Payton's Baby Shower

My friends Chantel and Monica threw me a baby shower to get ready for Miss Payton. We had so much fun! Erin wore her "I'm a big sister" shirt and the kids played while the adults visited. Chantel made me the most beautiful cake and favors, overall the whole shower was beautiful! My other friends are still talking about it! We got some new clothes, necessities, and a double stroller. I am so excited and can't wait until she is here!!!

32 week belly pics

I can't believe I am already 32 weeks along!!!!! People tell me every day that I look like I should be delivering any day now. Little do they know I still have 2 long months left before Miss Payton makes her way into the world. I am still having ALOT of back pain and it's frustrating to know that it will only get worse in the upcoming weeks. Other than that, things have been great!

Tiffany came over and set up her studio to take my pregnancy pictures. We did things a little differently this time and went somewhat risque'. I love them!

Erin's 3rd Christmas!!!

Erin and us had a wonderful Christmas this year! She had a blast decorating the tree and listening to Christmas music and then there were all of the celebrations. The only downside was that we didn't get to spend it with my family in Texas. We didn't go overboard with presents this year (although it looked like we did), we just bought a bunch of little things and wrapped everything individually. Erin had an absolute BLAST opening each present. She had quite the system going. She'd pick a present, open it, put the present in a pile, then throw away the paper. She also had alot of fun playing with her cousins at Grandma & Grandpa's house.

24 week belly pic

Tomorrow I will be 24 weeks pregnant so I thought it would be appropriate to keep track of what I look like for my scrapbook. I look like a HOUSE!!!!! I am as big as I was with Erin at 36 weeks, OMG!!! The weird thing is that I've gained alot less weight this time (so far) than I did with Erin. Shouldn't I be smaller?

Miss Peyton is quite a bit different that Erin was in my tummy. Erin WAS this calm baby that kicked every now and then, never hit my bladder or my ribs. She never woke me up at night, etc. Peyton kicks all day non stop! I love it but am really worried that she's going to come out being some wild child crazy girl! The other day Peyton kicked my bladder so hard that it actually made me jump thinking she was goign to cause me to have an accident (sorry...TMI). I sat back down and she did it again!!!!! Little brat! I wake up multiple times a night to roll over, etc. Peyton thinks that it's time to keep mommy up kicking like crazy! That's the part I don't like, HaHa. I LOVE my sleep and am not ready for it to end BEFORE she gets here. Thankfully (for now) I am able to fall back to sleep within abotu 10 minutes so it's not THAT bad.....yet.

We have been trying to get Erin to feel her sister move, but she just doesn't have the patience to sit around with her hand on my tummy. She'll put her hand there for abotu 10 seconds (if that) and shout "OH...I felt that!!!" No she didn't, Peyton didn't move. Then Erin will say "oh, baby's sleeping!"

Erin also likes to try and feed her sister. I made the mistake of telling Erin to talk through my belly button at her sister. Erin isn't an idiot and instantly knew that if she could talk to her sister that way, her sister should be able to eat that way too! She ran in the room and tried shoving a cookie in my belly button "Baby's hungry mommy!" I just love the little things that kids do!!!

Erin's Halloween 2008

Erin had a blast this Halloween. She finally understands how to trick-or-treat and did an awesome job. Of course we practiced beforehand, but she got it! She had a party at daycare that afternoon so she didn't get her usual nap in. After daycare we took her right over to the mall for their festivities. She received SO MUCH candy from there, we really didn't need to continue on to the houses. Of course we did! We met up with Tony, Stacy, and Aubriana in their neighborhood and spent about 45 minutes outside trick-or-treating. Erin loved knocking on the doors and wouldn't stop knocking until the people opened it. She said "trick-or-treat please" and then "thank you" after she got her candy.

I know trick-or-treating isn't that big of a deal, but it's moments like these that really pull at my heartstrings!!!