A little bit of this & that

Addilyn is completely potty trained. She one day just decided while we were out that she would actually hold it. When we weren't at home she'd be in a diaper/pull up because she'd tell us she had to go, but 99% of the time she would just go in her diaper. But one day on our way to dropping off Scott to work she said that magic word, potty! And I of course tried to talk her into not going until we were at a potty. So we dropped Scott off and went to Target. As we walked in I asked her (believing she had already gone) if she needed to go. Well wouldn't you know it, she hadn't yet! All day we were in and out of the bathrooms. Every time she went. It's been over a week since then and she's only wearing diapers when she sleeps. Ahhhhhhhh sigh of relief....

homemade popsicles!

Addi lined all her toys up with Levi.

Tickle tickel Levi! (2.5 mo)

Loves giving him smooches

Love his smiles!

Below: We went to Hickory last Saturday to visit Erik & Kayla. They moved down there now too long ago for a new job. We went to a very, uhmm, southern themed restaurant. It was pretty good food. Scott loved his fried chicken and waffles...

the jam was toooo diiiiiiiiiiie for.

So themed, I took a picture of the bathroom

We went to the park while down there. Scott and Erik played some frisbee golf until Kayla and I called them cause we were too hot. We sweated it out with the babes.

Alexis & Levi (Addi was super jealous she was in there with him)

First date. And for the record, Alexis made the first move...

Addi has some of the most beautiful hair. And she loves to make it pretty.

Above: Addilyn loves to play airplane. And she demands we all take a turn being the airplane. She's too fun. And below: Pesto...we have 25234235 plants of basil. Scott wanted to make pesto.

homemade popsicles! Levi getting his first taste

We walked to the park the other day and Addilyn held Levi's hand the entire way there. It was so sweet. However the way back home was a different story. Addi had found a puddle at the bottom of one of the slides and had her way with it.

post puddle

swoon.

I made some homemade paints (flour, water, a little sugar). Addilyn had a blast in the bath tub with them. I just split up the mixture into 4 containers and put the food coloring in it. She used some foam stamps and wash cloths as her tools.

Very focused at her mural

First attempt with a pano on my new iphone.

mixing colors

Last day of April

2 weeks before and 2 weeks after my due date is May. So he HAS to be a May baby. Addilyn chose to be a May baby even though she was due April 25. Tomorrow, I will be 38 weeks. After Thursday, he can come. Why? Because that day I'm doing my last grocery trip.

She just loves shoes

Before

After

 

I snuck in a hair appointment this morning. I decided it was probably best to do it before this little guy comes, because it will just be a whole heck of a lot easier to manage! I tend to get my hair done about once a year...so it needed to be done.

Today we visited Alexis Jane Smith. Kayla just had her this past Saturday and came home from the hospital yesterday. I was lucky enough to be able to text Kayla for most of the day that she was in labor, getting updates and such. I felt like I was apart of it but didn't have to be there! Her sweet girl is just darling. It's a good thing I don't have to wait long to satisfy my baby hunger.

Addilyn was a natural at holding her and being around her. She desperately wanted to hold her. She was super jealous of me and kept trying to get her from me. I've said it before, but I'm smidge bit worried at how much of a "help" she is with babies. I might be defending her brother from her oodles of kisses.

I bought this doll crib from Goodwill for $5 and took a week to paint it (sand, prime both sides, paint both sides). Tonight I finally got around to sewing a little mattress in it. This is Addi's gift from her brother. It is in hopes that she will be occupied with it while I feed the babe and such. She already makes doll beds out of anything she can find. She also saw it when I was sanding it and was trying to take it from me. I thought I could get away with doing it in front of her, but she's a little smarter than I thought. I know she will love it. I also sewed her a mini boppy pillow- a replica of my boppy pillow that I use to nurse with. Again, in hopes to give her something to do while I am nursing. Sorry, no picture tonight.

1 day shy of 38 weeks

And in case you missed my belly in my hair shot, here it is. I'm trying to keep consistent with angles and poses for our baby book of my growing belly. I'm feeling a bit stretched out.

Full term

When I was a wee past full term with Addilyn, I was graduating college. Here is the post from that week. Actually, the day I was full term with her my group was giving our final presentation for our ad campaign that we had created over the entire semester. I don't know why, but I volunteered to be the executive to our account and played "boss" for my group. (We beat the other team) However I did volunteer myself to sit out on that final presentation and we only had 2 present. My team thought it would be funny if I painted my belly with a big "M" on it since our mock campaign was on M&M's. hahaha....not. :)

36 weeks

Anyway- I had another Dr appointment. Seeing as how I'm down to every week now I see them a lot. There's 11 Dr's at that practice, so I rotate through most all of them. Once again, I was measuring smaller than a normal 37 week pregnant person would. However, I did grow, just not an impressive amount (2 lbs in 6 days! I think that's a lot). So my Dr was asking about Addilyn and how far along I carried her (41 weeks 2 days) and how much she weighed (8lbs 15oz). She was completely impressed how big she was since I am currently so small if I have a history of having larger babies. I quote, "Wow. You my dear hide your babies very well". Thank you, I think. I believe that is why I think he is stronger than Addilyn, because he is so compacted in there he just doesn't have the room like his sister did.

37 weeks

So now that I am 37 weeks, I'm considered full term. He can come now and be OK. Over the last couple of weeks my braxton hicks have really picked up (which I didn't think was possible). And as of the last 2 days or so they seem to be really regular and harder for them. I'm not trying to get my hopes up or anything...but it would be nice if they did turn into real contractions. Well, after my final grocery trip and hair cut, then he can come.

My beautiful girl

Addilyn has been LOVING the weather. Me too! That means lots of walks and going to parks. Since her vocab has been expanding so much lately her number 1, 2, & 3 words are "Walk?"  "park?" and "play?" This pic above is from this morning. We were waiting for a thrift store to open up that was having a sale. She's a shopper what can I say.

You've heard me mention my friend Kayla here....well she was due Saturday the 20th. Still no baby. A few months ago I had had a dream that she was late and I was there helping with her labor etc. Then I took her to the hospital and while we were there, I put myself into labor and I had our baby 1 1/2 weeks early and she was 1 1/2 weeks late. Because really, that could happen. And she would hate me if it came true. bahahahahhaa

34 weeks. Or is that almost 36?

Do you remember my post back in February? (here) At the bottom I gave a pregnancy update mainly me complaining about my pelvic pain. Well today, I got an even better answer why it is. My Dr's have all said that since I've had a baby already I'm extra stretchy-true. I also have always known I'm carrying this guy much more different than with Addilyn-true. The last 6 weeks or so the Dr's have said (from my perspective looking down at my belly) that his head is towards my bottom right side and his back goes up my belly and his feet are on the left-FALSE!

Today at my apt. I was measuring almost smaller than 2 weeks ago. And it seemed that baby hadn't really grown much. So the Dr wanted to be sure things were OK and had me go into an ultrasound. In the ultrasound, the tech was having a hard time even getting a glimpse of his head because it was so far down into my pelvis! She was apologizing and saying she didn't want to hurt me (she wasn't) because she was pushing on my pelvis to try and get a view of him. The tech was very positive that the reason he seemed to be measuring small was because his head was SO far down into my pelvis. That the part we though was his head was in fact his shoulder. However, it is true where his feet are- nice and squished up into my uterus. In fact, he's not measuring small at all. He was averaging 1.5 weeks ahead! According to the ultrasound he's about 5 1/2 pounds already.

I'm only 34 weeks as of yesterday. I know past 20 weeks it's hard to guess gestational age because by that point they just start putting on weight (and all babies are different sizes when they are born). So it's not always accurate what they guess past then. BUT here is to hoping and praying that he is born in fact a wee bit early!! Actually, 1.5 weeks ahead would put him exactly on Addilyn's birthday....

So back to that post about me complaining about my pelvic pain. There's your answer. Or at least a very large contributing factor to the answer. His head is so far down into my pelvis that the tech was agreeing that it very much was the cause of that pain. My mom said hopefully that means he'll also come out faster! Oh blessed day.

Photos thanks to Kayla Smith

Airshow, playdates, and other happenings

Okay, so I lied in my last post. I said I would have pictures that night or something promising like that. Well, here you are a little late. Enjoy!

They need one of these in every single bathroom.

She learned how to go up the slide and then spread her arms and legs out and slide back down. You're supposed to climb up the grape side but she's not ready for that. The other kids were bummed she was hogging it but she wouldn't go anywhere else!

Another playdate with Addison!

Winston-Salem Airshow

A big plane.

Ear muffs!

 If you remember, last year Addilyn was just a tiny tot when we came to the airshow. Click on the link to see the difference a year makes! Airshow 2011 This year was much milder for the weather. We had a nice breeze which was heavenly with the cloud cover.

Our view from below... Kayla & Eric Smith

The other beloved Smith's joined us. Kayla blogged about the airshow here. I warned them about sunscreen. But did they listen???? nope!

Her cute tan line.

This is what happens when I garden.

Addi literally had mouthfuls of dirt. She then proceeded to put it in her hair and on her face. We did our usual clean up with the sprinkler. Here she is washing her car below.

Mowing the lawn with dad.

Helping mom cook dinner.

Her baby.

So as you know, Addilyn LOVES babies. So the other day I got out my grandmother's doll blanket and used it to wrap one of her babies and then cradled it. She followed suit. She wasn't the best wrapper, but she would wrap the baby, cradle, and then shake the baby out so she could do it again. It is just the sweetest thing ever. She will be a wonderful big sister (when the time comes:) )

Now for the wonderful videos. The first one is a little long winded. But if you think Addi is cute you'll watch the whole time. Here she is being taught how to blow bubbles in the bath tub. The last two videos are of Scott singing her favorite song from a book and then the second video is her singing it. She loves Baby Beluga!