Engagement Party

Happy Engagement to our friends, Chanel and Dave!!

We wish you a lifetime of happiness and are so excited to see your future as Mr. and Mrs. begin together!! It was so fun celebrating with all the people who love you guys!

(And funny story. I forgot my ID so they almost didn't let me into the party until I spoke with a manager because it was in a bar area. Like, seriously, people?! Clearly, I look like I'm over 21 and, CLEARLY, am hugely pregnant and will not be drinking. Haha. )

PS- Just look at this cute silly little pumpkin!!

  

PSS- Experiencing things with your child and watching the world through their eyes, even when it's simple things like catching rain drops, is the most incredible and happy feeling in the world! 

Fun Weekend.

Nana and Granddad were in town again for a visit to celebrate Avani's and Addison's birthdays.
It was a fun weekend!!

 

    

Crazy to think that next year our family will have another little pumpkin! 

A Good Piece of Trash.

we said goodbye to one of my favorite pieces of trash... it's funny to think about being sentimental over a piece of trash. i saw an old wooden dresser on the side of the road one day and made tony pull over and load it in the back of the car. we had a lot of fun working on this together and used it for quite a few years. this picture was taken a long time ago.. lately, it had morphed into a "tv console" full of blocks, books, puzzles, and other toys... and was E's favorite piece of furniture to climb on. i listed it for only $40 and immediately had 8 people in line who wanted to buy it. i'd say that pulling over that day for this piece of trash was well worth it .

Belly. 25 Weeks.

Hey, belly. Hey, baby.

You're really popping out these days. 

Why have I been so bad at taking belly pictures this pregnancy??
Maybe one reason is because I'm constantly going all day chasing a toddler and when I think about it, it's as I'm going to bed and in my bathrobe?! Haha! 
I know I'm going to want to have these pictures to remember these days you were in my belly.
I'm pretty excited for you to be here on the outside with our family though.

I do appreciate my body so much during pregnancy. 
It's amazing how much it can change and grow all to support and grow another human life. 

Love you, Little Guy. xoxo

These are the days.

I took this picture last week and it's become one of my favorite pictures, always making me smile when I see it on my phone. I know there will come a day when the toddler years are behind us and I think back and have memories of it sometimes being difficult; after all, it's the phase of independence, some fits being thrown, potty training, some picky eating going on, and messes. I know I won't remember all the exact moments... but I never want to forget some of the little things about these days: The way his little voice says "mommy" and how his little hands feel when they wrap around my neck for a hug or when he tickles me. The weird/funny obsession with wearing socks on his hands and stacking hats on his head. The way he says "you're welcome" instead of "thank you" and we can't figure out how to explain to him that he has it backwards. Or how he sometimes says "Diddy" but a lot of the time he refers to his dad as "Tony" and thinks it's funny. How much he loves looking at the moon each night and throws up a high-five for it then says, "goodnight moon". The excitement of knowing his letters, numbers, animal sounds and how he yells "hooray" when we sing 'If You're Happy and You Know It'. How much he loves our gentle dog Molly and wants so badly for her to be a pony for him to ride. It's all these little unique things, his big belly laugh while he throws his head back, and so much more that make being a mom the best thing I've ever done. Honestly, I love watching him grow and even though some days are really long.... some days, I look at my kid, sitting on the bed while I sort laundry, wearing socks on his hands and his (too small) beach hat on his head, and can't help but pause, laugh a little at how crazy my child is, and thank God for this adventure!

Side note: We were watching America's Funniest Home Videos the other evening and this kid isn't even 2 years old yet and you would not believe how hard he was dying laughing at watching that show, and especially the segments where people fall. Seriously, we took video and it's the funniest thing ever--- I don't think we've laughed that hard in a really long time! 

Buddies.

I love how much you love your Grandmom. 

And how much she loves you.

You two are such buddies and so happy and silly together!!

Two peas in a pod!

Pregnant and Sick.

Almost 24 weeks pregnant vs. in bed since Sunday with either the flu or a really nasty virus. Thankfully, I have medicine to help me keep down fluids and the fever controlled to protect the little one... but man, oh, man, I feel absolutely terrrrrrrrible!! Half the time I spend in bed trying to sleep this off and half the time I spend just laying on the bathroom floor, cuddled up in blankets, with my head on a pillow listening to the shower run. It's funny how this tiny little bathroom is one of the most relaxing places on earth for me!

Every 8 hours I take medicine that lowers my fever and makes the nausea go away and for about 2 hours I feel like a ravenous pregnant woman who hasn't eaten in days and THERE ARE SO MANY PICTURES OF FOOD ON FACEBOOK... So I sip water and eat ice chips dreaming of tacos. And then the medicine wears off before the time when I'm able to take more and I can barely stand the thought of food and THERE ARE STILL SO MANY PICTURES OF FOOD ON FACEBOOK!! Hahaha! 

Ps- Thanks to the best husband for being superman. Yesterday he took me to the dr., cared for a toddler with a fever, and cleaned up dog puke in the house and gave the 2 dogs baths after they had an ornery day in the yard. And BIG thanks to my mom who came and helped today!

I got out of the shower and sent Tony a text with this picture that said, "I feel as good as I look-- REALLY AWFUL" ... and it all went downhill from there and I've been so sick since.