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Weekend at Gigi and Jabo's

We went to Hartselle a couple of weekends ago for a visit. While we were there....
we played outside from morning 'til nightfall


we celebrated St. Patrick's Day(a week early)



we made lots of yummy treats with Gigi



we read books with Jabo

we saw great-grandparents


we made binoculars


and played and played some more.

Thanks for such a fun weekend, Gigi and Jabo! See you soon!

Spring Break Stay-cation

We spent our spring break week...

**eating sno-cones on a hot afternoon**

and then buring off that energy on the playground



**shooting hoops at the Sportsplex**


Will asked to go back to play basketball, everyday after this. I think it was the highlight of the week.


**getting creative with our dress up clothes and going to "fairy tale" day at the library as Prince William and Sir Andrew**

and then meeting Daddy for lunch afterward at City Bagel


**and finally, going to see a movie at the theater**

and enjoying all the movie snacks that go with it



I would say we had a pretty fun week, and didn't even have to leave Starkville! :)

Pregnancy Update

I realized that I have yet to post much about the pregnancy on the blog or put any pictures of my baby bump on here. So, here goes.
I had the best of intentions to take a picture every 4 weeks or so and post regularly about the pregnancy (once again, thank you Pinterest for putting ideas into my head), but life happens and we have been busy as ever and so my "on top of it" blogging has gone by the wayside. Oh well!
16 weeks (so funny to look at this picture now, because at this point, I was starting to "really feel and look pregnant." ha!)

Today at almost 24 weeks...boom!

Now this is really looking pregnant.
As you can see, I'm carrying this baby right up around my rib cage just as I did with Will and Andrew. I just have such a short torso that I think that's the only way I can carry a baby.
This pregnancy has gone by really quickly! Again, probably having to do with that "busy as ever, having 2 kids already" thing we have going on. :)
I have thankfully been feeling really good once I made it out of the first trimester. I have had lots of energy so I have still been able to go to 2 or 3 aerobics classes a week, which makes me very happy! Also, I have been feeling lots and lots of movement from our little girl. She is a very active baby and seems to be on the move all day long.
We still have not decided on a name for our little girl yet! It is a little bit of a sensitive subject in this house. I am starting to really want to have a name picked out, but Dan just can't decide on one he likes. I'm glad we found out that we were having a girl at 19 weeks. Otherwise, I could see us being that couple in the hospital waiting to go home with no name for the baby yet. :)
My friends here in town have been soooo generous in passing on a lot of newborn/little baby clothes. Thanks to them, she has so many cute little onesies and sleepers to wear right away!
There is still no real decorating going on in the nursery. I have some pillows that I picked up the other day that are now my "inspiration" so I should be able to start building on that soon. I think I'm really going to have fun with all the soft, girly colors.
Well, I think that catches up on everything for now. I will try to post another bump picture soon, but no promises! ;)

What a day...

in a good way!
It was one of those days where everything just sort of "clicked." We had tons of stuff we wanted to do, but no real strict agenda, so we just headed out with the best of intentions.
We started out the day with the Kid's Fair at Sudduth Elementary School. All 4 of us had so much fun! It was also good to get more aquainted with the school Will is going to be attending for kindergarten.
(sidebar: Speaking of school, Will is really becoming more and more confident by the day. I feel like he is "ready" for kindergarten and am even getting excited for him to go next fall. He has come a long way and it makes a mom and dad proud to watch our little one grow.)
Here he is playing some games:
Will is still totally obsessed with basketball and so he was sooo excited that they had a basketball game.
The boys loved all of the games, but both really loved the sporty ones, ie basketball, golf, and football toss.

Then, after that, we picked up some Subway sandwiches and headed to the baseball game, a double-header at that. We got there around the 4th inning and saw the bulldogs pull out a victory.
Dan then took the boys out to the outfield to air out a little before the second game started.
Second game began, Andrew got snuggled into my lap, and proceeded to nap for about 45 minutes. Now, our kids have been known to nap at the loudest, strangest places(football games, tailgates, etc), but I am still always shocked when it actually happens. And it probably would not happen if we planned it, but all the stars aligned today and it just worked out.

Then, we left the second game in time to walk over to the basketball game. Yep! We were that ambitious, but again, it actually worked today. The basketball game was very exciting and another huge win for the bulldogs and the Whatleys.
We got home, had dinner, and the kids fell asleep just about as quickly as their heads hit the pillows.
Happy kids + Happy parents = A REALLY fun day!