Caleb's First Spring

I'm jumping ahead to today. Yesterday was nice. After doing some grocery shopping, Ben and I took Caleb for a walk. He liked it. 


Today was really nice. It was definitely pretty close to 80 degrees outside. Caleb and I went for a walk while Ben ran to the hardware store. Afterwards, Ben was doing some stuff outside, and Caleb and I went out to join him. Caleb "drove" the Civic with his shades on. The pics are still on the camera, but are definitely super cute. 


Later Uncle Jim, Oliver, Uncle Leroy and Travis came by. Caleb and I did go and hang out outside for awhile, so he got LOTS of fresh air. 


He totally seems to dig the fresh air and being outside. 


All in all, despite his current "I want Mommy all day long" mode, we had a great day. 

Pregnancy Highlights

We had to wait 3 months from the time of my miscarriage before we could start trying to get pregnant again. This was not only so that we could grieve, and not only so that my body could heal from the miscarriage, but because I had to have a rubella immunization. Rubella immunizations can cause birth defects which is why you can not have them when you are pregnant and they recommend waiting at least 3 months to help ensure that your next baby won't have birth defects. 

Had my first pregnancy been successful, I would have gotten the rubella shot after I delivered. Instead, I got it after my miscarriage. 

We started trying Christmas morning in 2009.

On January 24, 2010, I took a pregnancy test. It was positive. Three days later, Ben confessed to me that he had a feeling we were having a boy.

Because of my miscarriage, I had extremely bad anxiety over this pregnancy. My moods went up and down constantly. I went from being extremely excited one moment to crying and freaking out that this baby would die too, the next moment.

Over the next month, I had 3 instances of nausea. None of them resulted in vomiting. Thank God for that.

Two days before my first appointment, I had a breakdown. We were watching Criminal Minds, and it was the episode where JJ brings her baby boy into the BAU. If it would not have been for Ben, I would have been lost. 

On February 23rd, I determined that leftovers were no good. Over the next few months, I would keep trying, but I found leftovers were disgusting. I also determined that chicken breast, pork chops, steak...well, basically any meat that wasn't ground had to be eaten slowly in small bites or the texture made me gag.

February 24th, 2010 - Tears. Tears. More tears. What a wonderful birthday present for Ben. There was our little one on the ultrasound with a little flutter which marked his heart.

The following Saturday (February 27th), we told our families. First, we went over to my parents' house and gave them the news, showing them the ultrasound picture. They were super excited. That afternoon, Ben's family came over to celebrate his birthday. We took the framed ultrasound picture and placed it on the baker's rack to see if anyone would notice. Ben had admitted that he had told Kris about the pregnancy weeks before, so she offered to "find" the picture. I tried several times to get Jody to notice the picture. I asked her to get the house phone for me. I asked her to put it back. Finally, I had to say "Jody, can you look at my new picture and tell me what you think?". That finally did the trick. 

Ben's mom was all "I KNEW something was up!" :)

I still had sad moments, especially early on, even though we'd seen the heartbeat. To this day, I wholeheartedly believe that Caleb's older brother or sister is looking down on him and watching over him. He has the best guardian angel a little boy could ever ask for. 

Who is Super Drool Man?

Super Drool Man is my six month old son, Caleb. I'm going to be attempting to chronicle his adventures here as he grows. First, I'll backtrack to my pregnancy with him, and work my way up to the current time period.

Here's my little man, rocking his shades and camo pants.

A little history: I started calling Caleb Super Drool Man around the 2 or 3 month mark. He loved when I would lift him up over my head and say "SUPER DROOL MAN!". And normally he'd drool just to prove it. He's been drooling pretty heavily since he was about 2 months old.