No Progress

Well, as the title suggests there has been no progress. It seems like Miss Lillian is pretty darn comfortable in Mama's tummy. I had my 37 week appointment today. I also had a sonogram. She is measuring about 7 pounds 6 ounces and she has a full head of hair. Looks like I will get to use all of those bows right away. I have another appointment next week so we will hope for progress.
On the bright side, I only have a day and a half left of school! Yay! I definitely could use a break! Not that I will be sitting around, I have a lot of last minute preparations before Lilly gets here. I plan on sending Wyatt to school next week, so hopefully I will get some rest too.
Wyatt was promoted at school this week. My big boy is growing up. They learn a lot more in the curriculum in this room. So I think he will learn a lot and have a lot of fun.

Thanksgiving 2010

We have been extremely busy lately. That is why you all have not heard from me in a while! School is winding down for the semester and for me a quite a while. So now I have a moment to sit and write a minute.

First of all for Miss Lillian, I had my 36 week check up yesterday. I cannot believe we have 4 weeks or less until we meet her! We have been busy getting everything ready for her. Anyway, the doctor said everything looks good with us. She said that nothing is happening yet. I go back next week and have a sonogram to check on her size and position.

Thanksgiving. For Thanksgiving we went to my parent house and had a nice quiet visit with my parents and grandparents. Well, as quiet as it gets with a 2 year old around. This first picture is of Wyatt playing like he's cooking these wooden apples my parents have at their house. As you can see he is totally focused on the task at hand.


Playing with Daddy!

Playing with Papa!

This is actually a toy Wyatt plays with when we go to my parents' house. It was mine when I was little!

Halloween 2010

Before I get to Halloween, I wanted to update everyone on what has been going on here. I had a doctors appointment on Wednesday. Everything is good with the baby and me. I can't believe I'm 30 weeks! The time is flying by, Lillian will be here before you know it! I start going to the doctor every 2 weeks now. Also, on Wednesday I took the day off to rest and went and bought a new camera! I'm really excited about it! It is a dslr so it is quite a step up from my point and shoot. So hopefully you all will get some more pictures now.

On to Halloween, Wyatt had a blast! And he was exhausted last night! Wyatt dressed up as a boxer and he was so cute. He loved the gloves that went with it. Thomas and he also carved our pumpkin yesterday. Trick or treating was a lot of fun with Wyatt this year, it was quite a change from last year. And next year will look totally different from this year with two dressing up!

Doctors appointments and pictures

Hello all, I have a few things to update so I will jump right in. I went to the doctor for my 26 week checkup. I can't believe I'm already 26 weeks! It's going so fast! The doctor said everything looks great. I had my glucose tolerance test and everything was normal as well as all of my other tests. It was kind of funny because the doctor asked me if I was feeling Lilly move and I of course said yes. She put the probe on my stomach to get the heartbeat and Lilly kicked it away! Guess she didn't like to be poked at! Ha ha!

Wyatt and I went to my parents house last weekend. By the way any of you parents out there who do not have a portable dvd player I highly recommend it! Wyatt did great on the trip. We went down there to take his 2 year old portrait. For those of you not a part of the Stirling family. All of the children get a formal black and white 2 year old portrait and an 18 year old portrait. It's kind of a family tradition. Anyway, we went down to Kleinpeter's in Baton Rouge. They did my wedding pictures and always do an awesome job. Wyatt did great and the photographer was great especially with a squirmy 2 year old. If you would like to preview them go to www.kleinpeterphotography.com and click on view events and portraits. You then find my name and put in my email address lmckey3d@gmail.com. For those of you shocked to see them, yes Wyatt has on a football helmet in some of the pictures. Yes, I know it is an LSU helmet. No, he does not know the difference. He just wanted to put on the "hat".

Yesterday, we went for Wyatt's 6 month check up with the ENT. He said everything looks great with his tubes. I'm kind of surprised he's kept them this long! He did have a little wax build up and fluid in the left ear. He said to just do the drops for 4-5 days and it should be fine. There was so little in there that it didn't warrant having full on antibiotics.

We are really looking forward to this weekend. I'm going to the spa for my birthday present! Need a little break! Also, the Mississippi State Fair is in town! We plan on taking Wyatt for the first time. It will be fun to see him at the Fair having fun! Anyway, I'll write again soon!

2nd Birthday

Sorry I haven't written in awhile. We have been extremely busy! Anyway, my big boy turned 2 on the 3rd of September! I can't believe he is already 2! Time flies so fast! We had his birthday party on Labor Day at my parents' house in Centreville. It was a great time! Wyatt was running around like crazy showing off for everyone there! It was so cute to watch him play with Evie and Gabby (my cousin's daughters). For his birthday, he received a bike (which is still a little big for him, but he loves to just sit on it and pretend to ride), a helmet, clothes (which I love!), trucks, a portable DVD player for those long car trips, some train sets, and books. The kid really racked up!
He is doing really well in his big boy bed. He is back to staying in it 99% of the time. Which is really great! I credit Babywise to this. Since he was about a week old, we did Babywise. He slept through the night at about 5 weeks old and has been a great nighttime sleeper since! Naps are a different story, he is not and never has been a good napper. Naps have always been hit or miss for us. These reasons are why I will start Lilly on Babywise from the beginning! I know it works and it is very logical.
I have been feeling pretty good. I had a good report at the doctor. She commented on how much she was moving already! (Am I surprised? I guess I'm meant to have energetic children!) She did tell me to try not to pick Wyatt up too much unless I have to. I go back on September 29th for another check up. I've been really tired lately but I have been trying to rest as much as I can. But it is hard. There's work and then I go home and clean, take care of Wyatt, play with Wyatt, cook dinner, do some school work sometimes, take care of my husband, and take care of my dog. There's not a lot of time left to rest. Ah well, the life of a mother! If you want to read more about how I feel look at my friend Blakeley's blog she puts it very well! Anyway, until next time. I'll try to write sooner and post some pictures next time.

Starting School and Big Boy Room

Well, we have been super busy lately! And lots to update. First of all, I started by to work on August 11. We got students this past Monday. I've been pretty tired this week but hopefully it will get better! I think it is going to be a great year. And hopefully the school year will help the 2nd half of this pregnancy go faster! We can't wait to meet Lilly! Anyway, on top of starting school, we moved Wyatt into his big boy room. I wanted to be sure he was comfortable in there long before Lilly comes along and needs the baby room! He has done well with it. The first 3 or 4 nights he didn't even get out of the bed! It took him a little longer to go to sleep but it was good. Then came last Saturday. The first time he napped in his bed. In one nap he figured out that he can get out of the bed and even open the door. Needless to say it was a long day and a long night. I think he finally crashed out at 10p.m. He has gotten a lot better about it though. But this is only because Thomas and I got smart on him. For now we decided it would be best to reverse the door knob and lock him in, until he learns to stay in his room better. It has worked well so far. Anyway, as you can tell his room is airplane themed and he loves it! He is constantly talking about the airplanes in his room! Right now he is really into transportation (trains, planes, cars, trucks, etc.) Now that he is in his room, I'm gonna give him a couple of weeks or so and start hard core potty training. (Please pray for us! Ha ha!)


His Daddy even hung one of his airplanes from the ceiling to make it fly!


Reading his book of the moment in bed. It's a Froggy book about getting a little sister.

Such a big man!

Drumroll Please .......

Well everyone, we went to the doctor yesterday. And we had our ultrasound. We found out that we are having a girl!! I was excited because that was what I thought it was. Thomas was disappointed but he's coming around. I think alot of what he's saying is just picking and he's happy. We were relieved that everything was great with her. The sonographer kept saying that she was very active (go figure). She barely got some of the pictures that she was wanting. But we got all of the ones she needed it just took a while. I guess I need to start collecting pink stuff. Her name is going to be Lillian Claire. Lillian for Thomas' Maw maw and Claire for my Mimi. The doctor said that I was slightly dehydrated. I guess that was why I haven't been feeling well. She just said to drink a lot of water. However, I'm feeling much better today.