We're Becoming Four

That's right folks, the Maupin clan is growing! Or is it just my belly that seems astronomically large these days?!I'm only 13 weeks and I feel HUGE! This is definitely different from my first pregnancy. Clearly my body has experience and is now more than happy to expand at an alarming rate.

We are due September 13th. A lovely day when you can ignore the fact that I am going to be the size of a house in August when it was 106 degrees last summer. We are all super excited, especially Hailey who doesn't really understand but nonetheless gets quite a kick out of yelling "hello" to the baby in my belly- through my belly button of course, the porthole to all babies :) Luckily she and I are having similar experiences as she is carrying Mickey Mouse in her ever growing belly, just ask her. Frequently we have to be belly button to belly button so the two little ones can talk. Its quite a moment!

I have finally stopped throwing up (one week and counting since my last barforama) which thrills me to no end. Tossing your cookies is a lot less enjoyable with a toddler standing next to you with her head over the toilet mimicking every sound you make. She calls it my "cough-cough-spit" and she does a great rendition. Then she tries to wipe my nose, which I know she means to be helpful but having a wad of toilet paper shoved up your nose while you are still heaving is just a little distracting! But I'm all better now. I have passed that glorious 12 week mark and haven't thrown up since. Do a little dance of joy baby!!

We will be accepting name suggestions for boys and girls as we found that the most challenging part of having Hailey. And of course, her name is just too perfect so how can we possibly live up to that?!?!

Growing..its all a little scary while being totally exciting. So- here we go!

Snowy Saturday

We had quite the snowfall last night. It started at about 8:30pm and was still falling this morning. I'd say we got about 4 inches, which is perfect for playing! Of course, Hailey doesn't have any snow clothes, so we had to layer her up to prevent her from getting wet to the core, but she didn't mind.

We started out sledding down our little hill in the backyard. It isn't much of an incline but her 90th percentile in weight was enough to propel her along :)



Then we headed out front to build a snowman. Of course, Jona did all the actual building while Hailey ate the snow off her gloves and I took pictures. I think thats a perfectly fair work arrangement!

The grand finale was snow angels. Most kids would love rolling around in the snow. My dainty little princess however was totally stressed out about getting covered in the white stuff and after the angels were complete she promptly announced it was time to go inside. After a snowball fight on the back deck, we stripped off our wet clothes at the door and defrosted in the heat with some hot chocolate and marshmellows. Gotta love it :)

Lots of pictures to add seeing as how once a month seems to be my limit for blog updates!!

I thought this was a great picture of the girls to add to the collection. This is Hailey introducing Katie to the joys of Diego. Great for all ages :)
We took Hailey to see her first movie, Veggie Tales: The Pirates Who do Nothing. And she loved it! She actually sat still almost the entire time, and like her mommy ate every last bite of her buttery popcorn.
Jona's birthday was Feb 11th, and Hailey helped me make him a delicious german chocolate cake. We went out to dinner to a Japanese steakhouse where the cook on the table and Hailey enjoyed the show with the exception of the onion volcano. Not a fan of the big fire- she covered her head with her blankie and kept yelling "no more candles mommy, no more candles!"

These are to prove that we do get some good snow here. I took these when it first started when I got home from work in the morning. It continued all day and we actually had some stick for a while. Yesterday it was 72 degrees, today its 40. I hate this weather. Where are my FLIP FLOPS?!?!
Although this seems like some strange, inappropriate photo of our darling daughter, I just thought you'd get a kick out of what she does to herself when she is trying to avoid taking her nap. We let her talk and sing and play, usually until she falls asleep. This particular day she started calling for help and when Jona went in to her room she was stuck in her shirt with her diaper down around her knees! Please keep in mind that she went to bed fully dressed :)

Well, she is in her crib bouncing around like a wild woman as I finish typing...I suppose I should go check on the status of her diaper. Hugs to everybody.