if you haven't heard...

Kathryn is going to have a baby brother!!!! Yay for a little boy!!! No, we have no idea on names yet. We have a huge list of ones that have been ruled out, but we have not gotten very far past that. And like before, even if we did, you may not know what we decided on.

Supposedly this shows his little boy parts.

Here he's waving to us.

Profile shot

You can see his face here... kind squished though.

Not much else new on the baby front. I'm feeling better, but haven't found that 2nd trimester appetite yet... dinner is actually hard for me to eat some nights. I do eat, but I just don't feel like it. Haven't really gained any weight... maybe two or three pounds.

Eric showed Kathryn one of the ultrasound pictures and she said "baby". Hopefully she will adjust well.

trip to zoo for Eric's bday

For Eric's birthday we decided to take a trip to the NC Zoo. We had bought a year pass last time we went so it was going to be a cheap afternoon out. We picked a perfect day to go. It rained all morning and school had already started. I think we may have seen 20 other people there, and a lot of those were the workers. The giraffes and the zebras were in hiding so that was disappointing, but we had a great time and the afternoon weather was wonderful. We had a few rain drops on the way home, but just a nice cool breeze in the low 70s for the afternoon.

Here are a few pictures from the outing.

Daddy pointing out the elephant to Kathryn who is trying

to figure out where Mommy went

Kathryn giving Daddy a hug while watching the baboons.

We tried to get Kathryn to roar at the lions.

I can't remember if she actually did or not.


Kathryn chasing the birds in the aviary.

Kathryn enjoying her "Rockin' Safari Ride"

This seal looks like I felt at the end of the day.

We stopped for dinner in Pinehurst (yes, the golfing Pinehurst). I think Eric enjoyed his birthday spending it with the ladies in his life.

August happenings so far

It is mid-August and we've been busy as usual. Well, not that busy, but still have done enough to show you some random photos.

We've been looking to get Kathryn a new pair of shoes. She was wearing a size 4 but we noticed that at least the right foot was getting tight and harder to put on. For the past few months anytime we have been in a shoe store we check to see if they have pink converse in her size and on sale. We had her feet measured and she needs a 4 1/2 but they don't make 1/2 sizes for toddlers so we had to look for 5's. Man she has big feet, must get that from me. NC had tax free weekend at the beginning of the month. We happened into Target that weekend and found a pair of 5's.

Kathryn's new shoes

Usually whatever we are having for dinner I try to cut up into bite size pieces for Kathryn. This night we grilled out hamburgers, fixed baked beans and had potato chips. Kathryn only ate two or three bites and wanted down. Then she immediately kept saying "more" and wanting in my lap. Apparently, my full hamburger looked more appealing than her bites.

Kathryn's first full size hamburger

Here's a video of her enjoying it (ignore me trying to act like I'm not in the picture)...

Being pregnant, I was craving chocolate (maybe it wasn't a pregnant thing). I decided instead of just eating the chocolate chips out of the bag, I would make cookies.

Kathryn eagerly awaiting fresh baked cookies

This past weekend, Kathryn & I were invited up to South Dakota to go to the Turner County Fair. It was a family tradition that Kathryn needed in on. She loved the animals and the funnel cake. Here she is on some tractors.

Kathryn on a four wheelers

Kathryn on a John Deere lawn tractor.

Needless to say, after getting up after less than 6 hours of sleep to fly home from SD and be back in Fayetteville by 12:30, we were pretty tired. Kathryn & I were playing in her room...

What this picture doesn't show you is what is missing. See that big open space in the middle of the floor?? That is where I feel asleep first. Mommy was tired. But the quietness woke me up.

counting down the weeks

In case you haven't heard, Kathryn will be a big sister in mid-February (docs are saying the 11th... makes my Dad happy as that is his & Aunt Cindy's birthdays). The doc said I am 13 weeks & 4 days.

I finally got to an OB this morning. Long story... I was fine with letting our family doctor handle things until I told them I have this huge fibroid on the outside of my uterus. They said, sorry, you are going to an OB. After waiting three weeks for them to make me a referral, I said never mind, I'll do it myself. One of Eric's co-workers recommended the OB I went to this morning. Even with calling them and telling them that I was 10 weeks already, they couldn't get me in for over three weeks. I've been all tied up in knots worrying about everything until this morning.

Apparently it is standard practice to an ultrasound early on to get an accurate sizing of the baby, so we got pictures. They'll do the "standard" one at my next appointment. I guess that is the good thing about going in later than I should have... I only have to wait four more weeks to find out if it is a boy or girl. We're praying for a little boy, but we'll be happy with a healthy baby! :)

I get to have an early glucose test next time also since Kathryn was over 8 pounds. Oh and back to the fibroid. Yep it is still there. The tech didn't tell us how big it was, but from what I saw, it is still a good size. Actually I take that back. The one point she measured was about 4 cm. So it is a decent size at this point. But they will monitor it which means a few more ultrasounds.

Baby #2

Heartbeat of baby #2

If you want to know more, let me know. Sorry we didn't say anything for a while. I was mainly in denial that this was happening so fast and also really worried that something was wrong until I made it to the doctor. Okay now that I have heard & seen the baby I can be excited!! Yay!!!! There's another baby coming!!! Oh, please start praying now for patience for me!

rock eagle

A few weeks ago on our way home from our weekend getaway in Elijay with Eric's family, we just happened to stop for lunch at the same exit as for Rock Eagle. I had never been and Eric hadn't been in a really long time. For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about, Rock Eagle is belived to be a ceramonial mound of prehistoric origin. The head is facing the east. It is 102 feet long, the wing span is 120 feet, and is 8 feet deep at the breast area. It is located at the Rock Eagle 4H camp in eastern Georgia just south of I-20.

Here are a few pics from our little adventure.

Rock Eagle (taken from the observation tower)

Family Shot thanks to the stair railing

Kathryn not only walking in the grass but reaching down to touch it!

Eric & Kathryn walking back to the car

ceiling fans

This video is from a few weeks ago, but it is still something that Kathryn does.

party time!!

I know, I know... her birthday was over a week ago and I'm just now getting around to posting. It has been one of those weeks...

Kathryn's party was on Saturday, July 4th. She was surrounded by family to celebrate her first birthday. Those who partied with us included Nana & Granddad Payne, Grandma & Grandpa Waugh, Great Grandma & Great Grandpa Waugh, Uncle Jonathan, Aunt Elisha, and cousins Caleb & Esther.

We kicked the party off with a cookout (thanks Daddy for grilling the yummy food). We had hamburgers, hot dogs, brats, corn-on-the-cob, baked beans, potato chips and cake of course! Nana made the cake with a little bit of help from me. Okay, so I dumped ingredients in when I was told to. But I did decorate the cake!

Kathryn received great presents from everyone, even from friends and family who weren't able to join us at the party. (We are writing thank you cards this weekend and hope to include a few pictures in them, so they may take a little bit longer).

So, now what you all came for... here are a few cute pictures from the party for your enjoyment.

Kathryn's new dump truck full of blocks!

Kathryn opening a shopping cart from Aunt Elisha

Daddy & Mommy bought Kathryn her first car!

In keeping with tradition, Kathryn had a cookie monster cake.

It was about 3 o'clock by this point and she still hadn't had a nap. Can you tell?

ummmm..... this is yummy.

After the eating cake and getting cleaned up a bit, we let the kids play in the pool in the back yard. By this point, Kathryn just wanted to sleep. She played for a little bit but it did not last long.

Kathryn, Caleb & Esther in the pool

Grandpa trying to get Kathryn to play a little

Thank you to everyone who came or sent presents! We had great time celebrating. Uncle Jonathan and Aunt Elisha even got some fireworks to finish the evening off!