Selah's Room

Oh, how we have been busy preparing for this little peanut to come into the world! Joe and I both have been working on the last couple weekends is her room, and getting it all put together and organized! It's been so fun to plan with a girl! I will say I have become more in love with the color pink...but not so much baby pink, hot pink! It's fun and it's bright and I love those combos for kids rooms. I begged and commisioned my sweet friend, Michelle, to make her curtains and bedding. She kindly said yes, and I LOVE LOVE LOVE how everything turned out! Joe spent a weekend painting her room. He did a really good job, and did it with a loving heart! I love my hubby!! I worked on a special craft to hang on her wall, and have been going nutzo washing and organizing her many clothes. After this week, I think I can say we are pretty much done!! YAY!!!

before the window wall got painted.

window wall with a little sample of the pink!

painted. although the lighting is bad and i don't take the best pictures...the wall is pink NOT red. LOVE THIS FABRIC!

Again bad lighting, but here is her crib against a pretty cream wall. I do have plans to decorate the cream walls more, but this all i got right now. It will have to come later.

The bed skirt made with love by Michelle (as well as the curtains)

Oh, my cute hubby painting his little girls room. LOVE HIM!

Owen talk

The last week or so Owen has been coming up with some funny things, things that he says all on his own and Joe and I have no idea where he gets them from.

The other night while eating dinner, he was finishing his peas and trying to scoop them up with a fork. He told his peas "come here little fella"

I really needed a sweet treat, and Joe was working late. So, Owen and I headed to Chick-fil-a for a milkshake to share-a very rare treat for the boy. While he was taking his turn drinking the shake he said " I don't like that apple in there mommy (he was talking about the cherry) I like shake milks!

This morning Joe said Owen brought down his Superman costume and asked him to put him in it. After he got into his costume, he told Joe " I'm a rescue boy, and Charlie is a rescue dog!" He then went upstairs and played with Charlie for a good long while. When I woke up and saw him in his costume he told me the same thing except he included this time that he helped people!

My lil' rescue boy and his dog!

How do kids come up with these things? All of these little stories made me laugh and made me be amazed by the fact that my little boy is growing up and is becoming bigger. I know three years old is still so little, but some days it seems as if he is so grown up. It makes me sad a lot of the times, but sometimes it is a very fun stage to be in. It's really cool witnessing a little itty bitty person grow into a kid. I'm sure it's really cool watching your kid grow into an adult and all the things they do in that stage. For now I will take where we are at and just continue to laugh and appreciate all the little things Owen is learning and is saying!! =)

down by the river

today was a gorgeous day in atlanta! a day that begged people to be outside and enjoy god's creation. a day that was 82 degrees with NO humidity!!!! me, joe, charlie, and owen got packed up in the car and headed the whole 5 or 6 miles to the river and had a great little family walk and it was wonderful!!! owen enjoyed one of our new gifts-a great new stroller, and he ran some too. in fact he and i both ran (yes i ran in all my almost 36 weeks of pregnancy!) we "raced" owen is very cute and will position his little hands on his knee and say "ready, set, go!" and take off and run as fast as he can-which is pretty fast for his little legs. on our way home i told joe that my love tank is full! my love language is definitely quality time, and my tank was filled with it on this beautiful friday evening.

his favorite little position-hands under his chin. He does this often-especially on the toilet =)

My sweet boy

Racing! Ready Set GO!

34 weeks

We are about 6 weeks out til this little butter bean enters our world. Me, Joe and Owen are excited! We cannot wait to welcome Selah into our family. I had a dream the other night that I delivered her and she was only 6 pounds 9 ounces and she had a lot of dark hair like her brother-a very vivid, and specific dream. We shall see if any of that holds true...

Joe and I got to go on a very intentional date night this weekend (probably the last one before the baby is born) He dared me to go out in my pj bottoms-i did not, but we did take a picture!

She is getting bigger in there and my belly is becoming more round. My belly button is kinda starting to pop as well. We will see if it pops out all the way. Yet, another thing that differs from Owen's pregnancy!

I continue to not sleep. I miss sleep. I probably should get used to the fact that I will continue to miss sleep for a long while! =) I pray that Selah will be as good as a sleeper as Owen was. In some ways I feel she probably won't be. If she is anything like she is inside of the womb then, we are probably looking at many sleepless nights.  I'm trying to prepare myself (and Joe) that every baby is different and God gives us all different personalities, and she just may not sleep as well.  A girl could hope, dream and pray for that right? Only time will tell.

We are busy preparing for her!! Joe was beyond amazing this weekend and painted her room. I cannot wait to post pictures, but I want to wait until the room is more complete with the crib up etc. We plan on doing some touch up work on the painting and getting the crib up this week. I have been working on a special little crafty project as well, and hope to complete that this week! Things are coming together, and I feel like I am definitely nesting. I am wanting her room done and my house clean. =) A baby shower and a special nursing class are in the plans for the next two weekends. It's going to go by fast, and she will be here before we know it-I'm so excited!!

quote of the day

After Joe came out of the bathroom, Owen scrunched up his nose and said "You stink, Joe's!"

Oh kids! They do not hold back on anything, brutally honest!

Thank you, God.

Today, I'm feeling grateful. Today, I am especially grateful to be Owen's mom. I love this little guy, more than I ever thought possible to love another human. He brings so much joy to my heart. I snapped this picture of him sleeping a few weeks back, and I love it. He is the cutest! I am feeling grateful that God has given me the gift to carry two babies. Despite the aches, the pains, the lack of sleep I am having during this pregnancy I am choosing to rejoice and be glad in it. I cannot wait to snap pictures of Selah sleeping. I can't wait to snap pictures of her and Owen together. I can't wait!

SUCCESS!!!!

Now, I will give a disclaimer here. If you don't want to read about my kids successes in the bathroom, then do not read this post! Truth is Owen will probably be horrified later in life that I am writing of such things, but he and everyone else needs to know that this has been no easy walk in the park for our family. Plus, this blog serves as a baby book of sorts and I want major miles stones to be recorded.

Oh, potty training...you are not my favorite. Nope not one bit! Shortly after Owen turned two years old we made a big deal of buying underwear for him and a potty chair. Well, those underwear got wet A LOT and the potty chair sat empty for a good long while. Owen was just not ready at early two years old. Come end of summer we tried going potty upon waking up in the morning, at nap time, after naps, and before bed. We did this for a long while and he did great. Going #2 was always a different issue. He would often hide from us when he was doing his business, cry when we tried having him go on the potty, or just waited until he was alone in his room napping or after being put to bed. At Christmas time Joe and I got serious with training and Owen got the peeing part down packed in about a week and a half. We have not had many accidents since then and it's awesome. Going #2 has continued to be a problem and he flat out refused.

Last week at dinner Joe said to me "we are trying something new" I had no idea what he was referring to or what he meant. He told me he wanted to institute that 10 minutes before nap time and 10 minutes before bed he wanted to put Owen on the potty to try #2- just to develop a habit.  His thought was even if he didn't go at that time we were trying and the habit was being formed, and if he did go then BONUS! For the last month or so Owen has become realllllly famous for pooping in his diaper at nap time or at bedtime, so we thought before nap and bed would be a good place to start. I thought Joe was crazy! I was fully prepared for a cry fest and huge tantrums from Owen. So, that night Joe did just what he wanted to institute. He brought Owen upstairs, asked him to pick out a book, Joe brought his book into the bathroom and told Owen what was going to go down. Joe sat in the bathroom and read and Owen sat on his potty and read too. No crying. No fighting. JUST POOPING! Yes, that's right the kid pooped in less than 10 minutes! YAY!!! We were all so happy! All three of us! Owen was beyond proud of himself. He got to pick a new prize (I bought cheap new toys months ago when we were having such issues and have hung on to them) and was beaming.

So, this whole week that has been our routine. Again, no crying or fighting with us about it. Just plain poop! I think something clicked magically in his brain. A lot of friends of mine who have boys have been super encouraging and have said this was the case for their boys. Turning three years old and a light bulb goes on. It seems this has been the case for Owen and I couldn't be happier or more proud of my boy. Who knew I would be so excited about this subject!?!?

'member?

Memories, that's what my boy has going through his head these days. I love how he "members" and how he is articulating those memories of his. Most recently we were driving home from school and he said "Mommy, 'member my cousins Jake and Kyle?...I stayed at their house. Mommy and Daddy did not stay." Owen was remembering our past trip to California when he had a special over night stay at Auntie Kim and Uncle Joel, and yes his cousins Jake and Kyle's house too! I agreed with him, that yes I remembered. He was quiet for a bit and then said "I love my cousins" How sweet is this boy? I love that even though we are so far from our family, Owen has very fond and vivid memories with them. Oh, and I love how he says "member?" =)