Thanksgiving & Thankful Surprises

I don't feel like we have ever truly recovered since our visit to the ER with Jackson on Halloween eve. My cold has taken weeks to overcome and I took a turn for what I thought was the worst on Tuesday of this past week. I woke up feeling so sick.

I threw up while making Jack breakfast. Yes, I know that's too much information.

The rest of the day I felt so incredibly achy and awful. Shocked I didn't throw up any more all day. Thankfully, Jack was an angel all day.

My boss said it was morning sickness. My cousin texted me, "maybe you're preggers?!" I responded with a "not even possible! I haven't even started  any sort of cycle to make that happen! It's SO unlikely!"

Well, I bet we all know where this story is headed...

Wednesday before Thanksgiving, I woke up still sick. So, before work I say, heck, why not see if they're right.

And no, this is not the picture from May of 2011 when we found out Jack was coming into the world (although they are pretty similar looking.) 

Hello baby #2! Hello so many crazy awesome excited freaked out emotions!! 

It's a bit sooner than we had expected, but we knew we were taking this risk. Since it took us so long the first time to conceive Jackson, we wanted to leave this one up to chance a bit more. God has His plan for us. And it looks like my body bounced right back into baby makin' mode...even without a cycle! 

I'm still in a bit of shock of how to take it all in and them being so incredibly close in age. Also, the same wave of concerns of pregnancy come into play as well. The anticipation of the first heartbeat, the first major ultra sound at around 20 weeks, the labor, all of it! My first Dr. appointment for #2 is December 5th. 

Despite the exhaustion of 1st trimester woes, sickness & a hectic work week, we kicked off the 4 day weekend with our last trip to Disneyland before our passes expire for the year. Not sure if I'll be renewing with being pregnant...which makes me so sad! 

The Christmas decorations were so  beautiful and so much fun to see. It was insanely busy though so we ended up just getting dinner and walking around both parks. It was, as always, magical. Yes, I know I am cheesy. 

We had a wonderful & fantastic Thanksgiving dinner at our Aunt & Uncles house in San Deigo. Michael, Lisa, Mandy & sweet little Abby were there. It was so much fun to watch Jack and Abby (15 months) interact and play. 

Then the next day, Aaron woke up with a really bad stomach bug. After Aaron passing out and me freaking out, it was to the ER for Aaron & I  by recommendation of Kaiser while my parents watched Jack. He desperately needed fluids because he could not keep even water down. Two trips to the ER in 4 weeks is quite enough for me thank you very much. Thankfully, he's all better now and it was a quick bug. Sad news, it is highly contagious and Jack & I are still susceptible to it until around Tuesday. Thankfully, neither of us are sick...yet....

We put up a small amount of Christmas decorations today, despite the fact that we will be gone for 3 weeks starting mid-December. It just wouldn't feel like the holidays if we didn't. We ended the very crazy, stressful weekend with a calming day at home. 

Home-made. 

Helping us put on the lights.

Finished product.

It's Monday tomorrow. Boo. I feel like we need a weekend from our weekend! I'm very anxious for my first work trip away from Jackson. Friday through Monday. With just finding out I'm pregnant, I now really do not want to go. I'm praying for wisdom and strength from God for it to go quickly.