A Day at the Park

Rewind

I realize it has been a little while since my last true "update" on the goings on in our life I figure we have a lot of catching up to do.  I know that many of you know what has been going on but for those whom I have not kept in contact with on a regular basis I will make it short and sweet:

• My sweet Kaley girl potty trained like a champ! Now we haven't done night training yet because I would rather enjoy my sleep than get up every two-three hours to take her to the bathroom but during the day she is in big girl (mostly Elmo) panties and goes on the potty.  She hasn't had an accident in a week or so and John and I are just so proud of her.  I am a little worried about this coming week with the changes that will be happening and how that will affect her pottying.  (More to come on those changes)
  
• We have had some visitors coming and going, Granny, Pop, Uncle Lee, and Uncle Richard have all been in and out of town this past month. It has been great to see all of them and Kaley just loves having family here.  
• We have been very busy getting the girl's rooms put together as you know from previous posts and we are very close to being done.  I still need to figure out what to do with one wall in Jaelynn's room and have a lot of wall decorating to do in Kaley's since there is so much wall space!  My friend Jodi from work finished Kaley's comforter and Kaley is very excited to get to use it for the first time!  It looks AWESOME and I can't wait to get a picture to show everyone.
• Jaelynn and I are great!  We have been going to the Dr every 2 weeks and will be going again this Friday, then only one more 2 week appointment before we move to every week.  Can you believe how close we are?  It is crazy that there are only 7 weeks until my due date!  So far my blood pressure has been good and the Dr is keeping a close watch on it!  I will keep you all updated on a more regular basis about Little Miss as we get closer.
• Kaley is still enjoying swim lessons each week (mommy not so much enjoying getting into a swimsuit)!  We were planning on taking a break this fall and not enroll her in another class until the spring because of Jaelynn but then we found out that she only has to have a parent in the water with her for the first 6-8 weeks and then she is on her own!  She LOVES the water and continues to impress me each week with what she is able to do in the pool.  Daddy is going to hopefully be the one to get in with her for the first 6-8 weeks of this class which will be fun for the two of them to do together.
• This past week we all went to Meet the Teacher day for Kaley's new 'big girl school"/Mother's Day Out.  While we were there they decided to bump her up to the older class because she was the only one potty trained in her class and her classroom didn't have a potty.  I think this makes her the youngest in her class but only by a month or so.  She had so much fun in the one hour we were there and I know she is going to love it! When I told her it was time to go she continued right on playing and said "Bye Bye Mommy"!  She starts on Tuesday so this week should be interesting with us trying to get on a new schedule.  I am hoping that Kaley won't have a regression in her potty training but we will see.   I am most worried that she won't want to take the time out of playing to go potty but you never know. 

I am going to leave it at that for now and will update more later!  For now I will leave you with some pictures.

GO COWBOYS!   

Uncle Lee teaching her to do a handstand!

Hanging with Unc Ee 

(she can't say her L's so that is what is sounds like)

Catching up on some news.

Mmmmm, Yummy!

Loving her Daddy!

Just taking some notes.

Miss Independent

Playing with mommy

(Wow it is a miracle that Mommy is actually in a picture!)

Swinging Baby Elmo

Butt MOM!!!

I can just picture it now...It's about 12-14 years from now and Kaley is begging to do something I don't want her to do...

Kaley~"Mom can I please go...."

Me~"No"

Kaley~"But MOM!"

Me~"Don't 'But Mom'" me...I'll show you some Butt Mom!"

Just a little blackmail for those trying teen years!!!

My Girl

Words cannot express how much I love this little girl! She has been such a blessing to John and I over the past 21 months. She has such a sweet spirit and brings such joy to our lives. Praise God for allowing us to be her parents!

Jaelynn's Abode

Well...the painting is complete, the room is organized, the furniture is in, now all we need is a baby girl to add to these pictures!  10 weeks to go!

The family cradle that Great-Grandpa Endicott built.

Jaelynn will be the 3rd great-granddaughter to sleep in it!

Furniture moved in...

Crib complete!

I still have a little bit of decorating to do.  I bought letters for both Jaelynn and Kaley so I am in the process of painting those and then I am going to hang them up with ribbon.  I am also probably going to put up some pictures and wall hangings but that will come sometime in the next 10 weeks!  I can't believe it is getting so close.  

I also want to say congratulations to The Hillgers!  They welcomed their precious baby boy, Hayden, into their family on Wednesday afternoon.  He is absolutely adorable!!  I know you can't see his sweet face in this picture but check out their blog to see him!  I will be spending a lot of time with this little man in the near future and after meeting him for the first time I am already loving him!

Stripes, Stripes and More Stripes!

As many of you know John and I have been in the process of getting Kaley's big girl room put together.  It is slowly coming along but between last weekend and this weekend we got the biggest project done...painting!  We still have a few touch ups to do as you can imagine with the way we painted it but I think it looks pretty good!  I know that some people have been wondering about how it would turn out (Pop) so I decided to post some pics.  They are sort of before and after...

First night in big girl bed with the room still lavendar...

In the middle of painting...

TaDa!

So we still have some decorating to do and eventually I will get everything Jodi needs to make Kaley's bedding but the next project for this week and next weekend is painting Jaelynn's room.  I have it taped we just need to paint and then re-tape and paint again...can't wait to see how it turns out!!

LATE Night Snack

As Pop would say..."They were calling my name!"

...at least they're baked!

Photo courtesy of Granny.

We love you Pop!