This morning I had the day off!!! My friend Jessi, who is also pregnant, had a shower in Iowa City. So I left our house around 8:30am and didn't get home until 2pm!! Of course I had to stop at the Coralville Mall on the way home :) It was a great morning and a great break from my mommy job!
There is not much that is going on that is new here. I wish I had a lot of great stuff to write about but I just don't and that's the reason why I don't post very often. The girls are doing great and growing and growing. They have such opposite personalities. Right now Kev and I are going through some trying times with Peyton. She had become a very disobedient and vocal little girl. Reagan was so sensitive at Peyton's age that all I had to do was look at her angrily and she would breakdown. Peyton is NOT like that! She will test and push and push and test and still do what I'm telling her not too! She must be like her daddy.........
Reagan, on the other hand, is into telling me "I don't think so" or "I don't want to"or my favorite "in a minute". Where does she hear these things?? Sometimes it's hard not to laugh at some of the things she says. Just the other day I told her I had to go to the bathroom and her response was "oh boy". :) These ages are so challenging in knowing how to discipline, but yet so rewarding when they tell you "thank you" when you didn't tell them too or they come running and just hug you.
It will be so interesting to see what kind of personality Lincoln has and what he will add to our very entertaining mix. I am so excited for the day we will be bringing him home. I am already SOOO uncomfortable and I have 2 1/2 months left. Once again this pregnancy is so different then the other two. I was never this uncomfortable with the girls. Something on my body is always hurting, aching, or just too big! May cannot come soon enough!
I have to be honest........I don't enjoy being pregnant. I LOVE the outcome but the whole process is not very enjoyable to me. It will be so nice to not be pregnant again :) I am so grateful though that the Lord has blessed us with these children. It is not easy and I have totally lost my body (I don't even remember what it used to look like) but it is all temporary and God has a reason for it! Thank you Lord!!!
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
I LOVE the rain!
I officially have Spring "fever"! This nice weather we are having is getting me in the mood for sweatshirts not winter coats. Today it is raining out.......I LOVE IT!!! Peyton is down for a nap and Reagan and I are cuddling on the couch watching "Elmo's Street" (her words) and she is giving hugs to the baby (my belly). She is such a little lover and a little mommy. :) She will definitely be a great helper when LINCOLN DAVID shows up. Yep.....that is the name we have picked and I absolutely love it. That is part of the other reason I have Spring fever.... I can't wait to meet this little boy who kicks me constantly and makes me so uncomfortable :)
Kev and I finally got down to business and we rearranged our house to make room for Lincoln. We moved his office from the front room in the house to the basement. Then we moved our bedroom to the front room and finally made our old room Lincoln's room. Yesterday we set up the crib for him, brought the dresser in from the garage, and moved the rocking chair from Peyton's room to his room. Peyton never used the rocking chair.....she hated being rocked as a baby. She wanted to be left alone in her crib with her own space. :) I love that about her. All I have to do is just put her in her crib and she is good to go, no crying or anything.
I forgot to mention the reasoning behind all this rearranging. Well, Reagan is definitely not ready for a roommate. Every time we are at my parents she sleeps in the bedroom with one of us. At around 2:30am or so she wakes up and realizes that someone is in there with her. She then starts to talk to you, poke you in the face, or lay on you......pretty much whatever she can do to wake you up. Oh, and she still sporadically cries throughout the night. So having Peyton in there would be a DISASTER!!! The other reason is that Peyton is a light sleeper so Reagan's crying has been known to wake her up in their own, separate rooms. Can you imagine them sharing a room? Not only would I not get any sleep with the new baby, but I would be getting up double the amount dealing with them. So drastic measures had to be taken :)
The other exciting news is that my cousin Chelsey called and told me she wanted to throw me a baby shower. I was so excited because #1 You usually don't get a shower for the 3rd baby and #2 I want so many things for this little guy that I couldn't possibly afford it :) It was a total answer to prayer and I am truly grateful for her!
Well, that is my news for now. I'm off to bake some chocolate chip cookies on this rainy day. Doesn't that sound perfect??? :)
Kev and I finally got down to business and we rearranged our house to make room for Lincoln. We moved his office from the front room in the house to the basement. Then we moved our bedroom to the front room and finally made our old room Lincoln's room. Yesterday we set up the crib for him, brought the dresser in from the garage, and moved the rocking chair from Peyton's room to his room. Peyton never used the rocking chair.....she hated being rocked as a baby. She wanted to be left alone in her crib with her own space. :) I love that about her. All I have to do is just put her in her crib and she is good to go, no crying or anything.
I forgot to mention the reasoning behind all this rearranging. Well, Reagan is definitely not ready for a roommate. Every time we are at my parents she sleeps in the bedroom with one of us. At around 2:30am or so she wakes up and realizes that someone is in there with her. She then starts to talk to you, poke you in the face, or lay on you......pretty much whatever she can do to wake you up. Oh, and she still sporadically cries throughout the night. So having Peyton in there would be a DISASTER!!! The other reason is that Peyton is a light sleeper so Reagan's crying has been known to wake her up in their own, separate rooms. Can you imagine them sharing a room? Not only would I not get any sleep with the new baby, but I would be getting up double the amount dealing with them. So drastic measures had to be taken :)
The other exciting news is that my cousin Chelsey called and told me she wanted to throw me a baby shower. I was so excited because #1 You usually don't get a shower for the 3rd baby and #2 I want so many things for this little guy that I couldn't possibly afford it :) It was a total answer to prayer and I am truly grateful for her!
Well, that is my news for now. I'm off to bake some chocolate chip cookies on this rainy day. Doesn't that sound perfect??? :)
Monday, February 2, 2009
Man, am I tired!!
I don't know what is going on with me but I'm always soooo tired. I'm not even in my 3rd trimester yet! This is "supposed" to be the time where I have tons of energy and should be loving life..............not happening that way right now :) I feel like a lazy mom because I'm so tired that I can barely get on the floor with my kids. (I want to lay my head down and nap right there!) Anyways, I hope this is going to last for a couple of days and then I'll get all the energy I've been hearing about :)
I am officially 24 weeks along now. This little guy is moving all the time and giving me some really strong kicks. Reagan was sitting on my shoulders with her legs on my belly the other day and this little guy was kicking so hard that her foot was going up and down! It was so much fun to watch. I'm really enjoying my last few months with my girls alone. It will be chaos again for awhile when the new baby comes.
I feel like this blog is not making sense and just running together. I'm just too tired to make sense I guess. :) Hopefully next time I'll do a better job. Stay tuned for the announcement of this little guys name :)
I am officially 24 weeks along now. This little guy is moving all the time and giving me some really strong kicks. Reagan was sitting on my shoulders with her legs on my belly the other day and this little guy was kicking so hard that her foot was going up and down! It was so much fun to watch. I'm really enjoying my last few months with my girls alone. It will be chaos again for awhile when the new baby comes.
I feel like this blog is not making sense and just running together. I'm just too tired to make sense I guess. :) Hopefully next time I'll do a better job. Stay tuned for the announcement of this little guys name :)
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
It's been a long time.....
Wow...I haven't posted forever!!! Well things have settled down now that it's January. We have had A LOT of snow so far and FREEZING temps. Not a good combination to go and do things. The girls and I have spent most of the winter indoors so far. We are definitely going stir crazy and can't wait for Spring!!
Today has been a great day so far. This morning two of my closest friends drove from Waterloo to Belle Plaine to come play with us! It was such a blessing having them here and taking the time to drive here! Thanks girls!! The kids played great together and then we had pizza, which was delicious for all!!!
I did get a phone call from Kevin a little while ago telling me he was in a car accident with an older lady. He hurt his back and then given a ticket because he was in a no parking zone, which apparently you couldn't see because of all the snow!!! The little old lady wasn't given any tickets at all! Sometimes things just aren't fair! Anyways, that is the only bad news we have had in a while so I can't complain too much!
I am now 23 weeks pregnant and I feel HUGE!! I look like a 8 month pregnant woman. Not cool. Everything is going good so far with this pregnancy. He moves like crazy and already is kicking me hard! I'm a little stressed because we don't have the funds right now to buy the little guy anything, so I am entrusting God to provide (I know He will do it!! ). I cannot believe it's 4 months away!! The time flies when you already have 2 little ones!! :)
I hope you all are having a great January so far and hopefully I'll post more often!!!
Today has been a great day so far. This morning two of my closest friends drove from Waterloo to Belle Plaine to come play with us! It was such a blessing having them here and taking the time to drive here! Thanks girls!! The kids played great together and then we had pizza, which was delicious for all!!!
I did get a phone call from Kevin a little while ago telling me he was in a car accident with an older lady. He hurt his back and then given a ticket because he was in a no parking zone, which apparently you couldn't see because of all the snow!!! The little old lady wasn't given any tickets at all! Sometimes things just aren't fair! Anyways, that is the only bad news we have had in a while so I can't complain too much!
I am now 23 weeks pregnant and I feel HUGE!! I look like a 8 month pregnant woman. Not cool. Everything is going good so far with this pregnancy. He moves like crazy and already is kicking me hard! I'm a little stressed because we don't have the funds right now to buy the little guy anything, so I am entrusting God to provide (I know He will do it!! ). I cannot believe it's 4 months away!! The time flies when you already have 2 little ones!! :)
I hope you all are having a great January so far and hopefully I'll post more often!!!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Christmas is OVER!!!
Wow!! What a busy week. Where should I start?? Last Tuesday was the start of a very exciting week. I had my 20 week appt. (even though I was 18 weeks). It was the BIG gender ultrasound. I invited my cousin Chelsey to come along because Kev had to work and watch the girls. When we showed up I started drinking orange juice just to get the baby moving so we could see "the parts" :) We had to wait for 45 mins after my scheduled time because they were backed up. I guess everyone wanted a doctors appt. before the holidays.
I really believed in my heart that it was a boy but in my head I felt it was a girl. This pregnancy was SOOOOOO different from the girls' that I knew it had to be a boy........but Kev was always saying he could only produce girls :) So....the time came when the ultrasound tech checked out the privates. I told her I wanted to find a boy part (I was more descriptive) and she said that she would do her best. Sure enough she did a great job and the boy part was in full view. There is NO DOUBT that its a boy. He definitely wanted to show off "the goods"! Chels and I cheered and gave high fives because we were so excited! Then, for the next 1/2 hour, I was in shock calling all our family to let them know. The Lord knew the desire of my heart and blessed us with our boy!! Now we feel we can OFFICIALLY close this chapter of our lives and just enjoy our children. We have two girls and a boy now! I still can't believe it! The Lord is SOOOOO good!! Now to find boy stuff!! :)
That started the exciting week of Christmas presents and travel. Weds we spent in Waterloo at my parents and then that night at Grandma Tink's. I haven't been there for a while so it was nice to see my family I haven't seen for a while. Christmas morning was spent in the van driving up to Lake Mills. Once we got there the cousins got together and had a fun filled day of just running around and being kids! The girls got so many presents between the two families that we had to clear out a couple bins of toys just to make room for the new stuff!! They had such a great time with family.
Friday the girls went home with my parents and Kev and I were kid less for the weekend!!! It is our 4th anniversary on the 31st and I got tickets to the Vikings game for us! We went to a couple of movies and ate ALOT!!! It was so enjoyable just being together ALONE! The game was GREAT and Kev was super happy that we spent our anniversary in his "world". We drove home and I stayed the night at my parents (Peyton was already sleeping when we got there). The girls and I finally drove home Monday morning and spent most of the day unpacking and washing clothes.
It was a great week with family, but I'm so very happy to be back home! Thanks to all my family that helped us out this last week. We really appreciate everything you do!! Love you all!
I really believed in my heart that it was a boy but in my head I felt it was a girl. This pregnancy was SOOOOOO different from the girls' that I knew it had to be a boy........but Kev was always saying he could only produce girls :) So....the time came when the ultrasound tech checked out the privates. I told her I wanted to find a boy part (I was more descriptive) and she said that she would do her best. Sure enough she did a great job and the boy part was in full view. There is NO DOUBT that its a boy. He definitely wanted to show off "the goods"! Chels and I cheered and gave high fives because we were so excited! Then, for the next 1/2 hour, I was in shock calling all our family to let them know. The Lord knew the desire of my heart and blessed us with our boy!! Now we feel we can OFFICIALLY close this chapter of our lives and just enjoy our children. We have two girls and a boy now! I still can't believe it! The Lord is SOOOOO good!! Now to find boy stuff!! :)
That started the exciting week of Christmas presents and travel. Weds we spent in Waterloo at my parents and then that night at Grandma Tink's. I haven't been there for a while so it was nice to see my family I haven't seen for a while. Christmas morning was spent in the van driving up to Lake Mills. Once we got there the cousins got together and had a fun filled day of just running around and being kids! The girls got so many presents between the two families that we had to clear out a couple bins of toys just to make room for the new stuff!! They had such a great time with family.
Friday the girls went home with my parents and Kev and I were kid less for the weekend!!! It is our 4th anniversary on the 31st and I got tickets to the Vikings game for us! We went to a couple of movies and ate ALOT!!! It was so enjoyable just being together ALONE! The game was GREAT and Kev was super happy that we spent our anniversary in his "world". We drove home and I stayed the night at my parents (Peyton was already sleeping when we got there). The girls and I finally drove home Monday morning and spent most of the day unpacking and washing clothes.
It was a great week with family, but I'm so very happy to be back home! Thanks to all my family that helped us out this last week. We really appreciate everything you do!! Love you all!
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Sleep
I am having the most frustrating time with Reagan. She hates to sleep!!! The worst part is that she is waking up 2 or 3 times during the night crying. She doesn't seem scared or anything, just mad because she is uncomfortable or her blanket fell off or just because. Peyton is the total opposite of Reagan in that department. She is absolutely the best sleeper ever!!! You never have to worry about her. She needs to be to bed by 6-7pm and will sleep till 7:30am. She can not handle being off her schedule at all!!! She is a mess if she doesn't get her required amount of sleep!
Anyways......will I ever sleep again? I really thought by the time Reagan was 2 she would have no problem sleeping........I was VERY wrong. I know I have at least 5 more months till the baby comes but I'm kinda in panic mode. Peyton is suppose to move into Reagan's room but that can't happen until Reagan can sleep through the night. I know God has a plan but that room is the only option we have when you have a 3 bedroom house!!! I'm just venting because I'm exhausted and I can't see an end in sight! Especially when there is a new baby coming into the mix. That is a guaranteed no sleep zone until he/she is 4 months or so. So my question is.....will I ever get a full, uninterrupted night of sleep again??? I know in my head I will, but my body is telling me no :)
On a happier note, I have been feeling the baby A LOT today. It has decided to kick me very hard multiple times today!! It is nice to know that everything is going good in there. I REALLY enjoy feeling the baby move! It is 6 days until the ultrasound! Then I can blog a him or her! I'm so excited!! Well I hope you have a Merry Christmas!!! I will be MIA for the next couple of weeks because of all the Christmas' we are going to!! Hopefully the weather holds up! Talk to you all later!
Anyways......will I ever sleep again? I really thought by the time Reagan was 2 she would have no problem sleeping........I was VERY wrong. I know I have at least 5 more months till the baby comes but I'm kinda in panic mode. Peyton is suppose to move into Reagan's room but that can't happen until Reagan can sleep through the night. I know God has a plan but that room is the only option we have when you have a 3 bedroom house!!! I'm just venting because I'm exhausted and I can't see an end in sight! Especially when there is a new baby coming into the mix. That is a guaranteed no sleep zone until he/she is 4 months or so. So my question is.....will I ever get a full, uninterrupted night of sleep again??? I know in my head I will, but my body is telling me no :)
On a happier note, I have been feeling the baby A LOT today. It has decided to kick me very hard multiple times today!! It is nice to know that everything is going good in there. I REALLY enjoy feeling the baby move! It is 6 days until the ultrasound! Then I can blog a him or her! I'm so excited!! Well I hope you have a Merry Christmas!!! I will be MIA for the next couple of weeks because of all the Christmas' we are going to!! Hopefully the weather holds up! Talk to you all later!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Oh Christmas
This month has already been a busy one. Every weekend we have something going on which forces us to travel. That's what happens when you live in a small town :) This weekend we have Kev's business party in Des Moines on Friday night. We then will drive to Waterloo that night so we can be back for a breakfast party at a friends house by 10am on Sat. Saturday night I have nursery at church (don't I get enough kid time during the day :) Then Sunday will just be a day at Grandpa and Grandma's house. Then starts another week. Followed by 2 family Christmas'. Then "real" Christmas comes and then our anniversary weekend in Minn. All the sudden it will be January!!! But before the "real" Christmas I will be having an ultrasound to find out what this little bean is. 13 days and counting!! I'm so EXCITED!! Everyone needs to think blue!!
I love Christmas music!! I have it playing almost constantly in my house. 1st, because I like it. 2nd, because the girls LOVE to dance to it!! Peyton is becoming one of the best dancers. She can dance sitting or standing! A very talented child! Reagan is a hip shaker....I have NO IDEA where she got that!
We are definitely enjoying the holiday season! We hope all of you are too and I'm sure we will see many of you soon!!
I love Christmas music!! I have it playing almost constantly in my house. 1st, because I like it. 2nd, because the girls LOVE to dance to it!! Peyton is becoming one of the best dancers. She can dance sitting or standing! A very talented child! Reagan is a hip shaker....I have NO IDEA where she got that!
We are definitely enjoying the holiday season! We hope all of you are too and I'm sure we will see many of you soon!!
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