Sweet Melissa

Just have to do a quick post on my sister because her 25th Birthday is tomorrow.. May Day.. Or as she likes to state " A National Holiday"....

Let me tell you about her.

1. She is an amazing 5th grade teacher at Meeker Elementary in Ames, Iowa.

2. She is baking 2 cakes this year for 2 weddings, because she is that good at cakes.

3. She loves her family lots and lots.

4. She can play the piano really well.

5. She loves Coffee, her favorite is Cafe Britt from Costa Rica.

6. She has always had a crush on "The Rock". And dark and handsome men.:)

7. She eats Microwave Chicken Soup everyday for lunch.

8. She has great Music taste and introduced me to NEEDTOBREATHE, and they are one great band.

9. She is a little OCD on things.. Weird ones, for example, where the plates and dishes go after taking them out of the dishwasher. She likes them in a certain order always. Another weird fact, is that her closet is color coordinated and all the hangers point in one direction. She is really good at laundry and folding it. She is good at hair and make-up.

9. She is the most loving sister to me, she tells me when I am being mean, she tells me when I am out of line and tells me she loves me, she tells me when my outfit makes me look like Dolly Parton, and that I can't sing that great.... She is the reason that I want to be pregnant again some day in the future.. All for the hope of Sydney having a sister. Because I can't imagine a life without my sister.

She is the best and I wish that All my friends were blessed with a person in their lives who was is as amazing as Melissa Ann Hanson. Or better known to her family : Mishy

Week of the Baby (Day 5)

Yes, I took a one day Vacation from blogs of the week, I was feeling very very tired last night.

So, here is my last blog on the BABES... I should have mentioned that I was only doing a Business Week worth of blogs. :)

I have been spending the last days getting Sydney's room ready, I get these emails telling me how many more days I have left and what to expect in whatever week I am in. Anyway, it said I have 42 days, and girl that is not much... Actually, I was born at this stage in the game when I was in my momma's belly. So, that really makes a girl think twice on being prepared.

I had to put this picture up and say look at his cute little smile. What pearly choppers he has.

Here is another sneak peek of Miss Sydney's room.. I am not quite done, but these are some of my favorite things that are up. This is from my Mom, a little gift to Sydney Jean.

This I found on a whole bunch of blogs. I made it and it was so easy, made me feel a little like Martha Stewart... Minus the jail time:)

Anyway, the butterflies are where the glass would be and they were all punched out. Pretty easy and cheap.

Anyway, I think that is all for this week on the baby. I do want to conclude with a little thought. I have been feeling so blessed to be a Mother, I have been thanking God each night that I am Henry's Mom and Sydney's Mom. I went to a Bible-Study these last couple of weeks about what we can learn about the disciples and how it relates to our lives during this Easter season. One of the weeks was on Mary the mother of Jesus. Don't show this one to a pregnant woman, but it really made me think. Just imagine seeing your sweet baby go through all the pain. It is hard to imagine, it just makes you reflect on the true meaning of Love and how much love God has for us. It makes me think when we screw up, how much God still wants us. It is so opposite that he would be disgusted but more like his heart would swell with pain because he only wants the best. I feel happy to maybe understand a little about the all consuming love that Jesus has for us.

Happy thoughts and talk to you soon...

Chelsea

Week of the Baby (Day 4)

Hey Friends,

I'll be honest this is blog overload for me... I am not use to doing this much about my life and its happenings but I am glad I am...

Okay, tonights blog is on the Randoms.

1. I love this picture... Henry is so stinkin cute.. And I love his preppy shirt. And his smile, and my "try" at his hair cut.....And I love him.. Also, I have noticed that he is now getting freckles on his arms.

2. I thought of many other things that I sort of don't want to remember about being prego.. Here is one, peeing my pants. This might be a little TOO MUCH INFO for some, but I am just being honest. I am now at 34 weeks and have 6 or less to go, and that makes my bladder squished. SO, i randomly pee if I laugh too much. The medical term for this is "Stress Incontinence". I for sure will not miss this.

4. May is a busy month, my brother graduates from High School. I am hoping that I make the Graduation ceremony it is on May 22nd and my due date is May 28th. My sister's birthday is May 1st, I don't feel too worried about that one, my Father-in-law's birthday is May 7th. Joe's open-house is May 15th and our 6th Anniversary is on May 14th so, I am feeling a little nervous that Sydney might come on an already important day. But that is okay. She will come when she is ready:)

5. Speaking of my brother Joseph, I now weigh MORE than him.. YES, and I know it is going to keep on rising.. Oh well... I do feel like it is painful for my body to just plain carry all this weight. But, I guess I will just keep eating.

4. We have been wondering what little Miss Sydney is going to look like. My mom thinks that the ultrasound pictures look like Me.. Who knows, Henry looks nothing like his Momma.. Just like his Dad in my eyes.. So we will see.

4. I have been doing lots of Substitute Nursing to get some extra moola before this little girl gets here, and I always look through the class lists to find the most common names and the unique names: Here are a couple unique ones: Kalifornia, Sawyer--For a girl, LaDishana.. Some very common ones: Avery, Alyssa, Emma, Sophia, Isabella.

5. And I am outta factoids.

Talk to you tomorrow.

Week of the Baby (Day 3)

Well it is Day 3 of my Week of the Baby.

And I have decided to blog about my First sweet Baby...

Mr. Henry, who is sadly sick this week. :(

Say a little prayer for him, that his cough and congestion would go away.. He for sure has been getting us ready for a new baby by keeping us up at night.

I just thought I would tell you all some facts that are going on with Henry right now as he quickly approaches his 2nd Birthday.

Henry is lovin cars, trucks and trains right now. He usually picks one or two and holds on to them through out the day, and no matter what he is doing he will have the cars in his hand. Whether it is nap time, going to run an errand or whatever.

We took a trip to Boone, Iowa this last weekend to ride the Easter Bunny train ride. Henry had a blast, he loved the train and the Easter Bunny. Andy and I felt like it was a tidge on the long side at 1.5 hours....... At a whopping 10 miles hour. So after an hour, we were like, lets get this train back to the Depot. But, it was great memories.. Not to many were captured due to our camera dying about one second after we got on the train.:( Another fact about Henry is that he poops around twice a day and it is usually when he plays with his train table. It is seconds within him playing with the train table that he will poop. So, if you are ever watching him, and he has not pooped then just go on downstairs and voila!

Lastly, I have been thinking a lot about the new baby coming and about my "baby" that is here. I think about the changes that are coming, and what to expect. It is been just Andy, Henry and I for a long time and I am so excited for Sydney.. It just makes me feel like my baby is going to have to grow up right then and there. I am so thankful, don't get me wrong, but time truly flies... And as a momma I just want to hold onto my sweet little boy as a little boy. Someday I know he is not going to want to hang out with his momma.

And right now he does...No, he is always going to want to hang with his Momma...;)

Well, until tomorrow dear friends...

Week of the Baby (Day 2)

This post is about things I want to remember and things things I want to forget.

Things to remember:

1. Sydney's room.. I will put some more pictures up but for now this is just one of her bed. It is actually called the "Charleston Crib". I spent many hours looking online at many different sites and found this one to be my favorite. I found the bedding which is super cute and vintage rosy off of Craigslist for $30.00. I am smiling as I write that, because I love it and it goes good in her intensely pink/ pink room. Or as my brother calls it the "Victoria's Secrets Room".

2. I am so happy that I am having a girl, because girl stuff is so dang cute. Don't get me wrong, boy stuff is cute too. But just not as cute as girl stuff. And boy does this girl got a lot of stuff already. Between her grandma's and aunts... Miss Sydney has a lot of apparel going on.

3. Things to forget: I sort of want to remember and forget it at the same time. I have around 27 broken blood vessels on my body from this little gal. Also known as Hemangioma's. They are on my face, arms, neck, back, legs, everywhere.. And I sort of hope they go away as soon as Sydney makes her appearance. I think it is because I have so much blood circulating through me. They are not annoying, i just sort of want them gone.

4. Things to remember: Sydney is a pretty calm gal, at least thus far. She just sort of swims around like a little wave in my belly. With Henry, it was quite different. He I think found pleasure with kicking me:) I think for sure I am going to miss my sweet girl swimming around, but I am getting really excited to see what she looks like.

5. Things to remember: I was really a fan of pickles with Sydney. I know it sounds cliche, but really I choose to eat way more pickles than usual with her. And I am not a real Pickle girl. Other things I liked during this pregnancy are desserts, Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cereal, and Yes coffee. I drank no caffeine with Henry and Round 2, I have been drinking around 1 cup a day.

Well, that is about all...

See you tomorrow..

Week of the Baby

I have procrastinated long enough with all information regarding the sweet baby inside of me, so this is now the week of the Baby. You will receive a new blog each day all about the sweet little girl swimming around and maybe a blog o' two about the other sweet babies in my life.:)

So, today is Day 1.

This is the only picture that I have remotely come close to liking as a Pregnant women, and this one chops my head off.. SO, as you can tell we don't have a lot. The sign says week 32 and Baby Sydney. Yep, that's right this little girl is going to be named Sydney Jean Reed. How did we get that name you may ask? Well, we had a lot of trouble of thinking of a name, lots of family members were sending me names and sending me texts with names... I also got a name book from my Momma.

Andy wanted a name that was not too girly and not manly. I was really liking names like: Iris, and Charlotte. One day my mom mentioned the name Sydney to me on the phone and i sort of liked it. I tossed it up to Andy and he sort of liked it too. And then we just kept liking it more and more and then it went up to the LOVE level.. We love the name Sydney, and we love the middle name of Jean. Jean is my Mom's name and my Mother in laws name as well, hers being Norma Jean Reed.

So, this is the origin of Miss Sydney Jean Reed's name. Now lets hope that Ultrasound tech was right when she said it was a Girl!

Until Tomorrow...