Chloe is 6!!!

My baby girl is 6 years old today! Man, time flies way too fast! My mom always tells me how fast they grow up and that I won't believe it. Of course, moms are always right, and she's definitely right about this! I honestly can't believe that my baby girl is 6!

Chloe is such a sweet, bright, funny little girl. She says totally off the wall things constantly and she always keeps me laughing. She's such a snuggler and she's always the first to give me a kiss and hug in the morning! The funny thing about her is that she loves men! I'm not kidding. This girl could be in a room of 50 women and 1 guy and she would head straight for the guy. Every time I pick her up from Sunday School, she's always playing around with this teenage guy that works in there. And she loves to joke around with her uncles every time we're with family. It scares me a little that she's boy crazy too, because when we're talking about her friends at school, she loves to talk about her boy friends (not boyfriends ;P). Of course, I'm not really that worried, I mean I will be when she's older, but for right now I just want her to have fun with her friends...whether they be boys or girls. She will be starting 1st grade and she's very excited! We went school supply shopping this past Saturday, so she's all set to start!

I love my precious Chloe so much and my life wouldn't be complete without her!

Happy Birthday sweet girl!!


Here she is first born

1 year old

2 years old


3 years old

4 years old

5 years old

My big 6 year old!!

27 weeks!

How far along? 27 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: It's probably up a few more pounds due to all the cheese quesadillas and ice cream :)

Maternity clothes? Yep

Stretch marks? Sure

Sleep: It's still pretty good, although I caught a little bit of poison ivy from the hubby and it's really frustrating.

Best moment this week: Celebrating Chloe's 6th birthday (which isn't actually till tomorrow) last Friday by going out to eat and taking her miniature golfing. We also had a little birthday party for her at my mom's house on Sunday with the family.

Movement: Yeah, he's quite the little wiggler (see previous post)

Food cravings: I've been really craving ice cream lately

Gender: I'm assuming he's still a boy...should I just keep this answer every week? I'm pretty sure he won't morph into a girl! ;)

Labor Signs: I'm starting to have braxton hicks contractions...I actually started getting them a couple of weeks ago, but forgot to post about it. They don't hurt, but they're so annoying.

Belly button in or out? In...but it's stretching out.

What I miss: Nothing

What I am looking forward to: Hearing his little heartbeat at my dr. appt. next Monday.

Weekly wisdom: I'm drawing a blank. :/

Milestones: This is the last week for me to be in the 2nd trimester!



How your baby's growing:
This week, your baby weighs almost 2 pounds (like a head of cauliflower) and is about 14 1/2 inches long with her legs extended. She's sleeping and waking at regular intervals, opening and closing her eyes, and perhaps even sucking her fingers. With more brain tissue developing, your baby's brain is very active now. While her lungs are still immature, they would be capable of functioning — with a lot of medical help — if she were to be born now. Chalk up any tiny rhythmic movements you may be feeling to a case of baby hiccups, which may be common from now on. Each episode usually lasts only a few moments, and they don't bother her, so just relax and enjoy the tickle.

A sign of things to come

This kid, ya know, the one that I'm carrying inside of me, the one we call Jett. Yeah, him. I'm pretty for sure he thinks it's completely okay to kick me all. night. long. Already. We're not even to 30 weeks yet. And he's not even in my ribs yet. And he's probably not even 2 pounds yet. Please, oh please my little Jett darling, don't be like this when you come out. Of course, you can do anything you want and I will love you an insane amount, more than you could ever imagine, but can you just do this one thing for me?

I can already see Elijah in him...and he's not even born yet. :)

More photoshop awesomeness!!

Thanks to MckMama and her fabulous photoshop tips, I have taken my photo from
this:



To this:




The photo below is how I had it originally photoshopped, which I still like, but I LOVE the distressed filters the best!



Here's this one of Isaac straight out of the camera:


And here it is after:



This is how I had it originally fixed, which again, I really like, but the distressed look gets me every time.


And lastly, this picture of the boys is one I have really wanted to print and hang, but haven't because I figured I don't want little Jett left out. Well, I may still do it just because now it looks amazing after I altered it with her tips.

Here it is straight out of the camera:



And this is how I had it fixed up before, which, yet again, I really like....but....




Oh my goodness...I'm in love with this version (or whatever you call it...hey, it's late and I'm tired)



She says that she buys her images, i.e. scratched metal, burlap, etc.(the ones you will place over your own photo) off iStock.photo, but I just googled distressed filters (under images) and things like that and saved them to my computer. One word though, when you google them, make sure you click on the tab that comes down and select "extra large" size, otherwise, when you overlay them and stretch them out over the original picture, they will look all pixelly (is that a word?).
Anyway, go try it out! It's way too much fun not to!! And if you don't have photoshop, get it! :)

New rooms!

Mike didn't work today, so we decided to move the girls' room to the playroom downstairs. I'm sure the boring details are something only I care about, but since this is my blog, I'm gonna put them in here anyway. :) We moved their bed, nightstand, dresser, chest of drawers, tv, and rearranged the playroom downstairs to fit it all. We also moved the crib, the bookshelf, the changing table and the rocking chair out of Elijah and Isaac's room and into Jett's room (which is where the girls were). We took the chest of drawers (the one that hasn't been used at all in the past 4 years) out of my closet and put that in Elijah and Isaac's room to take the place of the changing table, since all of Elijah's clothes were in that. We're planning on moving our other toddler bed upstairs into Elijah and Isaac's room once we get a mattress for it. Isaac will just sleep in Jett's room until then. We still need to get Jett's bedding and stuff and paint in his room...we certainly can't keep it purple...and we'll be pretty much done!! I don't think we're gonna paint the downstairs to match the girls' stuff any time soon. I'm sure they'll want it done eventually, but for now it's good. They've been down there all day playing...they love it!

We've been talking about doing all that for a while now, and I'm so glad that it's finally done!

26 Weeks!!

How far along? 26 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: I haven't weighed myself in about 3 or 4 days...I'm assuming it hasn't changed a whole lot

Maternity clothes? Yep

Stretch marks? Sure

Sleep: Okay...

Best moment this week: Having everything cleaned! :)

Movement: Alot!

Food cravings: Cheese quesadillas

Gender: I'm assuming he's still a boy...should I just keep this answer every week? I'm pretty sure he won't morph into a girl! ;)

Labor Signs: None.

Belly button in or out? In...but it's stretching out.

What I miss: Nothing really...

What I am looking forward to: School shopping for the girls ;)

Weekly wisdom: I'm really trying to enjoy every moment of this pregnancy, since I know it will be my last.

Milestones: Every day!!



The network of nerves in your baby's ears is better developed and more sensitive than before. He may now be able to hear both your voice and your partner's as you chat with each other. He's inhaling and exhaling small amounts of amniotic fluid, which is essential for the development of his lungs. These so-called breathing movements are also good practice for when he's born and takes that first gulp of air. And he's continuing to put on baby fat. He now weighs about a pound and two-thirds and measures 14 inches (an English hothouse cucumber) from head to heel. If you're having a boy, his testicles are beginning to descend into his scrotum — a trip that will take about two to three days.

Double Digits!

99 days left till we meet our Jett...maybe less! Can't wait! =)

And, there have been over 7,000 views of Isaac's birth video I posted on youtube! Yikes!

Okay, that's all I wanted to say.