Dear Baby Bean
Today was a big day for you, Tenley, and I. We started off the morning with our last Kindermusik class. Your sister and I have enjoyed going to "music class" so much these past 12 weeks. It's been fun to see Tenley coming out of her shell and socializing with the other kids. I'm so sad that this session is over, but I'm really hoping to convince your Daddy to let us do it again. It's great for Tenley and I think that hearing the music, singing, and beats is good for you too!
Tonight was so much fun- it was Ethan's birthday party at Beggar's Pizza! He couldn't have picked a better place to have his party- the pizza was so good and it is Tuesday which means the organist was there playing music all night. Ethan got a lot of really cool gifts and we had fun hanging out with the family and talking. At this time next year, you will be here to celebrate Ethan's birthday too!
You may not hear from me for a little while- the rest of our week is pretty low key before the Christmas celebrations start on Sunday. Tenley and I are going to try to bake one more batch of cookies tomorrow and then I am going to try and make a good dinner for your Daddy and sister tomorrow night. Thursday we are supposed to get a bunch of snow, so I think it will be a good day to stay home and clean the house. Friday we will try to get some groceries and Saturday will be laundry and packing to leave for Grandma Cindy and Grandpa Rand's. Sunday is when it gets busy- we have the extended Terry family Christmas at Auntie Carrie's at 2 and then Monday is Christmas Eve already! We will head over to Grandma Carol and Grandpa Jeff's around lunchtime to celebrate with them and then we will head to Howe in the evening so we can go to church and spend Christmas with the Walter family. This is such a special time of year, Bean, and we can't wait to share it with you next year!
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Sunday, December 16, 2012
So Nice to See You Again
December 10, 2012
Dear Baby Bean:
Today was am emotional day. I went to Dr. Losure’s office for your ultrasound and it was
amazing to see how much you’ve grown in there! You went from being my little lima bean at 8 weeks 2 days to
an actual baby with arms, legs, fingers, and toes at 13 weeks 2 days. You were so active, flipping all around
and putting your fingers in your mouth.
When I commented to the ultrasound technician about how much you’ve
grown, she said “Yeah, it’s no longer that little bean that it probably looked
like a few weeks ago, huh?” and I had to laugh because even SHE knows that
you’re our little Bean!
Once the ultrasound was over, I met Dr. Losure and he gave
me some information on what he was looking at in your ultrasound scans. He said that by looking at everything
it seems that you are at low risk for any genetic issues. He did have some concerns about some
other things which I am not going to go into here. Just know that we are going to be watching you VERY closely
throughout this whole pregnancy to make sure that you and Mommy are as safe as
possible. I just need you to do me
a very special favor- you keep growing and fighting in there so that we can
meet you in June! We are so
blessed to have you as part of our lives already and I am counting the weeks
until I get to hold you in my arms and kiss your little nose. I love you so much, Bean, and want to
make sure that you are happy and safe at all times in there J
Another exciting thing that came out of our ultrasound is
that the technician said that she thought she could tell if you were a he-Bean
or a she-Bean. She told me “not to
paint any walls yet” but that you “looked very boy.” We are so excited to hear that you are potentially a boy and
Tenley and I went to Kohl’s and found a Little Brother onesie to wrap up and
give to Daddy. He was so excited
when he unwrapped it! We will have
to wait another 7 weeks or so to see if you really are “all boy” but until then
we will just be happy that you are “all healthy.”
Here are some pictures of Tenley's gift to Daddy :)
Miller Family Christmas
December 9, 2012
Dear Baby Bean:
This weekend has been quite the whirlwind! Friday we went to Daddy’s game,
Saturday we went to a funeral for Mr. Muenich and then drove to Grandma Cindy
and Grandpa Rand’s house, and today was the Miller Family Christmas! It was so fun to see all of our aunts,
uncles, and cousins today. We had
a great turnout- someone said that there were around 90 people there! It is so fun being part of such a big
family- as you will see, we can’t even have Christmas at someone’s house! We
have to go to Grandma Cindy’s school so that everyone can fit in one
place. There was tons of yummy
food, cookies, and candy and we all came back stuffed. I can’t wait until you get to be there
next year to join in the fun.
Tomorrow is going to be an exciting day- I get to see you
again! We are having a 13 week
ultrasound to see how you are doing and I am looking so forward to seeing
you. I’ll bet you look like an
actual baby this time- not just my little lima bean. I’m going to get some sleep now so that I am all ready to
greet you again in the morning- sleep tight, Bean!
We Hear Your Heartbeat!
December 5, 2012
Dear Baby Bean:
Hello my sweet little baby! It’s been a little bit since I’ve been able to write. Your sister and I have had the stomach
flu over the past week and we are finally back to our old selves again (I
hope). It was a bit of a rough
weekend for your Mommy, but I was so happy to go to the doctor yesterday to
make sure that even though I was sick you are still doing fine! The best part about my appointment
yesterday was that we got to hear your heartbeat for the first time! Tenley wasn’t cooperating very well at
the doctor’s office and wouldn’t let me put her down when it was time for me to
lay on the table for the doctor.
So, she climbed right up on the table with me and laid right next to me
while they used the Doppler to find your heartbeat. She laid very still and, after a couple of seconds, we heard
your heartbeat loud and clear!
Bernie says that your heartbeat was 165 which was pretty much what
Tenley’s was all the way through her pregnancy. We are so excited that you are growing and developing- but
June seems like forever away before we can meet you! You just take your time in there though- although we are
excited to meet you, you don’t need to make any early appearances J
The rest of this week isn’t very full for us. Today Tenley and I are going to spend
the day cleaning the last of the house and maybe starting to wrap some
Christmas gifts. Tomorrow we are
going to try to get to the Kindermusik makeup class that we missed because we
were sick, and Friday Daddy has a big basketball game at night. We are really looking forward to this
weekend because it is the Miller Family Christmas in Howe and we get to go home
and see all of our big, wonderful family- get ready for some great food,
Bean! I’ll fill you in on how the
weekend goes once we get back.
Until then, keep up the good work in there and I love you so much!
Mommy's Birthday and Thanksgiving
November 22, 2012
Dear Baby Bean:
Happy Thanksgiving!
Today is a day that we give thanks for so much and I am so happy to have
you to be thankful for this year on top of all the other special things in my
life. This Thanksgiving happens to
be special in many ways, but one of them is that today is also my thirty-second
birthday. Your Mommy is getting
OLD. We have had a wonderful day
with family I wanted to be sure to tell you all about it.
We started off the morning by taking it easy- at least
Tenley and I did. Grandma and Grandpa were up early loading the car and then
headed up to Great Grandma and Great Grandpa’s house so that they could get
started on food prep. Tenley and I
wanted to wait for your Daddy and the dogs to get here. We got a call around 9 that your Daddy
had left and would be here soon.
We started to get ready, but an hour later he called again to say that
the car had broken down and that he was going to have to find a way to get
here. Grandma Carol came to the
rescue and she started on the long journey to pick him up and bring him
here. That Daddy always knows how
to keep things exciting.
Meanwhile, your sister and I headed up to Great Grandma and
Grandpa’s where we had a yummy (huge) meal with Grandma Cindy, Grandpa Rand,
Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Walter, Terry, Marti, Adam, Lindsay, Bella,
Brooke, Jon, Jess, Molly, Jeff, Mattia, Kylee, and Jadison. It was so fun that we could all be
together. Just as we were
finishing up lunch, Daddy and Grandma Carol arrived so they sat down and ate
their Thanksgiving dinner, too. I was sad that Daddy had to go through everything he did in the morning and that
Grandma Carol had to spend her day driving, but it sure was nice that she was
with us for Thanksgiving!
A little later on, Daddy and Grandma Carol had to leave to
go back home so we said goodbye.
We spent the rest of the day playing and sleeping at Great Grandma and
Great Grandpa’s house…it was a wonderful day.
Telling the Terry Family
November 11, 2012
Dear Baby Bean-
Today was such a fun day! We had brunch with the whole Terry family for Grandma Carol
and Grandpa Jeff’s wedding anniversary and we were able to tell them that you
are coming to town in June!
Everyone was SO excited…but I’m getting ahead of myself.
We gathered at the Munster Center for Performing Arts and
the whole family was able to make it except for Tim and Sam. Uncle Tim was away for a debate meet,
but we will get to see both of them at Christmas. After brunch, Grandma and Grandpa started opening their
gifts. Finally, Daddy handed him
an anniversary card which had these pictures of your sister (and you!) in it:
Auntie Carrie was looking over Grandpa Jeff’s shoulder as he
opened the card and she knew right away what was going on. Once Grandma Carol saw the card and told Grandpa Jeff what Tenley’s
shirt said, it was clear that there would be another Terry baby coming into the
mix in a few months. We have such
a wonderful family, Bean, and you are very lucky to be part of it. Your cousins love Tenley so much and
they are going to give you just as much love!
It is so nice that the Terrys know about you now. We finally get to tell your Great
Grandma and Great Grandpa Walter and the rest of the Walter family at
Thanksgiving and, after that, we will wait until you are 13 or 14 weeks along
to tell other people. Everyone
will be so excited- you just have to do your part and keep growing big and
strong for us. We love you so
much!
PS- We also text messaged the picture of Tenley in her shirt
to your Uncle Brandon, so now he and Aunt Sarah know about you too! We won’t get to see them until Christmas
and, well, I just couldn’t wait that long to give them the good news! J
Your First Pictures, Daddy's Tryouts, and Election Day
November 7, 2012
Dear Baby Bean
Yesterday was a very important day for several different
reasons. First and foremost,
because it was the day that I first got to see you! I had an ultrasound scheduled for 5:00 at St. Anthony’s, so
I took Tenley to Auntie Julie’s so she could play and not have to go to the
appointment with me. I was running
a little late because of the traffic, so I was a bit frazzled when I got
there. The people in the radiology
department were so nice and the whole experience was wonderful. Our ultrasound technician took a bunch
of pictures and FINALLY let me see you at the end of the appointment. You look like a perfect little lima
bean right now, which is how you earned your nickname from me. Most importantly, you have a beating
heart! Your heart was beating a million
miles per hour and it was such a relief for me to see it fluttering there in
your little chest. The ultrasound
technician said that you were 8 weeks and 2 days old as of yesterday which is
just a couple of days younger than what I thought- I almost had it figured
perfectly! I love you so much and
this opportunity to see an early picture of you was the best thing that could
have happened. We just can’t wait
to meet you, to find out if you’re a little boy or a little girl, and for Tenley
to have a sibling. You just have
to keep growing big and strong, keep that heart beating fast, and we will be
able to see you again in mid-December when we do some more tests.
Another reason that yesterday was important was because it
was the day that Daddy picked his basketball team for the year. He was very excited and very nervous all weekend, but after two days of
tryouts he thinks he has picked the best team possible. Tenley and I can’t wait to go to all of
his games and we won’t have to wait long- the first one is in less than two
weeks! You’ll be along for the
ride for all of them so I hope you enjoy the sounds of muted cheering, buzzers,
and bouncing basketballs!
Last but not least, yesterday was important because it was election
day. Tenley went with me to the
town hall and I voted at around 10:00 yesterday morning. Daddy went too, but he had to go very
early before work. It is very
important to vote, little baby, and it’s something we will probably talk about a
lot in your life. This was a big
election because it was the one that decided who the president will be for the
next few years. After lots of
votes and LOTS of news coverage, our current President Barack Obama was chosen
as President for the next four years and will be the President of the United
States when you are born in June.
You will probably be too young to remember his as President, but I’m just
telling you so you have a heads up when you come out. In case that’s what you’re concerned about. J
All in all, yesterday was a big day for the whole family and
I am so happy that part of that excitement was getting to see you. We have some nice pictures of you from
yesterday that I will show you some day.
We are so excited to meet you and are really excited to share the news
about you with the Terry family this weekend at a brunch for Grandma Carol and
Grandpa Jeff’s anniversary. They
are going to be so excited!!
Here's a bit of a preview of your first portrait:
And here's Tenley looking at you for the first time:
And here's Tenley looking at you for the first time:
First Midwife Appointment and Halloween
October 31, 2012
Dear Baby Bean
Yesterday was an exciting day for us! We got to go to the midwife’s office
for the first time to talk all about you and your development. It was about an hour appointment and Bernie, our midwife,
just asked me lots of questions about the things I’ve been eating, how my
pregnancy with your sister went, and answered all of my questions. At this point you should be almost 8
weeks old, and she says that so far everything looks good. The best part of the appointment was
when she said that she was going to order an early ultrasound so that we can
have our first look at you and really determine your due date. I’m am anxiously awaiting a call from
the ultrasound scheduling department today so that we can schedule our first
meeting with you! I can’t wait to
see you- I think you will probably look a little like a gummy bear- but it will
be such a relief to make sure that you are where you’re supposed to be and that
everything looks good.
Today is Halloween and your cousin Clara came over this
morning before she had to go to school.
We had a lot of fun playing with Tenley and I can’t wait until Clara and
the rest of the family can know about you- they are going to be SO
EXCITED! Tenley and I are planning
on taking it easy today before we get inundated with trick or treaters
later. Tenley is going to be
Minnie Mouse but I don’t think she will go trick or treating this year- she’s
still too little. Next year you
can wear a cute little costume with your sister and it will be so much
fun! We love you so much and we
can’t wait to see you (onscreen) in a few days J
A Fun, Full Weekend
October 19-21, 2012
Dear Baby Bean
We sure had a busy weekend! Friday we went to Becky’s house to play with Finn and his
friends then you, Tenley and I took a nap before dinner. Daddy had to work at his school’s
football game, so I took your sister to Beggar’s for pizza and to hear the
organist play. Beggar’s is one of
Tenley’s favorite places and I bet you a million dollars that you will love it
too!
Saturday was the first day that your Daddy, Tenley, and I
were all home together on a weekend day in a long time, so we decided to check
out a pumpkin farm to spend some time together. We went out to Bengtson’s in Orland Park and we all had so
much fun. We can’t wait to take
you next year! They have lots of
animals, hayrides, pig races, and tons of pumpkins. We found our family the perfect pumpkin (47 pounds!) and we
can’t wait to carve it later this week.
Sunday was another fun, full day. Grandma Carol and Grandpa Jeff were babysitting Cammie and
Ethan all day so they decided to take a trip to The Field Museum and invited us
to go. They picked us up around
10:00 and we arrived at The Field around 11:30. We met Auntie Katie, Uncle Tim, Sam and Stella there and did
lots of fun things like play in the play area, see the large mammals exhibit,
and got our picture taken by Sue the dinosaur! We can’t wait to take you there when you can actually see
the exhibits. J After the museum, we stopped by your
Great Uncle Butch and Great Aunt Marge’s garage to visit and see all of their
cars and memorabilia. It was such
a nice day with family and it was so hard not to tell them about you. Only a couple more weeks until the
whole family can know that you are along for the ride in everything we do! We love you so much and hope you’re
growing big and strong in there.
According to calculations, you are about the size of a grain of rice
right now but are already starting to develop your arms, legs, and organs. Keep on growing in there and we can’t
wait to meet you!
Mommy's Day Out
October 14, 2012
Dear Baby Bean
This weekend was so much fun! I got to hang out with some of my best friends in the world-
and you were with me the whole time!
Daddy was so nice and watched Tenley so that I could go with Sara out to
Oakbrook to meet Jess and Carrie for a little bit of friend time. We went out for dinner, shopped a bit,
saw a funny movie, went to dinner, and then spent the night at a hotel. The best part was that they figured out
that you were with us! They
thought it was funny that Mommy didn’t drink a coffee at Starbucks or want to
eat sushi for dinner or drink Diet Coke at all. They know me pretty well J I know that we have to keep you a
secret for awhile longer, but I can’t wait until ALL of our family and friends
can know that you will be here in June.
We love you and thanks for letting me feel well so that I could have fun
with my friends!
Telling Daddy
October 6, 2012
Dear Baby Bean
I am so happy that I didn’t have to wait long to tell your
Daddy about you. He came to
Grandma and Grandpa’s house at 11:30 and Tenley and I were ready for him. I put a Big Sister shirt on Tenley
(Grandma had just found it for me last week in anticipation of you hopefully
arriving soon) and waited to see if he would notice. When he saw Tenley he said, “Big sister? You’re not a big sister!” and I said
“She’s going to be!” and your Daddy just stopped and looked at me and said,
“You’re pregnant? Are you kidding
me?” and then gave both me and Tenley big hugs. Your Daddy wants a big family and is so excited that you are
with us! We have decided to wait
to tell the rest of the family until it’s a bit safer. I don’t have our first doctor’s
appointment until October 30, so until then (and beyond) I will be praying that
you are doing well and try to do my best to help you grow big and strong. Just know that I am grateful every day
that you are with me and that I can’t wait to meet you!
PS- for a better look at your Daddy’s reaction, see below J
Surprise- It's a Baby!
October 5, 2012
Dear Baby Bean
Hi there little one!
I can’t believe you’ve been hiding in my tummy for the past couple of
weeks and I just found out about you today! Your Daddy, Tenley, and I have been wishing for you for a
little while now and, well, here you are!
Today was such a special day because it started out with me finding out
that you were with me. I kind of
had a feeling over the past few days that you might be there, but I had to wait
until today to find out for sure.
When I woke up, something just told me to take a test and, sure enough,
it was positive!
We were in kind of a unique situation because your sister
and I were visiting your Grandma Cindy and Grandpa Rand so Daddy wasn’t even
with us. When I found out about
you, I ran over to Grandma Cindy’s room, jumped on her bed and woke her up by
saying, “Hey! Do you want to be a
Grandma again?” She was very
excited (once she figured out what was going on) and just kept saying, “I can’t
believe it!” To tell you the
truth, I couldn’t believe it either!
Grandpa Rand was a little more subdued when he heard the news, but he
was definitely happy. You’ll
understand what I mean once you get to know him.
It has been so hard not telling your Daddy when he has
called today. He is scheduled to
come to Grandma and Grandpa’s house tomorrow and I want to tell him in
person. We will just see how it
goes but I know he will be SO HAPPY to hear about you. How am I going to keep you a secret for
8 more weeks? I love you so much
already and am so excited to welcome you to our family.
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