Big Belly and Valentine's Day

Here is my BIG BELLY at 31 weeks!

I'm hoping that this baby is at least as big as Trey was, cause I feel HUGE!

Baby Update: I am now 32 1/2 weeks- I was so excited to pass the 32 week mark.  32 weeks is when I went into early labor with Trey and onto bedrest... so I was feeling pretty good about that! However, I am feeling tired and achey the last few days (more than I remember being with Trey, But maybe that's cause at this point, I was laying around in bed all day long)
I can't even count the number of times a day that I hear things like...."How much longer do you have?" "When are you due?" "You look like you are going to pop any day!"
This Little(big?) buy is STILL nameless, but seems to be VERY active! He is always moving all over the place! He is up very high (as you can see from the pictures) and I feel like I can't straighten my back or else I squish (and break my ribs), so I have to stand with my back arched/swayed (more than it normally is) making my ever growing back side look even bigger too! Ahhhhhh.....

Trey update: I feel like a slacker mom- I feel like I should document more of his achievements and milestones-

18 Months- Talking ALL the time and putting together little 2-3 word phrases, recognizing a few letters (t, k, and a few others from his name) loves his bedtime routine (bath, read books, sing primary songs, and rock to sleep) Counts to 2! :) LOVES his cars and trains! He LOVES Cars and Mater! Recognizes anything UNLV and says 'REBELS!' Knows and understand and loves the word MINE! Tried doing TIMEOUT- Didn't work...

19 Months- Recognizes the letters in his name. Counts up to 5- Has 1 to 1 correspondence (counting objects) up to 2 and is OBSESSED with having to have 2 of everything! He is constantly saying two'vum (two of them) He even adds the s to the end of words when he has more than 1 of something! (proud mommy/teacher!) He also understands and shows ownership (mommy's water, trey's blankey) He still loves his bedtime routine with mommy or daddy.  He now helps sing the songs and will fill in the word if we stop. Recognizes some colors (blue, red, green, orange) Worked on TIMEOUT- and he will now sit there until he is ready to say sorry for whatever he did (usually hitting)

Now (19 1/2 months) - Knows all the letters in his name (T R E Y and O) Knows his colors (blue, red, green, orange, black, pink, purple) Counts to 10 (with a little help) Counts to 5 really good by himself :)  Has 1 to 1 correspondence up to 3.  He still loves bedtime routine, but now is starting to read the books with us too (he has probably just memorized the lines) He will fill in the blank if you stop on a word.  Talks all the time and is speaking in more logical phrases and adding in adjectives. (red truck fall down) Puts himself in TIMEOUT and asks to go as soon as he swats or hits at someone. Then he sits there and comes out by himself and comes over to say sorry.  :) 

I took some pictures of Trey real quick to make a special valentine for his Grandparents... He looked so stinkin' cute how could I not share them?

And here's his handprint valentine that he made for his babysitter!

We had a pretty low-key valentine's day.... The UNLV Rebels had a game, and since I was up all night making valentine's for my students and for grandparents, I didn't do anthing for will. (Of course Will, snet me flowers to work, then I came home to sweet cards and treats from him and Trey) I was hoping that watching the game would be a great preseent for him- except they LOST... so not only did his wife let him down, so did his Rebels! I felt so bad.... So the next day, I went and bought a bunch of 50% off valentine's day stuff for him. :)

Baby #2

Baby #2 is still nameless...But nonetheless, we are so excited for him to be in our family! He is definitly an active one! He is always moving all around! We went yesterday and had a 3D/4D ultrasound done, so here is a few pictures of the new little guy. It was pretty crazy, when the ultrasound pirst popped up, I couldn't believe how much it looked like Trey's 3d/4 ultrasound. I wonder how much they will look alike after he is born....

His hands or feet were up by is face the ENTIRE time!

Daddy says that this is his baseball grip!

It's crazy, that we even have a couple of pictures where trey is posed or doing the same thing in his ultrasound! :)

Sisters!

My sweet friend, Jamie, was in town over the holidays and took some maternity pictures of Alyssa and I. I am so excited for Alyssa and I to be pregnant together. We had talked about it our whole lives, growing up, but when she got married and had a baby my freshman year of college, I thought that this would never become a reality. We are due about a month apart from each other! I am going crazy, because she isn't finding out what their having! I thought she would crack once I found out what we were having, but NO! I think she secretly wants/is hoping for a girl... so when she found out I was having another BOY, she was totally OK with still not finding out. I think it is because she would be super excited for a girl, but now knowing that I am having a boy, would be excited for her to have a boy too!!!

One of my favorites:)

Another favorite :)

26 weeks

Another one that I love! (PS- that tile was freezing!

So far, this pregnancy has been very similar to Trey's. I have been feeling pretty good and haven't been sick. I was looking back at old posts, from when I was pregnant with Trey, and realized how grateful I was that I had documented some of my feelings. I also, realized that I haven't written anything about this new baby! So, here it goes...

Some funny things that my students have said- Before I had told anyone at work or my students that I was pregnant, one of my students totally called me out in front of the class. I had just finished explaining the directions to what they were supposed to do, and then asked if anyone had any questions. Well one little girl raised her hand, so I called on her, and she said, "Your tummy looks weird, are you going to have a baby?" I was completely caught off-guard and didn't know how to respond... I just avoided the question and redirected the class to what they were supposed to be doing. I then felt awkward (why in front of 6 & 7 year olds, I don't know) but then didn't know how to bring it up again to tell them. So about a month went by, and it was time for parent teacher conferences.... well, at this point I was about 24/25 weeks along and it was December, so every time I went to get the kids and saw their parents I had a big coat on, but when they came inside for parent conferences, I would take my coat off. I got some interesting looks and comments! :)

Trey- I am not quite sure how he is going to handle sharing his mama.... his new favorite word at the moment is MINE! On Christmas eve, Trey was running around playing with the big kids, and wanted nothing to do with his mama.... until his mama was holding a baby. I decided that since he didn't want to play with me, I would hold my cousin's new baby. As soon as Trey saw that baby come into my arms, he ran straight for me yelling ans screaming 'MINE, MINE, NO! NO! MINE!!!' By the time he got over to me he was still shouting, but was now swatting at me and the baby.... He points to my belling and says baby, but I do not think he has made the connection that soon a real baby will be hear and he is going to have to share his mama with a little brother. I know that one day, he will be the best big brother and show his little brother all the fun things he likes to do!

Baby names- With Trey it was easy... once we knew it was a boy, we knew he would be named after WILL. This time, I am really feeling the pressure to make sure my baby's name is meaningful, like his brother's. It has been a struggle and has been emotional too. Will and I are really having a hard time agreeing on a name for this little guy! Hopefully soon we will be able to know what Trey's little brother's name will be!

Movement- This little guy is definitely an active one... I wonder where he gets that from (cough, cough... trey) :) Even though, at times, I am pretty sure he is doing jumping jacks, gymnastics, karate, or having a dance party, I LOVE feeling him move around in there. Feeling the baby move, is my favorite part of being pregnant. This time, I was able to feel him a lot sooner, then I felt Trey. I think, I just knew more of what I was looking/feeling for! At my last dr. apt, the dr was having a hard time finding the heart beat. This normally would FREAK me OUT... but I could feel the baby going crazy in there and kicking all around, and knew that, that was why he couldn't find it right away. After the baby finally settled down, for about 2 seconds, the dr was able to get his heart rate and we were able to his his heartbeat. The dr. said, "man, your baby is a spaz!" At this comment, I was thinking, 'I know, now I am going to have TWO rambunctious little boys running around!' (But I seriously, couldn't be more excited!) Later, on the car ride home, Will asked me if I was nervous when the dr couldn't find the heartbeat. I immediately said NO,  and told him that I could feel him moving all over the place during the time when the dr was looking. That was kind of the end of the conversation, (besides the discussion about what our future was going to be like with 2 crazy boys) but I later realized that Will, sitting on the other side of the dr office, wasn't able to feel what I was feeling while the dr was trying to find the heart beat. Instead he was sitting there wondering what was going on.  I began to feel bad that he was worried and concerned, so I brought it back up to him later.  He tried to play it off, and said that he wasn't too worried, cause the dr wasn't acting like there was a problem.  He is the best dad (and husband)! I love watching him interact with and teach Trey new things, and I can not wait for our next little guy to arrive so I can see him hold our precious baby in his hands. Even though I am going to be completely out numbered by the boys in my house, I wouldn't have it any other way! I love my boys!

New Year's Day

We decided to have a family picnic at Floyd Lamb State Park!
Trey loved have free, open range to run all around! he also, loved jumping in the leaves!
My handsome boy!

Happy New Year Everyone!

Christmas Day 2011

Christmas started BIGHT and EARLY for us....

We started out at Alyssa's house at 7 am to open presents with my side of the family. we had a YUMMY breakfast and enjoyed seeing each other for a little bit, before we all had to rush off to be to other places by 9 am!

Trey especially LOVED playing in this big box!

We rushed over to Will's [arent's, where we got to Skype with Carina (their old forgein exchange student) Her birthday is on Cristmas, so it was fun to see her and talk to her! After that, we went home and put Trey down for a nap, then went to church at 1.
After church, we FINALLY let Trey downstairs to see what Santa had left for him under our tree at home! :)

He LOVED all his new cars....

But didn't quite get the concept of the rug! He took all his cars over to the couch to drive them on there!
He also got a new big, boy potty!

Trying it out...

Putting his new Ornament on the tree!

Sitting on his new car from his babysitter! He then had to open the rest of his presents while sitting on it! :)

I sure he will hate me later in life for this picture, but he just looked too cute in his Santa diaper!
Then it was time for presents #3 over at Will's parent's house!

By this time, it was getting late into the evening, and Trey was pretty over the whole unwrapping present business. :)
He decided to just Sit in the box instead of seeing what was in it! Then after eveerything was out, he took a bag and that box and went and sat in it for the remainder of the evening, while everyone else opened presents!

One of these things is not like the others....
GOOOOO Cougars!

Trey couldn't decide which one he wanted to use!

We had such a wonderful Chirstmas. Even though we were bouncing around ALL day, it was great to be with our amazing families!