Monday

We had the painter and the HVAC guys all here on Monday to get our house back together. I can not tell you how happy I am to have my house getting back in order!!!

Monday morning our friends, Ana and Steven, had their first baby girl, Nora. I so wanted to rush out and see her, but with all the work going on at the house I needed to be there to let people in and out and answer questions.

We made sure to visit them later in the day. More on that in a minute.

Before that though, my sister brought Noah over while she did some running around town and visiting with Nora.

Brady and Noah have started to really play well together.

They played for a while.

Then had lunch!

 Then popsicles.

Then watched Toy Story.

They had the best time together.

I am not sure what is going on here, but I am pretty sure the words I don't want to hear anyone crying in a minute came  out of my mouth at this point. Ha!

Brady and I visited Nora after Amy picked up Noah. I walked out and forgot my camera so I didn't take any pictures at the hospital. I did steal this sweet picture of her in the nursery from Ana's facebook. Brady LOVED Nora. He was so excited and talked and talked. He kept getting in her face and trying to love and interact with her.

There was a lull in visitors when we were there, so we really got to love on Nora. We brought a few goodies for Nora, Mommy, and Daddy. I am so excited Nora and Presley will be so close in age.

(Nora and Noah is just a little confusing, try to keep up.)

Amy brought us a sweet gift for Presley for keeping Noah. I am lazy, so I stole this pic from Amy's blog instead of taking my own. ;o

We came home with dinner and waited for Caleb to get home. He had some things to do after work, so he was later than normal.

I think the only thing left on our house is the carpet. I will do a full post on our new bedroom when we get it all back together. I have to do a nursery post as well. I am excited for it all to get done.

That is all for now.

Wild Weekend

Caleb asked me a few weeks ago if I thought we would ever have a quiet, calm weekend again.

I laughed and said not for 25 years or so. Ha!

My calender is a little overwhelming at the moment, but I wouldn't change it for anything.

Our weekend was jam packed with events!

Friday, our good friend Taylor graduated from nursing school. We went to his pinning and skipped his actual graduation. 

He is in there somewhere.

Brady had to wear his uniform. He enjoyed the graduation with oreos.

As soon as the ceremony was over, Brady and Caleb rushed to Brady's t-ball game and I went to a lingerie shower.

After nearly 6 years of marriage and 2 pregnancies, lingerie showers aren't nearly as exciting. It was still a fun time anyway. Ha Ha!

This is the only 2 pictures I took. Oops!

 

Noah only wanted to blow out the candles at the shower.

Caleb and Brady went with all of Caleb's family to eat at Cracker Barrell after the game. We all met back at home sometime after 9.

Saturday morning, we all got up early as usual. Caleb had to be at work, Brady had another game, and the drywall man was coming to begin the repairs to our wall.

The game was intense. I didn't take any pictures at all. We already played this particular team. We will just say that their strategy does not promote fun for all, but only winning. They are 3 and 4 years old. I am not sure anyone involved had a good time.

The rest of the teams are not like that, which is good.

Saturday night after Caleb got off work we decided to grab some dinner. We went to a hibachi place we had a coupon for. It was good. Brady had the best time!!!

Sunday, Caleb had to work again. Caleb went to church with his parents for friends and family day, but I teach the 4 year old class on Sunday morning, so Brady and I went to church as usual. Caleb headed to work after church and Brady and I had a lunch date at one of my favorite places.

We came home and took naps. Then headed back to church as a family. They had a singing thing and food afterwards, so we stayed for that. Brady and Grady led Jesus loves me in front of all the teenagers and whoever was there. It was so sweet!!! I so wish I had my camera, but I didn't even have my phone.

I need to do better at taking pictures!

All About Brady

I did a quick questionnaire with Brady a few months ago and I thought I would do it again since we are just a couple of months away from adding a new baby to our family. I hope to do this in a few months after she is born to see if his answers have changed!

I also have seen several Meet My Mom and Meet My Dad questionnaires on Pinterest and thought I would throw those in as well!

1. What is your name?         B-R-A-D-Y,  He spelled it out!           

2. How old are you? 3
3. Where do you live?  Murfreesboro
4. What is your favorite color? Purple
5. What is your favorite animal? Snake
6. What makes you happy?  my snake
7. What makes you sad? I don't know, but you know what makes me mad? That Kayla(Brady's aunt) left her car at Gigi and Papa's, because she is not supposed to do that.
8. What is your favorite toy? cars
9. What is your favorite food? Macaroni
10. What is your favorite song?         ABC's

11. Who is your best friend? Grady
12. What do you want to be when you grow up?(added by request from my mom:)) A man just like my daddy

Meet My Dad.

1. What is my daddy's name? Caleb

2. What does daddy do for fun? baseball

3.  What does daddy do at work? make money

4. What is daddy's favorite thing to eat? Strawberries

5. What is daddy's favorite thing to drink? Tea

6. How old is daddy? 2

7. What is daddy's hair like? brown

8. What is daddy's favorite thing to do? look at the computer

9. What is your favorite to do with daddy? play baseball

10. What makes daddy the best? he plays ball with me

Meet My Mom.

1. What is mommy's name? Amber

2. What does mommy do for fun? clean the kitchen

3. What does mommy do at work? make money

4. What is mommy's thing to eat? Macaroni too!

5. What is mommy's favorite thing to drink? Tea

6. How old is mommy? 2

7. What is mommy's hair like? brown

8. What is mommy's favorite thing to do? watch t.v.

9. What is your favorite thing to do with mommy? clean the kitchen

10. What makes mommy the best? the baby

Baby Talk- 30 Weeks

I am finally in the 30's! I can NOT believe we will be meeting our baby girl in less than 10 weeks. That is not long at all!

Everything is still developing and progressing perfectly!

I am getting more and more, "how much longer questions?" and "you look like you are about to pop" every day. I can't say that I love those comments. ;)

I am actually feeling pretty good for 30 weeks. I am uncomfortable, my feet and back hurt, and I am tired, but I don't feel miserable just yet. I think I am beginning to waddle, though.

This picture was taken on Saturday morning before Brady's game. I am wearing my Brady's mom shirt.

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 30 weeks

Size of baby: size of a head of cabbage

Total Weight Gain/Loss: up about 15-16 lbs. I went to the Dr on Monday and had only gained 1 lb in 2 weeks.

Clothes: It is getting to be mostly maternity with a few regular things sprinkled in.

Gender: Girl! Presley Lynn Barrett

Movement: Yes!

Sleep: It is getting more difficult. I usually end up in the recliner almost every night.

What I miss:  Being able to bend over and just feeling comfortable.

Cravings: everything sounds good, but I can only handle small portions.

Symptoms: the only new symptom is some dark spots on my hands. So weird.

Best Moment this week: A great Dr appointment and the bedding arriving!!!

What am I looking forward to: next appointment in 2 weeks, the nursery starting to come together, and an upcoming baby shower with sweet friends!!!

Random Catch Up Post

I have had several things to blog, but haven't lately. Partly because our house is crazy right now and partly just out of laziness. I am doing a random catch up post to get caught up.

• T-ball has been going great. Brady has had 4 more games since I last posted. His team won two and lost two. He has scored 2 runs. He and his team are improving so much. It is amazing the difference since the first game and practice!! He loves it and gets so excited on game days.

Brady playing 3rd base.

Brady on third base, getting coached to run home as soon as they hit the ball.

You can't really tell, but this is Brady scoring his first run ever!

Little Stingers team meeting after the game.

• My mom and I stopped by one neighbors yard sales when I was staying with her a couple weeks ago. We got some sweet smocked dresses, and a few other "dressy" things, for Presley for $10-12. So exciting. They are in great shape.

sweet dresses

This one is my favorite!

 

• We are hoping to get our house back in order over the next couple weeks. I can't tell you how excited I am to get things back to normal around here. I also am ready to start cleaning and nesting.
• Presley's baby bedding came on Friday. I love it! I am so excited! Getting the bedding makes me so anxious to meet her and bring her home!!! I will do a full nursery post when we get it all together.

Sneak Peak!

• One of our sweet family friends that is like family dropped by on Saturday and gave us 2 diaper cakes. She works at the school with my MIL and they had a Bingo/silent action fundraiser and she won them. It was so so so sweet of her to think of us and bring them to us. I know  I have said this before, but we are blessed to know some of the greatest people in the world. I truly believe that!



• Brady is the perfect mixture of sweet and salty right now. It is exhausting! I may do a more detailed post later, but he is really testing me at times and then super sweet other times.

• 

  They had this awesome playground at the field we played on, on Saturday. Of course, we had play for a little while! That is Caleb talking to his mom in the background.  

• Since we have to replace the carpet in our master bedroom and repaint due to the water damage, we are taking this time to redecorate. I think it will give us a fresh new look before the baby comes. Of course this is going to make me want to redo my entire house. ;o
•  It was crazy hot this weekend and is supposed to be the rest of the week also, so I am thinking we will have to enjoy some outdoor water activities. Brady, Caleb, my mom, my cousins wife and their 2 girls waded in the creek by my moms on Saturday. The kids LOVED it! I just watched from the bank due to my increasing lack of balance. Slick rocks and poor balance are not a great  combination.
• Caleb painted my toenails this weekend. It was certainly an experience. I officially can not reach my toes. It was so sweet of him to try.

That is all for now!

Baby Talk- 29 Weeks

Approximately 10-11 weeks left.

I have felt a little stressed and overwhelmed, lately. Our house is still crazy due to our water issues. Everything is dry, but we haven't begun to repair everything just yet. Pretty much everything that is normally in our bedroom is in the nursery. It is so crazy. I feel like I am living out of a suitcase in my own home. Hopefully, It will all get resolved soon and we can get back to normal. This is not something that is pleasant for anyone, but especially a very pregnant, hormonal person.

Bless Caleb! I have felt so bad for him, because he has worked without a day off since this happened, trying to deal with the insurance company, his crazy wife, he slept in Brady's twin bed for a few nights, and just regular life. I know he is exhausted and super stressed trying to take care of everything.

I know things will work out and everything will get resolved and we will put this all behind us. It is just one of those things that happens and you have to deal with.

Fortunately, we have some fun things coming up for our family and sweet baby girl!!!

Pregnancy Highlights:

 

How Far Along: 29 weeks

Size of baby: size of a butternut squash

Total Weight Gain/Loss: up about 14 lbs

Clothes: It is getting to be mostly maternity with a few regular things sprinkled in.

Gender: Girl! Presley Lynn Barrett

Movement: Yes!

Sleep: So/So. Some nights aren't so bad and some I move to the couch or recliner in order to get any sleep at all.

What I miss:  I don't know

Cravings: everything sounds good, but I can only handle small portions.

Symptoms: a few Braxton Hicks contractions, back aches, leg cramps, just uncomfortable in general. It isn't too bad, though.

Best Moment this week: Every one being so nice while we have been dealing with all the water issues. So many people were concerned and offered their home to us or just kept checking on us. We really have great friends and family!

What am I looking forward to: starting appointments every 2 weeks, the third trimester, and getting my house back in order.

Baby Talk- 28 Weeks

Well, Hello there, 3rd Trimester!!!

I am now 28 weeks meaning I am starting the 3rd trimester. I went to the Dr. on Monday and now begin going every 2 weeks. I remember with Brady this is when time seemed to fly by up until the last few weeks.

At the appointment on Monday I also had an ultrasound to check on some concerns from my last visit. I am happy to report that baby girl looked perfect. She weighed 2 lbs 13 oz, putting her around the 58th %. I also measured 29 weeks +a few days. My Dr was not concerned at all about anything. Yay!

This week has been crazy, so I don't have a picture.

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 28 weeks

Size of baby: size of a Chinese cabbage

Total Weight Gain/Loss: up about 14 lbs per Dr.

Clothes: It is about 1/2 regular and 1/2 maternity, although the amount of regular clothes I am able to wear are decreasing.

Gender: Girl! Presley Lynn Barrett

Movement: Yes!

Sleep: Not so good this week, but I blame stress and being away from home more than anything plus pregnancy.

What I miss:  Nothing really

Cravings: not really anything specific.

Symptoms: a few Braxton Hicks contractions, nothing major and some back aches.

Best Moment this week: A perfect report at the Dr office.

What am I looking forward to:  starting appointments every 2 weeks, the third trimester, and getting my house back in order.

First T-ball Game

Brady began talking about playing baseball almost as soon as he started talking. We would pass a field and he would say, "I play ball there one day".

He loves to hit the ball and play catch in the yard with, well, anyone that will play with him.

We bought him his own glove and ball the Christmas he turned 2.  This past Christmas he got a tee from his Gigi and Papa.

He had played in the yard without a tee for a year, so he did pretty well hitting a ball that was pitched to him.

I say all this to say, when I saw a sign at the end of our road announcing baseball sign-ups for 3 years old and up, I asked Brady if he would like to play.

He, of course, said yes and I told him we would talk to daddy about it.

Caleb didn't care as long as Brady wanted to play. 

Brady was so so so excited and he hasn't stopped talking about it since we filled out the paperwork.

We bought our gear, met our team and coach, received our uniforms, got pictures made, and finally had our first game this past Saturday!

Brady loved it and did so good.

He hit the ball both times at bat and got out at first base. He didn't seem to care as long as he got a hit. He actually ran to into the dugout doing a fist pump after he got out. Ha!

His team is mostly 3 year olds that haven't played before. His team lost 5-9, but no one seemed to mind, which is good.

It was a lot of fun and Brady can't wait for his next game!

Out of Commission

The Barrett household has been all sorts of crazy the past few days.

I had a Dr appointment on Monday at 12:30, so off I went. Caleb had to be at work at 1. He decided to skip this appointment since we are getting towards the end and he wanted to make sure to be at other appointments. Brady spent the night at my in-laws house the night before because of the Dr. appointment.

While at my appointment and Caleb was about to leave for work, a pipe burst in our Master Bathroom causing water to fill our room and bathroom. Fortunately, Caleb was home and heard it. He quickly turned off the water to the house, but the damage had already been done.

The water was only found in the master bedroom, master bath, garage, and under the house in the crawl space. That is still a lot, but it could have been A LOT worse if no one was home.

I decided to pack up some stuff and head to my parents house. Brady and I have been there since Monday. Caleb has stayed with us some and at home some because of work.

Our house is a wreck right now. I came home for a few hours today to get caught up on laundry, resupply clothes, and straighten up what I could around the house.

I also grabbed my camera cord so I could post pics from this weekend.

Everything is currently in the process of drying out. It is super loud in our house with all the fans and equipment going. Flooring is ripped up and stuff is just crammed everywhere.

This is our room from the living room.

This is what our bathroom looks like.

This is our bed. (The extra mattresses were on the bed in that used to be in the nursery. We were in the process of cleaning out the nursery and moving stuff out, so they were just sitting in our house until we got them into storage. They restoration people had to get them off the floor, so this is where they landed.) This is one major reason we are staying at my moms. We have no where to sleep.

The square in the sheet rock is where the leak started. It is fixed, but everything around it is still wet.

There are more fans in the garage and under the house. It kind of sounds like our house could take off at any moment.  LOL!

I will be so glad when this is all cleaned up and we can resume our normal lives!!!

Baby Talk- 27 Weeks

27 Weeks

The second trimester is coming to a close and the third is quickly approaching. It is less than 13 weeks until we meet our sweet baby girl. My schedule is filling up so fast, between Dr appointments, Brady's t-ball season beginning on Saturday, normal life stuff, and spring and summer activities picking up. This makes me so happy. I feel like the last trimester(which begins next week, Eek!) is going to be a whirlwind.

I notice I keep wanting to just relax and doing nothing during Brady's naptime. I know I should/could be getting so much done. I know naptimes won't be the same when baby girl comes, so I am soaking up every second of peace and quiet I can.

My sister took this picture at my moms house on Saturday. Front pictures make me feel better about myself. Ha Ha! I meant to take a side picture this week, but kept forgetting.

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 27 weeks

Size of baby: size of a head of cauliflower

Total Weight Gain/Loss: up about 12 lbs on my scale

Clothes: It is about 1/2 regular and 1/2 maternity, although the amount of regular clothes I am able to wear are decreasing.

Gender: Girl! Presley Lynn Barrett

Movement: Yes!

Sleep: I can't complain too much. I am so tired at the end of the day that I am able to fall asleep easily. Leg cramps, feeling uncomfortable, or going to the bathroom usually wake me, but it is manageable. I have been more uncomfortable this pregnancy, but I have also been more tired and had less energy than with Brady. It seems to all even out. :)

What I miss: eating without feeling miserable afterwards

Cravings: not really anything specific.

Symptoms: nothing new.

Best Moment this week: enjoying Easter with my family. The Easter bunny brought Presley a girly Boppy cover and my mom got her a sweet outfit this week. I found a couple of sweet things from Dillards for $4 each. Nothing super exciting, but they were only $4 and had been $30+. Girl shopping is fun, but oh so overwhelming. I can never decide on what to get. It is all so cute!

What am I looking forward to: my Dr. appointment next week.

Easter 2012

First, Easter festivities with my family on Saturday.

All our sweet babies. Just about 5-6 years ago we had no littles. :)

I love this one because the little littles are looking at the big littles.

Brady had a strategy of only picking up blue eggs then returning for the rest.

I became Noah's personal basket carrier.

Then the Easter bunny visited 2 very special little ones.

Brady asked for goggles, bubble bath, and M&M's. So funny.

He needed a bag for T-ball, luckily the Easter bunny found one on sale. ;)

Then it was time for church in our Easter best

The dress I wanted to wear to match their ties was determined too short for church. Oh well.

Brady was not cooperative for pictures.

Lastly, but not least, Easter festivities with Caleb's family.

We have all been exhausted today! It was worth it though. You know it was a good weekend, when your 3 year old says an hour before nap time, he just wants to sit down and rest his eyes. Ha Ha!



Baby Talk- 26 Weeks

26 Weeks!!!

I am starting to feel like I have been in the 20's forever. However, there is less than 14 weeks to go and I feel like there is so much to do. Getting the garage cleaned out and getting the nursery painted are huge and have both been done this week. Yay! Hopefully now I can get moving with getting ready for baby.

Brady is so excited and wants to be in the weekly picture every week. We try to get him to kiss my belly, but he is so quick we haven't been able to catch a good picture until this week. He is so in love with his baby sister. I really hope he stays that way.

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 26 weeks

Size of baby: size of an English hot house cucumber

Total Weight Gain/Loss: up about 10-11 lbs

Clothes: It is about 1/2 regular and 1/2 maternity, maternity are more comfortable most of the time, but make me feel like I am 3x's bigger.

Gender: Girl! Presley Lynn Barrett

Movement: Yes!

Sleep: I have slept pretty good the past several nights. I think everything blooming messing with my sinuses and the heat drain me during the day.

What I miss: being comfortable and being able to bend over with ease.

Cravings: not really anything specific.

Symptoms: the biggest thing is the uncomfortable feeling and not being able to breathe. I have noticed a few Braxton Hicks Contractions if I over do it and don't drink enough water. They are very few and far between though.

Best Moment this week: getting her room painted. I finally feel like we are making progress. I really want to work on the nursery now.

What am I looking forward to: working on the nursery and my next dr appointment this month.

It's true what they say...

Kids say the darnedest things.

Brady says the craziest, most funny stuff. I blows my mind what pops out of his little mouth.

We were at a devotional/get together/ dinner with friends from church this past Saturday and we began talking about all the things kids say.

Someone asked if I wrote it all down and I said it is on my blog.

Then I realized it had been a while since I had done a post about stuff Brady has said.

Not good.

It is too precious to forget.

So, here it goes.

For your entertainment and my documentation...

• Last night, Brady woke up screaming with a fever of 102. I scooped up that big boy around my swollen, pregnant belly and put him in our bed. Caleb calmed him while I got him some medicine and some ice water. Brady began to talk, and talk, and talk. He talked without taking a breath for about 30 minutes. Caleb began to laugh and Brady looked at him as serious as anything and said, "Don't waugh at me, I am sick!".

• The other day Brady was playing outside when he suddenly ran over to me and said, "My daddy built our house on Jesus Christ." Then said, " Did you know Jesus Christ it the rock?"

• One day we were all watching t.v. when out of the blue, Brady said, "Oh my Gosh! Did you see that baby in that there picture."     Who talks like that?

• When we were at my moms house a few weeks ago, Brady woke up screaming. We had been to the zoo that day and apparently he had a bad dream about the snakes. (If you remember, he chose a snake as his toy from the gift shop) He was shaking and mumbling something about a giant snake. When I finally got him calmed down, he said, "That giant snake at the zoo broke through the glass, just like on Harry Potter!" He has nightmares/night terrors on nights when he is overly tired. It is really scary until you get him calmed down and to acknowledge you

• We have 3( yes not 1, but 3) imaginary baby crocodiles that live with us. I decided I needed a blizzard from DQ after church one Wednesday night, so I drove thru and got one. After ordering but before getting to the window Brady started talking about the baby crocodiles. As I pulled up to the window to pick up and pay, Brady yelled, "Mom, WAIT!" I asked why and he continued to tell me how I crashed into the baby crocodiles while they were getting their milkshakes. Really! By the way, I did not pretend to let the baby crocodiles get their milkshakes. I am all about promoting creativity, but I draw the line somewhere.

That is really all I can remember right now. I need to do a post like this once a week.

Here is how Brady spent the better part of his day today. I believe his fever broke during nap time and he has seemed much better since.  Hoping for a fever free night!