Baby Schaub #2!!

We have been trying to get preg for awhile now and I have to admit I was pretty scared that it was going to take as long as it did for Annabelle and that we definitely should have been trying sooner. I didn't know it was such an art form to track ovulation and be on top of noticing the different signs of your body to know when you are ovulating. It's all very time consuming but worth it.

I thought I had been pregnant in June but Patty showed up, she had just made a late arrival.  Then I went on a girls trip to Utah with all the YW and for sure thought that I would get my period there too because all the girls were getting it and I was waiting for mine. It never came.  I'm silly and like putting off taking a preg test for awhile until my period is super past it's due date.

Right before we left on our trip to Altamont, Ut for a Johnson family reunion I wanted to take one. Thankfully I had 1 left in the bathroom, but of course silly me dropped it in the toilet so it was of no use!!! We were leaving early the next morning and Jeff thought it would be weird for me to take one at the hotel so I held off the urge and decided I would buy another one when we got back from Ut.

While we were at the reunion we found out that Jeff's cousin Amanda was pregnant and we actually had our first babies around the same time and I kept thinking how fun it would be to be pregnant again with her.  My boobs were hurting a bit and last time I found out I was preg with Annabelle that was a huge sign for me so I thought maybe I was!

We got back on Friday July 12th, and that night I went and bought a pregnancy test. I had been feeling that I was pregnant and was hoping that my my intuitions were right, Jeff thought this time around I was too.  I took the test and left the bathroom for longer than what it takes to get the results. Finally, I mustered up the courage and went back in to see the test sitting on the counter and it read "pregnant" on that small tiny screen!  I stared at it for a moment then with tears in my eyes came out to the living room to show Jeff.  He was playing a game so I told him to stop and he did and looked at it and said, "I already knew you were Elle!"  He was just as excited as me to have baby Schaub #2.

It just felt so right this time around to get pregnant and we both agree that it has happened at a good time.  I looked online and my due date is March 5, 2014. I think it will be awesome to have a Spring baby and I am so very thankful and excited.

I'm hoping for a little boy, but Jeff is convinced it's another girl.  He's so in love with Annabelle and I know just wants another little princess to adore. I want a little boy to remind me of him!

I'm also so very thankful for my Mother's pioneer genes that I have inherited and fortunately this time around I haven't been sick at all either.  I do feel more exhausted though and get tired a lot quicker by the end of the day.  Usually by the time Jeff gets home I just want to lay on the couch and take a little nap. Sometimes in the morning I feel like my stomach is really empty so I am trying to eat breakfast earlier.  I'm glad that I can feel well enough to take care of Annabelle and grow another baby inside.

My first Dr's appt is Aug. 15 and they will do an ultra sound.  I feel like once the baby is confirmed through the ultra sound and doing well, I will have the courage to announce the happy news!  I have anxiety from last time of getting pregnant so we decided not to tell anyone until after our first appt.  Jeff and I are both joyful about raising another child and feel richly blessed that we get the opportunity to do so.

Annabear 23 Month Update

{23 Month Update}

1. Your new favorite dance to do  is the Hokey Pokey, but you call it "pokey pokey."

2. Sometimes you call Daddy "Jeff" bc you hear me saying it.

3. One day it was so funny bc you called me Mommy Schaub.

4. You've done so well with your swimming since we got you that front floatie.  You even swim off on your own. You love splash pads!

5. Your fav thing to say now is, "watch this!"

6. One night after prayers you gave us all kisses then I told you to kiss baby and you did, well then I looked over at you afterwards and you were kissing your tummy and said, "I kiss my baby!"

7. Your favorite books to read are:
Spot's Halloween, The Ear Book, Arthur Has The Chicken Pox, ABC's by Dr. Seuss, Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?, and Fred & Ted.

8. You are obsessed with chapstick and always say, "Mom I need my stick!" You put lots on and then eventually give it back to Mom.

9. We were getting in the car one day to go somewhere and as I was buckling you in and you said, "I happy mom!"

10. You pointed at the freckle on my leg and asked what it was and I told you and then you said, "I pickin your frenckle off!"

11. Oh Annabelle you light up our lives, literally. Just before bed tonight you sang, "When I Am Baptized" and you knew the whole song and did little hand gestures to go with it. I was so proud of you bc I had just taught you that song. You made me and Dad laugh so hard I was crying, I was laughing even more though because Dad didn't know the words! {8.11.13}

The park here in Kingman was having a carnival fair so we decided to go with the Adams.  

You girls had fun running around and climbing/jumping on anything you could find! 

Norrisito, Jenn, Paqui and his kids were driving through Vegas on their way to California so we couldn't pass up a chance to meet up with them!  We met them at this really nice outside mall called Town Square in Vegas.  I completely forgot to bring your swim suit for the splash pad they had, but Dad didn't care and let you get wet anyways, you had such a grand ol' time sticking your face in the fountains!

We ate dinner at Claim Jumper's, but surprisingly the food was not very good that time. Of course afterward my Aunt Paqui went to Whole Foods to get some watermelon for dessert!  It made us so happy to see them and to spend time with their kids Madeleine and Ewan.  It's such a nice break when we get to leave Kingman for a bit.

  

We got some really heavy rain in Kingman one day and so we just let you be a little kid and have fun in it! You loved all the water that was pouring from the roof in the backyard.

1. Whenever our good friends Roger & Megan Campos watch you she lets you play in this dress up box she has full of clothes, hats and purses. 

2. Hahaha, this picture makes me laugh so hard…Dad caught you in the act of going poop.  You ran into our closet and shut the door, you usually just like to squeeze it in until we make you go, but that day we caught you red handed!  You've definitely have had your share of pooping problems. 

3. We went to the mountains to take some family pictures for our friends the Poe's and Daddy snapped this cute shot of us! 

4. Outside playing in the little blow up frog swimming pool Dad bought for you.  You love taking the house and drinking the water out of it and pouring it all of yourself. 

5. Loving on the little minion that you got in one of your happy meals. 

6. Made a little pirate's hat at story time, they do the best crafts with you guys that always correlate with the books Mrs. Kelly reads to you.

We were able to go and see your Aunt Jamie and Uncle Reed's new house, it was beautiful.  Grammy and Papa came with us and we all had pizza together.  All 4 of their kids just adore you 

and love to play with you, you have the best cousins ever! 

That night we were there they taught you 

how to use a whoopee cushion!

Playing your favorite game on the iPad, yuckies! It's really called Endless ABC's. When you have finished spelling a word it will show a short video after explaining what the word means.

July 4th, 2013

The 4th of July is always one of my most favorite holidays, especially if we're able to spend it somewhere with nice weather, good company and yummy food!  It's funny though because we always end up having no plans for the 4th and don't do much of anything.  This year though Annie Skommesa had invited us over for a potluck dinner.  We had fun spending time with friends from the ward and Annabelle really enjoyed herself in their backyard.

Of course I found a tasty recipe in my Our Best Bites cook book for this pasta salad and it turned out really good!  It had festive colors in it too.

Don't know what I would do without my girlfriends from the ward!  L to R--Front row: Desiree Johns, Megan Campos. Back Row: Kristen Poe, and Annie Skommesa.

Like always I had fun dressing AnnaB up for July 4th, this is the outfit I came up

with that had some red, white and blue in it!

Kristen Poe and her daughter Ella.