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 Julia at 1 month

Julia at months

Needless to say, life with two kiddos is busy!  I barely get on the internet anymore so I'm not sure how this blog thing is going to work out.  I hope to post pictures sporadically though.  Unfortunately my phone won't upload pictures so that makes it much harder for me to do anything on the blog.  But here are some pictures though to hopfully give you a glimpse into our busy life!

Scramble time!

 Another project getting done before baby!  Pouring concrete for our driveway.  We aren't doing the whole driveway but up by the house and to the detached garage.   But boy what a mess!  I could easily make a sandbox with all of the sand and dirt that comes into our house!  Between the two boys and dog, it's incredible.  My goal was to have this done before baby comes. And thankfully it is!  I will post a picture soon of what it looks like.  Chad did the designing, and I must say he did a great job!  

In other news, AM I READY FOR ANOTHER BABY?????!!!!!

I don't really have a choice at this point, haha, but yes, I am ready!  I guess I should also ask, is Chad ready? and how about big brother Jack?  And most importantly, is ALLY ready??  Poor girl.  I know she take it like a champ.  I don't think she quite realizes though what an asset Jack is to her.  Hopefully that changes soon.  He likes to give her his left over food, he likes to throw things for her, and he knows how to scoop her food into the bowl (which means she gets an extra feeding some days).  However, she still follows Chad and I around.  Maybe as he gets a little bigger and more verbal towards her, she'll catch on! 

Busy July!!

 Everyone should take a nap with a bobcat!

 Learning how to ride a bike with Uncle Scott

 Jack practicing fishing in the living room

 The next day he got to go fishing for real!

Another project!

We are getting ready to pour concrete for our driveway and our walkway to the house!  

There is so much going on at our house right now.  We are pouring concrete up by the house to lessen the amount of sand and dirt coming into the house.  I am so excited for this!  I can't keep up with the amount of junk that comes in and so this will greatly help with that.  Plus it will be a nice spot for Jack to ride his bike! Chad is also pulling up the pavers so we can have a concrete walkway as well.  Then we will be extending our front step to make a mini front porch.  It will look so nice when it's done!  

In other news, baby is doing great! I continue to have my weekly exams which include an ultrasound and a nonstress test.  Last week the ultrasound tech measure her in at about 5lbs 15oz, which is quite big for her gestational age.  So I am still planning on her being a chunk!  I can tell that she is big as well because she can hit my rib cage and my hip at the same time when she stretches.  Jack never was able to do both at the same time.  And actually I don't think he ever pushed on my hip!  She is also a night owl which, to my knowledge, Jack was not.  I wake up a lot at night with her moving around.  But only 5 weeks left of this and then I can hold her!!! And also teach her how to sleep at night!

We're back!

 Dada's fan club

 My little tool man

 Guess who got Jack the helmet?

This is what happens when we don't get our way!

 Look mama! I got the door open all by myself!

 Gramma gave me my summer hair cut!

Life has been too busy lately!  Unfortunately there is just too much to write about at this point so for this post I am going to just post pics! 

It's a GIRL :)

We have a very photogenic girl on our hands!!  She posed nicely in eight 3D pictures, where as Jack only posed for 4, and with his hands over his face. We are so excited!  If you are interested, you can peek back at Jack's photos to compare.  Click on the left side "2010" and it will be in April.  And we actually found out the exact same day two years ago :)

So many things to be thankful for!!

 Easter Egg hunt turned into pulling the eggs off of the decorated tree :)

Celebrating Easter at the hospital

Well April has started out right!  My mother in law, Cheryl had open heart surgery right away this month, however, it went really really well!!  She is actually coming home today too!  My blood pressure this pregnancy has been really good, it was even 104/69 this morning (hasn't been that low since before Jack). I was worried that it would be bad again like it was with Jack, but so far so good! By 14 wks with Jack I was already on meds for it, and tomorrow I will be 20wks, so we are looking good!  Also, next Monday the 16th, we find out if we are having a boy or a girl!  And on top of all this, Jack has been picking up new words at an incredible rate.  He tries to mimic most words we say.  Now, not everyone will understand it, but it's still awesome to hear him talk.  Today he said his first two word sentence "No Ally".  hehe, I wonder where he heard that from.  :)

SpRiNg!

Jack is practicing with his wagon so he can haul his little brother or sister around!

Finally it's March!!

Yeah, I'm not a big fan of a leap day because that means there is one more day in Feb, which makes it one more day away from Spring!  And on this leap day we had a lot of snow.  I will admit that we had fun because we played outside.  However, it is such a tease to hear birds chirping and then look outside and see snow. 

I am now 14 weeks along and baby is the size of a lemon.  I am starting to get my energy back, which was much needed to keep up with Jack!!  I don't feel as sick, but I still have my food aversions.  I am totally ready for cravings! 

Jack just had his 18month check up last week.  He is now 23.3 lbs and is 32 inches tall.  He is currently wearing 18 month clothing.  It seems he fits exactly into what he should (according to the tags).

Now on to pictures!

 The snowy view from the kitchen

First snowmobile ride!

Just another week in February

 Jack is obsessed with all the "toys" in Dada's shop

 Jack enjoying a bath

Well the world knows about the pregnancy which is good because it is pretty impossible to hide it now, unless I wear sweatshirts everyday.  The baby is the size of a plum this week.  When I saw the picture of a plum I immediately wanted one.  Too bad it's not summer yet!  I haven't craved much yet and I have been more turned off by food than not.  I hope this ends soon.   


Yesterday I counted how many words Jack knows because only a few months ago he knew about 4.  Now it's up to 20!!  And each week the words he knows are becoming clearer as well. I'm so proud of him!  He is such a sweet and smart little man. 

Jack has a surprise!!!

Jack is going to be a big brother!!!!  He has been having such a hard time not blurting this out!  Haha, just kidding!  When I told him, he barely stopped playing.  Hopefully when baby comes, he will be more excited!   You can see Ally looks like a deer in headlights when I told her.  I am due September 1st.  This just happens to be a few days off of Jack's due date of September 3rd.   I will be able to wear all of my lovely maternity clothes again.  Oh joy :)  I don't really have an excuse now to get some new ones! 

Lately I have been feeling good.  I felt sick for a few weeks and that is why I didn't blog at all.  But now my energy is returning and I can eat again!  

Baby is about the size of a prune right now.  But it must be a big one because I am already showing!

Chad survived and enjoyed his first trip to Disney World!

 Funnel Cake!

 We stayed in the Love Bug building

 Captain Jack's attire

 The resort where we stayed

 My favorite ride: The Haunted Mansion

 My Prince Charming!

 Jack liked his hat (for about 30 seconds)

.....which means there most definitely be another trip in the future! Of course with the kids!  We had a blast!  Chad and I haven't been able to spend a lot of time with each other since Jack was born, so this was a nice getaway.  Even though we were surrounded by other people (a lot of other people) we could just focus on each other.  It was so much fun!  Definitely excited to go back with our kids someday!