Friday, March 27, 2009

Making Cupcakes





How content does Eliza look? She often falls asleep while eating and its hard to reawaken her to finish her meal. Right now she's sleepy during the day and very awake at night which means I'm tired. Not surprising with a new baby.

Coleman helped me make cupcakes today. He started putting the batter into the cupcake liners all by himself before I showed him how to do it.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Eliza Hope Fulton has arrived!










Eliza is here!! She came on the first day of Spring at 11:00 a.m., weighing 7 lbs. 7 oz. The labor went very quickly, and delivery even faster. I feel really good, other than fatigued. I'm also eating everything in sight. Coleman visited with Sue and Ashley minutes after she was born. You can see him trying to hug her later that day. He is going to be a great big brother.

We arrived home today and Coleman ran right over to Eliza and offered her a paci, and was rocking her in her car seat. He just crouched there watching her and wanting to help. He is excited to have a baby sister.

Sue is here with me to help as I transition back home. What a blessing she is! :) I am already in love with my new baby. I feel so blessed with my family.

Friday, March 20, 2009

Gondola Car





Coleman is enjoying reading, which is when he memorizes a book and we'll start a sentence, and Coleman will finish it. I love when he'll read to himself.

Yesterday at the park Sue and I found an abandoned dog, pictured above. He had all of his toys, blankets, and food with him by the garbage can. We brought him home, not having the heart to leave him there. We're hoping someone will want to adopt him. He's very sweet and intelligent.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Music


Lately Coleman has been expressing interest in music and drawing. He loves to draw with his markers, and will ask to color quite often. He also loves to listen to music and will dance with the speakers while listening. He'll sometimes start singing to himself too, which is so cute. Right before bed he'll ask me to sing a song, and then giggle happily while I sing.

We're trying to prepare Coleman for baby sister's arrival, and explain he'll have to share Momma. He doesn't like to hear that, and lately he's been especially clingy to me and cranky towards anyone who isn't me. This morning we were playing under the covers, which Coleman calls his "tent", and he got annoyed that Jared was under with us and said "Bye, bye Daddy, beep, beep". He wanted it to be just he and I. Maybe he knows and understands that the baby will take up some of my time.

Speaking of baby, I am feeling great lately. No symptoms of labor, and sometimes I forget I'm pregnant, which is a lot to say at 38 weeks pregnant. I am feeling especially creative and social lately. We're hoping and praying she'll come by next week, for various reasons, but I'm also prepared to wait until her due date and beyond.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Driving Lessons

Coleman has discovered a lot of buttons to push when he's in the driver's seat of the car. Often when we get home he'll ask to "push buttons". He's learned pretty quickly how to put the hazards on, wash the windshield, and roll the windows up and down. He laughs so hard when a car drives by. His newest phrase is "Want some, do you?" as he points to something he wants. It is really hard to resist when he asks so cutely. The other morning Jared was making pancakes and Coleman ran into the bedroom and asked me if I wanted pancakes? When I answered him he said "Thank you!" and ran back to the kitchen. I asked Jared if he told Coleman to ask me that and he said he didn't. He just thought it up himself.

We are as ready as ever for baby girl to arrive. Our bags our packed, her room is ready, the house is clean, now we just wait. Some days I feel really good, and some days everything hurts. Anyone care to guess when she'll arrive? I'm betting on St. Patrick's Day.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Showered in Pink!






Ashley and I were showered on Saturday with lots of love, gifts, laughter and pink! I had a great time. The guys were outside in the mud shooting skeet while we opened darling little outfits with bows, flowers and ribbon. Coleman loved eating his pink cupcake, as you can see here. When he is enjoying eating something he won't put it down, he'll just keep shoving it in his mouth as he swallows it. Coleman got a few presents to open as well as Ashley and I. One present was Toby the train from the Thomas series. He could hardly contain himself he was so excited, and has been playing with it ever since. He likes other gifts, but right now the way to his little heart is Thomas the tank engine trains...and "candy-candy".


Sue planned lots of fun games. One event was the daddy olympics: changing diapers. This is a video of the two dad's-to-be competing. Can you guess who the winner will be? She also had a lot of white onesies and markers so we could decorate our own. We have some interesting onesies now for our baby :).



Today it snowed! I bemoaned it thinking "This is why I left Boston". (Did anyone go sledding today?) I have had a serious case of the crankies lately. I can't sleep, I'm tired all day, when I eat I feel ill afterwards, I feel uncomfortable, people are always in my way, and I am just ready for little girl Fulton to arrive. Jared has been so patient with me through all of this. I'm very lucky.