Day Old News

Yesterday was Cole's last day in the baby room at school. It was bitter sweet. Cole is absolutely ready to move up but her teachers have been so wonderful that it makes the transition hard. When Cole started going to school it was all tears, all the time. She went on hunger strike and would only take milk from a spoon. Fortunately, the situation improved and in the last year she's grown to love going to school. She was sad to hear that she'll going to a new class in a couple of weeks. But I'm sure she'll grow to love her new teachers and classmates by the end of the summer.

In other news, yesterday one of my pictures from Instagram was featured on the I Love Memphis blog.  If you tag your Instagram pictures #ilovememphis, Kerry will look at them and possibly put them on the blog. I'd never tagged a picture #ilovememphis before this week, but I'd also never seen a dog chilling on the back of a car while his owner shopped for groceries. It was pretty cool.

Finally, the Grizz won last night! They closed out their series against the OKC Thunder and will move on to the Western Conference final, for the first time ever! The whole city is pumped. What a fun time to be a Memphian. 

30!

Happy birthday Peter, my best friend and husband! 30 is going to be a good year.

Over Halfway

I'm 22 weeks pregnant and this may be my first real belly shot. Unlike last time around, I'm very distracted. And busy chasing a toddler. Yes, with this pregnancy there is still anticipation and wonder and worry, I just have a sweet distraction in Cole.

This pregnancy has been different than I anticipated based on what I've heard second pregnancies to be. I showed later this time and I'm coming in a bit lighter on the scales than I did at 22 weeks with Cole.  Baby girl's placenta is on top so it actually took a while longer for me to feel her moving.

Baby sister has one outfit to call her own (thanks to the Days) and nothing else. She and Cole will share just about everything, including diapers since we use and love one-size cloth diapers. She may get her own room but that is still to be determined. Since we already have a bassinet that will fit in our room we really don't have to decide where sister will sleep until a few months after she arrives. We're hoping to make that decision sooner rather than later but at the rate September is approaching I'm not holding my breath.

It's quite exciting to be pregnant a second time. We know we don't know our daughter and won't until she's here. As a wise friend pointed out, second children don't necessarily imitate their predecessors. But it is just so exciting! We could never have imagined all that Cole would add to our family and hearts and surely baby sister will do the same.