{mY BiG bOy}

For the last month it seems like Wesley has been interested in potty training.

I've heard that it's not the best thing to force it on a child but instead the child will let you know when they are ready to start.

Wesley has been really interested in sitting on the "toto". So we let him do it as much as he would like because I don't want to discourage him.

So yesterday for about 4 hours he kept telling Patrick and I "poo poo change"

{which to Wesley "poo poo" means "diaper" so he wants a diaper change}

and that he wanted to sit on the toto. We continued to put him on the toto over and over again and we both were getting frustrated because he wasn't doing anything.

So finally right before bed I gave it one more attempt.

Well I guess it paid off because he went poo poo in the toto!!!

We were all so excited and Wesley kept clapping his hands and saying "yeah Wesley"

I think he was excited as well.

Sorry this story might be a little TMI but as you can tell we are so excited for our little boy.

I hope this is the start of potty training and no diapers.

I would LOVE to have only one child in diapers and not 2!!

{tHis WeEkS bAbY UpDAtE}

Well so far there is so still no baby!!

I will have to say I don't remember being this uncomfortable, sore and not being able to sleep when I was pregnant with Wesley.

I had a little false alarm this week because I thought I was going into labor. Thursday morning around 4:15 I was having some pretty good contractions. Because of it I couldn't go to sleep because I was a little concerned I was going into labor. I didn't want to wake Patrick to worry him so I went to the living room and watched tv. They soon stopped but I couldn't go to sleep. So I got about 5 hours of sleep that night.

I was excited however because that day I had a Dr's appt. I was still dialted to 2 cms so there wasn't any progression this last week.

My next Dr's appt will be this Thursday and I wouldn't mind one bit if I didn't make it to my next appt. I'm really excited because my mom is coming down on Thursday and staying with us for a week and a half. I feel so blessed to have a mom willing to take time out of her busy schedule to come be with us for awhile.

Both Patrick and Wesley have really been good to me because I'm so pregnant. Patrick helps with laundry and cooks dinner for me too. I have one good husband!!

{ChRIstMAs}

For Christmas this year we went to my parents house in Susanville. I unfortunetly was sick the entire time that I was up there. But we had a fun time playing in the snow, playing with the dogs, eating way too much food, driving around looking at Christmas lights on Christmas Eve and my highlight, talking to my brother who is on his mission in Uruguay. I didn't take a lot of pictures while we were up there because I forgot my camera charger and I didn't want to take the chance of not getting pictures on Christmas. I actually forgot a lot of things like Wesley's snow boots, gloves and hat as well. My pregnancy brain got the best of me for sure.

Here is Wesley on Christmas morning. Santa brought him Chuck Trucks which he loves!

Opening more presents:
Mom and Dad gave him cars from the movie Cars:

After Christmas, we came back home and had Christmas with Patrick's family in Gridley. Some how Santa put snow in the back of Patrick's truck and we delivered it to our niece and nephew Bryant and Charlize. Our attempt was to make a big snow man but it turned into a giant snow fight instead. Oh well, atleast the kids had fun!!

Bryant with the snow in the back of Patrick's truck:

Nana playing in the snow with the kids:

Bryant and Wesley:

Bryant got Patrick good with the snow:

Wesley in front of the Christmas tree:

Us attempting to take a picture of the three kids:

Wesley with his new Mickey chair from Papa and Nana:

The 3 cousins after playing in the snow together:

My poor little guy getting choked from Bryant!!

{BAbY uPdATe}

We finally have 2 weeks and counting!!

The Last two weeks Patrick and I have been busy getting our house in order and getting ready for our new arrival.

Last week I started my weekly Dr. appt visits and I wasn't dialated at all.

This week I was measuring 2 cms!! I'm really excited but nervous at the same time because it all of the sudden it feels really real that we're having this baby soon.

My Mom is coming home today from Southern California today so I'm glad that baby atleast waited for her to get home.

My sister had her baby girl last week so it will be so much fun having cousins so close again!!

{ho ho ho MeRrY ChRisTmas}

I love Christmas time this year because Wesley is really getting into it. I know that he totally doesn't know what's going on but you can tell he gets excited. He's seen Santa twice this year and loved it. We also decided to get a small Chrismas tree this year so that he could help decorate it. Even though he loves to take the decorations off it's still fun for him. He also loves to walk around the house and say. "ho ho ho, Merry Christmas." I love my little boy so much!!

Wesley in line with the kids to see Santa at our Ward Christmas Party.Oh my goodness, there's Santa!!!

Almost there...I LOVE Santa!! Starting to get a little impatient!!

Finally we arrived!! Wesley loved Santa and Mrs. Clause. We wont tell Santa who he liked more!!
Every year since Wesley was a baby we've gone to Costco to see Santa. It happens to be the busiest time to ever go but it's fun. I was pleasantly surprised that Wesley did so well this year because last year he cried and screamed the whole time. But this year he loves Santa. So hopefully next year we'll do just fine with two little kiddos!!

{bAby BelLy}

This is not the greatest picture but this is my baby bump around 25 weeks.I'm currently 35 weeks so I only have 5 more weeks to go!! I have for sure gotten bigger since...pictures to come soon!!

{It'S a........}

Baby!!!!

For those that know us well, we didn't want to find out the sex of the baby like we did with Wesley. Some people don't really understand but it's really exciting not finding out and waiting until the baby is born. Today was the big day for the ultrasound and it was so much fun to see the little munchkin!! Here are the pictures that they were able to capture:

The first 3 are a 3d image of the little one. This first one is my favorite because you can see the nose, eyes and mouth:

Little more of a side profile of the baby than the first but you can stille see the face:
Another side profile. The baby was right against the placenta so she couldn't get a good face on picture. She zoomed out so it looks as though the baby has a hole in it's head but it doesn't. You can also see the umbilical cord:
I LOVE LOVE this one!! The little feet are so cute!!
Side profile:

Another Side Profile:

Side Profile with the spine:

When we had Wesley we had the ultrasound tech write down on a piece of paper the sex of the baby. When we were in the Hospital after he was born we opened it and it said boy. We {or I} wanted to keep up with tradition and have her right down what the baby was. So I asked her at the end if she could write it down for us and she said she didn't even know what it was. She didn't want to see what the baby was and then accidently tell us because we had asked to not know what the sex was. So she went back in search of what the baby was. She was looking for awhile and she finally said that the umbilical cord was in the way. So she tried to have me move on my side to see if she could get a better view. She finally said that she was only 85% sure that she knew what it was. She took a picture and wrote on it of what she thought it was. I guess it was a good thing that we weren't going in search of finding out what it was going to be. So now it will be fun to open it up once the baby is born to find out what it is... hopefully she was right!!