Getting ready for the little guys arrival!

We have been so busy with getting ready for our newest addition! This past week we picked up Owens bedroom set and his room is ready for the most part. We still have some last minute decorating and organizing but it is coming along really well. I love the colors and patterns we chose. We also started packing the hospital bag. We had our doctors appointment last Wednesday and our new due date is the 27Th (four weeks after this week)! I can't imagine getting any bigger. I feel like every inch of my body is being taken over. I am thinking I am going into labor who knows when??? The little guy is also really getting on my nerves literally he has been on my sciatic nerve which makes your right of your hip hurt. I also really changed my work out routine because I am in so much pain. It was pretty constant until the past couple days and he has moved a little which relives the pain. The doctor said even pain medication wouldn't do much because the nerve is so big. This never happened with Gwynn so its all new to me but apparently its pretty common in pregnancy.

We also had a monumental milestone for Gwynn this weekend. Gwynn's room graduated into a big girl room. We found a really great bed for miss Gwynn with the help of Charlie's mom Sherry. Gwynn slept in it for the first time last night. I heard the putter patter of little feet at four in the morning and then it was into bed with Mom & Dad (this has been the norm lately). I don't think any of us are getting the best rest but its so nice to wake up with all the ones you love...pretty soon all four of us! Gwynn also was so sweet today when I put her down for her nap she was so excited to sleep in her big girl bed she hopped in and slept for well over two hours. She also has loved reading and coloring in her new bed. Its and adorable white four post bed with optional canopy with a trundle bed underneath that works great as a steeping stool for Gwynn to hop into bed and piece of mind for Charlie and I if she happens to fall out of bed. Gwynn also loves her new bed so much she just put herself to bed at seven thirty tonight she said nap nap OK cool and went and got into her bed!

Charlie and I also wanted to take a moment before there are no more..... to thank all our dear friends and family who have been so supportive through out this pregnancy. We appreciate all your love and support more then words can say. Thank you all for always being such active participants in our lives when we need you the most! We love you all!

Nice weather!

The past weekend was great with all the nice weather. We took Miss Gwynn to the park everyday and spent a lot of time in our backyard enjoying the warm sun. Gwynn is so happy when she is outside. Charlie also accomplished many household chores our yard and home improve every week. We also had a local photographer take some maternity photos on Saturday. I really wanted Gwynn and Charlie in on some of the photos but Gwynn was not a big fan of the studio. I think we may have a couple cute ones of Gwynn kissing my belly. It defiantly was an interesting experience. I chose to do maternity photos because I wished I had with Gwynn. I think we got some really good photos. I was doing one photo that was very brave for me...... I had to get down to my underwear and a white piece of fabric covering my chest. The photographer had left to give me some privacy while I got situated and Charlie and Gwynn were outside playing when they opened the door good and wide while I am laying on the ground half naked...very awkward! Gwynn proceeded to walk in and tried to get naked also. She took her socks and shoes off and was lifting up her shirt started trying to take her pants off and laid next to me on the floor. It was hilarious! She kept her shirt up the whole rest of the time and kept rubbing her little belly.

Gwynn also developed a fear of spiders this weekend that had Charlie and I in stitches. She will scream and put her hands up to her mouth and run away. She did it all weekend. I was in the kitchen and she started screaming and had her hands up over her face and I found the smallest bug in the world on the floor. Charlie and I wonder where it comes from considering neither of us are afraid of spiders or bugs of any kind.

In the past couple weeks Gwynn has been a mixture of pure joy and a little bit of terrible twos. She is putting words together and loves saying thank you mama... your welcome. She also is testing Charlie and I relentlessly. She is so smart and sassy! She can count to ten and is working on twenty this week. She can say bits and pieces of her alphabet and spell her name. She is working on writing it also. She is such a Daddy's girl lately it is absolutely adorable. She gets tired of me everyday around four and is ready for her Daddy time.

Good times with the MacDonalds

This past week and weekend were a blur and I can't believe tomorrow is Thursday. We have been pretty busy. It's been so nice to have Charlie home again. Gwynn is also much happier with Daddy home. Gwynn was sick for most of the week and on Friday and Saturday had a fever of 103. She was so tired and just wanted to lie around most of the time. We took her to Horton Hears A Who just to get out of the house. She sat through the entire movie and loved it.

This week has been much better ( I think the nice weather has helped). We have had a busy but good week we ran errands Monday, Tuesday was Cami and Gwynn's play day as well as a long park visit and today I took Gwynn to the park for a picnic and to play. Charlie came home early and I went off to my doctors visit. I will be going every other week until the little guy comes. I asked the doctor today if he was huge because he definantly feels huge and he said no..... but he is BIG! Today at the doctors office it felt very real that he would be here in no time. I also feel like we have so much to do before his arrival. Tomorrow Cami comes over and then its swimming in the evening. On Friday we have Gwynn's two year check up and a play date with a local play group. This weekend I have a very big wedding on Saturday and a trial run on Sunday. Charlie plans to start our many chores we have to accomplish before our newest addition comes.

Charlie had a blast on his trip and had many funny pictures and stories when he came home. I will post some so everyone can see his hot hair cut. There are also some amazing scenic pictures. Charlie had a great time with his friends and enjoyed biking in beautiful Utah.

Gwynn has been very demanding lately and very much a two year old. I am so exhausted at the end of the day (I am sure it could be the little person in my belly too). Gwynn is put in time out about ten times per day and some major fits come with it. She is testing both Charlie and I relentlessly. She is definantly a little firecracker. She is still super sweet but is definantly giving Charlie and I a run for our money!