Nathan Joshua

We were scheduled to be induced on friday morning July 24th, because of some minor complications the Dr wanted to go ahead and induce, so we headed out for a nice dinner the night before. We ate at the Spaghetti Factory downtown, with my Mom who is in town. We then headed down to Water Front Park and took a nice walk by the river, and Lana played on the playground. Just moments later, on the way home, my water broke. I called my Dr and she wanted me to go in right away seeing as I was already dilated 4cm, and now my water had broken. And at 7:52am the next morning, Nathan Joshua was here!!!

Moments after birth Mommy and Baby Meeting big sister for the first time

Lana giving her baby brother a kiss :) Me and my 2 kids :) My mom and her two Oedy Grandkids! We are so thankful to my mom who is in town, and stayed with Lana while we were in the hospital!!

Getting ready to head home for the first day! So tiny!!

39 Weeks (and 3 days)

We are almost there!! I am hoping this will be my last pregnancy post, hopefully my next post wil be announcing the arrival of our son! We are ready and so excited! We have been all over three states in the last few days, having a lot of fun with family and doing a lot of walking. I have my weekly appointment tomorrow morning and hoping to hear good news!

The Kids Room

For obvious reasons, us being in seminary right now, and living in a two bedroom apartment, our two kids will share a room. An idea we like, and would most likely do anyway. But since we have a little girl and are going to have a little boy we wanted to be able to bring both into the room. They each have there own little side, and this is how it turned out!!All ready for baby to arrive!! Also, there is no going back on the name now! :)

I just love this bedding, stars and stripes!! And Lana's side of the room! From very boy to very girl! She LOVES Disney Princess everything, and Grandma and Grandpa Davis bought this bedding for her! She loves it!!

OCD??

Our little Lana is becoming very obsessive compulsive. She has to wash her hands constantly, if she gets even a little crumb or dirt on her hands she freaks out, same with her feet. If she gets anything on her clothing, even water, she has to change right away. Daddy would blame this on me because I am a complete germophobe, and quite OCD myself.

Well now, when she goes to bed, she HAS to have one blanket on her pillow case, another blanket wrapped around her legs, and her comforter pulled over her. I have no idea where she got this, or why it just started one day, but it is now routine :) Our silly girl!!

Fun in the Sun

Splash!!Lana and I have been trying to have as much fun as possible lately :) Don't get me wrong, I am very excited to have another baby, as well as Lana is VERY excited to have a baby brother. I just realize that things probably won't be as easy once the new baby arrives... so I have been spending extra time with my girl lately since it will be the last time it is just the two of us. (Also I am not trying to leave Josh out, he is just always working)

Lana and I went swimming at the Oldham County Aquatic Center the other day. It was a very nice pool, and had a great toddler area for Lana to play. She LOVED it, and we definitely plan on going back! Here I think she was getting splashed in the face!! :)

Also I have to add that she insists on wearing her hat and water wings, you might think that I the mother make her, but no- she is silly :)

It is impossible to get a picture of her face, but she had a lot of fun playing in the water

Lana makes friends everywhere we go, she LOVES playing with other kids

Not sure what she is doing here Here she is at the Splash Park at the Zoo- again insists on wearing her hat :) And there is also a little Splash Park near our house that Lana and I like to go to a lot! This girl LOVES the water!!

Big Girl

I am a little behind in my posting. We moved Lana to a big girl bed about 3 weeks ago. She has been doing SO great!! From the very first night she stayed in her bed with no problems, no fussing, no crying, no climbing out. In the mornings and after nap times she stays in bed and calls "Mommy" until I come in to get her. She is such a big girl! The three transitions I was dreading with a toddler were, taking the pacifier away, potty training, and moving to a bed, and we have now accomplished all 3, and Lana has done SO great with each of them. Lana has now been potty trained for 3 1/2 months and is doing SO great with it!! I was dreading all these milestones much more than she was :) We basically waited as long as possible to move Lana to a bed, considering her baby brother will be here in 3 weeks, but I recently read that 2 1/2 years (30 months) is the best time to make the transition from crib to bed, Lana was 28 months, and I definitely agree that it was best. By this time they are supposed to have more self control to understand they when they aren't supposed to get out of bed, etc. Athough I am sure she would have done great sooner, I am glad that we waited, the tranisition was SO painless, and we have such a big girl! She is going to make a great big sister!! So happy to be in her very own bed- no more crib :)

37 Weeks

37 Weeks pregnant, only 21 days to go. . .