Jeff, Jen, Walker, and Keyton

I think that sounds pretty good, if I must say so myself <3 I already love our little princess so much, I know our family wouldn't be complete without her! :)

PiNk, pInK, and MORE PINK!!

Well, we got a nice little surprise yesterday at the doctor when the ultrasound nurse squeezed us in at the end of the day!! We were literally the last people in the doctor's office so we were so thankful she let us go ahead and do it instead of goin back next week.

AND SHE'S CLEARLY A LITTLE LADY IN THERE!!! Who called it? Hmmm?? I told Jeff that I am going to start a business charging all my friends to tell them the sex of their baby because I'M ALWAYS RIGHT!! It's a talent I tell ya. :)

Yeah, you could very clearly see what was goin on down there in the ultrasound and the nurse said she's 99.9999% sure it's a girl, only because she never says 100%.  So Keaton it is!! We're not sure about the middle name yet, we haven't talked about it much except to establish that we love the name Keaton and so Keaton she will be. <3 We're also not set on that spelling, but I don't really know any better way to spell it that will not cause confusion. Keeton looks masculine to me...Keyton is kinda weird lookin...Keatyn just doesn't look right b/c you don't pronounce it like there's a 'y' at the end. Keighton is too long and weird. So I really don't know any better way to spell it!

She was movin her arms around alot and even waved at us once, but I never felt a thing!! She looked huge in there to me so I don't know HOW I haven't felt her...maybe that's a bad sign that I have gained too much fat and it's insulating me from feeling her kick. :( I hope not. Regardless, she looked perfect and had fingers and toes and a nose and eyes so she's off to a great start! We saw the 4 chambers of her little heart just a-pumpin' in there, it was amazing!! I think if I have 15 babies, it would never cease to amaze me how awesome God made the whole childbearing process. To look in MY STOMACH and see a little moving, breathing gift from Heaven just blows my mind. How AWESOME is our Creator?!?!

I had to go buy a few cute little outfits today just so it felt real! I just can't believe we are about to have two little angels in our house:) It was funny, it's like Jeff hadn't really thought about all the things that would be different going from a boy baby to a girl baby.  The minute we pulled in our garage, he got out of the car and stopped short and goes, "oh my...this means I gotta pay for a wedding....." I said yeah, we hope so!! <3

So there is our exciting news, all bundled up into one post! Baby girl Keaton(or however we spell it) is on her way. Yay!

Nothin new...ho hum...

Well, nothin new to report yet....I'm still waitin on baby nugget #2 to show me some action in there....when I was about 15 weeks, I thought I felt some flutters, but nothin since then so I am beginning to think I was wishfully imagining it. I am 17 weeks and 4 days now, so quickly approaching the next ultrasound! I can't wait!! Although, I am 99% sure it is a hot pink luvin little girl in there. I have gained weight differently this time and my face has been broken out and so I just have a feelin....we'll see soon!

In Walkerman news, we have recently moved from two naps a day to one nap. This mommy THOUGHT that would mean a lonnnnng afternoon nap so that she could have time to do alllll she needed to do around the house, but boy was I wrong so far. The past two days his naps have been 1.5 hours and 45 MINUTES!!!! How does a little critter go from 7am to 8pm on only ONE 45 MINUTE NAP?!?! I have no idea....but this has got to change in order for ME to keep my sanity. I'm prayin :)

So I go to the doctor on Monday, the 20th, for my supposed 16 week check-up, but I think that is kind of funny b/c I will be 18 weeks and 2 days.  The scheduling lady totally screwed me up.  Dr. Everson wants me back between 19 and 20 weeks for my ultrasound so basically I go on Monday just to turn around and go back the next week. Oh well!! 2 times in 2 weeks to hear our little turnip's heartbeat!! (turnip is what size my little pregnancy app on my phone says the baby is at this point) (what IS a turnip anyway?? anybody??) So I will post again either after my Monday appointment or in 2 weeks after my ultrasound appointment!! Whenever I have some fun news!! :) XoXo

I will leave you with a precious picture of my baby with his haircut! He hasn't had it cut since November so he looks totally different to me now! So big!! And also a pic of my expanding belly, this is at 17 weeks. Yikes!! Gettin big already!

Oh yeah, I forgot about this whole blog thing....

So I have no excuse for not blogging, especially now that we have round #2 coming soon!! Nugget #2 will be here before we know it and what kind of Mom am I if Walker will have all my blogs from when I was pregnant with him to look at and Nugget2 has none?! So I must attempt to start trying to blog more.  Nothing too exciting has happened yet since we still don't know it Nugs#2 is of the male or female persuasion.  But we will know soon! In about a month to be exact, since I am exactly 20 weeks on my birthday, March 3rd! How fun and random is that?!? Nug#2 is due July 21st, but I am not expecting an appearance until at least August 1st.

As of today, I am 16 weeks and feelin great! Which I am SO happy to say since the first 12 weeks were NOT FUN. I was not prepared for this since I felt so wonderful with Walkerman the whole time, so I was prolly even a bigger wuss about it. But I felt like "POOP," as Walker would so proudly say like he does almost every time he goes. So I am glaaaaad that whole time is over.  Since then I have felt great.  I am eating way too much just like I said I would NOT do before I got pregnant. How come as soon as you get pregnant it seems perfectly okay to eat everything you want to?! Or is that just me?? Prolly so.

Nothing else too crazy goin on in our lives.  Walker is practically a teenager it seems like.  Time goes by so fast! I remember when I was growing up, my parents saying alllllll the time that I was growing up too fast and thinking okay you say that every year so if you would just stop saying that and pay attention to me growing, maybe it wouldn't seem to be going so fast. But even tho I try to stop and just watch Walker growing every day, it still seems to be flying by.  I feel like yesterday we were swaddling him up to sleep and then he was pushing his little walker* around the house. *like the walkers that babies use to learn to walk, not like a little Walker doll or anything ;) TIME IS GOING TOO FAST.  Here are a few pictures of my handsome little best buddy:

sportin my new backpack

callin Bella on my elmo phone

playin in the rain with my best buds, Braden and Weston

just loungin

you're funny, mommy

pimpin ain't easy...

So that's about all we got goin on....Walker is learning 100 new things every day and Mommy takes about 100 pictures of him learning these new things every day. So I'm sorry if you get sick of seeing my precious little angel on my facebook all the time, but I'm really not....sorry, that is. :)

If I'm totally honest, I prolly won't post again until after our 20 week appointment when we do an ultrasound to try and see the sex of the baby. Unless I have a funny story to tell.....until then!! XoXo

Punkin Patch!!

I forgot to post pictures from the punkin patch at our church that we went to a few weeks ago, so here are a few of those.  Walker thought the punkins were verrrry interesting. :)

yayyyy!!!

I think Mommy enjoyed this toy a little more than Walkerman....ok, a lot more...

could not possibly love that little booger any more!!

Way Overdue...

It's been a superlong time since I blogged.  I can't say I'm too busy because I still find time to bake.  I have found that I LOVE BAKING.  Not so good for my calorie intake, but what can you do?

Walker is now almost 13 months old!  His 1st bithday was super fun and he loves all the toys he received. (even tho we haven't given them all to him b/c we're rolling them out slowly) Here are a few pictures from the big day!

family photo!

playin in the ball pit from Gramm and Gump

Gramm and Gump

Bella and Papa

food table

cupcakes and cookies!!

chaos quickly ensued when he got a hold of his cake :) 

here is a photo of the chaos <3

Maw and PawPaw, Walker's great grandparents :)

 Walker got some college money for his birthday so here are Daddy and him adding it to his piggy bank  :)

 Also, a while back my good friend Doylina gave Walkerman his first haircut, but I never blogged about it so the pics never got posted! So here are a few:

we distracted him with food...

and their puppy, Reeses...

Ok, so what other stuff has Walker started doing since I last blogged?  Oh, WALKING. and EATING normal food!! no problems feeding this kid now, he wants everything we put in our mouths...especially what Jeffrey is eating (prolly b/c Jeff is always the one that gives him sugar so he thinks that's all Jeff eats)

He gives kisses, if you're special, and says mama and dad-ee and bah's like a sheep when you ask him what sound a sheep makes. He's practically a genius.

We got him a bouncy house for his birthday but he's not too into it yet.  Hopefully he'll grow to like it more over the next year or so.  Either way, we'll be throwing him in there :)

As of right now, he's still taking a morning and afternoon nap but I have a horrible feeling that is about to come to an end pretty soon.  I don't know what I will do when that happens, but I guess I'll deal with it.  It will be nice to only have to coordinate my errands around one nap, though.

His eczema is so much better!! Praise Jesus! His knees and ankles flare up some, but his cheeks are sooooo much better, we are so thankful.

Not too much going on around our household, except getting ready for the holidays coming up!!  We are excited to see how Walker reacts to the Christmas tree and everything else.  I don't know how we're gonna decorate the tree because all ornaments within reach WILL COME DOWN when he sees them.  So we might have a half decorated tree this year, we'll see.  I can't believe Christmas will be here in less than two months, where does time go??

I will try to be better about blogging more often, but I'm not making any promises. :)

10 Months Is Coming FAST!

Ten months old!  Our little munchkin is getting so big and learning so much every day!  He has finally figured out what to do when I say 'high five!'  Even if he doesn't do it when Daddy says it to him, he KNOWS when Mommy says it to slap her hand.  He also knows to look at you and open his mouth when you ask him for a kiss.  I feel like any day he's going to just start talking to me.

We have been practicing standing by ourself and he is getting pretty good!  His balance is getting better daily, that's for sure.  His hair is so long now that he really looks like a little boy, not so much a baby. *sniff sniff*  Here are some photos:

I'm asking for a ball pit for my birthday!!

Love my bubble baths!!

Daddy lets me steer :)

Not too long ago, we went to Jaclyn and Herman's son Isaac's 2nd birthday party at Pump It Up!  Walker had a blast crawling all over the blow ups and sliding down the big slide.

I have already started preparing for Walker's birthday party that is still 2 months away.  It's not going to be big, but I figured the earlier I get started, the less I'll have to worry about it.  It's going to be Lil Cowboy theme, and I think I am going to make strawberry cream cheese cupcakes.  Walker is going to have a smashcake, of course, even though he probably won't touch it since he's STILL not eating anything aside from milk and gerber baby food which is practically liquid.  We are trying so hard to get this kid eating more food, but I think he hasn't figured out different textures yet.  If it's not liquid, he doesn't want it.  We even tried to give him a TINY bit of icing off a cinnamon roll and he gagged and made a face like he was about to barf.  So I don't have high hopes for birthday cake or cupcakes or anything sugar related.  He'll figure it out someday I'm sure and then we'll wish he wasn't eating so much again.

We took him to Market Street with some of our church friends a few nights ago and let him play in the fountains for the first time.  I was questioning whether I was going to let him get in there, but I figured since he's always trying to chew on my shoes, there can't be any worse germs in the fountains.  He had so much fun crawling around in the water and sticking his hand in the fountains.  Here is a picture of the kiddos:

Not much else goin on...EXCEPT fantasy football starting up pretty soon and Jeffrey and I are BOTH pretty excited about that!  I'm gonna win this year, no doubt. :)