With the New Year came some Big News....

We're expecting baby #2!

Arriving around September 4th!!

This morning we went to the 12 week appointment. And to our surprise we got to have an ultrasound! The doctor thought it might be too early to find the heartbeat with the doppler, and after trying he said let's just go ahead and do an ultrasound so you won't worry - we were so excited!

So, here's the first picture of Baby P

This is a profile view of the whole body. Should be able to see head, body, arms, and legs. This baby sure is a mover. Now we can't wait to find out if it's a boy or girl!

And for all of you out there that have been teasing us about twins...

We had him double check and the doctor says there's only one! Daddy was relieved!!

Happy Valentines Day!

To celebrate Valentines Day I made sugar cookies yesterday afternoon while it was snowing! They turned out so yummy! Here are some pictures!

Happy Valentines Day to my husband!! (He likes them without icing)

Madilynn loved the small hearts. She calls hearts happy for some reason and so she called it baby happy! Tonight she tried licking the icing before she ate it.

Melting!!

It has started to warm up some here in Iowa. This past weekend it was in the upper 40's and a couple of days this week were in the upper 50's FINALLY..some much needed melting happening! It's really gone down quick from all the snow that was in the yard...here's a picture of out our front door this afternoon! (Our house faces the north so it seems like that front patch is always the last to go.)
I'm not sure how excited to get, the weather forecast is calling for several inches tomorrow. Hopefully it will kind of by-pass us. I'm really ready for it to start looking and feeling more like spring!

Warm Weekend!

This past weekend we took an unplanned trip back to Arkansas and were able to enjoy some warmer weather. My family was surprised at how spontaneous I allowed myself to be in taking an unplanned trip. (We decided on Wed. night and left Fri. morning - I guess I normally plan things out at least a few more days in advance).

Madilynn got to climb the tree (with Papa's help)

She's a little monkey...she loved it and didn't want to get down..her reasoning was that she could do it again "in the morning". This is how she tells everything she wants to do, it can always happen "in the morning" (I guess her way to understand tomorrow).

While home for the weekend I also got to go to my cousin Lyndsi's baby shower. It was so good to see her and my aunt Trina who I hadn't gotten to see in a while.
Here's me, my mom, and Ashlee

And here we are with Lyndsi and Trina

Then Saturday night Michael and I got to have a date! We went to see the movie New in Town. It was such a funny movie and one that we could really relate to. If you see it I'm sure you'll understand! Then we went out to eat at my favorite place Abuelos!!! (We celebrated Valentines Day early)

Quick trip, but well worth it! Lots of fun!

Catch-Up...Playing in the Snow!

A couple of weeks ago the temperatures here finally warmed up a bit (out of the single digits). I believe it was about 16 degrees and Madilynn was ready to play in the snow. So Daddy and Madilynn put on their snow pants and gear and got out to play for about 30 minutes. Madilynn had a good time exploring, but wasn't quite sure about not being able to swing or slide.

Waving bye bye to Mommy who was headed back inside...too cold for me to stay out that long!

First Movie!

Today we took Madilynn to her first movie at the theater. We went to see Madagascar 2 at the dollar theater in town. She did so good! They even had booster seats to put in the chair, so she sat at just the right height. She clapped at the end of the previews it was so cute, and she tried to talk to us a couple of times about the movie, but overall she was very quiet the whole time. Such a big girl.

We talked to her last night and told her that we were going to the movie today and reminded her what it was about. She likes the first Madagascar movie, so we reminded her it had the zebra and lion and lots of other animals in it. When she woke up this morning the first thing she came in and started talking about was the zebra and lion. She was so excited!

Fun Times!

Last weekend Memaw and Pepaw came to town for a visit. Madilynn got lots of playing time. We went to a place called Recess where Madilynn got lots of indoor play. She got to ride a train, jump on a trampoline, jump in a castle, and go down the slides. She was going so fast I wondered how long she would last. It was right before nap time when we went and she lasted about an hour!

Michael got me these tulips - so pretty!

After waking up from her nap one day last week this is how she came into the living room.

Daddy and Madilynn built a tent out of the couch cushions!

Here's the jumping castle slide

Yesterday Daddy dressed Madilynn and she looked so cute, I had to take her picture. Maybe I should let him dress her more often.

Daddy even did her hair! So cute - I love it!