For my kids

Growing up, we listened to a lot of music.  I have very few memories of when I was a little kid and I really don't know why that is, but most of what I remember is music related.  Dancing to records that Dad had on old albums or belting out our favorite songs with Mom in the car when she would pick us up to go somewhere.  Over the years, there have been several songs that have meant something to me.  My mom has a habit of turning song lyrics into a sappy entry for a card on big occasions.  i.e. confirmation, college graduation, you get the drift...

For my Confirmation, my mom included the lyrics from I Hope You Dance by Lee Ann Womack.  I still think about my mom every time I hear that song.

For my college graduation, it was Rascal Flatts', My Wish.  Again, I always think of her, but now I cry when I hear it because I think, "wow, that's what I wish for Lila too".

So I've been watching the show Parenthood by suggestion of my good friend Sarah.  I have seen the show before, but have not kept up.  I decided that I would start watching it from the beginning a couple weeks ago and OMG!  I love it.  One thing I always look forward to every episode is the song selection that they choose.  They always always always have awesome tunes.  The theme song is Forever Young by Bob Dylan.  Bob Dylan is pretty amazing and seems like you can listen to most of his songs and get a good meaning out of them.  Now every time I watch an episode, I immediately think of Lila and baby sister and them growing up and it makes me happy and sad.

So this post is for them (and any other kids we decide to have, LOL)!

Forever Young by Bob Dylan

May God bless and keep you always

May your wishes all come true

May you always do for others

And let others do for you

May you build a ladder to the stars

And climb on every rung

May you stay forever young

Forever young, forever young

May you stay forever young

May you grow up to be righteous

May you grow up to be true

May you always know the truth

And see the lights surrounding you

May you always be courageous

Stand upright and be strong

May you stay forever young

Forever young, forever young

May you stay forever young

May your hands always be busy

May your feet always be swift

May you have a strong foundation

When the winds of changes shift

May your heart always be joyful

May your song always be sung

May you stay forever young

Forever young, forever young

May you stay forever young

Read more: http://www.bobdylan.com/us/songs/forever-young#ixzz2JOoVjBJr

New Beginnings

I decided that with new things in our horizon that I needed to adjust my blog accordingly.  I never really liked "Here Comes Baby Girl" and especially with"Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" all over the TV these days, I just really want to get away from it now.  I started thinking of all things little girl and this is what I came up with.  I plan on keeping much of the content the same, however, little sister will be taking up her residence in this blog as well when she gets here.  I hope everyone continues to read as I *think* things are going to get a lot more interesting in coming months!  :)

I'm now 24 weeks pregnant and actually feeling great!  I'm still able to work out, run, and spin and am so glad since it gives me a chance to get away from everything when I do this.  I haven't been a diligent about taking pictures this time around, but I will have Neil get a belly shot tonight.  I'd like to generate some comparisons from my pregnancy with Lila and with this baby.  That may not be a good thing... :)

I had my glucose test yesterday at my checkup and I was a little nervous.  As you may remember, I had some trouble around this time with my last pregnancy.  You can read my post about it here.  I haven't had any "episodes" like that this time, so I'm hoping to keep it that way.  I just got the call and I passed the screening with flying colors.  Whew...  Next appointment in 4 weeks the twice a month after that!  This is when it seems to start flying by...until that screeching halt around 36 weeks when you think you will NEVER deliver a baby.

Happy Hump-day everyone!!!

Officially Potty Trained

I am proud to say that we are 100% potty trained. We were so blessed to have Lila potty trained in July. She showed interested earlier than we expected so we just went with it. Se has, however, been sleeping in pull-ups this whole time. No matter how much we limited her liquid intake, she would still almost always wake up pretty wet. I noticed a couple mornings about 3 weeks ago that she had gotten up dry, but just thought it was a fluke. She stayed at my Mom's the next night and I forgot a pull-up. My considerate mother so cleverly thought that a poise pad would be just the same. LOL I am still laughing at that. That's beside the point...she woke up dry again. It was at that point that I thought we would try panties to bed that night. We have been watching what she drinks before bed every night and so far so good. We haven't had an accident yet!! I'm not counting it out. I know better than that. We're just doing our best in trying to get her to pee before she really gets to sleep, if she fell asleep without us getting her on the potty.

I'm so happy about this. Having her potty trained before having another baby was something that was very important to me. I really didn't want two kids in diapers for multiple reasons!

You can read here how we started the potty training process.  I will say I highly recommend naked time.