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As you can probably tell from the countdown, Court and I are expecting another baby. We are very excited. Here are a few answers to the many questions I have gotten:

1. I just entered my second trimester. Which puts the baby due sometime toward the middle of February.
2. There is only one! This was confirmed in an ultrasound as the tech spent an extra amount of time making sure there wasn't twins.
3. The baby is doing great. We have had three ultrasounds and all of them have been normal. Hooray.
4. I have been quite sick but things seem to be improving as I get farther into my pregnancy.
5. We should find out the gender of the baby sometime around the first of October.
6. We have taught Isabel to point to Mommy's stomach when asked where the baby is. She has also informed us that we are not having a boy or a girl. In fact the last time she was asked Izzy said we were having an elephant. Won't that go down in the record books.
7. Courty of course wants a boy but would also love a little girl. I don't really have a preference although it would be nice for Izzy to have a sister. At this point we just want a happy healthy baby.

My big girl

We have quite a few changes at our house the last 3 weeks. We first started off by giving up the binky. We sat her down and told her that as a big girl she didn't need the bink anymore and that we were going to throw it away. She was actually the one that throw it in the garbage can. She asked for three times and that was it. Sure she was the one that had to give it up but in some cases it has been hard for me then her. Although she mostly only used it at nap time, I would give it to her to calm her down if she got upset or was hurt. But over all I think she transitioned very well quite quickly.

Then it was on to the bed. She started climbing on everything including the crib. Although she never climbed out I caught her several times trying to shimmy her way up the bars. So we decided it was time to change out the crib for a toddler bed.

We purchased this second hand one for $20.00. (I love a bargain). Of course it needed a coat of paint.

And I thought it would be fun to have Izzy help. It was only a matter of minutes before she had it in her hair.


The finished project. Doesn't she look cute in it? It looks so great in the room. Izzy has really taken a shine to it. We have had to take the last week or so to teach her not to get out of bed after we put her in it. But she had handled it so well. It amazes me how well children really do adjust to change. I really need to learn that from her.