Daycare

Today Myles has his last day of day care! He started last January and it is amazing to see how he has grown both physically and in development as well. Myles goes three days a week which is a perfect balance for our family.

First Day!

Last Day!

Myles loves day care. When I drop him off he runs away to find his friends or ride a bike. He rarely cries saying good bye and when I pick him up, he runs away from me because he doesn't want to come home! I figure this is a great sign that he is having a lot of fun and is completely comfortable in his environment.

His care takers are amazing and do a great job. I feel so blessed that he was able to get a spot there in the first place as it is really hard to get in as they have the best reputation in our area.

Now we have three weeks off before he goes back and joins the next class up. I will be working nights during the next three weeks as we have no one to look after him at home. I am looking forward to beach days, trips to the petting zoo and other adventures!

In other news, we got our ultrasound/blood results back and baby is low risk for health issues and is measuring perfect. I even got to hear the heart beat this morning even though it's still early on. Best sound in the world!

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Full Circle

Today was a full circle day.

Just 6 months ago we went for our 12 week ultrasound to find out our baby had passed away. I would have been 40 weeks this week.

Today, I walked into that same room where we discovered the bad news and got to see our beautiful baby's heart beating away! It was my prayer that we would be pregnant again before I would have hit the 40 week mark and I am so pleased to say we are 13 weeks pregnant with a perfect little baby.

We had our first ultrasound done at around 7 weeks and saw the heart beat. It was measuring 9 days smaller than my dates.

At 9 weeks I had some light bleeding and of course freaked out and went and had an emergency ultrasound done. Baby was great and even had a growth spurt, jumping ahead 5 days in measurements.

Our little on at 9 weeks:

It was a long, nervous wait until today. By my dates, I am 13 weeks which is what I am going by and baby is measuring 12+3 weeks. The baby kept moving around, doing flips and even had the hiccups. It was so cute to see and it is amazing how quickly they grow and develop!

13 Weeks:

It still doesn't feel real. This pregnancy has been the polar opposite to the last one and I have felt pretty good. I only had 3-4 weeks of being nauseous with no vomiting, just fatigue. I am still tired a lot but thankfully only feel sick here and there. What a blessing!

And to cap off the good news, I was lying on the couch when I got home from the ultrasound and felt the first little flutters in my belly. I didn't expect to feel it so early but it was great.

Well, that is our exciting news! God has been so faithful to me and I have learnt how to trust Him more. We are so incredibly grateful for this gift growing inside me and don't take it for granted for a minute!

I'm excited to share my pregnancy journey with you!

(This news is no on social media and won't be for another week so please don't post anything on there.. thanks!)

Sleep

About two weeks ago we decided to get rid of Myles' bottles and I am so glad we did! He now gets a sippy cup of milk at meal times instead.

His sleep has dramatically improved because of two things. First, getting rid of the bottles. Now that he knows he doesn't get them anymore, he has been sleeping through the night since the day we stopped. There has been two nights where he woke for a dummy but that takes less than a minute so its not too bad.

The second thing that has helped is getting rid of yogurt in the afternoons/evenings. I had read somewhere that yogurt for whatever reason can cause night wakings. We used to give him one after dinner but since stopping that his sleep is better too. Last night we decided to test the theory and gave him one after dinner and guess what? He woke up crying through the night. I had to go in, give him a cuddle and read him a story before putting him back into bed.

(Look how little he was taking his first bottle!)

It has been about two weeks of him sleeping through the night and it is great! The only thing we need to sort out now is him going to bed at night. He happily goes to bed between 7:30 and 8:00 but for the last week or so he hasn't been falling asleep until after 9pm. He doesn't cry, just lays there and occasionally talks to himself. I don't know if we should cut back the length of his nap or just leave it. It doesn't seem to affect him during the day so I think we might just leave it. I need him to have good naps so I can get stuff done or nap too :)