Whew... another month (oops and a half) have gone flying by.
We celebrated our 4 year anniversary on May 13th, CRAZY. We've known each other for almost 7 years now. How amazing.
In May...
We celebrated lots of graduation open houses with our seniors from church. So proud of them all! And sad to see them go.
My friend Michelle and I (and Sadie) snuck a quick trip up to Minneapolis to visit Ikea. It was a very productive trip and we had an awesome time. They were having a super sale on some things we both wanted. We even waited in a long line for one of the things. Yes, we are crazy. It was fantastic.
On the 25th was my Golden Birthday... and Ben threw me a surprise party! And I had no clue! IT was great!! I've always wanted to have a party for my birthday, but as you know you can't throw one for yourself. The party was complete with great people, balloons, CHINESE food, and delicious cake (many other things as well, but those were the things that excited me most).
In June...
We began the month by getting two new (to us) vehicles. We traded in our Expedition and our Taurus and got a 2005 Nissan Quest (mini-van) and a 2008 Subaru Legacy. Both dream cars of sorts for us.
And our friends Dominic and Julie, and their daughter Madelyn came and visited us for the weekend. Ben hadn't met Madelyn yet so it was a great visit.
Ben had a campout with a fun group that he's been helping lead called Pathfinders.
And Ben took some of our highschool youth group to Colorado, and while he was gone I headed to Davenport for a few days. While I was there Brie and Sadie got to have a playdate with our favorite set of twins M & S! We also got to have lots of good quality time with Nana and Papa.
The 20th we went to a wedding of a friend that I used to work with, it was lovely. She looked beautiful, and Brie had fun dancing on the dance floor!
The 21st through the 26th we spent the week up at Pine Lake Christian Camp where Ben helped lead a camp called Centershot. There the kids learned Archery skills and he helped teach some outdoor cooking and lead worship. It was a HOT week, but thankfully our cabin had airconditioning. And best of all, I didn't cook ALL WEEK! hehe. It was lots of fun, because it is also the camp I grew up going to and so I felt right at home.
The 27th we hit up the annual Des Moines Art Festival with our friends Ryan and Michelle. Some beautiful pieces of art were seen this year, my favorite are still the marble works type sculptures.
We've all got colds right now but as long as they clear up we are headed to Davenport for the fourth for a BIG family party, including meeting our new NEWPHEW! Who was born 6 days before Sadie Mae.
July looks to be just as busy as June so I'll hopefully get a post in.
But be sure and check out some (not all) of the new pictures at our flickr site:
www.flickr.com/photos/massung
Thanks all!
-b-
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
oh and...
I almost forgot...
TONS of new pictures are posted at our flickr site
www.flickr.com/photos/massung
*check out the new post below*
TONS of new pictures are posted at our flickr site
www.flickr.com/photos/massung
*check out the new post below*
Over a month...
Who knew being a mother of two could make me soo busy?!?! Woah.
Samantha Adeline Mae Massung graced the world with her presence at 12:15pm Monday, April 6th. She weighed in at 7 pounds 7.4 ounces and was 18 3/4 inches long. Our csection and hospital stay were FANTASTIC, especially since we had a nurse we wanted for all of our daytime shifts! It's great to have a nurse who anticipates and knows your desires.
We are calling Samantha, Sadie and sometimes Sadie Mae. We basically combined the first name and the first middle name. We think it's pretty cute! She is now 5 weeks old and has already grown leaps and bounds. She had a bit of jaundice at the start of life, but we worked that right out of her system. She's currently in the sleeping portion of a growth spurt! So we know the all the time eating portion is soon to come.
Brieanna is doing fantastic with her, she was born to be a big sister! She is constantly trying to give her her pacifier and "help" when she cries. She is fairly gentle with her and I'm excited when they begin to communicate with each other. Brie spent a week at my parents when Sadie was born and during that time she gained MORE and more confidence to walk and is now walking EVERYWHERE! It's fantastic, I even caught her doing a bit of running today. Well almost. She got her first ear infection and has been a bit miserable but is getting better, the occasional tylenol has been helping for sure. I'm pretty proud that we made it 18 months with no ear infection or major cold!
Our April was filled with lots of fun, my parents came when they brought Brie back to Des Moines and got to coo over Sadie. Our friends from Michigan, J and K came and stayed over the Easter weekend and helped us out with the girls, but for the most part we just enjoyed spending time with them. My mom came back at the end of April to help me out with the girls while Ben was at an overnight youth event. She was a huge help and it was great to let her bond with Sadie. My dad was in town two weekends ago for our state wide church conference annual meeting, so he was able to spend a bit of time with the girls.
This past weekend we went to Pella Iowa for the annual Tulip Time with our friends R and M! We've been getting together with them on a weekly basis to enjoy cultivating our friendship. R is a new intern at our church and his wife M is a pastor's kid, so it's been fun to chat Pastor's Kid talk with her and laugh about kid songs we used to sing, she and I have very similar personalities. It's great to have a set of friends to be 100% honest with and who don't mind us having kiddos go everywhere with us! God has encouraged us through this friendship.
Tomorrow is our 4 year anniversary. Can you believe it? 4 years already! God is soo good. 3 years ago our anniversary was on mother's day and that was the day we found out we were pregnant with Miss Brie! Who knew she'd be born 5.5 months later, and that this year for mother's day we'd have two little blessings! Incredible.
I hope all is well with you, hopefully I will keep up a bit more with this blog! Being a mother of two and being back to working 9 hours a week is busier than I expected.
-brenda-
Samantha Adeline Mae Massung graced the world with her presence at 12:15pm Monday, April 6th. She weighed in at 7 pounds 7.4 ounces and was 18 3/4 inches long. Our csection and hospital stay were FANTASTIC, especially since we had a nurse we wanted for all of our daytime shifts! It's great to have a nurse who anticipates and knows your desires.
We are calling Samantha, Sadie and sometimes Sadie Mae. We basically combined the first name and the first middle name. We think it's pretty cute! She is now 5 weeks old and has already grown leaps and bounds. She had a bit of jaundice at the start of life, but we worked that right out of her system. She's currently in the sleeping portion of a growth spurt! So we know the all the time eating portion is soon to come.
Brieanna is doing fantastic with her, she was born to be a big sister! She is constantly trying to give her her pacifier and "help" when she cries. She is fairly gentle with her and I'm excited when they begin to communicate with each other. Brie spent a week at my parents when Sadie was born and during that time she gained MORE and more confidence to walk and is now walking EVERYWHERE! It's fantastic, I even caught her doing a bit of running today. Well almost. She got her first ear infection and has been a bit miserable but is getting better, the occasional tylenol has been helping for sure. I'm pretty proud that we made it 18 months with no ear infection or major cold!
Our April was filled with lots of fun, my parents came when they brought Brie back to Des Moines and got to coo over Sadie. Our friends from Michigan, J and K came and stayed over the Easter weekend and helped us out with the girls, but for the most part we just enjoyed spending time with them. My mom came back at the end of April to help me out with the girls while Ben was at an overnight youth event. She was a huge help and it was great to let her bond with Sadie. My dad was in town two weekends ago for our state wide church conference annual meeting, so he was able to spend a bit of time with the girls.
This past weekend we went to Pella Iowa for the annual Tulip Time with our friends R and M! We've been getting together with them on a weekly basis to enjoy cultivating our friendship. R is a new intern at our church and his wife M is a pastor's kid, so it's been fun to chat Pastor's Kid talk with her and laugh about kid songs we used to sing, she and I have very similar personalities. It's great to have a set of friends to be 100% honest with and who don't mind us having kiddos go everywhere with us! God has encouraged us through this friendship.
Tomorrow is our 4 year anniversary. Can you believe it? 4 years already! God is soo good. 3 years ago our anniversary was on mother's day and that was the day we found out we were pregnant with Miss Brie! Who knew she'd be born 5.5 months later, and that this year for mother's day we'd have two little blessings! Incredible.
I hope all is well with you, hopefully I will keep up a bit more with this blog! Being a mother of two and being back to working 9 hours a week is busier than I expected.
-brenda-
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
April Fools Joke from inside the womb!
Well, baby decided to play a lovely April Fools Joke on us today, even though we were ready and prepared for her to come, Today's test revealed again that she was not ready. The amnio did say that her lungs were in the transitional state which is a good thing! So onto plan C (or is this D, E or F?) I'm not sure I've lost track at this point.
Monday Morning April 6th sometime around 10am she will be delivered. They will not repeat the amnio, they will just perform the csection. The only way this would change is if between now and then my water were to break, then we will go in for basically an emergency csection instead of a planned one.
Just thought you all would love to know what a great April Fool's joke this little one is playing on us! FOR SURE We'll see her Monday!
Monday Morning April 6th sometime around 10am she will be delivered. They will not repeat the amnio, they will just perform the csection. The only way this would change is if between now and then my water were to break, then we will go in for basically an emergency csection instead of a planned one.
Just thought you all would love to know what a great April Fool's joke this little one is playing on us! FOR SURE We'll see her Monday!
Monday, March 23, 2009
April Fools
Have you ever heard the phrase... If you want to make God laugh tell Him your plans?
Well God decided to laugh at me today, we went in for our amnio this morning and afterwards had our Non-Stress Test. Then we went back down to the perinatologist's office to wait for the results from the amnio and she was in a bit of shock, baby Massung revealed that the wee little lungs are not yet mature enough to make a grand entrance.
So thus a change in my well layed out, well manufactured plans for my new baby's life. (You would think I would have learned about this whole changing plans business with Brie being born).
So be praying for next Wednesday, April 1st when we have another amnio done at 9:15 in the morning. Following this amnio we will have another Non-Stress Test and we will again wait for the results. If all is well with the lungs at that point then we will stay at the hospital and deliver at 1:00pm the same day, April 1st. (This is where my Uncle Dave will be jumping for joy because he'd get to share a birthday with the baby, just like I share a birthday with his wife.)
So April Fools all...
Hopefully we'll be looking at our beautiful baby next week,
Brenda
Well God decided to laugh at me today, we went in for our amnio this morning and afterwards had our Non-Stress Test. Then we went back down to the perinatologist's office to wait for the results from the amnio and she was in a bit of shock, baby Massung revealed that the wee little lungs are not yet mature enough to make a grand entrance.
So thus a change in my well layed out, well manufactured plans for my new baby's life. (You would think I would have learned about this whole changing plans business with Brie being born).
So be praying for next Wednesday, April 1st when we have another amnio done at 9:15 in the morning. Following this amnio we will have another Non-Stress Test and we will again wait for the results. If all is well with the lungs at that point then we will stay at the hospital and deliver at 1:00pm the same day, April 1st. (This is where my Uncle Dave will be jumping for joy because he'd get to share a birthday with the baby, just like I share a birthday with his wife.)
So April Fools all...
Hopefully we'll be looking at our beautiful baby next week,
Brenda
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Cradle
Well it is finished and it's gorgeous - and it's done just in time for baby. Today we are 37 weeks and tomorrow we will have our amnio and another NST and then if all goes well delivery will be on TUESDAY!
Ben took some cute new pictures of Brie and we took my last belly shot today - unless we were to have to wait another week. They have all been uploaded to our flickr site: www.flickr.com/photos/massung
Unless the amnio does not go well, this will be my last post before baby Massung arrives. The next post will have stats, a picture and big smiles from us. If the amnio says we need to wait another week, then I'll be sure to post that info, otherwise delivery is planned for Tuesday at 7am!
Friday, March 13, 2009
35 weeks 5 days...
I can't believe we have gotten this far, I am thrilled and just so excited about bringing home a giant baby without a LONG NICU stay. 35 weeks 5 days - only 10 days until the amnio and then if all goes well there we will deliver the next day - March 24th! WOO!!
Ben has been working his tail off today getting the cradle finished - you can see the pre-finish-finished cradle on our flickr site - www.flickr.com/photos/massung And I will post a picture of the finished product when it is all dried and upstairs in our room. It is beautiful, I am so proud of his talent to create such a beautiful piece.
Brie is doing fantastic, she weighed in this morning at 15 pound 12 ounces and had her final synagis shot EVER! Thankfully we don't have to do synagis next year with either kiddo. She is beginning to understand what it means when the nurse comes over, so I'm glad this was our last visit.
She still hasn't started walking, she has taken a few steps, but hasn't started walking yet. Who knows how long it will be, but we aren't pushing her.
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