Half Way

Lots to update on....

Baby
We are half way there....or at least almost!  I am at 19 weeks and I am starting to feel the baby move around a ton.  Also felt the baby move from the outside for the first time yesterday.  Must mean we have a busy, growing little one.  I tried to have Hayden feel and he wasn't patient enough.  I had my 18 week check up on Tuesday.  We had to wait for about an hour and a half to see my doctor for all of five minutes.  Not fun...especially with Hayden in tow and during his nap time.  I was suppose to go on Monday and go right away in the morning but was called the week before to reschedule for Tuesday afternoon.  I won't do afternoon again.  Not fun!  Anywho....dr. said everything looked good and we go back on April 4th for our big ultrasound.  I'm looking forward to it very much!  I remember how much of a relief I felt when we had Hayden's knowing that he looked health and on track.  We won't be finding out if it's a boy or a girl.  However, it is very tempting.  We will just have to wait a little bit longer to find out. 

Playdates
We have been busy with lots of playdates lately.  I'm not sure who enjoys them more, me or Hayden.  We are very lucky that there are a lot of stay at home mom's in the area and I have gotten to know quite a few.  I'm definitely looking forward to bringing the playdates to the pool, the park or even our backyard.  The weather is starting to wear on us all.

Projects
We (or I should say Jason) has been VERY busy around here.  Along with a lot of help from our parents he has built a wall in our upstairs.  We had a loft type room up there and he has built a wall so that we have a proper bedroom.  This room will be Hayden's when it is all finished and the baby will go in what is Hayden's room now.  He is very excited to move rooms.  I will post pictures when it is all done. 
This past weekend my mom came to stay with us and we (again Jason) worked on another project with her.  They painted our guest bedroom which is in our basement.  We have not done much in our basement other than Jason building a closet in this bedroom and redoing our office.  After he got the closet finished I decided, let's get this room finished and off of our to-do list.  And what better time to paint it then when I am pregnant! :)  So I got out of that.  It didn't seem to take them very long though, so they didn't complain.  It looks much better than before and we are planning on getting new carpet in there too.  I will post pictures when this is done as well. 

Potty Training
I am VERY pleased to report we are on our way to having a potty trained little boy!  :) :) :) :)  This makes me so very happy, you have no idea.  Last Wednesday after going #2 in his pull-ups THREE times, I put things into high gear.  No more pull-ups (except at nap time and bed time), he gets a treat after going #2 successfully in the toilet, a sticker on a potty chart to earn some toy cars and he gets to pick out his big boy underwear every night.  I don't know which of these things is working, but we have not had any accidents (except for during nap time) since Wednesday.  I know there will be bumps along the way, but something seems to be working.  I feel like this pretty much consumes all of my day.