Spring Is Here

JR caught his first fish of the season today! Eli and I caught him taking the fish off the hook just in time. I asked Eli to touch it and he did, as did I. Then he touched the fish again, but got his eyeball, yuck!

Oh. Eli is wearing his headphones that we bought for the monster truck show. He said it was loud at the pond.

Baby Oakley

This is an old picture, 2 1/2 months old actually (man, I'm a slacker). We'll have an updated one for you next week :) If it's been awhile since you've checked out our (outdated) blog, we are expecting our second baby on August 27th! Which is also JR's birthday; an easy due date to remember. That makes me 18wks currently.

At my last check-up (17weeks), I had gained 3 pounds, blood pressure was normal, and heart tones were in the 140's. Everything seems to be going well and we have our anatomy scan/gender ultrasound on Tuesday April 3rd. I'm really getting excited to find out whether it's a girl or a boy. We haven't even talked about any names yet because we are waiting for the news.

This pregnancy is different than my first. Unlike with Eli, this time I had nausea for the first month or so. I only got sick one time and I am certainly thankful for that! I have also been way more tired this time around. I'm finally getting more energy back. Everything is happening much sooner than it did the first time around. With Eli, I didn't feel him move until around 19weeks. This baby is moving already for the last month (started feeling movement around 15wks). Tonight I put my hand on my belly and pushed down a little and I could feel the kicks on my hand....eek so exciting! I can't wait for Eli and JR to be able to feel them too.

I've been much more uncomfortable this pregnancy. With Eli, I visited the chiropractor the last few weeks of pregnancy. This time my neck and back pain have been much more exaggerated and I get headaches 3-4 times weekly. Some days the headaches are tolerable, some days I am couch bound. I am seeing the chiropractor twice a week for the last two months. I'm hoping to see improvement soon but I really have a feeling this will continue throughout the pregnancy. I've had quite a bit of hip pain as well, it can be hard to walk and move around at times. I can only imagine what it's going to feel like when my belly is HUGE.

Well that's about all for now. I will write back next week after the ultrasound!

Eli

It's been a long time since I've talked about what Eli has been up to. Here are some of his favorite things to date:

Favorite Game: Angry Birds
Favorite Angry Bird: The Eagle
Favorite Color: White
Favorite Phases: Too bad, I want, No, You have to!
Favorite Food: Pizza
Favorite Fruit: Watermelon
Favorite Snack: Cookies
Favorite thing to do with mommy: Cook
Favorite thing to do with daddy: Clean Up (he has told me all these answers himself)
Favorite cat: Hump a lump (don't ask)
Favorite thing to play outside: Play ball
Favorite TV Show: He answered Thomas but we haven't watched that in months. He watches Caillou everyday on PBS.

Eli has been potty training for two months. He does very well with pee pee, but we haven't been successful with poop yet. He wears undies all day and goes pee pee standing up on the big potty. If he has to poop, he asks me for a diaper. I encourage him to use the potty and he has tried a few times but still hasn't. Every time Eli goes on the potty he gets a sticker. When he gets so many stickers he gets a reward (usually a game on the iPad.) I guess we'll keep this up until he is out of diapers. He is very good at staying dry during the day and at night (he hasn't had a wet diaper overnight since we've started training).


His 1st Potty Chart completed!!

Eli is no longer napping. Back in October we started phasing them out. He was grumpy at first. I loved his nap time but he was napping for two hours each day and not falling asleep until about 10 or 11 at night some nights. I just decided I'd rather skip the nap and have him go to bed early. This worked out well until I became pregnant and I really want to nap every day, haha. I also don't stay up much later after he goes to bed because I'm so tired. I am no longer willing to sacrifice my sleep to surf the web, read a book, or work on crafts. Every once and a while he'll take a nap.


You bet I was jumping for joy :)

As far as his behavior goes, I guess he's a typical 3yr old. He has a really hard time when we tell him no. He raises his voice and yells at us quite often. Sometimes his attitude really stinks but we are working on it. He's sweet when he wants to be and most days I think he's turning out to be a very good boy. We have been trying to stop him from interrupting conversations and he occasionally remembers by saying "Mommy can I say something?". He has started the bad habit of hitting and that gets him in time out and a consequence.

On a happy note, Eli is excited to become a big brother. We talk about the baby almost everyday. He's become very interested in babies and always smiles and waves at them. It's very cute. He says he wants a baby sister...this week :)

Blogging once again

I've been meaning to catch up on the blog but considering I am almost 6 months behind, the task seems too daunting to pick up where I left off. So, I start from today and I'm including a few pictures from this month and last; I'll try to do my best from now on.


Eli had his first dental cleaning in February. He did AMAZING! The dentist is always impressed with how well he does; makes me so proud. He did have to go back for a small filling. The dentist thinks he might have actually ground a hole in his tooth. We are considering getting a mouth guard for him, but are waiting for now.


All Smiles!

Getting his fluoride!

We took Eli to his very first monster truck show in Februaury (my 1st as a matter of fact). He thought it was cool. We all got bored after about an hour. He liked wearing his headphones. It was VERY loud!

Waiting for the show to start



Enjoying a ring pop!


We have been enjoying a very warm winter this year. Eli and I decided to start an herb garden, from a container. He really wanted to plant carrots in there but I told him that wouldn't work.




We walked to the pond in our neighborhood one day during the week and had a picnic. The weather was beautiful, albeit very windy.



We haven't been up to much lately. I am finally starting to have more energy since I'm in the 2nd trimester now. I look forward to doing more activities with Eli over the next few months before I'll likely slow down again.