A Baby Update

I am 30 weeks into this pregnancy and I feel like I should document at least a little bit this little one's beginning, since this one is already becoming "the third child" in regards to how much I've written down/pictures I've taken. With R&B I took a profile picture of my belly every month or so to be able to look back at how much I grew. With this baby, I think I've taken oh...about TWO. With R&B I knew exactly how many weeks along I was at any given time. This one.... not so much. With R&B, I talked about it all the time on the blog or Facebook. This time has just felt different, even from the very beginning.

That being said, we are still so very excited and I feel like these last two months are going to go so slowly. A name has been picked (I think...) but that's all we've really done in preperation for this little one's arrival.

As for me, I've been feeling really good. My back hurts (only on my lower, left side) when I lay down, but that's about it for pain. My clothes are getting too tight and I've been sleeping well and don't really have any cravings. And my, is this child is a WIGGLY one!

Reese and Beckett are excited too. More Reese, than Beckett, but I know he'll be a good big brother. He'll be almost a year older than Reese was when he was born! Reese loves to feel the baby kick and Beckett just likes to look at my belly and always wants to "open it up", meaning lift up my shirt to see the big ol' baby belly.

{I have no idea how many weeks I am in these pictures, but they were both taken in Febuary!}

I'm excited to see how this little one will fit into our little family. We have been so blessed :) But why, oh, why does the end seem to always go by the slowest!?!?!

Artwork by Reese

Age 4

Mommy, Beckett, Daddy & Reese

Happy Things

I didn't mean to leave you all sad from that last post! Pretty sure I had to stop half way to go get a Kleenex, but I didn't think it would had the same affect on everyone else, too!

So since the last post was kind of a debbie downer, here's some happy things.

• It's Friday, and my love is coming home tonight! He's been in Missouri since last Saturday with a bunch of High School kids on a Spring Break Mission Trip. It's been a fun week with just me and my kiddos, but we are sooo looking forward to having him home with us for the next couple of days.

These two. Just because they're cute. :)
• I have these chocolate chip cookies baking in the oven and my house smells amazing. 


• I am loving/wanting this print from this etsy shop. Actually, they are all lovely and I would take any of them.

• I am in the middle of this book. Good stuff- changing my perspective on who I am as a mom.

 Have a fantastic weekend :)

Feeling Nostalgic

We have been enjoying Spring Break around here and the warmer weather that has come with it. In somewhat exciting news, we got an offer on the house on Sunday. It was quiiiiite a bit lower than our asking price, so I wouldn't be surprised if nothing really comes of it, but we are in the process of negotiations this week. Once we got the news that there were some people who were seriously interested in buying our house, I had my first realization that someone else was soon going to be living in our house. We've lived here only 5 years out of the 50 or so that it's been around, so I know that this house was never really mine, but it's our first, which is kind of a big deal. And I got to thinking about all the little memories that we've had in this home.

This is where we brought our first baby home. And then our second.

Where I learned how to cook a good supper for my husband.

Where we painted rooms bright colors. Then repainted them more toned down colors.

Where our children learned to walk, ride a bike, and be "best buddies".

Where Wade taught his daughter how to play catch and I figured out how to grow a garden.

Where we've had a total of 4 "roommates" live with us downstairs.

Where we started our own family traditions.

Where we made pancakes with sprinkles on Sunday mornings.

Where we learned how to entertain friends... in our teeny tiny little kitchen.

Where we stayed up with sick kids in the middle of the night.

Where we learned to how to fight. And learned how to say I'm sorry.

Where we played, danced, cried, played "rawr", baked cookies, took bubble baths, and most of all, we loved.

Thank you Sylvia house, you've been so good to us.

I've come to realize that for our next home we're not neccessarily looking for something bigger or newer. This house is enough. Space wise, it's all we really need. But we are looking for something different, something that maybe fits our family, dreams, and lifestyle better. We're ready for an adventure. :)

“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Finally Healthy (almost)

[Insert sick picture of me, unshowered and with no make up here. No, I did not take one of myself, nor would I put something like that on the internet. Nobody wants to see that. It wasn't pretty.]

I am happy to report that, besides me, we are all healthy and back to our normal selves around here. These past two weeks have been a doozie at this house with all four of us being sick at different times. Beckett started us off with a cough and fever, but he was back to normal within a day or two. Then Reese got it, but showed very mild symptoms and never really got a fever or was nearly as bad as Beckett. Wade came next and missed a few days of work from congestion and a nasty ear infection. He was in a ton of pain, then one night while he couldn't sleep he heard a "popping sound" and yellow stuff oozed from his right ear for the next 3 days. He and Reese are on antibiotics. She had noticeably lost some hearing and was up a couple nights saying her ears hurt, so she went with Wade to the doctor. Hers were only a little red, but we tried to catch it before it got worse. Wade still can't hear anything in his right ear. :(

As for me, I was lucky enough to just get a little stuffy nose, which didn't seem like a big deal. I was too busy taking care of everyone else to really have time to feel that sick. But last Saturday morning I woke up with an AWFUL headache and concluded by Sunday morning that it must be a sinus infection. From my forehead to my chin, the entire left side of my face was in SO MUCH PAIN. Your not really advised to take ibuprofen when your pregnant, so I suffered through it for the first few days, until I got the go ahead to take some from my midwife. I have never had headaches that hurt so bad in my entire life. I am just now starting to feel a little better, but it has been a miserable week. Luckily, the kids have been good and have played well while I laid on the couch most of the day. And as a bonus, my sweet husband got me a netbook since I wasn't feeling well so I could entertain myself from the bed or the couch. Love that guy.

So that's where I've been the past two weeks- nursing my family and myself back to life. And if you've ever had a sinus infection before, you certainly have my sympathy now. They are NOT FUN!!!!

Today

Despite

feeling a bit under the weather, but trying to hide it since wade is on the couch upstairs & feels worse than I do.

the fact that our van desperately needs new breaks. like, yesterday.

our house showing at 12:15-12:45 today was pushed back to 2:45-3:15.

beckett testing us to. the. limit. the past couple of days. his screaming, crying, hour long fits are getting old.

But

it's sunny out today.

i have a good book to read.

i have one more brownie covered oreo left.

and we're having pizza for supper. frozen pizza.

because i don't have the energy to even attempt to make supper.

{picture above by me, 10 minutes ago, from this website. so fun!}