Melton Memories

Cole started his first swim lessons last week and did great!!  I had been prepared by several friends to expect a lot of crying, etc... He did none of that (well until yesterday but I hope that was just a fluke).  He has been sitting on the step like they ask him to until his turn which really surprised me.  I can see why it is better to have someone else teach instead of the parent because I know he would not listen to me if I asked him to sit on the step and wait.  At the end of each class the kids get to pick out a treat which I think is a big incentive!  I am hoping we will be able to continue with the classes and make him an expert swimmer this summer!       

  If you know me you know I love photography!!!  We recently had a good friend of ours take some maternity photos for us and she did a wonderful job!!  She has done all of our photo for the past 4-5 years.  She specializes in maternity and newborn so as soon as our little bundle of joy arrives you will be seeing more photos!  Here are just a few.... Thank you so much Bri!!  

    We had our 28 week appointment today and my mom went with as she has never seen an ultrasound before.  Of course this is the week that the baby decided not to cooperate!  Since I call Cole my little circus monkey as he is always climbing on everything it is good to see that this baby is keeping in tradition with the circus performances.... the baby was completely folded in half!!!!  In the first photo below you can make out the face and what looks like an arm is actually a leg!  We were all amazed at the flexibility!!  Mom said it's got to be a girl as no boy is that flexible! Hahaha  Since this little one was not being cooperative today mom will just have to go back to another ultrasound to see the baby a little better.  Things are going good.  I have bad heartburn but other than that I am doing pretty good right now.  Can't believe we only have about 10 more weeks!  Seems like a ways off but I think it is going t...

  Well we finally did it... We moved Cole into his new room.  He has done great so far!!  As you can tell from the photo it is a Cars theme.  He has an obsession with Cars right now and knows all the characters.  He spends his waking moments asking to watch the movie over and over and over again.  Now he can spend his sleeping moments dreaming of them as they are on the walls next to his head.  I started him out with a nap and he did great so I thought why not try him over night, he did even better!  It was probably harder on me than it was on him :o) Now we are all ready for a new baby in the nursery.    

  Our little guy is turning into such a big boy!  He is just such a blessing!!  We just love him to death!     Learning his alphabet Riding the train Being a silly clown Learning his planets

    So for Valentine's Day we got our good news that new baby Melton is perfect!  The doctor went over all the measurements with us and said everything is looking great!!  I have heard of pregnant women being forgetful, however I don't know how I could have forgotten a whole week and a half!  The doctors office has me down as being 20weeks 4 days and in my mind I was going to be 19 weeks this weekend!  Oh well I guess it doesn't really matter, just means we are that much closer right?!  I know that Wayne has been very stressed over this appointment (for some reason I have not) so today's news was so good for him to hear!  Sorry I don't really have any photos (the tech we had didn't do a good job at capturing our baby like past tech's.)   Happy Valentine's Day!!! 

    We had another appointment this morning and got some new ultrasound photos.  They told us that everything is looking normal, baby is very active!!  Our next appointment will be the one that they do all the measurements.  I think once that one is past we will be a little less stressed. :)      3D photo (sucking thumb)     4D photos