and it's a no go...

So today was the last day of spring break. As we were making the most of it, I was in the middle of really not feeling well. As you know we have been passing around a bug in our house the past month and apparently I just keep holding on to it....

After first service I went to pick up Barret from Kids Church, and while I was in the toddler room I decided to just stay and sit for a little bit. I really was feeling nauseous and didn't really want to move but I knew I couldn't sit there forever. All of a sudden I had this horrible urge and I started to walk hastily to the bathroom. Unfortunately I didn't make it and threw up right where all of the kids get checked in and out! Lucky for me know parents were there at the moment, just some of the kids workers. I made it to the bathroom where I noticed I felt really wet. Chelsey Wantland came into the bathroom to check on me and I asked her if when your water breaks you have contractions right away. She said that she didn't have them until she got to the hospital and also mentioned that she has heard of people throwing up right before their water broke. Well, not knowing exactly how my body goes into labor on its own since we induced with Barret, we concluded that I was probably going into labor. She went to get Steve and we eventually made it to the hospital. It was a very weird feeling, and we both thought that we were going to be coming home with a baby this week!

We get to the hospital and check in, I change into the beautiful gown that Bromenn offers, sit patiently as they hook me up to the computer, answer all of the silly questions they already have the answers to (in like a million different files), tell them I'm not sure if my water really broke over and over again while they continued to confirm that, yes indeed it did because the wheelchair was wet, and then wait.

Steve and I just sat in the delivery room looking at each other, we hadn't packed, we hadn't prepared anything, neither of us had our phones on us, the baby's crib wasn't set up yet, we didn't have anything, we weren't ready....

The nurse came in again to check and see if my water did break; we concluded that I must have just gone to the bathroom while I was throwing up! Delightful! I was a bit embarrassed since she knew we had a little one already, and I thought of all the people at church who thought I was going into labor...Now my story of having my water break at church and being prayed for before we left the hospital to go have a baby wasn't so Cinderella-y. Instead, I will forever be known as: "the girl who threw up at church!" Wonderful :)

But, we got to come home. We drove back to church after being dismissed and picked up Barret, came home and had lunch, and just relaxed around the house. When Barret woke up from his nap we went for a walk to the grocery store to pick up a few things for dinner and then grilled a marvelous dinner, pork chops, mashed potatoes, and delicious apples! We gave Barret a bath and then Mama packed her bag for the hospital, we set up the pack-n-play, and we realized that Baby is coming very soon.

So ladies and gents, according to my doctor and the nurse at the hospital it could be anytime now :)

Here are a few photos of Barret pounding an apple after we got back from the store. We took the wagon and so he was nestled in with the groceries on the way home. At first sight of the apple, it was LOVE! He immediately knew what to do and began eating :)

Friday, Day 5

We spent the day at home mostly, after leaving G and G's house around 10. Barret slept in the car and Mama wanted to do just the same. The sun was warm but the snow was a'fallin when we left, making spring feel like it was really never going to show up.

Ms. Tara came over for lunch and we enjoyed her company on our lazy day.

Daddy started working overtime at work this week, so he didn't get home until about 4:30...something we have to start getting used to again.

Then, surprise! Uncle Jason came to visit. We went out to dinner at Maggie Mileys then headed over to Emack and Bolio's to enjoy a delicious waffle cone with some very exquisite ice cream! Mama had Oreo cake batter, which was wonderful! Unfortunately Barret thought so too, and was not interested at all in his Pineapple Sorbet (which has real chunks of pineapple in it!) We threw a fit and Daddy had to take him outside to have a talk. Mama felt pretty bad, but when they came back in Barret thoroughly enjoyed his Pineapple Sorbet and was perfectly content with it :) Uncle Jason got Carmel butter pecan and Daddy had some sort of cookie vanilla-ey ice cream. It was all delicious.

This week, being on spring break, I had two goals:
1. To spend as much time enjoying just Mama and Barret time
2. To finally finish Barret's scrapbook of his first year

Well, number one was as easy as pie. Number two however, was not. But, last night I ended up putting together or finishing about 8 pages (I did three pages on Monday). So now all I have left is a few odds and ends pages that I still don't have the pictures printed for....Wish me luck :)

Wednesday and Thursday

Well, day 3 and 4 of spring break were a lot of fun!

Barret and I woke up a little early on Wednesday and enjoyed our cereal and bananas while we watched 'Word World'. If you are curious what that is, you should look it up, because it is actually very entertaining as well as educational :)

We took a trip to the post office and the park and just soaked up the wonderful weather.

Mrs. KT came over for a little bit too. We all went to lunch at Noodles & Co. for a little something different. We sat outside on the patio and just enjoyed the weather and the deliciousness of our lunches. Barret was quite the handful, but whats new? :)

We hung out on the deck, and I'm pretty sure today was the first day of the whole week that we didn't have to change our clothes multiple times...WOW!

Mama had her weekly Dr. appointment with Dr. Dameron to see how things are coming along with baby and according to her, it won't be long now. She predicts it will be sometime late next week or early the following. We will see :)

On Thursday, we woke up and packed the car to go visit G and G Boehm in Bradford. Mama was doing a Thirty-One show in the area that evening so we decided to just make a day trip out of it. It was pretty cold compared to the rest of the week, and I'm pretty sure I even saw some snow. Barret and Mama both took a nap when we got to their house and just spent the day relaxing. Later on in the afternoon we tried to go outside and play but we didn't last long. After about 20 minutes our cheeks felt frozen! YIKES!

Here are some pictures of Barret saying Hi to Levi! He still doesn't understand that there is a baby in Mama's tummy and I know we are in for a great big shock when baby arrives, but for now Barret loves to pat Mama's tummy :)

uh-oh

Barret goes through the entire day saying two things... uh-oh and Mommy! I've come to realize that Barret's Mommy is really a Mummy and it just makes me laugh. He says it over and over and over again and my response is always, "Barret?" His uh-ohs are really pretty real and he knows just how to use that word, if it is a word.

We noticed that Barret now asks for high fives instead of us asking for them. He will come up to you and hold up his hand and reach out for a hand to hit his. It is so funny to watch.

Today wasn't as nice out as yesterday, but we still made the most of it. We filled it with time on the deck and even took a trip to the post office and then to the park. Barret had a great time climbing around and only put three wood chips in his mouth during today's adventure. He continues to be a bit afraid of the slides but he is warming up to them. He likes to fake Mama out and climb to the top of a slide, sit there, wiggle his body a little to make it look like he is about to fly, and then stands up and walks away. On one of his wiggles though, he managed to wiggle right on down the slide, I think he secretly enjoyed it. We tried the swings again today and I noticed that as long as there was a pretty little girl swinging next to him he was fine being in the swing; all he would do was look at her. However, as soon as there wasn't anyone around him in the swings he wanted nothing to do with them.

When daddy came home from work we played out on the deck a little more and Barret even got to take his FIRST bubble bath. Which wasn't the best bubble bath because we don't actually have any bubble bath solution. Mama just squirt a bunch of body wash into the tub to create the illusion. A bottle of Mr. Bubble is on the grocery list :)

Barret was very interested in the bubbles, I scooped some up in my hand and blew them at him so then he tried to do the same thing, at least I thought he was going to. Instead Barret scooped up the bubbles and decided he was going to eat them; and was very proud of himself for it :)

It's a Beautiful Day!!!

Mama's first day of spring break, and it is beautiful outside. We spent the morning sleeping in, if you call 7:10am sleeping in (I do now), enjoying some wonderful cereal and bananas, running around the house like silly people, and escaping out onto the deck while it was still pretty cloudy and a bit chilly out. Barret found the plant pots that were full of water due to the rain we had last night and was so delighted by them. He thoroughly enjoyed playing and splashing around in the water. Needless to say we had to change our clothes.

Barret refused to take a nap this morning so we got to spend extra time together :) We ate an early lunch, swept, mopped, and vacuumed the kitchen floor (yes, Barret helped). Barret loves to play with mops and brooms and he was having a great time following me around doing whatever I was doing with whatever I wasn't using. It was so much fun!

Later we took a trip to Target to see if we could find some inexpensive outdoor toys so we wouldn't keep playing with the dirty plant pots. We didn't have much luck, but we did score a great bottle of bubbles and a super bouncy ball; and lets not forget the great sunglasses we found in the dollar spot! We spent the rest of the day enjoying the outdoors, taking a great afternoon nap, and grilling out for dinner!

I love this picture.... he just looks like he wants to say "I'm awesome people!"

It wasn't that long ago...

This afternoon I was looking through Barret's videos trying to delete some things off the camera and just really rearranging my photo albums on the computer. I got caught up in watching the videos and oh Baby Barret was SOOOOO cute. (he still is) I can't believe how big he is already and just how much fun he was been to watch grow and learn the past 14 months.

Here are a few of my favorite videos:



I just love his sweet little coos and how little he was!

This one just makes me laugh. I love how big his eyes get and how entranced he seems to be with Boba. (sadly Boba has been missing for quite some time now and we don't know when or where he is going to turn up)

I love to talk

Words Barret can say:

'hot'

Mama

Dada

'thank you'

'es'

NOOOOO

'mine'



Barret can show you his belly and can give hugs and kisses on prompt! I love it :)

Barret is getting so big and is learning so much! He loves to run around the house and play, "where's Barret?!" He also loves to eat, which you all already know. Last night he ate almost an entire Brat for dinner along with his Grandma noodles and oranges.
He has recently discovered grapes and goes crazy for them (don't worry, we chop them up into little pieces). I am still in awe at how little he is compared to how much he eats.

Currently Barrets favorite thing is going up and down stairs. He mastered tthen very quickly and continues to just fly right down them. He normally will walk down like anyone else but just recently realized that it is much easier and faster, probably more fun too, to go sliding down on his belly.

Check out the video :)

It's March already!

March has come so quickly, meaning April will be here before we know it. Therefore we are taking each day as it's own and enjoying every minute of it. Above are a few pictures from when Barret was sick and then some from the Children's Museum.

Yesterday we got to go to the Children's Museum and live it up! Barret had a great time being able to just roam and play with whatever he could find. We played in the water, with music toys, and in the kitchen. He danced, played the keyboard, colored, and even invaded a skit put on by some other kids! He painted, he laughed, and just enjoyed every minute of it. I LOVED it!