Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Diaper Free!!!

Well, we are 10 days now diaper free! Lochy was super eager to go on the potty full time and my little man is doing a fantastic job. The first 2 days he had a bit of a hard time getting his poop timing down--he tended to tell me as he was pooping and therefore too late. But he's been great ever since and has even stayed dry during naps and overnight!

I feel kinda bad because he was really ready back in July but between the morning sickness, fatigue, and then my father in law's heart attack the consistency just wasn't there on my end. So he was a part time underwear wearer. Plus we had a hard time finding underwear to fit him since he's so little.

He's so proud to be a big boy and I'm so incredibly proud of him!!! We had to get another seat for the upstairs toilet though because he and Liam seem to poop at the same time of day and that's where our initial accidents were coming from. All is well now that we're equipped to handle the double load.

Monday, November 9, 2009

Halloween and Spilling the Beans

We had a great time trick or treating this year! They boys warmed up quickly to it and by the 3rd house were yelling "Trick or Treat!!!" before we even rang the bell! I haven't uploaded the pictures of them in their costumes yet but Lochy was a puppy (he picked it out) and Liam was a tiger. They looked so cute even though Loch wouldn't leave the puppy ears on and no one knew what he was.

I do have some pictures from our pumpkin painting and carving extravaganza. They had such a great time doing this and it's something we've done every year since Liam's first Halloween when he was just 10 months old.

Here they are starting out:
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Lochy's messiness begins:
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And the aftermath:
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Ok and now for spilling the beans. We've kept it under wraps for as long as possible but with my sister's shower yesterday just about everyone now knows that

I AM PREGNANT!!!!!

That's right! Another baby is on the way!!! This week I will be 22 weeks pregnant and I'm due mid March. We did find out the gender. I wanted it to be a suprise but Ian really wanted to know. It was more important for him to know than it was for me to be surprised so we did find out. We are all very excited to be welcoming a baby girl to our family!!! Her name is Lila Agnes (Agnes after Ian's Grandma who passed away on Easter in 2007) and we can't wait to meet her!

So far she is much more mellow than the boys. She definitely has her active times of the day but she's not nonstop like the boys were. Everything is going well so far. I am a little bummed I won't be getting my homebirth this time like we wanted but I'll be back at the birth center I had Lochy at so I'm happy with how things have turned out. I haven't gained any weight yet and I'm actually still 2 pounds below pre-pregnancy weight (although to look at me you'd never know that!). Morning sickness ended at 13 1/2 weeks and my old friend Braxton Hicks contractions started up at 17 weeks. I get several every day, more if I over do it. Well, that's about it for now. I'll probably post more about the pregnancy over the coming months. In the meantime here's a few pictures of Lila:

She was moving around like crazy so it was hard to get some good shots. I guess too much apple juice got her going! LOL
Lila--16 Weeks

Lila--16 Weeks

And the ever important "money shot"
Lila--16 Weeks