the swimming lessons are going well. she swims to the steps and loves swimming back and forth to mark and i in the pool. she even floats on her back by herself.

there's only one problem....

she cries the whole time and says mommy!

avery starts swimming lesson today!!! here are the "before" photos. as in, before we ever left the house to actually go! :) i love her round face. i love her eyes. i love her smile!

zip up

zip down!

i love avery! she is turning into such the big kid these days! i really wanted to wait to potty train until blake came and she started preschool but she may train herself before i get to it. yesterday morning she stood up and said poopoo, i checked and there was nothing. 1 minute later there was something. today i got her set up with breakfast and went into the other room to do something. i can summoned by the screaming of mommy and when i went into the kitchen she was standing in her highchair and had neatly taken her diaper off and put it on the tray. everything around her was clean and she even put her plate on the counter. apparently she is recognizing when she has to go. most other moms would be so excited but i really just wanted to wait until all of the major changes were over. i guess we'll start poopoo training first. maybe next week!

i also think it's safe to say avery isn't really interested in basketball! she wasn't going to have the height for it anyways! :)

here's a quick update on baby blake! here's doing great and growing! i had my glucose test today so let's all pray i passed the first time! i have made our house eat grilled chicken and vegetables for 4 days in a room. mark even lost 2 pounds! LOL! after the appointment we met a friend at a hamburger joint and will be celebrating my birthday tonight at an italian restaurant! i now am almost in my 3rd trimester and will see the doctor every 2 weeks! pretty sure it might be time to start looking for a crib! i had only gained a pound since my last appointment but he grew and is now measuring a week ahead of schedule so everything is looking great! apparently cutting out the fast food multiple times for breakfast a week makes for a healthier lifestyle! :)

happy friday!

i asked mark to take some pictures of avery and i on mother's day. words were coming out of his mouth which included, the camera won't focus, you guys are blurry, i don't know how to work this thing. just because you have a nice camera doesn't mean you will get awesome pictures! hopefully he will want to learn before blake arrives!

on a pregnancy note, i would like to say carrying a boy and carrying a girl are two very different experiences for me! avery was high, very high. blake is low, way low! i think i prefer high. not that i don't feel relief when he kicks me in my hip bone. whenever i lay down at night to go to bed he kicks the crap out of the bed for a good 30 minutes. i tell mark and last night he felt it. mark made a comment how he felt him across my entire belly. proceeded with the question, "does it hurt?" followed by my reaction, "YES!" i love his comments sometimes!

this is what she does when you tell her to freeze!

here is the original

with a little cropping i think i like it! :)

happy easter!!! i know, i'm a little behind but we had a great Easter! :) we've been busy around here over the last couple of weeks! i got to go away for a weekend with my friend to austin and see old friends. it was so nice to eat and shop kid free. we took our time in the stores and ate at great restaurants. i think we're going to make it an annual thing! avery got into preschool 2 days a week so i'm pretty excited about that! she'll go on tuesday and thursday from 9 to 2:30pm. i had to fill out the 5 page form about avery and then the carpool sheet. i can't believe she's old enough to be carpooling. it just sounds like something a big kid does! then, i had to write in that she was going to be having a little brother in august so they would be aware of the changes going on at home. again, i had to pause that i will have TWO kids!

on a completely different topic, we went out for mother's day yesterday! avery was, well, a toddler. within 5 minutes she was standing on her highchair with her dress at her waist. it was actually funny at that point. you can imagine how the rest of the meal went! she didn't nap and was just a total toddler! you would think after a day like yesterday i should be frustrated and over it. i laid in bed last night and was so excited thinking about avery with her little brother. i clearly have a screw lose or i was just made differently. i can say with certainty this was not the same feeling mark was having! i just know i'm doing what i am suppose to be doing and it sounds so crazy to say. don't get me wrong, i have my moments. and yes, that's plural but the thought of driving avery to preschool with little blake in backseat and trying to juggle them both really excites me. i know it's going to be a hard adjustment for everyone. i probably don't even realize how hard it's going to be. i'm so prepared for avery to turn into this little monster and for her to act out and i'm okay with that. her world is about to turn upside down and i need to remember that.

alright, pictures from easter!

the bribe!

droopy drawers and all her eggs!