Ballet

Abby is now taking ballet classes on Thursday mornings. I called recently expecting the studio to say that they were booked until the fall, but luckily we were able to squeeze into a spot. The class is for 2-3 year olds. This particular dance studio is one of the only ones that I have found that will take girls as young as 2, or in Abby's case, not even 2! She did as good as could be expected- they had to call me back into the room to sit with her, but they said that is completely normal, and that she will become a lot more comfortable as the weeks progress. She is by far the youngest in the class, so her attention span was a little shorter than the other girls; however, she really did love her ballet class! Mom and I took her to Barbara's the day before to get all of her ballet gear: leotard, pink tights, pink shoes, and a pink skirt. She wore her outfit home and would not take it off for the remainder of the afternoon. To complete the look, I bought some "big girl" barrettes so that her hair would stay out of her face. Here is our little ballerina in training!

"Night Night Paci"

We can now say that we have officially given up our pacifier for good. To our amazement, it took about a day in a half, and was no big deal at all. We started last Saturday night after our dinner and play date with some friends. She was exhausted, and we thought that we be a great time to start. We put her down around 8:30, and by 9:15, she was asleep. Because she did such a good job, we told her she could get a doughnut when we went to the grocery store. We were a little anxious about her nap on Sunday, but that took about 15 minutes of crying and she was asleep. When she woke up, we asked her what she wanted to do for a treat for sleeping without her pacifier, and she said,"paint," so we took her to Seize the Clay and let her paint a bowl. And that was that!!! She has asked for it a few times here and there, found one in the bottom of my purse, but anytime you ask her about it she says, "night night paci."

Here is Abby for the last 2 years enjoying her pacifier

Here is the last picture- she found this pacifier at the bottom of my purse the other day. It was quickly taken away!

A new baby

Brandon and I found out on September 6th that we are going to have another baby. We couldn't be happier, but I must say that we were a little surprised. I had felt strange for a few weeks leading up to the 6th, so finally, after I had a dream the night before that I was pregnant, I decided it was time to really be sure. To our amazement, the test was positive! Originally we were not going to find out what we were having, but the more the pregnancy went on, and how different I felt from when I was pregnant with Abby, we felt like we probably should find out for sure. We realized that if this is a boy we don't have anything that is white, blue or yellow- all we have around here is pink, frilly, sparkly, and ruffly...

We had our first ultrasound on December 27th and found out that we are in fact having a healthy baby boy!

Abby helped us share the good news

We have a few names picked out, but nothing that is set in stone. We would like to wait until the baby is born before we spill the beans. Maybe :)