Bigger Plans

Like most people, we start the new year with goals, ideas, inspiration, and lots of plans. If you know me you know that my wheels are always turning! Yes, that hamster inside my brain is running fast cranking out all kinds of things.

I ended the year in pretty good running shape. I had finished my first Ragnar in Las Vegas and was consistently running almost everyday. Feeling great and heading into the new year I began making plans. I joined three Ragnar teams. The first one would be in Utah (Wasatch) in June, the second would be Napa in September and the third would be Las Vegas again in November. I even signed up for my second Tough Mudder on April 13th. My goal was to earn the highly coveted Saints and Sinners medal for doing Utah and Las Vegas in on year.

To add to the madness I play softball every Thursday on a coed league, go to yoga on Tuesdays and Thursdays, shuttle Mayley to school three times a week, soccer once a week and her games every Saturday. Of course there are my wife duties as a stay at home mom...you know the cooking, cleaning, child rearing, errand running and taking care of my amazing husband who helps me out sooooo much without even being asked.

Aside from all of those things I started the new year with new photography goals and plans. I am always looking to learn, grow and better myself as an artist and business owner.

And to end this year with a bang I was asked to be in a very good friend of mines wedding in L.A in November. Might I add I would be finishing the last day of the Las Vegas Ragnar (with no sleep and dying insides) hop on a plane to L.A and stand in her wedding as a brides maid!

I know people think I do to much and sitting here writing this I guess I do. I guess I just have a craving to live this life to the fullest...after all this life is short and filled with too many rules, disappointments, depressing news and glorious politics that piss me off to no end. So why not LIVE and LIVE hard! I want to fill my life and my families life with as many wonderful memories and stories as I can. I hope that they see all the things that we do and work hard for and aspire to be like their mom and dad.

So now that you all are rolling your eyes mumbling "good for you" under your breath, I want to tell you something else.

Like all plans that people make, they don't always work out the way you intend them to. As much as one tries to steer their life down the path they think is right, sometimes someone bigger than you takes the wheel and leads you in a new direction. I can't say that I mind because I do believe that everything happens for a reason.

Many of you already know (since I had to break almost all of the said plans listed above) but for those of you who don't know well here it is.

Brad and I just couldn't decide when this would happen or if it would happen. If it did it was going to happen in 2014 after I got all my "plans, goals and ideas conquered"and after Brad could work on all his home improvement plans that he wanted to do. But like I said before, someone bigger decided for us...

 In case you still don't get it...

 Yes that's it! We are expecting baby #3! Hold on I just fainted...ok I'm alright. This little surprise is due October 23rd and we are not going to find out the sex until he or she is born. I know that annoys many of you but I have done something different each time when finding out the sex and this was how I wanted to do it if we ever had a third.

This is how we told our parents:

Brad's mom and dad: This will be their 6th Grandchild!

This will be Brad's Grandmother's 6th Great Grandchild!

My mom and dad: This will be their third grandchild.

This will be my Grandparents and Grandma's third Great Grandchild.

 

This is how I told Brad! LOL Here is the back story: I called Gosia the day I tested (on Valentine's Day) freaking out! We decided I should tell him two days later when we were going to be celebrating our V Day at dinner. That same day, Gosia's husband texted Brad saying wow another baby! Brad calls me freaking out asking me if I have something to tell him. I calmly laugh and say, "Of course not! Evan must have mistaken you for his other friend Brad!" He replies with a sigh of relief, "thank god I was going to die!" Well, thank you because now I really didn't want to tell him. LOL 

This is the card I chose

This is what I had on the inside. 

Now as we got to dinner I knew I had to give him this card rather quick because he would have known that something was up right away if I didn't order any wine. ;)

This is him opening the card and reading it at one of our favorite places Mon Ami Gabi.

This was his reaction! That is genuine happiness mixed with holy F%# I am freaking out! Hahahahah 

Of course he bent over and kissed me and told me he's excited. Well at least that is what he said, can't really say what he thought for real...LOL JK 

This was our second ultra sound at an early 6 weeks. Please tell me why everyone thinks there is two in there???

This was our 8 week follow up. Yes just one!! I was having a heart attack! The Dr. said the last one was taken at a weird angle in which she demonstrated and said that sometimes it can appear to split the sack. She laughed and said that photo does look misleading hahahaha. 

Anyway, we really are excited for this blessing and are hoping and praying for a healthy baby. Our girls are very excited about the news and I often catch Mayley in my bed looking at my pregnancy books. She loves to describe what stage the baby is in currently (too smart for her own good). 

Our lives are changing so much now. I may have had to set aside all those old plans and goals but I have quickly replaced them with new ones. 

Stay tuned for more excitement to come! 

Love, The Callihan Clan