February updates

Not much to report from the Smith household, but thought I'd post some small updates from us.

Our baby boy is growing well and is a very active little guy! We are still working on names...nothing is really standing out to us yet, but we hope to come across something soon! I've had a few more aches and pains w/this pregnancy, which supposedly is normal, so I'm really looking forward to some prenatal massage that my OB wrote a prescription for. :)

Kate is just as busy, curious, & rambunctious as ever. She has so many words right now--although most of them sound so alike it's hard to always know what she's trying to say! She'd been doing a great job with her signs, and last week I was trying to get her to say "please" with her mouth, instead of (or in combination with) signing. I said, "say please, puh, puh, please." And now for please, she says "puh, puh," and doesn't sign it anymore. I feel like Todd and I know this secret language that she speaks and have to interpret for everyone else. :) This week she also went poop & potty on the toilet, after telling me she had to poop! Pretty exciting, although she hasn't had any repeats of it yet. We're not too keen on potty training before this babe is born, but if she's really asking for it, we'll go for it. We'll see how it goes!

We have new gutters on the house (hurray!) and Todd is continuing to make great progress on residing it. It's been a little bit on the back burner as he's had some fun opportunities for other projects, but I know it will eventually get done. We're also having some folks help us with our backyard, starting next week (!!!) so that we have a fun place to play this summer while Todd and I learn to manage a newborn and a toddler. I'm so excited for that project to start!

I have a new knitting project to start on soon. I figured I better start knitting something for babe #2, and whipped out a cute little hat a couple weeks ago. Now I have a basic sweater to do for him. Maybe it will be a good project to work on while watching the upcoming Olympics. :)

I've been also meaning to say thank you to everyone for leaving such lovely comments on our site. I've wanted to send out some personal emails to say thank you and to chat more, but the time just escapes me. But I want you all to know that I appreciate you checking in on us and wishing us well. I hope that your new year has gotten off to a good start and that you are having time for the things you enjoy.

Much love,
Julie