Margaux's day

Well for the first time in quite awhile Margaux has been hit with allergy crud and congestion. Hopefully she'll get through this pretty quickly. This morning, with all her congestion she enjoyed one of her favorite things. Watching Poppa feed the cows from Mommy and Daddy's bedroom window.

poppa feedin the cows from Shelby Silvey on Vimeo.

Margaux also used the potty for the first time, all on her own after her bath tonight. She got out of the tub and walked her naked little booty over to the chair and sat down. Then she peed and told me. I quit trying to get her to use the potty a while ago. She just wasn't interested in it. So I quit asking her to even sit on it. Tonight it was all her, I was pretty pumped.

The bump

14 Weeks

18 Weeks

22 Weeks

Whats around the bend.

Well, we are now at 22 weeks in the pregnancy of baby boy Silvey. This pregnancy has been very different than Margaux. I have trouble catching my breath, I feel sickly sometimes when I eat or haven’t eaten in a while, I was nauseated much further into the pregnancy. I get dizzy easily.  He moves around much more than Margaux did. My belly and body look different than Margaux. With Margaux I grew wider and then grew out. This baby I have grown outwards and much bigger. I noticed last night I still have a waist. I lost my waist with Margaux first thing, before My belly started to grow. Maybe my hips have just widened making the illusion that I have a waist. Who knows.

We haven’t made any decisions on names. I have 3 first names picked out and I float between them. Part of me thinks I may have to wait till I meet him and see his face.

Margaux is not really aware of what is going on. Sometimes she says there is a baby in Mommy’s belly, but she really doesn’t know what all is going on. I believe she is establishing pecking order though. The other night she and her daddy laid their heads on the baby, talked to the baby, patted the belly. Then Margaux stood up and slapped the heck out of my belly. I guess she’s making sure brother knows who’s boss.

We are actually about to really begin on building this house. Hopefully we will break ground this month. At this point I don’t have much hopes for being in the house by the time the baby boy arrives, but it shouldn’t be too long after. I’m sure it is going to be stressful. I looked at Matt the other day and said, “when your not working, your going to be working. And that is the way it is going to be for the both of us for the next few months. It’s going to suck, we are going to get pissed about it, but that’s just the way its going to have to be until this house gets done.”

Pray we don’t kill each other :) I'm sure that this baby will keep us motivated and focused. 

2 things to celebrate

Well, last weekend we celebrated two things. Margaux turned two years old and we found out what the gender of baby number 2 is. 

I’ll start with the first one. Margaux turned two years old. Can you believe it has been that long? She went for her check up and she is 36 inches tall and just over 30 lbs. She is advanced in language and social skills. She told her pediatrician about going to the beach and seeing the fish. Needless to say, we were able to put a check next to “strings 3 words together to communicate”.

We celebrated her birthday with a small group of friends at a local gymnastics studio. It was sooo much fun. The kids ran crazy and had the best time. There were face plants left and right, but the springy floor and padding had them jumping right up and running again in the blink of an eye. Every one had a great time and many parents got a good nights sleep with some worn out little ones.

As I mentioned before we also announced the gender of baby number two. I did not know the gender of the child. Matt was the only person who knew and he did not tell a soul. This agitated some folks, but he kept the gender super secret from when he found out on Monday till Saturday. He filled a box with balloons and we had Margaux open it and that is how Mommy and the rest of the world found out WE ARE HAVING A BOY! It was fun and I was very surprised. So it appears that Margaux is having a baby brother. 

Happy Birthday Margaux

HAPPY SECOND BIRTHDAY! from Shelby Silvey on Vimeo.

Another Beach Success

Well, I personally had not planned to go on a beach trip this year, but my husband had other plans. So we made a pretty late in the game decision to go to Panama City Beach Florida. I haven’t been there since I was in 8^th grade. Well, I have to say that I really did enjoy it and they have made the area much more family friendly. We had a great but way too short trip.

Margaux really enjoys the beach and water a lot. We were at the beach right before a tropical storm hit so the water was a bit rough. Margaux got pulled away from me once and I dove on my knees after her. She jumped up and said, “ Let’s do it again Momma!” I was not so excited about a do over. I have never been able to get Margaux to take a nap on the beach but this year she did. She played herself out. She must have worked up an appetite too. Most of the time I have a hard time getting her to eat, but after a morning at the beach when I walked up to the counter at tropical smoothie she said, “I’d like macaroni and a pickle.” After many trips to the pool and the beach I’m proud to say there was no sunburned baby. Daddy on the other hand got roasted.

Margaux  also experienced meeting a parrot. She was not a fan. It would squawk  and she would jump and look really scared. She also rode a carousel for the first time. She has mentioned it everyday since. She’s a HUGE fan.

Beach photos