Month: June 2010

The Best Birthday Gift

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Yesterday I celebrated my 29th birthday. It wasnt a day out for lunches or dinners, or spent surrounded by a ton of people. I spent the day at home with Abby and quietly enjoyed my day. I enjoyed the ease of the day; Abby was calm and content snuggling with her mommy and playing games or putting puzzles together. Shaun sent me a bouquet of beautiful roses, red roses to be exact (which are my favorite) and when he came home from work we shared cards and a present or two. It was a perfect day.

On Thursday we will be given the best birthday present yet, a beautiful baby girl. Abby will meet her little sister and Shaun and I will meet our daughter. Its so strange yet wonderful to think that we will have another set of little feet running around the house, learning from Abby and looking up to her. That “the girls” will be playing with one another, fighting with one another and doing everything that sisters generally do. Within less then an hour we will go from parents of one to parents of two. Its a strange feeling that brings on a lot of emotions but they are all wonderful in the end. What a great present I have waiting for me on Thursday. Nothing will ever top it.

A Little Bit of Personality

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Abby is growing so fast and as each day goes by her personality grows even more. So far it looks as though Abby is happy as a total girly girl. Today as we were heading out to run some errands, she decided to bring her Tinker Bell purse that mommy gave her and her super chic sunglasses. I even got the red carpet pose from her. A star is born! The future is so bright that shades are a definite requirement!

38 Weeks and 3 Days…

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38 Weeks and 3 Days… less then a week until our little ones arrival. I have definitely hit that point where I am ready to get this show on the road but I also know that I need to hold on until my parents get here. I have had a chat with our little girl about this and I think she will cooperate.
I am feeling huge and miss my stomach muscles very much. She has dropped low which has allowed me to eat again, but at the same time I end up with major heartburn at the slightest thought of eating. Sleep has been tough and I definitely spend a lot of hours awake, but I know come Thursday it will all be worth it in the end. The baby is healthy and at my last doctors appointment her heart sounded healthy and she seems to be growing at a good rate. I cant wait until Thursday when we finally get to meet her!

One Week Until 3 Becomes 4…

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One week from today, our lives will change for the better. A family of three becomes a family of four and we welcome another blessing into our lives. I am full of every emotion you could think of that would apply to this next big step. I am nervous about the pending surgery that will bring our little girl into this world and nervous about the changes a second child will bring. I am excited and overjoyed about those changes as well and cannot wait to meet her and share the joy of a sister with Abby. She may not understand it for a while, but one day she will. I have the worry of every parent about adding another child to the family and showing their love to each of them equally but individually. I am happy, overjoyed, a nervous wreck, a bit stressed and confident in myself as a person and a mother. Through all of it, I have an amazing husband who is an incredible father and the understanding that we will be taken care of and we will find our way. Life is a learning process and who better to learn it from then such blessings as children.

Father’s Day 2010

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“Fatherhood is pretending the present
you love most is soap-on-a-rope.”
Bill Cosby

Shaun’s Father’s Day was calm and fairly quiet, just as I think he wanted it to be. We gave him the chance to sleep in until 11, then Abby and I came bouncing in with gifts, cards and Abby’s giggles. While I am sure he could have slept longer, Shaun seemed very happy to get up and snuggle in bed with his girls while he opened gifts. Abby and I got him plenty of books to sit and read together, including one that compared a daddy to the pet dog. The similarities were uncanny and really fit Shaun…. in a humorous way!


In a way I was given a gift on Father’s Day as well. I had the chance to stop and just watch Shaun and Abby together. I watched him sit on the floor and play with her as she tossed around blocks and tried to hit them with her pink hockey stick. Watch them snuggle on the couch as they watched a movie together and listen to their conversations. I always knew it, but in those moments I felt so blessed to have a husband and best friend like Shaun. He is an amazing husband but more importantly, he is an even more amazing father. While I am still nervous about what the future holds as we add another little girl to our family, I am excited and feel at ease knowing the love and devotion the both of us have for our children and just how much of it comes from the most important man in our lives.

“It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge.”
Phyllis Diller

Happy 3rd Anniversary to Us!

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June 16th, 2007… I cant believe it has been three years since we were married and nearly seven since we first met. I feel like I have known Shaun my whole life but at the same time I am enjoying learning more about each other, growing together as a couple and growing as our family grows. At times it seems we have been married longer then 3 years and that is not meant to sound like an insult. Our life has been crazy since the day we got back from our honeymoon and really, it hasn’t stopped since. Just to get my point across I thought I would share a time line of our life since the big day!

  • June 16th, 2007 – Shaun and I were married and partied down with our friends and family
  • July 9th, 2007 – Arrived home from our Honeymoon road trip which included a rental car that died on us and a huge storm through Washington and Canada that knocked out power and caused us to ride into a small Canadian border town with only enough gas to go about 5 miles. Looking back it was a ton of fun with some funny stories to tell!
  • September 15th, 2007 – Packed the moving trucks and our cars and drove to Kent, Washington, our temporary home until we found a house.
  • November 23rd, 2007 – Escrow closed and we moved into our new house in Bothell Washington
  • February 2, 2008 – Shaun and I discover that I am pregnant with our first.
  • June 14th, 2008 – Shaun and I pack up the moving trucks, again and head back to California to our apartment in Simi Valley.
  • October 1st, 2008 – Abigail Denise Wharton is born!
  • March 26th, 2009 – Escrow closes on our house in San Fernando and we start moving in despite major kitchen renovations. Abby and I eventually go crazy and head to Montana until the work is nearly complete.
  • October 1, 2009 – We celebrate Abby’s First Birthday.
  • October 24th, 2009 – Shaun and I discover that I am pregnant with our second!
  • July 1st, 2010 – Our second little ones possible date of birth, assuming I don’t go into labor before then!

There has been so much that has gone on in our lives, but all of it has been wonderful and amazing! I feel blessed to call this man my best friend and husband and to share these wonderful adventures with him. I look forward to the many years to come and the adventures ahead of us!

Engagement Photos, October 2006

Last Disneyland Trip before the wedding, June 2007

Grand Tradition, our beautiful wedding location.
It was a day that couldn’t have been more perfect!
June 16th, 2007
A picture perfect wedding day that was better then a fairytale.
Shaun and I after the “I-Do’s”
June 16th, 2007

Cute…. Even with a Fever

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As I posted a bit ago, Abby had been sick with a fever, cough and runny nose. Maybe its mean of me to take pictures of Abby while she is sick, but she looked so cute snuggled up in her little cozy spot on the couch. She’s cute no matter what and I just wanted to post pictures to show that!

Precious Moments in An Unlikely Situation

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Precious moments with our children do not discriminate. They come at the most unusual of times, even when you think there isn’t anything good that can possibly come from your current situation. One would ever think that a time of illness and a bit of worry could create a moment that, in the few fleeting minutes, could put a smile on your face, tears in your eyes and warmth and comfort in your heart.

I certainly never expected to find that in a 3 A.M. wake call with Abby burning up and that look in her eye that says it all… “Mommy, I feel miserable. Make it better.” Shaun and I did what we as parents have been taught and told to do to ease her discomfort and try to bring her fever down. After a bit of time we find ourselves out in the living room, Shaun and Abby laying on a blanket on the floor and me on the couch. We looked like a family determined to bring some peace and comfort to our sick little girl, but as I layed there I saw so much more then that. I saw our family, so busy with life and all that it throws our way, stopping for a moment to truly be with one another and support each other. Abby curled up in her daddy’s arms, dozing in and out of sleep, finding comfort with her parents. I was worried for her, as any parent is for a sick child, but I found peace in the moment that was unfolding before me. We were together and did what we could to relax until Abby was once again sound asleep. It was a moment that you certainly don’t plan for and definitely cannot see coming, but you wouldn’t trade it in for the world.

“The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family”
Thomas Jefferson

35 Weeks… Exactly One Month to D-Day!

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Wow, 35 weeks. I am basically at that point where its all sinking in and feeling very real. Only 4 weeks to go before we welcome this little one into the world, our lives change again, Abby gains a sister and our family grows again. Shaun, myself and I think even Abby welcome it all with open arms. On the other hand, Jack knows something is up and all the “small creature” stuff is coming out again and he is about to lose even more free space in the house. Im not sure hes embracing this future with open paws at the moment.

I am feeling good but pretty much ready for July 1st to come around. This baby moves a lot more then Abby did and certainly doesn’t seem to understand that she has no more room in there to bounce around. It can get very uncomfortable, especially when I am trying to sleep, but its all part of the last month of pregnancy. I think the real purpose of the last month of pregnancy is to prepare you for the lack of sleep and long nights ahead.

I had a doctors appointment today and everything went well. I am looking good, blood pressure is great and there didn’t seem to be any signs of labor or preeclampsia, both of which can be a concern at this point. Although my OB did say that if I were to go into labor at this point, there wouldn’t be anything done to stop the process. Wahoo! The fun begins.

The little one seems to be doing great. Her heartbeat is strong and well within healthy range. At this point she will put on 1 to 2 ounces per day which is very rapid growth… yay for mommy! Everything looks great though and she just needs to stay put until the 1st. Send good vibes our direction so that happens!