Ok so having a new baby has severely limited my free computer time. Collin Lee was born 8-2-09 he was 7lb. 4oz. 20inches. The experience was a little crazy. My contractions started enough for the hospital to have my come in, but then fizzled out. Since I was already there, they decided to keep me and bring on the pitocin (not fun by the way) which jump started my contractions but then I went from 5cm to 10cm in 11 minutes. So needless to say I got to give birth drug free. Which was the most painful but most rewarding experience of my life. We have adjusted well to the new addition and can't imagine life without him! Caden is doing well in 3rd grade and Brenden in pre-k. Joe's job is going well too!! We are getting ready for the first Halloween in 3 years Joe will be here with us. Caden is being a mummy, Brenden a vampire and Collin a hot dog too cute!!

The boys started swim lessons this past week and are both doing really well. They both finished soccer and now Caden is in the middle of baseball. All their sports keep us really busy. Joe is playing softball on Wednesday nights, it's fun to go and watch him play. The weather has been unusually cool for June these past few weeks, but being in my 3rd trimester I'm not complaining. I had my baby shower last weekend, it was very nice. I'm grateful to have such good friends and family.

Spring is in the air. Though I know that March can be a big snow month just being able to wear capri's and flip flops has made my mood a little brighter. I am now 17 weeks along and we will have our ultra sound on the 24th! Caden is doing great in school and Brenden is really looking forward to starting pre-school next fall. Caden has started another session of soccer and we signed Brenden up for his first time! Joe is probably going to coach his team. Brenden turns 4 next week I can hardly believe how fast time goes by. I turned 30 let a new decade begin!

Well time flys when you are having fun, or in my case up to my eyeballs in stress. Joe was layed off from his job on Dec 31 and the reprocuscions have been great. I was about 10 weeks pregnant when we got the bad news and we immediately lost our health insurance. I had to go the fun route of getting on Medicaid and me and Caden were accepted right away but someone entered Brendens birth date in the system as Joe's and he was denied. You would think that it would be a simple enough mistake to correct but when dealing with state employees nothing is simple. Joe has started working again but with a significant cut in pay so now we are currently fighting with Countrywide to not lose our house, they are very difficult to work with and not very helpful I might add. Good news is I am now 16 weeks pregnant so we will be finding out the baby gender soon! I'm ready for spring!!! Just thought I would add that random thought...