More March

Can't believe March is almost over, I am 23 weeks along this week & the BOY has name!! But, first things first...

Here are Chad & Ellie playing with her new bubble blower. It has been a hit, she loves bubbles! We have had some beautiful weather & able to play outside a lot.

 Ellie always shows her belly when I take belly pictures! It is so cute~ here we are at 20 weeks. We were still deciding his name...

 Ellie girl at her 2 year dr visit. She is right on her growth chart; 28 pounds (60th%) 36.5 inches (95%), & ahead of the game developmentally. Dr, Farmer said she is medically boring & happy to have a new little patient in July! NO SHOTS~yay but she was still not too happy about being examined... still got a sucker so I guess she wasn't too bad!?!

 Showing off that she is 2 years old! & being so close to St. Patrick's Day, we went festive!! Love this dress from Mo Mo!! I am glad she will be able to wear it again next year.

 Aunt Maggie came for a couple days during spring break! We loved having her & wish she would just move in!! Ellie had a big time taking Maggie all around. Our visits are always too short, but you know the life of a 15 year old girl is BUSY ;)

 Happy St. Patrick's Day... Mo Mo & Grandaddy came up for the weekend!! We got lots of  honey do's done. Chad's dad is a doer & got Chad moving on some projects around here!! Next time they visit we will be painting a little boys room BLUE!

 Ellie is going to be such a BIG helper!! She loves playing with her babies... feeding them, changing them, pushing them around in strollers~ She talks about baby brother all the time!

This week my sweet girl is sick. We went on to the Dr. Wednesday... she has rsv! There are lots of germs around I suppose one way or another she got it. We also got her first round of antibiotics for the beginnings of an ear infection. Poor girl was pretty sick but already feeling better today~ Just a horrible cough & very runny nose.
And the news you are waiting for... We decided to name our boy after two of the greatest men we know... our dad's!! Patrick Joseph Moss~ We can't wait to meet you, in July!!! Patrick is my dad's middle name, we knew we wanted to use it in some way. Joseph is Chad's dads name. We weren't coming to any decisions on another first name, so we decided to use them both~ He definitely has a family name & two great role models to lead him down his lifes path.

20 weeks

Well, I am a little behind & have no pictures... but I just wanted to give a little pregnancy update.
I went to the Dr. at 19 weeks. We found out we are having a BOY!! Still hard to believe & not really sure how we are going to change gears... but we are VERY excited!! Baby Boy looks good! He is in the 50% & moving like crazy. He has been getting the hiccups latley! No, he still doesn't have a name... I know, SO not like me not to have something monogrammed already but we just cannot decide!!! Chad & I have a list going but nothing nailed down. Ellie would have been Nathan Patrick & I do think that is Chad's favorite, but we will see!!
The visit went well. The bleeding has, for the moment, stopped! I still hold my breath everytime I go to the bathroom, but it is a good sign for now! I hate to even say it but this will be 3 weeks without :) YAY. We saw one of my favs, Dr. Hodshon. He said his wife, a L&D nurse, went through the same thing with their second. He had her stay off work & focus on life at home. We decided if it were his decision for his own wife then we would do the same! But no active bleeding,  even though the bleed is up to 8 cm from 7. So obviously, I was still concerned. He had good things to say & made me feel better. My placenta is low lying, but not a previa. More good news.
Our next appointment, ultra sound & GTT are on April 9th. We are hoping for no increase in bleed size,  no active bleeding, the ok to go back to work my weekends & no pelvic rest... ;)
All the thoughts & prayers are MUCH appreciated. We are so blessed to have all the support~this BOY is Loved. Now for a name~
I am 22 weeks now & will be 24 by Easter. This is going by SO fast & I am finally showing a little!!

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Birthday Week!

We celebrated for a whole week!! Friday the 2nd, was our 19 week appointment. Things are looking better & no bleeding! We also found out that IT"S A BOY!!!

How exciting!!! Ellie is going to have a BABY BROTHER!

 Saturday was party day #1. My in laws let us have a few friends over to celebrate. Chad grilled out & us girls got all the sides ready inside. I also made the cupcakes this year & did homemade icing. All the decor was done by my good friend Allyson Denham.  She does party packages, so if you ever need anything, I will pass her info on to you!

 We went with the owl theme

 Ellie wore a cute pillow case dress

 & had lots of fun opening presents!

 She is a cupcake lover... well, mostly the icing!

 Her Mo Mo & Grandaddy got her this battery powered 4 wheeler!! How fun!

 My birthday dinner was at my parents house Saturday night! They sure did make a delicious meal & we had death by chocolate for dessert~

Ellie doing a little dance!

 Sunday, we went to brunch to celebrate a little more. & guess who was there for our birthday?

Carrie Underwood!!

(HAHA, I actually think she was just there eating but it was still cool to see her!)

 Marie was on Spring Break, so her & Ryan came to spend a few days with us!!

 Thursday our sweet, most precious daughter turned two years old!! We had another small parry for her friends here in Johnson City! Here are some more of the decorations Allyson did... water bottle labels:

 The banner

 Tags for favors... yoyo's & bubbles

 Ellie's grand entrance table!!

 The birthday girl~

 We had a craft table set up... here are the girls working on their owls

 Happy Birthday to Ellie!!!

 Our sweet friends singing happy birthday

 Time to open more presents!!

We truely appreciate all our friends & family for helping celebrate our birthday week! It was  a great week from beginning to end! We are very blessed to have such an amazing 2 year old & baby boy on the way. Everything looked good on the ultra sound & I am now 20 weeks!
On Thursday, 3/8/12, i thought back two years. I was SO excited for Ellie Marie to arrive that Monday. Finally, that night at 10:25 she was born!! I just held her in my arms & could not believe the love I felt.  When she climbed up in bed with me on her second birthday morning, I could not stop the tears from coming. She has grown up so much already. We had such a sweet little moment together... then she said, "mommy, breakfast bar!?" LOL, I guess that comes with having a 2 year old!!!!   I know she will be such a wonderful big sister,  she is so loving, sweet & gentle!! We are so blessed she is in our life everyday ~ Ellie, mommy & daddy LOVE you so much.

Weekend in Nashille

Chad was on call, so Ellie & went to have a visit in Nashville. Friday, Cara came over for lunch. After nap time we went out to eat for my mother in laws birthday.

Here is Ellie at dinner

We came back to my parents house Friday night. They had on Adele & Ellie started dancing. It was so funny!!

Here are El & Pa dancing!! 

 Done dancing, having a talk with YaYa!

 We even had an early birthday lunch with the Jernigan's

 Ellie loves her baby cousin!! Looks like Ryan loves her too?!?

 YaYa reading my new BIG SISTER book

As usual, we hated to leave. We drove back home Monday. Chad was home when we got here & we were so happy to see him!! Party planning in well under way... Ellie's 2nd Birthday will be here soon!