Big News!

We are having another baby! 

The due date is January 22nd.

I'm currently 9 weeks +1 day.

I haven't had terrible morning sickness but  have had a considerable amount of nausea the past few weeks. No food aversions like I had with Elsie though! Having a toddler makes it so much harder to deal with.  The first trimester fatigue has really kicked my butt. Thank god for nap time!

I've had two doctor appointments already! Both went really well.  Both times baby had a visible heart beat and last week I got to see the baby wiggle a bit. I go back at 12.5 weeks.

It is a bit early.  Just like with Elsie we found out right away.  We've known since about 4 weeks. However, it is a really hard secret to keep and has been increasingly hard to hide from friends here. Being away from family, we didn't want everyone here to find out before family did so.. we decided to announce. Praying everything keeps going well!

Elsie and baby will be about 22 or 23 months apart depending. We are really excited to have two babies close together!  Can't wait to find out in a couple months if Elsie will have a baby sister or brother! 

14 Month Update!

Elsie is 14 months!

Some of her favorite things are:

-Her Elmo toy and magnets

-Saying "No!" to everything

-Walking! She still needs something or someone to touch to stand up but once she's up she's on the go!

-Kix cereal, ice cream cones (just the cone, no ice cream), and bananas


She brings me shoes to put on after she tries to put them on herself and also brushes her hair.

She blows kisses!

She is drinking approximately sixteen ounces of whole milk a day split in to 3 sippy cups. She does not have a preference for any certain type of sippy cup. She also eats 3 meals and at least 2 snacks a day but would prefer to constantly eat if I let her. She knows where the snacks are and will try to get in that cabinet if she's hungry.

She no longer wants to be carried or in the stroller she'd much rather walk everywhere.

Sometimes she takes 2 naps a day if we have been busy but she does fine with 1 nap a day also.

She almost has 10 teeth since her 2 bottom molars are almost all the way in.

Our little girl is definitely a toddler now!

Elsie at 13 Months

I couldn't decide whether or not to keep up with monthly updates but Elsie has learned so many things in the last month that I couldn't help but document it.

This month she:

Learned how to walk. After weeks of taking only 2 or 3 steps, this last week she really started going.

Started using some baby signs!  I've been modeling them for months! I was beside myself when she whipped out the sign for "more" and the sign for "milk" (which she uses for any drink).

Started clapping when she's excited, doing the "roll it" motion in the pat-a-cake song, and waving bye bye (when she feels like it). She even blew a kiss to her Meme on video chat haha.

Can climb up stairs, which she does at the playground to go down the slide.

Says: dada, mama, dog, hi, bye, and baby

Elsie turns 1!

My baby is 1 year old now!

It's a very bittersweet milestone.

We love her so much! It's hard to believe it's been a whole year since she was born!

She had her one year checkup on Monday and weighs 24 pounds and is almost 30 inches tall. Girl loves to eat!

We had her birthday party on Saturday.  Elmo themed of course!

We had a yummy chicken burrito bowl bar and nachos. 

The Birthday Girl!

It took her a minute and some help from daddy to figure out what the cupcake was for but then she LOVED it! So much mess but so worth it!

We were so happy to have so many friends and her Meme (grandma) here for her birthday!

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Elsie loved playing with this balloon from McDonald's while her momma and meme shopped.

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My baby has been pretty cuddly lately. 

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Why is it that babies try to get as close as possible to the tv to watch it? 

This must be the best baby booty dancing spot.