April Tornados

One thing I have learned this year is that having a child changes everything. You worry...a lot. We have had lots of storms this year and I have taken them seriously. We have spent lots of time in the closet. Fortunately, we have been ok every time. On April 27 though, lots of areas in the Birmingham area were not so fortunate. Tuscaloosa was hit hard, Pleasant Grove was hit hard, and other Birmingham areas were hit hard. It was devastating to watch it all on tv.

Tornado Outbreak

Easter

We had a great Easter. This morning, the Easter bunny brought Troy an Easter basket. It had a baby swimming pool, a hat for the summer, sunglasses, a croquet set, a sand shovel set, dump trucks, cheerios and other little goodies.


We had a great service at church. It is so exciting to celebrate Christ's resurrection. After church, we went to my mom's house and had a delicious lunch. After lunch and visiting with my mom, we went to Brian's parent's house and spent time with them and Jaime and Chad and the kids.

It was a great day. It's hard to believe this time last year I was pregnant, and this time next year we'll have two kids.

Easter Egg Hunt

Our church had an Easter egg hunt today. Troy had fun. We sat him down by one egg and he picked it right up to play with it. We put another one by him and he picked that one too. He didn't crawl to pick them up, but was completely content to sit there with his few eggs. One little girl started to bring him some, so he filled up his basket. At one point, he stuck his whole head in his basket to get his eggs. It was a great morning.

The Secret is Out

Brian and I found out Jan 4 that we were expecting again. Last year on Jan 4, we found out that Troy was a boy, so it was kind of funny that we found out on the same day a year later.

We told our parents at 10 weeks. We met my mom and John for dinner and dressed Troy in a "big brother" shirt. Do you know hard it is to find a big brother shirt for a 9 month old? John got there before mom, held Troy and never said a word. When mom got there, Brian held Troy so she could see his shirt. She got it right away...John still didn't.

After dinner, we went to Brian's parents house and let them see Troy in his shirt too.

Other than that, we didn't tell many people. I had a BALL keeping it a secret this time. It was so much fun to keep it from people at school. Most of my girls didn't find out until the end of last week and some didn't find out until yesterday. It was fun to give them a hard time once they did finally figure it out that I've been pregnant for 4 1/2 months already.

The ultrasound to find out gender
was today. I've thought for a couple of weeks that it might be a girl but I didn't want to say it out loud because I hate being wrong about things. I finally decided last night I needed to tell Brian that I thought it was a girl so that I would have it on record. The reasons I thought it might be a girl is because things were completely opposite this time...I've only been sick a couple of times (last time I was sick A LOT), we think we might have a name for a girl (last time we had a boy name), Brian thought it was a boy (last time he thought it was a girl), the Chinese calendar said boy (the last time it said girl). I am now 2/2 and Brian is 0/2. It's a girl!

Bath time

Troy has all smiles in his bath...too cute!

10 Months

Troy is a stander now! His favorite thing to do is to pull up on the coffee table and make laps around the table. I wonder how many laps make a mile? He still doesn't crawl the normal way, he still does the army crawl. He does get up on his knees more now and will crawl just a tiny, tiny bit, then he's back on his stomach going fast.



He is still a good eater. He's not afraid to try anything and he'll let you know if he likes it or not. He likes peas and mashed potatoes. Sometimes he likes macaroni and cheese and sometimes he does not. He loves cheerios and graham crackers. Most of the time, he'll have what we're having for dinner, but there are some nights when we still give him baby food.

Update on sleep...we are back to our normal sleeping schedule. Most nights Troy goes to bed around 7:30 and sleeps until 6:00. He is still a morning baby and that is the time he is the happiest.

Things I love about my baby this month:
I love his beautiful blue eyes.
I love how he dances (bounces up and down) when he's excited.
I love his personality...he's laid back, but stubborn at the same time. He will definately let you know if there is something he does not like or when he doesn't get his way.