Big News.....

It is official! Adelyn is going to be a big sister on or around June 7, 2012.

As of today I am 12w3d pregnant. This has already been a completely different pregnancy than I had with Adelyn. Until a week and a half ago or so, I was unable to keep virtually anything down. Now it comes and goes, which is better. I have actually lost 2lbs since I first found out I was pregnant.
I have had two ultrasounds thus far. The most recent to determine the chance for down-syndrome and other chromosomal diseases. My results came back perfectly normal, which is good news :) Baby's heartbeat was 162bpm which is very healthy and strong. My next appointment is December 20. I will have a bunch of blood work and other fun stuff and then we will find out the gender around Paul's birthday in mid-January.
The problem with the first trimester ending and Thanksgiving coinciding the same time is that I cannot tell if this new pooch is Thanksgiving fattiness or baby bump. Either way, I am not a fan! And if it is a baby bump, this is WAY earlier than I did with Adelyn.
So, that is our big news of the year, for now :)

Happy Halloween

Adelyn has been looking forward to Halloween for FOREVER. Mostly because I told her she was not allowed to wear her princess dress before hand because I was scared she would mess it up. Wednesday was a beautiful day. We dressed in the first of two princess dresses, and went to the library for story time. All of the businesses downtown were doing trick-or-treating for the little ones. After story time, Adelyn and I took off down the streets to practice saying 'trick-or-treat'. She was very excited with each piece of candy received and told me every time more candy got added to her basket. After we went up and down the entire 8 blocks, we reluctantly went back home to rest up before the big event that evening.
We went out with friends to a neighborhood off island. We walked the whole night, and I was convinced that about half way through Adelyn would start to get fussy and want to be carried---- I was WRONG. She ran from house to house asking for more candy, saying thank you, telling us that she got more candy. We ended up with two baskets of candy (much to Paul's delight)! We could not get Miss A to stay still long enough to get too many decent pictures, so you will have to make due :)

Princess Adelyn

'Look at my goodies, Daddy!'

'Such a difficult decision'

Checking out the Haul

Trip to the Okefenokee

A couple of weekends ago we went on a fun weekend trip to the Okefenokee Swamp with Papee, Gram, and Aunt Anna. We stayed in a quaint two bedroom cabin in Stephen Foster State Park. We got in Friday night, enjoyed dinner, found frogs, listened to owls, ran around and then crashed. Saturday we rented a john boat and got out for a fun-filled day on the swamp. We saw turtles, alligators, birds and all kinds of plant life. Adelyn enjoyed every minute of it. We came in for a brief nap that afternoon and then went back out that evening for a sunset booze cruise. It was a very fun weekend and we cant wait to go back again soon!