I had my prenatal appointment yesterday and everything is still going great! I'm 28 weeks now, in my 7th month of pregnancy and still feeling wonderful. It it harder to get up from the couch and shave my legs, but I manage! The baby is moving around like crazy; constantly turning and stretching. I can always feel him on my upper right side (by my ribs) and lower left. He's about 14.5 inches long and weighing about 3 pounds (according to a chart I found online.. not sure how accurate it is though). The appointment was a long one yesterday because I had to do my sugar test to see if I have gestational diabetes. They gave me a choice this time of an "orange soda" or "fruit punch" drink. I chose the fruit punch this time, since I drank the orange with Tyler. It was gross! Ugh! And I had to drink all of it! Boy was I glad when it was over. It was really really sweet, and lately I don't like really sweet things, not even sweet tea (I know, I'm crazy)!

Other than the drink, I had a normal check-up. The baby's heartbeat was nice and strong, man I love that sound! Only about 12 more weeks to go!

Here's a couple pics of me over the last 2 weeks:

26 weeks 27 weeks

I GRADUATED!!!!! That's right, On Saturday May 12th I graduated from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mathematics!! It was a long long process, but I finished and am very excited!!! I'm looking forward to my time off this summer with Tyler before our new baby comes in August. I plan to eventually begin teaching Math to middle or high schoolers in the spring or next fall! I've always dreamed of becoming a teacher and I'm one more step closer! It was so wonderful to have all my family and friends there to support me and celebrate with me. It meant everything to me and I couldn't of done it without you all! Thank you, thank you, thank you :)

Say "Ahhhhh"!

Tyler had his very first dentist appointment last Monday and he did an awesome job! He was so excited about going and constantly wanted to brush his teeth (no complaints there!). The Doctor said his teeth looked great; no cavities, Hooray! One our way out Tyler got a goodie bag with a new "Cars" toothbrush, tooth paste, floss, a dinosaur toy, T-shirt, and they took a picture of him getting his teeth cleaned. After the appointment, we had to head back to school and he was so excited to tell all his friends and his teachers!
I wish I was as brave as he was! We are so proud of him:)

He's got his "ticket" and ready to go!

Nice smile Tyler!

What happened in April??

April was a really great month... Spring Break, beach, family in town, Easter egg hunts, etc! We had a great time with it all.
Let's see, where should I start off?? After we found out we were having another boy (YAY!!) we left for Sunset Beach that weekend with the Sykes and my family that was in town from Florida! It turned out to be a perfect sunny weekend at the beach. The house we stayed in had everything from bikes, sand toys to Nintendo (hadn't played that in 4-EVER). We'd stay at the beach all day an only come back for lunch and potty breaks (the water was too cold LOL!). The boys had fun running in the water, building sand castles and playing Frisbee. The adults enjoyed the competitive game of paddle ball with a court and boundaries and everything. At night we'd stay up late playing cards, poker and just mess around chatting and such. It was such a great time and we were so lucky to have wonderful friends to allow us to vacation with them.
Here's some pictures we took.... I'm still missing the one's from my mom's camera.....

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Tyler goes to college....

Yep, I took him to school with my one day and we had a great time! He packed his book bag with coloring books, paper, crayons, snacks and so forth and he was all set to go! He did great in the first class, just sat their quietly coloring and eating his fruit cup. When that class finished he asked me, "Mommy, do they take naps at your school?" He was happy when I said no, because he's not a napper.... then he asked, "Do they play games at your school?" He was in luck, because the next class was Child Psychology and I had told the professor that he was coming with me so she could prepare so questions to ask him in class. We were learning about Gender Development at the time. One of the questions she asked Ty was, "Who plays with you?" and Tyler said, "Mommy" , "What games do you play together?" Ty said, "baseball". "And who cooks dinner" Ty- "Mommy and Daddy" .."Daddy cooks chicken and mommy cooks salad" .... I thought that was soooo cute. He did so well and wasn't shy at all. She's ask him questions throughout the lecture and he was right on! I was so proud of him. After about 45 minutes or so he was ready to go get some lunch. On the way home Tyler said he wanted to come back to school with me because he had lots of fun..... I wish school was fun :) Atleaset I'm ALMOST done! Yay!!

LOL- Tyler tried on my glasses!
Walking to class....


E A S T E R

Next came Easter weekend. We painted eggs, made cookies, went to an Easter Eggstravaganza on Saturday and Ty got LOTs of candy... it was funny because all he wanted was the plastic eggs and I kept saying "go for the chocolate... mommy wants some chocolate :) " Then he looked over at the next field and saw lollipops, so he crawled under the rope and started picking up those... too cute! On Sunday we went to Church with Morgan, Justin, and Peyton and I was a nice service. Then we came home and relaxed the rest of the day :)

Hey hey! It's a lovely Thursday morning and I'm feeling great! The baby's moving around like crazy and it's such an amazing feeling. Sometimes I get the giggles because he won't stop and it starts to tickle :)

Since I've been feeling so great lately Morgan and I have been meeting at the gym at 5:45am to take a class (called Group Power) and it sure is refreshing... after I come home and shower of course! Then, I have to whole rest of the day to look forward too. I LOVE Thursdays and I'm not really sure why.... I still have class, but I'm done around 315 then I head to Tyler's school to pick him up early and the two of us can hang out together until daddy gets home. And Friday's are even better because I don't work, nor have school! Yippie!

I'm SO excited school's coming to an end... FOR GOOD! That's right, I only have 2 more weeks left and then finals until I GRADUATE!

Well I better pack my bag and head to school before I'm late and can't find a parking spot.

Here's a couple picks of my in my 5th month of pregnancy!!

I'm about 20 weeks here:

This is today! I'm about 22 1/2 weeks!!

That's right everyone! Tyler is going to have a baby brother!! We had our ultrasound on March 28th where we were able to see the "turtle"! We are all so excited and can't wait for him to come into this world. The nurse said everything looks great! The baby's feet are already an inch long and he weighs about 7ounces (almost the size of a container of sour cream!) He was rolling around a lot and had is arms up like he was ready to fight :) According to the babies measurements, she had me at 19 weeks and 6 days and I have me as 18 weeks and 6 days! We're still going to stick to the due date at August 23rd, but we'll see when the little man decides to come!

We are all so excited and I was so happy my mom and brother Jay were there with us at the ultrasound, it meant SO much!

I go tomorrow for my 5 month (20 week) check up tomorrow. Hopefully I didn't gain too much weight! Wish me luck!

On Saturday night after picking my Mom and Jay up at the airport we went to the Bobcat's basketball game! We sat in the nose bleed section, which was still great because it right next to the Kids Zone where Jay and Tyler could play basketball or practice shooting hoops! Eric had 2 tickets in a sweet, so I visited him there for a little bit... that was awesome! The game was great, however, we lost in overtime.

Charleston Trip!

Last week was my Spring break and I wanted to do something special. So, I called up my mom's best friend (my 2nd mom) and asked her if we could come for a visit. They live in Charleston right near the beach, so it was perfect. The weather was beautiful too! On Saturday we got up early and Howard, her husband, dropped us off at one end of the bridge met us at the other side. For those of you who haven't been recently, there's a new bridge that takes you from downtown to Mt. Pleasant. It's about 2 miles long and a lot of people walk and run across it. I can't wait to run it next year. Tyler did great, for the most part. He started to get a little tired towards the end, but once we told him we were going to the beach next, he got really excited.

When we finally crossed, the sun was shinning bright and the weather was perfect. It was a little windy, but that's just what we needed to fly Tyler's kite! Tyler LOVES the beach, he would bring it home with him if he could. He also loves animals. Howard and Robin have a dog and a cat and Tyler got to feed them and walk the dog each day, he loved it!

It was a wonderful weekend full of fun and leisure! We can't wait to go back again, if they'll let us of course ;)

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It's definately official everyone! We are expecting our 2nd child!!! I'll be 16 weeks tomorrow and the due date is August 23rd. I went to the Doctor today, did the usual check-up (weigh myself, pee, check blood pressure, and my favorite- hear the baby's heart beat!) Everything looks and sounds great. It's been a wonderful day, I'm feeling great and just so gosh darn happy! The Doctor said we can come back in 2 weeks for an ultrasound to find out if we're having another boy or a little girl! HOORAY :)

At my 11 week check up, we had our first ultrasound to see the baby and hear the heartbeat. Tyler came with us and was SO excited! He wanted the baby to come out then, but the nurse told him that the baby was only about the size of his pointer finger. So, when Tyler got to school that day he was showing everyone the picture of his baby and pointing his finger saying "my baby's only this big."

Tyler loves to talk to the baby and rub my belly. The other day he asked me where the baby's mouth was so he can give the baby a kiss... oh he's so sweet.

We're so excited and just wanted to spread the news to everyone!!

Last weekend we were fortunate enough to go with some great friends of ours to Mt. Mitchell and stay for the weekend in their father's mountain house! It was a wonderful mini vacation and we all had a wonderful time. Saturday turned out to be a gorgeous day. The kids (all 6 of them) played outside from sun up to sun down. There was a big open field out front with as small pond and to the left of the house was a trail. We decided to take kids hiking up the mountain, each carrying our own walking stick because it was a little steep at times. Eric decided to go "off roading" and led us all to the wonderful water! We climbed on all the rocks and took tons of pictures. When the day come to an end, and all the kids were asleep, the girls did facials while the guys played ping pong and fooze-ball. Then we all came together and played the wonderful game of Monopoly (oh! and I won!! heheheeh).

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One of Tyler's many birthday gifts was a Spiderman kite from his good friend Ty. Tyler loves flying kites eversince he saw Papa fly his kite at the beach in Florida. He was really looking forward to flying his kite with Daddy, so we waited for a windy afternoon and took the kite to a big open field near a school. Tyler had a blast running here and there and everywhere :) Then a sad thing happened... the wind came too strong and the string broke and there goes the kite into a bundle of prikley bushes over a fence! Bye bye kite. Guess we'll have to get a new one!

TYLER IS 4!!!

Tyler had a great 4th birthday (Feb 1) and of course this turned into a week long celebration versus just one day. He had a great time with all of his friends!

His first day as a 4 year old was also our first snow of the year. Tyler and mommy got to pay outside in snow and build a little snowman. Then he had a birthday party at school on Friday and a huge party at home on Saturday. There were about 13 kids here and a giant bounce house that we rented for part of the day along with a big bubble machine. All the kids loved it and although it turned out to be a little cold (about 45 degrees), everyone had a great time. Here are all the pictures from his birthday week.

Love you all!

After talking about putting laminate floors in the house for the past couple years, Erin and I finally decided to get to it. We decided to give each other the gift of floors for Christmas and it turned out great. I started after we got back from Cincinnati and they are all done (I just need to put the trim back up).

Here are a couple pictures of the old, dirty floors (before):

Tyler and I working hard:

And here is the finished product (after):

Happy New Year!!!
We got to celebrate the new year with my sister, Kate, and her boyfriend, Dustin and had a wonderful time!!! For the big new year celebration we went over to a friends house for food, drinks and kareoke!!! Yep, I got to sing for everyone! My sister helped out so it sounded a lot smoother. I created a slide show of the evening! Enjoy!!!

Merry Christmas everyone!! Eric, Tyler and I drove up to Cincinnati, Ohio for about a week to visit Eric's family. We had a BLAST... especially Ty man. Each day we did something exciting. We went to the children's museam, Pyramid Hill to see tons of lights, saw a Nativiy Scene with real animals, the Zoo's Festival of Lights,.... etc! It was so fun watching Tyler's face light up Christmas morning when Santa came. He not only opened up all his presents, but he helped us open ours as well!

A few weeks ago we decided to buy a shed to put out back for extra storage. (Finally a place for our bikes!) Eric put it together all himself. Well,little Ty man helped out too! He even had his own shovel to help move the dirt. Tyler told me that he used his "big muscles" to hold the walls up for daddy! After a few hours of hard work, they finished it and it looks great!! Have a look!

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Last Saturday was Eric's Christmas party for Lending Tree. It was held at the Convention Center downtown in one of the ballrooms. The theme this year was "The Artic" I thought it was so cute because there were penguins everywhere.. makes me want to go see the movie Happy Feet! Anyway, we had a BLAST!! The food was yummy and the band..well, they were alright too. I mostly enjoyed talking with the people Eric works with! They were all so nice! After the party we went to Connolly's uptown with a small group and continued the fun!! Unfortunatly, that's the last of the parties until New Years! We leave for Cincinatti next Wednesday and we are SO excited. It looks like Eric's parents have planned a lot of stuff for us to do while we're up there. Hopefully we'll have a white Christmas! I've been dreaming of a white christmas!

After work Thursday we went to pick out our Christmas tree. It was SO cold and windy while we were looking so we just picked one of the first ones we saw. There was no time to be picky! After we picked out the tree Tyler and I ran back to the car to get warmed up! Eric's dad flew in Friday so that night we all decorated the tree together. Tyler had a blast putting his ornaments on the tree. Funny how the bottom of the tree has LOTS of ornaments on it and they're all in one spot!