Cari Anne Bailey

This time I have a really good excuse for not blogging sooner, we are now a family of four!!!!! Cari Anne Bailey was born on June 18th at 11:38 pm. She weighed 8lbs 1oz and was 21 inches long. She looks just like me in my baby pictures and has a ton of hair!!! Lots more than her sister Evie did when she was born. Evie just loves her little sister and always wants to give her kisses:) We will just wait and see what happens in the next couple of weeks and months. She gets a little upset when I don't spend enough time with her, but over all has been a very good girl.

We haven't been up to much else, just spending lots of time with family. Both grandmas have been over and helped out so much. My mom came over the monday after Cari was born and cooked us a lot of food, what a wonderful blessing to have my mom so close to help us out. She has also taken Evie overnight when Andy was out of town and I took Cari to her doctors appointment. Evie is always asking if she can go to grandma's house. We got her a pool and so did my mom, she just loves going out and splashing around. She loves it so much that she has a fit when it is time to be done in the pool. It is amazing how much Evie grew up when we brought Cari home, she isn't my little baby anymore. She is turing into such a big girl!

Cari has been a really good baby, all she does right now is eat, sleep and poop. I have been getting some sleep and am feeling great for just having had a baby. It feels great just getting rid of the baby weight, I feel like I can breathe and eat again:)!!!

Well I posted just a few pictures, hope you enjoy them. I will try to post sooner next time, but we'll just see what happens:)

What have we been up to?

Well, I guess that I should have a good excuse for not blogging in a while, but I don't. We have been staying close to home because of the gas prices and to get ready for the baby. We have also done a few things around the townhouse lately, We replanted the hedge in the back(so much better), painted the inside of the garage, and put a screen door on the front. I think that the new door has been my favorite. Now we get a little bit of light from that side of the house and Evie loves to stand at the door and watch for birdies and tractors.

I have been doing a little bit of nesting, buying really tiny diapers and washing really tiny clothes, doing lots of cleaning and cutting last minute hair for all the family. I am still working two days a week and have been very busy. I told a client the other day that I feel exhausted, and I haven't even had the baby yet! Not good. I now have one week to go(my due date is June 15th) and am very ready. I have been going to my appointments every week now and my midwife says that everything looks good. All we have to do now is just wait until the baby wants to be born:) My little brother Brian is graduating from high school today and so we have lots of family in town. My mom would love it if I would have the baby while they are all here, I told her I would get right on it:) I do still have to work next week and would like to finish working before I have the baby.

Evie is doing great and is growing up everyday:) She now has lots of words and usually will try to repeat whatever you say(which can be scary if you're not careful what you say). She had a few health concerns(not digesting her food real well or gaining much weight), so we took her to the chiropractor and she is on a few supplements which seem to be helping a lot. PTL! We talk to her a lot about the new baby, but I don't think that she has any clue what is going on. She will be a little confused when we bring the baby home, and then we will see what we are in for. She is such a little sweet heart and will grow up so fast when we have the baby, I'm not sure I'm ready for that.

Andy is doing great, working a lot and doing lots of playing with Evie so that I can rest and get some things done. They love to go up to the little park in our development. When I was in the garage last night I could hear them laughing together while they were playing at the park. So cute! His boss at work was able to keep him in town for the month of June(he does do some traveling and sometimes it is for a whole week), so at least he will be close when I need him.

I will do my best to update you all when we have the baby, with lots of picture too!

Here are some from the last couple of months.

Family shot

38 weeks pregnant

say cheese!

Lots of bubbles!

mommy, look what I can do!

Evie sitting in a chair that used to be daddy's.

going down the slide

look mommy, no pants!

Happy Easter

We hope that everyone had a great Easter weekend wherever you were. But the most important thing to remember is what an awesome God we have. He sent His only Son to die for us, but He didn't stay dead, He rose again three days later!!! And because of what He did, we can spend eternity with Him.

We had a wonerful Easter. We had a great service at church in the morning and then we went to my parents house for lunch. Before we ate, Evie got to have a little easter egg hunt. My mom hid eggs for her to find and filled them with some of her favorite treats, goldfish:) She had fun finding the eggs and enjoying the treat inside! We spent the afternoon taking naps and watching basketball, and then stopped by Andy's parents on our way home, to say hi and visit for a while. It was a very relaxing day.

This is Evie before the egg hunt with her basket.

Here she is finding her eggs.

A family picture:)

Hanging Out

It has been a long time since I have written anything. I can't say that we have been up to much but I guess I was just busy doing other things than writing on our blog.

We are all doing well. Andy has been working everyday although it has been cold some of the time. We are just so thankful that He was able to find full time work in the winter. I am still working two days at the salon as well as staying home with Evie. It certaintly keeps me busy. I am 25 weeks pregnant and everything is going pretty well. I have been having some contractions already and sometimes get really out of breath and feel faint. My mid-wife just said that I need to take it easy and not to push it too much. We wouldn't want the baby to come early!!

Evie is doing great, and growing up so fast. She isn't much bigger but she is learning lots of new words and has such a fun personality. She now enjoys playing in the nursery at church and has fun at playgroup with all the kids. She is getting to be a little more curious and is getting into lots of new things. But overall, she listens so well and is pretty well behaved. We'll just see what happens after the baby is born! We are going to be in for lots of new and different attitudes I'm sure. But I guess all you can do is just take it one day at a time.

I have posted a few picture of Evie from this last month. Nothing too exciting, just us hanging out at home. Enjoy!

Evie's Kitchen

About two weeks ago, we were given a kitchen from one of my clients. The night we brought it home Evie didn't want to go to bed. She loved playing with all the food and dishes. She ends up making a mess of the living room by throwing things everywhere, but it wouldn't be cooking if she didn't. Because she mostly plays with the kitchen now, we have been able to put some of her other toys away. We'll get them out later when she becomes a little more tired of the kitchen. Having some toys put away also makes some space for more adult things!

Evie hasn't really gotten any taller or bigger, but she certaintly is growing up. She is learning new words all the time. Just yesterday, she told me to put my socks "on". And she has also learned to say "please", which comes in very handy. She loves to read books, and does so all by herself, quite loudly too. Everyday we are amazed at what new thing she has learned. It is hard to believe how fast she has grown up!

Here are some pictures of Evie with her kitchen, and other funny pictures too!!(she loves pulling the pillows off the couch and laying on them:).

Wisconsin Dells

We were able to go to the wisconsin dells again this year. For about the last 10 years or so we have gotten together with my mom's side of the family and celebrated christmas. We were able to see grandparents, aunts and uncles, and lots of cousins too! We don't really exchange gifts anymore, but we do have a great time in the pool and eating lots of good food!!!

Evie wasn't able to go in the pool last year, but this year she just loved being in the water:) She even went down the big slide with daddy!! I normally don't really want to go swimming, but it is funny how all that changes when you have kids. Now there was no option, in the pool I went, pregnant and all. Thank goodness I haven't gained any weight yet(it's from being sick so much), so my old suit still fit just fine. No two piece this year, haha:)!!

I wondered at how Evie would do taking naps and sleeping at night with us in the room, but she did just great! I think it was all that pool time that made her tired. She didn't care to be in her car seat on the way out and back, but other than that, she had a great weekend. Next year we will see what happens when we have two kids with us in the room. Maybe we'll pass one of them over to grandma and grandpa's room:)!!

Here are some pics from the weekend, enjoy!

All set to go in the pool

Walking with daddy in the kiddy pool

Splashin' around

Fun times with daddy

Evie and her great-aunt Janet