Gender Reveal Party

We had our gender reveal party. It was not as big as we had the past. Really, it was just a fun time with some yummy cake. Here are a few pictures. 

 Our Jackson boy with blue hair

I made balloons that were filled with pink or blue confetti. I was very scared to pop them. EKKK

 Here we go!!

It's a..........

 GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are beyond excited to be having another girl. We found out very early on from a blood test. When my OB's nurse called and told me I hit the floor crying. It still doesn't seem real. We haven't seen her on ultrasound since we found out. We have to wait until our 20 week appointment. So, until then we wait. But, the bloodtest is 99% accurate. As a mom I just want to see the goods on ultrasound. HAHA!

Soon, we will share her name. :)

A little miracle

Thank you all SO much for the well wishes.
We are beyond thrilled to be pregnant with another miracle.

I am so sorry I haven't been posting much. I have been very sick.
Morning All day sickness is a catch22. Come on lets be real- it sucks..like bad, but its good because it tells me the baby is doing great!

This pregnancy has been very hard. Chasing a 2 year old, trying to keep up with house work and being a good wife all while trying not to throw up has been hard... like really hard. Lets not even talk about changing dirty diapers.. OMG! Some days I will tell you I don't know how I am going to make it (uhm, yesterday). Then I have other days like today that I say, "I can do this".

There is absolutely no way I could get through this without James. He has really been so great. He picked up where I have had to leave off. I know seeing your wife miserable for weeks upon weeks has to be so hard on him. I mean he goes to work all day then comes home to a crazy toddler and a wife who is about to throw up on him and a house that looks like a tornado. Seriously yall...he's amazing! (Thank you babe!)

I want to do another post on our infertility struggles. I debated and debated on blogging about this but I guess its a part of my "Story" and it needs to be told. I will save it for another day.

I hope everyone is doing great. Please pray this sickness to go far, far away! :)

Well....

 

Baby number 3 due March 3!!

Thank you and I need help!!!!

Yall are blowing me away with all the people who headed over to Instagram and started following me! Don't hesitate to comment yall!

I didnt really get to many comments on the vlogging. Maybe I'll do what someone said...just vlog the summer bucket list and more vlogging of Mr. Jackson.

Jackson has gotten so big! We haven't gone to his 2 year check up yet, but after we do I post all his stats. He is SO tall I wonder what percentage he is in.

Also, I know I have posted about this before but Jackson will not eat much at all. I mean seriously he only eats:Fruit (some not all kinds and recently he chews it up and spits it out), carrots (sometimes- mostly he spits them out), chips (goldfish or any crunchy chip), peanut butter (sometimes- and not peanut butter sandwiches), yogurt, cheese (sometimes- most of the time  no), cereal, waffles

He refuses to eat any meat, any veggies, anything that looks like a real meal, lunch meat, hotdogs,grilled cheese, p b and j sandwiches, chicken nuggets, fish sticks, mac n cheese..the list goes on and on

What do I do with him??? I have tried to only put one thing on his plate that he will eat and the other stuff like he doesn't care for (which is everything). When I did that he just ate the stuff he liked and sat and cried. I never gave in once and the next morning he still didnt seem hungry. I am just at a loss with that to do. Ive researched and tried everything I know. I'd love some suggestions. When we go for his check up I will also be asking about this.

Vlogging

Ok so I have to confess...

I tried my hand at vlogging (video blogging) and let me just say it was..... BORING!

All I did was video our daily happenings but gosh I didn't even post it because yall would be bored to death! But, I do want to start posting some videos of Jackson. He is so stinkin cute and funny. Seriously yall if you saw how smart he is you would be blown away!

Sorry Iv'e been MIA again. It's summer time and we have been busy having fun!
If you follow me on Instagram I have been posting all of our summer pictures.
I started a summer bucket list! #staatssummerbucketlist
I have been waiting to dance and play in the rain, but it has yet to rain long enough for us to even get outside!

What has everyone been up to?
Should I start vlogging?
Do you guys want to see more videos of Jackson?

A good book

I'm not really a "book" person. James says I'm to ADD to sit down and read, but when I find a book I like I will sit down and read the whole thing in a few hours.

But, honestly having a crazy two year old who has time to read?

Last night I sat down and made myself read. Well it didn't take time until I was hooked! Have you read, Sparkly Green Earrings? It is so funny and such an easy read! I will admit I didn't finish it last night, but I am about half way. Melanie Shankle wrote this big she is also a blogger!

As I was reading her book so many memories came flooding back to me about infertility, giving birth without an epidural, and then it hit....like the hurricane that it always is..... my longing for my daughter was back in full force. I miss her so much sometimes its truly unbearable. I pulled myself together just enough to go to sleep.

I woke up this morning feeling better, but I am scared to finish the book. It's not a book any other person would get upset reading. Like I said its a really funny, easy read. But sometimes random triggers flood back so many memories. They are few and far between these day, which I am grateful for.

Melanie wrote another book, The antelope in the living room, and lets be real I am going to read it!

Does anyone else have any other great books that I need to read?

How to disable the right click function on your blog

I woke up this morning to many e-mail and messages asking how to disable the right click function on your blog.

So, here we go!
1. Open Blogger
2. Go to your page elements page (dashboard--layout--page elements)
3. Click on 'add a gadget'.
4. Select 'HTML/Javascript'.
5. Go to this webpage and copy the code (I cant paste it on my page)
6. Now paste that code into the box you opened.
7. Save

Now go back to your blog and try to right click it should say 'Function Disabled'!

Hope this helped!