The Big Ultrasound

We had our 20 week ultrasound today and found out that we are having another baby boy! Caden and Viv were right the whole time. Baby is about 11 inches and just under a pound. He was laying in a weird position, so we have to do another ultrasound in 2-4 weeks to get a better look at things. We are so excited to be adding another sweet little boy to our family.

Bye-Bye Binky!

Caden has been more than attached to his binky pretty much since birth. He ALWAYS had to have one in his mouth and even liked to carry an extra one around with him just in case. When I took him to the dentist in November, the dentist pointed out that Caden's teeth were becoming misshapen because of his excessive binky use. I knew he was right, but I didn't feel like it was good time to take it away because we were moving soon and I really didn't want to deal with it. About a month ago, Caden's speech therapist told me she thought that Caden's articulation was being affected by the shape of his teeth and jaw from the near constant binky use. I was planning on taking it away when he was three, but when she told me that, I knew it was time. So, I told Caden all about the binky fairy and how she would leave him a prize if he would leave all of his binky's out for her to take. I got a couple of prizes and a few days later, we put the plan into action. We had a hard couple of days with lots of tears shed, but he did it. It has been almost two weeks now and he still asks for it once in a while, but for the most part, he has done great. I am so proud of him!!! He is growing up way too fast. Next challenge.....potty training!

Baby Belly

Here I am at 18 weeks and 4 days....almost halfway done!

You know you have two big sisters...............

Hot Air Balloon Festival.......not so much

Now that I am starting to feel better, I have been trying to plan more outings and things to do around town because my poor kids have been stuck in the house with me for the last three months. There is not a whole lot to do here, so when I hear about something, I try to go. One of Caden's teacher's told me that there was going to be a Hot Air Balloon Festival last week, so we decided to go. We all got up at 6am last Saturday morning (yes, 6am on a Saturday) so that we could see the balloons set up and take off. We got there right at 7am and there were no balloons set up and all the cars were leaving. They had decided to cancel it because of weather. Roswell doesn't really have much weather, so of course the one day that it's windy and cloudy and looks like it might actually rain, is the day of this festival. We decided to wait a few minutes and see if anyone was going to set up or not. Lucky for us, one person decided to set up his balloon and take it for a spin over Roswell, out of the sixty that were supposed to. We were happy that we got to see at least one balloon. I have learned my lesson though, no matter how guilty I feel for being sick the last few months, there is nothing worth getting up for at 6am on a Saturday.

Waiting in the cold to see if anyone is brave enough to take off

Finally, someone starts setting up!

Quote of the Day

Caden says to me today~

"I used to have a mustache, but I cut it off with scissors (demonstrated with finger scissors) because it was bugging me."

He was totally and completely serious, too. I guess he doesn't realize that I've known him since birth and I know that he's never had a mustache. He seriously cracks me up.