Mommy, Eat Your Corn!

Reagan is a major corn lover! Especially corn on the cob. She likes to eat it on the cob and gets upset when you cut it off for her. I've learned my lesson with that! :) The other night I decided to buy some fresh corn on the cob at the grocery store and cooked it up for dinner. Well, Reagan only ate her corn, nothing else on her plate. But, she ate the whole ear- it was pretty large. And she wanted me to eat my corn at the same time as her. It was cute- she'd say, "Mommy, eat your corn!" When I started to eat something else on my plate. I had to make a trip to the bathroom being as the baby feels like she's sitting right on my bladder at all times!! Reagan said, "Where are you going Mommy? Sit down and eat your corn!" It was a fun dinner night, one to remember!

Last Saturday night we had a nice summer vegetable dinner- homegrown from our garden! Yummy! We picked enough green beans to make a big pot full and we had tomatoes. Garden tomatoes are SO much better than store bought! It was great! Our tomato plants are huge and loaded down with tomatoes. We will have a ton in a couple of weeks. I love gardening! Next year, we've decided to buy a tiller and have a big garden. I am dreaming of home grown cucumbers, corn, lettuce, squash, watermelon..... we'll what can I say, I'm loving food right now! I'm pregnant- it's goes with the territory! Reagan loves to help in the garden as well. She would make such a cute little farm girl!

Reagan's 3rd B-Day!

Reagan and Austin- the two cake lovers of the family! I don't know which one enjoys it more!



We got Reagan a Madagascar birthday cake. It was really neat! She especially liked the animal figurines and palm trees on the cake. She is still playing with the animals. She is such an animal lover! Her cousin Katie offered to lick all the icing off the figurines. - and she had fun doing it! Thanks Katie! :) Reagan enjoyed blowing out her candles. She is really into the "Happy Birthday" song since her birthday. We were out to eat the other day and it was someone's b-day and the waiters sang the song and Reagan was thrilled! I often catch her singing it around the house too. So cute!

Beach Pics

My 20 Week Ultrasound

Well, this morning I went for my ultrasound. Reagan and Austin were able to join me. I was lying down on the table while the ultrasound tech was doing her work and Reagan asked Austin, "Is Mommy sick?" I don't think she knew what to think of all of it. I saw her covering her eyes a few times... Everything looked good and normal on the ultrasound. All the baby's organs look good and it's size is just plain normal. Which my doctor said is very good. And, I've only gained 3lbs. since my last visit! That puts me at 11lbs. total.

And---- it's a GIRL!!! Another girl! I kind of had a feeling the baby was a girl, but I wasn't quite sure. I don't think Austin is too disappointed, or he's hiding it really well. He said, "Well, we can always adopt!" I told him one thing at a time mister! While I am thrilled to be having another girl, I am a little sad that we won't be having a boy of our own. - I am finished after this pregnancy! So, Reagan and I went out today and celebrated. We went to lunch and a movie. I told Reagan she was going to have a baby sister and she said, "Yeah!"

So, we should have enough baby clothes for the second round. I saved just about everything of Reagan's. (That was worth saving.) I want to decorate the baby's room in pink and white. Reagan's room is done in green and purple. As far as names go, we're still thinking. We like the name Cara Grace but that is not set in stone yet. So, today was a fun and eventful day. It's so good to know, now I can start planning and decorating!

Summer Fun!!

We just got back from our beach trip! It was a lot of fun and the weather was wonderful! I will post pics of our trip sometime this week. Oh, and we got a new digital camera finally! It's a Nikon and very easy to use. So, I had a blast taking lots of pics at the beach! Reagan was of course a little timid of the ocean at first but was wading right in up to her knees by the time we left! She always gets used to things as it's time to go...:) She also enjoyed building sand castles and splashing in the little water pools that are left behind after the tide receedes. She would splash in them and whisper, "Oh Wow!" Next to our hotel was a mini water park with slides and a lazy river. Reagan liked the lazy river very much but I had to force her down the water slide. But, once she went, she loved it! We made some good memories on this trip! We went with my parents and my sister and her family. So, Reagan got plenty of hang time with her cousins Katie and Kendal. Katie is like a little mama herself so she helped me out quite a bit! Reagan always takes the best naps at the beach b/c she plays so hard- or maybe it's the salty ocean air. Who knows, but I enjoyed the down time.

We also celebrated her third birthday at the beach. This year we got her a Madagascar cake. It was really cool. I have a picture of it that I'll post later. Nobody wanted to eat the far side of the cake b/c it was so thick with the "ocean" icing. But, Reagan was thrilled. She gets VER Y excited about cake. It think it's her most favorite thing in the world. We went to Cold Stone Creamery one night while we were there and Reagan said she wanted the "pinx" icecream with sprinkles. She only ended up eating two bites. Good thing it cost only $1.50. She is not much of an icecream fan.

I did not feel very beach pretty this year. I had no tan whatsoever and a preggo belly. Oh well, there's always next year. We get to find out what the baby is this Thursday! Yipeee! I honestly have no idea what it is. I thought Reagan was a boy before her ultrasound, so I'm not guessing this year. We will be happy with either! I think Austin really wants a boy, so hopefully so. So, then we'll be through with the baby making!!! :) My biggest complaint with this pregnancy is all the headaches I get. AHHHH! And tylenol does nothing for them. Does anyone have any suggestions on what might help? Sometimes I get them for two days straight! Oh well, I need to close. This blog is getting rather long... Look for pics coming soon! Miss you all!

Disney Pixar's new movie "Cars"

Wow! I haven't been able to catch my breath here lately! We've been going non-stop for the past couple of weekends. Memorial Day weekend Austin and I got to go to the world premier of the Disney Pixar movie "Cars." It was at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. I've never been inside the speedway before but WOW! It is so huge! The Coca-Cola 600 was that same weekend, so when a race is happening, the speedway is transformed into a small city. I have never seen so many RVs in all my life. - And license plates from everywhere. So, anyway, we got to see several movie stars including Bonnie Hunt, ("Cheaper by the Dozen" mom) Owen Wilson, and Larry the Cable Guy- "Git R Done!!" When Larry the Cable Guy stepped on stage and said- "Git R Done" the crowd went wild! It was hilarious! He plays the voice of the pick-up truck "Mater" in the movie. We also got to watch a just for fun 12 lap race- of course the "Cars" car won! :) I can see how people like to go to races. Hearing the cars roar around the track is pretty cool. It made me think about how my Papaw would lay beside the radio on Sunday afternoons and listen to the races and end up falling asleep. So, I felt truly southern this Memorial Day weekend. We got to watch a stock car race and listen to country music! There was a country music band that played before the movie. The movie was shown on four 11 story screens. Pretty awesome! I wanted to take some pics inside the speedway, but no cameras were allowed. Well, I might even consider going to a race now, who knows? We didn't get home until 2 a.m. but we had a great time! Charlotte is such a fun city! Oh by the way, the movie was really good!