21st Month Week 2 and 33 Weeks Gestation

Jackson is getting so much better at using the potty. It is not taking nearly as long to get the "stuck" pee pee out. He has been an absolute doll this week. Drew taught him how to blow kisses at Mommy and that tigers roar. He has been passing out hugs like they are going out of style. His new word is boat. We are talking about cats this week but he still calls them dogs. Matt Cook brought little Matt to play. Little Matt is bigger than Jackson and 3 1/2 months younger! Also, we found a new babysitter, Riley.

Carson gave us a scare on Saturday night. I had contractions for 2 hours before I called the doctor. They had us come to the hospital. We had to take Jackson with us at 1:30 in the morning. They gave me IV fluid and medicine to stop the contractions. They also gave me steroids to help the baby develop his lungs a little faster. I had contractions again Monday night even though I am still on the medicine for another week. By next Wednesday, I will be off the contraction medicine and will take my last progesterone shot. We will have done everything that we can to make sure Carson gets here safe and sound.

Nana and Papaw came to take care of us. Nana and Jackson worked on potty training. Papaw helped Daddy shrink the to do list.

21st Month Week 1 and 32 Weeks Gestation

Jackson is learning to potty train. We spent all day Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday learning how to control his bladder and run to the potty. He loved showing off his big boy underwear to his dad. He is equally as comfortable being naked. He runs around the house in nothing but a t-shirt and his shoes. The signs do say, "Shirt and Shoes Required." It says nothing about pants. When he cannot get the pee pee to come out while sitting on the potty, he tells me "stuck."

We took Jackson to the Whitewater Center for an afternoon out. He loved seeing the rafters and kayakers. He just squealed in delight. He also thought it was funny to see people flying through the air on the zip line.

Jackson loves shoes. He asks for them to be put on all the time so I bought him a pair of slip on Crocs. He had a meltdown when we had to check them out at the register. He loves putting them on himself.

Our friend Mike is a firefighter so we took Jackson to see the firetrucks. He loved all the lights and buttons to push!

Carson is growing right along. The doctors are in hopes that he will wait until at least 36 weeks before he decides to make an appearance.

20th Month Week 4 and 31 Weeks Gestation

Jackson learned the word ball this week at Target. He heard another little boy talking about a ball and just started saying it.

Friday was National Waffle Day so we went to Carly's house for a playdate and made waffles. It has been so hot that we have to find things to do inside with the kids. The only thing we do outside is play in the sprinkler!

Drew brewed beer this weekend. It was Jackson's first brew session. I am not sure how much help Jackson actually was to the process but we have two beers ready for mommy when the new baby gets here.

We are studying cows, the letter A, the number 1 and squares this week. He can now tell you that a cow says "moo." We had Carly over to eat ice cream with chocolate sprinkles. We tried to show them a video about cows but neither child was interested. They are both busy kids!

Our second little boy seems to be in a hurry to get here just like Jackson was. The baby dropped on Saturday after we had a big storm on Friday night. I went to the doctor on Wednesday and they ran a test to see how likely it was that he would come in the next week or two and it came back negative. Let's just hope he can hang in there until week 36. The poor child still does not have a name.

20th Month Week 3 and 30 Weeks Gestation

Jackson went to stay with Nana and Papaw at Camp Tennessee while Mommy and Daddy snuck away to the mountains for a long weekend. He was very helpful in the garden, went swimming and feed the ducks at the park.

Jackson is starting to pick up quite a few new words. Today, he started saying ball in Target. At the beginning of the week, he was saying"Uh oh."

I woke up in a shear panic on Friday night and decided we needed to rethink the new baby's name. I want his name to have meaning and Cole is just a name we like. So, Carson and Cooper are back on the short list. ColeCarsonCooper weighs 4 lbs 1 oz and is 2 weeks ahead of schedule. The doctors are keeping a close eye on us but at our appointment on Monday everything looked great.

20th Month Week 2 and 29 Weeks Gestation

Jackson and I discussed monsters this week. We went on a boat cruise on Lake Norman to look for Normie. We did not see him. Maybe next time. Lillie, Carley, Claire and Henry went with us. I think that Jackson had more fun feeding the ducks and fish before the cruise. However, he did enjoy chocolate milk and cookies on the boat.

Jackson is so funny. He wants to be apart of the adult crowd now. If we have friends over, he will climb up between us on the couch and laugh when the adults laugh.

We went to the playground and splash pad with Lillie this weekend. It is so neat to see them play together.

Cole and I are doing well. We had an appointment this week. His heart rate was great and all my vital signs were good. I told the doctor I had not been feeling great and she said I was probably just doing too much but she wanted to check my blood to be sure. I haven't gotten the results back yet. I am having an awful time sleeping at night. I have to go every week for appointments from now on. We have an ultrasound next Monday. They are keeping a very close eye on us.

20th Month Week 1 and 28 Weeks Gestation

Jackson said his first phrase this week, "Oh goll." He also repeated me when I said "boom." He knows the difference between ducks and dogs now. He can say "quack." It is fun to see him learn so much. Daddy taught him how to play golf this week with a plastic club and ball. He has gotten a lot better at making contact with the ball. He loves having me blow bubbles and is trying to do it himself.

We went to an ice cream play date at Sharon and Carlee's. We got to make ice cream sundaes that looked like clowns and an double scoop ice cream cone out of construction paper.

We had a play date with new friends that just moved to Davidson from Eugene, Oregon on Saturday. Kelli and Paul have Claire (2.5 years) and Henry (5 months). Our house is covered in Auburn gear so I was glad when Paul was wearing his Oregon jacket and Henry was in an Oregon onesie. They didn't seem to be too upset over Auburn winning the National Championship.

Cole is moving around and you can see my whole stomach move. I tell Jackson about the baby. He knows where my belly is and likes touching it but I think that is all he understands.

19th Month Week 4 and 27 Weeks Gestation

Jackson and I went to a story time/art class again this week. The story was Llama Llama Misses Momma. Jackson got to paint with a toothbrush, make tracks with cars dipped in paint and decorate a lunch bag. Once again, he loved washing the dishes in the cleanup station the best.

The books was very appropriate since we had spent the week talking about zoo animals.

Cole is kicking hard enough for my belly to visibly jump. Drew could feel little thumper really well. I went for my gestational diabetes testing and passed. Yeah! Cole has his head down. I can feel him kicking up near my ribs. When they measured my belly, he was one week ahead of schedule and had grown a lot in the last week and a half. He was already 2 lbs and 4 oz a week and a half ago.