Baby #2

Baby #2 is happy and healthy and 12 weeks along already! Can't believe how fast the first trimester has gone! We are so excited to welcome another little blessing into our family! :)

We have decided to do an all natural birth at a birthing center (weather permitting since the birthing center is in Omaha)! I am a little nervous but so excited to experience child birth again and this time without the assistance of an epidural! I truly believe that God is going to give me the strength I need to do it! :) 

Bailey is a busy busy 10 month old! She experienced her first night of fireworks and really seemed to enjoy them! She is crawling everywhere and pulling herself up on anything that will hold her weight! Her first birthday is right around the corner....I have a feeling she might be walking before I'm ready for her to start! She keeps me on my toes, that's for sure! 

The result is in....

IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!



Nathan and I are so excited to announce that we will be having a baby girl in September! WE ARE SO EXCITED! More pictures to come...

Our Top 10 for 2010

-Nathan & Amanda's 2010 TOP TEN LIST-



10. Amanda had the opportunity to spend a week serving at Royal Family Kids Camp

9. Being able to live about an hour from both of our parents (not to close and not too far)

8. Amanda upgrading to a new Camry after driving her '92 Camry for 7 years

7. Nathan shot his first antelope & his first wall-hanger buck



6. Finding a great group of new friends we meet with weekly for fellowship

5. Celebrating our first year of marriage in Estes Park, Colorado


4. Road Trip out to NC & VA for Thanksgiving


3. God provided Nathan his engineering job at Orthman Manufacturing

2. God also provided Amanda her job at Collage Center

1. Finding out on Christmas Day that we will become PARENTS in September 2011!!!!!!!


THE STORY:
Well, it was Christmas morning and we were all at Dad & Mom's house (Holden & Rachel & the boys as well as Eric & Carley). Dad had gotten a fire call that morning so we didn't open presents until late. After opening presents, Holden and Rachel were getting ready to drive to Holden's family in Hastings.

So while everyone else was having a late breakfast, I went upstairs to take a shower in order to get ready to go to Nathan's extended family Christmas for lunch.

Since it was the last day that I would see Rachel, I decided to take the pregnancy test I had with me just in case it was positive (I had a strong feeling it would be). So I took it and proceeded to take THE shortest shower ever because I was so anxious to see the result. As soon as I saw the word PREGNANT, my heart started racing.

I went downstairs to get Nathan and brought him up to show him the test. We hugged and I was very emotional (as was he)! After he went downstairs, I called Rachel upstairs and she and I hugged and cried. We've never been able to celebrate in person over a pregnancy since she has been out of state both times....so it was very special.

I then went downstairs where everyone was still sitting a the dining room table. I picked up Riah and asked him if he was excited to come back from Christmas next year. He said YES! Then I said, "I'm excited for you to come back to because that means that you will get to meet your new cousin!"

Mom looked SHOCKED and was like, "Whaaaaa what did you just say?" Everyone was very excited and I started crying all over again. It was a very special moment. Since we were celebrating Christmas with Nathan's extended family, we decided to wait to tell his parents until later that week. They were equally excited for us!

We had an ultrasound on Thursday, January 13th and everything looks great! We even got to see a fast little heartbeat!!! Our due date is estimated as September 9, 2011! We appreciate your prayers as we prepare for parenthood! I will do my best to keep you all updated on the pregnancy progress here on our blog! We will be finding out whether we are having a boy or a girl which is very exciting!