The one where we are ALMOST a family of 4....

Well, only a few more days of being a family of 3! It blows my mind that in a few more days, a new bambino will be in our family. I feel like I'm carrying twins at this point because I'm so uncomfortable and big, but reality just doesn't settle in, until your holding her. Both Josh and I are so anxious to meet her. It's almost like why do we have to wait until Friday? We are ready, so can we bump her up in the schedule???? BUT it gives us a few more days to spoil Cooper. I keep telling him how big brothers are the best, how much I will need his help and how much I love him. I tell him there are plenty of hugs and kisses for everyone, especially for big brothers.... then he leans over and gives me a big hug with a pat on my back and a kiss right smack on the lips. It's the sweetest. His world is about to change and I want him to think its for the best. Because it is, he just won't understand quiet yet.

Here's a sneak peak of the nursery.... still a work in progress!

9 months prego

Baby Addison, we are ready to meet you!!!!! Ready or not, see you Friday

LOVE

The one with the pancakes...

Happy Friday everyone! Since I only have 2 more weeks, with just me and my main squeeze, Cooper, I thought we would make pancakes this morning. What kid doesn't love to help mommy cook? That's been Cooper's helping hand these past few weeks. He loves to pour things in pots, put food in the microwave, start the kitchen timers and sit on the counter while I make his food... So I thought he'd LOVE to help make pancakes and he did. And you know, it really wasn't messy, like I thought. Well I think the "just add water" factor to the pre-made batter helped with that.... no eggs, no milk, no oil... simple enough for a toddler. We had a great time and I had my camera out and charged (ready for baby Addison) so I was able to catch it all in pictures!! Enjoy

mommy I'm ready

2 cups of pancake mix

no messes here

I'm a pro at this mommy

mixing....

not too sure about this hot stove

first homemade pancake!

concentrating real hard

waiting & watching....

TADA!!!! 

good enough to eat

LOVE

The one with the month of Addison...

Happy February everyone- Addison's month, less than 3 weeks she will be here. I feel good other than being LARGE and exhausted. But overall, no real signs of labor. But I guess I didn't have that with Cooper either.... So keep us in your prayers that we make it to the 22nd of this month! We aren't quiet ready for her to make her grand entrance into this world... but I've made a lot of progress. Clothes and Blankets are washed, diapers and wipes purchased, walls painted purple and car seats clean. I know your thinking WHAT else is there? But I've got to add those last touches to the walls, like hang pictures and wall art, I've got to dust off the pack-n-play, wash the bottles.... there just seems like so much. And as far as breast feeding, that will be a game time decision! Not sure if I am willing to make that commitment. While I know its wonderful bonding time and great for the baby, I can't leave my main squeeze Cooper hanging. I don't want all these changes to happen where he isn't invovled. And from what I can tell with him being around other babies, he likes to help feed (and then steal their toys later!) Overall, I think he will be a great big brother. He has been helping Josh and I through the nesting phase. I'm loving it. It's something I didn't get to do with him, so to me this is fun! I love organizing and decorating anyway! I'll keep you posted on what the room looks like. I'll probably have a few pictures by next week. But until then, I'll leave you with these...

The one where my fairy tale ends...

For the past week, my dear sweet angel has been waking up at 6:30AM. This is a huge change from his 8:30 era, which seems to have come to an end. When other moms used to ask how Cooper slept, their jaw practically dropped when I told them. It was such a gift. So, I began using a rule I learned from my neighbor in Georgia. If your night light is on, you should still be in bed. If you're night light turns off you can come wake up mommy. It's like he has an internal alarm clock that goes off at 6:30. And these past few mornings, I have walked him back to his room, given him a few books and of course his car keys that go everywhere with him and he is content. It's wild how his sleep habits changed. Hopefully this is just a phase and he will get his daddy's genes back quick on this one!!!

It has been such nice weather here. We hit up the beach yesterday. It's very relaxing, more than I thought it would be. Since Cooper is such a cautious kid, he doesn't travel far from my sight, so I literally sat down the whole time while he played in the sand and chased the birds. Yeap, I am one of those people who let my kid chase the seagulls towards the other folks on the beach. I remember hating that has a teen! LOL.  Cooper is scared of the water so he doesn't even venture that way. Every time the water rushed on shore he said, "Mommy, no water, no water!" We were only there for a few hours before we were both worn out! He and I both had a good 3 hour nap yesterday. I've really got to take advantage of nap time right now, since in about 5 weeks, I won't get much sleep!

LOVE

The one where we celebrate a new year...

Happy New Year everyone.... can you believe it's 2013??? We have 6 more weeks before Addison Kate arrives. Cooper would have been born NEXT week in the count down. So lets pray she bakes a little longer. We just started her nursery. Well, we at least picked out the fabrics, the crib is set up and the closet is organized! Which are all huge steps. The holidays got the best of me, so did work. But now that I am a stay at home mommy, I am able to accomplish more throughout the day, like blogging and picking out paint chips and teaching my son how to go pee-pee on the potty! Yesterday was a HUGE milestone, he tinkled in the potty twice! I've been letting him run around without a diaper on for an hour or so in the morning and an hour in the afternoon and putting him on the toilet every 15 minutes. AND finally he went. We did it all last week and I got 2 messes on the floor (thank goodness for hardwoods) and this week I got 2 in the toilet!! It's so funny how times change and what I get excited about these days.

Like Christmas, we hosted New Years Eve at our house. With Cooper, its just easier and all our friends got to see the new casa. We had a huge turnout, more than we thought, close to 30 people. Lots of friends and their parents came along and my parents and Josh's mom. It was tons of fun, Josh smoked his famous pork butt on the egg. We had pulled pork tacos, lots of dips and lots of deserts... any pregnant girls dream! I even stayed up til 2 AM!! We have a flatscreen on the deck so the party stayed outside most of the night by the firepit and glued to the bowl games. We even got to see the ball drop at Times Square underneath all the stars. Didn't get to see any fireworks like I thought. We are only a mile or so from down town and for sure thought we would be able to see. But we got nothing. Thats okay, because we had our own sparklers :)

Hope everyone's new year is treating them well. Blessings and good fortune to all, until next time... Here is Cooper wishing everyone a new year.

LOVE

The one where Santa comes...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all! Hope the holidays are treating everyone fantastic! We surely had a wonderful Christmas. Lots to be thankful for this year. Our health and family close by, our house sold, we moved into our own place and baby Addison is growing by the day and still cooking (always a good thing in my book!) AND we finally have heat. Our realtor when we moved in told us there was no gas that needed to be set up.... well he was wrong, the first cold night of the season we found that out with no heat! Thank goodness for the fireplace and space heaters. We survived. It's on and cozy in the house now.






Santa came to our house this year, like he does every year. Cooper was an excellent boy all year long, despite not wanting to actually sit on Santa's lap. Santa still knew exactly what Cooper wanted! He brought and assembled Coopers very first trampoline! Boy, did Cooper love it. Its like a baby sitter for mommy and daddy. AND it wears Cooper out!! Perfect right before nap time. Santa was also good to me. I received lots of wonderful gifts from jewelry to a lovely pair of boots to TV trays!! Ha-ha I know it sounds funny, but I LOVE them. We usually sit in front of the TV like millions of other Americans, so what better than TV trays!? LOL I got several photos of our Christmas day, so enjoy!

hmmmm... What's in there???



Guess what he is running to?



 

Chef of the year!

Happy New Year Y'all

LOVE

The one where we sell our home...

Today is bitter sweet. We are officially NOT homeowners anymore, we have sold our beautiful home on Lansing Lane to another family. Closing took place this morning and the keys were handed over. I hope they were huge Georgia Bulldog fans because we sent them our Florida Gator key!!! hehe!! While purchasing the house was one of the most exciting times, I think the 2nd most exciting time is finally selling it off, even though we loved it so much. So we say goodbye to our brand new home, granite counters, hard wood floors, the mancave, the perfect neighborhood, spacious 4 bedrooms, the mountains and all our Georgia friends and family. BUT we say a BIG hello to San Marco, just in time for Christmas and the new year, "home", parents and grandparents, a cozy home built in the 1940's, sunshine and warm weather and a quaint lil nieghborhood with tons of Character and awesome people!

Thank you lord for answering knee mail!!!!



Good-bye Lansing Lane