She is too big :(

For the past couple of days I have felt like my little 4 year old Alexis is just getting way to grown up :( Sometimes I wish I could stop time, so that she'll stop getting older. The other day while driving her to preschool she says "Mom, I want to walk in by myself." I was like you don't want me to walk you in? She said "No, I want to go in by myself." Since Alexis started preschool, I've always walked her in to make sure she gets inside and to say bye to her. I guess she saw one of the other kids walk in by themselves, so she felt that it was necessary to start doing the same thing. I know that walking into preschool by herself is such a little thing, but it really made me sad for a minute. She got out of the car and walked up the driveway and went inside. She waved bye to me and that was that. I asked her if I could still go in to get her after school and she said "Of course you can Mom." So at least she is still allowing me to walk inside to get her.

Also a couple of nights ago Jonathon and I decided that since the baby will be here very soon, we have to get Alexis to start going to bed at an earlier time, and start sleeping in her own bed. Yes, Alexis was still sleeping with us. I don't care what anyone says about that, because Jonathon and I wouldn't change it for anything. Since Alexis was born I felt a lot better with her sleeping next to me. Even when she was in her crib next to me, I could not sleep. Jonathon has always enjoyed cuddling with her as well.. and we've had some pretty weird work schedules since Alexis was born, so it's always worked out to where she'd sleep in our bed. When she was just a baby, I worked on a graveyard shift as a supervisor at a call center. Jonathon would always just have her sleep next to him, so that he'd hear her when she woke up. Then Jonathon has had a lot of weird schedules while working as a miner.. and I've always liked Alexis to sleep with me when he worked at night. I don't really like sleeping all alone. So the fact that our 4 year old was still sleeping with us was definitely our fault. There were even some nights she'd fall asleep in her own bed.. but one of us would go get her out :) So anyways like I was saying we decided a few nights ago that we were going to get Alexis to start sleeping in her own bed. So the first night went pretty smoothly... Alexis and I went to the store and got her a board to put stickers on for every night she stayed in her bed all night. Then I told her at the end of the week, we'd get her a prize. I put her in her bed and laid next to her for a minute. She fell asleep with me next to her, which I also didn't want her to get in the habit of.. but I figured with it being the first night of trying this out it was okay. She actually stayed in her bed all night, but woke up a lot asking me to lay next to her. The second night we put her to bed at 7:30. It is a good thing we started out that early because it took her until 9:00 to go to sleep. She came out of her room about 50 times. Jonathon would go put her back in, and say goodnight.. then I would take a turn. She was so upset and just kept saying "Why don't you want to hold me?" or "You don't even like me." It was so sad.. and I almost lost it a few times :( Jonathon has a very hard time hearing her cry too. I think every parent does... but we stuck with it, which I was very proud of us for. She did finally fall asleep all by herself. She stayed in her bed all night.. and even when Jonathon got up at 5:00 a.m. to go to work and asked her if she wanted to get into bed with me.. she said "No, I'm okay." I was so surprised Last night went a lot smoother. I put her to bed around 8:30 (only because Chad and Kelly were here visiting and she wanted to play with Nicole) and she cried for about 5 minutes and fell asleep all by herself! So I'm thinking that it is working! I still get a little emotional because I feel like I need to give Alexis my full attention for the next couple of months. I know that doesn't mean that she has to sleep with us.. but when your child is 4 usually the only time they'll let you hold them for more then a few minutes is if you cuddle with them at night. Alexis is great though, because she will come up to me a lot during the day just for hugs and kisses. Hopefully that doesn't change to quick. Alexis is so independent and I wish sometimes that she'd still want me to or let me do some things.
She is so cute though.. she wakes up in the morning and gets so excited to put a sticker on her chart! She even has a new sleeping buddy. She has a stuffed elephant that she has to have next to her all night! So I am very very proud of her... but as a mom I'm a little sad that she isn't my little baby anymore. I still want to feel needed. I guess it is a good thing that we are having another little one.... :)

Past weekend...

Nicole trying to give my belly kisses :)

The past weekend we made a quick trip up north so that Jonathon and Chad could do some Pest Control Services. We left Friday at about noon and came back yesterday. We stayed at Chad and Kelly's house and on Friday night we watched the Jazz Game, ate pizza, and just visited. On Saturday we spent time at Jonathon's moms house and got to visit with his family. Even though it was a really quick trip it was fun to get to see Chad, Kelly, and Nicole.. and spend time with Jonathon's family as well!

We are getting very excited for Thanksgiving, and we'll be driving back up north next Wednesday to spend the holiday with Jonathon's family. I will also have my next doc. appt. that week. Kinleigh is still moving constantly, which is the best feeling ever! Alexis is starting to get very anxious for her sister to come.. and says "Mom, your belly is big," whenever I tell her she has to keep growing a little bit longer :)

Well Jonathon, Alexis, and I all got sick with Bronchitis and went to the doctor for some antibiotics. Alexis and Jonathon seem to be doing wonderful, but my dang cough and stuffy nose won't go away... Anyways it was a fun weekend! Hopefully this week will go by fast so that Thanksgiving will be here... and then onto all the Christmas fun!!! YAY :)

100 days to go...

So my little baby counter "ticker thing" says that as of today we have 100 days to go till baby Kinleigh's due date!! I'm thinking it will be more like 85 days to go because my doctor said he would induce me two weeks early :) I just thought it was cool that it says 100 days left!!

Well Alexis is sick with Bronchitis right now.. poor baby. We took her to the doctor yesterday and she acts like she is feeling a little bit better. I think I'm coming down with the same thing. We stayed home from church because I didn't want Alexis coughing all over the other kids.

Ami and Sam went up to his moms for the weekend and my mom volunteered to watch her little Boston Terrier puppy. Alexis loves her to pieces and has been playing with her non stop. Jonathon and I went and picked up some baby items this weekend too! So we now have a swing, stroller, car seat, and bassinet/pack and play crib thing! They all are very cute :)
It was nice to just stay home and relax this weekend.. We are usually traveling or something. But it's been nice to just spend time together!

My Beautiful 4 year old!

We had Alexis' 4 year old pics taken at Kiddie Kandids :) I think they turned out really cute!

25 weeks!

This is my belly now at 25 weeks along :) I took this two days ago on Oct. 31. As of today I'm 25 weeks and I'm getting super excited and anxious!! Just for Journal purposes.. I've gained 19 lbs. so far... I feel like that is a ton.. and I'm sure I'll just keep packing it on. My very sweet husband said I carry the extra weight well and that I'm beautiful as ever! Hopefully he'll still think that when I'm 9 months and maybe 30-40 lbs. heavier than I started.. Lol. With Alexis I gained 40. So we'll see....
Anyways Kinleigh is moving more and more everyday!! It's the best feeling in the world :)

Halloween Pic's :)

As I said in my earlier post Halloween was a lot of fun! The girls had fun trick or treating at the mall this year :)

Our Weekend..

This past weekend has been great! My Mom, Alexis, Grandma Josie, and I drove up north on Thursday afternoon because I had a Doc appt. My doctor said that the baby is doing great and growing just as she should be! The heartbeat sounded awesome.. and Alexis' little face just lit up when she heard it :) I asked Dr. Willis about the whole "how many c-sections someone can have" and he said he has done 11 c-sections on one of his patients. So I'm not at all worried now about having another c-section if I do decide to go that route. Dr. Willis said that if I keep seeing him.. he would be willing to induce me 2 weeks before my due date and that we would try a VBAC. That means Kinleigh would be here around Feb. 1st :) That is 2 weeks less that we have to wait to hold our little baby!! He said that I really don't have to choose just yet.. and that if we are going to be coming up here once a month anyways that he'd obviously love for me to keep seeing him. I do think I'm going to still meet with a Dr. in Monticello just in case I go into labor before my induction date and have to have the baby in Monticello. At least the doctor would know of me. But I'm no longer stressed out about it.. I am going to keep seeing my doctor up north and hope that Kinleigh will stay in until my induction date. I just feel more confident with Dr. Willis. Plus he delivered Alexis and I just think that would be neat for them to both have the same doc! Anyways...
Thursday night "the girls" and Chad all went to Red Robin for Keri and Kelly's b-day!! It was very yummy and I bought dinner for them for their b-day gift :) I also had Alexis' 4 year old pic's done at Kiddie Kandids that night.. They turned out so cute!! I will post them soon :) Jonathon, my Dad, Derek, and Derek's friend got to Kelly's house around 5:30 am. on Friday morning. They left when my Dad and Jonathon got off work. Then Jonathon and Chad woke up around 9 am. to go do some Pest Control services they needed to get done. We just kind of hung out on Friday and then that night the whole family went to Texas Roadhouse to celebrate Jonathon's, Kelly's, and Keri's b-days :) It was a lot of fun, but traffic was horrible that night. After dinner Jonathon, Alexis, and I went over to Dennis and Valynn's house to hang out and visit with Jonathon's family. We stayed the night at Celena's, then the next morning drove back down to Kelly's house to hang out. We went to the park and watched Chad fly his airplane and Lexi and Nicoley got to play on the playground :) Afterwards we went to Kelly's to get the girls ready for Halloween! They both looked so adorable :)
Since it was pouring rain we decided we'd try the "mall trick 0r treating" and it actually was really fun! The girls didn't have to freeze outside and got some yummy candy :) We all then drove up to Celena's and did a trunk or treat in her neighborhood.. It was still raining really bad so we got out of the car just long enough to go through the line. We waited about an hour and then my Mom, Kelly, Nicoley, Alexis, and I went around Celena's neighborhood and the girls had a lot of fun going and ringing the doorbells :) They both got their buckets filled up with candy and then we called it good!
Jonathon, Alexis, and I then went over to Dennis and Valynn's again and played games with his family that night as well :)
It was so fun to be able to do Halloween with both my family and Jonathon's family.. Even though the weather didn't cooperate at all. I wonder how many kids will be knocking doors tonight being that it is Sunday??

So a few weeks ago Kelly and I decided that instead of having our girls old clothes sit in boxes that she would use some of Alexis clothes that fit Nicoley perfectly right now.. and that I could take Nicoley's old baby clothes for Kinleigh!! I think it was a GREAT idea, because now Nicole has a whole new wardrobe and I probably have 7 garbage bags full of baby clothes between Alexis' baby clothes and Nicoley's baby clothes. In fact we counted the baby shoes and between Nicole's and Alexis'.. Kinleigh will start out with like 45 pairs of shoes!! I'm glad that both Kelly and I saved all of our stuff! Almost all of the clothes are in perfect condition :) Some haven't even been worn! It was fun going through all of Alexis' old things and Nicoley's. It's crazy that Alexis fit in those things.. lol. And it has been so fun to see Nicole in some of my favorite outfits of Alexis' :) Better that than them sitting in boxes for years and years.
Nicole is getting so big already too! She is so much fun right now :) Alexis and her get along pretty good.. they fight about toys sometimes.. but what kids don't? I'm glad Lexi has Sorcia, Izzy, and Nicoley to play with!

Jonathon and I were going to go back to Monticello today.. But our car has a broken mount something?? I don't really know.. so we are getting it fixed tomorrow morning. The car is still under warranty so that is a good thing. Then we'll head home so that Jonathon can make it to work tomorrow night. Tonight we are supposed to be getting together with Jonathon's family again.. so that should be fun. I will post Halloween pics soon :)

Halloween through the years!!

This was taken today... Alexis got to wear her costume to Preschool today! She was super excited.. I was worried that she'd bend her wings.. but she took great care of it :) She decided she wanted to be a Lady Bug this year! Her costume is from Old Navy this year as well!

My little Lady Bug eating breakfast before school this morning :)

She is getting so stinkin big.. :( makes me sad.... But

she is a beautiful Lady Bug!!

Last year Alexis was a Butterfly :) I got her costume at Old Navy!

In 2008 Alexis was a cute little Kitty Cat! She was so so stinkin cute with that little tail on the back :) I got this costume from Old Navy.

Alexis is 1 year old here... How time flies by.. She was Snow White this year but wore her coat over it most the time because it wasn't the warmest costume ever... She was a very cute Snow White :)

Lexi's first pumpkin! Jonathon carved her name in it.. She is just so little... I miss those days sometimes :(

Pretty scenery :)

We drove up the mountain the other day, while Derek was looking for Deer for the Deer hunt. The trees are so pretty right now :) Alexis has been enjoying riding out with them to look for deer. My Dad already got his, but Derek hasn't yet.. So hopefully soon!

22 weeks along pictures...

These were taken on October 14th. So almost 2 weeks ago.. I was 22 weeks along :) Just had to hurry and post them before I forgot.. I want to keep track of how gigantic I get.... LOL!!

Carving pumpkins!

We went and got some pumpkins the other night.. and Alexis was so excited to carve one! We only carved one.. so that the other ones wouldn't go bad before Halloween. But Alexis really wanted to carve at least one.. and she enjoyed helping her daddy do it :)
The finished product :)

Alexis helping clean out all the yucky stuff!

At first she didn't mind picking out all the seeds.. but then she

didn't want the yucky stuff on her hands.. so she made Jonathon do it!

Pumpkins, pumpkins, pumpkins....

Alexis and I drove up north this past weekend with my mom and Grandma Josie. My Grandma had a dentist appt. so we went along for the ride.. and just for something to do. On Saturday Alexis and I went to this Pumpkin place with Chad, Kelly, and Nicole. Kelly and I wanted to get a couple cute pics of the girls by the pumpkins.. Nicole didn't cooperate too well, but I think we got a couple of cute ones!

Gigantic Pumpkins!

Playing guitar :)

Alexis loves to play guitar with her dad. Anytime Jonathon plays Alexis will get her guitar out too! I love that Alexis will get to grow up learning how to play.. Jonathon and her will probably even write songs together! It is just something they really enjoy doing together :)