Pictures!

Okay so I am not so good at uploading photos in a timely fashion.  This week has been really long.  We were out of town last weekend and I just felt behind all week.  I didn't sleep well due to being uncomfortable or not being able to go back to sleep after Natalie woke up.  I have been able to get some crocheting done but I put off the picture uploading!  Here are a few recent pictures!

20 Weeks

21 Weeks

It's a..........

We had an exciting afternoon today.  We went to Cheyenne for our 20 week anatomy ultrasound!  I cannot believe that I am 20 weeks already......halfway through.  For the last several weeks I was sure that this baby was a girl.  Natalie kept saying that she was having a sister.  My mom even said she felt it was a girl.  Robby wouldn't take a guess (I am sure you can all guess what he was hoping for though)!  Well we got to see some really neat images of our little baby BOY!!  As you can imagine Robby is pretty darn excited to have a little boy.  
We have had it pretty easy with Natalie and having so many girls cousins that could hand clothes down.  There are no baby boys any more (John is 6) so that means that we get to shop for new little boy clothes.  Hopefully I will get a 20 week picture taken tomorrow morning and get it uploaded to keep you all up-to-date!

First day of school!!

Oh my.......summer break is over and today is the first day of school.  I am not sure that I am ready even though we had a whole week of work days and inservices last week.  I am working full time this year for the first time since Natalie was born!  We took her to daycare a few mornings before we started back to work to try to transition to the new daycare.  Natalie did great the first two mornings.....me on the other hand did not do so great!  On the third morning she started with the "I don't want to go" and "Mommy, I want you"!  Things got better last week but I don't think she napped at all!  She was one tired little girl by the end of the week!!

Our daycare provider cannot take Natalie until 8:00 and I have to be at work at 7:30.  It is a good thing that I have a wonderful family in town that is willing to take Natalie to daycare for me.  So Natalie gets to go to Mama's this morning and play for a little while with John, who starts kindergarten today!  Once our daycare provider's son turns 16 later this fall we will be able to drop Natalie off at 7:30 but this will work for now!

John's first day of Kindergarten

After a summer of getting to sleep as late as I want and being somewhat lazy about getting going in the mornings......I am really struggling this morning.  I set my alarm for 5:20 and just about cried, okay not really but I really didn't like doing it!  I figured this way I would have time to sit and enjoy my coffee and not have to rush through getting ready (I probably will still have to rush since I am writing this blog post instead of getting ready)!

First day of school....I love Natalie's little dance here

I am also hit 18 weeks on Wednesday!!!  Only two more weeks until we find out whether we are having a boy or girl!  Everyone always asks which I want and I have to be honest it doesn't really matter to me.....we have tons of girl stuff so it would be easy to have a baby girl but a baby boy would be great too!  For whatever reason I feel like this baby is a girl but as I tell everyone I felt so sure that Natalie was a boy and we can all see that I was WRONG!!!  Hopefully this afternoon I will have some time to add some pictures to this post.

18 Weeks

2 years old and 12 weeks!

This week was pretty exciting! 

Natalie's second birthday was yesterday.  I cannot believe that she is two already.  We made cupcakes on Wednesday while Robby was gone.  

Natalie spent Thursday with Aunt Chelsie and John while Robby and I were in Cheyenne.  That afternoon they went to the circus in Rawlins.  She loved it and even got to ride an elephant, which is one of her favorite animals.  She also really liked the acrobats and kept telling us about the "guy way up there"!

Friday Natalie spent part of the morning at the playground with Robby while I made spaghetti sauce.  After nap time Natalie started complaining about her ear hurting and was running a slight fever.  I went ahead and took her to the doctor and she ended up with an ear infection.  She was quite pleasant though when family showed up for her birthday dinner and cupcakes.  She loved her presents and loved her cupcakes.  Robby and I got her a new Dora blanket and she loves it.  That night at bedtime I brought in the Dora blanket and her previous "lovies" (two small pink blankies)....she looked at them and told us to get them away and picked them up and threw them down the stairs.  I guess she has a new lovey!

Thursday was also a great day.  While Chelsie kept Natalie, Robby and I went to Cheyenne.  We were going to get to hear the baby's heartbeat but the doctor had some trouble finding it.  So she took us next door and did an ultrasound.  It was so exciting to see our little baby on the screen and hear the heartbeat.  I was happy to get the ultrasound otherwise I would have had to wait another 8 weeks for the big ultrasound! 

Big things happening at the Follum House!!!!

So many things to share.....where to begin??  For starters we are on summer break, which is great for many reasons!  We are using the time to organize closets.  Robby put shelves in two of the upstairs closets which forced us to go through many boxes that have been there since we bought the house in August 2007.  

Another big happening is that Natalie is pretty much potty trained and sleeping in a big girl bed!  We moved her to the big girl bed after a trip up to Sundance to visit Robby's parents.  She has done great....she can't open the door yet but she stays in the bed until we go get her anyway!

And the biggest thing of all.....

 If you can't read Natalie's shirt it says "BIG SISTER 2 BE"!  Yep Robby and I are pregnant and due Feb. 1, 2012.  So another big project is to get one of the extra bedrooms ready for a new baby!  I have also been happy to be at home through the sickness and tiredness of the first trimester.

So needless to say we are having a good summer and it is going to get even better with my sister, Renee, arriving tonight!  We haven't seen Renee since Christmas so it will be good to spend some time with her!