35 weeks....

Thirty five weeks already!! It almost stresses me out to write that! I feel like we still have so much to do to get ready for this baby, but I know that it will all get done (well at least I keep telling myself that anyways).

Little man's room is almost done! I finished the curtains this weekend and now I just have to get started on his bedskirt (pictures to come).

We are still not sure if Addie Kate quit understands that she is getting a little brother. She knows where the baby's room is and what stuff is his, we just don't know if she really understands. Thankfully she loves babies, so hopefully he is no exception!

Here is a picture at week thirty five. I have now decided white might not be the most flattering maternity color (I wanted to have on the same shirt I did at week 25, oh well)!

Month of Firsts...

   February has been a month of firsts for Addie Kate.  She literally seems to be learning a new word every day!  Recently Addie Kate has been telling us when she has to go to potty or bringing us diapers if she has already gone.  I figured I needed to take advantage of this as an opportunity to start potty training ( I know that sounds crazy considering she is only 17 months old, but hey its worth a shot)!  So, we bought a potty chair and on Valentine's Day she used the potty for the first time.  We were so excited!!  She has used it several times since, but while we were out of town last week we kind of fell off the wagon.  Hopefully tomorrow we will start again!  

                                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                         

 Another first this month was Addie Kate's first snow!  While we were living in Arkansas we did have a bad ice storm, but this was her first real snow.  She wasn't quite sure about it at first but once she got used to it she loved it and would have played in it all day if we would have let her!!  

  This past week Addie Kate and I drove to Daphne all by ourselves (another first).  I was a little nervous, but she did really well!  We went to go see Aunt La La before she left for Greece for a year.  Gabe was on a ski trip with the youth group, so it was a perfect week for us to go! On the way to Daphne, we stopped in Montgomery to eat dinner and see Maw Maw (Gabe's grandmother) and Gabe's aunt and uncle.   Gabe's aunt cuts hair, so while we were there she gave Addie Kate her first hair cut.  I had really been putting this off because it has taken forever for her hair to grow and I hated the thought of cutting what little hair she had. However, it seemed the hair in the back was the only hair that was growing and it was starting to look a little bit like a mullet (I didn't get to take any pictures because I was feeding Addie Kate a grilled cheese while she was getting her hair cut, so I am waiting for Gabe's cousin to email me the pictures).  Her hair looks so much better now and hopefully it will all start to grow a little bit more evenly!  

We had a lot of fun visiting family!  We are so sad to see Aunt La La (Aunt La Lee as Addie Kate calls her) go and will miss her, but are so excited for her adventure in Greece and can't wait to hear all about it!  (This is us watching Olivia's softball tournament this weekend, it was freezing!!)

   

Sick Days

Addie Kate had her first stomach bug this weekend.  It started Friday night at dinner (luckily we were home) and lasted into Saturday morning (I will spare you any details)!  Saturday she didn't even want to play, she just wanted to be held. It was so sad seeing her sick and I am so glad to be chasing her around the house again today, even if these days it seems she is much faster than I am!  Even on sick days I count my blessings (throw-up, diarrhea and all)!       

  On another note, we finished painting the nursery and Addie Kate's room!  Two big things to check off on our to-do list before the little man arrives in ten weeks.  Cindy and Lauren (Gabe's mom and sister) came in town to help watch Addie Kate and help with the painting.  My to-do list still seems very long, however, we did buy the paint for their bathroom and I have all the material for the curtains in the nursery so hopefully this week that will be two more things to check off the list!! 

Week 25....

   Here I am at twenty five weeks (now I am twenty seven weeks).  It is hard to believe that in thirteen weeks I will be a mother of two!  I feel like we have so much to do to get ready for baby number two.  This week we are tackling painting the baby's room, Addie Kate's room, and their bathroom.  I will post some pictures when we finish (it could be a while).  Unfortunately Gabe will be gone for the next three weekends and two already in February.  

   The youth group is keeping us very busy, which is a good thing!  We are starting twelve months of service projects for 2010 and can't wait to get started!  This year is going to be busy, but good and I can't wait to see what God has in store! 

Polka Dot Christmas...

Not only did Addie Kate get a really cute polka dotted chair for Christmas, but on Christmas Eve she woke up covered from head to toe in hives.  (We took pictures, but none of them do justice to what she looked like). We ended up taking her to the doctor and he put her on steroids and benadryl and the hives were almost completely gone by Christmas morning.  The doctor told us the hives could have been caused from something she ate, laundry detergent, or from her being sick the week before.  Unfortunately there is no real way to tell what caused them unless they come back, so hopefully we never know!

   Besides that little set back, Christmas was so much fun this year.  We were in Alabama with Gabe's side of the family and Addie Kate kept us all very entertained.  She was a lot more into Christmas this year than she was last, it is crazy to think how much she has changed in just one year.  By this time next year she will be two and will have a little brother who is nine months old!  

IT'S A.....

It's a BOY!!  That's right we are having a little boy in April!  I am 23 weeks, which means only 17 more to go.  This pregnancy seems to be going by so fast!  Here is our first sneak peak at our little man and a picture of me on the way to the ultrasound (20 weeks).  

New Addition....

That's right, baby number 2 is on its way.  We are due on April 14, which means we are about halfway there!  We find out this week what the new baby will be.  We can't wait to start preparing for our new baby!