Baby #2 and Other Fun Stuff

Hello All! So this week is the BIG week! We get to find out if we are having a BOY or a GIRL. I have a poll up here, so you can guess what you think this baby is. With Beth I wanted a girl, so I thought it MUST be a boy. Everyone guesses that since I've been a million times sicker with this pregnancy that it must be a boy this time around. When we were pregnant with Beth we had NO boy's names picked out. We have never had luck with boy's names. And I just felt like that was a sign that we were having a girl. This time I feel similar. We have a few girl's names we like, but NO boy's names. They are SO hard for us. I feel like having another girl would be easier for us, but life is never meant to be easy right? Either way, we'll be letting every one know on Friday!

We are ordering our new freezer this week, and I couldn't be more excited. I have dabbled in couponing and freezer meal storage a few times now, and my freezer is just too small. So we found a great freezer for a great price and it will fit perfectly in our kitchen. 

(Home Depot, 7.0 GE Chest Freezer)

I've also been debating on buying a double jogger or stroller. We bought a jogger with Beth and LOVED IT. It's nice to go on walks and take it with us on vacation or to the mall. So, having 2 children, it would only be smart sell the single jogger and to have a double. I fell in love with this double that is sold at Target. It has the option to hold a car seat in either the front or the back, hold both children in harnesses in front and back, OR have a car seat/child in harness in the front, and Sit N Stand in the back. It's marvelous. 

(Baby Trend Sit N Stand, Green Tea)

Well, It's been a fun week. Beth is starting to get back on a schedule. Although I do have to break her habit of getting up in the middle of the night.  She is jabbering all day, and most of it is about "Daddy" or "Doggy." She loves to dance, wink, and tickle. She's a fun little girl and we are happy that she is ours! 

(Beth (and her new "Cheese" face) with Daddy)

 Happy Blogging Everyone!!

The new additions to our home

No, It's not the baby, yet. We still have about 4-5 months to go. We will be having our gender ultrasound the first week of February. What we did add is the crib for our new little one, courtesy of Andrew's oldest brother and his wife, who after 4 boys, have decided to pass the crib on. We love it. It's the same neutral honey color as Beth's toddler bed and her dresser, so it fits in quite nicely. We'll probably move the room around, but right now the crib is blocking Beth's access to the dreaded window seat and blinds!! :-)

And, we got a new mattress due to our 4 year old mattress being too bumpy and lumpy. Our mattress was under a 10 year warranty, so after Denver Mattress concluded that ours was not normal wear and tear, we got a brand new one, with memory foam in it. It is very nice. Beth seems to enjoy lounging there!!

We also got our brand new tv stand/entertainment center. We designed it and Andrew built it. It sits higher, and has cubbyholes and  portions that can be child locked so Beth isn't constantly turning on and off the surround sound or TV. It's gorgeous!

OLD TV Stand/Entertainment Center

NEW TV Stand/Entertainment Center

The other new addition to our home is Miss Grouch, Beth. She is now fighting every nap, every bed time, every meal and every minute I am not holding her. It's rather exhausting and completely unexpected. Some would say she's "sensing a change with a new little one on the way," but I think it's more of a change in schedule now that I stay at home and she doesn't get to visit Gran Dawnie and the puppies. We are all adjusting to a new schedule and it's rough on us all. 

Andrew started his 2nd semester at CWI, and is taking Geography, Psychology and Math. He does very well at keeping up with his homework, and his job keeps him very busy. We are excited to get his generals done so he can apply to the Nursing Program and really get the ball rolling. This is the fun of the last week. Hope you all are doing well!

It may not be FANCY, but it's here!

SHEESH. I pride myself on being technologically savvy. NO, I'm not a tech geek, but I know my way around a computer. So I guess I needed a dose of humble pie, aka, creating a blog. So I applaud those of you that figured it out years before me, and can now run beautiful circles around my basic blog. I hope to make it better over time, and if you are a blog whiz, please give me some advice. 

I am anything but normal. I have BOLD opinions about some things, and could care less about other things. I run in many different circles, and enjoy every minute of it. I don't agree with any one person about everything, but what fun would that be if we were all the same? So please feel free to comment openly, because you never know when your view or opinion will inspire another. 

Happy Blogging :-)