Word!

Well our little gal is talking up a storm. She has shocked me so much with words that she knows and uses like she has been forever. This weekend I was eating dinner and she screamed ( i am not exaggerating either...haha!) BIIIITE! Bite! Bite! So she was holding out on me and knew how to say bite. Today she said light (aight) while riding in her cart at the grocery store and pointing to the ceiling. Then came my favorite of today...her Papa had a the pantry door open and she saw what she wanted. And out came cracker (kaker) which she had NEVER said before that moment. It really makes me happy & scared that she knows words but just doesn't use them unless she needs too. What else has she heard mommy??? I know now that the spelling age is upon us and that we need to make sure everything said out loud is for tiny ears :-)

I pray for more patience everyday. I mean let's face it, being a stay at home mom isn't always peachy. We don't eat bon bons and watch Oprah all day (unless the kiddo is asleep...haha!) Well today was a good day with a little sprinkle of unexpected actions from the kiddo as usual. First, she threw her plate FULL of her lunch on the floor! Then we were playing later and she took the remote control off the coffee table and threw it down and yelled "NO!" Needless to say, it showed me again that momma needs to act right. Not that I go around yelling NO! and throwing things :-) No Jerry Springer in our house. But I do sometimes overreact...i promise this is only genetic (haha!) So I will be trying to watch my p's & q's more now than ever because of our sweet & extremely impressionable kiddo! Anyways, that is all for now! We go for our 20 week visit in the AM, and we are so excited to see Ethan again!

Tootles!

Ethan Farley Marshall

So as you can tell by this blog post we have picked a name. No Jr. for us :-) But he will have the same initials as his daddy and that suits us just fine! I have been busy with cheer camp & preparing for cheer camp, but I can check that off my list. The girls did so great & I am so proud of what they accomplished!! Go Knights!! :-)

Anyways, we are almost 1/2 way through this pregnancy and that is mind bloggling to me! We go to the Dr. next week and will get to see little Ethan again since this was the original date we were supposed to find out boy or girl! It will be fun to see how much he has grown! He is getting more active everyday. So far he likes music like his big sister did!

More to come later! That's all for now & soaking up my missed time this week with my little Abster!!

Tootles!

Abby is 15 Months old!!!

Well to say I cannot believe my Abster is 15 months old is an understatement. We are having a yard sale this weekend to rid our house of somethings that won't fit when little brother arrives, but it made me sad. I am selling some of Abby's play clothes. The ones of course I just couldn't part with are the majority of her newborn clothes. I cannot believe how tiny she was, and that my little itty bitty baby has turned into such a beautiful & sweet little girl. She is super silly too!

This morning we went to see Dr. D for our check up! For the most part we cried or whined since we knew what was to come at the end of our appointment -- only 2 shots today! Not too bad, but we had a few crocodile tears regardless!

Our 15 Month Stats:
Weight: 20lbs 10oz - 20%
Height: 31 inches - 70%
Head: 18 - 50%

What I am up to:
- I go to bed around 7:45 every night and sleep until about 7:15.
- I take one good nap a day, normally after lunch for about 2-3 hours (my mommy loves this!)
- I love animals! Dogs, Sheep, Pigs, Roosters, Cows & Horses!
- I can say alot of my animals sounds! The funniest one is for the Rooster - I say, "NOOOOOOOO" This makes my mommy & dada laugh
-I can repeat almost everything you say (which means mommy needs to be more careful)
Example: I asked if she had gone peepee and she said peepee. The next day after Oscar peepeed on our bed (bad hairy brother!!) she pointed to Oscar and said peepee! What a little sponge she is!
-She says: Momma, Daddy, Papa, PopPop, Nana, Meme, Cin (for my Aunt Cindi), elbow, apple, cheese, juice, ball, bye, peas, sometimes thank you, side (for outside) Elmo, Barney (bar) and can count to two.
-She loves: Milk, Juice, Cottage Cheese, ALL CHEESE, meat, green beans, spaghetti, bananas, & bread. Oh yes, anything sweet too!! :-)
-I still love Yo Gabba Gabba, Max & Ruby, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Elmo & Sesame Street. I really like Barney too!

That is all I can think of that this kiddo is up too! She is into everything, and drives us a little crazy sometimes. We are working on getting her to nap in her big girl bed, which she really just wants to explore right now! I will post some new pictures next post! :-)

It's a Boy!!

So after a little scare last week, we got to find out what we were having about 3 weeks earlier than we expected. The baby looked great on the ultrasound and when they told me what it was I about fell out! I knew this baby was a boy, I could just tell. There have been a few major differences with this pregnancy than the one with Abs. I know they are all different, but I just knew! Now we are starting to get the house ready to welcome our little boy home in December. I was terrified with the thought of having a boy. I am a girl mom :-) I had all girl cousins & all girl nieces until recently! I know nothing about teetees :-) haha! But with that in mind, I couldn't be more happy to be the mommy of a little girl & boy! I feel blessed that he is healthy and cannot wait to meet him this fall. Hey, maybe he will even look like me :-)

Anyways, we get to see him again at my next Appointment in 2 weeks! That is all on the little man for now...hopefully a name coming soon!!

First Hair Cut & Feeding Ducks!

On Saturday, July 3rd, we got together to eat dinner with Nana & Papa, Aunt Cindi & Great Grammy. We also got Great Grammy to trim Abby's mullet :-) Of course I saved the hair and it made me suprisingly sad that she had to have a haircut. But I was very glad that GG could do it. And it looks much better too!

This weekend we also took Abby to the Shakespeare Festival Park to feed the ducks! She really enjoyed them, and found them really funny! I did too until some creepy Geese came and one had his tongue out! Big birds freak this mommy out :-)

Hope everyone had a great 4th of July! I have been enjoying going and visiting my new nephew Matthew and spoiling him! He likes me already I think! We took Abby to meet him, and you will see that we have no pictures. That is because Abby didn't even notice him! She loved their dog Gracie, and that their house isn't babyproofed! Haha! Anyways, that is all for now! Tootles!