as few words as possible...

Wow, I think this has been my longest period of time without a post ever! I have a couple good excuses, which include early bedtimes, a cute 3 year old named Grace, lots of outside time, and tons of great time with family.

So, I am going to do my best to do some quick updates on how we are all doing.

What we have been up to!

Like I said, lots and lots of outside time! Gracie has a new pool and we have spent a lot of nights just relaxing outside while she plays in the pool. We have also made a couple fun trips to the beach which Grace loves. She will play for hours in the sand and the water while Pat and I relax. Grace also loves to play in the sandbox and go for long bike rides. She is a total outdoors girl and loves Spring/Summer.





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Time with family/vacations
We have taken two trips up north in the last month and got to see both sets of great grandparents when we went up in May. I love that Grace gets to spend time with my grandparents, I am blessed to have 4 grandparents that Grace knows and that we are blessed to have in our life. We also got to see Uncle Bobby on our first visit and spend a lot of time relaxing. The second trip was two weeks ago and Grace got in some fishing time with Grandpa Craig and Patrick. It was so nice to be up north, it is so fun to be on the campground and to also just visit with my parents. The yummy food my mom makes doesn't hurt either!

We also took a family vacation up to the bay in the UP with Pat's parents. They have a cabin they stay in right on the lake and it is perfect for relaxing! We spent some time down by the lake with Gracie swimming, she was Grandpa Tom's fishing buddy, and we did the fun campfire with smores tradition! Yummy! It was the perfect vacation, we first stopped to visit with my parents for 2 days and then went to the bay with Pat's parents. Perfection!







Baby Update

Lots of news on the baby update! We are 21 weeks already and it is flying by! The morning sickness let up after the 1st trimester and in general I have been feeling very good. I officially "popped" about a week ago and actually had a lady at Meijer rub my belly this past week, which was awkward, but made me feel better that I had surpassed the phase of feeling pregnant but looking fat!!!

We had our ultrasound at 19 weeks and the baby was a stinker! The ultrasound tech had a horrible time trying to get measurements and it took 1.5 hours and she didn't get everything she wanted! Gracie only took 45 minutes when we did her ultrasound and she showed right away that she was girl! This little stinker would not show the goods so we still do not know the gender. I thought I would be upset because we wanted to know but now I am kind of excited about being surprised. Pat is not so excited :) He really wants to know but it is out of our hands. We may get another ultrasound, I will find out this Friday the results from the ultrasound and if they need another one.

We have had a couple ups and downs with this pregnancy and for a short time last week I was on bed rest for some issues. They are hopeful everything is okay and I will find out more on Friday on how things are going and if I am continuing to have issues. Please send some prayers that everything is okay, baby is healthy and we do not want it to try to make an early arrival!


Well, that seems to cover most of it! In general, life is good, we are busy, and are looking forward to a summer filled with time outside and more time with family and friends!