Changes, Changes, Changes

Well, most of you know already, but Lily is going to be a big sister!!! God has blessed us again. We are expecting our next bundle of joy to arrive around March 9th. We are very excited. Poor Lily doesn't even realize that in a few months her whole little life will be turned upside down. :)

Changes with Lily - She is everywhere and into everything! Our house is in constant disarray. So if you ever come over just know that we were hit by a little tornado named Lily. I really don't even know why we buy her toys. She only wants to play with the most random things that aren't really toys. Her new thing is to scream/screech at the top of her lungs just for fun. Then she will giggle, so you can't really get onto her, but Tom and I will be deaf in the matter of a few weeks if this continues. She LOVES to read books. She jabbers constantly and says several words. Some of them you would only understand if you were around her long enough. Her favorite word is "Hi." I really wish I knew what she was saying. She will point her little finger at you and just go on and on and on. Everyday she amazes me and we are so blessed that she is a part of our little family. I just love watching her grow, discover and explore.

Changes with us: I started a new job! I'm teaching PreK. It has been fun and a whole lot of work so far. I started about 3 weeks into school so I didn't get any prep time, but I feel like I'm finally getting my feet under me. Everyone I work with is so nice, helpful and supportive. I'm very excited about this school year.
Also, Tom is finally on day shift and for the moment he has Saturdays and Sundays off! We are so very excited. This is the first time we have had the same weekends on a regular basis in about 2 1/2 years. The first weekend, I will admit, it was kinda weird having him home on Saturday during the day, but it is nice to get to have some family time. His weekends will probably change again in January so we are going to enjoy it while we can.
And last but not least, we are expecting Pancho in March. I am currently 14 weeks, so I am in the 2nd trimester. You may wonder why we chose the nickname Pancho. Well, we were trying to come up with another "P" nickname since we already have Peanut and Punkin. I just jokingly said Pancho and it just kinda stuck. So far Pancho is looking good. This time around they aren't making me do all the extra testing/ultrasounds that I had to do with Lily. He (and I only say he because I don't want to refer to him as "it" the entire 9 months) gave us a little scare last week at the drs office. The nurse tried to find his heartbeat and she couldn't. She had to call the PA in to look for it. The PA finally found it and almost immedietly Pancho moved. She found it a couple more times and he just kept moving. So they told us the heartrate was 150ish since they couldn't get a steady read on him. We are NOT planning on finding out what Pancho is, so all of you nosey people that have no patience will just have to wait until March to find out what we are having. :) I'm really hoping that Pancho stays put as close to my due date as possible because after my 6 weeks of maternity leave then I will only have about 3-4 weeks of school left until summer break. Only time will tell!

We Survived!!!

We have all made it through the first year with Lily and WOW what a year it has been! There were definitely some rough times and some times that we thought "What in the world are we doing?!?!?!?" and "How do you make her quit crying?!?!?" But there have been way more fun and exciting times to outnumber those others. I can't believe that a year ago we had Lily. We had an infant who couldn't hold her head up. She slept all day and was awake all night. She loved being held and rocked and we would take naps in the recliner together. Once she discovered her toes they were always in her mouth.
Now we have an active toddler. She is now walking EVERYWHERE. She sleeps 11-12hrs at night. She knows that if you are going to try to rock her, that you are trying to put her to sleep and in the afternoon she will absolutely fight you. She LOVES to eat. She has discovered her soprano voice. When walking through the house she jabbers ALL the time. She feels the need to yell everything she says in an effort to make sure you heard her. She has NOT discovered her inside voice. Everyone in church knows she's there. She loves her clothes and will say "Ooooooo" when she looks in her closet. She is so funny.
It has been an amazing 1st year. God has blessed our lives so much with Ms. Lily. This first year has been amazing to watch her grow and develop. I can only imagine what the future holds for that sweet, ornery, little girl. :)

PS: I'm really going to try hard to keep this updated more often. :)

It's been a while!

Wow! It's been a long time since I've updated this thing. What can I say I have been a little busy. :) The last (almost) 7 months have been amazing. Lily is turning into quite the little character. Here lately she likes to see how loud she can talk and how high pitched she can get. She LOVES to look at herself in the mirror and will just squeal at herself. She technically has her first tooth. It has broken through the gum but it isn't poking up enough to see it unless your really looking. She is sitting up by herself. She is quite opinionated. She hates being on her tummy and she will let you know it and fuss at you until you do something about it. Therefore, it may be a while before she starts crawling. We don't think she is going to be a very patient person. I don't know who she gets that from. :) She loves to clap her hands when she is excited. She does already have stranger anxiety, so if she doesn't know you she will cry at you. Just ask Santa. She growled at him when we went and visited him. The absolute BEST part of my day during the week is coming home. She always greats me with a huge smile and squeals. When I pick her up she just gives me the biggest wet baby kisses all over my face and I absolutely love it! This just seems to make everything better and nothing else seems to matter. She loves to play on her little piano with daddy and likes to try to eat his badge when we visit him for dinner at work. Every week she just amazes us even more. We love watching her grow and learn new things. Thank you God for blessing us with such a wonderful, sweet, sometimes ornery little girl!