It grows on trees, right?

Money that is. Oh my! I forgot how expensive all this baby stuff is. Plus, I have realized just how blessed and spoiled we were with baby #1 and all the showers. I must be totally getting into my nesting phase because today I spent the moolah! I mean...I even bought Dreft. :) I used it with Lila at the beginning before wising up and switching to the All Free and Clear. But there is something about bringing a new baby into the house that makes me want to wash his clothes/towels/blankets in the expensive stuff. I went a little overboard today and even bought a Halloween outfit for him. I know it is going to swallow him whole, so I will have to keep my eye out for just a cute little onsie and hat. I am still trying to find the perfect coming home outfit. I didn't have this problem with Lila because she wore my coming home outfit. Anyway, I wasn't totally frivilous. I did purchase items for me to take to the hospital, which means I need to get on this packing my bag thing. I am getting there, I promise. My nightgowns are in the wash as I type now...in Dreft of course. Who knows what I will wear home though. I have a feeling I will still be huge. What I did not mention in my last post about going to the Dr. is that I gained 5 POUNDS IN 2 WEEKS!! Holy camoly. What have I been doing? Oh yeah, eating a bowl of mint chocolate chip everynight. Or is it the bananna pudding, or the milkshakes, or the homemade cookies? Oh, I know...it is the peanut butter chocolate pie from Maggiano's....mmmmmm. I am getting hungry just thinking about it. Anyway, the point of this post is to say that although my house is still not put back together, I have purchased many of the items on my list, so I am starting to feel much better. However, we still do not have a name....

Whatever it takes

So, as I mentioned before my house has been upside down with getting the new floors in. I haven't seemed to be be able to get motivated or be home long enough to do anything about cleaning up this mess. As usual, Michael has been working really hard and has been very tired as well. Needless to say, after putting Lila to bed and a long day, you just want to sit on the couch and not unload boxes or paint furniture. Well, I went to the Dr. today for a check up. I am dilated to 1 cm and his head is down! With Lila the Thursday before having her I still wasn't dilated to anything. So to be dialted at all at this point seems a little strange. I know that I can walk around for weeks like this. I know of women who have walked around dilated to 3 or 4 for weeks. I am not worried, although I do think it is good be prepared (which I am not), but this has totally gotten Michael in panic mode! Hey, all I am thinking is, "Whatever it takes to get him motivated, I will take it!" He did work a little late tonight at his work, but he came in and started painting and asking what all we needed to do. He also got down the bouncy seat and swing out of the attic for me to wash, as well as the car seat cover. Although I really need all 3 1/2 weeks that I have until my due date, I think I will just take advantage of his panic state and milk it for all its worth! Now, let's just pray that I really don't go into labor anytime soon. I really do have too much to do! :)

Just let her use her hands

I regretted those words as soon as I walked in and saw this!

On Labor Day Michael was in charge of feeding Lila lunch. He came in and asked me if it was ok if Lila didn't use her fork. I told him to just let her use her hands. He said, "Ok, but she is making a big mess." I responded by saying it was fine and that is how she learns. I didn't know that when he said "big mess" that this is what he meant! :) Oh well...nothing a little soap and water can't clean off.
I am sure she had a grand time too!

Weekend Recap

Just some fun pictures from over the weekend.
Me and my Hottie


Mommy's to Be

15 months

Well, we had a rough start to Lila's 15 month birthday. After picking her up from Miss Ellie's on Tuesday she was not feeling well. I decided to go ahead and take her in to the Dr. on Wednesday. She was already scheduled for her 15 month check up on Thursday, so we just bumped it up a day. She was not running a fever so they still did her shots! :( We still got to have lunch with the girls and it was super fun! Lila was really quite, so I could tell she didn't feel well. She was still nosey though and checking everyone out at the restaurant. She did OK at the Dr. UNTIL the nurse opened up the drawer to pull out the head measurer thingy. I swear that girl KNOWS what they are about to do. Once again, the Dr. couldn't even listen to her heart because she was so hysterical! We finally made it out of there and home. She desperately needed a nap and did not want to take one when we got home. Then, at dinner time and she just burst into tears and was inconsolable until bedtime. I don't think I have heard her cry like that since she was a baby, or if ever. I think her tummy was just hurting very badly. It broke my heart. I hate to admit it, but I loved the fact that she not only wanted ME instead of daddy, but she just sat in my lap and let me read to her and layed her head on my shoulder and clung to me. I know she wasn't feeling well, but I will take whatever I can get! She is doing much better today. We had a lot of fun playing and just goofing off, which I feel like I haven't done with her in so long because I have either been busy or just too tired to make special time to just laugh and be silly with her. She did throw a few tantrums because she wanted to go back outside and play, EVEN in the RAIN! That girl is getting quick and just wants to run around in the yard and on our deck. I do love our deck, but the multiple levels make it very difficult to keep up with her because she has not mastered steps and she just goes, goes, goes! Here are some pictures of her on her 15th month Bday. It is getting really hard these days to get a cute picture of her face because she is quick to look away.

"Crackee" Aka Cracker

So, today after lunch I got out the box of Vanilla Wafers for myself, but Lila starts pointing to the box and saying crackee, so how could I resist giving her one? I was super excited that she busted out with another new word!

Last Road Trip before Baby Boy Arrives

As I mentioned before, Lila and I went to Morristown for the weekend last weekend. I was hoping that we would be able to travel back this coming weekend and go to Asheville for a friend's wedding and to visit with everyone there, but it is just too close to my due date. I am bummed I don't have a tan from the beach, but we were SO glad to get to see the family. We were very sad that we didn't get to see Lila's cousins on Michael's side though and hope to see them very soon after the baby is born. :( Although we were not at the beach, we went to Aunt Kimmy's pool and had a grand time. As usual, Lila just isn't quite herself when we travel. She doesn't nap or eat as well. What can I say? From birth, this girl has been a homebody. She also did something to her left foot and from the moment we arrived she would not even stand up or walk! I was so excited to be showing everyone how she is now practically running and then.... this happened. I think she had a cut on the bottom of her foot and didn't want to stand on it, but then she got use to crawling and didn't try to walk amymore. We did go visit my dear friend Jenny at her school on our way back home and Lila walked all the way up and down her hallway, so who knows? Here are a few pictures of our fun trip home. As usual, it went by WAY too fast and I owe a big thank you to my mother who took care of Lila the whole time I was home. I was pooped and my mom changed diapers, fed her, and played with her the whole weekend!
It cracks me up how hard it is to get 6 kids to cooperate taking a picture!



I told you Lila just likes to be in her shirt, diaper, and shoes. She and Jay boy had a great time playing together. He was very sweet to her!

Here is sweet grandmother and Lila in the pool.

Here are all the girls in the pool.....

While Jay took a break enjoying a nice refreshing drink.