Our Life in the Yellow Brick House

Pregnancy the second time around has been all together different than what I expected. You would think I would have learned by now not to put too much stock in my expectations, but that's a hard lesson to learn.:) We found out we were pregnant on Memorial Day, which just so happened to be almost exactly a year after our first positive pregnancy test. Early pregnancy after a miscarriage is uncertain enough, but the timing of ours made it feel even more so. It reminded us of everything we had gone through last time, so we felt as if we were holding our breath until that first appointment. Fortunately, we got to go earlier this time! Our fist visit happened at six weeks. We didn't get to do an ultrasound or anything, the doctor just drew blood and confirmed my numbers were good. So we set an appointment at 11 weeks for our first ultrasound. It felt like such a long wait. In the meantime, we told our families. Everyone was thrilled and so excited for us. It was great to h...

People have been asking if I am done blogging, and I really don’t want to be. I have so enjoyed this blog over the past SIX years. (Man, it’s hard to believe it’s been so long!) So this is my effort to wipe the slate clean and start anew so I can actually keep up with things from now on. But before I do, there are some pretty important things that happened these last few months, and I don’t want to forget them. So here is a very quick rundown of everything you need to know. 1. We ran, and ran, and ran. Kyle and I continued our training, running in several 5k's and completing our first 10k at the Redbud Classic with Tyrus and Lisa in April. After tackling that distance, I backed off running, but Kyle has done a better job keeping it up. He even ran the Heels for Hope 5k just last month.  On Easter Weekend, I ran in the Knees 2 War 5k in Enid. It was a great day for a run, and I actually placed in my age division!   After we finished the run, we raced across th...