A Hodge Podge of Photos

Ain't I cute in my swim suit?

How 'bout in this church dress?

Shhhhh.....I'm putting my baby to sleep.

Here, let me get that runny nose, baby-boo.  Mama never climbed in the crib with me to get me to sleep, but she's DEFINITELY thought about it.

Here I am getting ready for church.  Some undies on my head and a Christmas bib should do the trick

How does one don a bib?

Forget the bib.  I look cute enough with these undies on my head.

Ha. ha. ha.  You don't want me to wear this to church, mama?

Notes from the author:
1)  I have not been feeling the greatest.  I think I ask Joel every day why I'm so tired.  He's sick of telling me that I'm pregnant.

2)  I have about 7 weeks of pregnancy left, but I still get startled every time a stranger asks me my due date.  What?  I look pregnant?  Ha ha....then I remember that I frequently feel nauseous,  and probably walk like a hippo.   The heartburn and the kicking bambino in my tummy remind me from time to time also.

3) I keep telling myself that my due date is a LONG way off.  Then I remind myself that I have to set up the nursery and move Audrey to a big girl bed and I panic a little...cause this baby is actually coming pretty quickly.

4) I have started nesting in my own little way.  The move gave me plenty o' chance to organize, so I think I'm investing my energy elsewhere.  I've decided to make bread.  We'll see how it goes.  Yeast kind of terrifies me.

5)  Last night Joel and I watched a movie.  In one of the scenes the parents were sending their daughter off to college.  I cried and cried and cried.  I have 16 more years....16 more years with AU.

6)  We got a table!  I feel like a real family now.  The table we had been using was bar height and Audrey couldn't sit with us.  Now she can.  It's wonderful.

It's a.....

I should be cleaning right now, but isn't that ALWAYS the truth?  I love our new home, but I'm not sure how I'm going to keep up with all this space?!?  Especially when baby #2 shows up.  Speaking of baby #2, we FINALLY found out what gender he/she is.  Here's the pic's from the party we had.

Audrey and CJ waiting to find out whether they will have a girl or boy play mate.

Josh and CJ....Josh won every game we played.  He took this gender party reveal seriously:)

My parents, Oma and Opa and all of Josh's family were there for the event.  We were also able to Skype the TX Ueckers and Paige's family.

My sweet girl is getting so big.

mmmmm.....southern barbecue.  This food makes the loss of NJ pizza seem less harsh.

Our happy little family.

Boy or Girl???

Joel was actually pretty nervous about cutting the cake.

A ha!! It's a.......

Girl!! (note the pink filling)

Audrey was more excited about the cake than she was about having a sister.  She still thinks the baby is a boy.

Poor CJ....the only boy cousin on the Uecker side! I'm sure he will get LOTS of attention from all his doting relatives that feel badly for him, though:)

Life as I know it:
1) I'm thrilled to have another girl.  I pray that she and Audrey grow to be close friends.
2) I'm soooooo tired.  I may have taken a nap during Audrey's nap time every day this week.
3) I'm  starting to swim.  Jogging just doesn't work so well during the third trimester.  Today I showed up at the kiddie pool (there is a place deep enough to do laps) donned in my goggles and maternity suit (w/o a kid).  I'm sure I looked ridiculous, but I got some exercise!
4) Audrey is starting to say so many funny things.  We love knowing what's going on in her little brain.
5)  It's definitely time to change our blog name again.  I'm not coming up with anything.  Any suggestions?

We've Moved!

Here's our moving truck!

We were sad to leave the good NJ friends.  This is Nevine holding Audrey.

Vicki-the first person we met at our church in NY

My racing/ prayer partner and her daughter

Ellie-born 6 days after Audrey (and Ellie's awesome mom whom I didn't get a good picture of)

Daisy-born 2 months after Audrey

and many others we will miss and didn't snap photos of!

We're starting to settle...especially Audrey!  She loves being by family.

The south is definitely different than the NE....this fact was confirmed when I opened my eggs and found a Bible verse posted on the carton!  What?!?  I like it.

What's going on:

1) I assumed we'd have everything neatly put away, pictures on the wall and curtains donned by now.  We don't.  In fact, I thought we'd be done with all that the first week we got here.  Ha ha ha....maybe we will be done by the time the new baby arrives?

2) We have hung out with Joel's brother's family at least 3-4x per week.  We also see Milton and Linda quite often.  It's nice having family around.

3).  I'm still pregnant and will be for a few more months.  I've decided to tell people that my due date is "any day now"  b/c I'm sick of eliciting comments about my size.   Yesterday, a lady at the DMV made an unflattering statement and I retorted "that's not very nice to say."  She backpedaled and said "Well, you are just so skinny and your stomach sticks out so far."  Poor lady....I guess the move, pregnancy and heat had gotten to me.   I usually don't say what I'm thinking!

4)  We are finding out the gender of baby boo #2 on Friday!  Yippee!  Anyone have a guess?  

Thanks to all the people in NJ who helped us with our move and made the last three years memorable for our family!  We truly appreciate your friendships and all you did for us!  Thanks to Linda for watching Audrey while I packed! 

A Whole New Month

It's time for mamma's monthly post....

I'm still being my goofy,

happy self.

I now love slides and can go down ALL by myself (occasionally)

I had a great time with grandma and grandpa when they visited.

I'm starting to feed my baby every day.

I'm a good little momma.

Speaking of momma, here's what she looks like 21 weeks pregnant with my sibling.  Her appetite is FINALLY almost normal again.  

Momma is also teaching me how to do chores.  Do you think my belly matches hers?

Notes from Momma:

1)  I was afraid to take any pictures this pregnancy.  For one thing, I had to eat like a voraciously hungry bear during my first trimester.  I was also asked if "I was sure I wasn't having twins."  (still love you, Linda:)  In the end, I decided that I needed to document this pregnancy, too....plus a friend told me I looked "small for 21 weeks:)" I love you, friend!

2)  I'm packing, packing, packing for our upcoming move.

3)  Audrey and I spend almost every morning at the park.  Let me tell you....it's hard crawling through those kiddie tunnels with a big ol' belly.

4)  I'm finally meeting other moms at the park in our neighborhood...and finding moms groups.  It's only about 3 years late for that:(

5)  Audrey's favorite things to say are "tuck (truck), park, shots (shorts), diapa (diaper) and soggy."  It's fun hearing her talk.

6)  I haven't posted any ultrasound pics of baby boo number two because our scanner does not work.

7)  We decided to have a gender reveal party with family when we move to Charlotte.  So, we do not know what the sex of the baby is yet.  Soon, peeps....very soon.

Big News!!

Hey, you!

I wanna share what's been going on around here.

I've been trying on ALL of mamma's shoes, 

and sittin' pretty on this here step.

It's a good life.

Especially when I find a "at" (hat) to wear.

Does this go with my outfit?

On to more serious business....

I went to the zoo!

and rode my first carousel.

I also took my first train ride, found out I'm going to be a big Sis....AND I'm moving to NC.  Whew.  It's been a busy couple of months.

Notes from my mamma:

1).  Yes!  We are having baby number two.  I am 18 weeks along and will find out what the gender of the baby is in a  couple of weeks.

2)  Yes!  We are moving to NC.  We are thrilled to be able to move near family, but sad to leave our NJ friends.

3)  We are in the house buying process.  Whew.  What a headache.  Three cheers for Joel who has been working very hard on loan applications and the many other details of moving.