Beautiful Weather

We finally got some cooler weather and were able to spend some time outside this weekend.  We packed a picnic lunch and headed to the playground.

 Here's Hailey, Oliver, Mommy, and Mommy's Big Belly

 

 Hailey was all over the place!

Sliding....

 

 

 

 

 Learning how to swing by herself....

 

 Climbing....

 And sliding some more!

Summer Days

Between the combination of record breaking heat and my (near record breaking) growing belly, needless to say we’ve been spending our days indoors. 

I would love to be out swimming, going to the park, and taking more road trips, but we’ve found ways to have fun indoors too.

Playing dress up and building tents

 Cooking with Mommy

 

 

 Painting

Making playhouses out of baby brother’s furniture boxes

Decorating cakes

I really hope we have some cooler weather in the next few weeks.  I want to be able to enjoy some time outdoors with Hailey before Logan arrives.

Announcing....

Baby Boy's name will be............

 Logan Reid

We had considered using Logan Reid before we knew if Hailey was a girl or boy, so when we found out that baby #2 is a boy I immediately jumped back to Logan. There's so many cute names out there that it took us a while to be sure, but I think Logan just seems to fit.

50's Party

Last week was 50's day at daycare. Everyone dressed up, drank coke floats, and had a hula hoop and dance contest.  Here's a couple pics of Hailey in her poodle skirt.

Tulsa Trip

After spending the past several weekends fighting off sore throats and colds, we finally got to take our trip to the aquarium.  When we told Hailey where we were going, all she would talk about was wanting to see the sharks, nemo fish, and turtles!  Oh, and the ice cream I told her we would eat at the pizza place.  Two year olds forget nothing!

We arrived in Tulsa for a late lunch, then hit the aquarium

 When she was scared to get close to this shark statue, I thought we were going to be in for a long afternoon, but she did okay.  I just had to remind myself that she was seeing things she had never seen before in real life, I would have been a little scared too!

 Looking at the starfish
 Notice the mass of curls on my child's head.  Her hair was perfectly straight when we left the house, but the humidity makes it curl right up. I would love to have curls like hers.

 Baby turtles on a log

Waiting to touch a stingray!
I guess the stingrays are used to people messing with them because when everyone put their hands in the water, they swam right over turned up on their sides and started splashing everyone!  The little girls standing next to us got soaked. Hailey just got a few splashes, but it was hilarious. Wish I would have had our video camera. 

 

 Next was the shark tunnel. The lack of light made it difficult to get any good pictures.  Hailey liked the sharks until Daddy pointed out the "scary teeth" on this guy.  At this point, Hailey was ready to "Go Home!"

 

 So, we went and found the Nemo fish.  Dorie was even in the tank too!  Hailey was a happy girl.
  

After the aquarium we headed to the Carter's store to find baby brother some clothes.  Hailey was more interested in playing with the lego table than helping us shop, so needless to say we didn't get much accomplished.  Oh well, that's what online shopping is for.


Next it was time for Incredible Pizza!  This place is awesome for kids. It's like a giant Chuck E. Cheese  They have arcade games, an indoor go kart track, bumper cars, bowling, and mini golf.  They also have a huge buffet with pizza, pasta, salad, potato bar, dessert, and tons of other stuff.  The pizza is so so, but if you leave hungry it's your own fault.  Best of all, you can eat and play, eat and play as much as you want.  Hailey refused to eat anything but ice cream, but hey you're only young once. After two bowls of ice cream, the girl was hyped up!  She was dancing and jumping all over the place. She was the dance dance revolution queen!

Riding the train

 Go Karts with Daddy
 

 Going for the pass, Hailey and Daddy got 2nd place!
 

Bowling!

She loved her balloon animal ladybug!

After 3 1/2 hours of playing, we were getting worn out. We stopped by Bass Pro for a bit on the way home. Hailey liked looking at the boats.  We finally headed home around 10 o'clock. Can you believe it was still 98 degrees in Tulsa when we left?  The heat was horrible and after being in and out of the car and chasing a 2 year old all day, Kevin and I were wiped out, but we had a good day with just our little family of three!

Baby Boy Update

So I just checked my little pregnancy ticker and I have less than 100 days to go!  Woohoo!  I'm getting so excited to meet our little man. This week baby boy is about 14 inches long and weighs almost 2 pounds.  His lungs are developing this week and he should now be able to hear my voice.  I know his hearing works because every time a song with a good beat comes on, he starts dancing!  He also kicks fire out of me if I try to sing and jam out in the car.  Pretty sad when my unborn child can already tell that his Mommy has no musical ability at all.  Hailey is also quite the critic of my singing.  As soon as I start singing, she yells for me to stop!

Speaking of Hailey, I think she is finally starting to understand that a little brother is on the way.  For the longest time she would just give us a blank look when we mentioned the baby. Now she talks about mommy having a baby in her belly and little brother this and little brother that.  She also likes to rub my belly and feel him kick. 

And kick - boy does he kick!  He is such an active little booger.  I remember calling Hailey a little monkey, but baby boy is so much worse.  Some days I'm worn out just from him moving around so much.  Other than aches and pains, I can't really complain.  Overall I've felt pretty good.  I'm getting really excited to be having a little boy and can't wait for September to get here!

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Here's a peek at the bedding we picked out and got ordered (thanks mom & dad!).  I've chosen a crib too, but waiting for a good sale.  Oh, and we've pretty much decided on a name, but I want to be sure before I announce it.

Memorial Day Weekend

After all the rain lately, we were ready to spend some time outdoors.  Thankfully, we were blessed with some gorgeous weather this past weekend and from what I hear the rest of the week is supposed to be warm and dry.  That's some great news, especially for our poor back yard which has nearly washed away.

On Saturday, we headed to Lake Fort Smith for a picnic lunch and afternoon in the sun. 

 
The water was pretty muddy and we were a little disappointed that the pedal boats wouldn't accommodate the three of us, but Hailey had a good time throwing rocks in the water, picking flowers, and playing on the playground. 

We spent Monday afternoon splashing in Hailey's new pool.  Now that she's a big girl, it was time for a bigger pool.  Now Mommy and Daddy can sit in it and cool off too.  We set it up at the bottom of her slide and she had a blast!

Berry Fun!

 A couple weeks ago was the Wild Things Farm Spring festival.  Hailey's cousins joined us for a day at the farm and we had a blast! 

After a hayride from the parking area to the festival at the bottom of the hill, we checked out the pigs, fed the goats, and rode the cow train. (that's Hailey and Mommy in the second cow!)

Then the kids bounced in the bounce around and fed the ducks.  And can you believe, Hailey rode a pony?!  I just couldn't believe it.  As soon as she spotted the pony rides, all she wanted was to ride that horse!  I thought there is no way she is actually gonna get close to that thing, much less sit on it, but she marched right up there like such a big girl. 

 

After the pony rides, it was time to pick strawberries!

Daddy helped find the best ones.

How about this one?

 

It's a BOY!

Baby Johnson is a boy!  There's no doubt about it. In fact, as soon as the ultrasound tech turned the machine on, there was our boy in all his glory saying hey mom and dad check this out!

I'm a little nervous about having a boy. I just now feel like I got the taking care of a little girl thing down, this will be a whole new experience! I think Kevin is excited to have a reason to buy trains, remote control cars, and race tracks.  We haven't picked a name yet.  We've looked at tons of lists, but just can't seem to find the right one yet.  Oh well, we still have plenty of time. 


I'm not quite sure Hailey really knows what is going on.  When I ask her where baby brother is, she will point to my belly, but then she points to her belly and say "I've got a girl!"  Several of her friends at school will be having little brothers/sisters this fall too, so maybe that will help her understand a little better. 

So far, I've been feeling pretty good. I do have nights that I don't sleep very well and for some reason baby boy doesn't like it when I eat mexican food, which happens to be my favorite.  Other than that, no major complaints.  Only 19 more weeks until we get to meet our little man, I can't believe its going by so fast!

Big News!

Hailey is going to be a BIG sister!

That's right, we're expecting baby #2 in mid September!  We've known for a bit and shared the news with almost everyone already, but thanks to our computer crashing I haven't been able to blog about it.

We'd been planning another child for awhile, but the female body is a complicated thing, and mine didn't seem to want to cooperate.  I was beginning to get a little discouraged because nothing was happening, or so we thought...

I went to the doctor for a blood test to make sure everything was still in "working order" and they called me the next day to tell me that not only was I fine, but that I was pregnant!  What a crazy call to get while you're sitting at your desk at work.  Come to find out, my body was a little off the "normal", but then what else is new. Between taking one home test too early and another one that was likely a dud,  I caused myself to worry over nothing.

My first appointment was on March 16th and the ultrasound confirmed that I was 13 1/2 weeks pregnant. It just seems amazing to me that I basically skipped the first trimester.  No sickness or anything. I was a little more tired and hungry, but I chalked that up to chasing a two year old.  I am now at 18 weeks.  We find out what we're having next week!  We honestly don't have a preference either way.  It would be nice to have a boy so we'd have one of each, but little girls are so much fun. 

Our first look at Baby Johnson #2

Weekend Project

We bought Hailey a swingset for her birthday and had been waiting for some warmer weather before we put it together.  When the forecast called temps in the 70s this week, we decided it was time. When the set arrived on our driveway in two big boxes, we knew it was going to be quite a challenge to get this thing together. 

Kevin unpacked and organized all the pieces in our living room

Hard working men

My sweet Daddy and brother came to help

Hailey helped supervise

Waving from the clubhouse!

After two full days of building, the swingset was finally ready. 

Climbing up....

Sliding Down!

R is for .......lion???

Hailey has been learning her ABCs.  She has been able to say the alphabet for some time now, but lately she has been working on recognizing individual letters.  Tonight she was playing with her foam letters while in the bathtub.  Kevin would hold up a letter, Hailey would yell it out and then name something that starts with that letter.  D-Daddy, M-monkey, P-pig....and so on.  She was just rattling them off and I was quite impressed!

Then Kevin held up the letter R, and Hailey goes R - lion!  We were like what are you talking about?? She just kept saying it over and over.  Finally I realized - lion goes roarrrrr! Whenever she sees a lion in a book or on tv she always yells roarrrrr.  We got a good laugh over this and I thought it was just too funny not to share!