Making Progress

We've been making some progress around here.  I am now officially in week 37 and I have a check-up on Thursday.  I had John Michael at 37 1/2 weeks so it's always been my rule to have most things done by now.  Not so much this time!  The nursery isn't done and there seems like TONS of stuff still left to do!  Our washer is having issues so I'm having a hard time "nesting" right now since I can't do the usual 2-3 loads a day. 

I AM uncomfortable, miserable, tired, hot and all that but I am really trying hard not to complain about it because I know so many people would do anything to carry a baby full term.  We are blessed and I know it.  But, I would like for this baby to not take its sweet time.

We'll know more about baby's size next week when I have an ultrasound.  If you don't already know, Matthew was near 11 pounds so we're trying to get a size on this baby to see if I have to have a c-section or if I can have a regular birth.  If we can hang on until next week, I feel like we'll know what to tell our families about when to come and all that good stuff!

So, while I've been progressing right along, John Michael has been making some progress of his own!

 We've had issues with the new splash pad...my boys LOVE it and they want to go, but they don't want to get IN it.  It's so odd!

 

 Some friends let us know they were going last night so we thought it would be a good opportunity to have JM come out of his shell a little bit and see his friends running through the water!  It worked!!

 




 ***Matthew changed the font and we can't change it back, so now I have a different font.  Oh well.....moving on.  Anyway, I was glad Jordan was there to "help" JM into the water and make him see it is FUN!

 As you can see by the pictures, he finally got really wet and had a really good time!  He didn't want to leave!

 Smiles all around!  I hope he wants to get in next time we go!

As for Matthew, he generally just walks around the edge, randomly touches the water, and just hangs out! 

 He was in love with Jordan's water bottle and he had the best time playing with it!

 Matthew also likes to play with the little leaves and dirt around the splash pad.  I love my little roly poly!  He's so cute in his swim shorts!

It feels so odd to be so close to the end of a 3rd pregnancy.  The boys haven't had the best behavior as of late so it makes me a little worried about how in the world I'm going to handle 3 children.  I have to keep telling myself "I can do this, I can do this!" I hope they adjust well to a new little one!  Needless to say, it's going to be an interesting summer!

 

 

 

We Might Have A Problem!

We are doing a ton of baby-list crossing off around here lately!  Jordan has gotten some things out of the attic and we've been going through boxes of baby clothes and blankets!  It has definitely added to my huge never-ending pile of laundry to be done.

Jordan got the Graco baby seat out of the attic and Matthew keeps wanting to sit in it everytime we go into the garage!

It's so funny to see him in this seat now that he's so big and long.  I can't believe he used to be so tiny and fit right inside of it!

What a sweetie pie!

Our Safari!

I started working on this Safari post days ago, but alas, my blog lost it while I was still working on it.  That's highly frustrating considering I don't have a lot of time to blog lately!  Anyway, I started over and uploaded a few fun pictures to share.  We love our drive-thru Safari!  It's so fun to be close to something where the boys can really do and see things that are very different and fun too!

Just like last time, JM had to ride his camel and it ended up being the same one...Jewel the camel!  He still talks about her, so I was glad she was there for him to ride again!  So fun!

 

We love driving through and seeing so many cool animals up close and personal.  The zebras were all over the place that day!  They just hung out at our car for awhile!

The camels were also pretty interested in the cars that day, too!

Matthew wasn't afraid of too many of the animals at the petting zoo part.  JM was NOT having it with this donkey and neither was I.  I was pretty scared of most of the animals there, but I wanted to put on a brave face for the boys because I don't want them to be scared!

Even though JM wouldn't pose with the pig, he claims it was his "favorite" animal of the day.  He also kept talking about the baby "secrets" and we couldn't figure out what he was meaning...

he was talking about these precious baby PIGLETS!  Aren't they so cute!?  I loved them!

This peacock was hanging out in the kangaroo pen.  We stood there while she fanned her feathers out and it was just beautiful!  I'm so glad we got to see it. 

The boys also LOVED these baby monkeys.  They were pretty cute, I have to admit!

Matthew was into petting most of the animals, even this goat-thing.

They have some pretty big turtles that I think are cool because of all of the geometric shapes on their shells!

And of course, I can't get enough of those CURLS!  I love them and I love this sweet little guy.

We had a fun time and ate lunch at our favorite little pizza place, Pioneer Pizza in downtown Gentry.  It's super-close to the Safari, so we stop there when we go.  It's pretty darn good and they have the best sweet tea outside of Alabama, if I do say so myself.  I LOVE their tea!  I want some now!

After we ate a late lunch, we walked across the little downtown street to a local resale shop and found a few little pairs of shorts for the boys for like $1 and then I found a tiny little pair of white shoes for my "just in case it's a girl" coming home outfit!  It was a perfect Saturday with all my boys!

Catching Up

I have had no time to blog lately at all!  I'm usually so tired during naptime and then at night once we get done with everything and sit down, I'm too tired to blog then!  We've been having a great time this Spring and I've got the pictures to prove it!  This is what we've been up to:

We have a recent addition to our backyard!  We love our new swing set.  The boys have had a great time climbing, sliding, and swinging on it!

 

I have loved having something really fun outside to play with while I work on dinner or lunch inside!

John Michael is now done with his twice-a-week Mother's Day Out.  I'm sad and I know he is.  He loved going to school SO much and he loved his teachers too!  He ended up missing the very last day due to us being at the church storm shelter because of tornadoes until 1:00 am the night before. I hate he missed his last day, but we got in so late and I hated to wake him up and make him go so early!

On one of the last days they had a luau and he made this flower necklace just for me!  I love it! The boys really miss each other while JM is at school and on this day JM gave Matthew tons of hugs and kisses when he saw him!

So sweet!

My all grown up 3 year old!  He will officially be in preschool next year.

I happened upon the clearance aisle at Wal-Mart and came upon these Medela products.  I was SOO happy and I decided to get a really good Medela pump this time around.  I've never really had a good one so I was so excited to see that I got it on clearance!  Only a women in her 3rd trimester would be this excited about getting such great deals on Medela products.

Also, Jack likes to walk up the ladder (with our help!) and then slide down with the boys.  I need to get a good picture of him sliding down!  This is also the dog who likes to sled down our driveway with the boys!

John Michael found Jordan's shoes and walked around with them on.  It was really sweet!

My grandfather really wanted to get John Michael his first bike, so we got it for him and a matching little Lightning McQueen helmet.  He likes it and I know he'll eventually learn how to pedal on it!

Fun times on his new bike!

18 Months Already?!!

I can't believe my little Baby Matthew is already 18 months old!  It seems like so long ago that Matthew was little like this:

Matthew really was the sweetest, happiest baby and he was a great sleeper.  I can't believe that John Michael was Matthew's age now when Matthew was born:

I have been so blessed to be the Mama of two awesome boys!  They are so sweet, precious, and pretty darn cute!  I have loved so much about my life the last 3 years and these two are a big part of it.

So far, Matthew is pretty darn big.  We just know he's going to be big, tall, dark and handsome!  He still has his curly hair and it's looking more and more light brown every day.  Matthew looooves his "bubba" and he always is looking for John Michael around the house.  It warms my heart so much when they play alone together, or more recently, when they hold hands in their carseats.

Matthew can say SO many words.  I can't think of all of them right now.  Matthew loves:

-fruit, drinking water, and grain bars!

-playing in the bath, water table, or splashing in the sink. 

- to wash his hands and brush his teeth a lot!

-to give hugs and be hugged.  He pats my belly, kisses it, and says "baby"!

-He's a great sleeper, but I wish he would sleep in past 6 am.  We're working on it!

It has been so fun being the mom to this little guy! He's so sweet and snuggly, but I have to admit that he's pretty destructive a lot of the time, too!  He's all boy!

He still has his happy, sweet personality that I knew he had when he was born!

Happy 18 months Matthew!!!