I can't wait for the day...

I can't wait for the day I can say "yes Brendon is potty trained!" I am roughly 7 weeks away from having our baby and Brendon has decided that peeing in his pants is okay! I know he can tell when he needs to go! He will not give up on any playing time until it is almost to late. He stops himself from completely peeing threw everything, but gets his underwear wet. I don't have much time to get this under control! Treats and incentives no longer working! How do you get a two year old to want to stop playing and go potty before it is to late!

"I don't want a baby anymore!""

Brendon has had some pretty interesting views of things lately!
Every time I wear mascara. Brendon will get really close to my face examine it for a minute and ask if it is chocolate! At first I thought I had chocolate on my face somewhere. I realized he was pointing to my eye and not my face! I would love to know where and how he came up with that idea!
Monday I had my monthly Doctor appointment and thought I would just take Brendon with me.It is usually a short visit and he loves to hear the babies heart. Unfortunately it was not a short process like usual. We waited for over an hour to be called back and then waited in the room for another 40 minutes. Brendon was fabulous the whole time. He never once complained or asked to leave! I give all the credit to the portable DVD player!!
When we arrived home Brendon walked in the door took a deep breath and told me he did not want anymore babies! I replied "just baby Arianna right?" He quickly responded with "no I don't want a baby anymore!" Later that day we were at Anthony's softball game and a good friend asked Brendon if he was excited for a baby sister. He informed her he was no longer having a baby and that he did not want one anymore! I am in for a nice treat if a 2 hour doctor appointments was to much time to put towards the new baby! This should be fun!

Home Sweet Home

We have lived in Arkansas for almost 3 years! Last summer we were blessed to find and purchase a home! Now that it has been a year I am finally posting pictures! Sorry to all of you who have been waiting to see these!

I'm giving in!!

Everyone that knows me knows that I hate documenting my pregnant belly. We now live away from all of our family and most family member have never seen me pregnant. I have decided to stop holding out and let the family and friends see the belly! This is me at 6 months!

Easter

We had a great Easter this year! First Grandma Hoffman and Aunt Lauren came into town for a long weekend. Brendon took full advantage of having two more playmates! We had the great opportunity to go on two Easter Egg Hunts. Brendon loved them both! He filled his basket with eggs and then opened each egg to see what was inside. Coloring eggs became a favorite very quickly too! Brendon loved putting them into the different colors and watching them change. He carried the eggs very carefully the rest of the morning. When Easter came around the Easter Bunny treated us all very well! It was a wonderful Easter with friends and Family!

Specail Delivery: July 11th

I am now officially 5 months! My parents came into town last week to visit and came with us to the ultra sound! It was so fun to have them there. We found out we are having a baby girl! I am so excited to have my baby girl!! Brendon has become very fond of the baby in "mommy's tummy". He loves to pat my tummy and talk to her! Whether he will be fond of her or not when she is actually here might be another story!

I had a very easy pregnancy and fairly easy labor with Brendon. I was in labor for a long time, but only had to push 5 times to get him here. The recovery is another story. The doctors call what happened to me a degree 4. Which means on the scale from 1 to 5 I tore a 4. My doctor has approached me 3 times now about my feeling of delivering vaginally again with this baby. I guess I must be crazy! He explained to me I will be totally fine to have her normally, but most women prefer a C-section after a degree 4 tear. The emotional and physical trauma was so bad for them a c-section was easier! I was surprised to hear this and then I started to remember the pain I felt for a year after (in that area)! I couldn't stand for longer than 5 minutes for 2 weeks, couldn't wear jeans for 4 weeks after. Thankfully Brendon was my first and I had no idea how bad it was. For me this was normal! I was hoping to have another vaginal birth with this baby. Then my doctor gave me the really good news! I might not be able to have an epidural! My blood clotting count is lower than they like it to be. For whatever reason My blood is not clotting as well as it should. This should not mean any major problems except if it does not go up I can not have an epidural!! Good thing she is all worth it! Thanks Grandma Jensen for the wonderful Genes!!
All in all we are very excited that she is coming! She is such a great blessing already!

Good times!

Brendon is two and has started to really say some funny things! For example I decided to wear a skirt that I got from a friend to church on Sunday. It is tan with Brown stripes that fad into each other. After putting on the skirt and finishing getting ready for church. I went to Brendon's room to get him ready as well. As I walked into his room he look up from his book and said "Mommy are you a Zebra?" Anthony burst out laughing which only made Brendon more determined to find an answer to his question. He than said "Mommy is a Zebra! Right?" After I chuckled a little I finally responded that yes I was a Zebra! I guess I would rather be a zebra than a cow!!