Wall of fame...
Right before our anniversary in June, we found out we were expecting a baby right around Valentine's Day. We waited until almost 8 weeks and finally told Mom, Dad, Jeremy and Nicole on Father's Day. Dad unwrapped a pack of Aggie onesies. We had planned on telling Cooter's family the good news 4th of July weekend when the family went to LaGrange. Unfortunately, I ended up having a miscarriage around that time and we lost the baby. After weeks of blood tests and doctor's visits, it was determined that I had a chemical pregnancy. Long story short, the baby never really developed much past 6 weeks and I slowly miscarried the embryo. My body continued producing pregnancy hormones though and the placenta continued to grow, leading us to all believe I was still pregnant. I had a few complications around 6-7 weeks, but the nurse told me it was probably okay and didn't want to see me before 8 weeks. At the 8 week ultrasound, they didn't see anything but an empty sac. We had already lost the baby. Needless to say...I will be seeing a new doctor next time around... We've had time to heal and deal with it all. We didn't talk about it much, but it was incredibly how sad we could both feel over something we had only known about for a matter of weeks. The positive side of the story is that God blessed us with the ability to get pregnant. We're looking down the road now and are ready to try again. Keep us in your prayers!
Summer came to a close and I went back to work. I LOVE my school, but the 80 miles a day (most of which is on 290) is really wearing me down already and we're only in the 5th week of school. I wasn't able to get a job closer to home. I only applied in Cy-Fair, not surrounding districts. When we found out I was pregnant in early June, I decided to stay put at JCE. I have enough leave saved up this year to cover 9 weeks of maternity leave if needed. Things are finally settling into a routine at school. I have a small class with only 16 kids this year, which is wonderful. I just need to adjust to schedule! Can't seem to do it!
Here's a pic of Grace helping me pack my school stuff up at the house.
We went to our friend Justin's surprise 30th birthday party in Austin back in August. Justin and his wife Emily were both in our wedding.
Cooter with the birthday boy.
Cooter, me, Charli, Matthew, Justin and Emily
Cooter, me, Charli, Matthew, Justin and Emily
To complicate matters a bit...with the whole lack of sleep thing and being gone long hours...we got ourselves a puppy! We picked up Laila Maxwell about 2 weeks ago on Labor Day weekend. She was almost 9 weeks old when we got her. She's an AKC female Boxer. From the looks of her paws and how big she is already, she's going to be a good sized dog. We chose a boxer because several of our friends have them...they have such a sweet disposition for a big dog and are wonderful with kids. So, for now, she's our baby. Grayce isn't too thrilled, but is tolerating the new addition to the family. She actually likes the dog being here better than Hobie's visits (Jeremy and Nicole's cat). Here's a few pics of her over the past couple weeks...
Laila - 9 weeks
Laila - 10 weeks
