A Gretta Update

I have not posted in a while and thought you might like a Gretta update. First I am so proud to say, she is potty trained! Yeah!!! She wears and sleeps in her panties all day and all night. We have only had a few night time accidents and we get an occasional daytime accident when she gets to involved in playing or entertaining guests and forgets she has to go potty. But 95% of the time she is wonderful! I am surprised at how easy it was, it was all her I am sure, because I really had no idea what I was doing. I told her she could wear panties if she used the potty and that was pretty much all it took.

Gretta still thinks she is having a baby as well. So, she like to have her picture taken like mine. I've tried explaining that her baby is just pretend. Not sure that she is grasping the whole idea. She actually wanted to have an ultrasound the other day of her baby as well. Elijah smoothed that over. Not exactly sure what he said in the end but it worked. I know his first attempt was to tell her he would check her baby and she let him know pretty quick that he was NOT a Doctor. ha, ha...

She is loving playing in the snow this winter. We have only been out a couple of times, becasue it is sooo cold, but she loves it. She makes snow angels, but she does her a little different, she likes to go face first in the snow. ha, ha.. she thinks it is hillarious.

She received a babydoll for Christmas and she takes very good care of it. We just went and saw a friend yesterday that just had a baby and whatever Kelli, the mom, did with her baby Gretta was trying to do the same thing with her babydolll. I got a glimpse of what my days will be like in 6 months or so. She is so sweet. I am so grateful to have her.

This was taken a couple of weeks ago she was "helping" Elijah do some work around the house. She had her bullseye flashlight, which I should tell you makes a horse trotting noise everytime she uses it. And a waterpaint brush that she kept referring to as her screwdriver. And then she had to put on her hat, because Uncle Lub wears a hat when he works. She followed Elijah everywhere. I am not sure how much he actually got done, but he loved her imitating him. It was fun to watch.

Welch Baby #2

So, we had our 2nd Ultrasound Monday for the baby. Everything is looking good. We will get a more detailed report when we see the Doctor on Feb. 9th. I am 20 weeks now and doing well. I still have some sickness, actually just got sick again today, blah! But for the most part am doing lots better than in week 6. Elijah tells me I only have 19 more weeks to go. He is so thoughtful, but clearly has no idea how long that sounds to a pregnant woman. ha, ha...

We are not finding out if it is a boy or girl this time, well atleast not until the baby arrives! lol I am cracking myself up! Anywho, I am dying to know, even though it doesn't matter and I actually love surprises, but the anticipation kills me.

We have a few names but nothing for sure, yet. Here is a picture from the ultrasound, 1 is from yesterday the other is from the 1st ultrasound at 14 weeks. I just love the 14 week one and wanted to share.

14 Weeks

20 Weeks

Blog Changes

So, I have been making some changes to the blog since we're expanding our family. I will try my best to keep you up to date about the baby. We are all doing fairly well, Elijah and Gretta are great, I however have been pretty sick. This weekend it has started to be a lit bit better with the sickness, but now all the sudden I am getting tired all the time. It is so weird how different this pregnancy feels to me than Gretta. It is the same symptoms just in a totally different order and more extreme it feels to me. I don't know maybe I just forgot how bad I really felt the first 3 months of being pregnant. O well, only 3 weeks left!!! I hope.

Pumpkin Patch

Gretta & I went to the Pumpkin Patch to get our pumpkins to decorat. Sorry, I am so far behind on my pics. Anyway, it was lots of fun. Gretta enjoyed picking out her own pumpkins and carrying them all by herself. I heard several times, “I can do it Mom, I got this one.” We brought home 8 pumpkins. We painted them & lots of fun family time!!

I’m a Big Sister!

Most of you should know that Gretta is going to be a big sister. She doesn’t seem to remember or maybe she doesn’t care, ha, ha I don’t know. Anytime it is brought up she does seem to be happy and excited about it. Which I am aware that once the baby is actually here this will probably not always be the case, but so far so good.
We are expecting the new addition to our family in June. We are very excited and everything is going just as expected. I've been pretty sick, which is the same as Gretta. It seems worse this time around not sure why that is, but hopefully only 3 1/2 weeks left of that. Our first appointment is November 19th so we should be able to hear the heartbeat, which I am really excited for Gretta to hear that. My favorite moment so far with Gretta and the pregnancy has been when she first wanted to “talk” to the baby. She walks up to me and says so sweetly to my belly, “I’m the boss” and walks away just as happy as she could be. It was priceless! We will definitely keep everyone posted on the baby and Gretta.

Gretta’s Style

Gretta is really starting to develop her own opinion about her appearance, what shoes she wears, shirts, pajamas. She loves to wear hats, crocs, purses and the latest one….lipstick! She found a tube of lipstick in my purse the other week. I came in to the kitchen and she has pink all around her mouth. Since then she will ask for her “lips”. So, here are a few pics of Gretta and her style.

I love her curls!

State Fair

We made our annual trip to the Indiana State Fair. It was a beautiful day. Gretta enjoyed seeing all the animals, but did not however, enjoy meeting Alpha Pig(a character from a show that we watch on PBS). We had to bail at the last minute in line right before we got up to get our picture with him. She got a little scared, but continues to talk about him and how she got to see him. Crazy kid! We had the pleasure to go with Sara & Noah which made the experience even more fun. We love hanging out with the Farnys!!