Name Change to the Blog

Incase you didn't notice, we changed the blog name to "Sleep Deprived....Again". For all of you who are reading a little something into it, you're right! Chris and I are having another baby! We've had 2 sonograms so far because I was having some back pain, and then I went again to help confirm the due date. The baby is growing well, and its heartbeat is strong. Praise the Lord for His blessings! As of today, my due date is May 18...which is my birthday!

Here's a picture of our little peanut/lima bean/blueberry/grape whatever you want to call it. :-) The head is on the right.

I've been really blessed this pregnancy. I've had pretty much no nausea whatsoever. (Don't hate me! I had plenty the first go-around.) :-) Not many food cravings, either, although I've been drinking tons of orange juice! Mainly, I've just been exhausted. Having a toddler, I didn't think I could get much more tired than that....boy, was I wrong! I'm starting to get a little energy back, though, so that's good. I didn't even take a nap today! Wahoo!

We haven't really told Noelle yet. I'm sure she's heard us talk about "the baby" some in her presence, but she hasn't asked us anything yet. I'm checking some books out from the library about being a big sister, and hopefully that will make things make sense a little more.

I'm sure the next few months will be full of "funnies" from Noelle. The first pregnancy funny was this: A few weeks ago I got out a photo album from my pregnancy with Noelle. She loves looking at pictures and so she looked at it with me. She saw a picture taken of my profile the morning we went to the hospital, and she said, "What's mommy wearing?"

Balloon Fest

The annual hotair balloon festival came to town recently. Noelle really enjoyed seeing all the hot air balloons and often asked to go see them again much of the following week. In addition to seeing the balloons, Noelle got to have her first ride on a horse. We were unsure how she would react, but she loved it. She rode for about 3 or 4 minutes and kept saying, "I'm riding a horsey! I'm riding a horsey! I'm bouncing! I'm bouncing!"

A preview of things to come

This afternoon Noelle asked me where her sandals were, and I told her that I thought they were in her room, though I wasn't really sure. She said that she was going to go look for them. She went down the hall and came back about 3 seconds later to inform me that they weren't there. She hadn't been gone long enough to even make it to her room, so I knew that she hadn't actually searched for them. Upon coming back to the living room she talked aloud to herself about wanting to find her sandals but didn't ask for my help. Then, about 3-5 minutes later, she informed me that she had to go to the bathroom. I had taken her about 45 minutes before, so it was a little soon for her to need to go again but certainly not out of the question. Besides, it's not a good idea to call a recently-potty-trained 2-year-old's bluff. So, I quickly got out of my chair and escorted Noelle down the hallway to the bathroom. As we were about to arrive at the bathroom, she asked, "Can you help me find my sandals?" I turned on the light to her bedroom to reveal the sandals in plain sight. Noelle was quite pleased. She quickly grabbed them and walked off to put them on. I told her that we needed to go to the bathroom first, but she informed me that she didn't need to go.

It's now been 30 minutes since this happened, and she still hasn't asked to go the bathroom. She never needed to go. All she really needed was 3-5 minutes to formulate a plan to get what she wanted.

I've officially been outsmarted by a 2-year-old.

That's not really what it's for.

Noelle found this tucked away in a drawer and decided it looked like a fun new toy. If you're not sure what it is, then you might not want to know.

Big Girl Room...aka The Paint Room

We recently moved Noelle from her nursery to her "big girl room." It was quite an event! Her nursery was right off of the living room, and we thought she would sleep better being a little farther away from all of the noise in there. Another reason for the move is that she has now officially outgrown her pack 'n play, so we needed for her to get used to sleeping in a regular bed for when we go out of town.

The room she moved into required a TON of work. The top half of the wall had wallpaper and the bottom half was painted and had texture. Long story short...we ended up taking off all the wall paper, sanding the bottom half of the wall, we had the whole thing textured (luckily not by us), and then we had to prime and paint it. Of course there were a few "roadblocks" to the project, but that's the gist.

I was so pleased by the results, and Noelle ABSOLUTELY LOVES her room. She calls it her "paint room" because it seemed like we were in there painting for so long. The video here shows her first reaction to the "big reveal." She had seen a little of the painting, etc. (Which is why in the video she asks if the paint is dry and if she can touch it...we had told her "no" so many times before that.) But she hadn't seen the furniture, posters, or anything until the video. It's not super exciting, but it gives you an idea of what her room looks like now.

She's also done a super job transitioning to her big girl bed. I was very anxious about that. I was afraid she'd either get out of bed on her own in the middle of the night, or that she'd fall out of bed when she slept. So far, after a week and a half, she has done neither. (We do have a rail set up on one side now, it's just not "cute" so it's not in the video.) Anyway, hope you enjoy the pics of the "paint room."

Dinner Conversation

Here was our dinner conversation tonight:

Chris: "If you eat your green beans, then you'll get watermelon."

Noelle: Proceeds to put her head in her hands like you had just delivered the worst news in the world.

Chris: Repeats the instruction (bribe) again and asked, "Do you understand?"

Noelle: She looks at him matter of factly and says, "Of course I do!"

We both lost it laughing and so then she added "of course" to the beginning of every sentence for a while.

A Sticky Situation

I never really had much doubt that Noelle can't read yet (she's only two), but after a conversation with her yesterday, I'm certain that she can't read.

She brought this to me and said, "Daddy, are these eye drops?"