28 Weeks

Carter sure does seem excited to be a big brother in this picture!

28 Weeks marks the third and final trimester!

The count down is on to meeting this little girl!

I am really hoping that she is a mini me, since Tim already has his mini me.

And, I am not entirely sold that a girl version of Tim would be as cute as the boy version...

We are still trying to decide on a name.  It seems like all three of us has a different favorite name.  Carter gets tired of discussing it.  So he says "Fine, if you are not going to choose my name that I like, then we will just call her Max!"

So baby girl Max it is (for now at least)! 

Color Me Green

It turned into summer this week!  We have been enjoying 80 degree weather by playing outside and letting this little boy run his legs off.  He just melts my heart.  I love you so much little Carter, you are my angel!!! 

Carter was so excited to get out and play on the slides again!

Our little family ready for the St.Patty's Day parade!

My little Leprechaun! 

Even Kenai got in the spirit!

And finally, 27 Weeks!  I am so excited for this little girl to get here!  I am trying to treasure each day with Carter, while it is just the two of us hanging out at home.  I know he will make an amazing big brother, but I still feel a little guilty for bringing some competition into his life.  Carter will talk to my belly and tell the baby girl that he is her big brother, and then he asks her what her name is!  It is precious.  Favorite thing Carter said to me this week: "Mommy, why did you eat a baby?" :)  

Swaddle Me

Can not wait to meet you baby girl!!!

Too much Ben and Jerry's...

I LOVE when we get packages in the mail.  Today was so exciting when this showed up at the doorstep.  Steffany and Jason sent this for sweet baby girl and pregnant Mama.  If you have not felt the bamboo swaddle blankets from Aden + Anais, then you should.  These are sooooo soft!  I can not wait to wrap our little girl up in these.  And how cute are the drool bibs???  Ok, and the Coconut!  Amazing!!!!!  (I am eating them as I type this).  And even Carter got a few goodies.  Thank you Steffany and Jason, love it!

Carter showing off his favorites! 

25 Weeks

Baby girl is going to be here before we know it!  We are so excited to meet her.  I can not wait to hold her and introduce her to Carter.  Carter says he is excited for her to come, so we will see...

Good lookin belly!

Yep, Kenai is still around!  We love you!!!

Super berry!!

24 Weeks

24 Weeks, baby girl will be here in 3 months!!  So crazy!  

First present for our sweet little thing!!!!  Auntie Nanna is always on the ball!  I love the pink clothes, and now she wont be dressed totally in blue!!!  I have picked up the strawberry outfit multiple times, good thing I put it back!  And, her first pair of socks.  Thanks Nanna, LOVE them!!

My Bobby went from blue to pink!  Jessica and Joey gave this to us for Carter, and we loved it with him.  But, gosh, who would want a girl lounging on a blue boppy???  So we went pink!  Can I add that I put the invisible zipper in all by myself?

And last project for this week I made a canopy for the car seat.  It is super cute.  Not really sure if I needed it or not, but it was fun to make.  And, it gave a little pink to the blue car seat.

Baby Dress

First thing I made for Baby Girl!  Since Carter calls her our little ladybug, I just could not pass up this material.  I was really proud of how it turned out!  I put all my heart and soul into this dress, plus a few chunks of finger.  Yep, you may have heard I decided to sew my finger, and this is what I was making.  I have always pictured my finger being pricked by the needle, but I never though I would really do it.   I managed to put the needle all the way through my finger.  It was so stuck that I had to manually back up the needle, and then pull my finger off the needle.  It was pretty painful, so luckily I have on onsite doctor to dope me up and help me to bed.  Thanks Timmy!  

Diaper cover to match, because we don't want to be seeing that!

Carter pretty excited to show off the little thing!

Cleft Team

Carter had his first Cleft Palate Team appointment yesterday.  It was nice to have Tim with us for the day since we had to be in Detroit all day and we left out house at 5:00 AM.  Carter did so great seeing everyone, and was a trooper.  The first appointment was with the dentist, which Carter made very clear he was not looking forward to.  The dentist was very patient with Carter though, and finally did get to peak in his mouth.  After looking at him, the dentist asked Carter for a high five.  Carter just shook his head no.  I told Carter that if he gave the dentist a five, he would leave the room.  I have never seen Carter give such a hard high five after that!  He was excited to get out of there!

He then was seen by the plastic surgeon, ENT, social worker, speech therapy, and audiology.  He really liked hanging out with the speech therapist since she has some cool games.  She had a book that he would have to pick out the correct picture from 4 different pictures on the page.  So she would say "Point to the ..." and he would point to the correct one.  We were really impressed with how well he was doing.  But, it just kept going on and on.  Carter finally looked at therapist and said "I am tired of picking one out.  How about you choose one now!"  It was so stinking funny!  Love you little man!!! 

Every time some one would leave the room he would said "I wonder who is coming to play with me next?"

So in the end, it was decided that Carter was doing excellent.  They really had no concerns, and felt he was growing well.  Speech is great, breathing is great, and he is just a normal 3 year old!  If you would have told me 2 years ago this is where we would, I would not have believed it!  So we are very thankful and blessed by his progress.

We told Carter that if he listened to the Doctors and let them look at him, then he could choose out a goodie at Costco on our way home.  So, we now have Mr. Frog in our family.  It is a cool chair that he sits in, sleeps with, and loves on.  There was no talking him into just a book!

We love you little Carter!  You are an amazing boy, and we are so blessed to call you our son!  XOXOXO

Just doing some shopping at Trader Joe's.

Exhausted, and Mr. Frog.

The water fountain snuck up on him at Costco and left a big knot on his head. :(

I am pretty sure he loved this guy so much because it matches his pillow pet.

Perfect for reading!