Wow! It has been a whirlwind of a month. April was full of unpacking, setting up house, potty training, Easter and a natural disaster! We moved into our new house the last week of March and celebrated Emma Kate's 4th birthday! I still can't believe that she is 4! We drove down to Birmingham and celebrated with Gigi, G Daddy, Warren, Abbey, Baxter, Boyd, Nelson and Sarah. Baxter turned three 2 weeks after Emma Kate turned four and so we had a buzz lightyear/ princess birthday party. The kids loved it and it was so fun to be together and know that we will get to be together more often now that we live so much closer.We tried to take it easy for a week or so in order to allow my body to rest and not go into labor. We had a few times we thought labor was coming but fortunately they were false alarms. I am now 36 weeks pregnant and pretty uncomfortable but so thankful that the baby and I are both healthy. Emma Kate and Mason both decided to arrive during my 37th week of pregnancy and so we will see what next week has in store!
Easter was great and it was wonderful to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord with family and friends. We enjoyed a wonderful service at church and the kids enjoyed several egg hunts over the course of the weekend. It was a lot of fun to see the kids hunt eggs and actually get into the event.
We are completely out of boxes thanks to help from all of our family. We couldn't have done any of this without their help and support. The nursery is ready to receive baby Alexander and I owe the thanks entirely to Mom. She came up after Easter to wash clothes, organize the room, and set up the crib. It feels great to have the house ready to bring home baby.
Last Monday I started potty training Mason. He has been showing signs of readiness for a while and I thought now would be a good time since Mom was coming up to help with the baby's room. We did a 3 day potty training method (thanks Valerie!) and it worked great. By the third day Mason had 2 accidents and now that we are a week out he is not having any. I am SOOOOO PROUD of him and glad that we did it. It is great not having any diapers...if only for a week or two!
The biggest amount of news we have going on is the storms and tornadoes that came through our neck of the woods a few days ago. The tornadoes came through on Wednesday and we closely watched the tv and took shelter in our laundry room. We feel so blessed to all be safe and to not have received any damage. We were without power for a few days but that pales in comparison to what people are dealing with around here. While we were without power we went down to Birmingham just in case the baby decided to come early. We are continuing to pray for peace and patience during this recovery time. We are also praying for guidance to know how we can help.
Thanks for keeping up with us and what we have going on. I know I say that I am going to try and do better with the updates but it just never seems to happen. I am sure it will be even more difficult once the baby gets here. I will do my best!
We are completely out of boxes thanks to help from all of our family. We couldn't have done any of this without their help and support. The nursery is ready to receive baby Alexander and I owe the thanks entirely to Mom. She came up after Easter to wash clothes, organize the room, and set up the crib. It feels great to have the house ready to bring home baby.
Last Monday I started potty training Mason. He has been showing signs of readiness for a while and I thought now would be a good time since Mom was coming up to help with the baby's room. We did a 3 day potty training method (thanks Valerie!) and it worked great. By the third day Mason had 2 accidents and now that we are a week out he is not having any. I am SOOOOO PROUD of him and glad that we did it. It is great not having any diapers...if only for a week or two!
The biggest amount of news we have going on is the storms and tornadoes that came through our neck of the woods a few days ago. The tornadoes came through on Wednesday and we closely watched the tv and took shelter in our laundry room. We feel so blessed to all be safe and to not have received any damage. We were without power for a few days but that pales in comparison to what people are dealing with around here. While we were without power we went down to Birmingham just in case the baby decided to come early. We are continuing to pray for peace and patience during this recovery time. We are also praying for guidance to know how we can help.
Thanks for keeping up with us and what we have going on. I know I say that I am going to try and do better with the updates but it just never seems to happen. I am sure it will be even more difficult once the baby gets here. I will do my best!
