Levi is 2!

This past Sunday was Levi's 2nd birthday, and we celebrated by having family over for brunch and to open presents, then have cake! That morning, Levi was so excited while we were getting everything ready. He kept saying "pahty!". And when everyone got to our house, oh man, he was on excitement overload! At one point he was running from the living room into the kitchen and back, just screaming with excitement! "Agghhhhhh!!" Back and forth! It was pretty hilarious. He gets excited anytime someone comes to his house, so he was just having a blast!

After everyone had something to eat, we opened presents. Levi had a few helpers! They all tend to 'help' on each others' birthdays, so that is nothing new! Levi didn't mind!

He got lots of fun stuff! He loved his trike from Grandpa and Grandma Staples, and the doctor kit was another hit. The barn that was handmade by Great-grandpa Jim and painted by Great-grandma Karen just for him is sure to be a treasured keepsake for many years to come! Levi loved everything he got and didn't know what to play with first!

If you read my Pinterest post about what I was going to try and get done, I actually did everything except for the ice cream in muffin cups. Paul pointed out that it would probably be more work to do that than to just scoop it out on Sunday. :) Anyways, the number two I drew onto a piece of tagboard and then cut out with my x-acto knife because it was too thick for the scissors. I knew I didn't want to do all buttons like the original pin I saw, so I just found some patterned paper that somewhat matched my color scheme and went with it. I love how it turned out, and I love the addition of the buttons. The two on the cake in sprinkles was a little tougher, but it turned out cute non-the-less. For the banner, I cut out the letters on my Silhouette and attached them to a piece of bakers twine from my scrapbook stash and then tied that onto wooden skewers. I didn't get a picture of the balloon pinatas, but those were harder than they looked too! I mean, not really hard to do, but it was tough to get the balloon over the end of the bottle to get the candy in, and the only candy I could find to fit in the hole of the bottle was smarties. My nieces thought those were pretty cool.

Levi did great at blowing his candles out! He wanted to keep doing it, ha! So Paul lit them for him a couple times to blow out. After that he was over the cake though, back to the toys!

And just a quick picture of our family! 

One more of the birthday boy with his balloons! He was not thrilled with having his picture taken, or with me wanting him to stand in one place! His adorable shirt was made by my mom. It matches the invites that I sent out!

I still can't believe I have a two-year-old, but he is just so much fun right now! He's got such a little personality. I haven't taken any 'nice' two-year pics of him since we can't get outside because of the weather. (BOO!) But hopefully I can get some decent ones soon, and his check-up is tomorrow (again, weather permitting!) so I'll have his up-to-date stats after that!

Pinspiration Monday

I almost forgot that it was Monday! I got my 31 week update up earlier and totally forgot about doing this post until I was about to start scrolling through Pinterest just now! So here are my faves from this week! :)

Loving this crib skirt. Looks pretty easy to put together, it just velcros/ties onto the sides.

Source: makeit-loveit.com via Kelsey on Pinterest

If we get a nice enough day this week to grill, I might have to give these a try!

Source: sixsistersstuff.com via Kelsey on Pinterest

I would really like to try doing this with Levi sometime. Looks easy and I think he would like it!

Source: 2littlehooligans.blogspot.com via Kelsey on Pinterest

These are on my wishlist. I have been wanting a cute tennis shoe just for everyday, like around town or going shopping, and these would be cute for this summer.

Source: zappos.com via Kelsey on Pinterest

Supposed to be the best stain remover. It would be interesting to give it a try!

Source: moderndaymoms.com via Kelsey on Pinterest

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(Hoping to have some pics from Levi's b-day up in the next couple days too!)

31 weeks

 How far along?: 31 weeks 4 days (it was a busy weekend!)
How big is baby?: Measuring just over 16 inches long and weighs about 3.3 lbs.
Weight gain?: 25 lbs gain so far, hoping I can keep my total weight gain around 30-35 in the next 9 (almost 8) weeks!
Stretch marks?: Same. 
Maternity clothes?: Yep!
Sleep?: Not bad, but I was sick part of this week so that was no fun.
Best moment this week?: Last week is a blur right now so nothing is coming to mind in particular.
Food cravings?: Nothing really.
Gender?: Girl!
Movement?: Oh yeah, getting stronger.
Belly button?: Strange looking.
What I miss?: Energy. Is this like the 3rd week that I've put this answer? The list is getting longer the closer to the end I get.
Labor signs?: Nothing besides a few braxton hicks contractions here and there.
What I'm looking forward to?: Check up on Thursday I guess.
Milestone? Hmmm..

More Easter

We celebrated Easter again this past weekend with my family on Sunday. I wanted to make sure and get a few pictures of our family since I didn't get any last week! Levi's tie is from zulily, he looked so cute in it!

 

My two boys! 

 Me and my little man!

 So handsome!

 My sister is due a month after I am!

Pinspiration Monday

It's Pinspiration Monday: Second Birthday Edition!

These are some of the ideas that I had pinned to my Two board for Levi's birthday party this weekend.

I thought these would be a fun way for the kids to get a little treat. I haven't decided where I'll hang them yet! The idea is that once you get the little candies in there, you blow up the balloon and then the kids can pop them with a toothpick. With a grown-up's help of course for the littler ones.

Source: thegunnysack.com via Kelsey on Pinterest

I am going to try and combine the next two pins for Levi's cake. I want to do the sprinkled number 2 using the sprinkle colors to match the invite for his party. I was planning on doing multi-color like the picture, but then looking through my closet I found separate colors I can combine for a custom sprinkle mix!

Source: littlelifeofmine.com via Kelsey on Pinterest

Then I thought it would be fun to make a little cut-out banner like this one with his name on it too!

Source: prudentbaby.com via Kelsey on Pinterest

I would like to see if I can get something like this done. Maybe not with the buttons, but some sort of big number 2 to hang somewhere.

Source: hwtm.com via Kelsey on Pinterest

And I thought I would give this a try. Scooping the ice cream into individual muffin cups before-hand, then freezing until hard again, to make things easier when it comes to serving the cake! And cute! :)

Source: recipetips.com via Kelsey on Pinterest

So we'll see how many of these ideas I can follow through on! Levi's birthday party is on Sunday morning this weekend, so I'll share some pictures most likely next week!

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30 wks

I had a doctor appointment this week, and everything went well. Baby girl was measuring right on schedule and her heartbeat was strong in the 140's. From now on I'll go every other week until 36 weeks, then every week after that. Yikes! It's coming fast!

How far along?: 30 weeks 2 days
How big is baby?: About 15.7 inches long and weighs almost 3 lbs.
Weight gain?: At home I was about the same as last week, at the dr. I had gained about 3 1/2 lbs since last month, which I didn't think was bad at all. So I am at about a 22-24 lb total gain depending if I go by my home scale or at the dr.
Stretch marks?: Same.
Maternity clothes?: Yep!
Sleep?: Not too bad.
Best moment this week?: Hearing baby girl's heartbeat. She kicked right when Dr. M was looking for it, ha.
Food cravings?: Nothing really this week.
Gender?: Girl!
Movement?: Yep! More and more, sometimes she pushes in the weirdest places and it will hurt.
Belly button?: Turning into an outie. Weird..
What I miss?: Energy.
Labor signs?: Thankfully nothing yet. I was on bedrest for a week with Levi at 36 weeks, so at my appt., Dr. M just told me to let her know if I did show any signs of labor. I'm not worried since I ended up going over with Levi anyways.
What I'm looking forward to?: Seeing my family on Sunday to celebrate Easter.
Milestone? 30 weeks! Only 10 short weeks left.

Easter

Ok, last post for today! Just wanted to share some Easter pictures from this past weekend.

We went to an Easter Egg Hunt at the school on Saturday, which Levi loved! It didn't take him long to catch on to picking up the eggs and candy and putting them into his bucket! I am always surprised at how many kids we have in our small town...the gym was FULL! But that just makes it all the more fun! The local 4-H club puts this egg hunt on every year.

 The kids each also get a 'prize', so that is fun for them too! Levi lucked out and got some fun sand toys that he was excited about!

 

On Sunday, we went to the early service at church. Which ended up working out great since someone decided to wake up at 5:00 a.m. for the day... When we got home, Levi found that the Easter bunny had been to our house while we were gone! He had fun picking up more eggs and loved his Easter basket! He looked so handsome in his little suit!

 

Then later that morning, we went out to Paul's brother and his wife's house to celebrate Easter, along with our niece's 8th birthday. Hard to believe she is that old already! Madison got lots of nice gifts from everyone, seems like everyone had the same idea...clothes and books! :) 

 Allie was right by Madison's side the whole time she was opening gifts, and we all had to laugh when she would thank everyone for getting Madison a present! So cute!

So that was our busy weekend! We have a few of those coming up. Next weekend we will be celebrating Easter with my family, and the weekend after that is Levi's birthday party! Sure to be fun times though!