18 Months...

In the last month, Dylan has officially turned into a toddler.  He no longer looks or acts like a baby.  This revelation is bittersweet.  On one hand, I love that he is getting more independent and self sufficient, but on the other hand...I miss my baby.

Fun things about Dylan...
-He LOVES to eat and he is not picky.  The only thing he hasn't eaten was my Beef Stroganoff...not a fan.
-He likes for me to do his hair.  Every morning after he gets dressed, he will bring me his hair brush and spray and sit in front of me. While I am doing his hair, he is usually brushing his teeth.
-He has started singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and The Wise Man Built...we have to sing both songs 5 times before he will go to sleep.
-He loves anything with wheels-cars, trucks, trains, planes and boats.  This month he started associating each vehicle with where they go.  He will play with a car and truck on the floor, fly the planes in the air and take the boats to the bathtub.
-He is all boy - rough and tough!!! He loves to wrestle and roughhouse, which makes me a little nervous when sister makes her arrival.  He has no qualms about immediately tackling anyone who walks through the door.  Luckily we are in a play group with a lot of little boys, so he gets weekly wrestling matches with his buddies. 
-He is starting to grasp the fact that if he does something wrong, he will not like the consequences momma and daddy give him. You can tell when he is about to do something he knows he isn't supposed to do because he will say "no no Dylan" right before he does it :)
-Church is still rough for us.  It's not that he is being bad, but we have a really hard time keeping him quiet.  He loves books, but doesn't understand that at church he isn't allowed to point out everything in each book.  He also likes to wave to people behind us, which is a huge distraction, so we spend a lot of time standing up in the back of the auditorium.  I'm really hoping we get this under control before the next one comes.
-He still loves to listen to any music and dance...he even dances in church when we are singing :)
-He says everything twice...keys keys, night night, ball ball, no no, bite bite, milk milk, vroom vroom, swim swim...just to name a few.
-He no longer takes a bottle and we only allow the pacie at night and during church and sometimes when we are in the car :)

FUN PICTURES

This past weekend we went to Jonesboro and hung out with the Bassetts and Grandpa and Nema.  He liked the horses.

My mom was here for her bday and we went to a Japanese Steakhouse to celebrate.  Dylan LOVED the fire!!!

Dylan loves when daddy puts his headphones on him and lets him listen to music.  In this picture it might look like he is upset, but that is his look of concentration.

 

Belly shot...I took this picture today...27 weeks and 1 day :) 

Definitely a girl!!!

To make a long (boring) story short, we switched health insurances right when I got pregnant and I was not put on the new insurance until today (July 1).  I still had my old insurance, but it was basically junk and didn't cover much, so we switched.  Anyways, we wanted to wait and have my big ultrasound after we got the new insurance, which meant we had to wait until I was 22 weeks and 5 days.  I really didn't want to wait that long to find out the gender so I called in a favor to a friend who was an ultrasound tech...for a cardiologist.  All of our friends go to her when they get pregnant.  I actually went when I was pregnant with Dylan and she told us it was a boy, but we waited and told everyone after my Dr confirmed it.  Ashley (my friend) checked me at 20 weeks and was certain it was a girl, so we went ahead and told everyone, but I was always a little nervous that the boy parts might have been hidden or we overlooked them or something.  Today was my big ultrasound and "she" is definitely a "she"...good job Ashley!!!

The appointment went great.  The baby looked healthy and was weighing about 1 pound 5 ounces.  My Dr is having to guess a little on the due date, so basically it is anywhere from October 26 to November 2.  Since I was 8 days late with Dylan, this one will more-than-likely come in November.

Trey and I are now in the process of coming up with a name that we BOTH like.  There are a few names we are throwing around, but nothing that is set in stone.  We will definitely let you know when we have decided on a name. 

22 Weeks and 6 days

 Dylan is doing good.  He gets bigger and bigger everyday.  I was at the park last week and I had a mom ask me how old he was.  I told her 17 months and she laughed and said she thought he was at least 2...he's a big boy, but not that big.   His new obsession is trains.  My parents bought him two Thomas the Train toys and he loves them.  He is constantly asking where the "choo choos" are.  He is also obsessed with pickles.  He loves them and will ask for one anytime the refrigerator is open.  The other night I gave him a choice of a pickle or a cookie and he chose the pickle...he is SO not his father's child when it comes to sweets!!!

 The other day my sister was babysitting and she put on Yo Gabba Gabba.  When we got home she was telling us how much Dylan liked it and how he danced the whole 20 minutes of the show.  The next morning when I was fixing his breakfast he was standing in front of the TV saying "dance".  I found an episode on TV and Dylan let loose.  He was turning circles, throwing up his legs, waving his hands around and laughing the whole time...Yo Gabba Gabba is basically TV crack.  I limit it to one episode a day, but for those 20 minutes he is loving it.  I tried to video him, but everything stops as soon as he sees the camera...I will try and hide it next time.

Our summer is flying by.  The last month has been crazy busy with getting our house ready to sell.  We are putting it up this week and we are praying it sells quickly and we can move before baby #2 is born.  For some reason, Trey and I are both optimistic that all will go well and it will sell when we need it to sell.  Well, thanks for reading.  I have to go help Trey paint the trim downstairs...fun times!