weee bebe...

So Im sure everyone knows I am pregnant ( if you don't well you do now.)
Yesterday was my first ultrasound.... I drug Cody along with me , as excited he was to go sit in the Doctor's office with me I don't think he minded as much getting out of work for a bit. My wonderful friend heather watched Maddie for us since they don't like you to bring children with you ( something about a kid breaking a $4,000 ultra sound machine.)
I will admit I was a bit nervous going into the ultrasound. I got up on the chair , all jellied up and away we went. the first thing out of the techs mouth was "well there is only one baby in there." Whew!!! was that a relief! After many pictures of my gut and of course the few times the baby decide to be stubborn so she has to push and wiggle my gut around ( it was jello I tell ya) she got all the pictures the doc needed and then it came to the end picture............. she finds the right spot........... and types "boy" on the screen. My face lit up and I could see the relief on Cody's face. Now of course looking at the ultrasound I dunno how in the hell she got that it was a boy but she did.
We have decided on a name as well. He is going to be named Kalab Frank Knaus. Cody has always wanted a Kalab and we did frank for the middle name since grandpa Knaus, and then dad Knaus, and brother Knaus but then the name frank stopped there so we decide to carry it on.

Maddie's first Plane ride

As I have said before Maddie and I headed out to Utah for thanksgiving since Cody wasn't home. This trip was Maddie's very first plane ride. She LOVED it!! She would say 3...2...1 BLAST OFF every time we got ready to take off. She was the in-flight entertainment on the fight. We got lucky enough to sit next to a lady from Charlotte to Phoenix the longest part of our flight) that was a preschool teacher, so she got along great with Maddie and Maddie just talked her ear off until of course she fell asleep.
The only difficult part was Maddie and I fitting in the bathrooms on the plane. Oh that was a joyous time.

my accident prone child

(I know they are kindof hard to see but thats the owwie.)

My friend heather told me just before i left to Utah to make sure I call our insurance to make sure IF maddie or I needed to go to the doctor or ER we would be covered and boy am I glad I did.

The the wee hours of our first day on vacation Maddie splits her head open. She woke up crying I figured it was becuase she was in a new bed and a new place so I went and attempted to comfort her but that didn't work so I picked her up and brought her into my bed, as I was doing this she of course was throwing a fit. I went to lay her on the pillow and she threw her head back and hit the edge of the headboard on the bed. She started to scream more and I felt something wet on my hand, I turned the light on to find that she was bleeding. I took her upstairs to my mom would was getting ready for work. I felt like I was going to pass out from seeing the blood( and to think I wanted to be a nurse back in college) My mom cleaned her up and got my dad up while I was laying on the floor trying not to pass out. We ended up going to the ER becuase the cut was a little deeper then I expected. She was such a trooper, she only cried when they laid her down to place the staples in her head. I felt like such a horrible mother after all was said and done. I swear she is going to be a walking scar.

all good things must come to a end

So Maddie and I just spend 2 weeks in Utah while Cody is away at school Washington. We had a wonderful time, got to see the Knaus family for Thanksgiving ( which supposely none of them knew I was comming) I really miss the family parties, the craziness of all the people and food. Maddie enjoyed all the attention she got and even wearing out grandpa Kee-naus.
I enjoyed being able to pawn maddie off on my family ha just kidding. When we met my family at the airport I told them that maddie is there for the next 2 weeks and I am on vacation, that kinda worked but not really. I was hard for both of us to leave but I think a bit more for me since I come back to a empty house (at least for a week more) I didn't realize until we went back how much I miss Utah and BOTH families.( cody was right when he told me I would.) The only thing I don't miss is the stupid utah drivers. I wish the vacation could have been so much longer, but I knew I would have to come back to have so much here as well, awesome friends, a "monster" dog, a beautiful home and a doctor that I am sure would like to see me a few times before this new "bean" comes to greet the world. Now if I can only get back to NC time instead of utah time :)
I will post pictures soon and go more indept of our trip "Home"

in the beginning

So I have had many people tell me to start a blog to keep in touch with family so now I have gave in and TA-DA here is my blog :) so enjoy