update

well im almost 37 1/2 weeks and we are impatiently waiting the arrival of Levi:) when i went to the doctor for my 37 week checkup i was 2 cm dialated and she said my cervix is very thin. Which i guess i good news...im making progress anyways:) ive been having contractions on and off for the past few days and some other things have been happening that would definitely be TMI to share on the blog! So we will leave it at that:) Im pretty much on maternity leave now. I am supposed to work next thursday, but im seriously doubting i will be there....or strongly hoping anyway:) Parker and Lindsay are coming in town tonight for the long labor day weekend. It would be oh so convenient if Levi came while they are in town!

just waiting....

its been awhile since ive posted...but at this point we are just sitting around waiting for Levi's arrival. im getting pretty impatient. The nursery is complete for the most part and i am in heavy nesting mode right now:) Brody is starting to sense that Levi could be here really soon i think. Today, he asked me "is Levi coming tomorrow? and then i will have a little brother?". While im super ready to meet our newest little man, its hard for me to believe that he could potentially be here 2 weeks from now. Im 36 weeks, and Brody came at 38 weeks. This pregnancy has been completely different than Brody's though. By this point with Brody, i was swollen from head to toe, looked completely miserable, and had gained 36 pounds by 37 weeks. So far ive only gained 25 pounds , i have had no swelling, and i feel pretty good. Other than some back pain by the end of the day, i really cant complain. Like i said, COMPLETELY different than Brody. Makes me wonder if this baby will not come as early as Brody did :( THAT i would not be happy about! I have to end this post with a cute saying by brody a few weeks ago.....
I was sitting with a bowl of cantaloupe and Brody said, "mommy, dont eat too much cantalope, cause it might hurt your belly and it might hurt Levi's belly too":) SUCH A CUTIE...looking out for his little brother already.

Best Surprise EVER:)

Wednesday night Brian told me that he would be picking me up from work the next day (thursday) and we would be going out of town for the weekend. He told me that was all of the information i would be getting and that there were 3 rules. 1)I could not talk to ANYONE about the trip 2)I could not facebook about the trip until we got there 3)No questions! Hmmm....i had no idea what was going on!

So he picked me up from work, we got in the car and started driving. When we got to Charlotte, i thought we were surely going to be stopping there....nope...we kept driving. So i decided to go to sleep until we got to our destination. I was wondering why in the world we were traveling that far away just for a weekend getaway. So i wake up an hour or so later in Greenville, SC....still not sure what in the world Greenville has to offer, but brian had told me we were just going to be relaxing and doing some shopping, and just spending time together (thinking to myself...why did we drive 4 hours to do that?) BUT downtown Greeville was GORGEOUS at night and the hotel we pulled up in front of was beautiful! So im sitting in the car admiring the downtown while brian is checking into the hotel....when my very sleepy eyes see the most WONDERFUL sight in the whole world....Natalie and Gary Snuffin strolling the streets of Greenville!! I jumped out of the car and yelled "you have got to be kidding me!!!" Natalie looked just as surprised as me! So Gary and Brian had concocted this whole thing together and wonderfully pulled it off without me and nat guessing anything! The "rules" made alot more since at this point, because they knew that if Natalie and i both put on our facebooks that we were going on surprise trips with our hubbies, we would surely guess what was going on:) oh AND Brian and Gary had arranged for people to keep the boys...so we were both "kid-less"!

a little background info on the snuffins for those who dont know....They are some of our very best friends who used to live in wake forest with us until the Lord called them to a church in Auburn Alabama. We were pregnant with our boys at the same time and they are 4 months apart. Now we are both pregnant again with our second batch of boys and they will be 2 months apart:) So Greenville is exactly halfway for both of us to meet!

Our hotel

Nat-24 weeks and Jana 32 weeks pregnant


We had an AMAZING weekend! i cant remember the last time i had dinner out with another couple WITHOUT KIDS...much less spend an entire weekend with another couple! So we just enjoyed each others company, had lots of great conversations over really good food, and did alot of shopping:) It couldnt have been a better weekend! THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH TO OUR HUBBIES FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER FOR YOUR PREGNANT WIVES....WE ARE SO THANKFUL!!

Brody's funny sayings

Brody seriously cracks us up daily...probably hourly...with the things he says. people always tell me to write them down so i can look back on them one day, so these may not be funny to anyone else but brian and i, but i want to keep record of them, so i can remember how cute and funny this little guy was when he is 16:)

About a month ago, after falling and hurting his hand in Lowe's with his dad, he was at the checkout and continued to tell the cashier over and over again about his hurt hand. The lady finally asked him if she could rub it for him. After she rubbed his hand for him, she said "Is it all better?". Brody said "NO, JESUS makes it all better, JESUS!!"

Brian asked Brody a few days ago if he was hungry yet.....Brody replied "No, just drinky" (instead of thirsty:)

Yesterday i let Brody have a sip of my Pepsi...he always makes the funniest faces when he drinks anything with carbonation. This time he made an exceptionally funny face. i asked him if it was good....he replied "yeah, but its sprinkly" (im pretty sure he was trying to say the carbonation was "tingly".

27 weeks

i had a doctors appointment on tuesday (26 weeks). I passed my glucose test (yay!!) and everything is looking great so far! Before i left for my appointment, Brody asked me where i was going. I told him i was going to the doctor and his response was...."Doctor take baby brother out your belly today, mommy!?!" LOL. he is asking more and more about his baby brother...hes getting a little impatient...so am i though i guess:) Hes starting to talk about him almost every day, which just melts my heart. He's going to be such a great big brother!

Brody's Day Out with Thomas

We took Brody on a trip just for him this past weekend:) we thought we'd spoil him alittle before baby brother comes and rocks his world:) Brody is obsessed with trains right now...he loves Thomas! His trains are just about all he plays with when he's inside. Sooo we took him up to Boone, NC to a " day out with Thomas" at tweetsie railroad. He absolutely had a blast! The whole park was decked out with Thomas stuff and Brody got to ride in the train actually pulled by Thomas:) he was so cute..... He acted like he was meeting the biggest celebrity of all time! The night before we left to go up to Boone, he spent the night with my parents ( they went with us). We told him we had a suprised for him and that we were going to go ride a real train in the morning. We decided not to tell him it had anything to do with Thomas because we knew his little face would be so cute when he saw Thomas if he didn't have any warning:) anyways... Needless to say he was extremely excited and had a hard time going to sleep. At about 10:00 mom heard him say "Brody is all done sleeping. Brody come downstairs all by himself!" ( he NEVER gets out of bed). Then mom hears his little feet coming down the stairs. Cute little thing was SO excited about his trip! we had told him that after he was done sleeping then we would go ride the train! i guess i need to be more specific next time:)




we spent sunday just enjoying the moutains. We hiked up to see the Linville falls....it was 2 miles. Brody was such a trooper! he did the whole 2 miles right there along with us! he really enjoyed it!

Learning Letters

I am constantly amazed at what kids pick up without you really working hard to teach them! Brody is beginning to learn his letters...we write them alot with sidewalk chalk:) mostly the easiest ones....H, T, O , and M are his favorites. I spell his name out loud to him alot, but we really dont WRITE it alot. When Brian was in Europe he brought back a train for Brody that spelled his name. He has not put that thing down since brian got home! So, the other night, Brody was playing with the train and put the train together..mostly in order...it said BRDY. The O was hidden behind him....i told him to find the O and see if he could put it in the right spot. I pointed to each letter and asked him to tell me what they were. He got all of the right and then i told him to put the O where it should go in his name...he unhooked the trains and put the O right in between the R and the D! Brian and i were both very shocked:) I love seeing him learn things....he is growing up so much!