Happy Fathers Day

I hope everyone had a Happy Fathers Day!!!
I want to wish my dad, hubby and father in law a Happy fathers day!
we spent the weekend hanging around the house, working on our sun tans :) Sunday the weather was perfect, upper 70's so after i made Carson breakfast, we all laid out in the sun. The weather has been so cold and raining , it was nice to get some vitamin D :) later in the afternoon we headed over to Carson's parents for Tacos, Carson's sister, and grandparents were there also.

I am now officially "full term" 37 weeks.... and feeling huge!!! had a check up today, i am now 2 cm dilated and 60% effaced, dr. said she is very low and it could be any time now. with my luck it will be another couple of weeks. 90% of me is so ready to be done being pregnant and meet my baby girl, but that other 10% is still in shock that we will soon have 2 kids and we will be back to changing diapers, no sleeping, taking extra long to leave the house and all that good stuff. And then i also think how Colton's world is about to be turned upside down since he has been the only child for the past 4 years, i know he will be a good big brother, but i cant help to feel bad.

Here are some pictures from Fathers Day weekend. My dad had given Colton an old bow (i think of my brothers?) and Colton LOVES to practice shooting it, Carson sets up a target and he could shoot all day long. he says he is all ready to go hunting with Daddy. So sweet.

Hopefully my next update will be news of our new arrival :) have a wonderful week!!!

baby shower

Sorry for being m.i.a. the past few weeks... things have been getting busy for us around here and i have been so tired it seems like i spend any spare minute laying down these days.

Back on the 14th of May i was given a baby shower, i had a wonderful time, it was just perfect, and even the weather held out for us. Thank you for everyone who helped make my day so special and for helping out w/ the shower... i really appreciate everyone of you!!! and Val, thank you for my new addiction to funeral potatoes, i think about them and crave them daily!!!
We are pretty much done and have everything we need for the arrival of lil Addison, now we just sit back and wait on her to be done cookin'. I am 34 weeks and this Friday will be 35, crazy to think that i had Colton at 37, so she could be here in as little as 3 weeks or as long as 6, blah... lets hope we can meet in the middle and go w/ 4 weeks :)

This weekend is Memorial weekend so it was as long weekend off of work for me, it was so nice to be able to spend the entire weekend with Colton, we had a blast playing tons of games, going to the pool (indoor since its still SO COLD) and just hanging around. i am looking forward to being able to spend that time w/ him once i am done working too.

A few pictures of our trip over to Portland for Amanda and Johns wedding, and while we were there we went to the Tuplip Fest in Woodburn... it was breath taking, and it was an absolute perfect day to go!! the belly shot is 30 week :)

T Minus 10 weeks!

T- Minus 10 weeks and counting!!! As of today, I am 30 weeks pregnant, only 10 weeks (hoping for less) to go! Had my 30 week check up this week with the doctor... things look great, he did a quick ultra sound to try to make sure she is still a she (for some reason my old doctor wrote in the file she was a he) however, she is already head down, ready to go and she had her back against my stomach so he couldnt get a good view, lets pray the first ultra sound was correct! Other than that everything was looking good, i was measuring right at 30 weeks, so right on track... my weight gain is well... weight gain :) up 24lbs, balh! but Dr. says i am doing great. I will now go in every 2 weeks until the middle of June then every week (if i make it that far, i didnt make it to my every week appointment with Colton). I just hope that the next 2 months fly by, we can not wait to meet our lil princess, and i can not wait to not be pregnant anymore.
We have finally decided on her name and spelling of it... she will be named Addison Marie Widmer :) we hope that you all love it as much as we do.

Colton had his 4 year check up a couple weeks ago, and as usual, he is off the charts for his weight and height... 50lbs and 44" tall. Doctor said he is doing great, he only needed 1 shot, and boy i thought that was going to be the end of his world! the nurse had told him at the first part of the appointment that he would need it... mistake #1, dont tell a 4 year old about a shot 30 minutes before its going to happen. once the doctor walked in, Colton told him that he was "allergic to shots and he could not get one" The Dr. thought that was pretty funny. By the time the appointment was over and it was time for the shot, colton was hiding behind the chair, freaking out, i am sure the entire medical clinic could hear him crying, poor guy... but mommy told him we would go get a milkshake right after and all was well :) Other than that, he is doing great.... on the days its nice out, i hardly see him in the afternoon he comes home, and goes right out to the back yard to play in the dirt, he is such a boy!!

Last weekend was Easter, we had a very busy Easter Sunday... Started off doing a little thing with the 3 of us at home, Colton, bless his heart slept in until almost 9 on Sunday, comes into our room and asks when the Easter Bunny was every going to come, he said he has been waiting for him ALL NIGHT LONG! so Carson told Colton he thought he heard him during the night, Colton went to check it out... i wish i would have gotten him on video he was SO excited to see that the Easter Bunny had left him a basket and eggs to find. :) After doing our thing, we headed over to Carsons parents for a really good brunch and more Easter fun with the cousins, then we went to my parents house for a Easter dinner.... we had a great day and had some really great food.

This weekend we are heading over to a wedding in Portland, it will be nice to get out of town for a couple of days. I'll post pictures when we get back .

March birthday madness

Happy 4th Birthday to my baby boy!!!! Wow, i wish i could freeze time, my baby is growing up so quickly!!! last week we celebrated Colton's 4th Birthday. Had a nice little family party at our house, did a BBQ, and Cake and Ice cream, he had a blast, even got him a pirate ship pinata to go along with his pirate theme ( the kids loved it since there were only a couple of kidds, and they didnt have to fight over all the candy). On his actual birthday, i took the day off work and we had a mommy and a colton day of fun, the day was totally up to him... we woke up, made cinnamon rolls for breakfast, got ready went to the store so he could pick out a toy bow that he had been asking for, went to lunch w/ junk food nanny and pappa and uncle Thomas at Red Robin, then he wanted to go to the pet store to look at the animals so we did that then headed over to Sun Mountain Fun Center to play in the arcade, after that we went home had dinner and did gifts and more cake and ice cream. Colton is growing up so much, he got weighed today, and he is 49lbs, and 46inches can not belive how big he is. He is really into drawing Carson and I pictures these days too, and his pictures finally look like something other than a bunch of lines. I love his imagination and the way he explains things to me, he is so smart! He loves to help out around the house, and in the yard with carson, he is also doing great with eating (finally!!!) he is eating his vegetables, fruits, meats, everything. I love it when he says "Mom, you are the best cook ever" its so sweet. He is such a sweet caring boy, he melts my heart every day.

On Saturday, we also celebrated Carson's 29th Birthday, only one more year til the Dirty Thirty! and yes, i have to remind him of that too :) I think i need to start planning a big party now. For his birthday, i decided that i wanted to bake him a cake from scratch so i found a really good recipe for a chocolate cake and one for chocolate cream cheese frosting. it was a hit and turned out really good. I really want to take a class on cake decorating, just need to find the time to do it.

Lil baby Addy is growing good in my belly... i have a doctor appointment on wed. and i am already 25 weeks, this pregnancy has gone by so much faster than it did when i was pregnant with Colton. I just hope that the next 3 months go just as fast. We set up her crib over the weekend and have most of the baby stuff in the room, we also did a really neat wall art type thing for her room, as soon as we get it up, i'll post pictures. but i was feeling crafty and it was my first do it yourself project. (well, OK, my idea, but my sweet husband actually did it all for me so i didnt have to breath the nasty paint and glue fumes) I can not wait to get her room all put together.

half way update

I am now over the "half way" mark of this pregnancy. i will be 24 weeks this friday, and i feel as if i am 34 weeks :) I am finally feeling pretty good and have most of my energy back, so I am very thankful for that. I found out last week that my OB is no longer with the practice i was going to, so I now have a new doctor, I meet him at the end of the month. Its kind of a bummer to have to change doctors this far into the pregnancy but what can you do?! We have decided on a name for our lil princess, it will be Addyson Marie Widmer, (Addy for short) Colton says her name is going to be Wally, so any time we talk about her he refers to her as Wally. He is going to be such a great big brother, and is really excited for Addyson to get here; he loves to put his hands on my stomach and feel her moving and kicking. Its so neat that we are able to share this experience with him and that he can actually understand what is going on... well, most of whats going on, he did ask me the other day how the baby will get out of my belly and wanted to know if she comes out my belly button. (we will just go with answering yes to that for now) :)
One week from tomorrow will be my baby's 4th birthday, where did the time go? i can not wrap my brain around the fact that he will be 4 years old, 4 seems so old. it seems like just yesterday we brought him home from the hospital and he was so tiny. This year we are just going to celebrate his birthday with our family and a few close family friends at our house doing a BBQ. He didn't really want a birthday party he said and since i felt horrible for that and i still wanted to make his birthday special, we are still doing a pirate theme even if its only Colton, Bella and his friend Michaela. :) I know that he will have a blast with all of us.
I will post more after his birthday next week.

Think PINK!!!

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gosh, i am really slacking on updating my blog, so sorry!!!

well, i am now 18 weeks, almost 19, and that means almost HALF WAY done with this pregnancy. it makes me excited, yet sad at the same time since this will be our last baby. I am still getting sick in the mornings, and i have only gained 2lbs so far! ( i am sure i will start to pack on the pounds anytime). due to the stress that my work is giving me i have been having bad contractions already and the doctor wants me to relax, de-stress and get as much rest as i can... boy is that easier said than done, especially with Colton running around. Anyways, i just have to learn to just sit and relax i guess.
Anyways, at my last appointment i sweet talked our wonderful Dr. Amend into doing an ultra sound to see if we could find out the sex before my scheduled one a the end of the month, i honestly didn't think he would but when they said "OK" i got so excited then i felt bad since Carson was not at the app. with me, so i had him not tell me what he saw and to put write it on the u/s picture and put it in an envelope so carson and I could open it together... let me tell you, that was the longest 2 hour wait for Carson to get home from work that day, i was going nuts! he Finally got home and we opened it and it is a.............................GIRL!!!!!! yey! we are so excited to have a little girl, cant wait to buy little dresses and put bows in her hair. :) we are not 100% sure on a name, but as now it is Addison Marie, or Addison Lynn.
Other than that things are going fine, Colton is getting really excited about his birthday next month, cant believe my baby will be 4 pretty soon. this year we are just going to have a small party with just a few friends and we will have it at home this year.

I will update more after my ultrasound that is scheduled on the 22nd.... hopefully the doctor was not wrong and she is not really a "he" i have that fear lol.

Hope you are all doing well!

Big News!

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and Happy Birthday to ME!!!

So sorry i have been MIA the past month or so, we have not really had the internet so its been hard to update my blog.

Christmas was so much fun this year with Colton, by far the best age yet. All the anticipation for the big guy in red to come and then seeing his face light up Christmas morning was the best sight ever. Colton wanted a Pillow Pet very bad this year, when you would ask him what he wanted thats all he would say, so to see his face when he opened up the pillow pet gift from Santa and to hear the excitement in his voice just for that small gift was so precious. We did our thing at home with the 3 of us, then headed out to Matt and Tannas for a good breakfast and Christmas #2, after that we went over to my parents house for Christmas #3, by the end of the day we were all worn out!

New Years this year was very low key, i made a yummy steak and shrimp dinner then we went to bed pretty early. Carson and the dog got up around 3am to go chucker hunting and they had a 4 hour drive for that, it was fine that we didnt do anything since its probably best to stay off the roads with all the crazies on New Years Eve. :)

Happy 27th birthday to me!!! We celebrated my birthday with my family and went out to eat, it was pretty low key. Friday night, Tanna planned a girls night/birthday bash at a local bar/restaurant with a few of our good friends. I had a great night with the girls and had some good food and she also got some great cupcakes for me too! Thanks Tanna for being a great sista i really appreciate everything you did, i had a great time!!!

BIG NEWS......... baby #2 is baking in the oven!!! Colton will be a big brother July 2011, we are so excited !!! Just like with Colton, i have been pretty sick, and i am really hoping that since i am in the 2nd trimester it will go away any day now. We are really hoping for a girl, but i have this gut feeling its a boy.... we will find out here in the next few weeks i hope. :)

Belly pictures to come soon :)