Silly faces!

This girl makes me laugh!

Port discovery

I took Juliet on her preschool field trip to port discovery yesterday and we had a lot of fun. It was the first time I had ever been there. Here are some pictures from our trip.

Juliet is also doing great with her big girl bed and has slept 4 nights in a row with out getting out of bed.

I am also 16 weeks pregnant today and had a doctors appointment. Everything looks good the baby's heartbeat is around 140 (much lower than Juliet's) Another sign of a boy? Maybe. I'm feeling pretty good except for some headaches and I have gained about 7 pounds so far But my belly is much bigger than last time at this point.

Big girl bed

Well Juliet wasn't ready to sleep in her big girl bed over the weekend but she insisted on sleeping in it Sunday night. It took her about an hour and a half to fall asleep but never left her bed or got up out of her room. When I left for work at 8 AM she was still sleeping away and I took this picture!

Is there a cuter age then 2 1/2?

I just want to say I love the twos! Yes Juliet sometimes has temper tantrums and tells me " NO!" but for the most part it has been so much fun. I love that she calls me her "best friend" every day and makes me laugh all the time. I love how silly she is and how she's discovering new things every day. I love her cute little toddler smile and how affectionate she is.
On another note, Juliet has her big girl bed set up and she is trying to sleep in it but so far she's gotten too scared to actually fall asleep and wants back in her crib. She is growing up so fast so I don't mind it's taking her a while to adjust to the big bed.

15 weeks

15 weeks already! Feeling good and starting to finally get over my cold. I'm always hungry and my belly is so big compared to last time ;)

14 weeks!

I'm 14 weeks today and officially out of my first trimester! Everything has been going good but I've had a couple of colds in a row so feeling a little under the weather :( I've also had pretty severe headaches and I think it has to do with the colds not the pregnancy. I started to feel the baby move pretty early with this pregnancy around 10 weeks!!! I have been really hungry lately also and I have been craving hardy meals like chili. I love this little baby already :) Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

I've also added some pictures from the Baltimore Blast game that Juliet went to she had fun! It was an alumni cheerleading game so I got to dance at the game and Juliet got a kick out of watching. We just ordered Juliet's big girl bed and it should be here this week there's a picture of her sitting on her new furniture. And finally there's a picture of Juliet with her new manicure that the nanny gave her!

Baby's Sonogram scan at 13 weeks



My Belly at 13 weeks! Oh man it is twice as big this time around, ha ha.



Collins baby 2 was a sleepy one at the sonogram. Nothing like Juliet who was crazy and high kicking & dancing all around. We saw "him" (just using that term for now) moving around but he mainly wanted to curl up in the fetal position and sleep. I did almost cry because I was so happy to see the baby. Juliet and John were there with me to see the baby and Juliet was very excited to see her new brother or sister. Everything looks good so far, the baby is growing and all the parts are there. They said from the measurements there is a low change of down syndrome which is what they test for in this first scan.



My Pregnancy this time around has been a little different I was very nauseous in the first trimester and felt worse than I did with Juliet but I am feeling much better now and have way more energy. I was craving sweets in the beginning but now I just want to eat big meals all the time like chili!



So during the sonogram the lady asked me "so do you want to find out the sex of the baby?" I said "YES!!! I can't wait", then she said "well I think it's a BOY! Here is his penis" I am not sure if you can make it out in the picture above but there are two legs and something in between the legs. She told me that they can not be 100% sure until the 20 week sonogram so don't go buying a bunch of boy clothes but she was pretty sure it was a boy.



More cute baby! The heatbeat this time around was 156, much lower than Juliet's ever was.

The head!

The potty

We are doing the potty dance at our house because I can finally say I think Juliet is potty trained!!!! YAY! At a little shy of 2 1/2 year she is pooping and peeing in the potty and has been accident free for the most part for the past week. She has been getting the peeing in the potty for a while now but for some reason would not poop in the potty. But all of a sudden she decided to start doing both :) I am so proud of her. I know there will still be a few accidents and maybe some regression in our future but I am pumped to save money on diapers, ha ha. Our weekly babysitter Ms. Marty told me she pooped in the potty for her last week and then told her "I will never poop in my pants again." Juliet is strong willed so I think we just had to wait for her to decided she wanted to use the potty. We stared this process a few months after her 2nd birthday so it was not a super-fast process but it finally has worked. GO JULIET
In other news, I have been listening to the new babies heartbeat on my heart monitor thing that I used with Juliet and let Juliet listen to the heartbeat. At first she was curious and then she decided that the heartbeat scared her and asked to not listen to it anymore. Sorry to scare you Juliet but it's a beautiful sound!

Disney world, Pregnancy, & more

Princess Juliet getting ready for Disney world! We went to FL from 1/19-1/22 for a fast and very fun trip to see our Florida family, Aunt Helen, Uncle Alan, and Cousin Allison (and snowball the dog!)

My Mom was nice enough to drive us to the airport in DC! Juliet rocked her mama's shades on the way

Juliet had SO MUCH FUN with her cousin Allison! They played together the whole time and Allison was a great big cousin that helped out with everything.

Juliet when we first got to the Magic Kingdom (which is where we went our first day) She was so excited!

Right when we got into the Magic Kingdom there was a parade! This made Juliet very happy because she could wave at all her friends. She was super excited to see goofy, mini mouse, and Tinkerbell. Juliet had so much fun at the park she could not even stop to nap and hung with us all day until 9pm. The great part was that she did not get cranky or whinny at all! What a trooper.

In front of Cinderellas castle

On the small world ride (Juliet was very impressed and asked to go on it again!) Juliet also rode her first roller coaster at Disney which she later told us was her favorite ride. She just barley made the height requirement for it (and it was a kiddie one of course). We did not wait in too many line because we got fast pass for most thing after making the mistake of waiting in the Dumbo ride line for an hour and a half! Juliet was a good sport waiting but it was still hard on everyone.

Day 2 of Disney we went to Animal Kingdom, this park was really fun and much less crowed. Juliet's favorite ride of the day was the animal safari where she saw giraffes, elephants, tigers, and more!

Mini Mouse!

The petting Zoo area!

More Parades! Another one of Juliet's faviorte activities of the day was watching the Play "finding nemo" which was 45  minutes long but she was really into it and kept singing the songs after and asking to see it again.

And after another FUN day without napping she was passed out in the car after about 3 minutes. That's a wrap folks!

We have had some crazy weather in MD, it snows one day and is 65 degrees the next. Here is Juliet playing in the snow

Playing with her bestie Annalise

Rain Rain go away

And most of you that read my blog know... I'm pregnant! Here we go again! I just hit the 12 week point and am leaving my first trimester and entering the lovely second trimester of pregnancy :) Everything has been pretty good. I have seen the baby on a sonogram and just heard the heartbeat two days ago at the doctors (170 was the heart rate) My doctor predicted I will have a girl since the heart rate was so high. I am just hoping for healthy & happy baby. Juliet on the other hand only wants a girl baby!!!! She says no boys allowed.

Oh Juiliet! So Juliet and I were playing in her room when I got hungry and went downstairs to get a snack. I was watching her play in her room on the video monitor while I got something to eat and I saw this crazy girl climb into her crib! ha ha. She was screaming "i got in, now how do I get out" So I race upstairs to help her out and by the time I get there she is already climbing over the crib to come out. So now she can get IN and OUT. Time for a big girl bed!