Baby Presley!

We had a sonogram this morning and we are having another baby girl!! Kiley is going to have a baby sister! We are so excited! We have been playing around with names for a while and our girl name has really stuck so we are going to go with it. Kiley's little sister's name is going to be Presley Marie. Here is her first profile picture. She is so beautiful already!

We were able to see all of her anatomy and everything looked perfect. Her growth was right on track, so our due date of September 16th will not change. Presley's heart, brain, spine, arms and legs all looked perfect. She is definitely a mover. The sonographer commented on how graceful and fluid her movements are, so maybe she will be a dancer. If Presley is even half as sweet and wonderful as Kiley and we are in for a very special treat. There is something about little girls. They melt your heart.

Kiley is still too young to understand what is going on, but we are so excited to have sisters so close in age. We hope that they will grow up very close and be best friends. Our family is so blessed and we are looking forward to our new addition to the Baird Family!

18 Weeks!

17 Weeks!

I am 17 weeks pregnant this week! I have been feeling good. I had a pretty easy first trimester, so I didn't see too much change when the second trimester started. I don't feel like I have as much energy as I did when I was pregnant with Kiley but that might be because I am taking care of Kiley too! Being pregnant and carrying around a 20 pound toddler is quite a work out. Now that the weather is nice, I have been able to walk every day which helps boost my energy.

In the beginning I had a very strong craving for pickles and lemons. That has kind of gone away, but I am still a sucker for sweets, which most of you know is defnitely a pregnancy thing for me. I hardly touch sweets when I am not pregnant!

When I was pregnant with Kiley, I took my first belly picture at 19 weeks. I am starting earlier this time because I think I popped out faster the second time around. I thought it would be fun to have Kiley help me. Her job is to hold the numbers and look cute for the camera. I think she is a natural.

Baby's development this week: Baby's skeleton is changing from soft cartilage to bone, and the umbilical cord — the lifeline to the placenta — is growing stronger and thicker. Baby weighs 5 ounces now and is around 5 inches long from head to bottom. Baby can move its joints, and its sweat glands are starting to develop.

The baby is getting ready to double in size and I can already tell the growth spirt has begun. I am a bottomless pit and never feel full.
We find out the gender a week from Monday (the 19th) and are super excited. We have some names picked out, so hopefully we will be able to start calling baby a name instead of baby #2 very soon! Stay tuned!

Bath Time!

Kiley got some fun new letters and numbers for her bath time from the Easter Bunny so we had to try them out! She now takes a bath in the big girl bath tub!

Easter Weekend 2010

We had a great Easter Weekend. On Friday, we went to our friends, Chris and Robin's, house for an Easter Egg Hunt/Happy Hour. It was fun to get Kiley dressed in bright Easter colors.

The kids played while the adults enjoyed some cocktails and munchies and the Easter Bunny hid the eggs outside.

Daddie showing Kiley her Easter Basket and helping her put her eggs in it.

Family picture!

Daddie pulled Kiley around in the wagon. She loved it.

The other girls joined her for a ride....

Mommy getting a pretty smile out of Kiley.

Picture with Daddie.

On Saturday we took Kiley for a walk in the park and then she got to swing!

The Easter Bunny was very good to Kiley this year.

Kiley looking at all of her goodies Sunday morning.

We went to 915am Mass. It was a great service. Crowded, but great! After church, Mikey made a delicious breakfast. We waited for the Baird's to get done with church and then we loaded up the car and headed South to my parent's house for an Easter Celebration.

Kiley got to watch her Baby Einstein movie on the way there.

We got to Marmee & Guy's around 1pm and were ready to celebrate!

The Easter Bunny came to Marmee & Guy's house too! Mommy and Daddie even got some goodies. You can see what was in Daddie's basket. Mommy got a bottle of sparkling pink lemonade, some hot tamales, and a cute maternity top!

Kiley got some more fun gifts from the Easter Bunny at Marmee's house. She got 2 cute outfits.

And some fun bunny ears!

Kiley Bunny in her rocking chair.

Auntie K got Kiley her first Bible.

Grampy and Grammy's Easter Bunny gave Kiley a new truck and some Easter Eggs with college money in them!

They also got her some bunny ears, so Grammy wore those =).

The pool isn't in yet, but we had horse shoes to entertain everyone in the back yard. They were part of our housewarming gift to my parents.

Mycah and Katie playing.

The cheering section.

One advantage to living out in the country...bluebonnets in the front yard!

Mom made a delicious dinner. We had pork roast, twice backed potatoes, cole slaw, green beans, squash casserole, creamed asparagus and applesauce. After dinner, we took advantage of the beautiful scenery for some family pictures.



Last year's Easter picture....

The extended Baird Family.

3 Generations....

Earlier this week we had some visitors come by our pool....

Thanks so much to Marmee and Guy for hosting a great Easter Celebration. We had so much fun with the whole family! Love you all and God Bless.