Daddy's little helper...

Corey washed the cars this weekend (they hadn't been washed in months so it overdue I'm sure :) and Micah was such a good little helper. He had so much fun and was so cute that even the neighbors came over to take pictures!

Micah Swim Lessons

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Trying to get a few more pics added to this album but its not working right now. Anyways, here is a pic of Micah's first swim lesson at the Y. I'm not exactly sure he is learning a whole lot but he is having fun. Plus several of my friends and their kids are in the class too so I'm having fun as well.

The cutest lil' captain

oh yeah....and my mom's inaugural tube ride (it only took years and only after Britton promised to be nice to her on the tube!)

He's so sweet...

ok so Micah is also such a stinker at times too. Like today when we were at ACE hardware and he thought it would be fun game to run through the aisles and make me chase him (he wasn't in a cart b/c i only needed 1 thing). Or like this past weekend when my sister Jori was visiting and I temporarily left the dishwasher I was unloading unattended only to find Micah walking into the bathroom (where Jori was) with a huge butcher knife. Or like when we are eating and he throws the food he doesnt' want on the ground. Or like when he knows he is doing something wrong and I'm coming to get him and he takes off running as fast as he can. Yes, he is definitely a stinker.

But he is also so sweet. Like when....

I was getting ready this morning and Micah was being too quiet so I came out to check on him. He was sitting at the kitchen table (he can now get up on the kitchen chairs) with his hands folded saying amen...he was praying. I know he was praying b/c he always folds his hands (or if we are praying he likes hold hands) and says amen when we are done.

Or like when....

On our hardware store trip today we pulled into the parking lot and saw a silver malibu (the same car that Corey drives) and Micah got so excited and said "Dada". I was pretty impressed....usually he thinks any silver car is Corey's, it is very cute.

Or like when...

Yesterday Micah was playing in the spare bedroom (which is now empty besides an old dresser but will become the nursery) and again was being too quite. I walked in and of course noticed that he had ransacked the dresser and emptied the drawer with baby stuff. But also noticed that he was sucking on a pacifier....Micah has never (except maybe very briefly as a baby) taken a pacifier but he thought it was pretty funny.

Like I said, he is a stinker but he is so sweet.

Our big news...

Ok, so I'm a little bit late at posting our big news thus many of you already know. But for those of you who don't we are expecting baby #2 on January 1, 2013.

I am a little over 15 weeks along now and thankfully starting to feel pretty good (well, that is as good as you can feel for being pregnant). The nausea and morning sickness is pretty much gone and I'm starting to get a little more energy as well. I was not nearly as sick as I was with Micah so for that I am thankful however, I had forgotten how incredibly exhausted you can be during the first trimester. It was like all I wanted to do was sleep and no matter how much sleep I got it wasn't enough. I'm still tired now but then again I am chasing around a 17 month old who has a lot of energy and also have not been sleeping great. Thankfully I can nap everyday when Micah does and even though that means the house isn't as clean as I would like it and the laundry is piling up I definitely am taking advantage of sleeping when I can. Thankfully I have an understanding husband who doesn't mind helping out.

Otherwise the pregnancy has been good. I've had 2 doctor appointments thus far and one ultrasound. I think that no matter how many kids I have it will always be amazing to see a baby at only 9 weeks moving its little arms and seeing its little heart beating. How amazing to know that we have such a awesome creator.

I found out I was pregnant on April 30th. It was a Saturday night probably about 10pm and Corey was in bed reading. I had had a sneaking suspicion for about a day so I decided to do a pregnancy test. It came back positive immediately and the thought crossed my mind that I should wait and come up with some creative way to tell Corey but I knew I wouldn't be able to wait. So, I just asked him if he could come into the bathroom and his first thought was that there was a lightbulb out. I know....kinda random but we've been having problems with these lights in our bathroom. So you can imagine his surprise when instead of seeing a light out he saw this...

I think it took the news longer for me to sink in and process than it did Corey as he was pretty much instantly excited.

We told our families a few weeks later (May 14 and 15) and they too were all excited. We told my dad and step-mom and Corey's parents in the same way. We had some pink and blue paint samples and since we still have some house projects of which painting is one of then it was fitting to ask them for an opinion on paint colors. Anyways, we showed them the pink and blue paint samples and then told them we wanted to paint the spare bedroom and see what color they liked. Our dads were a little slow to catch on but Corey's mom and my step-mom got it. The next day was Jori's 16th surprise birthday party and all my family was going out to Chilis to celebrate. So, we signed Jori's card --Corey, Kasey, Micah, and Baby#2. She kinda glanced over it but then when she re-read it she blurted out Kasey is pregnant and everyone screamed. The whole restaurant looked at us like we were crazy and if they knew that in 5+ months there would be another baby at our table they probably would have thought we were crazy!!! :)

So, that is our big news. We are of course excited and thankful for this little life. I will admit I am already tired thinking about having a newborn and chasing around a 2 year old...but I know it will be so worth it. We'll keep you posted along the way. And as soon as I get the ultrasound pics scanned in I'll post those too.