the house

Before

So here are some before and after shots of our house painting project. All of our time and money for the last 2 months has been for this project (way too long) and we are still not done. We have to finish painting the gables black, the soffits white and we are thinking of doing a reddish door (maybe, what do you think). Unfortunately this project has taken long then expected so we did the necessities and decided to put a hold on it for a week or so to get the inside of the house more ready for baby boy. There is definitely a sense of accomplishment to take on house projects yourself not to mention the money saved but wheewwww!! And this one was completely on Jeremy and a few friends we hired to spray the main body color, considering my current state.

After

with new gutters and light fixtures

now we need to work on our poor mailbox! It got ran over by a plow last winter.

Dr. Appts and water parks

Had a dr. appt today and not much to report. Dilated still just 1 cm but also effaced 50%. So who knows.

After we made Chloe sit through that dr. appt we took her to her first water park. I have become very sentimental the last few weeks about creating all of these special experiences as a family of three. I am so looking forward to baby boy and Chloe having a sibling but I just feel like we need to have all these special times/experiences before he comes, before our attention is divided. Call it pregnancy hormones I don't know. The point is Chloe had a great time! She didn't care too much for all the fun slides and spray stuff, but she loves just splashing and walking around in the water. She even spotted a few older kids (first graders) that she latched on to (literally) and they ended spending a good amount of time entertaining her. I didn't bring my camera so here are a few shots from our phone.

Flag day

Today was my original due date. For whatever reason, maybe because it is flag day(? j/k), people still think it is my due date. I wish! At our ultrasound around 18weeks that added 9 days to my due date, not a very nice thing to do to a pregnant lady. So here we are still waiting, but knowing he will come when he wants.



Last week started off with quite a few contractions, unfortunately accompanied with nausea. I never had contractions on my own with Chloe so it was all new and so not fun with the nausea. Nothing happening the last few days though. Our to do list before baby arrives is still forever long with not much checked off and that is how it will stay. I have got most of necessities ready for him and Jeremy has most of the exterior of our house painted. We'll keep you updated!!

Christmas in June?

This is what my little girl has been wearing the last few days.

Yes, the santa hat. I have been going through tons and tons of baby boy clothes that people have been so generous to give us and this hat was in one of those bags. Despite the 90 degree weather she wakes up every morning and puts on this fleece, baby's first Christmas, santa hat. She likes the ball on it she says. What are you going to do! Makes me laugh.

4 weeks

We've got 4 weeks to go till my due date! Totally crazy to me. This pregnancy has gone so fast and not to mention so different. Different in almost all good ways considering I've got a toddler to keep up with. Not much or bad nausea, my chest actually stayed a normal size, so did my feet. I can wear all my shoes (!!!) and my wedding ring still. Not to mention that I really didn't get bigger until recently, so nice when you can bend over easier a little bit longer. This baby is hanging out so much lower then Chloe did. Makes seeing my feet a lot harder and a lot more pains on my lower back and down there.

I am feeling the excitement of his arrival and have been getting all his stuff together. We have be extremely blessed by so many people giving us stuff for our baby boy. Chloe has enjoyed "trying" it all out for baby brother.

We continue to be super busy, Jeremy outside getting our house ready to be painted, Me and Chloe inside cleaning and getting her new room ready.

nobody told me

snap pajamas are really not a great idea for a toddler! At least with my little girl.

my girl

My parents recently sent over a bunch of pictures from the last few months, so i have a bit of catching up to do. So be ready for picture overload. Looking through them just made me laugh at my little Chloe! Enjoy.

She just looks like such a big girl. I can't believe how fast it all goes.

trying on grandpa's hat

bath time for her baby - in bailey's water bowl

she just discovered a new way to eat raspberries

Chloe and her best buddy, Christopher

at her gymnastic class

Now these pictures are what really get me laughing, such joy this little one! These are all from my great aunts 50th wedding anniversary party/renewal of their vows back in February.

Chloe greeting guests as they walk down the aisle. I have no idea where she got this idea but she has been "greeting" like this for awhile now . Only if she really likes you though.

She got a stranger to come give her some attention, so why not just help your self to her purse. We all know what fun things are in there! ( I like how it looks like Jeremy and I are just sitting there letting our little one do whatever she wants. We tried a few times any how!)

Gotta love her!!