Valentine's Day 2011

Here's a picture of the beautiful flowers Jeremy and Isabelle had sent to me at work, it was an awesome surprise!!

Here's pictures we took before church on Sunday before Valentine's Day. We all wore red, how corny are we?! We went to lunch at Olive Garden as a family a few days before since I had to work on Valentine's Day. However, Jeremy and Isabelle joined me for lunch at work which totally made my day. I love my family SOOO much and definitely don't need a holiday to remind me of that, but it definitely reminds me of how blessed I am.

It's a BOY!!

During the ultrasound the doctor switched over to 4d mode for a minute and we saw his face with his little hand up to this cheek...how precious!

Here is a butt shot. On top is his little booty with legs on both sides and his "boy parts" in the middle. We had our appointment a week ago and we still can't believe it's actually a boy, we are so very excited! It was just a regular checkup appointment, but the doctor did a quick little ultrasound for fun and the baby was very cooperative and showed his stuff right away! The doctor said everything looks great and we'll have our big anatomy ultrasound in a couple more weeks. We are so thankful to the Lord for blessing us with a precious baby boy.

Here is a belly shot of me around 17 1/2 weeks. As I write this I'm 18 weeks and I swear I've grown in just the last few days! I've been feeling the baby move some for a few weeks now. I'm excited for the upcoming weeks as I know I will feel him more and more. I've been feeling pretty good lately. I had the flu a few weeks ago and had a lingering cough that just wouldn't go away. From coughing so hard and so long I developed pleurisy, which is an inflammation of the lining of the lung. Unfortunately, the treatment is anti-inflammatory medication, which I can't take because I'm preganant. Pleurisy has been extremely painful with deep breathing, coughing and certain movements. I've had it now for a week and a half and it's definitely getting better, but not all the way gone. Over time it will heal more and more. After the pleurisy is gone I'm claiming a smooth pregnancy the rest of the way!

Izzy Lately...

Playing with her friend Annorah at the Children's Museum

Loving the new Clifford exhibit!

Really loves hanging out with her cousins

Mommy and Izzy sick with the flu :( It was a rough week, but we made it through!

Here we go Steelers!! They're loyal fans even though they lost!!

Our precious Isabelle changes every day. She's getting so smart and talks constantly. She's counting to 10 and almost has 10 to 20 down pat too. She can say all her ABC's and identifies about half of the letters. We're working on shapes and she's doing well with her colors too. When sickness and teething comes around her sleeping habits change. However, for the most part, she naps everyday after lunch from about 12:30/1:00 to about 3:00. She goes to bed for the night between 7:30 and 8:00 and sleeps until about 7:30/8:00 in the morning. Her eating habits change quite often. Some days she'll eat everything in sight, other days she hardly will eat anything at all. She still eats a good variety of food, so I'm thankful for that. I know it's normal toddler behavior but it drives me crazy when she won't eat!! She's doing great with her potty training. She wears her panties for most of the day and we're taking her out in her panties as well. She has the occasional accident and right now she refuses to poop in her potty, but we're definitely making progress! Our next step is to start the toddler bed. We really would like to have her potty trained, in a toddler bed and off the paci before the new baby comes, that may be wishful thinking, but we sure will try! She's such a love bug lately. She randomly comes up to us and gives us hugs and kisses and says "love u." Today she came up to me and kissed me and said Love You Mama. Then she went to Jeremy, hugged and kissed him, and said Love you Dada. She then looked at us both and said "love you guys!" lol We were cracking up. We love our precious Isabelle and know she's going to make a great big sister.