Baby Shower for Little Girl

Today I enjoyed a wonderful baby shower for our little girl. When I had my main baby shower for Caleb I was no longer pregnant, so Iwas excited me to still have a baby in my belly at this shower. Last time, I had only been out of the hospital for 5 days, and I didn't fit in any of my clothes! It was still fun, but I much prefer the pre-baby baby shower! However, I do have to say that I am growing out of most of my maternity clothes! I find myself in a certain pair of green Baylor track sweatpants quite often!
Here I am opening gifts at the shower.

I am posting this picture with the risk of Jon being unhappy with me. We have not officially decided on Abigail as the name for our little girl, but her name is up on the wall in her room in two places. This is an adorable bow holder that the hostesses at my shower gave us. It matches the room great and has a variety of colorful bows for "Abby". Jon is not trying to keep the name a secret. He just wants to see her before it is official... so this isn't official or anything :). Hopefully she will have hair at some point in time, so we can use these cute bows. Love, love this gift... thanks girls. We got lots of other fun girl things too! We are blessesd with a great group of friends here in Waco!

Here I am with three of the hostesses from the shower. From left to right: Jennifer, me, Brooke, and Emily (Sarah also hosted the shower, but was busy with her own little girl when we took the picture.)

This is me and Emily, Gianna's mom. Her due date is TODAY! I am glad Baby Selah decided to let her mom come to the shower, but I think Emily would love to be at the hospital having a baby instead! I know I would feel that way if I was her!

One and a half weeks and this baby is considered full term (at 37 weeks). I am excited and trying to avoid too much nesting. I have been taking it easy trying to keep this child in me a little while longer. In a few weeks, I will nest as much as I like hoping it gets things going! Thanks friends for a fun shower!

Kelly's Belly Week 35 and What I learned from my Dog

Yeah! I will be 35 weeks along tomorrow! I am aiming for at least 2 more weeks. I go to the doctor again tomorrow, and I am anxious to hear the report on if anything has changed from last week. We are very thankful that this little girl is staying put for now! Now enjoy a video of the new things Caleb has been learning. He needs a new mentor.



Heidi teaches Caleb all she knows. We found them both doing this at the door tonight.

Baby Girl

Well assuming that I don't have a baby within the next hour, our little girl has made it longer in her safe warm free home (me) than Caleb did. This is a celebrated blessing as we know each day will make her lungs stronger and more healthy for life outside of me! Caleb is completely healthy now, but he did have a rough start. At my doctor's visit last week, I found out that I am already progressing along in the whole having a baby process (to be a bit vague for the readers out there who don't want all of the details!). So considering that information and Caleb's "false start", I am thankful that I am at home having a normal day and not at the hospital have a preemie. Please join us in praying that our little girl will stay put for a little while longer! She will be considered full term in about 2 1/2 weeks, when I am 37 weeks along. I am getting very excited to meet her, and we know that the next month will go by very quickly!

Caleb 22 months old

Only two months to go, and my "baby" will be 2 years old. I have been trying to call him a little boy now and not a baby, since in about a month, we will have a true baby. Caleb has had a great month. We had lots of family come to visit this month, which he enjoyed a great deal. While my mom was here, Caleb went to the bathroom in his new potty several times. We were so proud and made quite a big deal out of it. However lately when I ask him if he needs to go, he shakes his head yes, I take off all of his clothes (often times his footy pjs), he sits down for about 5 seconds, makes a "psss" sound with his mouth, stands up, closes the lid, and then stands on the toilet completely naked. Then I have to chase him down to get his clothes back on! I don't imagine he will be potty trained anytime soon! Caleb has started speaking in sentences this past month. He will say, "I pooped." and one of his favorite things to say is "I jumped." He thinks that he is jumping anytime he steps down from a higher surface to the floor one foot at a time. He is quite proud of himself for his "jumping". Of course Caleb continues to love playing basketball and football, and he always pulls my hand and asks me to "watch". Caleb has started saying "pease" (please) and "thank you". He is a little hard to resist when he says "coo coo pease" (cookie please), so he often gets to snack on animal cookies. As far as I can tell Caleb likes to have everything neat and tidy. We have seen him taking out coasters to put his sippy cups on. I took the picture below of the way Caleb set up all of his little plastic animals. They were all facing the same way and put into groups based on color and type. It will be interesting to see if this trait continues and in what way as he gets older!Caleb looks more and more like a little boy and not a baby each day. We are enjoying our little toddler and are excited about him becoming a big brother soon!

Floor Seats

Daddy and G-Pa enjoy the view of the game from their floor seats. Caleb loves to have his own cheering section!

Going Private

This blog will be going private sometime in the next week. I can think of several of you out there who read our blog, but whose email addresses I don't have. Please send me your email address, and I will invite you to read the blog. klcapron at g mail dot com

Kelly's Belly Week 33

I am feeling particularly POINTY today!

Comparison of Bellys

Kelly's Belly 32 weeks in 2009 with Baby Girl vs. Kelly's Belly 32 weeks in 2007 with Baby Caleb.... Is it the angle of the shot or do I look much bigger this time?

Kelly's Belly Week 32

Here I am at 32 weeks. All has been going well- no more hospital scares. I am starting to have a small amount of swelling in my ankles, but it is nothing like how swollen I was at this point with Caleb. Also it seems to go away when I put my feet up, which definitely didn't happen last time. I have been feeling fairly well, but I am looking forward to having a baby to hold in my arms rather than in my belly. The kicks are definitely getting stronger! Not that we are ready for a baby yet; we are still praying for a normal full term baby!

Here I am with my boy!

Here is a picture of some of my church friends at my friend Emily's baby shower. She is about a month ahead of me, so she is getting very close to being ready to have her baby. We enjoyed her shower yesterday where we had ice cream sundaes with lots of yummy toppings, cookies, and brownies- a dream come true for this pregnant girl!