the month of may

on mother's day, gracie came up to visit us...we had such a great time on saturday, but sunday turned out to be not so good...at this point in the day, mccoy hadn't drank any of his milk or eaten anything, which was highly unusual...by the 8 that night, we headed to the emergency room because the nurses thought he might be dehydrated...when we were in the waiting room, we noticed he had 4 or 5 huge ulcers on his tongue...it turned out that he had hand, foot, mouth virus...we left there around 1 in the morning...we were all exhausted!

because it was a virus, he couldn't take anything besides tylenol with codeine in it...we had to keep him home for a week and this is basically what he looked like all week...he couldn't stand to keep his tongue in his mouth...poor little guy!

thank goodness we were over that! a few weekends later, we headed out to the ballpark where they had set up a makeshift go cart track...area businesses sponsored the cars...

unfortunately, even though it was may it was freezing!

crash test

they even had pit stops

38 weeks pregnant...almost there!

chillin in his wagon...his latest obsession is neigh neighs (horses)...we're not sure where this came from, but we just roll with it...he loved watching all of the horse races on tv like the kentucky derby, preakness and belmont races...we even bought him the movie, Secretariat...he will sit and watch the whole thing...screaming "NEIGH NEIGH...NEIGH NEIGH"

we finally found a church that we love...the first united methodist of springdale...this picture was taken a week before we went into labor...our last picture of us as three...we became members that weekend...

that same day, the girls at the salon hosted a baby shower for julie and her husband mark at our house...we always have such a great time when we all get together!
vivian elizabeth is going to be loved so very much!

the beautiful momma to be

i made her a bucket of bows, so we all had to try them on

we started a tradition of painting onesies for the new momma when i was pregnant with mccoy

the finished products!

next up, the birth of our new little one!

april 24th...easter (in july)

back in april, we had a beautiful easter weekend, despite a minor asthma attack...(the beauty about time is that it makes you forget about these trials)...i have never really dressed mccoy in any smock outfit before... i always felt he was "too cool" looking for them...but he has finally grown into some of his cousins hand me downs...i do think he looks rather cute!

hello mr. duck

our family at easter service

easter basket fun

so cute!

sleepy boy!

april 15th and 16th...tulsa!

back in april, mccoy and i surprised auntie b in tulsa...my parents were already planning a trip there so i just invited ourselves! she was so excited to see her little man! the weather was crazy though...on friday, it was around 40 degrees, then on saturday, it warmed up to 60 thank goodness!

weeeeeeeee

tryng on auntie b's rain boots

checking out the yard work

helping out by mowing the yard

one day, i might catch back up to the current date!

april 3, 2011 through april 9, 2011

as part of my catch up routine, i'm starting back in april...

our neighbors had alittle get together...
mccoy hanging out with the girls

getting ready to slide

his first popsicle...he wasn't sure about it at the beginning but he mastered it fairly well by the end

plum tuckered out!

the next weekend was filled with sports activities...friday night, we caught a baseball game at the northwest arkansas naturals with our buddy, liam...they were so cute next to each other in the car!

trying out m & ms...nothing like a little sugar rush at a baseball game

big play...yay!

mccoy and i and lynne and liam...who's toddler cooperates for pictures anyway!

back at the stinson's playing a little music

safety first!

these boys couldn't stop playing!

then on saturday, we headed to a razorback scrimmage game with the westmoreland's...all mccoy wanted to do was run the stairs...little scarier in an empty stadium with lots of room to fall down...burt was all over him though!

back up again!

then on sunday, it was time to work on the baby's room
burt and i found this dresser at a antique store but the top needed to be taken off...what was left was a complete mess...it took several man hours

hello blog....it's been awhile!!!

i have soooo much to catch up on...it's been a very busy two months since i have posted last...the next several posts will be everything that we have been up to since march 26th! so here we go...

mccoy and burt reading the morning paper

mccoy has wings...

or at least his hair does!

mini update...

quick update, then i have some major blogging to do!!!

baby box #2 is growing, growing growing...this picture was taken last weekend at 33 weeks...woohoo! i have been feeling great...this little one kicks and rolls all of the time...

fun facts:

craving anything sweet...especially ice cream sandwiches and fruit

love subway's roasted chicken sandwich with extra pepper jack cheese

(same sandwich almost everyday)

it's hard to go to sleep but once i'm there, i hardly get up

during 2nd trimester, had awful heartburn but it has faded somewhat

this trimester, at night, i start to feel nauseous but never get sick

been nesting like crazy! (never did that with mccoy)

and the best thing so far...i DON'T have carpel tunnel!!!

with mccoy, i started getting it around the fifth month and by the end, i couldn't even move either hand...it hurt so bad! but this time, i have been very fortunate and grateful!

snuggling

so sweet...he's totally in for a surprise!

more pictures to come...happy easter!