Hello World

For the few of you who still read this, we are still alive and well. The past few weeks have been hectic as it was the last month of school and work was crazy. School ended last week, then my parents and brother were in town so blogging has not been on my mind. This will probably be a long post as I try to fill you in on what has been happening around here.



Micah is growing up so fast. He'll be two in July, and I can hardly believe it. Some of the things he's into right now: trying on mommy's shoes, playing outside, chasing bubbles, and sitting on the potty. He's not actually using the potty (though he did pee in it once when I sat him on it before bath time); he really just uses it as a chair. We're not actively potty training. I just wanted him to have access to it and be able to use it when he's ready. I would LOVE for him to be potty trained before this baby comes, but I think it would actually be easier if they were both in diapers.






Micah is officially a climber. He climbs on anything he can. I'm waiting for the day he climbs out of his crib. We ordered the parts to turn his crib into a toddler bed. I definitely want him to be sleeping in a bed before the baby comes so we don't have to buy another crib. I don't think we'll have too difficult of a time with the transition as he likes to lay down just about anywhere at times. Here he is watching cartoons in my room while I was getting ready.


He doesn't watch much TV, but it is a life saver when I need to do something and not have him hanging all over me during whatever it is I'm doing.


Micah is still a picky eater. He used to eat everything but his diet narrows everyday to where he now only eats bread or bread-like foods like waffles, chicken nuggets, and fruit. No veggies unless they're from Cracker Barrel. At least he eats fruit I guess. Sometimes it's only in the guise of the bread-like foods like homemade blueberry pancakes.



Micah is getting where he smiles whenever the camera comes out. If he sees the camera, he'll make his best fake smile and say "Cheeeeeessssse!"

He still loves books as much as ever. We read so much, he can almost "read" some of the books himself. In otherwords, he's memorized what the page says and can say it himself. He's also interested in songs and has memorized a few. Here's a video of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."

At the end, he's attempting to sing "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" and jump.

We've pretty much been homebodies the last 6 weeks. We did go to North Carolina the first weekend in May for Joe's high school reunion. I was actually looking foward to his more than my own because I met several of his high school classmates in college and was acutally college roommates with two of them. I acutally don't plan to go to my own reunion for many reasons but anyway...It was a good time and good to visit with family as well. We stayed with Joe's parents. His sister, her husband, and their son are living there right now while waiting for a new job to start so we got to visit with them as well.

My parents and brother came to visit over Memorial Day weekend. We hadn't seen my brother since Christmas and my parents since February. We didn't do much but just enjoy each others' company. One day, we did venture down to Shiloh National Military Park, a Civil War battle site. Micah thoroughly enjoyed himself. Most of the weekend was spent hanging out, playing board games, and playing Wii games. Micah loves his Papaw, Mamaw, and Uncle Adam and continued to look for them out the front door for a few days after they left.

Onto current pregnancy news. I am 15 weeks today and starting to show. I'm sure most people think I'm just chubby at this point. I had another brief doctor appointment 2 weeks ago and everything was good. I was able to hear the baby's heartbeat and had gained one and a half pounds. I'm not eating the best but I'm trying to remember eating for 2 does not mean twice as much food :) I didn't gain too much weight with Micah but was at the top of the recommended weight gain. I'd like to be able to lose this weight after the baby is born, which I still haven't done with my baby weight from Micah. So far, I have not had anymore nausea but I have had sciatic nerve pain since about 8 weeks. This is really early to experience that but I had the same thing with Micah. Up until last Friday, it had been uncomfortable but bearable. Then on Friday, I started having episodes of pain that were so intense I couldn't walk or even move. This happened Saturday, Sunday, and Monday as well. I called my OB on Tuesday since they were closed all weekend for the holiday and they suggested I go to a chiropractor. I've never been to a chiropractor so I was a little skeptical but willing to try anything at this point. I had my first appointment on Wednesday. I've had hardly any pain at all today. So, I'm going to keep going for a while and hope it helps. My next OB appointment is June 11, and we have an ultrasound on June 26 which will hopefully reveal the sex of the baby. I admire people who let that be a surprise, but I have control issues and don't like surprises too much :) Plus, if it's a boy, we won't have to buy too much but if it's a girl, we'll need a lot of stuff. I'll keep you all posted :)

Well, that's that. I'll try to be better about posting regularly now that I'm home for the summer. I'm so glad to not be at the height of pregnancy in the summer this time because it is HOT here.