Pregnant Part 3

For all of those who aren't yet aware, I am pregnant with Baby T #3. I am not much for announcing our news to the world, so I haven't put it on Facebook thus far, nor been shouting it from the rooftops, but if you have seen me lately, there is no mistaking that we are expecting again. Once again, I am even bigger - earlier in my pregnancy. Thank goodness Corey was able to find my maternity wear amidst all of our boxes in the garage. I was definitely busting out of my "normal" clothes.

Thus far I am approximately 15 weeks along, so through the typical worst part. There were a couple of weeks which I was COMPLETELY exhausted, and another couple of weeks in which my belly was really bothering me, but otherwise I have felt great. I do feel as though I have been more tired in general than my other pregnancies, but I think it is because of my different "job position" as CEO of the Trent household. I am somewhat surprised by this because I am under far less work stress, but I am chasing 2 very busy boys all day.

We have told the boys about the baby coming. For a couple of weeks LT must have been processing the news because we didn't hear a peep from him about it. After that two week period he warmed up quite a bit and has started kissing my belly and asking a number of other questions. We have told Bear, although I don't know how much he really gets it yet.

Baby T is currently the size of an apple. The baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee and probably suck his/her thumb. LT Loves these details. He loves to see the pictures online of what the baby is looking like now and all of the things he/she is doing.

We are moving our final move into our "new" house this Friday. We have had a ton of work done over the past month and a half to our house. When all of the details are complete I will be posting before and after pics. We are still lacking a fireplace, a stair rail, and some of the tile backsplash. (Some other small details too!) I am so excited (crazy, I know!) to start unpacking. We haven't seen some of our stuff for 5-6 months. I am so ready to be settled and "normal" again...or as "normal" as our group gets! Please feel free to pray for our family this weekend, week, and month. Again, thanks to all of those who have helped us through this process over the past few months. We truly couldn't have done it without you!

Spring Has Sprung

Spring has sprung around this town and I am LOVING it - with the exception of my allergies. Seriously, this time of year, I might truly live outside to enjoy all things Spring if it wasn't for the sniffling and sneezing I do.

Our time has been filled with outdoor fun - non-stop. The boys and I have been relishing in the weather. We only get a short window of FAB weather, so when it is here, we are out. Last week we had the pleasure of seeing a better concert than Bon Jovi, Cher, and Celine Dion put together. That's right, we got the pleasure to see the St. Ann's preschool Spring Sing, in which LT was a star. The theme was red, white, and blue and the group sang some very patriotic songs. That's him in the front and center:

We have also been pre-occupied with some great soccer playing in our house. LT started soccer this season and has become quite the player. Thus far, he has scored one goal - in which Grandpa took him to get ice cream. His team won yesterday and we decided to do our own team pics instead of having a company do them. I think they turned out pretty well, what do you think?

Bear is finding himself smack dab in the terrible two's. Earlier this week I thought he truly might have broken my nose during a tantrum because he had to put his shorts back on. (The boy loves to sport just his diaper.) Let's just put it this way, there was a toy fishing reel that made such contact with my nose in which I was swollen, bleeding, and super grouchy. Additionally, he might have broken HIS foot after jumping off of a bed last night. He is currently limping and has been all day. Some call him Evil Kinevel, we call him Bear :)

Potty training part 2?

You might think I am just off my rocker to even think of training my youngest little bub. I think I am crazy and we have barely started. My friend was nice enough to donate some little bub Elmo underwear, size 2T. Bear has been doing some potty attempts and has been really liking the sweet treat perks associated with going potty. Now, here are the reasons I think this endeavor is a BAD idea:

1) You shouldn't potty train (says doctors) prior to any significant upcoming life change...ie yet another move coming up in May...hmmm, just what we are planning on doing.

2) I swore I was going to have Bear BEGGING to sit his hiney on the potty vs. me BEGGING him to handle it.

3) Just this morning in our 2nd underwear attempt he pooped and peed in his bright shiney new Elmo undies. (2 different pairs!)

4) We are still having potty issues with his big brother. Now, big brother has issues of his own, but he still has problems determining when to go ahead and make his way to the bathroom...sometimes it is just too hard to tear away from playing with his matchbox cars, ya know? I have that problem all the time when reading the White House/Black Market catalog :)

Reasons why I think this is a good idea:

1) We are in the rental house - seriously, pee and poop all over this bad boy, it isn't my carpet and we will be leaving the stains behind. (This has been my motto in this beaut from day #1, and it is kind of nice to be able to shrug this stuff off.)

2) Have you ever seen a 2T hiney in 2T underwear? It is truly just about the cutest thing you have ever seen...even when the underwear gets all faded from all of the accident washings. Although I am a little biased of course!

3) I think we can get out of the initial "oh, I just peed/pooped and it doesn't just go away like it does in my diaper" the underwear is a goner, right to the wash - and later tweak the true accidents...maybe.

One other note - I am sure many of you know the true fabulousness of Pandora radio, but just in case you don't, you will love it. Just hop on there and it whips up a sassy little station right up your alley. This side note is brought to you by Pandora radio - Jess' fave and it should be yours too. (I am jamming to it right now and it just makes me happy, and I thought it might make you happy too!)

p.s. These pics are not cooperating and honestly, you get the picture (pardon the pun!)

Spring Break!

Many people trek out to Orlando for Disney World, or the Bahamas, our group decided to stay right here in the heart of TX. Although staying right here, I am trying to make this week super fun and special. The fun thing is the kids are absolutely digging it. Now, who wouldn't dig the following:

1) Going to the ranch for 3 days with Mimi and Auntie Em - always a crowd pleaser?

2) Going on a hike after playing at the park

3) Having lunch at Costco and having special "breakfast for dinner" options including cereal and waffles?

3) Playing with tons of friends

4) Having movie morning and movie night - we normally don't get to watch movies, simply because you end up in front of the TV for 1.5-2 hours minimum, but this week is Spring Break...let's get crazy!

Who moved my cheese? Seriously.

For those of you "cheese" readers, my cheese has definitely been moved. As I mentioned in an earlier post, we received an offer on our house in approximately 2 days after putting it on the market. 25 days later and we are moved out of Sumac. We leave behind many faithful neighbors and pool-goers who will be greatly missed. The main reason we didn't want to leave our 'hood' was because of our fab neighborhood. Our entire fam will miss all of our good friends and neighbors who we became so close to.

Our house on Sumac that will be greatly missed

Our last night at our Sumac house was fun too - Corey suggested to have a family camp out in our old house for the last hoorah. I think everyone loved it, even me considering how exhausted I was after moving that day. Corey set up our 12 man tent in the empty living room and all four of us camped out that night. We roasted marshmallows, told ghost stories, and everyone got to stay up past their bedtime. I am glad that we ended on a high note, because otherwise I would have been weepy about leaving that house. When we moved into that house, Corey and I were newlyweds with no kids. We had lots of responsibilities to work and friends at that time. Looking at how far we have come and how much we (and our family) has grown makes the house that much more special. BUT, a house is really just a house without your things and your love in it :)

The boys peeking out of the tent

So, where are we living, I am sure you are wondering. Our fam took a time machine back to 1985 and moved into Coppell to #425. We chose to move back to the 80's because the price was cheaper, and the place was bigger for all of our stuff. Although I don't love the wood grain counters or blue and pink floral wallpaper, I think overall it was a good temporary move. Shortly after moving in, I also realized that homes built before the 90's don't come with a built in microwave. I realized that AFTER moving in when I was cooking lunch. The boys like this little house because it has an open backyard to play in whenever they want and also a little tiny room that is ALL theirs for their toys.

Our beauty of a rental

While moving I feel like I fell into a black abyss during these last few weeks, so I wonder who knows where we are and if we are ever coming back to real life. I felt like the move was consuming my ENTIRE life and I am glad it is over - one more move into a real house to go!

Speaking of real houses, we have a contract on a house, not far from where we were living previously. It is a foreclosure home, so we will need to do some work prior to moving in, thank goodness we are renting this beauty for 3 long months :)

The house we are going to close on

I also need to thank all of the people who have helped us over the last month. I have been overwhelmed by the amount of love, prayer, and support our family has received through this process. People have watched the kids, packed a box, unpacked a box, made us dinner, organized shoes, and just loved us through this endeavor. We are truly thankful to each and every one of you!

First trip...

Thursday night we had our first "official" trip to the ER. Now, I am sure you are thinking...wowza, you sure have a bunch going on - and now this??? My thoughts exactly! Logan somehow (neither Corey nor myself saw the actual incident) had a collision with the wood floor and his chin. I knew the injury was bad because he seemed to be beside himself regarding the pain immediately. When I took a look at it, I knew we were in for a trip.

I understand now why so many people get stitches on their chin - it is a bad spot. Your head does a lot of moving about, so when you get a hole there, it is a given you will get stitches...which was our case. Mom came over and was hoping to do some skin glue to repair the injury. (This is one of those times I so appreciate having a nurse for a Mom.) Upon seeing the site she knew we were headed into the ER.

We went in and LT did awesome! The shots to numb the site were the worst part...and otherwise, we walked out with 6 blue stitches. How did the doc know it was LT's favorite color? Well, I think they give blue to everyone, but he still felt pretty special. The incident went down at 8pm, we were home and had him in bed by 9:30...not bad!! I think I am blessed to have not been into the ER prior to now...and pretty excited about our first experience.

Brody also wanted to get a shot of his chin:

Sorry to have you look up LT's nose, I couldn't get a good shot of it otherwise!

What's the update...right?

Well, after dropping the big news of putting our house on the market in my last blog, we received an offer on our house lickety split! The prospective buyer offered us our listing price, and additionally wants us out of our house on the 25th of this month...yes, that's right, the 25th. Since that information was brought to us, I have been busying myself with a number of moving duties...packing, fixing the issues that came back on the inspection report, finding a place to live, etc. The last one is the most daunting of them all. We have placed an offer on a foreclosed home and are really hoping for the best on that - but realistically we will be homeless on the 25th. (Even if we get the foreclosed house!) Additionally, Corey and I don't want to be rushed into getting a house that isn't "it." I have looked at a number of options for short term, but feel as though we will be moving to Coppell for the short term. The price, length of stay, and size is just right for our needs. It should be an adventure!

In other news, we had 11 whopping inches of snow here. Yes, that is a date that will go down in history as the most snow EVER received here. I will say that I feel as though Dallas has responded well to the conditions (even though every single school district was closed.) The problem we have, is that we don't really own snow plows here that do heavy duty work. So all 11 inches are just hanging out in the street...awesome! The boys have had a good time playing in it - although Brody quits early and gets cold. I have also figured out that I need to add some sassy boots to my wardrobe to slush around in this stuff. Tennies just don't cut it! Additionally, I just don't know how all you northerners do it with ALL of the wet clothes...ugh! I can't keep up with all the stuff that is wet, and cold. We often times break out in random prayer around our house (although, not as often as I would prefer!) and LT said "Thank you Jesus for ALL of this fabulous snow, please don't let the sun come out and melt it!"

Finally, LT has a mohawk. That's right, he has a mohawk. His friend Eli was sporting a mohawk by spiking his hair up, and LT's just won't do that. His is too thick and matted down to his head. So, I allowed Corey to cut it into a mohawk on Sunday afternoon. It's only hair right??? He looks pretty cute with it and I figure this is the time for him to do it - versus when he is 16...I hope he is getting some of his creativity out now. He also decided to put a tattoo across his forehead the same day...the following is a picture of him: