The Presson Family

We had our 18 week ultrasound done last week and found out the sex.  But we're keeping it a secret for a couple more months.  We are planning to have a gender reveal party around Halloween to let family know the sex.  By that time we'll be all moved into our house and the nursery will be complete!  YAY!  I can't wait to tell everyone! 

The baby looked good.  Heartbeat was strong - around 160 BPM.  Little bean was moving all around in there.  I have been feeling movement over the past 2 weeks...getting stronger by the day.  I felt the first real "kick" yesterday - at 19 weeks.  This pregnancy is going by so much faster than the first.  Between buying a house, having another baby, and trying to keep up with Christian things are very busy these days. 

We are closing on the house September 28th...which can't come fast enough!

Here is the 18 week profile pic:

Paul, Christian and I went to New Windsor, IL this weekend for the rodeo.  It was my favorite rodeo so far!  Christian is at the perfect age and had such a good time.  He loved all the rides...mainly the train and bouncy house.  He did really well staying up late and on the long drive there and back (4+ hours).  We got back about 2 hours ago and he's still napping.  =)  Christian loved spending time with Josh and Nana.

Here are some pics:

So Paul and I sold our mobile home this month...YAY!  We are completely out of it and are living with my parents.  (Thanks Mom & Dad!)  But it's tight and we need to find a house ASAP!  We are looking EVERYWHERE!  At first just at Jefferson County - Arnold, Fenton, High Ridge, Imperial, Barnhart, Hillsboro, etc.  But we're starting to see that all the things we want in a house are not available in this area in our price range.  We put a bid in on one house but were out bid.  Boo! =(

We are now looking outside of Jefferson County as well.  Wish us luck!!!

Well it's official...Christian is no longer a baby.  He's a big boy!  Happy Birthday to the sweetest toddler in the world!  Mommy & Daddy love you very much!

We had Christian's 2 year well visit today and Dr. Huger was very pleased with his progress (as usual).  He weighs 35 lbs and is 37.5" long (95th percentile for both).  He says about double the amount of words they look for in 2 year olds.  They would like to see toddlers saying around 50 words but Christian easily says 100.  He's such a smarty pants!  The best part of his visit today...no vaccines!  YAY!  He's all caught up on shots until 4 years old.  And we don't go back for another well visit until next year.  All good news!  =) 

Birthday party pictures to come soon.

Yesterday was very scary. I have been having vision problems in my right eye for about 3 weeks now (right after my annual exam) so I went in to have it checked out. They diagnosed me with some long name ending in "retinitis" and said I needed to see a retinal specialist ASAP. Turns out I have had scar tissue on both retinas my whole life. Because of this scar tissue my eye developed extra blood vessels which have inflammed my optic nerve - causing vision loss in that eye.

They had to inject an anti-cancerous drug into my eyeball (fun stuff) and hopefully that will shrink the blood vessels and heal the optic nerve. I "might" get my lost vision back but he wasn't sure. And now I have a 25% chance of this happening again. Please pray this medicine works! I go back in a month to check the progress.

This website explains it pretty well:  http://www.medic8.com/eye-disorders/histoplasmosis.htm

Christian and I took Daddy out for Father's Day breakfast at Cracker Barrel (his favorite)!

We had Christian's 2 Year Pro Pics taken at Oak Knoll Park in Clayton, MO on Saturday May 28th by Jennifer L.K. Thompson Photography.  He did so well and they turned out awesome!  If anyone needs a good photographer let me know!