I had a feeling

I had a feeling this would happen. I knew that Ryan would like the frilly princess stuff, but oh my goodness. This little girl is spending 24/7 in the outfit. No joke. She wore the outfit all day Friday and that evening to Mimi's house. This photo above shows the pink princess outfit over her pajamas on Friday night. Don't worry--she slept in it and I couldn't get it off her the next morning.

We went out to lunch on Saturday to celebrate Bryson's MBA graduation and yep, she wore the princess top over her dress.

She's so happy eating her corn on a stick, hair falling out of her bow in her pink princess shirt. As you can tell, I've totally given up.

Here's Reese in mommy's sunglasses, chillin' with one leg over the side of the highchair.
What a ham!

My best friends

I love that I'm pregnant with my 2 best friends, Dana & Karen. It's such a fun feeling to know that our kids will be weeks or days apart and will hopefully be best friends too. I can't wait to see what Dana and Karen are having. I have my gut feelings and we'll see if I'm right in a few months. Of course, Cory & I are going to be surprised and everyone will have to wait to see if Baby Whyte is a boy or girl.

So cute

Last night Ryan found the blue & brown onesie that I bought Mimi to tell her that we're expecting. It's been sitting on the counter since Monday and Ryan picked it up and Cory asked her what it was. She said, "This is for my wittle brother. I dress him in his pajamas." So sweet. R&R are understanding the whole baby in the belly thing much better than I thought they would. Of course, they are brilliant, so why would I expect anything less :)

I'm going to save the outfit and take it to the hospital if it's a boy. If not, one of my friends will be getting a little boy ensemble.

Reminiscing

It's really fun to be pregnant again and I find myself trying to remember every detail of the first pregnancy with Reese & Ryan and how I felt compared to how I'm feeling now. I know it's so early and the only thing I'm feeling right now is TIRED. I remember that from the first time around. I am so happy that R&R still sleep in the afternoon. I love taking an afternoon nap with them and I kind of can't function without it right now. They slept for 4 hours yesterday and I slept for 2 of it. Cory thinks I shouldn't let them nap so long because sometimes they're up until 9 or 10, but it's necessary for my survival right now.

Even though this is my second pregnancy, I still feel like there is stuff that I need to learn. I gave away a few of my pregnancy books to friends and now I want them back so I can read up on what changes are happening with my body. My mom reminded me yesterday that at one point in my first pregnancy I told her that the book said Reese & Ryan were the size of garden beetles and we thought that was hilarious. I found my favorite book at Target last night, Your Pregnancy Week by Week, and it had some of those same comparisons. In a few weeks--week 8, the fetus will be the size of a pinto bean. I just love those little analogies.

What to do this summer?

It's officially hot. The kind of hot where you have to turn the car on right away to get the AC going and the seat belt burns your leg. I've been slamming down bottle after bottle of ice water while I ponder what to do w/ our girls this summer. Last summer we were signed up for swim lessons, Rolly Pollies, Baby signs class, and one other class through the city. I'm tired just thinking of last summer. This year I think we're going waaaaay low key. The girls are in this phase where they never want to leave home. It's such a battle and I think I'm being a good mom by exposing them to new classes and adventures, but the reality of it is they just want to stay home and play with their toys. When I say, "Let's get ready to go to _____", Reese always says, "No, Mommy, I stay home wiff my famiwy". They are both super clingy to me right now, which I enjoy most of the time, but it makes it hard to be alone with two 28 lb. girls that want to both be held.

So....that's the tentative plan, doing nothing. Of course, we'll do Rolly Pollies as always and maybe swim lessons once a week in the evenings, but that's it. There's a few places that I'd like to check out with the girls, but nothing is officially scheduled. We're going to keep it open this summer, fly by the seat of our pants, and have some very happy campers that get that get to stay home with their mommy.

Saving up for baby

Since we don't have maternity insurance we are paying cash for the delivery and all our Dr. visits. We did this with Reese & Ryan and it's not a bad way to go because they cut you a deal when you pay cash. The OB care will be $2250 if we pay in full in the first 30 days, which we will do. Each ultrasound will be $250 for a total cost of $750. The hospital will be $6250 for a C-section, epidural, and 3 night stay. There will be some misc. bills for blood work, the pediatrician when they are born, and the anesthesiologist. I'm planning on the total bill for everything to be about $11,000 when it's all said and done. Yikes!! Good thing we have a few months to prepare.

Saving up for baby

Since we don't have maternity insurance we are paying cash for the delivery and all our Dr. visits. We did this with Reese & Ryan and it's not a bad way to go because they cut you a deal when you pay cash. The OB care will be $2250 if we pay in full in the first 30 days, which we will do. Each ultrasound will be $250 for a total cost of $750. The hospital will be $6250 for a C-section, epidural, and 3 night stay. There will be some misc. bills for blood work, the pediatrician when they are born, and the anesthesiologist. I'm planning on the total bill for everything to be about $11,000 when it's all said and done. Yikes!! Good thing we have a few months to prepare.

It's official!

I went to the Dr. today and they confirmed the pregnancy. I am 4 wks. 3 days pregnant according to their calculations, which put my due date at January 16th, 2010. They drew blood at the doctors office today and I will get the results in a few days. I weighed in at 116 lbs (but it was afternoon, after lunch, and I had all my clothes on ;) My next appointment is set up for June 10th and they will do an ultrasound to check the baby's heartbeat and growth progress. It's all so exciting and so new. I don't feel pregnant at all, but I have to keep reminding myself that it's really early.

The good news

I just found out this morning that I'm pregnant. We are expecting baby #3 and I'm so excited! A little scared, but more excited than anything. I woke up at 6:30 this morning and took a home pregnancy test. The + sign was right there after about 30 seconds. I showed it to Cory and he couldn't believe it. I think he was a bit more surprised than I was, but he's excited too. If I calculate my due date right, our baby will be born mid-January. I'm going to the doctor tomorrow to confirm everything. Yeah!

Little mother hens

I think Reese & Ryan need a baby brother or sister. They could not get enough of baby Lane this past weekend. I think what surprised me the most is how Reese behaved towards him. She was so enamored with him and kept doting on him. I thought that would have been Ryan's role, but once again, our girls are switching personalities on us.

Blackmail

Misty and I have so many photos of our kids naked together that will for sure be blackmail someday.

We will have so much fun when they're all in high school and we can bust out photos of them naked in the bathtub. Look at Zackary's tush in this photo below. What a cute little bum!

I had fun bathing three kids at once and I got completely soaked while doing it.

Reese was having waaaay too much fun!

Look at that gap tooth grin :)

Zackary was really good at dumping cups of water on Reese's head. She didn't seem to mind.

Into the wild, sort of

We went to Pinetop this weekend with the Allans and had a great time. It was so nice to get out of town for a few days and enjoy some fresh, clean mountain air. The kids had SO much fun playing together.

Ryan, Reese, & Zackary heading out on our nature walk.

We turned over almost every rock to see what kind of creepy crawlies we could find.

I had the bug catcher open and ready.

Cory found a lizard that crawled up his pant leg.

Then he got the little guy on his hand, up his arm, around the back, and into the bug catcher. The kids were so excited!

We had one lizard, four crickets, a few potato bugs, and a worm.