Exciting Month!

Hope everyone had a relaxing 4th of July with family and friends. I have been so nervous and excited to announce that Brandon and I are expecting baby #2 close to New years! I was hesitant to post is anywhere because of the miscarriage in February but things are looking awesome this time around. I am 14 weeks and was able to hear the heartbeat last week. I have been feeling SUPER crappy this time around so that may explain the weird hives, lack of blog posts, and boringness in some of my posts hehe :)

We found out the baby is due January 5th. The doctor is giving me a choice of scheduling another C-section or trying the natural route. If I schedule surgery the baby would be born Dec. 29 or 30th in 2014! The other route will most likely be a 2015 baby. I have no idea what I am going to do yet eek! Labor was so quick for Mason but him swallowing fluid made it a super high risk situation. I really hope this time around that baby doesn't do that and I can have things go smoother. You just never know what will happen though.

Being our first summer back in Michigan, I have felt the urge to travel tons this Summer! I knew for the fourth spending it up north was definitely what we needed to do. I spent almost every Summer growing up visiting my Gloer grandparents and cousins up in Petoskey. We would go out on the boat all day, eat a yummy dinner, then head to the firework show downtown. I remember our parents letting us stay up as late as we wanted and even watching my uncle Jerry light up some not so legal fireworks for our own private show. Those were some of the best Summer memories and I want Mace man to have those memories with his family too. 

We arrived at my grandma's house and had some delicious BBQ and enjoyed sitting outside with her neighbors for their daily "happy hour". It's so cute what her neighbors do! They all walk over, bring an appetizer and drink, and sit and relax. I need to take some tips and do this with my future neighbors someday :) We then took Mason to the fireworks. He kept saying "ohhhhh ahhhh" and "woooooooow". Everyone around us was laughing at how cute and excited he sounded.

The next day we went up to Brandon's mom's house. It was a beautiful day and we got a chance to spend some time outside by the lake. Brandon and I decided to take advantage of some time together and we went out to eat at Little Traverse Country Club for an amazing dinner then dessert at the restaurant we met at! The view was awesome because the club is on top of the hill overlooking the lake. Afterwards, we visited Brandon's sister Brittany and enjoyed chatting with her and her friends. The not so fun part about the trip was the crazy traffic on the way back eek! took us 6 hours to get home :/ boo.

I am excited to share more baby news with you all this year. I will most likely find out the gender sometime in August. I have no clue this time around if it is boy or girl! So weird how I knew instantly that Mace was a boy. Have a great week :)

 Not the best photo….14 week bump!