Happy Easter!

"Choo choo!"
So sweet of my two boys!


Well, today didn't go quite as planned. Our neighborhood had an Easter Eggstavaganza that we were so excited about taking Jake to, but unfortunately, the rain kind of messed up our plans. So no Easter Egg Hunt for Jake today. :( We did get to see the Easter bunny, which didn't go quite as well as expected either, and ride on the Easter Eggspress (which was Jake's favorite thing by far). We made the best of a dreary day, though, and had fun as a family.

Bed head!

Since I have to go to work tonight, we asked the Easter bunny to come a day early. The look on Jake's face was priceless...it was almost better than him waking up on Christmas Day to see what Santa had brought. Love it. Happy Easter!

Dying Easter Eggs

I love Easter! One of my favorite memories from childhood was dying Easter eggs with my family, and I couldn't wait til the day I could do it with my own family. We've been trying to prepare Jake for Easter, so I thought it was the perfect time to let him try out dying some eggs. He really enjoyed it; he definitely would have dyed everyone of the eggs blue if I would have let him, though! :) Oh, and speaking of the blue dye, thank goodness it's non-toxic because some little boy decided to DRINK IT! I turned my head for one second to get another egg, and when I turned back around, Jake had the blue cup turned up drinking it! I almost passed out! His lips are a lovely shade of blue now! :)

Stay tuned for more pictures from our weekend! I'm trying to stay caught up on my blogging... just in case. Have a great weekend!

Future so Bright...

...he's gotta wear shades!

Jake got a new pair of sunglasses, and he thinks he is big time. He has hardly taken them off all day! In fact, Tyson and Jake went with me for my OB appointment today, and Jake wanted to wear them the whole time we were in the office. Tyson seemed a little embarrassed by the sunglasses, so while I wasn't looking, the glasses somehow disappeared. :) Too cute...he loves trying to be like his daddy!

Look Who's in Town!

Pa Pa!!!





My mom came to visit us for a few days to help us with some last minute things before Walker gets to town, and we are loving having her here! She is always super helpful, which is especially nice right now since I am so big and not very useful around the house. Plus, Jake LOVES having his Pa Pa here...he definitely prefers for her to read to him, bathe him, put him to bed, etc! I swear he loves my mama more than me, which I completely understand why he would. :)

Mystery Solved

Last Friday, a petting zoo came and visited Jake's Mother's Day Out program. As soon as I picked Jake up, he couldn't wait to tell me about it. He said, "ride horsey, Mama!" And I asked him what else he did, and he said "petted goat!" His face just lit up telling me about it. One of his teachers, Mrs. Caroline, said Jake got to ride the pony twice, and she said he loved it!

Well, later on that night, I was getting Jake to tell Tyson all about "riding the horsey" and here is the conversation that went down:

Beth: Jake, tell Daddy what you did today at school.

Jake: Ride horsey, Daddy!

Beth: What color was the horsey, Jake?

Jake: White.

Beth: What was the horsey's name?

Jake: Black.

Meanwhile, Tyson is dieing in laughter and I couldn't understand why...until he explains:

Tyson: How many white horses are named "black?"

We have laughed about the white horse named "black" all weekend long! I was really curious, though, if my child was just that brilliant or just brilliantly funny. Anyways, his teacher posted this slideshow to their blog...check out picture 11/13. Mystery solved.

36 Weeks

Yay! I am so excited to have reached 36 weeks; Walker's lung development should be golden after this week and then he is in the clear to come...woo hoo!

I'm feeling a lot better this week for some reason...maybe it's because an end is in sight! 3 more weeks or less! I'm only working 1 shift a week now (versus the 2 shifts that I was working through much of February and March for some extra $ for baby stuff/maternity leave), and it's amazing how much better I feel just because of that! Props to nurses who continue to work full time throughout their pregnancies! It ain't for me, that's for sure!

Walker and I had a check-up Friday, and everything is looking good. He is measuring 40 weeks (which is obviously 4 weeks ahead) right now, so Dr. McKee said we have at least a 9 pounder on our hands again. We are going to do another ultrasound in 2 weeks to check Walker's weight and his position...right now he is breech. Since I'm already having a c-section, Walker's weight and position really aren't as concerning, but it will affect how the c-section is done so Dr. McKee wanted to know what to expect. Love him.

So we are just hanging out and playing the waiting game now...every little twitch or twinge has me so nervous, and I know I'm driving Tyson crazy already with "do you think I'm in labor?" Ha! I just got so lucky with my labor with Jake (my water broke in the shower and I had no painful contractions at all...easiest labor ever), I just don't know what to expect even though I've kinda done this before. Make sense?

Our scheduled c-section is 3 weeks from this Tuesday (April 20th), and I can't wait! I love the idea of having everything organized and ready, having our families here already, having Jake taken care of, etc that comes with scheduling a c-section. Plus, if we make it to April 20th, Tyson will be done with spring football and will actually be able to stay with me for a couple of days without any interruptions! That makes me really happy...now let's just see if I make it that far! :)

Please keep us in your prayers over the next couple of weeks for a safe and healthy delivery of baby Walker! Thanks!!!

UAB Baby Shower

The football coaches' wives gave me and Carrie (our O-Line coach's wife) a baby shower last night for our upcoming arrivals. Carrie is having a little girl, Brooks, and is due any day, and I have already designated Brooks as Walker's girlfriend. I'm sure she is gonna be a doll just like her big sister.

Everyone has been so kind to shower us with gifts for Walker. I didn't really expect too much since he is our 2nd child of the same sex in almost 2 years, but people have really been good to us regardless. The girls from work also threw me a shower, which I missed because I was sick, but we got lots of diapers and wipes and some other things from that one. We feel so blessed to have such great friends who are so excited about baby Walker.

The Forgotten Ones...

My parents and JakeLooks like Jake is throwing up some gang signs here!


I think these pictures finally wrap up our Spring Break pictures; I meant to post these earlier but completely forgot. We got these shots as we were packing up and leaving my parents house headed back to Birmingham. I wasn't very diligent at taking pictures while in Thomaston, but I thought these were cute anyway.

I really enjoyed our time in Georgia visiting family, but it is nice to be back in our routine. As the clock is winding down until my due date, I'm trying really hard to spend as much time with Jake as possible. I can already tell that I'm gonna be a huge mess after having the baby...I already miss my Jake so much and Walker isn't even here yet! How in the world am I going to manage? I guess plenty of people find a way to make it work, but I just feel so guilty and I feel so bad for Jake. Is this normal?

Jake and I did enjoy a date to the zoo today just the two of us; we rarely go by ourselves these days, so I let him do whatever he wanted to do. We rode the train, ate lots of popcorn, spent lots of time with the lions, rode a tractor, and just walked around hand in hand. It was the perfect day (minus me getting attacked by a llama)! I'm gonna miss these days with just my little man.

35 Weeks

I haven't done a belly shot in a while, so here you go! I know what you are thinking...WHOA! Actually, I get a lot of responses like this: "You are HUGE!" "How many babies do you have in there?" "Are you having twins?" "You are about to pop!" Gone are the days of people telling me that it looks like I have a basketball in my shirt...now it's just plain shock at how big my belly is.

Time seems to be flying by...I can't believe we have less than a month left until Walker is here. I can't wait! I can't wait to see who he looks like and acts like; I can't wait to see Jake as a big brother; I can't wait to be done with this pregnancy! :) But mostly, I just can't wait to hold him and love on him and know that he is here safe and sound!

I am going to the doctor at the end of the week, so be on the look out for a 36 week post then. I've been having lots of issues with swelling (as you can tell by my face in the picture), but other than that, I'm doing ok. No contractions so far, so it looks like Walker is content in my belly for a little while longer!

Have a great week! There are a few more new posts below, so check them out!

Bathtime with Brantley

Tyson and I watched Brantley the other night for our friends Ginger and Ryan, and Jake and Brantley had the best time. The boys played so well together! Jake was so excited to show Brantley all of his toys and share them with him...he kept saying "Come on, Brantley!" They are just too cute together!