21 Weeks!

I'm 21 weeks pregnant today! The first 20 weeks we spend anxiously counting up and then the last 20 we spend excitedly counting down--so only about 19 weeks left. So exciting! Nothing new to report this week. Logan is very interested in the "brud" that's in mommy's belly and constantly is kissing on it and very sweet. We also pulled out a blue blanket that I made last year that never got sold and gave it to her to use with her babies (she calls it baby's my-my) and so she's getting the hang of mothering. We're very excited about meeting the little man, but are also enjoying every minute we have as a family of three.

We LOVE fall!

We were stuck inside all day yesterday with some really nasty weather so this morning when we woke up and it was 68 degrees and sunny, I packed up a towel (to wipe down the wet slides) and Logan and I headed to the park. I thought it was a nice backdrop for some pictures for the family to see. Logan was in an extra smiley and playful mood--must have been the 12 1/2 hours of SOLID sleep she got last night. We're going to get used to these nice nights of sleep just in time for the little guy to get here and mess it all back up again! Oh well, it's SO worth it when you see sweet faces like this one every day.

Cookies!

Logan and I made cookies together today! We made some last year in October but she was still so little she mostly sat and watched. This time, she was a kind of big help. AND we kept the kitchen relatively clean! I collaged some of the pictures because there are so many and some of them are just slightly different.

We started off by naming all of the ingredients and repeating sounds that she knew (like the "b" in butter):

She got to throw in most of the dry ingredients:

She was entirely fascinated by my pink kitchen aide hand mixer...and who wouldn't be? It's pink!

She even got to take several turns holding the mixer (just don't tell her it was off when she was doing it on her own):

I think she felt like a big girl because she kept repeating, "I mama, I mama" while she was doing it.

She had SO much fun!

We, indeed, waited by the oven the entire time the cookies were baking by request of the princess (who wouldn't leave the kitchen if I told her that her favorite show was on TV).

Then, after they cooled, she spent 30 minutes frosting and decorating her cookie! Well, mostly she ate frosting... so she may be up all night (anyone want to come wrangle a sugared up toddler tonight?), but it was so nice to see her so engaged that I don't even care.

When I told her she could actually eat the cookie she wasn't quite sure what to think, so she tried to hand it to me first. No thanks, honey, I don't need a drooled on, over frosted piece of sugar right now. :)

She really enjoyed it, though!

I think she only took about two bites before realizing that the frosting was getting everywhere and then she asked to be cleaned up so that she could go play outside. Oh, the joys of having an overly clean child, it does make life a little easier. Little boy is destined to be a little bit of a slob because Logan is such the opposite. Maybe lighting will strike twice for me, though?

Go Seminoles!

Let's GO!

When you tell Logan you're getting ready to go somewhere, she has quite a checklist to go through before she's ready to walk out the door. She asks for her shoes (even if they're on), finds a pair of sunglasses, grabs a purse (which she doesn't have in the picture yet) and won't even let you near the door unless she's got her bow--hence the second picture. However, as soon as her little checklist is complete, you had better be ready to walk right out the door or you hear, "les GO, les GO, les GO" five thousand times until the door is opened for her. She's definitely a woman who knows what she wants.

Halfway There!

We've reached the halfway mark! Hard to believe that in 20 weeks or less (or maybe more...I'm hoping we won't have a late delivery, but you never know) we'll have our sweet baby boy in our arms. Right now we're really focusing on enjoying every second with his big sister knowing that life is going to change quite dramatically when we add another baby to the mix. In fact, the last few days, Logan's been napping for an hour and a half in her bed and then wants to spend the last half hour of her nap sleeping with me on the couch which I LOVE. It's the sweetest time together and it really forces me to stop, enjoy the quiet moments with my oldest and rest.

The baby is definitely, noticeably bigger. I'm able to feel exactly where he's sitting now and he's kicking up quite a storm. Thankfully, unlike his big sister, he kicks and rolls around during the day but is a lot less active at night, so as of now, I'm still sleeping quite well. We're looking forward to meeting this little guy, though!

Nesting

I was close to 7 months pregnant with Logan when I started nesting. I wanted everything organized, cleaned, all her clothes washed and the nursery done. I thought I was quick on the uptake with her, but this little boy has me going c-r-a-z-y with the nesting bug. In the past two days I've taken apart the entire refrigerator, cleaned every little piece and put it back together, I've organized and re-organized our coat closet twice, and I've vacuumed the house at least three times...that may be because I have a slight love for my vacuum and a huge love for watching my child try and do it herself. Today, I put away my pre-pregnancy clothes and pulled out all of my old maternity wear; I destashed things I haven't used in years, color and print coded all of the clothes and made a little space for baby boy's stuff in my closet (it'll eventually get into the kids' room).

While I was doing all of this, Logan was doing some of her own nesting. When there was finally space in my closet, Logan went and got several pillows, blankets, books and baby dolls and played in the bottom of the closet for quite some time. The pictures I took are after her nap, so a lot of it had been put away...these were the things she managed to get back in there. I think she thinks it's her new room--she keeps asking to go "night-night" in there...fat chance, kiddo.

My next project is Logan's closet...I need to get in there and destash a lot of her stuff so we can make room for her little brud (that's what she calls my belly). Right now the princess inhabits that entire closet and then some. Oh, if we had all of the storage in the world, right? :)