36 weeks (well almost!)

Pregnancy #2 is rapidly coming to a close, wow. I will be 36 weeks on Saturday. We finally got the crib and furniture in the nursery. I waslooking back at my journal from Micah's pregnancy and the nursery was done at 34 weeks. This time I didn't even have a crib at 34 weeks! We now at least have the necessities like diapers, wipes and sheets on the bed. We have two nurseries set up right next to each other upstairs. It is so surreal to see their rooms. Dr. Brown set an induction date of Monday Feb. 9, but we may be moving it to Feb. 5. I'll post more after next week's visit.

It has been a while since I updated. I am now 34 weeks and still feeling pretty good. Just a little less sleep at night. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving, Christmas and New year full of rest and family time. My how things have changed. Micah was sick the entire week before Christmas with RSV and an ear infection. His fever spiked to 105.5 one day! He was so lethargic and pitiful. Even though I work with sick kids every day it was very hard to be objective when it was Micah. Anyway, he is fine now and back to his old self. I just hope all those Christmas kisses he gave the twins didn't get them sick too!
I am still working 4 days a week and looking forward to some time off when baby Sam arrives. We still don't have a middle name. Trip thinks he doesn't need one. Not sure why we are having such trouble! Micah is nonstop all day unless he is asleep. I think I'm gonna have my hands full with him and a newborn!

A few extra Christmas pics

Chase and Ethan were so cute in their snowman pajamas. Micah would NOT participate in this photo session.

Christmas 2008

His first gift was this electric car from Buddy and Zay Zay

This is the best we could do!
Micah's favorite thing to do with the twins is give them kisses. They don't seem to mind!

His singing rocking horse.

Who knew his favorite gift would be a singing Christmas card? He also loves his new chair. Every day when we get home he points to it and runs to jump in.

Grandpop's Last Day of Work

After 37 years at the Power Company, my dad is retiring. Micah and I decided to pay him a visit on his last day 12/31/08

A preview of what he will probably be doing at home now!

Happy New Year

On New Year's Day we took Micah on his second hiking trip at Oak Mountain. The waterfall was cold but very pretty. Micah just tried to go swimming with the dogs the whole time.

Our attempt at a group photo...

He couldn't walk the last time we took him! He loved being able to roam around. Note the milk in hand. His new security blanket. All day long he says "milk" and "bite" and "Melmo"


He was ticked when we loaded him up to go home even though his hands were almost frozen and he was out of milk!

A few randoms

Dewey has taught him how to load these guns and he loves playing with them.

wild man

Micah is now 17 months old and keeping us laughing all the time. I have been stopped up throughout this pregnancy and sneezing alot. He walks around the house going "achoo" . He is really into imitation right now. He loves to dance and can say his animal sounds like "mow" for cat, "uh uh" for dog, "baaa" sheep and "bop bop" for the bunny rabbit (supposed to be hop hop). I didn't take any pics at thanksgiving, but these are some of the most recent. He loves to get in his rocking chair and sway back and forth saying "tick tock tick tock"

Roasting marshmallows at my parents' house. He didn't like them at all!

Practicing piano at Granny's

MSU vs Kentucky, woo hoo!

Micah and Monroe Mattox playing together at the tailgate The sun was hot, so we sported the no-shirt overall look for a while. Note the new jumbotron in the background. Probably the highlight of this game!

Claudia was enjoying a picnic with her friend until Micah came along and ate all her food!

Two proud papas...

South Trace Pediatrics Halloween

The nurses...

Peter Pan and Raggedy Ann are both preggers

Halloween

Trick or treat! Showing off his candy to Chase and Ethan

Computer blues

Our laptop has been in the computer hospital this week, so I am unable to post pics. Therefore, you are stuck reading my rambling while I am at work. I will be 24 weeks tomorrow and still feeling great. I guess this is what a normal pregnancy feels like! Lovin' it. We have unofficially decided on the name Samuel for baby 2. We will call him "sam". Still struggling with a middle name, so please give me some suggestions! So far we like "parker" and trip likes "ellis" (still reaching for that family name).

Just another Saturday...

We have been very busy lately with work, Micah, and pregnancy 2. Hence the slacking on the blog. Micah has been sick almost EVERY WEEK for a month! With my bedtime ranging from 6:30-8:00, not much computer time leftover. Anyway, everything is going well here. I am 22 weeks pregnant and growing rapidly. Micah has finally taken repeated independent steps (as of today), yeah! Here are a few pics from our walking/eating session earlier...

He looks disgusted with something! Actually, I think he was choking on this mouth-full of blueberry muffin.Chipmunk cheeks :)

It's a Boy!!!!!!!!!!

We found out Wednesday that we are having another baby boy. Trip and I can't wait for Micah and baby #2 to get to know each other. No names yet. I have told Trip he is in charge of naming this one and he has a deadline of Thanksgiving. We'll see! Most importantly, everything looked great on the ultrasound. He is measuring right at 18 weeks and five days which is exactly how far along I am. We thank God for our healthy baby and my healthy pregnancy. He has blessed us in so many ways...

The next day...

playing with pecans at granny's house practice, practice, practice...


All snuggled up and ready for the ride back to Alabama. Mommy is not looking forward to hearing all the "War Eagles" from her Auburn friends.
This was a first. Asleep as soon as he finished dinner. He loves these shoes. He stands up and picks his feet up over and over saying "shu, shu"

More Game pics...

meeting Tate Ferguson
looking sleepy and still in shock from all the noise. There were lots of cowbells in our section! Cheering with his Grandpop

Micah's First State Game

Matthew helping him ring his first cowbell
Tailgating with family. From Lto R: My aunt Gloria, cousin Clay, 2nd cousin Kendall, sister Natalie, Micah and 2nd cousin Emily Katherine
Future students...