6 weeks!

I'm 6 weeks and 2 days :) Maybe I'll try to do this my whole pregnancy! AND...maybe I'll add pictures!

Pregnancy Highlights:
How Far Along: 6 Weeks
Size of baby: Baby Pierce is the size of a peppercorn! lol!!!!
Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained 4 lbs (don't judge me! I never gained weight until past 10 weeks with my other 2!!!)
Maternity Clothes: No...but I'm in that bloated stage and I think I'll be in them by 10 weeks...then I won't have to squeeze into my pants anymore!!! I live in workout pants and t-shirts these days!
Gender: No clue....although I think my symptoms are similair to Cole's....maybe boy?
Movement: Nada! DUH! I felt natalie really early...like maybe 10 weeks or so? So I'm hoping soon! Well...except excessive gas bubbles :)
Sleep: I try to nap once a day while the kiddos are napping...but still not getting enough sleep at night because I refuse to give up reading at night...and it's TV season and all my shows are until 10pm!
What I miss: Working out HARD...sheesh! I can't even jog 3 miles without stopping...I think if I would slow down I could...but I'm silly and like to run at my normal pace.
Cravings: All food sounds terrible to me right now. I have to make myself eat...but then I can't stop!
Symptoms: EXHAUSTION, nausea...oh how I hate you, (haven't been sick yet though), more frequent potty breaks (like today at aerobics, ha!), gas...ugh, dizziness
Best Moment this week: Doctor's visit last Wednesday and everything seemed fine! NO ultrasound until 20 weeks! Can you believe it???? They drew blood and said they'd call if there was anything wrong...no calls yet!

October Happenings

Just thought I'd share a few pictures from this month! We are loving fall and enjoying preschool! haha! They are doing great and seem to be happy, normal kids!

~Cole is currently learning the letter E and the number 4 and the color Orange.
~He seems to be adjusting well to preschool. He loves Mrs. Angie and Mrs. Carol!
~He is doing GREAT at potty training and I finally see an end in sight!

~Natalie is still our little chatterbox! She likes to say, "Watch out MISTER" and "I have a baby in my tummy". haha!
~She knows her colors for the most part and can count to ten...although she usually does it like this, "TWO, FOUR, SIX, EIGHT".
~Her curly hair is continuously both unruly and so cute at the same time!

They love each other and love us. They are both excited to have a new baby in the family! I am too!! If I can just keep my stress level low.

Enjoy the pictures!

Fire Prevention week = a fun ride on the fire truck around the neigborhood!

Cole and the fire truck!

Cole's preschool class with "Mrs. Angie" (Ps...you can see Natalie behind cole...hehe)

Fun fall project we did! I told them to go pick up leaves. Cole found great leaves. Natalie picked two leaves off the Chrysanthamum bush. I had to explain she needed to find DEAD leaves. ha!

Seriously...he's just the cutest boy I've ever seen. I LOVE that he has his Daddy's eyes!!

My little Red Raider fan (for now)

Our 7th Anniversary!

Today Justin and I have been married for 7 years! It seems like yesterday in so many ways....but it also seems like a LIFETIME ago too (actually 2 lifetimes ago!) We've been together ALMOST 10 years!

During the time of getting ready for our wedding we were opening up 2 new Market Streets in Dallas. We literally worked all day and either saw each other all day or didn't see each other at all. I was overly stressed planning a wedding in Lubbock...while working and living in Dallas. Our wedding day was the BEST DAY EVER! I relaxed and married my best friend! Everything was perfect in its imperfect way! Our cake tilted a bit, i had a big pimple, it sprinkled a little, we hardly had anyfood at the dinner...haha! The honeymoon was our first vacation in a year and I was in SHOCK! lol! I wish we were going on a trip to the Mayan Riviera RIGHT NOW! lol! Maybe for our 10 year!!!

In honor of our 7th anniversary, here are 7 things I love about my husband:

1. He looooooves me :)

2. He works so hard to provide for us...seriously...I'm so proud of him! (and...I've always thought he's soooo sexy in his United manager shirt!)

3. He is an AMAZING father. If I had to go on a surprise 2 week trip alone today...I would have NO doubts what so ever about leaving the kids with him. We are equals when it comes to parenting! In fact...our kids would probably rather be with him than me...haha!

4. He forgives my crazy moods...which have been more common the past few weeks ;)

5. He takes care of me. I always feel safe and loved when Justin is with me. (unless it's a tornado...haha...long funny story)

6. His faith grows daily...and really...he is the epitomy of good. If you know Justin you know he is one of the RARE, downright good men. I look at Justin and KNOW that God is good!!

7. He is my best friend. There's nobody I'd rather be with at anytime. I share everything with him and he keeps me sane. I still get butterflies in my tummy when I see him and I still can't believe he's mine forever! Thank you God!!

September Catch-up

Time has flown!!

On the preschool front--Cole actually didn't cry on Thursday! This was the first day out of 6 classes he didn't cry!! (I did though...haha!) He REALLY loves preschool! The class before Labor Day weekend, they learned all about the American flag (they say the pledge of allegiance every day). After that class he kept pointing out the window saying, "Look at that fag! Look! American fag!" I was very confused until I realized he meant FLAG. haha! He comes home with work everyday! They learn a new letter/number every week. He got a reading chart (and he filled up 25 books in a few days) and a tooth brushing chart. He loves to color in the chart each time he brushes his teeth...and I catch him brushing his teeth several times throughout the day!

Natalie is doing great also! She LOVES her babies and most especially her bunny rabbits (that's what she calls them...bunny rabbits..cute!). She feeds them bottles and juice and food! One funny thing she does is calls Cole...Cole Thomas Pierce. Like just now I was giving them medicine and she RAN out to the play room and said, "Cole Thomas Pierce! Mommy has you medicine!!!!" haha! She also calls me, "Mommy Pierce" or "Janet Pierce" and Justin is "Daddy Pierce" or "Justin Pierce". If you ask her name she usually says, "Baby Nani", but I've been teaching her "Natalie ann" and she's getting better at that! She also says, "OH.MY.GOSH." It is HILARIOUS!!! Anything that natalie LOVES was apparantly given to her by Auntie Jess. (not really...but she says that) For example, her favorite baby...she told brynn the other day, "Auntie Jess give it to me!"...and so on. So far Jessica has given her spoons, bowls, bibs, toys, movies, clothes...and the list grows daily. haha! She also thinks she is going to Miss Angie's & Miss Carol's. She will tell you that SHE is in preschoool and Miss Angie is her teacher. After I drop off the big kids at preschool she always asks, "Where'd Bubba go? Oh...Preschool! I go too?" Last week she said, "Bubba didn't cry! YAY!" hahahahahaha

Their FAVORITE movie is "UP". Auntie Jessica gave this to them and we watch it ALMOST every day! Cole quotes lines from the movie and tells me about it all day long. "I've wanted to do this my whole life!" haha! That's just one of the quotes!

They both love counting...Cole goes up to 20...but skips 2...not sure why? Natalie goes to about 7...but she will randomly throw in 10, 12, 15...etc.

That's it so far in September!

First Day of Preschool

It's here! Cole had his first day of preschool!! He has been so excited & talking about it so much! I thought for SURE he would be fine today. NOOOOOOO. He cried & wailed, "Mommy, stay here with me!!!" I left...and didn't cry outwardly...haha! I had the two little miss "thangs" to take care of! They played separately...but seemed to have fun. Natalie would randomly ask, "where'd Bubba go?" When I told her preschool, she'd say "Oh, O-tay".


When I picked up Cole & Chandler they were sitting quietly, just painting away! Ms. Angie asked them to wash their hands, so they did...and Cole put away his paintbrush. She said that he would NOT put paint on his hands to do the traditional "first day of school handprint" on the wall :(. (One of the girls I taught for 7th grade about 3 years ago has her handprint up there too). He also wouldn't make a crown. I think he associates crowns with "princesses" and he is NOT a princess. He's always hated me to call him a prince...he prefers big boy. As for the handprint...I'm hoping he does it Thursday...if not, I will try to stay late with him so we can do it together.


They told me all about preschool & how it rained when they were outside & Ms. Angie said it was muddy. haha! They were very excited & I hope it goes as well the rest of the week! (minus the crying!) Here are a few pics! (the ones with the little girls are just "pretend". they wanted to pretend to go to preschool too!) The outside pics were the ones RIGHT before we went to school! Inside ones are after preschool!

Preschool Open house

Our first steps toward preschool have come and gone! This week we had open house for Ms. Angie's and Ms. Carol's!

For Ms. Angie's he was pretty perfect! It was last night at 6pm and he had aCTUALLY taken a nap! He sat next to me and read an abc book :) So cute! We talked to Ms. Angie and he and natalie argued about who would be going to see Ms. Angie (Natalie thinks preschool is for HER, "MY preschool, MY Ms. Angie")

Ms. Carol's was a different story! We stayed up late last night after going out to eat for my birthday and playing outside because it was soooo pretty. Well...SOMEONE (who put him to bed for the first time in forever...no names spoken) forgot to give him his allergy medicine...Needless to say he woke up with a horrible allergy induced head cold of some sort and was crying & miserable. THEN we had a big ordeal over donuts and staying clean. He spent about 20 minutes of SELF INDUCED time out in his room. (as in...I told him when he could stop crying...he could come out...he CHOSE to stay in there and cry that long). Sooooo he was grumpy and tired when we got to Ms. Carol's and he whined & cried & wouldn't share. However, by the end of the hour he was fine, putting together legos and puzzles & talking to the kids & laughing.

Here are some pics from this week!! The one of him by himself was him in front of Ms. Angie's preschool :)

Preschool!

Today is the first day of school for kids in Childress...and Cole will start preschool next week! There is no Monday-Friday preschool in Childress (other than through the school district), so he is attending two different preschools. One, with Ms. Angie, will be on Tuesdays & Thursdays from 8am-10:45am. It is a Christian based preschool with an emphasis on social skills. The other is with Ms. Carol...a former teacher. They will meet on Wednesday from 8am-9:45am. It is more "school" oriented.

We took Cole for a little "one on one" meet the teacher on Friday (Angie). He walked in and was a little apprehensive, but he quickly warmed up and found the cars to play with. We are so excited for him! He WANTS to learn and REALLY needs to be around more kids his age...especially boys.

When we left, I asked him what his favorite thing about preschool was. He said, "Angie". Awww...so sweet!

Official, "Open House" for both are this week. Angie's is Thursday afternoon and Carol's is Friday morning. I am really looking forward to meeting the other kiddos & parents...even though we knnow most already! I know there are 10 in his "Angie" class...and we know at least 4 of them.

On another note...I turn the big 30 this week!!!! Mixed emotions...but mainly ready to get it over with!