Pumpkins!

Last Thursday we met some friends at Owens Farm Pumpkin Patch. It was fun- got to go on hay rides, walk among the pumpkins, see some animals, climb on some hay, go through a maze. 

Lucy wasn't in a super-great mood that day (hence it was difficult to get her to smile and get great pics), but we did have fun- her favorite was the hay ride! We went twice because she loved it so much!

Best pic I got- she loved to climb on the hay

She LOVED the hay ride!

this is what she'd do when I asked her to smile

This is her first pumpkin! She painted pumpkins at school last Friday- so sweet!

Lucy woke up with 102 degree fever last night around 10:00 pm, and was feverish all day today and not in a super-great mood. So, I thought it might be fun to carve a pumpkin inside while watching the Cowboy game. She was mildly entertained, but did enjoy picking up the pumpkin carving utensils. :) 

watching Daddy carve the pumpkin. Mommy did the dirty work and scooped out the innards

checking out the glowing pumpkin- she said, "oh, wow!" and tried to kiss it

the finished product!

17 weeks

17 weeks along- crazy!! Baby girl is the size of a sweet potato this week! :) 

I'm feeling pretty good these days- the nausea has gone away (went away around 14 weeks), and for the most part, I have enough energy, although on days that I do too much (like every day last week!), I get really tired. For the most part, I don't have any aches or pains yet. :) Totally sporting all maternity clothing. 

I started feeling the baby kick around 13-14 weeks (just slight kicks every so often)- still haven't picked up in frequency or intensity yet, but I'm sure that will happen any day now!

Lucy can point to my belly when I say,  "where's sister?" It's really cute! She's going to be a great big sister, she's already such a great little helper (will go and get diapers, put dirty diapers in the trash, go and pick up toys, put stuff up, etc). 

We are going to have a 3D/4D sono next week, so I can't wait to see my little girl again! (and to confirm that she is still a girl, as some people have been freaking me out that they thought they had a girl at 15 weeks and then found out later it was a boy once the baby was bigger). I have faith in Jules, my friend who did our sono, that our baby is in fact, still a girl. :) 

So, so thankful that everything is going well so far- as my OB said last week, "you're pretty low maintenance!"  Let's pray it stays that way!

"Our State Fair is a great state fair...."

A week and a half ago we went to the State Fair with our community group families (minus the Pokludas). We've done this together as a group for the past 2 years and have always had so much fun! 

I had been looking forward to this day for a long time, because I just knew that Lucy was going to LOVE the Children's Medical Center Barnyard with all the cute animals- she LOVES animals of any kind, and I couldn't wait to see her joy!

We packed into the Treadaways' new Swagger Wagon and met the Saugier's at the Fair and had a blast! We were quite the sight to see- two double Bob strollers plus our stroller (6 kids under the age of 7 plus two preggo mommies...)

Here we go!

Daddy and Lucy (so fun to see this pic, especially after Big Tex burned down this week!)

If I could only bottle the energy she has, I'd never be tired...

Callie and Parker

Lucy LOVED the animals!!

test-driving the cars

Lucy giving Case a hug

All the kiddos- and Lucy giving Case a hug- so sweet!

My souvenir from the fair was this lovely shoe. I have no idea how it happened, other than I spent 4 hours walking around the fair in good tennis shoes, but apparently I have sesamoiditis (inflammation of the tiny bones in the bottom of my big toe)- on Sunday after the fair, I woke up with really bad foot pain and couldn't  put any weight on my foot. Thankfully, I was able to go see the podiatrist on Tuesday and got this lovely shoe (which actually makes my foot feel so much better and keeps me mobile, which is important when you have a very, very busy 18 month old!). I get to wear this for another week and a half, then hopefully it's healed. :) 

The podiatrist said he sees these types of injuries all the time around the fair....guess I'm turning into an old woman or something...

Oh, and the fried food- we had (of course!) Fletcher's corny dogs, funnel cake, fried mac and cheese (was not great), fried moon pies, fried jambalaya, fried cheese curds, and fried pecan pie (which was quite tasty!!). Note, we didn't eat all of the fried food by ourselves- it works great when you have a big group and  everyone can get a taste! Oh, and of course, a caramel apple (my favorite!), cotton candy, and cold root beer from the big wooden barrels.  

It's a....

 We found out last week (at 15 weeks along), that baby #2 is a girl!! I could not be more thrilled and excited! I had thought all along that the baby was a girl (higher heart rate at the first OB visit, and I just had this feeling that it was a girl- of course, I had this feeling that Lucy was a boy the entire time I was pregnant with her, so I didn't trust my instincts!).

**I have no idea why these wouldn't let me upload these the right way, but I tried everything and it wouldn't work right, so tilt your computer to the side or something. Sorry!**

Sweet girl laying on her tummy (well, it looks like she's standing with the
way the pic is)

girl parts!

cute little feet!

Our sweet girl looks perfect- 4 chambers of a beating heart, diaphragm intact, two parts of a brain, spinal cord intact, kidneys that are working, 10 fingers, 10 toes, and is measuring right where she should be. She didn't like to be photographed (like her sister!) and covered her face a couple of times. It was hard to actually see what she was- she is very modest and didn't like people looking. But eventually, Jules (our good friend who did the sonogram), was able to tell that there were in fact, no boy parts, just three lines down there that mean she is a girl!

I am so, so excited for Lucy to have a little sister- I pray that she and this little one will develop a sweet friendship, love playing together, sharing secrets, doing "girly" things together, etc.

I told Mike that evening after we found out the baby is a girl, that I feel overwhelmed with the awesome responsibility of  raising two girls. I so desire for them to love the Lord, know His ways and follow them, teach them all the lessons I've learned along the way (that He must be their source of significance, not to find significance in the approval and desire of men, not to settle for someone who is good enough, but who is the BEST, etc). There's so much I want them to know, so that they can be wise, godly women. I know that I can't do this on my own, that the Lord has to go before me and only He can inscribe all these great truths on their little hearts- I'm merely the messenger.

Now, we just have to figure out what to name this sweet baby. "Babs" is her nickname for now, thanks to Aunt Elena.

Poor Mike, he's going to be out-numbered..... :)

end of summer

For those of you who know me well, you know that the fall and winter are my favorite times of year and I'm really not that sad to see summer go. But, I figured that since Friday was the last day of summer, I should show you some pics from the last weeks of summer.

I've been such a slacker with updating the blog- I'm blaming it on the lack of energy due to bambino #2. Hopefully now that I'm in the second trimester, I'll have a little more pep in my step. :)

Lucy loves her some watermelon. The girl could eat a half of a watermelon, no sweat. 

She also discovered the awesomeness of ice cream cones, namely the ones from Mc Donalds, but the ones at home work just as well. 

She has also LOVED the play-set that Mike found on Craigslist and re-stained and put back together. We spend many a cool morning and warm afternoon outside. She is fearless- she will climb up the slide and slide down. She will climb up the yellow rails all by herself to the top of the play-set and then walk over to the slide. 

More pics to come after I get them off my phone....

Lucy has something to say....

Lucy has something to say....

"A little birdie told me a secret"

"I'm going to be a big sister!"

We are thrilled to tell you our great news that Baby Frizzell #2 will be joining our family at the end of March, 2013 (Good Friday is my due date, to be exact!)

We saw our sweet baby via sono last week at the doctor, and his/her heartbeat was a strong 172 beats/minute.

Here's a belly shot at 9.5 weeks....my work pants no longer fit, nor do any of my jeans or buttoned shorts...on to maternity clothes!

 This pregnancy has been a little different than with Lucy- I've felt more nauseated (am taking Zofran this time around!), and am feeling tired out of my mind most of the time. I'm sure that keeping up with my busy 16.5 month old has something to do with it. I've had less food aversions than when I did with Lucy, but still can't drink a whole cup of coffee without feeling sick in the mornings (so, so sad!). 

Nevertheless, we are so thankful and blessed that God has given us this little life! We have decided to find out the gender this time around, so come October we will know if it's a girl or boy! I'm guessing girl with how high the heartbeat was, but who knows, because Lucy's was in the 150's most of the time. Can't wait to find out!

Don't take my chocolate away!!

Someone got into my baking cabinet and found a square of semi-sweet baking chocolate....

and thought it was quite delicious!