My baby turned 3!!!!

3 years have gone by in the blink of an eye! Our tiny little bundle of joy has grown into a bright, funny, witty, loving and oh so daring big boy! Everyday he surprises me with sweet conversations and humorous commentary on the things he sees in this big world! He loves to laugh and has the heartiest laugh of any 3 year old I have ever heard! He can be very serious at times and loves to help with grown up tasks like fixing things with daddy, taking care of the animals, helping cook dinner and clean the house and play the doctor when someone isn't feeling well. His heart is tender and kind and he loves to make people smile! Everyday he tells us he loves us about 100 times and loves giving big hugs. I will never get tired of hearing his sweet voice saying "momma, I love you". Big hugs are a must in our house and he squeezes us tight and says "ooh wee" when he gives us our big hugs.


Sully is into all things boy like tractors, monster trucks, bugs, construction equipment and tools, trains, playing in the dirt and whatever daddy is working on! Bugs are the latest interest and his recent birthday present from Mort and Poppa has allowed it to reach a new level! They got him a bug house that he is completely obsessed with and even took to MDO to show all his friends! He is so proud of his bugs!! I found a cute bug magnifying glass and he loves getting a closer look at his little pets! His birthday was so much fun and we had a party with family and friends to celebrate! We are blessed to have such a large family and needed a Great place to accommodate all our family and friends. our good friend and Sully's "uncle Gus" suggested we have it has his place...world famous Chris' hotdogs and what a great idea it was!! Sully was so excited to see everyone at Chris' and everyone had a great time! They handled everything and we just had to supply the cake and get everyone there! It was so nice getting to enjoy Sully and all of our guests!!





Josh made him a train table and we got him a new construction train set for his birthday. We have to finish staining it and then I will post pics bc it is pretty awesome! He got some great gifts and even got the Spider-Man bike he has been talking about since Christmas!


Sunday we spent the rainy day going to breakfast for my grandmothers 80th birthday then spent the rest of the day snuggled up in the house. That evening we went to dinner for my grandmother birthday and had a great time with her, my aunt and one of their friends.


It has been raining since Sunday but we haven't let that ruin our birthday fun! we had my 30 week appt (everything is going great) and the Sully said he wanted to have a birthday party at the fire station. My mom got him the cutest turnout gear and he wanted to wear it to the fire station. So we took him up there with cupcakes and he had the best time running around the fire station! Our fire fighters are so
Nice and I think they had just as much fun as he did!

Another big event the past week has been on the potty training front. He has been wearing big boy underwear for almost a year now and has not had any trouble going pee pee in the potty and no need for pull-ups at night as he wakes when he has to go. But getting him to poop in the potty has been a struggle. Not sure if it was because he knew he was about to be 3 or what but all of a sudden last week he started recognizing the need to go and has not had an accident since!! I had always heard it was harder for boys and never made it a big deal but let me just tell you now that he is going in the potty it is awesome and I am throwing a party every time! I have been giving him little potty prizes like dollar bin toys, stickers, tattoos and a few m&ms everyday he goes and gets so excited about it!

I am so excited to watch him grow And learn everyday and look forward to discovering the big world all over again through his sweet loving eyes! God has blessed us greatly and we are so thankful he chose us to be Sully's parents!!!




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Preggo 1 and!2

One more week and we will be celebrating Sullys 3rd birthday!! Everything is ready and so is he! He has been talking about his birthday party for a while now and gets sad when we tell him he has to wait a little longer. Not sure if I mentioned earlier but we are making this bday party pretty simple with a construction theme. Nothing spectacular but we are making the cake and cupcakes which I think will be cute. Josh is making his present that goes along with the theme and I am picking up his bday shirt i had made at some point this week. I can't wait to see it and sully is excited because he picked it out :)

Just for comparison I thought I would go back and match up my weekly belly pics. obviously this is more of a post for me so i can go back and look in years to come.


Sully @ 27 weeks




Levi @ 27 weeks

Sully @ 19 weeks



Levi @ 20 weeks

Based on these photos i would say they are pretty close in size. I plan on keeping this up the further along we get.

I passed my one hour glucose test and my platelets are fine too. Thankful neither came back with problems. I have heard more and more about kick counts. I never did them with Sully and Dr hasn't mentioned starting them so I am
Wondering if anyone else has been told to do them. I go back at 30 weeks and plan on asking if I should be doing them. I feel him move all the time so I don't really think it is an issue at this point. It is getting harder to sleep these days and when I do wake in the night it is even harder to fall back asleep. Pregnancy insomnia is cruel, especially when you have a very active child at home already!
I am a planner and a procrastinator all rolled into one and pregnancy makes it that much more confusing as to which I will give into. The past few weeks the planner/prepper has won. I have my hospital bag and diaper bag packed already and am getting ready to wash the infant car seat and try to hold off on putting it in the car. I have also been on the hunt for a little something for baby brother to give to Sully once he arrives. Like I keep telling Josh, I would rather get it all done now while I feel great!

Look forward to sharing Sullys 3rd birthday in the next few weeks.

Hope everyone has a great week!
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