Randomness

I feel like there really hasn't been anything "blog-worthy" going on in our lives lately, hence the lack of posts.  January seemed like the longest month ever, and I'm really glad that it's now February.  February is one month closer to Spring!  There's just something about winter that seems a little depressing to me.  I love it when it actually feels like winter, with snow on the ground, but cold and windy weather is just yucky!  Also, it seems as if we have been sick at our house for months. We've all been through the stomach bug, sinus infections, ear infections, upper respiratory infections....you name it, we've had it!  Actually we have really been very fortunate that Emma Kate hasn't ever had RSV. I know there are lots of really sick babies out there, and we should really count our blessings that she hasn't had anything too major. But I will be glad when we can go longer than just a few weeks without being on an antibiotic! 

Speaking of my baby, she turns 14 months old today! Can you believe it? I sure can't. It really seems like just yesterday I was posting about her 2 month birthday, and how exciting it was that she was finally holding a rattle on her own.  Now she is all over the place, talking up a storm and pretty much keeping us entertained all day long! She loves playing with the big kids at school. Everyday when I go to pick her up she's always down in the play area where the big kids are just jabbering up a storm and pointing at them. I would love to know what she's telling them! Also, her hair is finally starting to come in, but it's all in the back....I have a feeling we are going to have a mullet before long! 

In our other baby news, I'm now 21 weeks, over half way there! It's hard to believe that in less than 4 months we will be a family of four. I'm so excited about that!! I know that it will definitely be challenging, but so rewarding at the same time. So far everything has been great with this pregnancy too. I'm finally starting to feel Easton move a lot, which is so fun. And I'm definitely starting to show! 

We have contemplated for a really long time about whether or not to buy another crib, or just move Emma Kate to a big girl bed. And I think we have decided to just go ahead and move her to a big bed! Kind of scary, I know. She still seems so little to me, but I just think it would be a waste of money to have 2 cribs. We went last weekend to look at furniture and fell in love with a set at Haverty's. However, we realized that if we bought that for her, she would have the most expensive furniture in the house! So now we are thinking about using the twin bed that I used when I was a little girl and then just looking for a dresser we can re-finish at a garage sale. Also, I have been searching and searching for big girl bedding for her, and I can't seem to find anything I really like! Any suggestions?? There are a few sets that I like at Pottery Barn, but nothing I'm just in love with. :(  

For Easton's room we are going to paint the walls chocolate brown and we are having bedding made out of these fabrics:

Hopefully it will turn out cute! What I have pictured is really cute anyway! :)

Well, I guess that's enough rambling for now. I wish I had some cute pictures of Emma Kate to post, but she is just so hard to take pictures of these days...the girl will NOT sit still! :) So I'll leave you with a few pictures from this time last year!

I forgot about these pictures! She loves to carry around bags these days so one day I got out a bunch of little purses for her to play with, she just loved it!!

But here's an example of what we usually get...you have to be REALLY fast to snap the picture before she's off!

Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Brice sits for the CFP the end of March and could really use your prayers. It's getting into crunch study time for him and he doesn't really have a whole lot of motivation. He has a new position at work that deals a lot less with Financial Planning and more with Commercial Lending, so please pray that he would be motivated and persevere through the next several week! Also, pray for wisdom as he takes the actual test...I know he definitely doesn't want to have to take it twice! :)

Happy Wednesday!

Videos

**Update - OK, I think got the video thing figured out...they should be working now. :)

For Christmas Brice and I got a Flip video camera. We have had so much fun recording all the funny things that Emma Kate does, and I finally got around to uploading some of them so I thought I would share. 

Emma Kate's new obsession at our house these days is my panties...strange I know!! She can easily open the drawer where I keep them and she likes to carry them around like blankets. We seriously have to keep the door to our bedroom closed now, otherwise there would panties all over our house! Here she is hamming it up and even putting them on her head...she thinks she's hilarious!

One afternoon I went to get her from her nap and I realized she had spit up a little on her shirt, so I took her shirt off and for some reason it was like I had just set her free! She had so much fun "jumping" on her bed, that is until she fell and bumped her head! 

It's a....

BOY!!!

We have known for several weeks that we were more than likely having a boy, but I hated saying anything on my blog considering what happened last time. But we found out today that we are FOR SURE having a boy! We are so thrilled to be entering the "blue" world, and I'm sure our bank account will appreciate the fact that boys can't wear bows! :)

Introducing Easton Brice Foster:

(not the greatest profile picture...he was moving all over the place!)

And I'm sure he will die someday when he realizes I posted this on the Internet, but here's the "money shot"!

The picture says it all...

"I have a secret...I'm going to be a BIG SISTER!"

Coming this June, Baby Foster #2!!

5 Years!

Brice and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary today, and I can honestly say the past 5 years have been the best years of my life! God has been so faithful to us and blessed us beyond measure. I can't imagine spending my life, or raising a family with anyone other than Brice. 

To celebrate we stayed the night at the Embassy Suites and went to dinner and to see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (highly recommend!!). Then today we cleaned out the attic, our storage unit, and Emma Kate's closet...not too exciting, but very productive!! To finish off the evening, Brice went and got my favorite, Birthday Cake Remix from Coldstone, YUMMY! 

Happy 5th Anniversary Brice, I love you!!

Mom Story, and Lesson Learned!

I have learned several lessons in the last year about being a mom, but today I added a new one. Let me just preface the whole situation for you first though. Emma Kate has been pretty sick the last couple of days. She had her one year check up and shots last Wednesday (5 to be exact...NOT fun!), and we also found out that she has an ear infection, so the dr. put her on an antibiotic. Anyway, she seemed to be fine Wednesday evening and Thursday at school, but that night she woke up in the middle of the night with a 103.2 fever. Poor baby! We were completely freaked out, but the nurse assured us that she would be fine and that it was probably just from the shots. She continued to run fever Friday and Friday night, and finally started feeling better Saturday. I'm not sure if it's the antibiotics or the fever, but something has really messed with her poor little tummy and she's had several accidents (if you know what I mean) the last several days. 

Fast forward to this morning at church. We got her all dressed in her adorable Christmas dress and headed out for church. We had already decided that since she had been kind of sickly that we wouldn't send her to the nursery and expose all the other children, but instead I would just walk around with her if she got fussy. So, when she had had about all she could stand we headed out and were enjoying a nice game of "how many Nilla Wafers can I fit in my mouth at one time" when I saw THE face. No big deal, right? I'll just quickly take her to the bathroom and change her diaper. I grab the diaper bag and it hits me - I forgot to pack diapers when I was quickly packing the bag that morning! Still not too panicked because I realize that luckily the car keys are in the diaper bag, we will just go sit in the car and wait for church to end. So we run out to the car and then I remember that I've learned this lesson before and remembered to put a few extra diapers in the console of the car. Perfect! I decided that it would be much easier to change her diaper inside in the bathroom, where surely there's a changing table, than in the freezing cold car, so we grab the diaper and a blanket (her coat was still in church with Brice) bundle her up, and run back in. That's when I realize something wet on the front of my sweater and all down my sleeve, I thought surely not, maybe it's just warm and not actually wet! We finally make it to the bathroom only to find NO changing table! Are you serious?! So I find a nice little bench away from everything and unwrap her, and you guessed it....yellow ALL over the blanket!! That's when I realize that the "warm" I felt on the way in wasn't just warm, it actually was wet(luckily my sweater was red, so you couldn't actually see it, but I still knew it was there!)! I was totally grossed out, but I composed myself, got Emma Kate changed and cleaned up. Luckily church didn't last much longer and I made a conscious effort not to touch anyone on the way out! Brice was a little confused why I wouldn't let him hold her on the way to the car, but he was very grateful that his nice sports coat was spared once I told him the story! 

Lesson learned - always double check the diaper bag!! I think next time Emma Kate is sick we will just send Brice to church without us. :)

And of course here's a picture of her this morning BEFORE church in her cute little dress....that's going to the cleaners tomorrow! :)

Party Pics!

We had such a great time at Emma Kate's party a couple of weeks ago. Thank you to everyone who made it such a special day! I think EK definitely enjoyed being the center of attention!!

Fun Times!

Yesterday was such a fun, yet completely emotional day! I caught myself tearing up several times throughout the day at the thought of Emma Kate being a whole year old. This past year has gone by so quickly that I can only imagine how fast it will go from here on out. 

I definitely think Emma Kate enjoyed being the center of attention! She woke up and got to open a few gifts from Brice and I and she thought getting to play with Dad before breakfast was the greatest thing. She just giggled and giggled all morning.

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Another fun thing about Emma Kate turning one is that we finally got to turn her car seat around to face forward! (I was especially excited about this :)) She didn't really know what to think about it at first, but about half way to school she started kicking her legs and talking up a storm. I think she likes being able to see! 

Then yesterday afternoon at school Brice brought some cupcake cookies and we had a little party at school. The cookies had a ton of icing on them so I wasn't really sure how she would do, but devoured it!! It was so funny, she scooped up that icing and just started cramming it in her mouth. :) We finally had to take the cookie away, she would have eaten the whole thing if we would have let her! 

Her big party is tomorrow afternoon...here's a sneak peak, can you guess what the theme is going to be??

On a completely different side note, today also marks one year since my Gan Gan passed away. Emma Kate's birthday will always be a bittersweet reminder of her passing. I really can't believe she's been gone from this earth for a whole year. We have missed her terribly over the past year, but we rejoice knowing that she worshipping in the presence of God as we speak!  

Happy Birthday Emma Kate!!

I can't believe that this day is already here....my baby girl is no longer a baby, she's now a toddler! She will always be my baby though. :) The past year has been the best year of my life and I honestly can't imagine our lives without Emma Kate. She has brought so much joy to our family. I pray that God uses her life in a bold way and I can't wait to see what He has in store for her! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET BABY GIRL, MOMMY AND DADDY LOVE YOU!!

More to come later, but for now we have to head off to school! 

We have a walker!

Emma Kate started walking last week right before Thanksgiving and I finally got it on video! Isn't she the cutest thing? She also just started waving, here she is waving at Sydney and Lana...man, this girl makes me smile. :)