The Barnes Family

Since the day we found out that we were pregnant, I wanted to find out what we were having! So, at 10 weeks we did the gender test that you can buy at Walgreens, it said BOY! I took another one at 12 weeks, it said BOY! So needless to say I thought it was boy! Even though I have felt A LOT different this time around, alot sicker, and craving crazy things, I thought it was a BOY! Monday I went to the store with my mom and had to buy some sour gummy worms and peez! She said, "Your having a girl!" All that being said, we went today to Prenatal Imaging to do their early gender sonogram. Let me just say it was worth the $100! It was the greatest place! We went into a large dark room with our family, a nice place for me to lay, chairs for everyone and a HUGE SCREEN for the family to watch and a little one next to me. It was great! The lady was also very nice! I just laid there and waited for her to say, It's a BOY! (I would have been GREAT with that!) HOWEVER, what came out of

For the few people out there that read this blog, don't worry! I am not saying goodbye to blogging. Sadly though I am saying goodbye to a dear friend of mine! I am saying goodbye to Faris and her sweet family! I have known Faris for two years but it wasn't until this past February when I really got to know and become close friends with her. We had bonded a little before that with the birth of Wyatt and then the birth of her second being very close together, but it wasn't until she invited me to her "lunch bunch" on Fridays that we became really close. The Friday lunch group saved me! Really, Todd was in Atlanta at the time and I was trying hard to find other mommies to connect with. Her reaching out to me and including me opened the door to many new friendships! Over the summer I had to say goodbye to another friend I made in the group, but I have high hopes that her and her family will one day return to Augusta. Followed by another friend, but she's only an

My sweet little monkey normally takes great naps in the afternoon! GREAT ones! Normally he goes down VERY EASY. Today I made the mistake of giving him late morning nap so that I could get ready in peace. He is still at the age where he can take two naps, but I have to spread them out and I can't rely on the morning one cause they don't always happen. With all that being said, he took about an hour morning nap, then we went to the pizza joint and enjoyed lunch outside, then grabbed a cookie from the sunshine bakery, then walked around this little park and then headed home. I was thinking that by this time (2:00) his normal nap time, he would be worn out. He played, pooped, got changed, played some more, and after an hour.....I ROCKED THAT SWEET LITTLE BOY!!! Rocked for about 10 minutes, laid him down and he was out! These days the only time he wants to be held and rocked, is when he is about to go to bed or go down for a nap. So I soaked up this time. Who cares that I have four

These days Wyatt has been doing a lot of things...... -Screaming at the TOP of his lungs for no reason and sometimes for a reason but we don't know what it is! - Waking up in the middle of the night crying! Keep in mind that this kid has been sleeping through the night since he was 3 months old! - Refusing to eat certain foods that he once LOVED - Enjoys throwing the foods he once loved over the side of his chair or throwing the gold fish all over my car instead of eating them, and then he laughs! - WALKING! He is walking everywhere. This is a new development one that just started last week. (Yes, I'm a week late in telling the world that my child can walk) - No longer enjoying his car rides - Can say the following, not on command though; dog, mama, dada, church, DUCK. The last one is his favorite and this he will do on command. I also swear I have heard; snack, cheese, cookie -gives hugs more often I like the last two things on that list but we really gotta work on the others.

These days I haven't been doing much, we haven't been doing much! I had forgotten how much work it is growing a baby! Well maybe I didn't forget, it wasn't like this last time!!! I remember being tired with Wyatt and not really wanting to eat anything because nothing tasted good to me. This time I am tired, mixed with a constant feeling of nausea, upset stomach, zero desire to eat, and if I do eat- it always wants to try to come back up!! So my house is a complete mess because I DON'T feel like doing anything and I have three papers that I need to finish in about a month and a half! Oh, and lets not forget that there is still a little 13 month old that needs lots of attention! Thank goodness for mother's day out, long afternoon naps, grandparents and daddy coming home at 6!