{15 Weeks and Lots of SNOW}

Pregnancy Highlights:
How Far Along: 15 Weeks.....Starting the second trimester!
Size of baby: Baby S is 4 inces now
Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained 2 lbs!

Maternity Clothes: Wearing maternity pants just because they are more comfortable. Shirts are still fitting well.

Gender: Find out at the end of Feb.
Movement: A little.....Or at least I think.

Sleep: I'm sleeping pretty well...
What I miss: Nothing really.

Cravings: Lots of water.

Symptoms: Cabin Fever....It snowed over 12 inches on Tuesday into Wednesday and we had to stay home both days.

Best Moment this week: Spending two full days with Jack was super fun. He is changing all the time and learning new things. He is really starting to pretend play which is fun.

{14 Weeks}

I'm 14 weeks!


Pregnancy Highlights:
How Far Along: 14 Weeks
Size of baby: Baby S is the size of an Apple....and started has started to pee! Kinda gross to think about actually.
Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained 2 lbs!

Maternity Clothes: Wearing maternity pants just because they are more comfortable. Shirts are still fitting well.

Gender: Find out at the end of Feb.
Movement: None yet....Can't wait to feel little Baby S move!

Sleep: I'm sleeping pretty well...
What I miss: Although I really miss sleeping on my back and stomach.

Cravings: Nothing really this week.

Symptoms: Still Freezing! My Dr.tested my iron and thyroid and everything is normal. Just the hormones...but I am still freezing and this is not normal for me. I am sleeping with like 5 blankets. David keeps making fun of me.

Best Moment this week: Going to the Eric Church and Jason Aldean concert this weekend with David, Kate and Matt at Mizzou. It was awesome. Jason Aldean was amazing! Jack stayed home with my parents, and he was so happy to see us when we got home. We also told my parents that we are having another one....See picture above. Even though Jack has no idea what this means for him!!

{13 Weeks}

I'm 13 weeks!


Pregnancy Highlights:
How Far Along: 13 Weeks
Size of baby: Baby S is the size of an lime
Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained 2 lbs!

Maternity Clothes: Wore maternity jeans the other night just because my regular jeans are getting a little tight and were in the wash!

Gender: Find out at the end of Feb.
Movement: None yet....Can't wait to feel little Baby S move!

Sleep: I'm sleeping pretty well
What I miss: Having a beer with David while watching football on Sunday.

Cravings: This week I am craving lunchmeat! Since my Dr. says no lunchmeat due to the concerns of Listera Bacteria (http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/listeria.html)....I will stay away.

Symptoms: Heartburn a little and exhausted still....when will it end. I just want some engery back!

Best Moment this week: The Bears winning on Sunday and Jack saying Papa now. It was so special to see him say Papa to David's Dad...What a great moment!

{Harvest}

This was a very successful year for the Stokes Farming Operations. No major breakdowns except for the one I caused.....Oops! Jack was gone for the weekend with Grandma and Grandpa Geisler to the Ozarks...It was our first weekend with out him at home. The weather was beauitful. The Stokes Farming Operation was getting underway and I was going to help this year like a big girl. So, I was given the duty of driving the grain cart. I had never drove the tractor with the grain cart attached and was trying to be a little to helpful and unload the grain cart by myself into the wagons and hit the Auger on the back of the wagons when I pulled around....Needless to say there was a lot of crying. I felt so bad, but David and Leo were pretty undertanding and didn't even yell at me. I learned a big lesson...But, luckly our friend JWC knows how to weld and came to our resecure of Sunday. He cut out the area and then welded a new piece in place. Now we just need some Kinze blue paint and it will be good as new. Otherwise, Daivd is very happy with our new combine....He loved the yield monitor. We actually feel like real farmers now. We feel very blessed to have had such a great crop this year. Thank you mother nature.

{Were Back}

It's been a long 6+ months....But, were back and going to blog again. Jack is ONE! I can't believe it. We had an awesome birthday party for him with all of our great family and friends!

{Jack Ready for Christmas & Sitting Up}

Jack started sitting up about 2 weeks ago and hasn't looked back. He will sit and play on the floor with toys and is much more interactive now. We enjoy him so much. We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Very Healthy and Happy 2010!

{One Long Month}

So I have been really bad about blogging this month....Jack is 6 months old already...WOW where has the time gone. Back to the past month....It involved lots of Dr. visits and 2 trips to the ER. First, Jack had his "little boy" surgery on November 19, in Peoria at the Children's Hospital. Everything went well with the surgery and it only took about 20 minutes. What a long 40 minutes or so waiting and watching the computer screen to see where Jack was in the surgery process. After wards "Dr. R" came down and said everything went well. I went up to see Jack and nurse him since he wasn't able to eat after 4 am and it was about 9 am. He was a hungry boy. We were moved through the stages of recovery and everything was going well...David left around 1030 to head back to Bloomington for a meeting. They wouldn't let us leave until Jack went to the bathroom, which was finally around 1230 pm. On the way home I was thinking I was so glad that was over and I couldn't even image ever having a sick child and having to go through that all the time. It just makes your heart ache for them. Everything was good until Friday morning. David changed Jack's diaper about 7 am and then left for work around 8 am. Jack starting getting really fussy around 8 am so, I thought maybe he need some ice in his diaper to help with the swelling...Gotta that ready and picked him up and felt that his diaper was really full....I opened it to find bright.....bright red blood everywhere....Runny down his legs...I called David and told him to get home ASAP. I then called the surgeons office and talked to the nurse. I don't think she understood at the beginning how bad he was bleeding....She keep asking me was it blood in the urine and I kept saying NO...He is actively bleeding....David got home and we put Jack in his carseat with only a diaper on....Rushed him to St. Joseph hospital which was a mistake...We should have just gone to Peoria, but we didn't know...That was our first lesson learned. The Emergency Room in Bloomington is not set up to treat babies....They finally got the bleeding stopped and Jack was very very pale and his lips were a little blue. I was talking to Jack's Dr. throughout the whole thing and he was also talking with the ER Dr. and Jack's surgeon....Jack's HG got down to 8.2. Which is low, but not low enough to do a blood transfusion. We were released from the ER around 2 PM, with an appt. to go see Jack's Dr. in the morning. Saturday morning we took Jack to see the Dr. on call in the office...He has been practicing for over 20 years....He looked at Jack and said I am sending you to the ER at the Children's Hospital in Peoria right now. He called the surgeon and explained that he needed to see Jack ASAP. We got to the ER in Peoria and they were ready for us....They are prepared for little ones. They have a Children's ER, which was very nice. Jack's surgeon came down and checked him out...He said Jack had a hematoma, a collection of blood outside a blood vessel. There was a lot of swelling and bruising, which he said would go away in about 2-3 weeks...Which it did. We watched Jack every closely for the next few days, checking on him about every hour to make sure it hadn't starting bleeding again. He seems to be heeled now. We see the surgeon again on Monday, December 29. What an ordeal, something we will remember always and very scary at the time. We thank GOD that Jack is healed and should have no long term problems.