Today Coleman successfully used the potty after dinner! What a celebration. He is wanting to be more of a big boy, like spooning his yogurt, or pudding into his mouth by himself, or holding onto the banister and walking down stairs.

When I ask him where Mee-Maw went he'll say "Up, up, up" because she flew up in an airplane.

Coleman loves music and will sit in front of the CD player for 20-30 minutes just listening. His favorite song is "Old McDonald". His second favorite song is "i come from alabama with a banjo on my knee". He'll say "Knee" when it comes on.

I've been feeling much better since my Mom left. I saw the doctor today, and we will have our ultrasound on oct 29, Wednesday, just in time for my birthday. :) So, what does everyone think we'll have? Boy or girl?

Tour of our Home

Today my Mom left after a week visiting with us. About 5 minutes after dropping her off at the airport Coleman said "Bye-bye Pee-paw". I think it clicked that she was gone. We had a great week with her and I feel so much stronger and better as a result of her help.


Here is a mini-tour of our house. It looks so much better since Mom visited :) Thanks Mom!

Mee-Maw Visits

My Mom came down for a week to help me out since this pregnancy has not been easy. My Dad has been very generous to give up my Mom for a week. She's revolutionized my kitchen and I've been eating soooo well this week.

Coleman calls my mom "mee-maw" because he can't say Grandma. That makes my Dad Pee-paw.

Here is Coleman showing Mee-Maw how fast he can run and acting very silly.

Dip Dump

I can always tell when Coleman is tired because he gets super giggly. This is a good example of that. He was fine after his little fall and when right back to playing by the way.

Playing in the Sprinkler

Today while Jared worked on his art Coleman and I cooled off in the sprinkler. At first he was a little timid with the water, but it didn't take him long to start enjoying it and even sticking his head directly in the stream.

Pregnant!

I made it to 12 weeks pregnant! That's the little nugget causing me so much misery. That's not an actual picture of our nugget, just one i found on line. My suspicion is its a girl since I've been so much sicker this time than I was with Coleman. I turned a corner this last week and suddenly feel my energy back and very little nausea.

During the worst of my sickness Jared was desperately seeking advice from women he'd meet through his job. One woman suggested drinking a tablespoon of cider vinegar once a day and in three days I'd feel much better. I was desperate so I tried it, not having eaten or drank much for days. I took a tablespoon of cider vinegar and loved it!! It was like a shot of whiskey on a cold winter's day. My body just loved it. By the third day I was feeling much better. I tried another tablespoon of vinegar a week later and it tasted pretty awful and burned so much. Very strange how that was what my body was craving then, but not now.

Coleman has been so clingy to me lately and orders me to come with him all the time. I love it, but I worry about his reaction to the new baby.

Oh, two of my weird food cravings have been celery and cream cheese. It reminds me of visting Aunt Laurel's as a kid and eating it with my cousins there. But I'm loving it now. Also, the Thai coconut soup I can't get enough of. Does anyone have a good recipe for it so we don't go broke?? :)

Coleman Dancing

Coleman is starting to like music more and dance to it. He'll even dance to my ridiculous ring tone. His new favorite thing is to go collect nuts, leaves, sticks and rocks in his garbage truck. He's very deliberate and careful, as you can see in the video.

Yesterday was his first day of 'school' at the Parents' Day Out program at the nearby church. When I dropped him off he was clinging to me and crying. When I picked him up he was playing with a train and didn't want to leave. When you ask him if he liked school, he'll say "ohhh" and "choo-choo". They told me that he really liked the singing too. It was a little sad for me to bring him to school. He's all growsed up!

I think Coleman is ready for potty training. He'll tell me when he's made a poop, and he's always eager to sit on his potty when we suggest it.