Pregnancy Highlights

(this shirt is very flattering to my not so small belly these days!)

How far along: 20 weeks - half way there!

Due Date: May 23, 2011

Size of baby: banana 

Day we first saw our little one: October 12, 2010 at 8 weeks, heard heartbeat again on November 11, heartbeat again on December 9,  sonogram again on December 20.

My current thoughts about having 2 kids: I can't wait!! The older Hannah gets the more I think of what a great big sister she's going to be.  She needs a little playmate and I'm so ready to take on the challenge to having 2 little ones. I also CAN'T WAIT to meet this little boy!!

Names we are considering: 98% sure he's going to be Ethan Wesley.

Sickness: Still not feeling 100%, but I can't complain. I'll spare details, but I get "sick" about every 10 days still.  Still nauseated everyday in the mornings.

What Hannah thinks:  She's a little unsure, and regressed a little bit with the kisses to my tummy. Not sure if she's figuring it out and is in denial, or decided that she's kissed my tummy enough! As my stomach grows she gets a little more curious. 

Things I miss: Cokes/caffeine and being able to take any medicine I want. I've started missing sleeping on my stomach again. Some nights I just can't get comfortable and wish so badly I could roll on my stomach.

Cravings: None, really.

Biggest moments so far: 

 Seeing and hearing a sweet little heartbeat. (October & November)

Feeling little, faint and sporadic flutters. (December)

Finding out gender - IT'S A BOY! (December)

Starting to feel him more and more (December)

What a Year!

I try to end each year with a blog about what happened all year long.  

In January my sweet momma spent several weeks in the hospital and left without a real diagnosis. It was a scary time for all of us, but after several months of rest (and retirement!) she is feeling her normal self again.  

In May we celebrated Hannah's first birthday! What a milestone!!

We shared lots of family birthdays, especially with our cousins.

Wesley's brother and his wife, Jenn, moved to Tyler this summer.

We had lots of fun trips to the lake, especially with my family for our annual lake/beach vacation.

In September we found out that we were expecting a new baby!!

In December we found out that baby was a BOY!

Wesley spent 9 weeks working out of town during the summer and other than that and our baby news, we had a pretty uneventful year. 

We are excited to see what this year holds for us, including the birth of our little boy! 

I can't wait!

Before Christmas I mentioned to Wes that I wanted to make memory boxes for our little ones.  I have all Hannah's keepsakes in a tupperware box, but I wanted to make something a little cuter.  Well, I got on Etsy to get some ideas and FELL IN LOVE with this box and knew there was no way I could make it - so I ordered it today!

I am totally in love and can't wait to get it in. I have her first little locks of hair now, her bracelets from the hospital, some of her first drawings, etc.

I think this will be perfect to keep all that stuff in. And I love that it's so dainty and girly.

They make the same one for little boys, too.  I thought the rhinestones were a little girly for a boy, but I've been talking to the seller and she said she can "boy" it up a little.  I decided to wait to order one for little Ethan until he gets here. 

Isn't it precious!? I'm dying to get it in! 

We think we have it...

We aren't 100% certain yet (so mom, no monogramming yet!), but we think we've decided on a name for our little one.

When we were pregnant with Hannah we had our boy name chosen almost right away - Gavin Wesley.  But now that this is a new baby, we have a new round of names to choose from. 

As we discuss names we always look up the meanings. Hannah means favored grace and we fell in love with that.  Another name in the running for this little boy is/was Jacob Wesley.  The meaning of Jacob is "supplanter." Although it's a biblical name, the meaning didn't jump out to us.

When we looked up Ethan and found that it meant strong and firm we really liked it.  That's my prayer each day for the type of faith this little boy will have.  It just seems so fitting. 

So for now, we're calling him Ethan.  Being married to Wesley, however, that is subject to change. Wes isn't a big planner like me, so he's not ready to settle quite yet! 

Merry Christmas

It's a.....

BOY! 

We are so excited to announce that we are having a precious baby boy!! And I'm so glad to call him a "he" instead of an "it!" 

Although there were many photos that clearly indicated his gender, I'll spare those to protect his future embarrassment! 

20 of you were right on my poll - way to go!  I was certainly wrong. I was so shocked.  The heart rate at our last appointment was in the 170's, so I just knew it was a girl.  This time it was 154.  I can't wait to start on all the decorating and I'm excited to make Wesley nail down a name over the holidays!

In addition to seeing a sweet baby boy, we saw a HEALTHY baby. Praise the Lord.  We got to see his sweet little fingers and toes, legs and arms, and got to see him swallow and suck, too! 

Yay for trucks, tractors, sports and mud! 

Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him. Pslam 127:3

Christmas Fun

I saw on my friend Kathryn's blog that she and her husband have made it a tradition to get their daughter a snow globe each year around Christmas. I thought that was such a fun thing, so I decided I wanted to do something similar. And thanks to an episode of Special Agent Oso, I decided to MAKE a snow globe with Hannah. 

We headed to Wal-Mart to get all the supplies:

Glitter

Jar

Figurine
(already had ribbon & hot glue)

We got home and Hannah put all the glitter in the globe.

LOTS of glitter.

Then we found a stick in daddy's garage to mix it all together.

Wes said it looked more like a blizzard than a snow storm. haha!  Next was gluing the ornament (figurine) onto the lid.  Hannah couldn't really help with any steps after the glitter - but she didn't mind. That was enough fun for her. 

I thought this ornament was very fitting since this will be our last year as a family of 3!

Then we put the lid on, turned it over and viola......water leaked EVERYWHERE.  Apparently buying the cheapest jar at wal-mart wasn't the best idea. So after lots of trial and error, taking it all apart and bringing daddy into the mix, we got the lid on with no leaks.  Only problem is that we didn't let the glue dry long enough and it mixed in with the water and now it looks like a fog globe.

So that's the semi-finished product. I didn't bother gluing the ribbon and everything back on (after having to take it off once) since you can't even really see what's inside.  

So even thought this year's globe with most likely end up in the trash, it was a GREAT idea and lots of family fun and we'll definitely do it again next year - with a better jar!