Fun in the old car seat

We have started trying to get things out and clean for the new baby-just to be prepared! Addie was a big fan of playing with the baby car seat!

Visitors

Over the last couple of weeks, Addie has had some friends come to visit. She had a good time with both of them (both were boys and got kisses from her, though neither of them were very interested).

Here is Caleb Dockery. His mom (Katie Dockery-formerly Mowery) was my roommate in college for 3 years. Caleb is almost 2 and this is the first time we had met him, so that was fun. His Mom is expecting another boy in August!
Here is Caleb in action and Addie trying to keep up:

Next, Owen Ferguson came for a day. I used to teach with his mom (Michelle Ferguson) back in Charlotte. Owen just had his first birthday a couple days ago, so he is just a couple months younger than Addie, but has many more teeth than her....8 to be exact (she has none)! She may not be able to keep up with the pace of having teeth, but she could beat Owen up the stairs every time!

Playing alongside each other in the playroom:

Father's Day

We had a good Father's day this past Sunday. We didn't do a whole lot, but we did go out to dinner together as a family, which was fun. We are so thankful for the wonderful Daddy Addie and her baby brother have!

Working with Mommy and Daddy

This weekend, Addie got to help Mommy and Daddy with some chores around the house:

Update on baby boy

As of yesterday, I am now 32 weeks along, which means I get to start going to the doctor twice a week. I had an ultrasound yesterday to check growth and fluid and got a good report. They like the fluid to at least be at a 10 and we are at a 14, so that is awesome. Also, our little guy is measuring 2 days ahead, and is estimated to weigh 4 lbs. 4 oz., which is exactly what Addie weighed when she was born at 35 weeks! So, it looks like whenever we have this little boy, he will definitely be bigger than Addie was! That is definitely good news. I go back to the doctor on Thursday to go on the non-stress fetal monitor to make sure everything still looks good. I was told yesterday that at this point, if anything goes wrong (there is low fluid or the baby shows any signs of stress at all) they will just send me to the hospital to deliver. They said there is no reason to risk anything and the baby would be safer on the outside than the inside if there is any problem. We are all hoping that there will be no problems and we will make it to our scheduled c-section (which is Thursday, August 12th), but would at least like to be able to make it to 34 weeks, in hopes to avoid the NICU. Anyways, thank you to everyone who has been praying for this pregnancy-obviously everything looks great at this point, but we never know what is in store for the future! I will keep everyone updated.

An afternoon at the park

I realize it has been quite a while since I last updated the blog, so I am going to try to do some catching up this week. To go back a few weeks, Memorial Day weekend, we decided to go have lunch at the park one day and then feed the geese and play on the playground. Addie had a great time, and so did her parents!

Daddy and Addie looking out at the geese:

Addie got very excited about the geese so close to her in the water (even though you can't see them) and started to clap, then got a little too close...

resulting in a wet foot and dirty leg. No big deal!

Having a good time:

Walking around while Mommy forced Addie to hold her hand, much against Addie's will:

Swinging with Daddy:

Time to rest a little from all the tiring fun:

Pool progression

I decided to get Addie's baby pool out for the first time last week, thinking Addie would love it, seeing as she loves taking baths. But, she was a little hesitant. As you will see below, it took her a while before she was actually comfortable getting in the water. For the most part, Addie does not seem to be very afraid of things. But sometimes, when she is encountering something new, she has to check it out for a little bit before getting too involved. Such was the case with the pool. Thankfully, she ended up getting in the water and absolutely loving it. Also thankfully, it wore her out enough for her to take her afternoon nap-something she had been fighting the previous days!

For a while, I thought this was as close as Addie was going to get to the water.
I convinced her to sit in my lap and put her feet in the water with mine.

Sorry about the stuff oozing out of her nose...

And I even snuck away from her to get a picture and she was okay with it-as long as she still got to lean up against the chair.

Success! I eventually just slid her on down into the water and she loved it...especially splashing and getting herself wet all over-including her hair and face! I think we will be breaking the pool out a lot this summer!