Happy Fathers Day

I want to wish my hubby and my dad a happy Father's day and the same to all those great dads out there. Today we went out for breakfast to our local diner and though it was busy, we got right in. I got Craig a dump cart that attaches to the lawn tractor. I know, a rather utilitarian gift, but one that he wanted and that we could really use around the house and yard.

It has been raining here just about every day for the last 3 weeks. It is so depressing and it seems like it will keep raining off and on all this week. So much for summer starting off on the right foot.

Chloe is doing great with her potty training. She still needs a diaper at nap time and bedtime, but she can make it through almost the whole day with very few accidents. In fact, today, went on the potty all day (even poop!) except for a little pee accident right before bathtime. She still needs us to remind her to go sit on the potty every hour or so, but every time she sits, she goes. We have taken a rather low stress approach and we don't push it but she seems to be getting it pretty good on her own pace. I am hoping that she will be pretty well trained by the time BG2 (baby girl #2) arrives. As it is, since she is doing so well on the potty, I only have about 3 diapers a day for the laundry, which is god because I need to do a little repair work on my bumgenius cloth dipes to get them ready for BG2. I got some replacement velcro tabs so I just need to pull out the sewing machine and get to it. I have already repaired the elastics on some of them and it wasn't too hard at all. I am so happy that I chose to cloth diaper Chloe. I have definitely gotten my money's worth with her and now it is all ready to use for BG2.

We are starting to turn Chloe's room into a little girl room as well as turn the spare room into BG2's baby room. I got some really cute bedding and hopefully in another couple weeks we can get around to getting her a twin bed so we can transition her from the crib. Also, since both of the rooms are still painted white from when we moved in, we want to paint both rooms something sweet and child appropriate. I don't want to paint them pink, but I am thinking a nice light green or yellow, perhaps with an accent wall with some pink stripes on it or something.

I am also trying to finish up a little redo in our guest/kids bathroom. We ripped the ugly wallpaper off and now I am planning to put in a nice white beadboard wainscoting and paint the top half a cool blue or green. The bathtub and tile surround is a peach color, but it is in good condition, so I think we are just leaving it and will have a nice shower curtain that will draw attention away from it. I am trying not to spend too much, just enough to make it look fresh and updated.

The pregnancy has been going well and at my last visit I had only gained 2 lbs, so I am up about 16 lbs so far at 23 weeks. Right on track for about 30 total lbs, which is what I had with Chloe and was comfortable in losing quickly. Craig and I went on the tour of the birthcenter where we plan to deliver. It is a really cool set up as it is the only birthcenter that is located right inside a hospital. So you have the comfort of having an all natural delivery in a birth center with the tubs for water birth and your midwife and such, but if something serious happens, you are just on the other side of the floor from the maternity ward, OR and level 2 NICU. I am really excited to try for a natural delivery and the more I learn about water birthing and hypnobirthing, I am more confident that I can do it. Plus, since my first delivery was pretty fast for a first baby, I am hoping that I am not in labor too long!

Here are a couple pictures. I promise more shortly!



Chloe loves cupcakes (or "happy cakes" as she likes to call them) and is a little snack pirate, just like her daddy whenever mommy the baker is not looking!

Playing with her tea set and feeding her stuffed dog.

Chloe giving her baby sister to be a little kiss.

Forgive the ratty hair or terrible complexion. For some reason, this pregnancy has made my hair go curly and my skin looks terrible!

My little munchkin!