The Princess and the Pea

Yes, Kennedy looks slightly crazed in this picture. And yes, this picture has nothing to do with my post. She just has gotten really into her Minnie Mouse hat lately and loves to wear it around. Also, I updated my cooking blog with Banana Cream Pie! Go check it out! Anyway, I thought that I would just post a small list of things that Kennedy has been sleeping with at various times over the past couple of weeks. Brett keeps saying that eventually her whole room will end up in bed with her, and at this rate he's probably right.

*2 blankets - this is a nightly occurrence now

*2 bears - it's usually just one

*Pillow - even though she doesn't put it under her head

*Books

*Crayons

*Towel - last night Brett even took this off of her bed while we were praying, and when he went back in her room to cover her up she was snuggling with it

*A roll of wrapping paper - I'm serious about this one. I went in there after her nap the other day and there she was in bed with a roll of wrapping paper that she lovingly calls "stick".

Let It Snow!

love the (finally) cold weather and the little bit of snow we've had!

hate that we keep leaving Kennedy's shoes and good coat in the car so we can't always go outside

love that my friends and family keep having babies

hate that I still have 19 weeks before I can meet my little man

love that everyone keeps telling me how smart Kennedy is

hate that she's growing up so fast

love my new system. I'm making sure that every day I give 30 minutes of undivided attention to the house and to Kennedy.

hate that the house doesn't seem to get any better in just 30 minutes. Hopefully over time that will change.

love that Brett gets to be with us for the holidays

hate that he might not get to be there for the birth of this baby

love the beautiful snow on the mountains

hate that we can't drive up there as much now (not that it was truly frequent to begin with)

love my husband and all he does for me

hate nothing :)

Lazy Days

Kennedy had a hard time with daylight savings time. It took her about a week to adjust to the new schedule. Thankfully she now sleeps until a normal time again, but one morning she woke up at 5:45 and wouldn't go back to sleep. I decided to keep her up until her regular nap time, and she was exhausted. At about noon she was sitting on the couch like this with half closed eyes watching Playhouse Disney.

That was a hard day because she hardly even took a nap, probably because she was so exhausted when I put her down. We're glad to have her back on her normal schedule. I had to document these pictures, because not only did she look really cute, but she hardly ever sits still on her own for longer than a couple of minutes!

Midway Point!

I am officially halfway done with my pregnancy today! I have gone through 20 weeks and have 20 to go. I haven't even gained 10 pounds yet, which I'm really excited about since I never lost all of my weight from Kennedy. Hopefully my body feels like it already has plenty of weight and I won't put on as much. And the best news is that we had our ultrasound today! This baby is very healthy, no problems, and is measuring just about right for its due date. I know that you are all waiting for the news that you really want to know, so here it is -- it's a BOY! I had my suspicions (call it mother's intuition) and I was right. :) Brett is thrilled and I am excited to have a baby boy! I get to buy a whole new wardrobe too. :) We are having some serious trouble coming up with names, so any help would be great! The middle name is going to be Tyson, so I would love to hear suggestions for a first name.

Warning

There are consequences when you feed your child Chocolate Caramel Thumbprints.

To those of you with young children, I would not let them eat one unsupervised.

And on that note, I put up a post for Lemon Meltaways on my cooking blog! Look for the link on the side bar.