the allens: 2013

i'll never be a consistent blogger..but i do love having a blog so that i can put things on here that i always want to remember. two big things for our family are coming up in the next few weeks - first, next week, carter is turning 2! i know, i can't believe it either! and second, a new baby is supposed to be coming (hopefully) in the next three weeks! our family will change a lot, so i wanted to make sure i wrote everything down about carter and this pregnancy so that i wouldn't forget the things i always want to remember!

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carter

-loves taking baths and has to have ALL of his toys in with him

-teases his mom all the time

-he says "yaaa" to almost every question

-just started sleeping in a 'big boy bed' two weeks ago after he learned how to climb out of his crib

-will eat a peanut butter and honey sandwich for every meal if i let him

-loves to play outside
-is majorly obsessed with his dad. always wants to know where he is when he leaves the house and points to anything that is morgan's and says "dad. dad. dad. dad. dad." over and over

-loves seeing dogs, but gets scared if they come to close to him. even the tiny ones. he got his fear of dogs from his mom. the only dog he can be around is my parents dog, but only because she runs away from him.

-not crazy about nursery now that morgan and i aren't in there with him anymore. we're working on it!

-loves mickey mouse. mickey mouse clubhouse is the only tv show he will sit down and watch.

-knows how to unlock my iphone and open any of the kid apps that i downloaded for him
-his favorite songs to sing are wheels on the bus, we are a happy family, and if you're happy and you know it
-he puts all of his toys in the empty laundry basket and pushes it around the house
-loves to brush his teeth by himself
-thinks it is hilarious to wake morgan up every morning by climbing on our bed and sitting on him until he wakes up
-runs everywhere
-loves playing with the vaccum and the broom
-will start to be really cuddly when its bedtime because he knows we will take full advantage of it and let him stay up a little later
-still has his pacifier but has to leave it in his bed and only gets it when he goes to sleep
-sleeps with his blanket, stuffed giraffe, and mickey mouse
-finally getting some curls in his hair!
-has the cutest, most cheesy smile

i can't believe how much he has grown up this past year!

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baby #2

i first found out i was pregnant when we were in carlsbad this last summer. i had a cute way that i wanted to tell morgan when we got home, so i told him the test i had taken was negative. the night that we got home from california, we were both so tired and in bad moods and got in a fight. instead of surprising him with the cute way i had planned, i just left the positve test on the counter in our bathroom while morgan was in the shower and went downstairs. i could hear when he got out of the shower - "are you serious?!" we were both so excited and couldn't wait to tell everyone! we ended up telling everyone the next day with the way i had originally planned on for telling morgan. i made a shirt for carter that said 'i'm going to be a big brother.'

i've tried to be a lot more careful this time around with how much weight i gain. with carter, i seriously looked like a whale and gained somewhere around 45 pounds. i just went to the dr yesterday and so far i've gained almost 30. as long as i stay somewhere around there, i'll be happy!

the weirdest craving i have had since i've been pregnant is chocolate milk. i have never liked chocolate milk or even regular milk my whole life and now i have to have a glass almost every night! i can't get enough of that stuff!

this pregnancy isn't really harder than my first, just different. its easier because i already know what to expect. i'm thankful that i didn't really get sick this time, i just felt nauseous a lot in the first few months. i am definitely more tired than i was with carter, but i think part of that is just because i am chasing a 2 year old around all day and that would wear anyone out, pregnant or not!

i'm so excited to have two little boys that will be close to each other!