One good thing came out of it

Grace and I were in a car accident last week. This was the second accident I've had in the last 2 weeks. Talk about bad luck! The first one wasn't so bad. Some guy rear ended us while we were only going like 10 miles an hour. Luckily, Grace wasn't in the car. It still shook us pretty bad, and I had to get checked to make sure baby brother was fine, but other than that it wasn't a huge deal. But the second accident happened a week later when Grace and I were in the car. I was going about 35 mph through an intersection. I had a green light when all of a sudden another car comes barreling through the intersection, I slammed my breaks on so hard but I still hit her car! It was so scary! We pulled over and both of us got out of the car. I was shaking, and I asked the lady what she was doing. In her broken English she said "you hit me"! And I was like oh my gosh, you ran a red light, and I have my 21 month old in the car and I'm pregnant! She just kept saying, I hit her. So at this point I was getting really worried that no witnesses were going to pull over and that it was going to be my word against hers. Luckily, 2 seconds later 3 people pulled over and all said they saw the accident and that the other lady clearly ran the red light. I was so grateful for them. I immediately started crying, I was so overwhelmed and I felt so shaky, like I was going to pass out. One of the witnesses called the police to come file a report, and I called Mark to come down to help me because I really wasn't thinking straight at this point. So after the police officer left, the other lady's car had to be towed away, but luckily my car was still drivable. Mark saw how out of it I was and drove me to straight to the hospital so I could have myself, baby brother, and Grace checked out. They brought me up to labor and delivery and I was thinking that I was probably going to be there for like an hour or so. I was so wrong! they had me change into a gown and hooked me up to a heart beat monitor and contraction monitor. I was having a lot of cramping too, so they gave me ultrasound to see if my placenta was still attached to my uterus, and it was, but they were worried because I was having small contractions and they didn't want me to start going into labor at 24 weeks. So they said to get comfortable because I was going to be there for a while. But I'm so glad they were extra cautious with me to make sure 100% that baby boy was ok. They told me I was going to have to stay overnight if the contractions and heart beat didn't start to look better. I was dreading that! I really did not want to stay overnight by myself, I know I'm such a baby. Plus, I've never been away from a Grace a single night since she was born. So I pretty much just got all cozy and turned on the biggest loser and prepared myself to sleep in the hospital. But then at like 10 at night the nurse came in and said the baby's heart beat was looking a lot better and so were my contractions so she said she would let me go home if I promised to take it easy since there was still a small chance that my placenta could still rupture or that I could go into pre-term labor. I was so relieved that baby boy was ok, and I could go home to my family.
Grace got checked out and she seems to be just fine. Thank goodness for car seats! I got pretty bad whip lash, but other than that I'm feeling tons better! And the one good thing that came out of all of this was that I got more pics of baby boy! Sorry, they wouldn't turn so they're all sideways. He looked so cute. The doctor that did my ultrasound said he was measuring big and that I was probably a week ahead, so hopefully he comes sooner!, But not too soon =)
I've been so scared to drive lately. I'm like the old grama driver going 20 mph everywhere I go. Can you blame me though?? It's been so crazy! I swear I haven't been in an accident since I was 17 and now 2 in 2 weeks. Terrible. I'm a huge advocate for not talking or texting while driving. It's so dangerous! So don't do it, and pay attention everybody. Sorry this is so long, whoever reads this whole thing, good job!

Belly Shot

Here I am at 22 weeks. My belly is definitely bigger the second time around, thats for sure. Granted this picture was taken right after I ate lunch, so I was pretty full. Don't mind the vacuum in the background. Grace saw me vacuuming up ants the other week and now she is obsessed with finding ants and then sucking them up. So I usually just leave the vacuum out so it's easier access when she discovers an ant. She's really into "helping" me lately. So I figure this is harmless and fun for her to do.
I can't believe I'm over half way through my pregnancy. Time flies a lot faster when it's not your first child. I'm feeling good though, the only weird thing I get when I'm pregnant is, a bloody/stuffy nose ALL THE TIME! My nose is always so stuffed up, I sound so nasally, I hate it! Breathing out of your mouth is the worst too! And I must get at least 3 bloody noses a day. Sorry if that grosses anybody out. But if you came over to my house you would probably see my walking around with a tissue up my nose. I've become quite use to it. Even Grace will say, "nose beeding momma", it's so funny. I know it's a common thing for pregnant women to get, so I'm not worried. I just have to make sure I always have a tissue handy wherever I go. Does this happen to anyone else??

We're Having A......

We had our ultrasound today and found out we're having a BOY!!! We're very excited! Everything looked healthy, which was a great relief. He looked so cute on the monitor, kicking and moving everywhere. Now, the name battle begins. If it was a girl we would be set. Girl names are so much easier to decide on for us. Boy names are so hard! I don't like any of them. At least we still have a couple months to decide.
I'm a little sad that I won't be using Grace's cute clothes again, at least for a while. But it will be fun to go shopping for some cute boy stuff.
Poor little Grace is so confused about the baby. She thinks everyone has a baby in their tummy now, even daddy. It's so funny when I ask her where baby is and she points to Mark's stomach! ha!
But she does give my tummy lots of kisses. She is such a sweetheart and I don't doubt for a second that she'll be a great big sister. She is OBSESSED with her babies/dolls. She pushes them in the stroller around our house. She puts them to sleep in their crib, she holds them and pats their back and says, "sshhhh", she takes them down the slide with her, and pretty much everywhere we go. She even feeds them food and gives them a bottle. She cracks me up. I love this stage she's in. She's totally her own little person, and she just makes me laugh.
Well, we can't wait for our little boy to get here. We are truly blessed!

I Couldn't Resist

My little princess.

Build A Bear

So, we took Grace to "Build A Bear" on Saturday. She might have been just a tad too young to really get what was going on. I think I liked picking out the teddy bear's outfit way more than she did. Although she had fun watching the bears get stuffed and sewn up. And now she sleeps with her teddy every night, along with like 50 other stuffed animals. She's so funny. So I think it was a success!!!

A Funny Little Habit

These pictures uploaded in the wrong order, so scroll down first. For probably the last couple of months Grace has picked up a new little habit that helps her fall asleep for her nap time. She has a little blanket she sleeps with called her, "silky". She loves it! Well, everyday after I put her down for her nap I'll usually go in 10 or 15 min. later to see if she's fallen asleep yet and everyday I see her sitting in her crib with her silky on her head and she's just staring off in space. I always laugh so hard when I see her do this, I can't help it, it's so strange. But I know when she has her silky on her head it means she's about to conk over and fall asleep. It's the thing she always does right before she falls asleep. I tried to sneak up on her and take a picture but she caught me. I love this girl!
Now if you look closely at our headboard in the background you'll notice a a hole in it. That would be from Grace's tooth hitting it. Yep, she was jumping on the bed the other night and I was blocking one side and Mark was blocking the other side making sure she wouldn't jump right off the bed. Well, neither of us thought she would jump face first right into the head board. Her little face smashed so hard against it her tooth took a big chunk back out with her. Her lip was bleeding like crazy. I felt so bad! I thought for sure she would have a black tooth but so far so good. We gave her ice cream after so she would feel better and now she asks me for more everyday, bad idea!

A New Addition

We will be having a new addition join our family this summer. Yep, I'm PREGNANT!!! I'm just about 13 weeks pregnant and due July 25th. We could not be happier! Grace doesn't have a clue whats coming. Every time I point to my tummy and say, "baby" she points to her tummy and says, "baby", ha ha! Now we can't wait to find out what we're having. We'll keep you posted....