My boy is getting independent. Dare I say TOO independent?? Possibly...

Karson can now take his shoes, socks, pants, and jacket off. Only problem is the shirt. But he does NOT want my help. At all. He will whine as he tries, but if I come near him he gets mad! 'No thank you, Mommy!'. :-(

Last night Karson learned the term sidewalk as we were biking home from the park. I realized he might not know the word so I stopped and explained what it was. My smart cookie kept bringing it IP in our conversation after that- and it made me so proud! He was repeating the word so that he would remember it! Genius :-).

A handful of times in the last two days I have caught Karson entertaining himself. I go to the bathroom and instead of having a tail, I come back to the room to see my little boy reading a book in a chair.  Made me want to cry! This has happened multiple times this week! What a wonderful thing for him to be doing too! Yay for his love of books!

On another adorable note- Karson can not let a person pass by without him saying hi :-) it just breaks my heart when he says hi so softly that the person can't hear him... But he keeps saying it. Makes me overflow with sad, overprotective love for my child.

Funny PS- Karson just now fell over twice as he stumbled to his bed. I tried to carry him when he fell but he said, 'no, I do it!'.

OK, lil man, OK.

Well, I've decided that I never can remember the cute things that K-man does so now my blog will be about the cute and memorable things about my babies :-). I am now pregnant with my second child, another boy, so I will have an almost 3-year-old and a newborn... Both boys. And I couldn't be more excited! I am nervous to have two kids and how I will put them both to sleep (etc), but I know in my heart that God has given me this gift and will help me do this, and of course I have the help and support of my hubby too :-).

So, being pregnant was soooo much easier when I didn't have another child to take care of, but I'm one of those girls who actually likes being pregnant. At least for the most part. I love the feeling of holding that precious miracle in my womb until he is strong enough to be out in the world. It is such an empowering and loving feeling you get when you think that way. And although the kicks can hurt (or make you need the bathroom ASAP..) I still love feeling them, and seeing how strong my babe is getting. Although, it does make me worried that he will be just as crazy and energetic as K-man is....

Anyway, the nice thing about having a child already and being pregnant with another is that the time goes so fast! Sure, I can't be boring and laze around all the time like I could last time, but that's ok... Cuz I've got this cute little guy I wanna hang out with... And since the days go so fast when I am with #1, I can't believe that I'm already nearing my 3rd trimester! How did that happen??? Its great! And I'm doing great on not gaining too much weight... Probably because K-man is a bundle of energy so not only am I running after him all the time, but I also hardly have time to eat glutinously because he wants to do the next thing, not sit at the table watching mom pig out ;-)

Anyway, today, as I was thinking about how sore my back is and my stomach feels like it is stretching too much, I wasn't able to sit down... I was literally waddle-running behind K-man as he pedaled as fast as he could on his trike, which he just perfected riding at about 25/26 months old :-).

On another side note... Looks like the heartburn is starting. Exactly at 26 weeks :-( great.... So heartburn and the need for a back brace are now in effect. Yaaaay. ;-)

Ahh, PS- Karson learned the word sidewalk today with me, then used it correctly 3 times :-) I love seeing how fast that child can catch on!