cute things

Wow! Has it really been almost 2 months since I last posted? I have had a good excuse though, we've just gotten into our new house 2 weeks ago, so we've been quite busy... Things are coming along well here, and we're actually much more settled in than I expected to be at this point! So that's good! I am so enjoying our new home and Jayce loves his new swings and trampoline!

I will post pictures soon but wanted to update ya'll on some of the cute things Jayce has said and done lately...His new most common phrases are "oh, wow! and oh, man..." He walked downstairs the other day to see new toys in the den and exclaimed, OH WOW!!! and then he dropped a toy upstairs the other day and said OH, Man... it is so cute the way he says it... I'm like you're 2, and saying these phrases that we say... it's just funny to hear it come out of his little body...

I was talking to him about the baby yesterday, asking him if he thought Gabe would have a blankie like his, and if Gabe would like raisins and gold fish like he does... and he said, "OH!" and jumped down from my lap, ran into the kitchen, picked up some fish and brought them back and held them up to my stomach for Gabe to eat them, it was the cutest thing ever!
When we ask him where the baby is, he'll still touch my stomach and say "Hold" and hold out his hands to hold him... I keep telling him we hope not just yet!

So, I"m almost 31 weeks now and overall doing well... I do have gestational diabetes again, so have to watch my diet and prick my fingers... but I"m used to both of those so it's not too bad! I am having some problems with varicose veins and that is not fun! Especially during shorts season! The dr. told me yesterday that I need to be wearing maternity hose all day long, also not fun during shorts season! As if I"m not hot enough already! But I will say I've worn them under capris and pants the past day or so, and it does help relieve some pain, so that's good... I just hope they'll go away after Gabe arrives... sometimes they do, and sometimes they don't... let's hope in my case they do!

His name will be...

OK, we have definitely decided on the baby's name! Middle name could still change, but first name will be Gabriel, and we'll call him Gabe. We were in church last Sunday, and as you know we'd been back and forth forever, and Jay leaned over and wrote on the program, Gabriel, so I saved it in case he forgets and tries to change it again... After all, he was in God's house when he said it, so he can't take it back right? Tara, don't tell your dad please that we were writing notes! (It was during the singing!!!)
We'll probably use Gabriel Humphries McLaughlin... but not set in stone yet...

WE had a great Easter here with Jay's family... just wish it had been warmer, so Jayce could wear his cute little outfit I'd gotten him for it, but oh well, we have all summer...
Jayce enjoyed hunting eggs today with his cousins and a golf cart ride with Nanny to see the horses... He was not a happy camper when we made him leave... We didn't do much candy today and he's not at the age where he notices... he mainly just likes to play with the plastic eggs!
I'll post some pictures from our day later once I download them, Happy Easter!


OH I did want to tell Jayce's cutest saying of the week... I went to get him out of his crib from nap time last week one day, and I said, Hi Darling, and he replied "Hi Darlin", it was the cutest thing, so now we are constantly bribing him to say it, which is fine as long as it is only to me!

new house

I wanted to attach a picture of our new house! We've finally sold ours, due to close on April 9th, and have a contract on this one, due to close on April 20th.. However, we have some time to pack... The owners of our new house want to finish out the school year, and we are going to rent the house to them until the end of that... and the buyers for our house are also going to rent this to us until we move, which will be May 23rd... We love this house! The outside is really cute I think, but the inside is what really got us! We saw it once, and offered 5 minutes later, that's how much we like it... any of you who know Jay know that he really thinks things through, so he REALLY liked it! It has 4 bedrooms and a bonus play room/workoutroom/office... big enough for all that, a big kitchen, DINING ROOM, master bath with double sink and JET TUB, and shower and WALK IN... this is all new to us, so we are really excited! And a really big backyard, equipped with a wooden swing set and trampoline with a net around it (not quite sure WHEN we'll start using that!) Anyhow, say a prayer for me packing! I'm trying to get motivated, but it's just so overwhelming! We have so much stuff! These kids sure accumulate stuff FAST!

PS I"m attaching other recent cute pics!

Belly pics

OK, an update on the pregnancy now that I'm on a roll, his laptop is so much easier! I have 5 1/2 months pregnant, it's so hard to believe! It is flying by, now that I'm past the yucky stage! I'm feeling really good for the most part! I am not sleeping really great, having to potty quite often, but I've kind of adjusted to the sleepless life since having Jayce! I've only 18 more years to go right? At least! Anyhow, as for a name... the saga continues... We had talked about Gabriel, calling him Gabe (Gabrielle is my middle name), Peyton, Graham, Taylor, Tyler... the list goes on and on... I really liked Gabe, but Jay just couldn't agree on it, he just wasn't sure... so then I thought of my absolute favorite boy's name, Jackson, which just happens to be my nephew's name, so I'd never considered it... But, I realized that they actually never call him Jackson, he goes by Jack... so I thought they might be ok with it, and they were, and Jackson was actually very pleased that I wanted to name the baby after him... The only problem was his twin brother Jonathan wanted one named after HIM! I thought that was cute! Anyhow, tonight we are talking again, and I am still drawn to Gabe... and it would be my first choice... It's complicated, b/c I love the name Jackson most, but I would like Gabe more b/c it would be original to just us! We'll see... I'll keep you posted... maybe we'll do Jackson Gabriel or vice versa and have the best of both worlds... and then we can call him whatever he looks like, we'll see!
Anyhow, I'm posting some pics for you to see my growing belly... the one of Jay and I is the weekend of my birthday, on our way to Hilton Head, I was right at 5 months, and the others were taken tonight, 2 weeks later...

missing pictures

I'll try again to post the birthday pictures!

Catching up

Well, I was so excited to finally be able to post after a long frustrating time of not being able to log on! For some reason, I can only use the new blogger through Jay's laptop... so I'll have to do this only at night... Anyhow, I wanted to write about the party and I'll catch up on older pictures too as we go along...
Jayce had a great time at his birthday party today and I actually did too! We made it very simple with just pizza and cake and ice cream, and that was so much less stressful than last year! We had a Winnie the pooh theme which he picked... He Loves pooh, and we never encouraged it, he just has always been drawn to his .99 cent books I got him at Piggly Wiggly one time about pooh and the gang... So, he was very excited about his pooh cake, balloons, plates and napkins, and all that jazz! I got this theme by Jay by finding pooh invites with him swinging a baseball bat, otherwise, he'd have never gone for it! We had the party at the McLaughlin's cabin, which is a great place to have a party, b/c it's so spacious, then again... it's NOT so great, when you have lots of toddlers who are overwhelmed by all the places they could go! We had to drag Jayce inside balling for him to have his cake, and I definitely opened all the gifts! But, that was fun for me! Anyhow, we had fun overall and most importantly Jayce had a blast...
It was so nice for so many family members and his little friends to make it today and we had a super time!

Happy 2nd Birthday Jayce

Dear Jayce,
You are two and that is so hard to believe! I feel like it was just yesterday that I held you in my arms for the first time, so overwhelmed with joy by our first meeting, that I could not stop sobbing! It is amazing what GREAT happiness such a small person has brought to my life! I am so thankful to God for blessing your dad and I with such a healthy, happy, FUN, sweet, adorable, yet definitely ALL BOY little guy! Before having you, there was no way to understand what joy a child could bring, and it truly has been God's greatest gift to me, other than my salvation and relationship I have with the Lord, and of course your wonderful daddy! Jayce, you literally do light up my world. Despite your fits and tantrums( which are becoming more and more common these days), you can always make me smile and I'll never grow tired of staring at you in wonder and amazement! You are my little buddy and will always be my baby boy, no matter how old you get!
I want to thank you for the joy you have brought your dad and I and I want you to always know how great a gift you are to us from your Heavenly Father! I love you sweet boy, mommy (mama/ "mema")


PS, will post pictures from birthday party and other recent ones, asap...

PSS I am SO PREGNANT, I am sobbing uncontrollably! Of course I did that his last birthday too!