Birdie big-girl room...

We have officially transitioned Claire to her toddler bed, and into her new birdie-inspired big girl room. I'm VERY lucky to have a little girl who is so easygoing, making the transition easy as pie. It took two days of going back in a couple of times per nap or night before she had her new routine down perfectly! She stays in her bed all night, then cries "Mommy, mommy!" when she wakes up, and waits for me to come get her before she gets out. Man, am I in trouble for baby #2, or what?! Check out her new digs:

A dollhouse built by her daddy will replace the rocker for Birthday #2!! That project and her "Rise and Shine" birthday plans, coming soon...

Welcome to the third trimester.....

Wow! The third trimester already?! I'm now 28 weeks and feeling great...although I am seeing my energy level starting to fall (could it be that I'm up four times a night to pee?!) and carrying around a toddler in her clinging-to-mommy-for-dear-life-phase is proving to be more and more difficult. Baby is quite active (as was CE) and I absolutely love feeling and watching this nugget try to make more room in there! Here's to twelve more, complication-free weeks of growing, growing, growing...

Pre-country concert extravaganza....loved my Jake, Kenney and Tim!

Gone Fishin'

Our neice Kaleah had her first fishing lesson with Uncle Quentin at the lakes a few weeks ago....maybe the sweetest and most proud moments I've ever witnessed. Isn't she a doll?!

Touch that thing, no way!!

Cousins and cones

CE loved having her cousins to play with at the lake last weekend. They are all around nine months apart and I know they will grow up being best buddies!

Number Two, Coming Soon!

We are thankful and overjoyed (oh, and a tiny bit terrified!) to be welcoming another baby into our family in October. My pregnancy has been rather uneventful to date, and baby is healthy and growing right on schedule for a beautiful fall due date. I'm feeling many kicks, have quite the basketball-belly going on, and the leg cramps have begun! We decided (yes, again) not to find out the sex, and cannot wait for the moment when the doctor announces "It's a.....!" It's honestly the best surprise in the whole wide world. Since we were convinced CE was a boy the first time around, I'm not daring to make any predictions about #2! We're working on transitioning CE to a big girl room (pics coming soon), so our neutral nursery will stay just that. Family of FOUR, here we come!

20 weeks

Naples Vacation

Naples Babymoon

We took our first family vacation (just the 3 1/2 of us!) to Naples this June and had an absolute blast. We swam, went to the beach, took walks on the pier, visited the zoo and took lots of naps. It was perfect...and Little Miss travels very well, if I do say so myself!

my daddy and me..

Happy Father's Day to my wonderful hubby and the most amazing and proud Daddy! This girl has him absolutely wrapped around her sweet little finger...

Lake Weekend

We spend the entire Memorial Day weekend at the lakes.....ahhhhh, pure relaxation! We hung out with family and friends, took lots of boat rides and enjoyed the weather and water.

Pontoon driving with "Papa"

Laura and adorable Noah

"Cheese" face with grandpa

Claire playing hard-to-get!

Sunbathing with grandma

Beautiful Lake Pleasant...disregard the too-big-for-a-kiddie-pool-prego-momma!

A lake trip isn't complete without a little skinny dipping!

 {Yes, I realize she may kill me for this one someday, but it's just so darn cute!}