Update Time!

Okay, so the last time I posted anything on here, Creighton was still 1 and there was no baby announcement. Seeing how I am in the last days of my pregnancy with little boy #2, it may be time for an update!
Baby:
We are so excited to meet this little guy (at least we have the paper that the ultrasound tech wrote "boy" on- so we have been planning for a boy...we will see!) and he should be here any day now. Creighton seems very excited about having a baby brother and talks about him all the time, but there is no way he can even begin to grasp the way his life is about to change. I think he will handle the transition well- probably better than Chad and I! Last week I finished up my last days of school for the school year. The fact that I have taken the rest of the year off hasn't really sunk in yet but I am so excited and grateful for this opportunity!

Creighton:
We just love this little guy more and more every day! He is such a blessing in our lives. Creighton's imagination has really developed lately and it is so funny watching him become so animated while playing "fireman" on his firetruck and fishing in his boat- the big overstuffed chair in the living room becomes both of these. He moves so fast and has special sound effects for everything he does. Creighton still loves playing with his tractors and went on many tractor/combine rides this summer and fall. He also loves art and making things with me. We spend a lot of time in the kitchen making food, baking, painting, and working at his art table.

Creighton learned so many things this past summer! He became really interested in letters and soon had learned all the letters of the alphabet as well as all the letter sounds. He is such a sponge. We also worked hard for about 2 weeks straight on potty training. At the beginning, there were times that I wanted to give up and just wait awhile, but we kept at it and he got the hang of it so quick! He has been in big boy "unders" since early June! He enjoys picking out his underwear each morning from his basket. He also loves anything that has to do with music and to sing and knows lot of songs by memory. Right now his favorite bed time songs are "Itsy Bitsy Spider," "Jesus Loves the Little Children," "Peter, James and John Had a Little Sailboat," and "This Little Light of Mine."
Creighton got to start Sunday School at church this fall and to say he loves Sunday School would be a complete understatement. He gets SO excited for Sundays and asks several mornings a week if it is Sunday and a Sunday School day. Creighton continued to go to the same babysitter this fall and we all love her! He has lots of friends there and talks about Amanda's and his friends at home a lot. He will now be at home with me the rest of the year but may still go to Amanda's occasionally for some socialization!

Well, this will have to serve as an adequate update for now! Hopefully once the new little guy gets here and things settle down I will be able to do some more frequent postings!