Raemee Kay Stinson

After I broke my foot, things were a bit difficult. Juggling a toddler, a broken foot, and being 38 weeks pregnant was not fun. I tried to stay positive but it was hard! On Friday September 14th, I had my 38 week Dr's appointment where my doctor was going to strip my membranes. Shawn woke up that morning and was jumping up and down saying that we were going to have a baby that day. I was pretty pessimistic because I was afraid that he was getting his hopes up and that things wouldn't happen that quickly. 

We went to my appointment early that morning and when my doctor came in, I lost it. I started crying. My doctor consoled me, told me that stripping my membranes could work for me because I was 3 cm and almost fully effaced. He stripped my membranes and Shawn and I left. I was pretty depressed still and had no contractions or cramping. Shawn suggested that we walk around the temple for a little while and just relax before picking up Addie from my parents. I agreed and we went to the Timpanogos temple. Walking with my boot was not fun and my foot started to hurt. But we kept it up and I started having contractions about 5-7 minutes apart. But they weren't terribly painful. We left, picked Addie up and headed home. Shawn left to go back to work and I told him I'd keep him posted. Pretty soon my contractions picked up and were about 1-2 min apart if I was walking and 3-4 min apart if I was sitting. I was afraid to call Shawn because I figured that it wasn't really labor. After several hours of this, I was really hurting and Shawn was done with work early. He called his mother and she headed over. Once Shawn and his mom were here, we went to leave and my contractions almost completely stopped. I started crying again. I just didn't want to go to the hospital and get sent home. Shawn suggested we go back to the temple and walk some more and then decide if we should go to the hospital. I agreed. (Have I mentioned how amazing he is?!?) We walked around for a little bit and they picked right back up. I said we should head in.

We got to the hospital around 4:20 pm. We were put in a triage room to get monitored for a bit to see if we would be admitted or not. I got hooked up and was having pretty good contractions. The nurse checked me and I was 4 cm. So I had already progressed! I was so happy. She went to check if I could be admitted because they were super busy that night. My doctor told them to admit me. We ended up staying in triage waiting for a room for about an hour. Finally around 5:45 we got put in a room and they told me that I should get my epidural since there was a c section and I'd have to wait til it was over if I didn't get it immediately. So I opted to get it. After the epidural was in, we hunkered down for the long haul. With Addie, it was over 12 hours after the epidural before I had her. 

Around 6:30, I started feeling dizzy and nauseous. I puked. Yum. The nurses checked my blood pressure and it was so so low. So they gave me meds to help it and it came right back up and I felt so much better. Then all hell broke loose. All I really remember was the nurses yelling to page the doctor and to get more help in the room. They lower my bed, put oxygen on me and make me roll over to my side. I was sobbing and so terrified. Shawn kept telling me it was going to be ok. Things started to calm down a little. What had happened was Raemee's heart rate had plummeted. They were picking up a heart rate that they thought was mine but ended up being hers. It was terrifying. They ended up needing to put an internal monitor on her because they couldn't find it. In doing so they broke my water. Once I was on my side and they had the monitor on her, things calmed down a lot. I stopped crying, the nurses left and my nurse calmed me down. Raemee's heart rate leveled out although it was pretty high for a bit because she was overstimulated. 

After that we just hung out for a bit, I sipped on some apple juice and then 8:00 rolled around. My nurse came in to check me and I was 7 cm!!! I was so thrilled. Things were moving right along! My nurse told me that they would be back in to check me in an hour but to let them know if anything changed. Shawn decided to call for some pizza because he was starving. At 8:40, Shawn went down to our car to get our bags. Literally as soon as he left, I started to feel the contractions in my back. I was getting nervous that the epidural was wearing off. Then I felt the pressure. So much pressure. I waited and started to panic because Shawn wasn't there. I started praying that he would come soon! I'm pretty sure he was only out of the room for just over 5 minutes but it felt like a lifetime. Finally he came into the room and I told him to get the nurse. She came in and checked me. I was fully dilated. 7 cm to 10 cm in 50 minutes!

The nurse went to go get my doctor when he magically walked in. He had just finished a c section and was on his way to another c section when he decided to check on me. Thank heavens! He walked in, they told him I was ready and he scrubbed up. This was at 8:52 pm. I had a major contraction and he told me to push. I pushed with all my might and at 8:54 pm my beautiful little girl came into the world. I couldn't believe that she came out so fast! They placed her on my chest and it was the most amazing feeling. I love seeing my babies for the first time. My ability to love grew so much in that moment. 

 She was 7 lbs 2 oz and 19 1/2 inches long. Her cry was so gentle and she didn't cry for long before she calmed down.

 Skin to skin contact is one of my favorite things. I could do this forever! My family came into the room after she was born and got to hold her. Also my best friend Amy was able to be with us! We were hoping she would make it before the birth but it went so fast that she missed it!

 After a few hours, everyone left and Shawn went with the baby down to the nursery for her to get bathed etc. The nurses asked me if I could feel my legs well enough to stand up. I was so thrilled to be able to say yes. The entire time I had the epidural I kept flexing my thighs and knew that my nerves were working. It was so amazing to be able to get right out of bed and walk to the bathroom. Even with my boot on!

 My sweet little Rae!

 The next day, we had Shawn's mom bring Addie to the hospital. We put Rae in the bassinet and had her just hanging out in the corner of the room. Addie came in and said hi to me and came up on the bed. We talked for a few minutes and then she started looking around. Pretty soon she says, "baby?" We brought Rae over and this is the moment that my daughters met each other. It was so special. I was beaming and Shawn was crying. The Spirit was so strong in that moment.

We talked with a pediatrician from our doctors office about Rae's ultrasound looking abnormal when I was pregnant with her. He went and looked at it and told us that not only did her ureters looked dilated, her kidneys did as well. So he wanted her to have an ultrasound to check her before we left the hospital. Rae had the ultrasound to check her kidneys/ureters. We were so thrilled to find out that she is perfectly healthy. One of her ureters is located a little off center but the doctor called it a normal variant. Basically that it's abnormal but doesn't affect her. I'm so grateful for all the prayers in her behalf. I'm so thankful for a healthy little Rae.

 We have loved having her here with us. She has such a light to her and is such a sweet spirit.

 I love that she has my dark hair. It has a mind of it's own and it's incredible! I also love that she has two beautiful dimples. She also has this sassy attitude. Only 3 weeks old and she is sassy!

 Watching these two girls together is an amazing experience. I love Addie more now that she is a big sister. She is like a little mother to Rae and it's so cute. She is so good to her. I can't believe I have 2 daughters to love. My love grows more every day and I can't imagine life without either of them. It makes me want so many more kids!

 Being a mother is so amazing. I have never known love like this before. And I'm so thankful for a loving partner who helps me every single day. He is such an incredible father. The love I see in his eyes when he looks at his daughters is the best look I've ever seen. It makes me realize how much love our Heavenly Father has for us. And His love is perfect which means he loves my daughters more than I can and that is a powerful realization. I'm so grateful that I have been entrusted with two of His daughters and I can't wait to enjoy each day with both of them!

Life's Curveballs

Wow, just when you think you have life figured out something happens that changes everything. I had this experience on Sunday. I've been feeling like this baby is going to come anytime and so we've been doing our best to be prepared for her. One thing was I wanted to keep Addie home from nursery on Sunday, keep her on her own schedule and make sure she doesn't catch any germs from the kids. So Shawn was getting ready to leave to go to church and I was getting ready to put Addie down for a nap. I picked her up and we started walking to her room when I tripped over one of her toys. I crumpled to the ground. As I fell I pulled Addie close to protect her but she still smacked her head on the wall. And as I was falling I felt a pop in my foot. Now dazed I grabbed my screaming toddler close to comfort her. I think it really scared her more than anything. Shawn rushed over to take Addie from me and as he did, I looked up at him and said, "I think I broke my foot." Addie wanted nothing to do with Shawn. She just wanted me to hold her. I comforted her and then she kept asking to go to bed. Looking back we probably shouldn't have put her down so soon but she was so tired already and that's where we were going when I fell. We put her in bed and then I came and sat on the couch. I looked at my foot and there was a big bulge on the side. It was already swelling. At this point, I started bawling. The combination of my foot hurting, smacking my toddler into the wall and just scaring myself with what had happened was a little overwhelming and I was very emotional.  I sat down for a minute and then decided that we needed to go to the emergency room. I was feeling Raemee move but I still was nervous since I kind of fell on my stomach.

My wonderful brother came over to keep an eye on Addie while we headed in.  It took me forever to get to the car and then to get from the car to the ER. Walking while 38 weeks pregnant is difficult enough but you add to that limping on a sore foot and it looks utterly ridiculous. I got checked in and got some X-rays taken. Then we headed up to Labor and Delivery to check on the baby while we waited for radiology to check the X-ray. Before we made it up to L&D, the ER doc said that my X-ray looked good and that when I was done at L&D to come back down and get some instructions on how to deal with torn ligaments. We got into the triage room at L&D and I got hooked up to the monitors and we started the NST (non stress test). After being monitored for 20 minutes the nurse came in and said everything looked good but that the ER had called and said I was not to walk on my foot at all and something about a cast. Shawn and I looked at each other with looks of dread. I just had gotten used to the idea that I didn't brake a bone and now I'm learning differently.

We head back down to the ER and get put in a room. One of the ER nurses comes by and tells us that I won't be having a cast but I'll be getting a walking boot. She said that they wanted to cast me but that she advocated for me. She said there was no way that I could do a cast with crutches for 8 weeks while this pregnant and then with a newborn baby. Did I mention she was about 25 weeks pregnant?!? I am so so glad I had a pregnant nurse that understands how it is and made sure that I didn't get a cast. I got the walking boot and then was told to follow up with a foot doctor ASAP. Man you should have seen the pitiful looks I got as I walked out of the ER in a boot at 38 weeks pregnant. I felt so dumb. 

That night was really rough. I couldn't sleep, couldn't take any pain meds and just felt off. It was not fun at all. I did get an amazing blessing and knew that things would be ok and felt better. I got up the next day and was a little overwhelmed because I was on my own taking care of Addie and I can barely get around. Addie did so great. I couldn't carry her at all but she was very cooperative and just was amazing. The day went fairly smooth. I was able to make an appointment with the foot doctor for the afternoon so Shawn came home early and we packed up to go see the doctor and get more instructions and a better idea of what was going on.

We met with Dr Phillips and he was so great. He looked at my X-rays and said the I definitely didn't need to get a cast. He said it should heal just fine with the boot. I have to go back in within the next week to get more X-rays and make sure the bone hasn't separated. As long as it hasn't I'm good. I have to wear the boot for the next 6 weeks which is going to be very interesting. He also said that I can't drive or do too much housework I really need to stay off my feet as much as possible. 

But we are really lucky. I feel very blessed that Raemee and Addie are perfectly fine and that my foot isn't broken too bad and that I won't have to have surgery or even wear a true cast. This morning was my low point. I woke up in so much pain. The normal aches and pain that you feel during the last few weeks of pregnancy are magnified with the boot and limping. The limping makes my hips hurt so incredibly bad. I also realized that there is so much that I just can't do. I feel so useless. I can't do what I usually do with Addie which is frustrating as a mom. I know this is super temporary but it still is hard. And soon I will have a new born and I'm afraid that I won't be able to take care of my baby. I went through this with Addie and it was difficult. I never thought I would be going through it again on a smaller scale and for a much different reason. But I feel like history is repeating itself.  I'm hoping that once the baby is born the broken foot will be easier to deal with because I won't be pregnant. But I know it will have its own set of challenges to be hobbling around with a newborn. I know I can do it and I know my family will survive. I just need to look at this trial and find the good that will come of it. A few that I've been able to think of is I'll have plenty of time to snuggle my newborn without the distractions of cleaning etc. I can't clean so I might as well not stress about it. It will bring my family closer together. I can't leave the house much which means lots and lots of family time. And I'll get really close to family and friends as I'll need more help than usual. I'll be able to see how many are so willing to take time out of their busy lives to help us out. I've already had so many offers and feel so blessed because of the generosity of those around us. We are so lucky. So I guess when life throws you curveballs, swing for the fence and love every minute of it!

Slacker

I have seriously slacked on updating this blog. And considering that in a couple weeks I'll have a brand new baby, I know that I won't be updating at that point much. So I need to do it! And boy we have had a crazy few months!

Our first news is that Shawn got a new job. We are so very excited about it. He is now working for Domo and will have a lot of opportunities for growth within the company. So far he is loving the atmosphere and his coworkers. It was a little stressful waiting for an offer because our window for getting covered by insurance was getting smaller. I wouldn't normally stress but we needed to start work in August so that the insurance would kick in by September 1st. And since our baby is coming in September I was getting so nervous! But of course all things worked out wonderfully and I didn't need to stress about it at all!

Of course our other news is this sweet little girl that will be joining our family here in a couple weeks. We had a follow up ultrasound about 6 weeks ago to check on Raemee's ureters. We went in and there has been no change. This is good and bad news. Obviously it's bad news in the sense that they haven't healed. However, it's great news in that her kidneys and bladder still look great. They aren't getting bigger and there is no indication of a blockage. So at this point we will just be waiting until she is born. Once she has been born for about a day we will do an ultrasound on her and check to make sure that everything is ok. Then again we will reevaluate. So we are hopeful that she is going to be just fine!

This pregnancy has been so similar and yet so different than with Addie. I feel like I know what to expect. On the other hand this baby is so different. She is a MOVER!!! With Addie, once I would push on her she would completely move away, like she was shy. Raemee on the other hand, does not like to be invaded at all. As soon as you touch her she pushes back or squirms all over the place. My stomach is constantly moving around. Sometimes it actually looks quite freaky. It does make us a little nervous as to her personality. She may be a little spit fire.

I've been feeling pretty good this pregnancy. In fact, most of the pregnancy has been a breeze. The last few weeks though have been a little tough. I've been feeling so much pain and been having quite a few contractions. I never really had contractions with Addie so this is very new to me. Lots of pressure and I waddle so badly! I had my 34 week appt last week when i was just shy of 35 weeks so my doctor decided to wait until I was almost 37 weeks before I had another appt. at the time I was fine with that but then I started to have lots of pressure and contractions. So I moved my appt up and went in yesterday. I'm really glad I did just for the peace of mind that things are looking good. My blood pressure was great, I actually lost 3 lbs and Raemee was moving like crazy. My doctor came in to check me and at 36 weeks I'm already 2 cm and 70% effaced and her head is super low ( hence the major waddling). Makes me wonder if this little girl will be joining our family sooner than expected. I'm fine with her coming early but I'd really like her to not come before I'm full term. One week and then I'm fine with her coming!! It's so crazy that we are so close. Each day seems to drag but I know she'll be here before I know it! We're all ready for her to come and I'm hoping Addie does well with having a little sister. Who knows, next time I update it may be with pictures of our little Raemee!!!

4th of July

We had such a fun 4th of July!! I of course had to get us all prepared for the day so I painted mine and Addie's toenails. Shawn, (the creative one), gave me the idea of what I should do and I loved it!! Too bad little miss Addie is not patient at all and it was quite the adventure trying to get her nails painted. I would paint one and then blow on it like crazy to get it to dry before I even attempted to paint another one. Otherwise, we were cleaning up nail polish off the carpet. But they turned out so cute!

 We spent the morning at Shawn's parents swimming. We went early to beat the heat and also to get Addie some time in the pool before all the cousins arrived. She gets so intimidated by them!

 She was a little hesitant even though this isn't her first time in the pool at all! But it always takes her about 10 minutes before she will play in the water.

 I love her little swimsuit!

 She really wanted to swim with all the blow up toys. Shawn loved it. I, on the other hand, was freaking out a little. But she did so good and had such a fun time!!

 She kept rotating through the animals but the dragon ended up being her favorite! Love this little one. And I did end up in the pool but thank goodness we didn't get any pictures of that!

 After pool time we had a BBQ. Addie had a great time playing on all the furniture and watching her cousins! I made the cutest firecracker cookies but of course, didn't take pictures of them. Oh well.

We took a bunch of pictures with our nice camera of Addie in her outfit. Also we took some of me and her together. When I went to upload the pictures, I realized that our memory card wasn't in the camera!!! So none of the pictures got saved. Being pregnant, I may or may not have cried a little over that. I spent over an hour making bows until I made the perfect one, got her in her cute outfit and actually got ready myself and now we have no pictures. So I'm glad I took this one of her playing at my parents. And I'll have to dress her back up for the 24th and remember to put our memory card in!!!! She does look darling!

Then I just had to throw this gem in. We spent the evening at my parents house, eating dinner, playing games and then we went outside to watch the fireworks. They live right behind Thanksgiving Point so we didn't have to drive anywhere. Just walk into the backyard and they were right there!!! So much fun. Anyway, while we hanging out my lovely sister stole my camera and took a bunch of pictures. Isn't she pretty?! LOL.

Demolition Day!

Ever since we bought our new TV, our old, huge, bulky, broken TV has been sitting out on our patio. We just haven't known what to do with it. I didn't want to pay a bunch to haul it to the dump so I suggested that we just demolish it. That way we could put the small pieces into our dumpster. Shawn wasn't too thrilled with the idea. But after a few weeks, he came around to the idea and on Memorial Day, we decided to destroy it. Shawn's dad was curious so he came over and helped us out!

 When just the front panel had been removed.

 Boys having fun destroying the TV.

 Almost done! It actually didn't take them that long and wasn't that hard. We were so glad!

 As we were breaking apart the TV we noticed this gigantic mirror in the back where the picture is reflected onto the screen. It is such a clear mirror and so big. I figured rather than throw it away, I would come up with some cool way to either frame it or use it to decorate our house. Hopefully I can find a cool project!! Addie and Sawyer both loved the mirror!

 She just kept looking at herself and talking to herself. She does this with our small bathroom mirror but since this one is so big she can see her whole self so it was darling to watch!

 (And yes she is in her pjs. It was a lazy day!)

Being silly in front of the mirror. This was her dancing and watching herself dance. I was trying not to laugh so I could take the picture! I wish that I wasn't so pregnant so I could have got down and dirty, breaking the TV apart but the boys did such a good job with it and I love having our patio without a gigantic TV on it!!!

Life's Twists and Turns....

We have had quite the adventure this past week. On May 15th, I had my 20 week ultrasound where they do all the measurements to make sure that the baby is developing properly. We had already gone in early to find out gender so I was very focused on making sure my baby girl was ok. With Addie it was such a different experience. I remember being so focused on whether she would be a boy or a girl whereas this time, I think I realized just how much can go wrong. We were still super excited to go in and see our little princess again. 

When we first went into the u/s room, the tech asked me how my bladder was. I told her I had relieved it a bit (I was so uncomfortable, I couldn't help it). She threw her head back and sighed like I had ruined her day and then proceeded to tell me that I really needed a full bladder. I was a little taken back. She got me all prepped and started the u/s. Turns out she was able to see baby just fine, even with my bladder being emptied a little. Made me a little frustrated.  Moving on, we saw our little girl moving like crazy and I just was so happy but I couldn't shake this nagging feeling that something was wrong. The tech was pretty quiet the whole time and didn't explain too much of what she was doing. She would kind of answer questions when I asked but overall was quiet. My baby girl didn't like all the poking and prodding and kept kicking the u/s wand so hard that even the tech could feel it. I love that movement!!

We got to the end of the measurements and the tech asked if we knew the gender. We told her we did but we wanted to double check. So she quickly checked and said, yeah I think girl. We didn't even get a very good look at all. We ended and then I said to her, "I know you can't say much but I don't see my doctor for a week. (He was out of town) So from what you can see, does everything look good?" She shrugged her shoulders at me. My stomach dropped. I just didn't know how to take that. She gave us a couple pictures, bad ones, I might add. And she even cut one of the tops of the pictures off. It was a horrible experience and completely different than our previous gender u/s and also our u/s with Addie.

As we left, I still felt horrible and asked Shawn how he felt. He said she did a bad job but he wasn't worried about anything. I spent the next day in agony wondering if things were ok. But I knew that if anything was wrong, that I would hear from my doctors office. So each day got a little easier since I never received a phone call. I went to my appointment excited to see how everything looked. The first part of the appointment was pretty routine. Pee in a cup, get weighed, hear baby's heartbeat, and I was asked how I was feeling. My doctor came in and we started chatting. He said, "We haven't talked since your u/s, right?" That awful feeling came back. 

Turns out that there was an anomaly found during the u/s. Both of our baby girl's ureters are dilated. Basically there is a little tube that goes from each kidney into the bladder. Both of hers are swollen.  The picture below kind of illustrates this.

At this point, this could mean a lot of different things. I have to go in at 32-34 weeks for another u/s to check and see if they are still dilated. The problem could completely fix itself by then or it might not. There could be an obstruction causing the ureters to swell. If that's the case, she'll most likely need surgery once she's born to fix the problem. Or once she's born, it could fix itself. Or there may not be an obstruction but because the ureters are dilated, she could have what's called kidney reflux. This means that the kidneys send pee down the ureters into the bladder but the pee gets sent back up into the kidneys. This would also mean that she would most likely have to have surgery.

It's such a scary/peaceful feeling at this point. I get nervous and then I calm down realizing that we don't know for sure what's going on. I feel like I should be really worried and kind of prepare myself for the worse in case my baby needs surgery. But at the same time, it could be completely fixed in the next 10 weeks so I don't want to worry too much and get myself worked up for no reason. It's a sucky limbo to be in. So we're praying and hoping that things turn out ok. I've really been thinking a lot about the April 2004 General Conference talk by Dennis E. Simmons called But if not..... He talks about us needing true faith, not just faith that things will work out. He talks about us still needing that faith if things don't work out the way we want them too. So I want with all my heart for this problem to be fixed in the next little while but if not.... I'll be fine. My baby will be fine. We'll get through it. 

On a happier note, I'm still feeling good. I'm tired all the time but that comes with being pregnant and chasing a hyper toddler around. I love it. I love feeling this little one move. It's such an incredible feeling. Oh and we picked a name for our little girl. Her name is Raemee Kay Stinson. We love her so much already.

18 Months

Man, how time flies! I can't believe my little baby girl is now 18 months (ok technically she's almost 19 months but I slacked off). She is growing up so fast! Can someone remind her that I want her to be little forever?? I really am loving where she's at right now and all the personality that she has. I was always so afraid that having a little girl meant that she would be daddy's girl but so far she is definitely mommy's girl. At night, she'll barely go to Shawn. She wants to cuddle with me. I love being loved by her. 

She is so much fun! She loves playing pretend. She'll pick up purses, put them on her arm and tell us bye and blow kisses. She loves to talk on her phone and even paces around while she does it (I wonder who she gets that from, LOL). Her other favorite toys are Shawn's hats. She loves to take them off of him and put them on herself or put them on me. Apparently it's really funny when I have the hat on. She has to make sure the bill of the hat is perfectly even and will fix it if it's not. Then she dances when it's on right. So cute!

 She is obsessed with her teeth. If she goes into the bathroom or sees a toothbrush, then it's all over. 'Teef, teef, teef' is all I hear. She loves to use our toothbrushes rather than her own and she loves for me to put water on them. Then she "brushes" her teeth, hands me back the toothbrush, and says 'teef' until I put more water on it. Morning, noon and night.

 She is having a hard time with two things lately. Nursery and men. Scared of both. We had a new couple get called into nursery and the poor wife had to hold Addie crying for two hours on Sunday. What an initiation. Oh and she's 7 months pregnant. I felt so bad for her!! We're hoping Addie does better in the coming weeks. She is also terrified of men. Luckily, right now it's only strange men and not her dad, grandpa's, and uncles. If some man that she doesn't know comes up to her she gets super shy and will sometimes even cry. And even at 18 months she still rolls her tongue when she cries. It's the weirdest sound!!

 She loves bathtime still and we have so much fun with her, as you can tell. Her hair is getting super long so we love to play with it. She has these bath crayons that she uses every single time.

 Addie loves to dance and sing songs. She dances to any sort of music and her dancing is seriously so silly. She looks like a gangster. And she loves to do the actions to Itsy Bitsy Spider and Patty Cake. She will walk up to me and put her fingers together or clap and I know she wants to sing songs. We sing those two songs a lot.

 Addie is speaking so much lately. She has never been the biggest talker but lately she imitates everything we say and we can understand her so clearly. She says between 30-40 words and makes about 10 animal sounds. And she is FINALLY saying Mom!!! It's the best! My favorite words that she says are shoe, swing and no. She has said no for awhile but now she actually knows what it means. She gets this concerned look on her face, shakes her head and says no. I love it!! Even though it usually means she's being difficult. She says shoes all the time and wants to put on her shoes. But my very favorite is swing. She says "swee" and always says it like a question. Most mornings it's the first thing she says. She could swing all day long. I love hearing her speak!

Addie is also realizing when she is wet or messy. She comes up to me, points to her diaper, gets a sad look and says "pee". I wasn't sure at first that she knew what she was talking about but most days she does it every single time. The other day I had just changed her and she came up to me and said 'pee'. I checked her thinking that she just thought this was a fun thing to do and she would keep doing it, but she had actually peed. It wasn't much at all so I wasn't going to change her but she got really upset with me. So I changed her. It's been crazy. I'm not going to push her cause I don't think she's ready yet but it's nice to know that she is starting to pick it up!

We love this little bug so much! I love watching her learn and grow and develop and I'm so super excited to see how she does with a little baby in our home. Should be an interesting next few months!!!

New Room Look!

This weekend we decided that we wanted to spring clean. We decided to clean and rearrange both our room and Addie's room in preparation for our new little girl coming in September. I knew I wanted to do this but didn't want to wait too long or else I would be huge and not be much help!

 We spent most of the day doing this and I was exhausted by the end!! Luckily our little munchkin had a ball playing with all the "treasures" that we were finding as we cleaned. Her favorites were our hymn book, any jewelry and of course the drawers! We emptied them out to move the dresser into Addie's room and she loved to sit in the empty drawers.

 I'm pretty sure she spent at least a half hour just sitting in there!

 Love this little girl!

 Our finished product!! We took the changing table out of Addie's room to move to ours for the baby. I love that Adalyn's room now looks like a big girl room even though she is still in the crib! Once she is done with the crib we will put in her toddler bed.

 I love that we put this dresser in her room because she can't pull them open. They are too heavy! It has saved me from folding and refolding her clothes 25 times a day.

 Our room! We moved the dressers together on one side of the room so that the other side could be used for the baby. It looks so good having the dressers underneath our pictures!

 Baby's side of the room! At this time we hadn't got her pack n play yet so it's a little messy over here. And don't mind the bike. We haven't found a good place for it yet. Our house is so tiny!

We got the pack n play yesterday and I am in love! We took it out just to look at it with no intention of setting it up until September was a little closer but we couldn't resist. I love getting out of bed and seeing it right next to me. I'm so excited for this new little girl!!!