Easter

We had a wonderful Easter Holiday. Matt's parents were able to come to our house and visit...which David of course loved. Church was beautiful and an exciting day to celebrate our Lord's Resurrection! David was a stinker and wouldn't let me take any good pics of him in his Easter outfit, but he was precious anyways! We had a wonderful, relaxing weekend!

Zoo fun!

We had a fun day at the zoo a couple weeks ago. It was beautiful weather and David was extra surprised to find that Pops, Granna, Uncle Adam, Uncle Andy, and Aunt Abby were able to meet us there! We spent the afternoon at the zoo, then everyone came back to our house for a weekend of fun. I think David was just as happy to see them as he was to see the animals at the zoo!!

Preparing for Life and Enjoying Life

We are busy preparing for Baby Daniel's arrival. We are excited and can't believe he will be here soon! David has been keeping us entertained with stories of Baby Daniel being in HIS belly. He also loves to cuddle my belly and talk baby-talk to Baby Daniel. He is very free with his kisses to Baby Daniel...we hope he keeps that up after he arrives! :) David and Matt worked on getting the crib set up and his room ready to go. Now I have to get busy washing clothes! Although, it is bittersweet for me. It seems like just yesterday David was wearing those same newborn outfits. Time really flies. And we notice daily how fast he is growing and changing. He's getting really tall and he just isn't a baby anymore. Although, he will always be mommy's baby!

We are also enjoying these random days of warm, Spring weather. David has always been an outside boy, so being cooped up all winter makes us all ready to get outside and play! Granna, Aunt Sarah, Aunt Karyn, Aunt Abby, and Cousin Lilly came for a visit last weekend and we had a great time with them too! We are sure to have plenty of visitors over the next couple of months...which we are so blessed by! I am DONE traveling until after Baby Daniel arrives. As much as we love to travel to TN, my aching back can't take it anymore! :)

One quick story about Mr. David...the other night he and I were in his bed reading stories and saying his bedtime prayer. After I finished saying the prayer, he asked me "Where is Jesus?" I told him Jesus lives in our hearts and also in heaven. He kept asking (I am sure just not understanding). I told him again that Jesus lives in a beautiful place called Heaven and that he watches over us and takes care of us. David sat quietly for a minute pondering what I told him. Then his response was "Jesus is mowing his grass. His lawn mower is gray." :) Yes, this boy is obsessed with lawn mowers and has been for quite sometime. I agreed with him and told him Jesus has the most beautiful grass ever! He was happy with the conversation and rolled over and went to bed. I am glad he has an image of Jesus in his mind now. And I look forward to many more conversations about our great Savior!

Family Pics

We had family pics made this week. It is strange to think that our family pics from here on out will include another precious baby boy. I am excited to see our family grow! In the meantime, my belly just keeps growing!!

David felt Baby Daniel move for the 1st time tonight. So far, David has had no interest in touching my belly long enough to feel Baby Daniel move. Daniel was a VERY busy boy tonight when I was reading David stories, so I told David to put his hand on my belly. I wish I could have captured his face when he felt Baby Daniel moving. It will forever be etched in my heart though...it was truly priceless. His little eyes lit up and his smile was from one side of his face to the other. He ADORED the little "high fives" Baby Daniel was giving him and was so sad when he stopped moving. He then gave Baby Daniel a kiss goodnight. Melted my heart completely. I know it is hard for him to understand what is truly going on, but I also know that he fell in love with his brother tonight. And I can't wait to witness him do it again and again in the future! It made this pregnant momma cry! :)

And something cool from the week....I overheard David counting his library books out loud the other day...and it was in SPANISH!!! My jaw dropped. Thank you Dora the Explorer! :)

Potty Trained!!

Our little boy is officially potty trained!! He has done great with it and we have been on 2 ice cream dates as rewards. Of course, food speaks to this boy, so an ice cream date is the ultimate reward for him! :) We were even in TN for a week, and he did great! We are just so proud of him and also excited that we will only have 1 in diapers at a time! David loves the fact that he is now a big boy and while he will always be my baby, I am seeing everyday what a BIG boy he is becoming. It is sometimes bittersweet!

We are doing well. Just busy with early "Spring Cleaning." Nesting will do that to you! :) I am now 25 weeks along and Baby K2 is growing quickly! By the way, this one is going to be named Daniel. David already loves to talk about Baby Daniel and he has lots of plans for him! The most important one to David is that Baby Daniel will sleep with him! Mr. David loves a snuggle buddy, hopefully Daniel will like to snuggle. We are beginning to imagine what life will be like with Baby Daniel and I know our family dynamics are about to change. We are excited about that change though! My pregnancy has been a smooth ride so far and we are thrilled that my dr's in Raleigh are confident in keeping me here, instead of sending me to the high risk group at Duke again. Praise the Lord! He has placed some wonderful, intelligent Doctor's in my path this pregnancy and we are so thankful! (In case you don't know what I am talking about, I have a rare platelet disorder that has some dr's stumped!)

Matt and I are both learning to rely more on God in 2008. As most of you know, I am a planner by nature and I love being in charge of details. God is making me humbly learn that HE IS IN CONTROL. I am truly living One Day at a Time right now and slowly turning over the details to God. He must be thrilled...it has only taken me 26 years to start learning HOW to do this! I have my days where I feel like I am starting at square one though! Thankfully, he is a patient and graceful God.

Our Christmas (pic recap)

We're Having...

ANOTHER PRECIOUS BOY!!! We were going to let Baby K2 be a surprise at delivery, but HE had other plans at our ultrasound. He kept making it obvious to us and we are very excited! My house is full of blue and I just love it. Baby K2 looks very healthy and is a very squirmy little man. David says he already likes matchbox cars because Baby K2 can kick it around on my belly! LOL!

We didn't get many good ultrasound pics because he was much too squirmy (and kept showing us his parts), but we fell in love with him just the same. God is so good and we are looking forward to meeting our new little fella.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I will try to post pics of David's Christmas soon!