Healthy family!

Okay, I've probably just jinxed us with that title but as of today, we are all healthy. Will recovered from pneumonia and is doing great! We put up our Christmas tree this weekend and he is really interested in it. He loves to move the ornaments around or list everything that's on the tree (woof woof, meow, ball, football!, ball, ball, ball, ball - you get the picture). His vocabulary is really starting to grow and every once in a while he throws out a new word and it takes us a few minutes to figure out what he's saying. He told me "gragow!" for about 15 minutes before I finally realized that he was asking for a cracker. I'm a little slow on the uptake. I don't have any pictures of the tree yet, but here's my #1 helper assisting with the tree stand. He's also mastered the word "NO" and uses it freely for a variety of situations. Toddlers = fun.

Finally, I took a picture of the new house. We are all moved in and starting to make the place our own. Still waiting on furniture for the living room. Right now it's a big empty space that's great for toddlers to throw balls, ride bikes and race back and forth. I'm also hesistant to get any furniture for it but he'll survive. We had a nice snow last week so everything looks all clean.

In Feb. baby news, we had another ultrasound last week and saw that we are definitely having a girl - no doubt about it this time. It's exciting and I've had to really restrain myself from buying lots and lots of cute little onesies and holiday dresses (for next year). If I'm not careful, I will singlehandedly be responsible for turning our economy around, at least on the retail level.

Back next time with more holiday pictures and hopefully a shot of Santa and Will. Wish us luck!

Will's first trip to the . . .

emergency room happened this weekend! Long story short, he spiked a pretty high fever Friday night (103.8), we couldn't get it down through the night, called the doctor again Saturday morning and he recommended a trip to the ER. Got to the ER around 9:00 a.m. and stayed there for what felt like a year and a half, but was actually only about 4 hours. After several blood tests, 2 x-rays and four failed attempts to get an IV in his arm, they admitted Will to the hospital with pneumonia. Will and I stayed the at the hospital last night with the devoted help of his Aunt Vicky and came home this afternoon. He's doing really well. He's on some heavy duty antiobiotics and a breathing treatment (all of which he hates) but he's getting stronger by the minute. Glenn left for his last hunting trip of the season on Saturday morning so he missed the excitement but was a steady voice on the other end of the phone when I was having my mommy-freakout moments. He offered to come home several times but we had everything under control.

We have some pictures that Aunt Vicky took that I will be posting later. Will looked pretty cute (all things considered) in his little hospital gownl. Right now, it's a little too fresh. Thanks to all who sent prayers and good wishes our way. I hope this is our last trip to the hospital for a very long time, or at least until mid-February.

Wild night at the Pauley Household

I've been a bad bad blogger! The last few weeks have been so crazy that I haven't had time to type or take pictures. We have officially closed on our new house and we're all moved in. We didn't end up closing until last Friday (long story) but we celebrated by doing some furniture shopping. Sadly, none of the furniture will be here for at least a few more weeks but we're starting to make the place look like home. I haven't taken a solitary stinkin' picture yet but I'm working on it.

Glenn was in Sheridan for work last night so Vicky and I had some fun with the pets and Will. First the cat . . . Then the pug . . .

and finally the Will!

As you can see, we spared Canyon. She deserves some dignity in her old age.

Will hit another milestone this week. We had to take him to the doctor on Tuesday just to make sure that he didn't have the croup. It was one of those doctor's appointments that make me feel like the mother of the year because he's running around, laughing, pulling out all the sterile stuff from the drawers, weighing himself, etc., and I'm the one saying "Oh, he's been really sick! Honestly!" Anyway, he didn't have croup. But the doctor commented on his shirt and asked Will if he could have one just like it and Will's very clear response was "NO!" It was his first official "no." He'd been saying "nien" (a nod to his German ancestry we think) or "neh" but this was a definite no. Since Tuesday it's been his official favorite word. Aren't toddlers fun?

Happy Halloween!

These were the only two pictures I managed to snap of Will still wearing his Halloween costume. He was apprehensive of the whole Halloween thing at first but once he figured out that there was candy involved, he got on board! Glenn took him around our new neighborhood while I manned the door at home. We thought he made a pretty cute puppy dog.

We had a nice weekend. Unpacked more of the house and it's finally starting to feel like home. I'll try to take some pictures of our new digs soon.

What a month!

Sorry for the delay in posting. It's been a crazy few weeks! We are moved into the new house. We close this Friday so I won't breathe a sigh of relief until that's all officially completed. The house is a disaster area right now but we are slowly getting everything unpacked. Thanks so much to all of the helpers this week and last - you know who you are!

Just a few pictures of Will to share with the blogging universe. He's adjusting to the new house pretty well. He's discovered that he can turn his light on in his room from his crib. That's a fun way to avoid taking a nap. I'm getting ready to move him out of the crib in preparation for Deuce's arrival but we're giving him a little more time to adjust to the new house (and to keep him from wandering the halls by himself at night).

I'll post pictures of the new place after we get everything unpacked and sorted out - looks for those pictures by summer ha ha.

Here's Will helping pack last week. Toddlers are so helpful!
Speaking of helpful, Will has a renewed interest in Canyon lately. He can throw her tennis ball and aims right for her mouth. For all of you interested parties (baseball fans) - he is currently throwing with his left hand but switches to his right every few throws. Canyon won't bring the ball back to him yet (that would be acknowledging that he actually exists!) but she's warming up slightly. He loves to help feed her, even though she has been fully capable of feeding herself for the last 13 years. She will eat something out of his hand if it's particularly enticing.
Finally, label this picture "shots that chill Glenn to his very core." Will loves shoes, mom's shoes, dad's shoes, his own shoe's. His favorite right now are my high heels. He's quite adept at clicking all over the hardwood floors. I'm thinking Lord of the Dance is in his future.

One last note. I thought it would be more bittersweet to leave our old house. After all, Glenn owned that house when we first met, it's the place that I feverishly tried to redecorate after we got married, it's where we brought Will home on that first day and set his carseat down on the table and said "now what?!" and it's where he took his first steps last Spring. There's a heck of a lot of memories wrapped up in those walls. HOWEVER, by Saturday afternoon after numerous trips back and forth to the new house, carting loads and loads of crap errrr... precious household belongings, swollen pregnancy feet and the Wyoming wind, I was just ready to be done with the move and close the door on Fishing Bridge for good. We have some cleaning to do over there this week so maybe my sentamentality will catch up with me by then, but for now I'm just ready to move on with life at the new place.

Next time, I'll post about the joys of moving while pregnant, dealing with "nesting" while surrounded by boxes and wall colors that I hate, and other reasons why Glenn is a saint.

It's a . . .

So the doctor is 95% sure that Deuce Pauley is a girl . . . There was not a definitive "money shot"that clearly indicated either boy or girl - the umbilical cord was in the way but then towards the end of the ultrasound the doctor saw the three lines and so she's confident that we're having a girl. Yikes! I think I'm in a little bit of shock. I was convinced that it was a boy and felt pretty smug in the fact that I know little boys and I'm an expert now. ha ha So change of plans and now we get to buy lots of pink and yellow and all that good stuff. I'm scheduled to go back for another ultrasound in 8 weeks. The little stinker kept covering up her face (she's very camera shy) and they want to check a few things there so it's a good excuse to go back and look at her again. She has very cute hands, we did get to see a lot of those.

On a related note - I caught (and stopped) Will from riding his blue dog down the stairs this weekend. He was poised at the top like a bobsledder as I was coming up the stairs. I think Deuce is going to have to be on tough cookie to survive her big brother.

SOLD!

Just a quick note to let everyone know that our house if officially sold! We are still working out the details but it looks like we will be out by the end of the month. I'll update with more details when we know what is going on. In the meantime, I'm posting a new poll in anticipation of my dr's appointment on Tuesday (October 14). If Deuce cooperates, we'll hopefully find out the gender. To help you with your decision, I was much sicker in the first trimester than I was with Will. I'm craving sweets and Big Macs. The heartbeat has been in the 150's. Good luck! Have a great weekend!