check out the new ticker...

so as you can see, Ive made a new ticker for my pregnancy...why, you ask? b/c yesterday I had the "big ultrasound" (ya know, the one that tells you boy or girl.) so can you tell? will jenalyn and eli have a baby brother or baby sister?

you guessed it...a little baby brother!

I cant believe Ive reached the half way mark already. I swear I was just announcing I was preggo, but apparently that was a while back. so here we are, half way there. oops, actually a little more than half. after the ultrasound the dr. said she'll move up my due date b/c based on this one and the last ultrasound Im about 21 weeks and a few days. so that makes it for sure (I cant phathom going any longer - Im huge!) 3 under 3! even the ultrasound tech said to be ready by mid-march...so let the boy names begin...

she's a BIG GIRL now!

so last friday we decided it was time to transition her to a big girl bed (a twin). we actually chickened out a couple weeks back b/c of a runny nose, but we did it finally and (knock on wood) it was a breeze...
we made sure to get her "princess" sheets and an extra tall and long toddler rail and she was good to go! once we set it up, she was SOOO excited. of course all her stuffed animals that stayed in her crib, now stay in her bed (with a few more added) she has a pillow and blanket which she keeps in the bed but doesnt use it properly. the first night, I was the anxious one, and had my dear go in and check on her at 5am - she was up, just hangin' out, so he went in and slept with her. naptime isnt a problem either - she'll still play for a while, get in and out of her bed, but she does stay in her room and will actually sleep on her bed opposed to the floor or loveseat in her room.

we plan to move eli into her room in the next few months and we're thinking he may be ready for a big boy bed by then too...we'll see.

for now, I cant believe shes growing up soooo fast. I mean a big girl bed, gosh I slept in a twin size bed until I got married...time is flying too fast!

huggin' the daylights out of her animals b/c shes so excited!

good and evil...

halloween was one full day of play, perhaps too much. we started the day with jenalyn's My Gym, then home to spruce up the sad looking apt. we headed over to meet baby cousin Chistian and hang out at the park. the kiddies napped in the car on the drive to the mall for trick-or-treating and, poor things, we had to wake them up before it got too dark. jenalyn was not a happy camper and was done by store number 5. she didnt even want to run around the grass area which she normally loves. so we called it a day and went home.
ok and without further ado...b/c I know you just wanna see pics...here's my sweet loving angel and my sweet loving darth vadar (b/c you know hubby would not go for a devil, but was all for darth vadar...hee hee!)

and a side note - jenalyn hated the halo and eli's "helmet" kept coming off but HE kept trying to put it back...