Easter Weekend

I hope everyone had a good Easter, such a wonderful day of reflection!  We went on a little road trip to Greenville to spend Easter with K's parents and extended family.  We had a wonderful time and loved seeing everyone again!  I have always felt extremely blessed to not just love my in-laws, but like them too:)  I have always felt that they are the "big" family I never had but always wanted.  I am always blown away at how much effort they put into the holidays, and I love the southern cooking:)  There was a big dinner and then an Easter egg hunt for all the kids.  

She loved her Easter dress, she kept saying "princess".

On a completely different note, my girl loves a good chicken leg:)

The Nursery

Well, I was kind of feeling like haven't blogged at all about this pregnancy yet, so here we go!  I have to say this time around has been so different from my first pregnancy.  The weeks go by so quickly when you are focused on and chasing a two year old:)  I was over the moon when we found out we were going to have a boy.  I would have been equally as excited to have another little girl because I really want S to have a sister.   We just felt extremely blessed to be able to experience and raise a daughter and a son.  

I loved putting his nursery together, and I think that I actually like it better than S's nursery.  I got the bedding on Craigslist for 20 dollars before I even new it was a boy.  I was able to get crazy deals on the crib and changing table at Target because they were on clearance and their credit card machines weren't working right so I they pretty much gave it away!  We already had the glider and the day bead was in the guest room, which is now S's new room.  I love to go in there and just sit and rock, it feels like I am at a beach house!

Our Weekend

The Flowertown Festival was this weekend and S and I actually went twice:)  We went on Friday with my mom and sister when it wasn't so crowded and then again on Saturday with K.  Both days were beautiful but Saturday it was super crowded and we could hardly walk much less see anything because there were so many people!  I think K even got a little claustrophobic so we left after we let S ride some rides and ate lunch.

Today after church K and S planted some veggies in the planter boxes that K made.  She has been so excited about planting "seeds" with daddy, she has been talking about it all week!  She has a gardening book that she loves so when K told her she could help plant with him she was one happy little girl.  They planted some tomatoes, squash, zucchini, and green onions I think.  Hopefully they grow right so she can watch them and we can have fresh veggies!

She's An Outdoor Girl

I don't know about you but I have been so thankful for this beautiful weather we have been having lately.  I have a little girl that would live outside if we let her.  I think one of my favorite things about living in Charleston is the spring and fall seasons because they are so mild and generally very sunny.

S had her little friends over to play for the day last week and as you can see they had a great time!

We had our first little "movie night" last week too and S thought it was the greatest thing ever:)  We watched Toy Story 3 but S only made it through about half of it before I thought it was a little too "scary" for her to watch right before bed.  She is prone to having nightmares so I don't want anything she sees to encourage the bad dreams.  We will definitely do it again though because she had so much fun sitting with daddy and eating popcorn!

Fun at the Zoo

Last week S and I went to the Columbia zoo with my sister and a friend.  We had a great time, but S wasn't quite as into the animals as I thought she would be.  I think she had the most fun playing on the zoo playground:)  She has definitely entered the terrible two's lately with an attitude that just makes me shutter!  So when we got to the zoo she decided she did not want to ride in her stroller because she has to be "miss independent" so obviously there was a melt down.  The first fifteen minutes of animals were not exactly appreciated by miss S so I didn't get a ton of pictures of her looking at animals, mostly because she was screaming, and that does not make for an attractive picture!

It looks like she is crying in this picture because she was:)  But I am all for documenting real life, not just the "good stuff", because I know I will look back and miss those tantrums some day!

Yes, I gave in and let her walk:( She won, I lost, but look how happy she is now:)  Just kidding, but not really, sometimes I just give in so that I feel like I didn't just spend my money for nothing, or if there isn't a bathroom near by:)

My adorable nephew Landon, can you believe those eyes!!

Kids are so funny, I think they actually enjoyed all the "other stuff" at the zoo more than the actual animals. I think that will probably change when they get a little older.  Life is still pretty simple for them right now which I really do like, it doesn't take much to entertain them.  

Our Last Trip Before Baby

Last weekend we went on a trip to Asheville, NC to visit Biltmore Estate.  We had a great time and were actually able to relax quite a bit!  The trip started out great with breakfast at Cracker Barrel in Greenville with Kevin's dad who happened to be in town.  We then headed up to Asheville for the next four days.  We ate at some amazing restaurants and toured downtown Asheville.

Our condo was amazing, nicest place we have ever stayed in, but it was a studio so Sadie slept in her pack n play in the huge bathroom:)  There is so much to see at Biltmore that we had to spread it out and take two days just to see it all.  

Can you see Sadie?  Walking away from us as usual!

The first day we were there it actually snowed while we were touring the house, so every time we walked by a window we got to look out and see a blizzard! 

We almost didn't go because of the threat of rain, but I am so glad we did because it only rained for a short time.  On our way home the last day we went to Ikea in Charlotte, which was definitely one of my favorite parts of the whole trip:)  

A Day at the Park

The weather was amazing again today so we went with our friends to the county park in Mount Pleasant.  The kids love the park and would stay all day if we let them! 

Sadie is getting so much more coordinated and is able to do most things on her own now which is nice.  Keeping up with her is more of challenge the more "pregnant" I get:)

I made Sadie a new dress with a pattern I bought on Etsy and I love it!  The pattern was so easy to use, it was probably the easiest sewing project I have ever done.  I would definitely recommend buying patterns from Etsy rather than the patterns from the store.  The patter I bought is like having five patterns in one because it can be a short sleeved dress, 3/4 length sleeves, a shirt, a dress with an empire waist and long sleeves.