my dr's appt

i went to the doctor today and i am 4 cm dilated!!! this is crazy to me because i was 1 cm forever with jack until i was induced. when i was induced with jack i got my epidural at 3cm (so i am already passed the point of where i got the epidural with jack). i got the epidural before i had any pain because the anesthesiologist was on the floor and i didn't want to miss my chance. so i don't know what "real" contractions feel like. that is what is making me so scared this time. my nurse (with jack) told me that i was having major contractions before the epidural and i didn't even know i was having them. i am so scared that i am going to have those same contractions (which wouldn't be the worst thing ever) and not know that i am in labor until it is too late and i will have to deliver at home!!! i know that will not happen but the thought still runs through my mind.

so i am scheduled to be induced on monday the 11th, but the doctor said that he didn't think i would go until then. he even said "i might be seeing you tonight".

so we'll see!!

(i gained 2 more pounds so i have gained a total of 46.)

38 weeks

38 weeks
i feel fine except for my body just does not move around like it did even a few weeks ago. i get tired after being on my feet for 1o minutes! i get out of breath just walking from one end of our house to the other. i know this has a little to do with the fact that i still can't walk completely normal and the fact that i am big and pregnant both mixed together.

charlie weighs over 7 pounds and is probably around 20 inches (a leek).
i have gained 44 pounds.
my snack of choice lately has been trail mix with craisins, m&ms, and nuts. i also love watermelon.

38 weeks with charlie

37 weeks with jack

happy 4th of july!

sunday night we went over to jimmy's house to celebrate the 4th with him and grandma. jack had a lot of fun running all over and racing his cars.

this is the cake johnny and i made for the celebration (we thought it was white icing but it was not...so i said it was an antique flag).

yesterday (on the 4th) we decided to get some stuff done around the house and yard. johnny mowed the lawn, i started to paint jack's artwork thingy, we hung some pictures in the bathrooms, got my bag mostly packed,

let jack wear his buzz lightyear undies

(that he looks seriously cute in!!), and

johnny installed charlie's carseat and moved jack's over

(i was nervous about how jack would react since he doesn't like change and he LOVED it! he loved the fact that he could touch the window).

we went over to amy's for dinner. jack had a lot of fun running around and chasing archie. as you can tell by the picture he tripped and busted his lip...poor buddy!
he really liked stabbing the fruit with toothpicks! we were there until almost 9:00 and jack was still being a good boy and left with a dry pull up :)

meeting benjamin

saturday morning we got a call from sarah asking if we would like to meet them in cullman to visit for a bit. they were in huntsville for an interview. we were so excited to see them!! i can't believe how big benjamin is. he is the happiest baby with the biggest smile! it was good to talk to sarah in person (we talk several times a week, but it is better in person). jack and kate had a lot of fun playing in the chick fil a playground. johnny of course liked catching up with chris. thanks for meeting us for lunch!!

jack's first movie

although he has seen imax movies i consider cars 2 his first real movie. i have been so excited to bring him to see it. whenever he sees the state farm commercial with the new cars characters on it he gets really excited and makes us rewind it over and over and over! what did people do before dvr?? this morning we woke up and asked jack if he would like to go see the new cars movie and he was super excited!
he did pretty good. he was so excited during the previews...he had his fingers in his mouth and smiling the whole time.


he got a little restless throughout the movie, but luckily we brought his pacie (which is a no no except at nap time and bedtime, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do!!


jack even told us that he had to go tee tee. so johnny brought him and sure enough his diaper was dry and he went a ton in the potty. he has been telling us when we are at restaurants and out where ever. we are so proud of him!!
after the movie we asked him what his favorite part of the movie was and he said when professor pushed the red button. also, when mater stuck his tongue under the waterfall. his other favorite was when they "tractor tipped" the big dumptruck. then of course he had to ask us what our favorite part was (over and over)!
it was a great morning!! my feet although thought very differently...they are so swollen from sitting for 2 hours at the theater. that is the price i will pay to let my little buddy have a fun morning!

preview of jack's big boy room

we still need to do last minute furniture arranging and some picture hanging before i take a picture of his whole room, but i just wanted to show some little things we have done to make him have a cute big boy room to make him feel special! although he just really doesn't do well with change! like everytime some one says oh jack is this charlie's bed and he will say "no that's my brown bed and the white bed is charlie's" (jack's old crib is brown and his new big boy bed is white). but he is coming to terms with the fact that it will be charlie's because the other day he said "i will share my brown bed with charlie"

the other night we moved a toy shelf we bought from ikea that we sat up by his window. anyway, jack does not do well with change (just like his momma) and when i put him to bed he said "move that back over there" i just said no buddy it looks better here and left it as that. he never said another word about it...thank goodness! because when we moved our couches to jimmy's house he cried and when we moved his changing table out of his room and chair he cried! poor buddy! atleast we are doing this ahead of time and not after charlie is here because i think he would hate charlie and think that he did it!

he has been sweet about charlie lately. he has been saying "when is charlie coming?" and even kissing my tummy and saying "i gave charlie a kiss". sweet boy! he says "i am going to teach charlie to play with..." i hope he does!!

i'll have to take a better picture of this later, but it is his new switch plate cover.

his growth chart

these are the paintings that hurt my knee!!! well they didn't do it but after i was done painting them when i got up that is when i couldn't straighten it :( i think they turned out well. they are totally different than i was going to do, but i like it this way!

more on charlie's walls...

dot did this for charlie!

we decided that the giraffe and zebra paintings that were in jack's room looked pretty good in charlie's room...the colors go.

charlie's growth chart

i was amazed when i opened the newborn diapers and compared them to jack's. i can't believe we are going to have a baby that can wear those tiny things!

we are set for 2 diaper wearing kiddos!

backyard and knee update

i made it down the steps to the backyard today!! yay! i am feeling better today. i am able to straighten my knee a lot more. i am still walking a little funny because i can't get it all the way straight, but i am walking a lot faster. i am so glad to be on my feet again and be able to help around the house. i started packing my bag for the hospital today. i have wrapped jack's present to charlie, charlie's present to jack and our present to jack. i cleaned the bathroom, put up the dishes, cleaned the counters and bar off, and cleaned the kitchen table. it is weird but it feels so good to clean!!! i missed it in a strange way :)

spraying his tummy!

so handsome!

fill er up and...

take a seat!

cheese!

in other news...jack poo pooed on the potty again. he has really done well with potty training if we have his diaper off. today he was standing at his train table playing and he took off running to the potty. so i got off the couch (way too slowly!) and made my way to the bathroom to check on him. before he could see me i could hear him say "i don't need momma's help" under his breath and then when he saw me he said it louder to me :) so i said ok i will stand back over here in the hallway. when he was done he gave me the big ole grin that he gives and i of course was very excited! now comes the somewhat gross but good part. jack likes to dump his potty himself. so he takes it and dumps it very carefully into the big potty. he does a great job with it so we don't tell him not to...not sure if that is the best idea or not, but it is working for now as his reward. i told him again how proud i was of him and he gets a very happy look on his face! so cute!
now we just have to work on pulling off his undies. he can't get them down or just plain doesn't think to so he just goes to sit on his potty with them on and goes. atleast he goes to his potty!!