I've been Tagged

I've been tagged by my most precious friend Lee Anne Stone

Places I Go:
1. Target
2. Hobby Lobby
3. Nanny & Papa's house
4. The Park

Favorite Smells:
1. Newborn Babies
2. High Maintenance Tyler Candle
3. Reilly's Cologne
4. Homemade Cookies

TV Shows:
1. Real Housewives/Any and all of them
2. American Pickers
3. Modern Family
4. Keeping up with the Kardashians....actually I am currently loving Khloe and Lamar the most.

Movies:
1. Sweet Home Alabama
2. Failure to Launch
3. Finding Nemo
4. 27 Dresses

Recommendations:
1. First impressions of someone are usually right on. Follow your instinct. (Keeping this, thanks Lee)
2. Take time in each day to relax and play with your kids.
3. Always kiss your husband.
4. Make as many memories with your family as possible.

Favorite Things To Do:
1. Redecorate
2. Read Books to Sidney Kate
3. Have a drink on a patio

4. Spend time with my family and my friends!

Dislikes:
1. Snakes
2. Putting away laundry
3. Hurtful People
4. Stupidity (Amen Amber, I'm keeping this one)

Better Late than Never

I have been so sad that I have been terrible at updating my blog because in all reality this is a baby book for Sidney Kate and baby boy. I am once again challenging myself for daily to every other day updates. Sidney Kate is talking up a storm these days and is saying the most random things that I have been needing to document. I have also decided to do a weekly update on my pregnancy with baby boy. Yes, I am over half way through my pregnancy but it's better late than never right? I am also needing to start taking pictures of my belly. I was so good at taking pictures when I was pregnant with SK but this poor baby boy, I am so behind.

Wish me luck!

25 weeks

I'm 25 weeks!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 25 weeks

Size of baby: Baby Burke is the size of a rutabaga

Maternity Clothes: I wear maternity jeans and pants but everything else is regular.

Gender: It's a Boy!!

Movement: I've been feeling the baby a lot more lately!

Sleep: I'm sleeping pretty good!

What I miss: Nothing really

Cravings: I'm just hungry - I don't have specific cravings.

Symptoms: This week I have been feeling pretty good.

Best Moment this week: Sidney Kate reaching over and

kissing my belly.

It's a BOY!!

We are so excited that we will be having a little boy! We went to the doctor on Friday and had our ultrasound and the feelings of emotions that ran over me when they told me it was a boy is something that I will never forget. The most touching part was to see Reilly's face light up with excitement. You could see in his heart how excited and proud he is to have a son! I honestly thought after having a little girl that I would be a mom of all girls but now that I know we are having a little boy, I could not be more excited and joyful. Reilly and I have started to clean out rooms because we are about to have major room swapping going on in our house.

I am in the processes of getting a new camera so for now, I have no pictures but they will be coming soon. Sidney Kate has been so much fun the past few weeks, there is never a dull moment with her. She is one busy girl but I would not change all the days I spend chasing her around for anything.


I will leave you with a picture of Sidney Kate and daddy feeding the ducks a few weeks ago...my two loves!!

Gone Fishin'

Reilly took Sidney Kate on her first fishing experience and she loved it! She is pretty girly but at the same time, our girl loves to be outside and get dirty. It is so special to me the bond and love that Reilly and Sidney Kate have for each other. She is truly a daddy's girl and to see her eyes light up and the excitement she gets when he walks in the door melts my heart every single time!


I feel like this weekend has come and gone very quickly, Reilly has been super busy with work, Real Estate and odd projects that he has been getting home late in the evenings this weekend. Luckily we were able to spend some time together this weekend and go to a movie, thanks to Gigi for being such a great grandma and coming over and playing with SK. I am excited for the week ahead because Reilly is off all weekend, the weather is suppose to be nice mid week and on Friday we find out if Sidney Kate is having a little brother or little sister....to be continued!!

Snow Days

Here are some pictures of our days snowed in. It was nice that daddy was home and we were able to spend some family time together, eat lots of food and be lazy but after about two days of being stuck inside my family is ready to get out and about. I am so thankful for the sunshine that we are having now and I am so looking forward to spring. Can you tell I am not much of a winter girl.

Sidney Kate loved her snow hat so much that she insisted on wearing it in the house most of the days.



Her daddy made her a tent for the first time ever and she loved going in there, bringing all her toys and playing. She is blessed with such a fun, outgoing and creative daddy.

A New Year

I can hardly believe that we are a little bit more than 24 hours to a new year. 2010 has been a year of blessings, heartache, new adventures and a lot of laughs. This year I have been learning to be a mom, I feel that everyday I learn more but this past year has been an adventure to say the least on learning how to be a mom and what type of mom I desire to be. I am blessed with such a darling, hilarious and laid back daughter. Sidney Kate and I have been able to share a lot of laughs together this year and even some tears when she was challenging my nerves. I cant thank God enough for allowing me to be able to stay home with Sidney Kate and I continue to learn juggling being a mom, keeping up with the house and being a wife. I pray that in 2011 that God will continue to challenging me to rely on him to get through my days and learn more about his never dying love for us. This year I was faced with heartache, that I have never felt before, my best friend lost her son in May who was four days younger than Sidney Kate. I have never been faced with the type of hurt, confusion and loss that I felt through this but I will say that God really showed me so much about himself through this, I am sad to say this but I have never clung on to him and earned for his affection and comfort more in my life and I am thankful for now that the earning is a daily feeling I have for him. I crave to learn more about him and to live my life to glorify him in all that he does for us. Through all the heartache I have learned more that I can ever put in words and I am thankful for that. Isaiah will forever be missed and thought of but I love how every day that I think of him it brings a big smile to my face because through his 11 months of life he has taught me so much.

I am so excited about 2011 and what it will bring! Reilly and I are thrilled that we are going to a be growing family in 2011. I hope that I can continue to dig deeper in God's word and learn more about the person he desires us to be, I hope to be a more patience mom and wife, cook more meals for Reilly and make as many fun memories as possible.