Third Trimester!

I have officially hit the third trimester (28 weeks) and am feeling pretty good overall. I definitely feel huge - especially when I look at pictures of myself from this pregnancy vs with Kelsey. Kelsey has suddenly decided she has a baby in her tummy which is pretty cute. She likes to talk about it a lot now. For her birthday she received a Big Sister book which has become one of her favorites. Hopefully she'll enjoy being a big sister as much as she enjoys reading about it!


Currently at 28 weeks


With Kelsey at 29 weeks

Trip to Oregon

This past week Mommy and I headed down to Oregon to visit Nana and Papa to celebrate all of our birthdays. It was GREAT fun! I had a blast and completely wore myself out!


SUPER excited about my new tent!


Playing in my tent with Papa


Serving tea from my new Curious George tea set


Playing dress up


Driving the ship at the Salem Children's Museum


Nana with me in a very big girl chair!

I'm TWO!

I am a big girl now! I am two years old today! I sure had a fun weekend celebrating! Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes and gifts!


On Friday I got this great bunch of balloons and teddy bear from Grandma and Grandpa!


Then I got to help Mommy frost my cupcakes and lick the knife!


Getting ready to blow out my candle


Mmmmmmmm....frosting!


Opening my presents with all my friends helping


Testing out a couple of my new gifts


Today was also my friend Matt's birthday so we went over to celebrate with him. We got to lick some of the frosting off the cake before it was cut :) Yum!!


Great Grandma Simon sent me a cool backpack and books for my birthday - as you can see I had a good time opening them!

Toddlerisms

Kelsey is quickly nearing 2 and as she does she seems to be gaining those typical toddler traits. She wants to be very independent and loves trying to dress herself - even if she's not always successful. She also has a strong opinion on what she does and does not want to wear. Her language and object recognition is growing so quickly its amazing. It seems like just last month she was only using one word to describe things and now she's using complete sentences. Her favorite sayings? "I got it" and "I do it" :) It'll be interesting to see how much more she advances in the upcoming months...


Here is her usual "cheese" face that she now makes for the camera


Attempting to put on a shirt. She was determined to get it on by pulling it up from her legs instead of over her head.


Yes - we actually went out in public like this. She did NOT want to take off her swimsuit! :)

Its A Girl!

Its official - Chuck is completely outnumbered now :) Today we had our 20 week ultrasound where we found out we're having another girl! We were both glad to find out that everything looked good and she's growing normally. We'll keep everyone posted once we decide on names.


Profile


The arrow is pointing to her girl parts (how they can tell still baffles me)


Facial view


The hospital now has a 4D ultrasound so you can get a clearer view of what the baby actually looks like. But our little one kept her hands in front of her face so they couldn't get a good shot of her face.


Me currently at 20 weeks


For reference - here is me at 20 weeks with Kelsey - I'm SLIGHTLY bigger this time around ;)

Yes We Can!

This has been a historic day for America and for me! I watched our first African American president get inaugurated into office today. What an exciting time!


Watching the ceremonies


Barack Obama being sworn in



"Rosa sat so Martin could walk; Martin walked so Obama could run; Obama is running so our children can fly."

Christmas Celebration

This was quite a Christmas this year. We had over a foot of snow for the week leading up to Christmas so we unfortunately missed out on our usual family celebrations with Nana's side and Daddy's side. Thankfully Nana and Papa made the trek up on the only clear day and were able to celebrate Christmas with us at our house. It was lots of fun - even though we were snowed in!


The stockings were hung by the chimney with care


O' Christmas Tree


Frosty The Snowman


What we woke up to Christmas morning...more snow!




Carrying around "baby"...by far the favorite present of the season


Watching Curious George with baby


My new blocks are another favorite gift. Thanks Great Grandpa Stacey!


My new kitchen from Grandma and Papa is a ton of fun too! I love baking cookies!

Merry Christmas!

Wishing you and yours a very merry Christmas!

Let It Snow!

Whoo hoo! Snow!


Learning about snowballs


It's too cold....I'm outta here!

#2

Here he/she is! Making their internet debut! Our newest addition's first baby picture. Everyone is doing well and very excited to watch this little one grow!


(Head on the left, bum on the right, hands on top and bottom)