17 Months & 20 Weeks!!!

that's right! yesterday my 2 babies turned 17 months and 20 weeks on the same day! they are both getting so big!.....

a little bit about Piper...

*the words she says are...mommy, daddy, ball, baby, bath, book, puppy, duckie, piper, diaper, pretty, bubble, cheese, apple, nannie, pa,papa, "t", night night, peepee, poopoo, stinkie, bible, cookie, uh-oh, please, up, yellow, blue, purple and a lot of "words" we are not sure about yet ;)

*she still signs for...water, hungry, bird, more, all done & cracker

*foods she loves...cheese, apples, veggie burgers, PB sandwiches, ice cream, eggs, green beans, goldfish crackers, any dried fruit, bagels & cream cheese...she has really gotten into wanting to "dip" her food, like pieces of bagel into cream cheese, or french fries into ketchup ;)

*she weaned, basically on her own, at 15 months, when i was 12 weeks pregnant...all i did was a lot of distraction, we stayed really busy, and if she would ask to nurse i would offer a snack or an activity, and eventually she just stopped asking for it!

*she is a champ at going to sleep in her own bed now....staying asleep in her own bed is a different story. we honestly at 8pm (after bedtime routine of bath, book, prayer and a minute or two of rocking) can just lay her down awake in her crib and she doesn't make a peep and goes right to sleep....but she is up by 1am and we just bring her to our bed then...not sure how that is going to work when #2 comes??

*she has her first "chore", that she started all herself, when we leave the house it is her job to "put the puppy in her room"....she have even got doing the latch down...and when we come home she goes straight to annabelles cage to let her out...she gets pretty frustrated if we forget to let her do it ;)

*the girl loves her sesame street and praise baby video.

*our favorite activities are, the 2 library programs we go to, our playgroup, the science museum, and the play area at quail springs mall!

*after about a month, a lot of crying, a lot of comforting from the teachers, and probably a lot of crackers, she FINALLY loves going to church nursery!!!

of course i could go on forever about all the little quirks of Miss. Piper, but I'll stop there :)

a little bit about #2...


*our first belly photo!! everyone keeps telling me that i don't even look pregnant...well that's because its winter people and i wear a lot of sweats and jackets...so here is the belly....see i told you it was there!!!

*i have only gained 2lbs...but that is on top of the 2lbs that i lost at the beginning...so i am back right where i was when i first found out...although i already feel SO much bigger then i felt with pipe...but i think that's typical for your 2nd.

*I made it to 20 weeks without one moment of sickness!!!!!!! but a lot of back pain.

*we had our ultrasound last week and everything looks perfect and healthy! he/she is 10oz and moves all the time! he/she is so cute and looks like piper did at her ultrasound :)

*EVERYONE thinks the baby is a boy, i guess because my 2 pregnancies have been night and day different.

*starting to remember the pain of labor and birth...trying to focus on the beauty of labor and birth.

*I have been craving tomato based foods....pizza, spaghetti, and salsa.

I absolutely can not WAIT to meet this little one and learn his or her quirks and get to know him or her like we know Piper!!!!
I love you my little ones!!!!!!

The Real Christmas Story...

headed to church with our Christmas jammies and paci....what else does a girl need ;)





before and during the show....playing with friends, looking at the live animals and giving kisses to daddy :)






after the show all the kiddos go do a craft and decorate a cookie...piper took it on as a project to clean up all the left over sprinkles while waiting for her cookie ;)




*yes...that day she took a little tumble off the couch (ooops!) and has a red bump on her head to prove it :( but it didnt stop her from having a good time!! huh?! :)

remember this from last year.....

last Christmas Piper, Jake and I had the honor of playing Jesus, Mary and Joseph in a program called "the real Christmas story" that our church puts on for little ones....well this year we put on our jammies and went as spectators:) Pipers favorite part was when "Mary" walks "Jesus" around for everyone to see him...she stood up, pointed and kept saying "baby, baby, baby..." over and over again, it was so fun!!

2 generations of Mary & Jesus ;)

pipers buddy :)

my friend katie needed someone to watch her little girl this week...so after some begging from piper ;) we offered. we had a BLAST!! they were inseparable! and if Liv did decide to explore and go to another room i would look to piper and ask "where did your buddy go??", piper would go right to find her and join in with whatever Liv found to play with, it was so cute! and of course there is nothing like a friend who shares the same passion of "sesame street" as you do ;)





ohhh and apparently sesame street makes all little girls do a little spin!!

very few things in life....

makes a person want to spontaneously get up and do a little spin...





for piper....its Sesame Street...

ohhh life's little joys...

hand-me-down's from friends=

one happy momma!!!!....

wanting to do EVERYTHING all by herself....not so much ;)

I'M BACK!!!

did you miss me.....well to be honest...i missed you. i guess i would have to say that i got burned out on blogging...not sure why...but after a little break i hope to be back for good....i am already having feelings of guilt for not documenting this pregnancy like i did for pipers.... so heres a bit of an update...:)

I am 17 weeks along! feeling amazing! the only symptoms i have had is fatigue (is that pregnancy or chasing a 1 year old around all day??)...i have not been sick at all! if you are a long time reader you know that i was really sick with piper....so needles to say, not having any nausea was a very welcomed change :) we originally had plans to find out the sex of the baby this time....but about 2 weeks ago i completely changed my mind, and it didn't take much to convince jake....we just LOVED the anticipation too much! we also originally planned to have this baby at home...we had our first appointment (at 12 weeks) with some amazing midwives in Norman and really loved them.....but were still feeling just a little uneasy about being at home and so decided to go back to the midwives at OU medical center...Our Midwife from Piper is retireding :( so for my second appointment (last week) was with a new one named Barbra....we really liked her. Everything with #2 is going well...and so fast! I felt the baby move last week! and feel the baby about once a day :) Over night i have started "showing" i have a pooch that just cant be sucked in any longer!....yet i still have not gained any weight....well i think thats all for #2....i hope to start belly photos now that there is actually a bit of a belly, since i dont have one yet i will leave you with photos from when we told jakes family on heathers birthday(september 11th)....