Update & belly shots (hoping only girls read this)

So, feeling quite H-U-G-E these days. Enjoy yourself at my expense:

Girly info:

I had a check-up this morning. The mid-wife "checked" me, and my cervix is soft and beginning to progress. I am scheduled for an ultrasound at my next visit so that they can check my amniotic fluid and Landon's size. I am getting nervous about how big Landon is going to be. I am praying that he will be around the same size as Ella Beth (6 lbs, 6 oz) so that my delivery is not complicated. When I was prego with Ella Beth, my doctor told me that if I was to carry a baby over 7 1/2 pounds I'd need a c-section. The mid-wife this morning said, "He will probably be bigger than your first baby," so I'm getting a little worried. When I reminded her at the end of my appointment that I needed my hospital admission packet, she even asked, "Do you want a packet for a vaginal delivery?" Umm...HELLO! There is no other desirable option for me, thank you very much. I'd love any and all prayers that Landon is very close in size to his sister...within a couple of ounces please!!! I'm trying to continue to pray "specifically" for Landon...that he will be tall - 6'-6'4", healthy, have no physical, emotional, intellectual, or mental disabilities, grow up loving the Lord, be a cotton-head from birth, a sound sleeper, and have a personality so similar to his daddy's that it's scary. One more specific prayer won't hurt. :)

The mid-wife advised me not to pick up Ella Beth very often. She said that picking her up is putting stress on my cervix. Okay. Easy enough. HA! Seeing how I have a 17 month old who needs to be picked up for her carseat, high chair, changing her clothes, bath time, getting ready time, and all those other times when a 17 month old needs her mommy, I think that's some advice that is going to be difficult to follow.

Speaking of my 17 month old, she wanted her picture taken this morning -

Her hair has been so static-y this week. You can see all of her fly-aways sticking out. Doesn't she look so big in this picture? I think she looks a little...dare I say...fat. It's probably b/c she's about 11 inches from the camera, but her cheeks sure look full! It is going to be so hard seeing her next to Landon. She's still my baby, how can she be a big sister?!

Update & belly shots (hoping only girls read this)

So, feeling quite H-U-G-E these days. Enjoy yourself at my expense:

Girly info:

I had a check-up this morning. The mid-wife "checked" me, and my cervix is soft and beginning to progress. I am scheduled for an ultrasound at my next visit so that they can check my amniotic fluid and Landon's size. I am getting nervous about how big Landon is going to be. I am praying that he will be around the same size as Ella Beth (6 lbs, 6 oz) so that my delivery is not complicated. When I was prego with Ella Beth, my doctor told me that if I was to carry a baby over 7 1/2 pounds I'd need a c-section. The mid-wife this morning said, "He will probably be bigger than your first baby," so I'm getting a little worried. When I reminded her at the end of my appointment that I needed my hospital admission packet, she even asked, "Do you want a packet for a vaginal delivery?" Umm...HELLO! There is no other desirable option for me, thank you very much. I'd love any and all prayers that Landon is very close in size to his sister...within a couple of ounces please!!! I'm trying to continue to pray "specifically" for Landon...that he will be tall - 6'-6'4", healthy, have no physical, emotional, intellectual, or mental disabilities, grow up loving the Lord, be a cotton-head from birth, a sound sleeper, and have a personality so similar to his daddy's that it's scary. One more specific prayer won't hurt. :)

The mid-wife advised me not to pick up Ella Beth very often. She said that picking her up is putting stress on my cervix. Okay. Easy enough. HA! Seeing how I have a 17 month old who needs to be picked up for her carseat, high chair, changing her clothes, bath time, getting ready time, and all those other times when a 17 month old needs her mommy, I think that's some advice that is going to be difficult to follow.

Speaking of my 17 month old, she wanted her picture taken this morning -

Her hair has been so static-y this week. You can see all of her fly-aways sticking out. Doesn't she look so big in this picture? I think she looks a little...dare I say...fat. It's probably b/c she's about 11 inches from the camera, but her cheeks sure look full! It is going to be so hard seeing her next to Landon. She's still my baby, how can she be a big sister?!

A little worship & a little bit random

(I'm trying to figure out how to get the song for you to listen to on here... Working on it!)

Son of God

Son of God, Shaper of the stars

You alone, The dweller of my heart

Mighty King, How beautiful You are, how beautiful

Son of God, The Father's gift to us

You alone, Were broken on the altar of love

Precious Lamb, Our freedom's in Your blood,

It's in Your blood

Jesus, O Holy One,

I sing to you

Forgiven

Savior, I'm overcome

With Your great love for me.

Son of God, Strength beyond compare

You alone, The darkness cannont bear

Lord of all, Your kindess draws me near

It draws me.

Son of God, Prophecy of old

You alone, Redeemer of my soul

Come again, And lead your people home

Come lead us home

Jesus, O Holy One,

I sing to You

Forgiven

Savior, I'm overcome

With Your great love for me.

You are worthy, You are worthy

You are worthy of all my praise.

You are beautiful, You are beautiful

I will lift up my hands and sing.

You are worthy, You are worthy,

You are worthy of all my praise.

You are beautiful, You are beautiful,

I will lift up my hands and sing:

Jesus, O Holy One,

I sing to You

Forgiven

Savior, I'm overcome

With Your great love for me.

My most favorite way to spend time with the Lord is through music. I love this song because it allows me to tell Him everything my heart feels. I hope your heart shouts the same!

Okay...random tid-bit -

We have DVR (kinda like TiVo) where we can record live TV and other things. Well, Ella Beth is obsessed with it. She completely understands that we can rewind the TV to view things. She has even figured out how to do it. When there is some song, or kitty commercial, that comes on the TV, she will go get the remote "mote" as she calls it, and tell us, "Again!" There is no telling how many times each day we go through the process of "Again!" Right now, her favorite thing on TV is the Free Credit Report commercial that has the guy playing a guitar in his in-law's basement..."So, I married my dream girl; I married my dream girl. But she didn't tell me her credit was bad..." Oh, the never-ending music! I sing it in my head as I'm falling asleep sometimes...which may be why I'm not sleeping so well these days! It really is funny, though. Ella Beth wants nothing to do with TV unless there is a little "ditty" playing that she can dance to. Over. And. Over. Again. (And, yes, we do have this on video. Just a little something else to pull out on prom night!)

A little worship & a little bit random

(I'm trying to figure out how to get the song for you to listen to on here... Working on it!)

Son of God

Son of God, Shaper of the stars

You alone, The dweller of my heart

Mighty King, How beautiful You are, how beautiful

Son of God, The Father's gift to us

You alone, Were broken on the altar of love

Precious Lamb, Our freedom's in Your blood,

It's in Your blood

Jesus, O Holy One,

I sing to you

Forgiven

Savior, I'm overcome

With Your great love for me.

Son of God, Strength beyond compare

You alone, The darkness cannont bear

Lord of all, Your kindess draws me near

It draws me.

Son of God, Prophecy of old

You alone, Redeemer of my soul

Come again, And lead your people home

Come lead us home

Jesus, O Holy One,

I sing to You

Forgiven

Savior, I'm overcome

With Your great love for me.

You are worthy, You are worthy

You are worthy of all my praise.

You are beautiful, You are beautiful

I will lift up my hands and sing.

You are worthy, You are worthy,

You are worthy of all my praise.

You are beautiful, You are beautiful,

I will lift up my hands and sing:

Jesus, O Holy One,

I sing to You

Forgiven

Savior, I'm overcome

With Your great love for me.

My most favorite way to spend time with the Lord is through music. I love this song because it allows me to tell Him everything my heart feels. I hope your heart shouts the same!

Okay...random tid-bit -

We have DVR (kinda like TiVo) where we can record live TV and other things. Well, Ella Beth is obsessed with it. She completely understands that we can rewind the TV to view things. She has even figured out how to do it. When there is some song, or kitty commercial, that comes on the TV, she will go get the remote "mote" as she calls it, and tell us, "Again!" There is no telling how many times each day we go through the process of "Again!" Right now, her favorite thing on TV is the Free Credit Report commercial that has the guy playing a guitar in his in-law's basement..."So, I married my dream girl; I married my dream girl. But she didn't tell me her credit was bad..." Oh, the never-ending music! I sing it in my head as I'm falling asleep sometimes...which may be why I'm not sleeping so well these days! It really is funny, though. Ella Beth wants nothing to do with TV unless there is a little "ditty" playing that she can dance to. Over. And. Over. Again. (And, yes, we do have this on video. Just a little something else to pull out on prom night!)

Nursery progress

Well, the nursery is finally turning into a nursery...sort of. Right now, Ella Beth (and her parents!) are enjoying it as a play-room. However, it is a beautiful baby blue, and as of today has very nice roman shades. We purchased shades with the "black-out" material for Landon's room; something we wish we had done for Ella Beth's room. Here are pictures of the progress. (Note: Landon's room used to be Scott's office.)

Okay...so I had a couple more pics, but they were not uploading correctly. Go figure.

I'm still trying to figure out exactly what I want to put on his walls. I want to keep it masculine and simple, but still want to decorate it. I am hoping to have his name on the wall somewhere, a baseball collection somewhere, and a small mural. Just can't decide where everything should go. It will help once we have furniture in there. Still crossing my fingers that it will be delivered early!

I go to the doctor Friday morning, so I'll be sure to post an update. I can hardly believe it's almost time for belly shots again. I guess that's what happens after I was so late with the last ones. Oh, the belly. It seems to grow daily. I can only imagine how much weight I've put on these last two weeks. For some reason, I've been craving dessert...which I NEVER do...and I've been indulging. Gotta love pregnancy for something! ;o)

Nursery progress

Well, the nursery is finally turning into a nursery...sort of. Right now, Ella Beth (and her parents!) are enjoying it as a play-room. However, it is a beautiful baby blue, and as of today has very nice roman shades. We purchased shades with the "black-out" material for Landon's room; something we wish we had done for Ella Beth's room. Here are pictures of the progress. (Note: Landon's room used to be Scott's office.)

Okay...so I had a couple more pics, but they were not uploading correctly. Go figure.

I'm still trying to figure out exactly what I want to put on his walls. I want to keep it masculine and simple, but still want to decorate it. I am hoping to have his name on the wall somewhere, a baseball collection somewhere, and a small mural. Just can't decide where everything should go. It will help once we have furniture in there. Still crossing my fingers that it will be delivered early!

I go to the doctor Friday morning, so I'll be sure to post an update. I can hardly believe it's almost time for belly shots again. I guess that's what happens after I was so late with the last ones. Oh, the belly. It seems to grow daily. I can only imagine how much weight I've put on these last two weeks. For some reason, I've been craving dessert...which I NEVER do...and I've been indulging. Gotta love pregnancy for something! ;o)

Meet Ella Beth's snowman

Oh how wonderfully delightful to have such a beautiful snow covering! It was absolutely beautiful watching the snow fall today. There were times when we honestly couldn't see the end of our cul-de-sac because it was snowing so hard. Ella Beth was tickled to watch it snow again.

Scott got the chance to build her a snowman today. She was so intrigued watching him! He built it on our back deck so that she would be able to see it any time she wanted to. She is still battling her cold, so she didn't get to play with him very long...but long enough for a couple of cute, very candid, pics! Even Mommy got in one for a change! Oh, and can you make out the snowman's details? His nose, mouth, and buttons are all "fruits" from Ella Beth's kitchen! She thought that was something special!

Scott and I actually got out for a little time to ourselves today. Scott's mom and dad kept Ella Beth while we went to the movies! We figured it will probably be our last time at the movies for quite a while. We saw National Treasure 2, and we highly recommend it!

Hope you all enjoy your snow!