Cullen is here!!

January 25th....6:07am

Cullen has made his arrival! We were supposed to have a c-section on Friday the 28th but he had other plans! I woke up at 3am with contractions that were not going away; so Dan and I headed to the hospital as soon as Ms Sharon got to the house to watch Daniel. When we got to the hospital at 4:30am, I was already 6cm dilated. They took us to the O.R. and little man was here shortly after! So, I got the spontaneous birth experience that I had been hoping for!

Cullen has been perfect so far. He did have jaundice; so we had to lay him on a bili bed for a few days. I've had pretty good success with breast feeding so far. I am having to supplement with formular though. The past couple of days, he has had some congestion (which I think Daniel brought home from school). But he has been a trooper!

I couldn't have asked for a better big brother for Cullen. Daniel has been great so far with his baby brother! There hasn't been any major behavioral issues and he's slept through the night every night without any bad dreams, etc. Very exciting! :) (hopefully I'm not jinxing myself)

Fall = Football, getting Fat, & Family Fun!

This fall season has been great so far! The gamecocks are doing pretty darn good this season, we've had plenty of fun outings with our family and I'm definitely packing on the pounds! :) I am on week 26 of my pregnancy and I'm reminding myself daily to relish these last couple of months because we plan on Cullen being our last child. Daniel has been getting smarter and smarter every day. He now knows all the months of the year, days of the week, how to recognize the majority of the letters in the alphabet, can write several letters and numbers on his own, and sings dozens of songs on his own! The thing that we are most pleased with is his continous learning about God. He says his blessing on his own, recognizes that God makes EVERYTHING, and professes to love God along with his friends and family! I pray that Dan and I can continue to help build that knowledge of Him with Daniel each day!

Last weekend, Dan, Daniel, Ms. Sharon (mother in law) and I went to the beach to visit with my parents and aunts and uncles. Each October, my dad and some of his siblings go down to Garden City to fish! I haven't been with them in several years so it was really nice to go down and enjoy some family time! Daniel of course had a blast!!

This Halloween season has been great so far. Daniel insisted on being Batman this year eventhough I'm not quite sure how he knows about Batman since we never watch him on T.V. Daniel is doing AlOT better with costumes and masks considering he was not a big fan of Halloween at all last year! We have a busy weekend this weekend with Halloween celebrations! Last night we went over to our friends the Nichols for a party. Tonight, we will be going to our friends, Jude and Mayonne for a party and tomorrow we have an afternoon birthday party (Daniel's friend, Logan) AND an evening party/trick or treating at the Vanco's house!

Queen of the Roost!

Well, it looks as though I'll be the only female in a house full of testosterone! YES, we are having another baby boy! :) We are very excited to have another boy and plan to name him Cullen Bryce! Daniel is so cute about the whole thing. When we're sitting on the couch, he wants to lift my shirt to "talk" to and blow raspberries at Cullen! I just hope he's as excited when the baby actually arrives. The pregnancy is going well and the whole thing about getting bigger sooner with the second baby has definitely held true in my case! :)

Daniel's 3rd birthday party was great and our family trip to the beach for Labor Day (with Dan's family) was awesome! Daniel absolutely loved the ocean and playing in the sand with his cousin, Noah! Hopefully I will have pictures up some day! :)

Visit with Greer

Myself, Daniel, Hayli and Leslie's mom headed to Norfolk/Virginia Beach to see Les and Greer this past weekend!! We had lots of fun playing on the beach and going to the Norfolk Tides baseball game!! Daniel loved "surfing" the waves and jumping in the bounce house at the game! We sure do wish they lived closed so we could see them more often!!

Baby Bledsoe

That's right......we have another bun in the oven. We have had two ultrasounds so far and have another one coming up on Monday! Here is a peek at our peanut at a 10 week ultrasound:

The due date is set for February 5th! Daniel is already super excited about the baby. He kisses my belly already and talks about "his baby" all the time. It's adorable! I just hope he's as excited about his baby sibling once they actually get here!

Summer 2010

It's been a hot summer so far! The Bledsoe household has been pretty uneventful lately! Daniel will be starting at Timmerman School on August 2nd. He will be reunited with his friends Katie, Jacob, Courtney and Logan!

We did have a great time with cousins Teddy, Naomi and Levi while we were in Arizona last month! Other than our special time with them, one of the highlites of that week was Carolina winning the College World Series baseball championship!

Our Saturday mornings have been spent at The Little Gym with my girlfriends Katie and Ella!


This is called his "spider walk"!







We are currently planning Daniel's 3rd Birthday party! We will be having him a baseball party at Trenholm Road Park on Sunday August 29th; complete with Cracker Jacks, Popcorn, Snow Cones and Popcorn! We are very excited about it! Pictures to come!

Other than that, we're taking some short weekend trips to Norfolk/Virgina Beach to see Leslie next weekend and hoping to go to North Myrtle beach with Dan's family for Labor day weekend!

Spring has Arrived!

Life has been busy, yet normal lately! Daniel is growing like a weed and is still "too big for his britches" most days! Here are a few things that's been happening lately:

• We are still trying to sell our house but not having much luck! I suppose it's just not in God's plan for us right now!


• Easter was really fun and Daniel and cousin Peanut got a real live bunny, named Dipper!! We had a great time dying Easter eggs (once at Grandma's and once in Hartsville) and hunting them at Me Me and Pop Pop's!!




• I have been the worst about taking pictures lately and it seems like the ones I do take are always sideways! I think it's about time to schedule another photo session!

• We're hoping to take a beach vacation for his 3rd birthday as well as a trip to Arizona to see Aunt Sarah and cousins-Naomi, Levi, and Teddy!!
  
• Daniel started his new daycare, Lollipop Lane, on Monday! He is doing very well so far eventhough we will greatly miss his old friends and teacher, Ms Wilson!