Preggo Shots

Week 27 with Olivia

 Week 26 with baby #2

Well, well, well we ONLY have 25 days until we find out what this wiggly little baby is inside of me. I'm not sure if I'll get any sleep on Christmas Eve. This pregnancy was so very different up to week 16. From then until now it has been much the same as with Olivia (other than the baby moves ALL the time which Olivia did not do). But looking at these pictures makes me think there's a little brother in there. Hays and I were comparing the pictures last night and both said at the same time wow! the belly is so much higher this time. I'm sure God is up there laughing at us right now, chuckling at all of our theories on why it's a girl or boy.



Look who turned 3!!!

Wil Franklin turned 3!!! I can't believe it, I remember the day he was born like it was yesterday. What a blessing he is to our family and what joy he has brought to our lives. We love you, Wil Franklin!!!

So.Very.Blessed.

We have so much to be thankful for not only on this holiday but all year long. Just a few things that I am most thankful for:
*Jesus, He died for my sins so that I (a very sinful human) could have eternal life. So grateful that I have heaven to look forward to one day.
*Hays-he is such a blessing to me every day. Thankful for his support and what an awesome daddy he is to our little girl.
*Our very active 22 month old that brings us laughter and joy to our lives nonstop.
*This very wiggly baby inside me.
*Our church, for the people that have been placed there to help guide and direct us in raising our children.
*Family-some may be near and some may be far but they are all very close to my heart. Life's struggles would be so much harder without their unending support and love.
*Friends-for the laughter they bring to my life no matter what.
*Our house-so thankful for a warm and comfortable place to raise our children.
*For the past, present and future.
These are just a few things that I am so unbelievably thankful for. The list could go on and on and on and on..............

Thanksgiving

So, I have a big confession to make. I have not one picture from Thanksgiving. I print this blog as a book once a year for Olivia to have and so I can remember everything going on (which I am SO thankful I decided to do) so it makes me so sad that we have no decent pictures from this holiday.

Even without pictures, all in all it was a GREAT holiday. We have so so much to be thankful for. We pretty much had a whole week of Thanksgiving. We started the Saturday before with my family. After a long drive to my grandfather's house to meet up with the rest of the family we discovered that Olivia wasn't feeling well and pretty much stayed in mine or Nano's lap the entire day. We later found out that she had an ear infection.

She was soon over that (thankfully) and we celebrated with my mom's side of the family in Collierville, TN and then Olivia and I stayed the rest of the week in Memphis. We had a great time relaxing and doing some much needed Christmas shopping.

On Thanksgiving Day we traveled to Oxford to celebrate with Hays' family. We had a great time and I just cannot believe I have no pictures to show of it (my excuse, the batteries were dead in my camera-true story).

I was able to complete one thing off my "to do bucket list". I know it may be silly but I have many "bucket lists" going and two of them are things to do before I die and places to go before I die. Well, cooking a turkey was one of them. I went all out and brined the silly bird for 24 hours in all sorts of things and then cooked it for 3 plus hours while taking it out every 45 minutes to cover it in its juices. All in all it was a success! True stamp of adulthood was made that day!

Making Progress???

So...the little girl FINALLY decided to at least sit on the potty. Nothing else occured but we are making a little progress. I am sure she will be about ready when we have a 6 week old crying baby in the house. Perfect timing, right?

Our Furry Baby Needs Some Prayers

This is poor Lilly at the vet with her I.V. and all.....

 Lilly may be furry all over, have four legs and a tail and eat anything we drop on the floor (literally) but we still love her dearly and she is a member of our family. This past week Lilly stopped eating and drinking and was getting sick a few times a day. She has had this happen before and it ended up that she just had an upset stomach so Hays was hesitant to rush to the vet this time. On day four, I insisted on taking her to see the doctor. It took the veterinarian a day or two to figure out that this was no minor illness. After an x-ray, scope and surgery (yep, we're broke) they found part of a sock in her stomach and a few inches down her intestine.

Needless to say, Lilly had to stay at the vet for several days to be monitored after her major surgery. We are happy to report that she is at home and resting well and is expected to make a full recovery. From now on I WILL be taking inventory on all socks in our household!

What we've ben up to....

We have been doing LOTS of reading around here. I feel like we all the sudden read books all day everyday.She even likes to read the mail on her wagon rides.

We also have been "playing" with play dough quite a bit. She throws it, eats it, it goes on rides in the car with us and is even fed to the dog. What would we do without play dough??

Silly, silly girl!

I go check on her a million times during nap and before we go to bed at night. I just never know what I'm gonna find. Love the booty up in the air!



Olivia has been "helping" me with the laundry.....

And helping herself in the fridge....

We got this cute little potty in hopes that she would begin to potty before or after bath time each night. I sat on it. Hays sat on it. Olivia would NOT sit on it. It's just not time.

She has also been playing beauty shop. So funny to me.

I leave you with this precious picture of baby #2. Looks like a girl to me....or maybe a boy??!! I just have no idea. What do you think???