My Little Munchkin's Daycare - Shutting Down Shop!

After lots of thinking, we have decided to close down the daycare permanently when the 3rd baby arrives in May. I am way excited for this new transition, however, it's a little scary that I won't be working during the summer and earning an income. We are going to have to be a strict budget!
I am however so excited to stay home with the new baby and Jack and Henry during the day and my future plans for the fall are to get my Certified Nursing Assistant certification and start working in the medical field on a part-time basis, while going to school and caring for the kids. Because I am going to school for nursing, getting my CNA is highly recommended and it will allow for some good experience in the field and hopefully will help me get a good job once I get my RN. I will miss the daycare kids and their families but am very excited for this new chapter!!

34 weeks!

On Thursday I will be 34 weeks along in this pregnancy. So I've got about 4-6 weeks to go! The last couple weeks of this pregnancy have really been dragging so I imagine the next few weeks will too :( However, I still have LOTS to do before the baby comes. I still haven't gone through my "nesting" stage yet and I really need that burst of energy to get some things done around the house! Because Henry is still in the crib room we haven't even touched it to get it ready for a girl. Ben plans to paint this weekend, so Henry will be in a "pink" room for a while! I have been reluctant to get him into Jack's room because Jack is such a great sleeper and Henry wakes earlier, so most mornings I just let him be in his crib until I am ready to get him up. I'm not in too much of a rush because I think the baby will be in a pack in play next to our bed anyway for a month or so. But I would still like to start remodeling the room to cater to a girl. I also have lots of school things to wrap up as well before the baby comes. Finals week actually starts May 5th and the following week. Hoping to get all homework and tests done before she comes too! I might have to take some early/late if she decides to come a little early. Jack came 3 weeks early and Henry came two weeks early, so I just wonder what this little one might do.

Henry potty training!

I've been starting to put Henry on the potty because he will be approaching 2 years old soon. Over the last few weeks he just sat there and finally, yesterday, he went pee for the first time and he was so excited about it! We have a long way to go yet as he doesn't seem completely ready yet but it's a start!

Spring Break - Texas!

Last week we went to Texas to visit my family. My Dad, Step-Mom Barb, sister Mikayla, and brother Blake live between Houston and Galveston in a place called League City. The weather was really nice and the boys had such a great time swimming in Galveston, going to the Rodeo, checking out Grandma's new hair salon, visiting Grandpa's carwash, watching uncle Blake dirtbike, and cruise around in the golfcart. It was great seeining them and the trip went way too fast.

Pregnancy Update - 25 weeks

Thursday I hit the 25 week mark and today I had my doctors appointment. Everything is looking good and healthy. Her heartbeat was consistantly at 140 beats per minute. I'm certainly feeling more pregnant with the size of my stomach and the cartwheels this little girl does in my belly. I mostly feel good during this 2nd Trimester; minus some back pain, a little heartburn (I attribute that to the baby finally growing some hair) headaches and some ligament pain. I can now see her move on the outside of my stomach and I am most entertained by this at night when I am working on school stuff and sitting with my laptop watching my stomach excitedly showing kicks from the inside. I think she likes that I'm learning again. :)
Jack loves to feel the baby kick and sometimes he will come up to me and give my stomach a kiss on my belly button and say, "hi baby!" out of the blue-I love this :). Henry doesn't really know what's going on but he'll soon find out! Seeing as I am more than halfway there I better start thinking about nursery ideas. I haven't had much time to do this with school and the kids but need to start transitioning Henry into Jack's room and then we will be able to get in there to start changing things around.