9 Months Pregnant!!

Since Savannah came 5 days after her due date and Hailey came 9 days before hers, I really had no idea when Ellison would arrive.  I was, however, shocked when my due date came and went.  I really thought she would be another early baby.  She decided to get herself in the breech position around 35 weeks and stayed there until we did an external version in the hospital at 37 weeks.  It was successful (which is awesome, especially since there's only about a 50/50 chance) and a day after her due date Ellison decided it was time to come out, and the sweet girl stayed head down, praise the Lord!!

Hailey Turns 2!

On January 21, our sweet Hailey turned 2!  We had a small party for her this year.  Just a small group of mostly family to celebrate the day.  We went to the Runway Cafe and let the kids play with different ride on toys in the hanger.  She picked a princess birthday cake and our shy girl seemed to really enjoy the spotlight for the day.  After we sang "Happy Birthday" and she blew out the candles, she looked at everyone and said, "Again!!"  So we sang to her one more time :)

Sharing a Room

After Christmas we decided to put the girls in the same room to make the nursery available for baby Ellison who was on her way in a couple months.  Another transition that went much smoother than I feared.  Or maybe that's just the beaty of updating my blog months after all of this happened.  I only remember things as wonderful memories :)  But in all honesty, a video monitor makes these things much easier and the girls have loved sharing a room.  Many of my favorite memories from when I was little have a lot to do with sharing a room with my sister.  I hope these girls enjoy all that goes along with sharing a room... the good and the bad!

Christmas 2011

Christmas was such a great time with these two.  This is the best picture I got.  Not that I didn't try.  I have two who LOVE to make faces for the camera.  They are hilarious to go through, but very difficult to try to choose just one to share.  Brent and Katie were in town from the Cayman Islands and the girls soaked up every opportunity to get their attention.  What a wonderful time of year!

Potty Training Hailey

We decided to potty train Hailey at 22 months.  It was pretty ambitious for me, but I was motivated to get it done before a new baby entered the house.  Thankfully, everything went smoothly and by day 4 she had it down!  A week later she was completely diaper free and wearing underwear 24 hours a day!!

Big Girl Bed Round 2

Savannah transitioned from sleeping in a crib to sleeping on a mattress on the floor in her room SO smoothly that I was nervous we wouldn't be so lucky going through it with Hailey.  Savannah took about 45 minutes of telling her to "get back in bed" before she finally fell asleep the first night, about 10 minutes the second night, and then she had it down!  Easy!  Well, I finally decided to just do it tonight with Hailey since she is now the same age Savi was.  We moved the mattress into her room so I wouldn't back out and then at nap time she was so excited to sleep in her big girl bed, that I gave in.  I'm not sure what I was thinking, because I had always planning on starting with night time- it's just easier in the dark when they're nice and tired.  Well I was shocked when Hailey talked in bed for about 10 minutes and then fell right to sleep without getting out of bed once!  I couldn't believe it!  And I just put her down for bed and it was even easier!  She laid right down, snuggled up, I tucked her in like a big girl, gave her a kiss, said "goodnight", and she said "goodnight!" and then fell right to sleep!  I guess sleeping in a pack-n-play until you're 10 months old helps you learn to fall asleep under less than perfect circumstances.  I know there will be a day when she realizes that she can actually climb right of bed, but I'm happy it wasn't today.  Today I'm feeling pretty proud of my little 21 month old!!

It's a Girl!

Not big news to most of you, I know, but I figured I should officially post that we are having another girl!  We found out at 16 weeks at a place called "Vision of Life".  After a 30 minute ultrasound in a large comfy room with Cole, the girls, my mom, and my sister we walked out knowing that our third little girl was on her way!  What a great experience.  I would recommend it to anyone.  And I could not be more excited about the thought of life with three daughters!  Oh the precious memories and dramatic tears that lie ahead!  Though I walked out with lots of photos and a whole DVD of images of our sweet little girl, I have no scanner to get them on the blog for you to see.  I guess we'll all just have to wait a few more months to see what she looks like!