Almost Time!

2 days shy of 40 weeks

The big sister! She's been playing with baby and becoming good friends with her Aunt Hannah.  She will even ask her to hold her!

With Mama... she is one big girlie.  She wears 2T already (and sometimes 3T). It is fun hearing her jabber and see her run. 

~ November ~

Just a few days shy of 37 weeks! :-D I'm not coordinated enough to take a self-picture AND smile... :-P

So Dwight took this one. :-) There is no point in taking pictures from the front, because from that angle I don't look pregnant. I don't know where these babies hide (Chloe was the same way - though they do seem to enjoy pressing against my tailbone), but it is nice that I can still wear some of my regular clothes (so that they are long sleeved!). Brrr - it's cold here! My midwife says all is looking great and I'm only measuring 1 week small. So, I'm actually bigger this time around. LOL. I've gained more this time, too. Which worries me, because Chloe was big for a CO  high-altitude baby. ;-)

Chloe likes to "dress" herself. :-)

She usually has the right idea... she'll get it eventually! :-) 

We take lots of pictures when she is sleeping. 

She loves to eat bananas. With the peel still on - she is our lil' monkey!

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! :-) We missed our families, but had a fun week of celebrating our 2nd anniversary together and then spending Thanksgiving with friends. It is fun to make special meals and get the table and us all fancy. Dwight surprised me by coming home a few hours early on Monday... or maybe  I surprised him, since I still had my curlers in. :-P And then he came home early on Wednesday with Thurs. - Friday off. I love having him at home!

We're so thankful for each other, and I love him so much! I'm so glad we have Christ as the center of our home and marriage though, because the longer I'm a wife or Mum, the less "I know the way to do things!" ;-) Dwight is so loving and patient - I'm glad we get to learn together. :-)

A Fall Day with Chloe-girl.

Chloe was acting like she just needed a change of pace and to get out of the apartment for a bit, so we went to the tennis-court-turned-park for some pictures. :-) She doesn't really want to smile for the camera, but I think she is cute nonetheless. :-) 

Gotta love her hair, and the drool. ;-) 

Here you go, Mum!

Everything goes in the mouth... 

She looks so serious. 

I love her faces!

Her daddy likes this one... 

Some birds flew by. She loves birds!

Stuff and Pictures. :-)

Sugar and spice
and everything nice
that's what little girls are made of


Sunshine and rainbows
and ribbons for hair bows
that's what little girls are made of

Tea parties, laces

and baby doll faces

that's what little girls are made of
- Unknown

Life has been... normal lately. :-) Dwight's been studying, Chloe's been growing, Sprout and more visibly myself have been growing, etc. Chloe is fun, I love being her mum. She had a day where for some reason she decided to see if she could still crawl, and after getting used to her only walking, that was pretty comical. And then she broke out into a run one day, and mercy. When she starts doing that more, I'm in BIG trouble. There is no way I could keep up with her! She is fast!


She is cutting her 1-year molars, which basically means that most nights no one under this roof (well, hopefully we don't bother the neighbors too much) gets much sleep, but at least it is temporary! It is so sad when she just cries and cries... the poor girlies pain threshold is like a -10. But she is still our chunky monkey - at her 12 month apt. she was about 24 lbs. and 32 in.


And she likes to chatter and sing here at home... lots. It is fun to start recognizing words! So far she seems to know and can say - yes (and nods her head), all done, thank you, again, drink, banana, mum/ mama, dad/ dada, oh yeah, and peek-a-boo (just drops the k). {I should write things like this down because I don't remember what else she has said!} She has pretty reddish hair and a temper to match. ;-) Can't imagine where that comes from! She also seems to think that her diaper days are over. She keeps trying to get up when I'm changing her and telling me that she is all done. "All done with what?", I said the first time she did this. "Your diaper? Oh no you aren't!" "Yes," she said (grinning and nodding her head emphatically). "All done." Not quite, my lil' missy! Then later (she was in a dreaded velcro cover) she brought the whole thing to me after she had taken it off, with another "all done." I'm trying to think whether training should commence or if it is just a fascination with the phrase "all done." :-P 

Her cowgirl jammies. On her left it says I ♥ my pony. :-) 

30 weeks. Won't be long! We've already discussed NOT going two weeks past the due date again with our midwife. ;-) 

A very blurry 4-D ultrasound picture of our Sproutsie (taken at 30 weeks). Can you see the lil' nose and mouth? Baby's eyes are open in the picture, and is covering the other side of his/her face with his/her arm. (I can't wait to find out what we are having!!!!) Sproutsie has lots of hair just like Chloe did. They must get that from Dwight. I was still practically bald on my 2nd birthday. 

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The Birthday Girl :-)

She had a lovely birthday, getting to celebrate with with Grandma & Grandpa Bailey (and Aunt Hannah, Aunt Abby, Aunt Dora and Uncle Cliff), Papa & Baba Pleckham (and Aunt Kate, Uncle Henry and Uncle Sam), getting to see her three Great-Grandmas and her "Grandpa that is Great", her Uncle Andy and Aunt Renee & cousin Alissa, attending Tim and Evy's wedding, and enjoying a delightful (haha!) 40+ hours strapped in a car seat over the course of a week. She was actually really great in the car, I prayed and prayed and hoped and hoped... and she only had 3 crying spells the entire trip (each lasting about 15 minutes until she fell asleep)! And amazingly... she still gets excited when it is time to go "bye-bye!" 

~ 1 Year ~

 "For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth."

-Psalm 139: 13-15

One year ago was our lil' Sweet Pea's due date. Never mind baby wasn't showing signs of coming - we were so excited! We wanted to know whether baby was a "he or she," what baby looked like, how life would be with our very own little one, etc. We soon found out!

"Every good and perfect gift is from above." 

-James 1:17

Our little daughter was born on the 20th and we thought she was beautiful! We named her Chloe Sophia, which means full of life and growing in wisdom. We are very happy that the Lord chose to place her in our family; she is a gift that we cherish! And we are so grateful for God's protection over her this past year - we love being her Daddy and Mum. :-) 

Happy Birthday to you, lil' darling!

"I sing for joy at the works of Your hands."
-Psalm 92:4