ITS A BOY!

We went to the doctor today for our big ultrasound and baby was clearly a boy!!! We could not be more excited!!! Everything looked healthy! We even saw him rub his face and then stick his thumb in his mouth.....Liza is already teaching him her tricks!

Don' know the name for sure, yet.....but we have always loved Charlie and William. We will see!

Here is my latest favorite pic of Liza.....she is so silly! This was taken by our sweet babysitter, Claire. We love our Miss Claire!
Lee and I are leaving today to drop Liza off in MS....then we are off for our trip to China! For those I haven't talked to, Lee won a trip with his company. We will be there for a little over a week. Please pray for our safety! Also pray for my heart.....first time being away from Liza and I have to do it for 8 nights! I have had my tears and am now super excited.....but I have a feeling it might not be the last of my tears....

9 month check-up

We had Liza's 9 month check-up yesterday....My, how time flies!!! Our big girl just keeps getting bigger....she weighed 22.2 pounds and was 29 1/2 inches long. She is in the 90th percentile of weight and off the charts for height. Thank goodness for her height or her rolls would overtake her! hahha....He said it was definitely time to move up to a new car seat. He gave us the go ahead on most all foods....yay! I am seeing the day of no more baby food (or at least until next baby comes....). The saddest part of the check-up was when he confirmed my suspicions of Liza showing defiance. The other day she kept crawling to something she shouldn't have been into. After telling her "no" and pulling her back a couple of times, she crawled right back to it, stopped, looked at me, and smiled! I could just see her mind thinking, "I am gonna win!" Dr. Smith said that she knew exactly what she was doing. Ugh....and the discipline begins.....at least right now her rottenness is still so stinking cute!

Mommy's Little Helper...

She keeps adding to my list of things that I can only do while she naps.....she still is terrified of the vaccuum cleaner and now loves the dishwasher! :)

So anyone who knows me knows that I am a big Babywise and schedule fan....I believe it is why my child slept through the night at 8 weeks and why she sleeps solidly 7pm-7am now....but some days I wonder.... This day she just did not want to nap. In letting her cry it out, she fell asleep sitting up, head on bumper pad. The white thing in the rails is what connects to her mobile....I am sure she was in the middle of reaching up for her birds and just crashed right where she is. So funny...

Family Fun!

I just finished organizing my January and February Pictures....taking them off my camera and putting them in files on the computer...pictures are so much work...but so much fun! So, I had to post some of my favorites before we move into the month of March.

This picture of Liza by the bathtub is my absolute favorite....I was putting away laundry and came into the bathroom to find Liza giving her daddy a bath....fish and all! Lee had just finished moving our washer and dryer upstairs (my hero!) and had painted the room in the basement where they once belonged. He was soaking to try to get all the paint off and Liza found him....her face is priceless! I am quite sure she would have put Johnson's and Johnson's all over him and poured water over his head if she could have!

Sweet times with mom and dad....

In the picture with me you can see that her eyes are almost 2 different colors now....one is still very blue/grey and the other is blue but with some hazel specks

Of course I can't post "family fun" pictures without including Sam. Liza loves him....if it is too cold to play outside with him, she will sit at the door so they can talk. The last picture is typical sweet lazy Sam....eating his food while still lying down.

Snow in Macon!

It was so pretty! I only regret not getting Liza out in it for a picture...we were waiting for it to let up a bit....then she was sleeping! Oh well!