Big shocker! I'm a failure at blogging! LOL!
I decided, though, that I should update real fast. As of today I have a crazy, independent, loving, witty, and BEAUTIFUL baby girl and am 2 days away from having our second little girl =) Life is good ... but will be better Monday night. I hate being pregnant even though this time around has really been a breeze. I'm not good at it and all I do is complain ... poor Cory!
Per a friend's suggestion, I'm going to start a quote list for all the wonderful things my toddler says! I have to ... she keeps me in stitches 24/7!
Anyway ... Ellie is doing great! She can't wait to be a big sister! She talks about Baby Claire ALL the time. I hope she likes her as much once she's here as she does now! It'll make my life EASY-PEASY! She's successfully given up her "me-me" and since has had a vocabulary explosion! We attempted potty training and while she was excited about it for a little while, she completely lost interest so we're putting it on hold, probably until she's closer to 3. She's transitioned into a "big girl bed" wonderfully! She loves it! We took the summer off of swim lessons but are going to start them back up next month, she can't wait! She's also asking me lately if she can go to school by herself ... we're going to have to look into that, maybe after the first of the year =)
We got a puppy in July. She was shipped to us at 8 weeks old all the way from Nashville, TN. She's a registered Black Lab with an amazing pedigree and she's absolutely adorable! Her name is Caly (Calypso) and she's currently about 17 weeks old. Cory's been working his butt off training her and let me tell ya, he is doing an AMAZING job with her! She is absolutely incredible! She's the most lovey dog I've ever seen ... I think she's a little confused, I'm sure she thinks she's a Chihuahua or something! Her favorite place in the world is on your lap!
Then there's the newest member ... the one we're waiting on. Daddy named her, Claire Marie. She will be here on Monday! I'm scheduled to go in at 6 a.m. to be induced so she doesn't get as big as Ellie was, hopefully preventing a lot of the problems I had during delivery, including hypertension. At 37 weeks, Dr. V. guessed she was "...every bit of 7lbs., putting her right on track to follow in her big sister's footsteps." *sigh* Oh boy! We're all really excited to meet her and see if she's going to look like Ellie or if she'll throw us for a loop and come out a blondie (or red-head) with blue eyes! The countdown has begun, 36 hours until we're admitted =) I'll update (at some point) after she arrives!!!
