Not Too Much to report

Well I am 19 weeks and 2 days today. Only 6 more days till we find out if this precious baby #2 will be a boy or girl. I am so excited and can hardly wait. Then that will put me HALF way through this pregnancy. The names aren't coming to us very easily. I know we still have a while so we will concentrate more on this once we know what we are having. I am very proud of myself because I am only up 2 lbs so far from my start weight. WOOHOO!!! That is amazing compared to the @30 I had already gained while preggo with Branden. I am trying hard not to gain too much. Since I didn't lose the Branden baby weight I don't need lots more to add to my plump body.

I don't feel too much movement and haven't been able to get it to move for Wayne yet. He doesn't seem very interested anyways so I guess it's ok. Branden on the other hand loves to try. I pretend by bouncing the belly and he says "it kicked me" or "it got me" silly boy.

Potty training, WOW!! Lots of work. He really doesn't do too bad. Don't get me wrong we still have accidents. He goes most days in the same outfit and underwear he left the house in, but won't tell us when he needs to go. He holds it a lot longer though. So that is good he trained himself to do that. EXCEPT when he has to POOP! OH MY!!! He will go then tell us and there is nothing worse than POOPY UNDERWEAR while being preggo. What a nasty mess. Diapers only at bedtime. Which is saving LOTS of money. Now if he could be fully trained by Dec would be great.

The basement projects. Well they are coming along. We have a mess of papers cause we sold the desk from down there. But toy room walls are finally all sheet rocked. Wayne finished that last night and I painted the one outside wall with primer. Now it is ready to be painted the chalk board wall paint. Branden will love it. He can draw all over it. As long as he doesn't try it upstairs too. :) You never know. Mudding comes next. I've never done it but Wayne says it is no fun. So soon we will start there and then painting next. Then the nursery will be reclaimed.

Saturday I had my Tastefully Simple meeting in KC. So Wayne had heard of this place, Deanna Rose Farm and really wanted to take Branden. So they went and were gonna come back and get me but Branden was worn out and asleep. So I didn't get to go but they had fun. He loved feeding the goats. Wayne said they were very aggressive.

Sunday we did tons of Spring cleaning. moved furniture, dusted.... We organized toys and boxed up some and threw away some. Branden was a big help with this. Then we put a shelf of toys in his room that will stay there and put the changing table dresser back in the soon to be nursery. It is little steps, but every little bit gets us closer to being ready.

Tonight we are headed to the Mexican Fiesta. I hope it will be fun and won't get too hot. AND that Branden listens. He has been having a hard time with that lately. I know he is 2 but he has sure been testing me.

That is a run down of our fast paced boring lives.

Sunday Partridge Fun

Early in the week last week, My sister in law Michelle asked us to come visit. We were gonna do lunch and maybe go swimming. Sounded like fun to me. I have been feeling like a big bum lately. And we don't get to see Wayne's side very often since they don't live very close. I slept thru the 4th of July. Almost all day long. Wayne and Branden went to some friends for the night and I just laid around moping.

Sunday morning rolled around and I was ready to hit the road. He wanted to leave by 11:30. Well I maybe laid on the couch and fell back asleep. I woke up at 11 and he was in the shower. So I did the nice thing and got Branden ready and rounded up his swim stuff even though the weather didn't look the best, just in case we did still go swimming.

I took little man to go potty. It was just in time. You know what I mean. And thank goodness for that cause there is nothing worse especially when pregnant than cleaning out poopy underwear. Well he was so proud and wanted his daddy to come look. I know the gross things we do as parents. :)

Then everything went DOWN HILL from there and fast. Maybe it is just my emotions or maybe it was his lack of patience for my recent addition to my laziness(way more than normal). We had a HUGE blow out. Of course after that I didn't want to be stuck in a car with him and have to fake like I was in a good mood. I'm sure you all have days like that. So I shut myself in the bathroom and cried. I LOVE MOOD SWINGS!!! An hour after we should have left I finally calmed down and got in the shower. I'm sure Wayne loves dealing with me and my many personalities.

I am glad I went. It was fun and great to see the family and watch the cousins play together. And I enjoyed relaxing with a full belly while watching a good movie. After the movie, outside for some pop its.

Branden trying to hit the ball with a tennis racket. And Wayne giving Michelle a hard time, as ALWAYS.

Uncle Chris let Branden interrupt him and John's game to help Branden make a basket.

Branden playing referree between Michelle and Chris. The were wrestling and he was in the saving mood.

Then the Partridge's just sat around and visited. Branden is off to the side coloring on the sidewalk too and Papa Bill is napping in the house.

What a great trip!!!

Our Fri Night Firework Fun!!!

Well this year has flown by so fast and then BAM!! Forth of July was here. I just wasn't in the mood for it. But of course we had to do something for Branden. This is the 1st year he has any idea things were going on. So him and Wayne went and bought some fireworks and we had our friend Sarah out to share in the fun.
Branden is excited to get started!

CHEEZE!!!

Wayne and Branden lit off some little fun stuff Branden picked. That is the super fast turtle. and they did little tanks and some other things too.

Then I figured we could give sparklers a try. I made me NERVOUS!!! Branden with fire in his hand. I had to try and relax, but it wasn't easy. Fireworks are pretty to look at but keep them AWAY from me. :)

There he is. A BIG boy. Holding it out away and didn't burn himself or anything. When the stick would get short and he could feel the heat he would try to hand me the lit end. Finally I got him to throw it on the rocks when it was too hot for him.

Does he look like a trouble maker or what???

He wore the ear phones only a couple times. He didn't like the squealers that Wayne was lighting off.

Me, Branden and Sarah eating ice-pops after watching a great show Wayne put on. Thanks Wayne.