Happy Easter!

Beautiful tulips for the table. I love the color!

I made this centerpiece for our brunch table. I thought it was kind of fun. And it was edible!

The only picture of Kaylin in her dress. She was fussy when we got home so I think I'll put her back in the dress sometime soon and try to do some posed shots. It was a beautiful dress that Grandma bought for her.

Her first easter egg hunt! We were very surprised how fast she figured out what to do!

All smiles!

She was a little upset when I told her she was all done and had found all the eggs!

Finding treasures in the eggs. We stayed away from real eggs due to her allergy.

Very excited for the little treasures!

She LOVES "pops."

Overall we had a wonderful day with family, going to church, and celebrating with a wonderful brunch that Tim prepared all by himself! We later went on a long bike ride because the weather was so beautiful. Kaylin had a wonderful day, too, even with such a short nap, soaking up time with her "annie" (auntie Karen). Hope you all had a wonderful day celebrating our Lord's resurrection day and all that He has done!

Belly shot

I finally decided to take a belly pic. I'm nine weeks and showing so early this time! Of course from my angle looking down, I feel I look a lot bigger than what you see here. Oh and I'd just gotten back from the gym, that's my excuse for looking the way I do!

Kaylin's Saint Patty's Day shirt. Karen got this for her down in LA. I think it's adorable!

Just a random shot of Kaylin wearing my shoes, which she loves to do, especially the fancy ones, even better if they have heels!

Babysitting?

Should I be concerned about Kaylin's relationship with her future brother or sister? Probably shouldn't leave her alone with him or her until she's much older!

Pics of Kaylin

It's been awhile since I've posted pictures of Kaylin, so I thought I'd put some up. These were from my cousin's little boy's birthday party. She was looking cute in her new Janie and Jack outfit. (Thanks Grandma!) She's starting to look so grown up!

Me too!

(Please ignore the ultra dirty oven in the above picture. It's for illustrative purposes only. I didn't realize how much it needed to be cleaned until I took this picture.)

Do you get it? If you don't then you can scroll down to the next picture and then it should be pretty clear.




Yep, I'm pregnant! About seven weeks along. I had my first prenatal appointment today and everything looks good. Got to see the little bean, it's heart beating, so that was a highlight. Other than that it was just lots of paperwork. Oh and I'm very relieved to know that there is only one baby in there, people kept bringing up twins and it was making me nervous. Plus I've been really bloated this entire time and already look like I'm 4 months pregnant! (Sorry if that's tmi.) Maybe it's because I never got my stomach back in shape after Kaylin. Hopefully it will go back down before it starts getting big--i'm not supposed to be this big yet. And I would show a picture but I'd be a bit embarrassed so I think I'll wait on that.

(Here's a picture of the little guy, or girl, at seven weeks.)

We found out about the pregnancy (it was planned) at the beginning of February, but I wanted to wait until my appointment before telling lots of people, just to make sure everything was alright and that I was actually pregnant.

My due date is approximately October 13th, but based on my temperature readings I ovulated late and the ultrasound measures later too, so it's probably a few days later.

Kaylin is too young to really know what's going on, but she'll be almost 2 1/2 by the time the baby is born, so hopefully by then she'll understand and be excited. She's really into babies right now, always pointing them out and loves carrying around baby dolls, rocking and feeding them, (even trying to nurse them!) so I'll take that as a good sign. That's one thing that is really going to be different this time around and that is having a toddler that is used to being the center of attention (and she's still nursing and very much not ready to quit). It's going to be a learning process but hopefully she'll love her little baby brother or sister and they'll get along great and be really close. I'm going to have to start getting tips from parents of multiple kids on how to balance things.

Well I can't think of anything else to add, and hopefully now i'll be better about posting more often, although I really must say I've been completely unmotivated and even thinking about not having a blog anymore, so we'll see. I still love reading everyone else's though!

My Valentines

Happy Valentines Day! (A day late!) I'm so thankful for all of the love in my life, my husband and daughter, family and friends! I'm very blessed! Hope you all had a day full of love!

(Kaylin was a bit grumpy here because it was a little past her naptime. It was the only clear shot of her in her red shirt and red bow that I got. Plus I think it's kind of cute.)

Our Day

Happy Anniversary, hun! Can't believe how fast the time is going--what an adventure it's been already--and I'm so blessed to share it with you! I love you! Sorry I can't write more, and I'm sorry I got the flu on our anniversary! Thanks for taking such good care of me today! You're amazing!