Fun Birthday Weekend!

I had a great birthday weekend!  Got to spend time with my friend Lindsey having lunch and getting pedicures.  Then Justin and I got to spend an evening along while Jack got to hang out with his buddy Lila over at Chuck and Lindsey's.  I then had a small dinner at home on Sunday night. 

I have been starting to feel more tired now that I am in the last few weeks of this pregnacy, but am waiting paciently for our little one to arrive.  I am hoping that things continue to progress the way they are, slow but steady.  I am already dialatied 2 cm and my blood pressure is doing well.  I will be back at the Dr. next week but has warned me that it could happen at any time now.  I guess it's time to pack a bag!

Jack is doing really well and is singing more songs and copying more words. He is starting to use the word please more which is helping him say more two word phrases.  I have been trying to relax as much a possible during the day, but with my two year old that is a hard task to accomplish.  Luckly when Justin gets home from work he is able to run around with Jack and do a lot of the the things I can't do with him any more (like throwing him up in the air and playing up, up, up and away on the bed). 

I hope everyone has a great week and I will hopefully post again soon.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope everyone had a nice Valentine's Day.  We had a fun Valentine's Day weekend by going out and doing a little shopping and had a very nice lunch at Cheesecake Factory (brought home cheesecake for dessert :-).  Monday night we just had a quite dinner at home and relaxed (because Monday's always feel like they are the longest and most tiring day).  We have been getting ready for baby and Justin got the crib all built and we were lucky enough to receive a really nice crib mattress from our next door neighbors.  So at least this little girl will have a place to sleep when she comes home :-)

Dr. appointments are happening every week now and everything is looking good.  As long as my blood pressure remains in a normal range there will be no reason we would have to induce early.  I am hoping to get as close to the due date as possible.  I am already dilated at 1 cm which is what started to happen with Jack about the same time.  If I am luckily enough to have things go as they did the first time around I will be a very happy momma.

I am getting excited about the weekend (probably because it is my birthday on Saturday) but we have already had a busy week looking forward to some relaxing time with my friend Lindsey.  We are planning to go have lunch on Sat and get pedicures.  Then Justin and I are going to go out for a nice dinner.  I am also planning a little birthday dinner for myself on Sunday with our friends (all I need to do now is figure out what I want to cook).

With all the snow day's we had the past two weeks we have had a lot of therapy sessions we have had to make up.  We have already seen Jack's speech and developmental therapist twice this week and are scheduled to see his speech therapist again tomorrow.  We also are hosting and having playgroup at our house as well.  Friday looks quite and I know it will be here quickly which I am looking forward to. 

Everyone is finally all better and even the lingering coughs have gone away.  We have been enjoying the 70 degree weather that mother nature has brought our way and I am looking forward to spring arriving. 

Happy Friday!

I am so excited that today is Friday.  This week has been very long and I am ready for the warm weather that we are suppose to have tomorrow and Sunday.  Jack decided to sleep in until 9:30 this morning, which was the same time that our new member meet up playgroup started (lucky it was happening at our house)  It only ended up being us and two other mom's, but we had a fun time visiting and watching the kids play. 

Jack has been obsessed with the movie Cars and has wanted to watch it over and over and over again.  He even handed me the remote control today and said "Cars."  I did however get to use this movie obsession to my advantage.  I let him watch the previews that lead up to the movie, but he then had to go and take a bath before he got to start the movie.  I don't know why he has been so resistant to bath's but he has had to be forced cleaned the past few times (which isn't fun for either of us).  Today was the first time I put him in the bath that didn't lead to a full on melt down while I was bathing him.  He even stayed in the bath to play for about 20 minutes before wanting to get out.  He is now, of course, watching his movie since he did such a good job.  Hopefully he will start to enjoy his bath's again soon.

No real big plans this weekend except enjoying spending time a well family...finally.  Jack is finally feeling back to normal and I think I have finally gotten over this cold that has been hanging on the past month.  I hope that everyone has a great weekend and a wonderful Valentines Day on Monday!

Crazy Week!

Last week started off with Jack trying to recover from the flu and all his other ailments.  Then we had to deal with the winter storm from H**L. It probably wouldn't have been so bad had our hot water pipe not frozen (leaving us with only cold water from Tues. to Fri.) and if Justin could have stayed home from work and not had to drive on the icy roads (that since we never get this kind of weather they have no idea how to deal with).  We resorted back to the day's of Little house on the Prairie, boiling water so we could have a warm bath.  I have learned that it takes a lot of hot water to make a few inches of water in a tub warm and I have to say that I don't think I would have survived in Laura Inglis Wilder world for very long :-)  Thank goodness we had electricity and only had to deal with the rolling blackouts plaguing McKinney for a day.  We were some of the lucky ones that only lost power for 15 to 30 minutes every few hours.  I have friends who were without for several hours so I shouldn't complain.  Luckily by Friday our pipes had unfroze and I was able to take a nice "hot" shower :-)

Unfortunately Jack and I caught another little bug and he started feeling bad again towards the end of the week.  I was afraid his ear infection had comeback so we battled the icy/snowy roads and took him back to the Dr. on Saturday morning.  Luckily the Dr. said his ears looked fine, but we are going to go back in a few weeks for a follow up.  He is feeling better this week and we were actually able to get out of the house for a few hours on Sunday. 

On a happier note we have decided to put the furniture we have in our bedroom currently in the babies room and we are buying ourselves our very first bedroom set!!!  I am so excited!  It will be coming on the first of March :-)

I am hoping that Jack's recovery continues and we are able to get out and see some of our friends later this week.  He still has a cough that is getting less frequent with each passing day and he has been fever free now for two days.  We are expecting another winter storm tonight, but I am hoping that it won't be as bad as the last one.  I hope everyone is having a nice week and I hope to post again soon.  We had a computer malfunction which kept me from posting sooner, but I hope (fingers crossed) that rebooting the computer back to its original settings has fixed the problems.  Unfortunately we lost everything on the computer but its better than having to buy a new computer. 

Weekend with a sick toddler :-(

We have been stuck at home the past few days because Jack has been sick.  I took him to the Dr on Friday and we found out he had type B Flu, a double ear infection and the croup cough... Poor guy is finally starting to get back to normal.  Friday and Saturday were the worse two days and yesterday was when we started to see signs that he was starting to feeling better.  His appetite is slowly coming back and he is back to playing more and destroying the house :-)  Justin was Mr. Clean yesterday and spent a majority of the day disinfecting every service and toy he could, doing laundry, vacuuming and dusting.  I tried to help, but all Justin would let me do is sit and relax...I am very grateful to have such a helpful hubby, but was feeling guilty watching him work so hard.

Since all we have been doing is hanging out around the house and waiting for Jack to get better there isn't much to report other than hopefully we will be ready for a fun Super Bowl weekend (GO Green Bay!!!!)  Hope everyone has a great week and if you are expecting bad weather be careful!

33 weeks today!

I want to start by wishing my best friend Kristin a Happy Birthday Today!!! She is down in Florida and I hope they are having some nice weather for her to celebrate this great day.  I have finally gotten over the cold I had last week, but unfortunately I gave it to Jack :-(  He woke up yesterday with a cough and runny nose.  The Dr thinks it's just a cold so he will just have to work through it.  It hasn't slowed him down he is still playing and enjoying himself and I think I am more tired than he is.  This week is the first week I can actually say I am feeling more tired throughout the day and have noticed my growing belly.  Hard to believe that baby will be here before we know it.

Jack has really been talking more and more lately.  He has started to learn a few new songs such as twinkle twinkle little star and he will start to sing the Alphabet song with me (he only makes it through a few letters but its a start).  We have unfortunately missed out on his playgroup this morning, but the mom who was going to host, her child also is sick so I guess there is just a lot of sickness going around.  Hopefully by next week he will be up and running on all cylinders. 

I am excited the weekend is coming and I hope everyone enjoys the few new pictures I put up....I included a few baby bump pictures just for you Gwyn :-)  Miss you and hope baby Axel is doing well.

Hello Friday!

This week has been rough but is getting better.  I have been fighting a cold and it finally feels like it might be leaving me.  I just hope that all the precaution's I took keep Jack from coming down with the same thing...so far so good. 

Justin left this morning to go back to St. Louis to visit his friends and have a fun weekend to relax.  He is in desperate need of a little R&R after the last two weeks he had a work.  Jack and I are going to be spending the weekend together hanging out and playing,  mostly indoors because the weather is still pretty cold here.  Not as bad as it is up north, but for Texas I miss the 50 degree weather we are suppose to be having this time of year.  I am also going to enjoy the time I have to watch a few girl movies that Justin could live without seeing :-)

Jack has been doing really well lately.  He already had his developmental therapy this morning and he did great!  He is doing a great job with his matching skills and has improved greatly at imitation play.  He is also learning new words daily.  He has become quite the parrot and it really is the best thing to hear him walk around the house repeating words that he hears. Of course this means we have to really be careful what we say in front of him :-) He has also started to use a few phrases and is getting better at asking for the things he wants. 

I hope everyone has a great weekend!