How time flies...

The past few months have really seemed to fly by. Jackson gets bigger and more mature every day. He's over eight months old now and doing all kinds of new tricks. He's got teeth, eats Cheerios, tries to crawl, pulls himself up and all kinds of things that keep Mommy and Daddy entertained and busy. Andy and I are constantly amazed at our handsome little boy and at what a good baby he is.

Molly is getting bigger and more active all the time, too! We have a little over three months until she makes her grand entrance and there is so much to do before she gets here! While the idea of having two kids so close together is scary and overwhelming still, we're incredibly excited. 2008 was an awesome year for us as we welcomed our first baby, bought our first house, found out we're expecting another baby, and continued working at great jobs. We hope and pray that 2009 is just as good.

Just a couple pictures...

IT'S A....

GIRL!

Molly Sue Wolfe will be here around April 15th! Everything looked great on the ultrasound. She's beautiful and skeletal and looks surprisingly like Jackson. My placenta is in the wrong place and if it doesn't move I may have to have another c-section which I was hoping not to do again, but I can handle it if I have to.

Andy's very nervous to have a girl, but I'm absolutely thrilled! I'll finally have a shopping partner and I can buy all the cute little girl things that I drooled over every time I had to buy sports or puppy stuff!

Pictures will be coming soon...it's too early to take care of that now!

6 Months Old

Jack turned 6 months old on Sunday. He's getting huge and so much fun. He giggles when he gets tickled and is sitting up all by himself! He is constantly moving and wiggling and wanting to see everything. We're expecting his first teeth to come through any day now since he attacks our fingers to chew on them and is gumming on everything he can get his hands on (including faces).

I'm feeling really great lately. I've developed quite the baby bump and am feeling the baby move every now and then (possibly the best feeling in the world). I have an appointment on Thursday and then we'll have our ultrasound to find out in November. It seems like everyone thinks it is a girl (except Andy), but we'll see!

The Crud

Jack has the crud. You know, the running-a-fever, stinky-poo, fussy-pants, sometimes-smiley, most-times-whiny crud. Oh well, at least I got a day off from work and we went shopping after his doctor's appointment! I really felt mommyish taking a sick day when I wasn't sick. It was kind of nice, other than having a sick baby (which is not nice).

WHOA!

Sorry it's been soooo long since the last post! We're all doing very well, but have been incredibly busy. Jack continues to get bigger and more handsome everyday. He's now eating cereal and orange vegetables, which he loves. He giggles and plays peek-a-boo and is very close to sitting up by himself.

I'm feeling a little more like myself these days. The first trimester is officially over, so I'm eager to get some energy back and thankful that I'm not sick anymore. I'm pretty convinced that this baby is a girl, but Andy is still holding strong that he only makes boy babies.

The house is now officially a home. We've decorated and tomorrow we're having people over for the first time. Jack is getting baptised at church and then family is coming over for lunch. I'm looking forward to it!

Home Sweet Home

Sorry for the delay in bloggerville, but we've been busy! We've officially moved into the house last weekend and we're definitely thrilled and enjoying it! I love my garbage disposal and yard and big rooms and big windows and the list goes on. It was a daunting task to transfer three years of stuff and start work and take care of Jack, but it's over and I'm happy!

Jackson went in for his four month check up and he's doing fine! He's 15 lbs and 3 oz and 25 1/4 inches long (roughly the seventieth percentile for both). They said he has a "pleasant disposition" with which we totally agree. He's sleeping for 10-12 hours at night and two to three good naps during the day. He's such a good baby and if this next one is any easier, maybe we'll just keep having them!

I'm feeling okay (today) but morning sickness has once again kicked my butt. I just keep repeating "It means the baby is healthy..." as I throw up and then go right back to teaching. WE had our second ultrasound and the baby looks just fine! I am going back for another in about a week, because they thought the heart rate was a little low, but after reviewing the ultrasound again, it was just fine. I still get to go back though... just a perk of being a VIP at my OBGYN office.

School's going well... hothothot with no air conditioning, but we'll get through it.

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Conversation with Walker:

Me: Walker, maybe your Mommy should have another baby...

Walker: (sarcastic scoff) Yeah, like you. That's just crazy!