Slivers and Silver Linings

I’m so bad at updating my blog, and I realized I haven’t posted once about this pregnancy, and I did frequent updates with Ryker’s, so here is a pregnancy update for anyone who cares. I found out I was pregnant with baby number two, just two days before Father’s Day. I had expected it to take a couple of months, but I wasn’t surprised when we found out right away that we were expecting. I had been baby hungry since Ryker was 4 months. I just knew there was another baby that was supposed to join our family. I told Mark that same day, because I was too anxious and to excited to not tell him, plus we had celebrated Father’s Day with a trip to Waikoloa Springs in Tallahassee the weekend before, and it was fun.  4 Weeks Mark was excited, although it took him a minute to see the very faint positive on the test (which I have a trained eye for?! Ha-ha) We celebrated with a big dinner. Im not a take one test and chill type of person... Around week six I got si...

 My Mom came to visit us for a couple of days. She flew into Destin and we had to take her to see the ocean. I'm glad we did, and I wish we had just planned to go swim because the water was glass, and the next day there was a thunder and lightning storm so we didn't end up getting in!  The trip was very fun. Ryker loved having his grandma here. He likes having people stay with us and visit.  Pontoon boat party! Odd mansion by the bay  Since my mom had limited time here, and may not get another opportunity to see N'Orleans. We decided to drive there, and stay overnight in a hotel. We found an amazing deal for one night stay at the Hyatte Regiancy in N'Orleans, and were just blocks from the French Quarter. The hotel was so fancy, and we laughed when we got there because we didn't realize how fancy it was.We were carrying a cooler among some other things that definitely didn't fit in.  We also took a tour of the Mansi...