Introducing Mister Jesse Miles King

Introducing Mister Jesse Miles King. He came into the world at 10:30 am weighing 8 pounds 6 ounces and 19 and a quarter inches long. Just perfect. I am forever in love with another Mister King.

Backyard Fun and Still Waiting

Addie is becoming such a big girl. She wanted her toes painted like at Mamaw's house. So I took her to my ladies at Eva Nails and they charged us five dollars for her toes and finger nails to be painted and then they put cute flowers on her toes. She sat still mostly and enjoyed every minute of the attention. These are her new big girl sandals to show off her "paint" as she calls it. We started potty training again with m&m's this time in a jar in the bathroom. She gets one m&m for doing number one and two m&m's for doing number two. She was successful yesterday but still gets flustered and doesn't understand why she doesn't get "chocolate" when pooping in her diaper. Or my favorite when "mommy nothing come out" and she still wants candy. She is learning for sure.

Attached is a picture of some rabbits that like to hang out in our back yard. Many times the "wabbits" like to scamper across our yard and Jared and Addie enjoy following them.

We are having contractions but not close enough to get going to the hospital yet. I sent Jared to work and the rest of us are here at the house waiting it out. Lindsey, my younger sister, is a gem for helping hold down the fort here at the King Estate. More news when there is some.

Baby Update June 27th (39 weeks)

We saw the doctor this morning. I have high blood pressure. Never in my life have I ever had high blood pressure. My doctor says it is directly related to stress and I need to just relax. Well I am done with walking and trying to make things happen. I have decided to fully believe in the fact that there is a greater plan and GOD is in control. I find it most difficult to let go and just wait. I am by no means the most patient person, ask my parents about Christmas's in the past. I think this is also more difficult because I am such a literal, middle school mathematics teacher. I wish he would just make his appointment and come on time but life and child birthing doesn't work like that. Thankfully Jared is being super daddy and taking care of things at the house it seems effortlessly. He is cool as a cucumber and as he questioned me last night, "Do you believe God is in control?" Of course, but easier said than done. Jared took Addison to the park yesterday and got her all red faced and then bathed her. She so looks forward to time with him and is his little shadow. Several times now she walked up to people and said, "This is my daddy". Just melts his heart as you can imagine. She is becoming more verbose by the day and her facials and reactions are just priceless. We played the "I spy the color...." game the other day in the store. She liked it a lot and we will probably play it again to pass the time in the store. So July 6th is our day if Mr. Jesse Miles King doesn't come sooner.

This morning June 25th, 2011

Addison has been waking up around 7am every day and crawling into bed with us. She will lay there for about 20 minutes then wants to poke at her Daddy until he gets up. This morning he folded and turned on cartoons immediately and this is what I found after using the restroom this morning. I love these moments.

38 weeks and Ready!

We are ready for you Mr. Jesse Miles. Mom is trying to be patient but these two a days walking and lunges are not her favorite. We are praying over you and excited to see your arrival. Here is a video of Addison on Father's Day with Jared. Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers. We will keep you posted.

Induction Date

We will be inducing Jesse Miles on July 6th at 7:30am if he doesn't come sooner. We are walking twice a day now, sometimes a little jog and squats and lunges. I'm not doing too much. Don't worry, I haven't had any pain with these things. We are just hoping he comes on his own time and soon. More details to come. The exercise helps my nerves and helps me sleep better. I'm going to try curb walking next. We will see....

Found my Camera Cord

Here are some old photos and new. Here are some items that are awaiting Jesse when he arrives. His room wouldn't be complete without his Houston Astros gear. Here also you will see some outfits awaiting him. We are really anxious to meet our little man. We haven't decided on a date for induction yet but the earliest the doctor will do it is June 28th. We were thinking maybe July 1st or 2nd. We will see. I hope he comes before then. We are walking twice a day in hope to help things along. At the bottom of this post are some pictures of Addison around November and December of 2010. There were on my camera and couldn't resist. Again, we are abundantly blessed by our circumstances and this seems to be the worst part of pregnancy for me. the waiting.

Summer Ideas

I have been looking at ideas for Addison this summer. Especially with me being so big. She loves playing at Lifetime and that is just such a blessing to have for her and myself. This is something else I'm glad I stumbled upon. I look forward to taking my sister with us and having family be able to take Addison as well. We will let you know how it goes. We paid full price for my ticket to go see Kung Fu Panda 2 today at 10:30am but Addison is free. We will keep you posted on the cheap fun this summer!

And Waiting....Lots of Change

So lots of change. I'm sorry I still don't have our pictures up. It's in a box. Being a stay at home is challenging. We have had to change some of our living habits as well as change our schedule. Our mazda 6 was acting out again after many dollars had been put into it, so after further thought and prayer we purchased a Hyundai Elantra. It gets 40 miles to the gallon and fits two car seats. Jared crunched numbers and made it work for our new budget. To say the least we are blessed. Our new daily schedule is up with daddy in the morning, making him breakfast and just loving on him. I never thought it would become so valuable but it's nice. I know we will be much busier when Jesse gets here but now is nice too. We do a load of dishes a day and sometimes a load of laundry a day. We get to the gym every day by 10am so that she can run around the play center and get some socialization with other kids. I have been taking it easy in the cafe there reading or being on the internet. At about 11:15 I go get her and Jared says good bye. We go home eat some sandwhiches for lunch and then take a nap. Some days its two hours and on really fortunate days she will sleep almost three hours. I made the mistake the other day of telling her we were going to the library when she woke up from her nap. She didn't sleep much. I guess the excitement of the butterfly room was too much. When she woke all she could scream in excitement about was going to the brary and read books. Really cute! She asked me in the car the other day if I loved baby Jesse and when I replied yes she said, "I love baby Jesse too."

Sweet moments for sure. We are 9 months now and awaiting some more for Jesse to get here. We ordered Addison a big sister shirt and a baby brother shirt for Jesse. The other pictures that are posted here are people on etsy that have made these cute outfits for boys. we haven't ordered them but I'm thinking about it. we are pretty ready for Jesse's arrival. We just need to hang his letters in his room over his crib. jared informed me they wouldn't be hung by ribbon because he is a boy but he will put them on the wall.

Last weekend my parents came to visit. It was really nice and wish we had more time with them. They watched Addison so we could see a movie for our 6 year anniversary. It was nice and we are thankful. Daddy and Jared decked the attic and then my in-loves came by and also helped. Jared has his bike back and it has already brought him so much joy to have it here. The garage is almost clear for the car and bike. After this weekend we will be able to do it. We still have a washer and dryer we are giving to a friend of ours and until the mean time we are storing them in our garage.

We have been watching the Mavericks play on TV with friends that live down the street every other night. They don't have kids yet and are pretty great with Addison. We are not Maverick fans but it has been fun to watch them in the series with the Miami Heat.

I saw the doctor on Monday, we had some progress but not much. She said I could deliver tomorrow or in three weeks. She sounded real positive and was pleasant to talk to. She wanted me to definitely pack a bag now and get a pediatrician. I told Jared I didn't want to induce this time so he could have that adventurous car ride to the hospital but I know I say that now. If I'm 41 weeks I will probably be open to anything. More updates soon to come. But this experience has been a challenging but very rewarding one in deed so far. We count ourselves blessed to be experiencing it.