No, THIS is exhaustion.

Just got back from camp yesterday. Slept 14 hours and woke up still tired. Fell asleep during sunday school today (sorry Tawnya). Everything went well...I think... It's sort of a blur. Good news is I'm alive. I'm going to take a nap. Goodnight.

The REAL reason for my exhaustion

Don't get me wrong, girls camp has been incredibly exhausting, but it really gets compounded when you're 12 weeks pregnant! It looks like the cats out of the bag here in Iowa City, so I thought I'd officially make the announcement to all you faithful readers that I am in fact pregnant, and we are very excited!

Joseph, Jake and I all went in for the first ultrasound yesterday. It's always a surreal experience to hear the heartbeat and then see that little tiny fetus inside you. Jake was terrified when we first walked in, but that was normal. He's pretty wary of doctors in general. The technician said things looked good, but we won't know for sure until blood work comes back.

Other than the fact that I am tired all the time, I am feeling wonderful! During the first trimester with Jake I threw up at least once a day, usually more, but this time I haven't thrown up at all. In fact, I vividly remember thinking that I would never get pregnant again after Jake because it was so miserable. Whoops... But really, this time it's a breeze. It really is a gift from above, because I don't know how in the world I could plan Girls Camp if I was as sick as I was with Jake.

The official due date is Dec. 28, so we could have a Christmas baby on our hands! Although, I'm not keeping my fingers crossed since Jake was 5 days late. Hopefully it will come sometime over that break, though, so I can have a husband for at least a few days to help out.

So, there you have it! I'm going to be the mother of two. I've already had a few anxiety attacks over that prospect, but I'm getting used to the idea.

(Note: Don't expect pregnancy pictures from me. I do not care to relive how huge I get during this whole process...Also, along that same note, please, if I ever ask how I look, lie and tell me I look great, haha!)

Exhaustion

I'm sorry for the lack of pictures lately. I'm just gonna be straight up honest: I'm too exhausted to take any. Life has been insane recently. Part of it has to do with this new toddler bed nonsense. Joseph and I had been getting 5 am wake up calls from Jake...which led us to put his crib back up, much to Jake's dismay. However, most of the exhaustion has to do with the planning and getting all the details together for Girls Camp (which I am in charge of again this year).

I literally have spent hundreds of hours this past month alone working on different things, trying to get them together. You'd think that after doing this once already and having more of a staff to help you would make things a little less hectic, but there's always so much to do, most of which I couldn't forsee. Writing firesides, devotionals, getting crafts ready, making gifts, writing and responding to ten million emails every day, phone calls, picking up and dropping off orders, meetings, organizing service projects, the list just goes on and on and on. But with all this hard work, I'm really starting to get excited. This year I've really felt guided and I know that the theme this year, "Daughter of a King," is really what the girls need to experience.

Jake has been surprisingly patient with all my planning. Maybe it has to do with the fact that because I've been a little preoccupied, I've let him watch Polar Express more times in the past week than I care to admit. Well, either way, girls camp starts in a week, so it will be over soon and I can go back to being a real person again. Until then, wish me luck!

Toddler bed shinanigans

Joseph and I recently discussed the idea of Jake moving into a toddler bed now that he's two. We figured the transition would be easier if we just converted the crib that he already has into a bed by taking off the rail. When we woke up yesterday, we decided that it would be the day to test our theory! We let Jake help us change his crib into a "big boy bed" and he was so excited!

We decided to do a trial run of the "new" bed during nap time. It was less than successful. Jake had no problems wanting to be in his bed, but as soon as we left the room we could hear him get out and start to play with the toys in his bedroom! After about an hour of trying to get him to stay in his crib, Joseph decided to just put the rail back up. Apparently Jake was too excited to fall asleep and his toys were just a little too tempting...

Not to be deterred, last night we tried again. And he did it! He fell asleep, no problems at all. Joseph and I were just beaming with the idea of our baby sleeping in a toddler bed. We were such proud parents! We kept exchanging little smiles throughout the evening that seemed to say, "We did it right!"

And then, before we finally went to bed, we walked into Jake's room to check on him. I started laughing out loud. There was Jake, laying on the floor!! And not only was he on the floor, but his bed was covered with books and balls. No wonder he was on the floor, there was no room for him on his bed with all the junk he had gotten while Joseph and I were under the impression that he was sound asleep. We're not sure if he fell off his bed or if, really, he had chosen to sleep there instead because his bed was too covered. Either way, we're starting to rethink this toddler bed thing!

Sweet dreams

Jake woke up last night around 9:00 whining. When Joseph went in there to see what was going on (since this is a fairly rare occurance) he found Jake sitting up in his crib mumbling, "Baseball?"

Joseph gave him his baseball.

"Bat?"

Joseph gave him his bat.

"Basketball?"

Joseph gave him his basketball.

"Football?"

Joseph gave him his football.

It wasn't until he had all his balls with him in his crib that finally rolled over and fell back asleep. You can't see it in the picture, but his hat is also in the crib with him, he must have rolled on top of it. He's 100% boy!!