Happy Birthday POPS!

Happy Happy Birthday POPS!

We love you tons!

Brad, Shelby, Henry, and Chicken Nugget

Charlestowne Landing Picnic

After church Mimi packed a great picnic and we all went to Charlestowne Landing for a little bit of Sunday fun. It is a GORGEOUS day and we had a great time exploring the land where the first SC settlers lived.

Henry loved "riding" the canons!

Daddy took him on the big Pirate Ship!

And we walked until his little legs just couldn't go anymore. Pops had to give him a ride back to the car! He is sound asleep in his bed now and i'm sure he's dreaming about the game of pickup baseball that all the Earnst boys engaged in today. He even had his REAL baseball glove that Nana and Papa gave him, so he was ready to play!

Boy or Girl?

In accordance with my super-competitive nature, I have added a little poll to the side of the blog for you all to vote on whether you think chicken nugget is a BOY or GIRL.

Brad and I go on November 6 at 11:30 for the big 19 week ultrasound and we can't wait to see our little babe in action. I am most anxious to make sure that all is well with the baby, but am so excited to find out what sex it is!

So, stay tuned and place your vote!!!

WPC Preschool Fall Festival

Henry's 2 Year Old Class

Today was Henry's Fall Festival at school and I volunteered to help with one of the booths. It was so much fun to see all of the children at his school and all of the other fun moms! When Henry's class came through I was relieved of my duties and got to go around to all of the booths with him and ride on the Hayride. I sure hope he's more cooperative with his sweet teachers than he is with his mama, because he was rather unruly under my watch today. He wanted no part of holding my hand or waiting his turn in line, but when his teachers were around he was an angel. As long as he's good at school, we'll work on his "tude" at home.

Fishing was his favorite booth!

And the Hayride was so much fun!

Rebecca's Wedding Weekend

Bachelorette Party at Charleston Marriott and Chai's

Bridal Luncheon on Folly Beach

Rebecca's Big Day at The Rice Mill

Just a few pics from Rebecca's super fun wedding weekend!

16 Weeks

Right now, he/she is about the size of an avacado: 4 1/2 inches long (head to rump) and 3 1/2 ounces.



I had my 16 week checkup yesterday and the chicken nugget was sounding good! The appointment was pretty uneventful, but so good to hear the little heartbeat. I am feeling good these days and starting to get some energy back. I am starting to show a little bit and feeling the babe more and more everyday. Here are some stats from the appt.

• Baby's Heartbeat 145
• Weight gain: 0

Kick Kick!!!

I am 16 weeks today and have been feeling my little chicken nugget preforming some acrobatics in utero! I SWEAR I think I felt him/her move around 14 weeks, but didn't report b/c ya'll would have probably called me crazy! They say you feel the second one sooner and I felt Henry at 17 weeks, so maybe I really did. Whenever it was, it is amazing and makes all the aches and pains of pregnancy worth every minute!

Some Cute Stuff

Here are a few things that Henry says lately that make me laugh that I don't want to forget:

• Last night at 3am I hear him calling my name, so I ran down the hall. When I arrived at his bedside he goes: "Mama, I have a headache in my tummy." I cracked up, then jumped in bed and rubbed his tummy until he fell back asleep.

• Henry has been into to picking his little nose like most two years olds, i'm sure. I have told him over and over that he needs to use a Kleenex. So we were riding down the road the other day and I keep a stock of napkins in my glove compartment and he points to it and says, "I need and Exkleener pweese!"
  

• "I gotforto get my juice, mama!" As in "I forgot to get my juice, mama!"

• He asks often, "Am I a big boy?". We assure him that he is a BIG boy and not a BABY! This is VERY important to him! Whenever we get a babysitter, we are not allowed to use the word babysitter. We MUST say bigboy sitter!
  

• Last week we got a note home in his book bag that Henry had had a VERY good day at school. I think they send these little positive notes home periodically. Of course, we praised him and told him how proud we were. Well, a couple days ago Ms. Barbara reported to Mimi that Henry asked Ms. Cheryl AND Ms. Barbara if they would send a "good note home to my mama today?" They thought it was hilarious!

• Lately every time Brad or I say something that Henry doesn't like he promptly yells: "THAT'S NOT NICE!!!" It really is pretty funny and hard not to laugh!