I AM BACK!!!!!!

okay, so i didn't go anywhere... but I do have satelite internet now which I actually find faster than our old DSL hookup at our old house.. i couldn't be more excited.. almost 4 months or so with very little internet was very hard but now i am back and ready to start loading pictures back on the blog!! I probably won't have any up for a couple more days because i have soo many now to actually get onto this computer to edit and then load, but don't worry they are coming!

Our recent News:

JACOB IS NO LONGER MY BABY :( he is becoming such a big boy I see that baby stage totally disappearing and it turning into true toddler or terrible twos i guess...

1: Jacob stopped nursing around 13 months but then we gave him a bottle, well as of 20 months old.. he has been totally weaned from the bottle and drinks everything from sippy cups now... (that was an extremely easy transition and he never even asked for his bottles after they were gone.)

2: We got rid of all bedtime/naptime milk drinks.. he goes to bed without needing a sippy cup or bottle and gets laid right into his crib after he's changed in his pajamas..

3: Sammie has been officially gone for a week or two now and he never even noticed she was gone.. That transition was extremely easy also! and we all agree it was a good decision.

4:AND THE BIGGEST NEWS OF ALL!!! NO BOBO (AKA PACIFIER)... that was a hard decision to decide when the right time would be to get rid of it... but we figured, the sooner the better.. if you know Jacob well you know he normally has about 10 in his bed with him at night and squeaks them in each hand while sucking on one...and you pretty much always saw one somewhere near him, he didn't like to go out without one.. HE WAS TOTALLY OBSESSED!.. so we figured it would be hard.. but he has had 6 NIGHTS and days NOW WITHOUT IT! and it actually has gone extremely smooth.. at naptime he started off crying for about 30 minutes before falling asleep (he even fell out of his crib once in anger, but no injuries thank goodness) and crying at night for about 10 minutes before falling asleep BUT NOW.. hes crying for about a minute or two before falling asleep and he's still sleeping his average of 12 hours at night and a 3 hr nap during the day... SO IT HAS GONE MUCH BETTER THAN PLANNED! and i am soooooo glad we did it now, that way he won't have a new baby sister with one while we are trying to wean him from his... we did have two meltdowns when he found one in a drawer and when he saw a baby in the store with one but otherwise he hasn't hardly even spoken the word "bobo" throughout the day or night. THANK YOU JESUS!

In about a month we plan on moving him to his "BIGBOY" room to get him used to that also before the baby comes... we plan to keep him in his crib until he starts crawling out of it frequently... (he fell out the one time, but has not done or attempted that anymore, i think he was just VERY upset about the pacifier being gone, he normally loved his crib.) We have a toddler bed all ready for him and we think we might move him to that around 3 years old, but for now he is happy in his crib!

AS FAR AS MY PREGNANCY... It's going very well, my belly is definitely getting bigger and most of my clothes is getting pretty tight now.. I am approximately 25-26 weeks, not sure which but either way I am feeling pretty good.. Lots of backaches at night and at work but otherwise good... I do think she may breech... Most of the kicking is LOW and not at all like Jacob which gives me that feeling.. all i know is she better turn before delivery time because i don't want a csection!!!