March

So it has been a full month since I have posted. I really didn't mean for it o be that long! Things in our house have just been crazy busy though. We are spending as much time with Jerrett as we can before the baby gets here. So we have been enjoying the warm winter outside as much as we can. We play outside, J rides his big boy bike while I walk, we go to the park, all sorts of fun things. We had to take J to the dr for a referral, but the good news there is that he is getting so stinking big! He has put on 5 pounds in the last 6 months! We never thought that he was going to grow. I am so excited. He is getting to be such a big boy. Right now, we are starting to look into preschool or a mothers day out program for this coming school year. More than likely J will only go one day a week if we do in fact go ahead and send him. The deal is that he is so stinking smart and really does not need the academic prep for kindergarten but I am really afraid of the being separated from me part of the equation. Since coming home a year ago, Jerrett has only been away from me for a max of 2 hours at a time. And that has only been a couple of times. We will see.
Other news, we are so excited for this summer! My parents have finally bought their new house closer to us. It is a really big, nice house on 40 acres about 2 hours away. I am not sure who is more excited, J, me, or TJ! I have not lived this close to my parents since I went away to college. It will be so nice to have them close! Jerrett is excited because he will get to see them a lot more and they have promised him lots of camping and fishing at the new place. TJ is excited because now they have someplace closer to go skeet shooting and the property backs up against a hunting lease so there will be lots of deer and stuff for the guys to hunt. Plus lots of land to explore on the 4 wheelers. Dad has already asked him to help fence in some of the land that is not fenced because they are planning on running a small herd of cattle. So lots of changes going on for my parents. I am so excited for them. The whole house hunting thing was really stressful and they looked at who knows how many houses before deciding on this one. Just glad that they found one that they both liked.
Baby news... I am still pregnant and getting more and more that way by the day. I am now 7.5 months along. It is hard to believe that Baby will be here in less than 3 months! The room and most of the furniture are finally painted and just waiting on the crib and the baby! This is a busy week for us baby wise. I have an appt Wednesday afternoon and then Wednesday night, we are doing our tour of the hospital. J can't go with us and so he is staying with our friends and their girls. He is really excited because he hasn't played with them in a long time. And then on Saturday, Mom and Dad are coming up to watch Jerrett because TJ and I have an all day birthing class. Sounds like tons of fun doesn't it? We chose the all day class over the weekly ones though because it is so hard to find some one to watch Jerrett for us. But I think that we will have fun and learn lots. Jerrett will have fun with mom and dad too. I am not sure what they plan on doing but I am sure that it will be a blast and they will spoil him rotten. All is well with the pregnancy though. As of right now, I have still only gained about 12 pounds so I am right on track for only putting on 25. I am just glad that I started to put some on! Baby is kicking and moving like crazy and it is so fun to just sit there and watch my belly move. TJ talks to the baby all the time but so far the baby doesn't seem to like him much! Every time he tries to feel it move, the baby will stop moving until he moves his hand again! Jerrett loves talking and singing to Baby too. He prays over the baby in mommy's belly before every meal and gives it lots of hugs and kisses. He also pats it all the time and talks about what all he is going to teach baby to do. He is going to be a wonderful big brother!