Room for Two

We only have two bedrooms upstairs, so Natalie and her little brother are going to share a room for a few years. I'm not even letting myself worry about how this is actually going to work yet... we'll cross that bridge when we get there. For right now I'm just telling myself that our little boy is going to be a wonderfully sound sleeper. Let me dream.

I went back and forth over whether we needed two cribs or not, and in the end we went ahead and bought a second crib. The new baby will sleep in our room for a while, but I'm sure that Natalie will still need her crib once he is ready to move to a crib, so we have two cribs. Problem solved.

We'll change this picture once he is born and his name is finalized. I would say we're probably 90% set on a first name, and unless we change it, it doesn't start with "B".

These signs are Pottery Barn knockoffs that our sister-in-law Shawna helped us make. I fell in love with them online, but I couldn't quite justify paying $60 a piece for them. Ours probably cost $10 a piece, and I love them so much more because we made them ourselves.

17 Months & 8 Months

Today Natalie is 17 months old, and I am somewhere around 8 months pregnant (although the picture would have you believe I'm closer to 11 months pregnant).

At 17 months old Natalie is for the first time in her life sleeping well, and at 8+ months pregnant I am for the first time in my life becoming an insomniac. 

At 17 months old Natalie is the thinnest she has ever been. She has lost most of her baby fat and is really quite tall and skinny. At 8+ months pregnant I am quite the opposite of tall and skinny.

At 17 months old Natalie talks constantly until someone new comes around, then she is a shy, cuddly little girl. At 8+ months pregnant I'm enjoying the extra cuddle time. 

We both prefer stretchy pants, afternoon naps, chocolate Teddy Grahams, and ice cream, and we're both extremely excited to add a little boy to our daily routine in just a few short weeks.

Kiss Her

She's Irish.

And here she is finding her bow.

Grandma's Park

Natalie got to play outside with some of her cousins at Grandma O's house this evening. She kept saying "park" as she was swinging on the big girl swing. Here's to hoping that playing at Grandma's park wore her out enough for a good night's sleep.

Accessorizing

Natalie has been uncharacteristically in to accessories lately. She drapes a string of my (fake) pearls around her neck and dances around the house saying "pretty". She is also starting to love hats, and I'm hoping that a love for bows is coming next.

She needed her sunglasses and neon green bracelet for our walk yesterday, and today she added her K-State hat to the ensemble. Hopefully her style gets a little less dorky with age.

Hello, Sunshine

Dare I say that today felt like a spring day?

To my dismay, Natalie chose the wagon over the stroller for our walk this afternoon. The wagon is just a bit large and awkward, and at 34 weeks pregnant I don't think I need any help in the large and awkward arenas. In the end we probably both had more fun with the wagon though, so Natalie was right.

Natalie narrated most of the walk to me - "birds, kids, truck, pup....," and we were only briefly interrupted by an elderly man who thought we looked like we needed a world news and politics update.

All in all, great walk.

Hello, Sunshine! Please stay a while!

Blogger's Block

Maybe it's because I've been sick. Maybe it's because this cold, snowy winter seems to be never-ending. Maybe I've just been lazy. Whatever the reason, I've been suffering from some serious blogger's block lately hence the piddly three posts in February. Hopefully March will bring with it some new inspiration (and some sunshine).

Until that inspiration hits, here are some pictures of our ever growing, ever learning, ever talking girl.