Surprise Surprise

Life has been flying forward since Dominic's birth...we have gone through a flood in our house (on our wedding anniversary when Baby D was 6 months)...an emergency hospital surgery for Tyson 2 days before Christmas (darn appendix)...and we sunk a borrowed boat. Yeah, a little crazy I would say. But NOTHING can compare to what happened to our happy little family yesterday...Drummmmmmmm Rolllllllllllllllllllll please....

WE ARE PREGNANT!!!!!! <------ God has blessed us with our second baby and we did it au natural.... 

I think I'm 6 weeks 6 days today...our baby is the size of a blueberry which is also Dominic's favorite food. So I think the next 33 weeks I will refer to the 4th Franco as a blueberry...hehe.

"Big Daddy" and I are completely ecstatic, and to be honest I'm bursting at the seems with the desire to scream it from the roof tops...but we are keeping this our little secret for now.  We just want to be sure everything is A OK before we share the incredible news with our family and friends. Our doctors appointment is in 3 days and I'm dying with anticipation...I hope we will get to hear the heartbeat...our blueberry just sprouted arms and legs this week...it's a very big week in his/her life....just like it is a life changing week in ours. Dominic is going to be a big brother and will have a best friend for LIFE! Everyone has told me that they knew someone who had gotten pregnant naturally after IVF and Tyson and I had decided that we would try for a year or so and then go get our frozen embies if we weren't successful. We had no idea that we would be this successful. My last Aunt Flow was not a nice one...it was the most extreme since before Dominic...I remember thinking, Gesh I hope these aren't like this every month, it's so much easier being pregnant. HAHA

God granted my wish, no more Aunt Flow for another year or so...I was officially 20 days late for my period and in those 20 days I started thinking I was pregnant...wishing and hoping we were...but thinking I was setting myself up for disappointment when I would pee on that stick. I peed on the last stick in the house a week ago and as we waited my heart felt like it would leap out of my chest....go figure, the test wasn't good and we called in for backup...my Mom picked us up another stick and I preceded to chug some water and let it flow again...this time it was an immediate negative. My heart sank...in the days to follow I had a few pregnancy symptoms that I remembered from Dominic...I was freezing cold at work (which is highly unusual), I ate almost an entire jar of pickles and they were amazing (I haven't bought pickles in months) and the big kicker was the 3 skinny cows in one day (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) and 2 visits to the frozen yogurt store the next day...haha. Ty and I had date night on Sunday and we stopped for yogurt on the way home...I told him I had a confession to make, that this was my second trip to the yoway and "that is why I think I'm pregnant". Well Monday rolled around and once again, I decided to pee on a stick...but this time it was completely different. A BIG FAT POSITIVE came up. I was about to hyperventilate when Tyson called and I had to share the news because he kept questioning what was wrong...I had wanted to do a little surprise for him.., o well. We are going to do something cute to tell the family, like put D in a "big brother" shirt and take a picture or something....

And so I have decided that I will start blogging again so that baby #2 can know just how loved he/she is...our journey to our blueberry was a different one this time...and we are so thankful that God has blessed us...there is no other way to put it...we are so blessed!

Okay, this pregnant working (tax season) mamma needs to get to bed...Dominic has a fever for the first time, my poor precious baby. 

Life is Amazing!

Baby Dominic

I can't believe how fast the last 2 and a half months have flown by...our journey to meeting Dominic reached a turning point on April 13th when my water broke...at 38 weeks...wow 2 weeks early! And in less than 13 hours we welcomed our son into this world. I can't even describe the love I am now experiencing, from the moment they placed him on my chest...the love is too big for words. I feel horrible for not writing sooner, I don't want to forget a single moment of our experience, it was so special. So I will start from the beginning...the morning of April 13th I felt different...everyone had said my belly had dropped the week before (at 37 weeks) so I knew I was getting closer to the big day. I woke up and went to work just like any other day but when I was in the elevator it felt different down south. I called my Doctors office and spoke with them about it, they said to come in even though I had an appointment the next day. My hubby met me there and we saw a different doc then normal, she was super nice but said we still had days, maybe even weeks before little man showed up. My cervix was thinning but I was not dilated...I left the office feeling silly for "crying wolf" and a little worried that he would never come...I was officially a stuffed sausage...my fingers had started to swell and my entire body ached. I headed back to work and made an appointment for a massage right after I left the office. I rubbed my belly and told Domininc that I was done...I couldn't work another minute and I was officially ready to meet him. The massage was amazing and I completely relaxed, after that I met a girlfriend for dinner and ordered the spiciest thing on the menu...I was determined to try any of the old wives tales to help speed the process along. I think the biggest thing that helped was taking a few long walks and the massage because just a few hours later at 12:45 in the morning my water broke right over the toilet. I was shocked and couldn't believe it was happening, and neither did Tyson as he was sound asleep and it didn't really register with him when I told him. I didn't want to "cry wolf" again so I paced around the house debating on if it really was my water...the contractions began and I decided that it was the real thing so I put a call in for the Dr. I sat on my bed waiting for him to return the call and i started shivering with excitement. So many emotions were running through my mind...i knew there was no turning back. My Dr sent us to the hospital, but first I showered and finished packing... I've never seen Tyson jump out of bed so fast the moment he heard me say it was time. I called my mom on the drive over and she couldn't believe it, she had been thinking about going out of town that weekend...good thing she didn't. I was worried about the birth but at that moment on April 14th at 1 am I was even more worried about my office and my tax clients that I hadn't finished. So in the midst of my contractions i dictated an email of everything outstanding for my job... After that email was done the contractions were starting to pick up. The nurses gave me patosin(sp) to speed the process along and then back labor kicked in....worst pain I have ever experienced. Between the pain I was delirious from the pain med they gave me...it made me so tired but not tired enough to sleep through the pain...I couldn't take it anymore and got an epidural. After that it was smooth sailing...I told the nurse when I was ready to push and Dominic was born in less than 30 minutes...he was born at 3:02 pm on April 14, 2012 weighing 8 lbs and 2 ounces. He was a little chunkster with a full head of long dark hair. The moment was magical. The absolute BEST moment of my life! The journey was a bumpy road full of prayers but the outcome could not have been more perfect. I thank God everyday for our miracle little baby boy!

Side note: I never posted this back in June...life has been so busy with Dominic...he is full of energy and smiles and laughs constantly. He is on the go now and I expect he will be walking before he is 1. I can't believe his first birthday is in 2.5 months.  AHHHH