Baby #2!

Surprise!!! Aaron and I are so excited to announce that we are bringing our second baby into the world. How nervous, excited, speechless, we are! I went to the doctor today for my very first checkup and everything went great. I think I'm really going to love them. They didn't rush one part of the appointment. They sat you down and spoke with you about everything as if it were your first pregnancy. And part of me feels like it is. When three years goes by you tend to forget all the small things or of course you don't know all the new things.
They had speculated that I was 6w4d and that my due date was Dec. 20th. Once we had my ultrasound though we all found that I was no where near as far as we though. I'm looking at about 5w3d. Who'd have known. All my symptoms seem to be starting so early this go around. I'm already checking out routes to the bathrooms incase of a morning sickness attack! With the new gestational age that moves my due date back to Dec. 28th. I will admit. That is about the only day in the year I would have asked not to have. That is the anniversary of my horrible robbery and also the anniversary of my mom's funeral. The 28th has proven to be a tough, emotional day. I was upset by this news at first but now have seen the bright side of things. I shouldn't dread any day of the year and if this baby just happens to come on his due date then it will give me a positive reminder at how special each day of the year really is. Maybe its my mom's way of telling me that she's still looking out for me.
With all that being said the next step is to go back to the doctor in two weeks. Since I was so early and they couldn't see his/her tiny heart beating they want me to come back and have a second ultrasound. I'll keep everyone up as I grow with each month. Below is a picture of our little pickle in his baby motel. :)

Three Bear Chili....What!?

What in the world was I thinking tonight....I was looking for a cheap easy dinner and I saw where this new chili was buy one jar get one free. I was thinking to myself that I had never hear of "Three Bear" chili but okay. I even thought the label was kind of cute with the two bears on it....
A little bit later I get home and picked the jar up again...Got to looking and finally the puzzle piece fell into place. It's not THREE BEAR chili....It's THREE BEAN chili! And those aren't bears....They are people! How did I get this so wrong, lol. It would be no harm, no foul except for the fact that Aaron really doesn't like beans. I might be able to get away with a One Bean chili but certainly not three!....

The Peni talk....at two years old

So we're on our way back from Table Rock today and we're all tired, irritable because we're starving, and just ready to get home. All of a sudden Keagan says, "Mommy, you don't have a peni." "You're right, Keagan-I don't" I reply...A second or so later he says, "Me, Daddy, and Boodro have a peni" At this point I'm wondering what in the world....So I asked him where on earth he got all this from and he sits there thinking for a minute and then says, "Ummmm, I bumped my head!"
:) Such innocents.

Camping in Table Rock

We're back!!! This was our first time in Table Rock and also our first time camping in our new camper. The trip went great! I have to admit when we showed up on Friday evening I wasn't too happy. We get there and had one of the worst sites in the entire park! That's what we get for reserving ahead and not knowing. When we went to check in we were also informed that we weren't allowed to have a fire because of the wildfires burning in Myrtle Beach. Apparently all of our firemen are there. So I was a little peeved. Things did get better though. They allowed us to drive around and find a site we liked and let us move without charging us a fee. So I then was happy! Friday night was basically setting up and going to bed because we got there so late. Saturday comes and time to get out and see what Table Rock has to offer. First plan....Lets go check out the hiking trails. Oh man, great, great, great idea! We had so much fun and Keagan was such a champ. We hiked a mile up the mountain and Keagan hung in there the entire way. We passed so many natural waterfalls and beautiful trees and flowers. After a while we stopped for a snack and with a full belly and a mile uphill behind him-Keagan fell asleep and we carried him taking our time getting back down the mountain. Later on we decided to rent a canoe and check out the lake. We fished but never caught anything. ;P Still fun though. The view from the boat was amazing! After our busy day we went back to the campsite and pretty much just hung out the rest of the time. We made due with no campfire....even though that was missed! We packed up this morning, headed out, stopped for our famous BIG breakfast, and made it back home all in one piece. The camper held up like a champ! And the entire weekend was great. It was really neat seeing the differences of camping on a lake and in the mountains. Such a different atmosphere.

Happy Earth Day...a day late. Let Everyday be Earth Day!

This year marks the 39th celebration of Earth Day, a holiday that brings focus to all the positive things people are doing to help the planet survive and thrive. It is a single day of celebration and activism, but it has the power to spark long term commitments to improve our daily habits, our communities, our world. Green isn't just a trendy term anymore, it's how we all need to live to ensure our survival - and Earth Day underscores that living green is not only important, but also fun, easy, inspiring, and entertaining.

Exhausted

Busy, busy, day....busy busy week... We decided yesterday at the last minute to go camping also this weekend. I think it sounds like a blast and I am excited. We're going to table rock, which I think I've been there maybe once before. So long ago that I don't remember though.
But knowing that we are leaving right after work tomorrow has made today a living nightmare. First off I was super busy at work. Don't get me wrong. I'd rather be busy than not! Then I come home, pop our camper up, pack it, do three loads of laundry, clean, water the yard...the garden, give Keagan a bath, do all the dishes, cook dinner, clean the bathrooms, livingroom, and the kitchen....I'm just done!
Anyways, I hope to have a great camping trip! And I hope to come back with some great pictures! It's our first trip in our new vacation home. ;) And the weather is supposed to be perfect. Highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s.... I think they are calling for scattered T-storms Saturday afternoon....oh yeah, be we have a camper now... hehehe.

Like Father like son....

Keagan and Aaron went to the store. So I thought at least...I'm waiting, waiting, waiting....
Finally they return and Keagan comes running in really fast. "Mommy, Mommy-Daddy's truck is dirty! Daddy's truck looks real good dirty!"

You've got to be kidding me. I send them to the store for sauce and they come home with powdered donuts and a muddy truck. ;P

WORK, PILATES , MOWING,....OH MY!!!
No one can say I am scared of a little physical activity. :) I have worked my butt off today and I am exhausted. After an 8 hour day of work, an hour of pilates, and then mowing a half acre with a push mower...I'm not even sure I'm going to be able to walk tomorrow. :D

The Morning Ride

We're on our way to school this morning. Keagan is slightly fussy because he had 4 days off from school and isn't too excited about getting on the go so early in the morning. He starts mumbling something that I couldn't understand and I look in my rear view and he's holding his belly. I said, "Keagan does your belly hurt??" "NO!, " He says. "MY PENI!!" "Your Peni, I say....Whats wrong with your peni!?" "My peni, my peni!!!" At that time I was starting to worry. I'm wondering if he needs to pee and it burns or what's going on...So I ask, "Baby, whats wrong with your peni??" His response, "The dinosaur ate it!"
Oh, ok...That explains it all...

Camping Trip 1 of 3 2009 Dreher Island

We're back! It was great!! Much better than last years camping trip even though not as many crazy stories to tell. The weather was perfect. Cool at night and sunny and warm during the day. It only started raining on the morning we were packing up. We did all the typical camping activities: Road bikes, fished, roasted marshmellows, hiked....
Two small things did happen and I knew something would. It wouldn't be a Schrock vacation without a little action.
The first morning we woke up there we decided to have eggs, sausage, and some beanie weenies for breakfast. I threw the can into the fire like Aaron had instructed me to and wasn't thinking anything about it when BOOM, it sounded like gunfire, I look up, see a metal can flying, hit Keagan in the head, Keagan goes down, and then I hear him screaming! It scared the crap out of all of us. Literally, the beanie weenie can exploded in the firepit, sent a pour down of beans everywhere and the can had hit Keagan. He was bent down so we didn't know how bad it was at first. Luckily it could have been a lot worse. He has been left with a knot and a bruise but we'll all going to be okay!
Then the very next morning there I wake up at about 5:45. It's still dark out but I really need to go use the potty. I couldn't take Aaron to the bathhouse with me because Keagan was still sleeping. I was a little freaked out because of it still being dark but I thought since it was morning surely everything would be okay. I get to the bathhouse, see the lights off, open the door and the automatic lights come on and I was thinking, "whew, I'm by myself!" I get to my stall, still freaked out, mind you, and go to shut and lock the door and there is no lock. I have to admit that my imagination went flying. I can't lock my door next thing you know everyone is going to be reading a headline that says, "Girl killed in bathhouse, etc." I proceed to sit down, look to my left and there is someone in that stall. I see feet just sitting there. How can there be someone in here?? The lights were off!!! How long would they have had to sit here before the automatic lights turn off on them. Surely a good little while! I bolt up, not even sure if my pants are buttoned, take off running out of the bathhouse, back on the road, down the street, constantly looking behind me....I make it to the campsite and of course I'm okay because I'm sitting here typing this but I still wonder what that person was doing in there....
Regardless, we've all three made it back in one piece and we're looking forward to our next camping trip coming up in May in the Pisgah National Forrest.

Keagan's Second Camping Trip...

And we're off.....We're heading to lake Murray for a two day camping trip. We are super exciting! Wish us luck and great weather!!! For those of you that don't remember our last camping trip-let me repost the blog from last May....hahaha, it was a mess but it made great memories. I'll let everyone know how this camping trip goes when we get back!
Happy Easter Everyone!!

Rewind to last May:
What a bizarro camping trip we had this weekend. We decided since we both love to camp and we've never taken Keagan that this weekend would be perfect so off we go to camp. We have about an hour and a half drive to get there and when we were about 10 mins away from the site all of a sudden it dawns on us that we forgot ALL of our blankets and pillows-so to walmart we go to spend an extra $60.00 that we shouldn't have had to spend. I'm sure you can only imagine my mood at this point. When we finally got there and pull up to our site it sucked! I was even more mad but luckily the statepark ranger was super nice and three hours later hooks us up with a spot that we loved. (So it took awhile but he went out of his way so I can't complain there) We get out, unpack, set the tent up. Lovin' it! Keagan is having a blast. We're right on the water and we're fishing, swimming....It's just great. Night starts to fall and we start a fire, roast some "cold" dogs (we have to say that because if we call them hotdogs keagan thinks they're too hot to eat, lol) grill out some steaks, roast some marshmellows. Life is good!
Finally bedtime comes and once everyone gets in and settled I could not sleep to save my life. I swear I heard something that sounded like animals carting our grill away. About 3:00 Aaron wakes up and says he hears thunder and I kid you not no more than a few seconds later a loud clap of thunder comes, lightening is making it look like it is daylight outside and the rain is coming down in buckets! And of course I remember my cellphone is outside on the picnic table. Aaron's response was that it was already raining and how long could it last.... Well 5 hours later we're still dealing with severe storms and tornado warnings and of course my phone is dead. :( UGH! It's finally daylight outside and we stick Keagan in the car to play while Aaron and I pack everything up in the pouring rain. We're soaked!
Just as we think our camping weekend can't get anymore exciting we decide to stop at a place for breakfast and discover when we're ready to leave that we locked our keys in the car.... I'm thinking to myself-WHAT A MOTHER'S DAY!!!.... About $60.00 and another hour later we're on our way back home!
Even with all the events, we had a blast! Keagan did great! He is a camper for sure! And we will go camping again but for now I'm happy to be home with my bare feet on my soft carpet watching the rain come down from inside! I also have tons of pictures to follow this. We ended up taking about 150 pics so in a bit I'll go through them and get some posted

Aaron the MVP

Well Aaron has without a doubt improved with his softball skills since he's started softball. He had not played in about 7 years and the first couple of games it showed....Not hitting the ball, playing outfield and not catching the ball...I was actually starting to feel bad for him but yet he continued to have a blast. I guess the positive attitude and the natural ability to play sports finally kicked in. Tonight he was the MVP of the game in my opinion. He scored half the points that his team scored and they moved him from outfielder to second baseman...I was so proud! Don't think for a minute I wasn't hootin' and hollern' when he would come in for a score! Or get the other team out!

Keagan also had fun. I think he enjoys watching his Daddy out there playing not to mention the popcorn, candy, and drink he gets to ingest-oh and the wonderful playgrounds. :D

So we've finally gotten a schedule and it looks like Aaron will be playing every Tuesday and Thursday night until the middle of June. Gosh that's a lot of games! Not sure if Keagan and I will make it to all of them but we'll certainly give it a shot.

Boring Week

I haven't forgotten about my blog this week....It's just been such a boring week. Works boring, home is, well calm...lol. I guess that's a good thing. Nothing to complain much about. I think what the problem is...I'm just not feeling it. We have a camping trip scheduled this weekend and I am so ready to just get away....To go somewhere but yet not to someones house where you are the guest. I guess we will be the guest in the woods and I may wake up scared like I did last time we camped because I could have sworn the raccoons were carrying our grill away....but still~That's different and I just can't wait!!! We actually have three camping trips scheduled. This weekend coming up at the lake. In May we're going to the mountains of Asheville, and then in June we'll be heading to Myrtle Beach for a nice warm camp out time with my sister and her family.

Other than that things are just dandy. Keagan is catching on to bike riding like a champ and he likes to ride our entire neighborhood every chance he gets. We've actually met two neighbors in the past week that we never met the whole first year we lived here and would probably continue not to meet them if it weren't for the bike. He did crash and burn this afternoon because he likes to ride up on the curb....But he picked his bike up and hopped right back on. That's my boy!

Aaron's Song...I swear this was written for him!

This song sounds like a quote straight out of his mouth! And yes, I love him the most too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlCGnGLlu64

Our Big weekend.

Gosh what a busy weekend we've had. We decided since we're going camping next weekend to go ahead and do Keagan's birthday a week early and also have the Easter Bunny come a week early. No big deal you would think....Well it's also the first pretty weekend that we've had a chance to get anything done so we've been NON stop. Friday night we did Keagan's birthday. It was a hit. He loved his cake and his presents. The main present was a new bike and we've been on it almost nonstop since then. Today we woke up super early and moved our garden from one side of our yard to the other. Also we went and bought new bushes for the front of the house, new pine straw, and I also planted 75 new bulbs around the yard! I thought I was never going to be done. Then of course since our Easter Bunny is coming a week early at our house since he won't be able to find us in the woods-we then dyed 18 pretty eggs and we're getting everything ready for tomorrow. Tomorrow will be a big day with Keagan's Easter basket, church, and then a big egg hunt. I'm really excited!!! Also we bought Keagan a new t-ball set this weekend so in between any spare time that we've had, we've been playing baseball. :P I have tons of pictures of course but I'll wait to post them tomorrow after the Easter bunny comes and visits us.

Our Fence

Okay, so maybe I got a little happy with our new privacy fence....Yes, I have it blurred out for a reason. I totally shocked Aaron, pulled off all my clothes, and went running, prancing, dancing, all over the yard because we finally have some privacy. We have wanted this for a year! As most of you know...our neighbor is out of control annoying. When the fence guy came tonight to collect payment he said over the weekend he had 31 calls from him. The neighbor! Yes, the guy who isn't even getting a fence!!!Anyways, with the fence finally done, I guess I'll post a picture finally that you guys can see! It is very excited! And Boodro and Keagan love it too! The dog doesn't know what to think! I think he may just be the happiest of us all.....Or maybe not! :D (***not sure why my pics say Schrock Masterbath either...I'll have to look into that***)