Holy Moly, Spicy Guacamole

Sorry, that's one of Abbie's favorite phrases lately, thanks to Moose, I think it is.

It's been a while so I felt like maybe I need to blog. There is so much going on, yet so little at the same time. Wes and I are still living apart, and so far nothing has really opened up with our house or a job for me - but we are remaining hopefuly, or trying anyways! I have good days and then not so good days. Thankfully Wes is pretty wonderful and stays positive practically all the time. I've learned through this that I'm not a pessimist by any means, or an optimist, but a realist. It's so boring, I know. The good in all this is that Atlanta is close enough to where Wes and I can see each other every weekend. He comes home on Thursdays and stays through Sunday, then with the holidays coming up we'll be able to see each other more.

Abbie is doing great - we are working on potty training - she is not catching on as quickly as I had hoped, she freaks out sometimes when I ask her to go on the potty - and the whole #2 thing is challenging, because she is far from regular. I know, TMI, but I think that sort of contributes to the fear of it all for her. But now her babysitter is working with her and some of the other kids too, so I think that will help. I can't remember if I've shared her theory about the baby yet, but she says that she has a baby brother in her belly and I have a baby sister in mine. It's pretty cute!

I will be 17 weeks pregnant on Friday. I am really starting to pop out and I have started feeling little kicks, mostly at night. And next Friday we go for our big ultrasound! I have no predictions whatsoever on what we will have. I really truly just want a healthy baby more than anything. I am feeling good for the most part. I had a nasty stomach bug a couple weeks ago, which was awful. But other than that, I feel pretty normal. I eat a lot at breakfast and lunch but I don't have much of an appetite at dinner, which has worked pretty well because I haven't really had to cook much with Wes being gone during the week. Abbie and I just eat whatever is around and I don't worry about it too much. It is nice that she can just eat a pb&j and be totally happy!

We are getting family pics taken on Saturday with Sunday Grant! I'm very excited to have her do our pictures again, because I loved them last time! I will share those soon hopefully! And I'll try to have Wes take a belly pic of me to post too -

Until next time!

Introducing baby Laura!

Last weekend on our way back from Peachtree City we had the privilege of meeting my newest cousin, Laura Marion Lowe. Her Mom is my first cousin, Hillary. Hillary and I are 2 months apart in age and have always been really close. We got married a week apart, over 10 years ago! Laura is their first child, so we are very excited for Hill and Brandon! Laura was born on October 18th and she was teeny tiny but she is doing great and gaining weight now. What a sweetheart. Abbie and I so enjoyed getting to meet her....

12 weeks and some Abbie pics

I'm a few days late on this but somehow every night Facebook seems to suck me in and then I'm too tired to post. I had Wes take some pictures of me last weekend - the belly pics begin... I probably won't be posting these on FB so only here will you see them! I seriously can't believe how much I am poking out already. I promise you I was this big at like 16 weeks the first time around. It's funny how my body just seems to be like, oh yea, I remember this, let's go ahead and be round! Oh and I was trying to link up to the post I did in 2007 with my 12 week belly pic but I forget how to do that. But you can check it out on the sidebar. It's pretty funny how I posted my 13 week belly pic on November 4th and I will be 13 weeks this time on November 5th!

I could not resist getting this picture, saggy diaper and all. She was digging for her fishing pole here. We are working on potty training by the way, but if I push too hard she completely has a meltdown so I have to just go at her pace, I suppose!

This next one is for you, Mommom. Thank you for the gorgeous pea coat and hat! Despite the face, she really does love it!

And here is my sweet litte "Tink" last Saturday. This was about the best picture I got of her. And don't judge me on the shoes. I looked all over the place for something to match this costume with no luck, so it had to be white sandals with white tights. It made me cringe too, but other than that, I thought she was pretty darn cute!

90 mph...or maybe not

Lately I feel like we are going 90 mph around here...or not. So many things are happening, and all at once. Wes just got promoted, we are moving to Georgia, and we are expecting a baby in May! Yes, another May baby! So we are facing a lot of changes over the next few months. Some I am totally thrilled about, and others I could live without. I know all of this is happening for a reason though, and I have Hope that it will all work out as it's supposed to.

So those are the reasons I feel like we are going about 90 mph around here these days. The reason I don't feel that way is some days I don't really think I have the energy to get out of bed. Thankfully the fatigue from this pregnancy has drastically subsided, but there for a while I felt like life was moving in slow motion! I was sleeping in my car on my lunch break, closing my eyes for a minute or two at my desk, or just laying on Abbie's bedroom floor while she played hop scotch over me or some other crazy game. I imagine a toddler jumping on your stomach over and over won't hurt your unborn baby? I really hope not. I do try to limit this as much as I can but it seems that the day I got pregnant she started using me as a trampoline! We told Abbie the other day I was going to have another baby. She thinks it's a boy. We'll find out December 15th if her prediction is true!

So back to the promotion and move. First of all, I am so incredibly proud of Wes. He has worked so hard and truly deserves this! He is under a lot of stress since taking this new job and I hate to see him like this, but he's only in the second week and I'm sure it will get better. It's a big step for him in his career - he's going from being an outside sales person to managing 8 outside sales people himself! I know he will be a great manager!

As far as the move goes, we are still in the preliminary stages and there is a lot to figure out. We are trying to rent our house because we are pretty sure we won't be able to sell it. And I still have to work everything out with my job. I don't have any guarantees at this point that I will stay with Eaton, which is ok, but I'd like to of course if I can. Then there's childcare. This is by far the most important to me. I truly pray that we can find someone as good as the sitter we have now for Abbie. She has been such a blessing to us!

Well that made me tired just typing all of this. It is 8:15 on Saturday evening and I am spent! I'll try to do a better job at keeping the blog updated. I don't want to lose sight of this precious child inside of me with all of this other stuff going on. We truly are ecstatic and I can say in all honesty that I really did not expect this pregnancy to be a healthy one in the beginning. So far we've had nothing but good reports and I am so thankful.

Just a few pics...

I promise to do a better update soon!

28 Months!

We are almost halfway to 3, folks! It's hard to believe!

Abbie continues to light up our lives in ways we never imagined, with a few tests of our patience thrown in every now and then!

We are still having gorgeous weather here so we've been trying to enjoy it before it starts getting cold again. I've been running a lot more and I'm really enjoying it again, and Wes has been mountain biking a lot, as always. We've also got a bike trailer now that one of Wes's customers gave him for free, so we've been taking Abbie out in it too! She is good as long as she's got her juice, snacks, and her paci!

We are headed to Hilton Head on Friday and are so excited! I can't wait to see Abbie at the beach. She hasn't been yet this year and I know she is going to love it!

Before I put it off any longer, I've got to update this blog. So the first and foremost thing on my mind is sleep. And the lack of it. Yep folks, my child has regressed to a pattern of waking at night again, usually right at 1:30 am on the nose, and some nights staying awake for an hour or more. What???!! I thought, naively I suppose, that I would never be doing a post on sleep, at least Abbie's sleep, again! I am pretty positive she is waking up because she is scared, because she's always telling me when I go in there that there are alligators, or bears, or some sort of animal like that in her bed. So letting her cry it out just doesn't work this time in my opinion, until or unless I get to the point where I think she is pulling my chain. But for now, I don't have it in me. So I go in there and sit in the recliner in her room while she goes back to sleep. Sometimes it only takes once, other times it might take two or three times. But I'm praying this is just a phase, oh someone please tell me it's just a phase, and if anyone out there has advice for what I can do to help this be over soon, please let me know!

My Dad and Eileen have been visiting us this weekend and we've had a great time with them, along with some absolutely gorgeous fall-like weather! I'll post more pics later, but here are a few from yesterday when she was helping Dad plant some flowers.