10 on Tuesday....A little something i'm stealing from a friend!

What is 10 on Tuesday you ask....10 (give or take) of my random thoughts every Tuesday. Some may be important and some may be just completely random thoughts. So here goes.....

1. We finally have a name for our SON!!! That's right, 'the boy' will be known as Kason David Conyers from now on!! Justin and I had a hard time deciding on a name, but it was almost always between Kason and Kaden. We finally made the decision and are very happy with it. Kason is a Greek name and means 'pure'. Justin's Grandma Joanna is full blooded Greek which makes this an even better choice for us. David is Justin's middle name and a family name on his side (his dads middle name, grandpas first name, etc). We always planned on carrying on that tradition if we had a boy, so it was a given. So, do you likey???!!!

2. We didn't chose the name Kason just because of the 'K'. We get asked that a lot. We were open to any other names, but we both tend to like the sound of the "KK" together with our last name. Kenley Conyers and Kason Conyers.

3. I'm ready to get started on the Kason's nursery NOW! Since we moved Kenley out of the nursery and into a big girl room, it's become the room of junk! I need to find the time and energy to get started going through everything that is in there and start finding new places for all of it. It seems like such a large task though. After the room is a little cleared out, we can start painting and getting things ready for Kason.

4. Congratulations to our best friends Jason and Allyson. They got engaged on Christmas morning and will be married sometime in September. Justin and I couldn't be happier for the 2 of them......and it's about time :) This brings me to #5...

5. I'm scared about being in a wedding only 4 months after giving birth. I hope like hell that I am not a cow like I was the first time around and that I am able to drop the weight fairly quickly. I guess I'll be working out like crazy and investing in a good pair of 'spanx' to keep everything tucked in! LOL!

6. My house is overrun with toys and I see no end in sight. I think we need to buy a bigger house just to have a place for all the toys! Kenley has every toy you could ever imagine and plays with almost everything. I'm just waiting until Kason starts playing with toys....we'll really be in trouble then.

7. Is it Friday yet?

8. I shouldn't have eaten that VERY yummy bagel from Panera because I am not hungry for my lunch now. I guess I'll have to wait and eat later than normal.

9. I'm looking forward to 2009. I'm excited to meet my son and can't wait to hold him in my arms. I'm excited, but nervous too, about how Kenley will react to a new baby in our house. I 'think' it will be OK, but I know that we are going to have some major jealousy issues for a while. She won't be happy when she has to share all of mommy's attention!

10. I didn't think it would be this hard to come up with 10 random thoughts. It took me a little while to complete this, but there you go!!

The Magic Tree

I have wanted to visit The Magic Tree for years and we finally made it there this year. This tree is located in Columbia (off Old Plank Road) and is a sight to see with your own eyes. "Mr. Treelighter" spends 120 hours stringing the 75,000 lights on this tree, wrapping every single branch to the end and back. It takes approx 80 hours to remove the light until the next year. This is the 14th year that he has decorated the tree. You can read more about the tree and the history behind why it's called "The Magic Tree" on the website: http://www.magic-tree.org/index.php

A close up of the branches. Shows how every single branch is wrapped all the way to the end and back.

Kenley and mommy at the tree. Kenley thought it was the prettiest tree she had every seen. In fact, she's asked to go back every single day since our visit on Christmas Eve.
Kenley posing in front of the tree!

Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer!

Happy birthday, Justin!!

Happy 28th birthday from Kenley and I. We hope you have a wonderful day today!

I'll post a few pictures from the 'birthday party' tomorrow! EDIT: Ok, so I didn't take any pictures but we did have a great time at dinner! Hope you had a great birthday, Daddy!

The first night in the BIG GIRL BED!

We finally got the replacement parts to complete Kenley's big girl bed. It's been over 2 weeks that we've been waiting and were all getting a little annoyed! I spent yesterday afternoon moving clothes and toys into Kenley's new room, but still didn't get it all done. I need to buy a bookshelf for her room before I can completely finish the room. The bedding looks great with the new paint and Kenley seemed to really like the idea of a 'big girl bed'.

Giving Tyson hugs before going to bed!

An overview of the night: It took about 45 minutes and SEVERAL trips into the room before Kenley fell asleep. Some of the things I heard were: "this bed is too big", "I want you to snuggle me", "I need the colorful thing that goes around and around up there" (meaning the ceiling fan that we haven't changed out yet from her old room), "It's scary in here", etc. It was pretty funny actually, but tiring for me to keep going in and out every couple of minutes for so long. Finally, she was out like a light.
Above is right before I went to bed, below is this morning before she woke up.
She slept great until about 4:00am when she woke up and did not want to go back to sleep. I laid with her for a little while and got her back to sleep. I snuck out of her bed and went back to my bed thinking she was asleep. Next thing I know she was at the side of my bed. Back to the big girl bed we went! I laid with her once again until she fell asleep and again, snuck out once she was out. She woke up again not long after and wasn't going back to sleep. After several trips back and forth from her room to mine, I told Justin to see if he could get her to sleep. I'd be awake for about 2 hours by this time and I was tired!! Justin laid in bed with her and they both fell fast asleep. He said that he slept in her bed for about an hour or hour and a half and then came back to our bed. Justin and I woke up again about 8:30, but Kenley slept until just after 9 when I went into her room to wake her up. She was proud of herself for sleeping in her big girl room, but not as proud as mommy and daddy were!

I'm pretty sure it's time for ballet lessons!

A typical day at our house involves Kenley wanting to dress up in a ballerina or princess outfit and her plastic high heels. She'll wear whichever one all day long if I let her, even for her nap. She's as girly as they get, seriously!

So last weekend she dressed up as a ballerina and wanted to watch the Barbie Nutcracker movie. I was doing laundry and a little housecleaning, so I didn't care. I had to take a break and video tape her trying to dance exactly like Barbie was. It was too cute!! Don't mind the house though, it was a pretty lazy day overall and the living room was still kind of messy from dragging out all of the christmas stuff.

Happy 3rd birthday, Kenley!!!

OK, so I'm a little late on this. I'm trying to get caught up here and include all of the things I want to post about. November was a busy month for us, so cut me some slack :)

We celebrated Kenley's 3rd birthday on November 19th. I can't believe my 'baby' is 3 years old already! I knew that the time would fly by, but honestly did not know it would go by so quickly. We started by taking cupcakes to preschool and they had a little party for her there. She got a cute little necklace and a set of 3 mini nail polishes from the teachers at school. From there we went to McDonald's to have ice cream (and open a couple presents from Kylie and Grandma Linda and Grandpa Dale) and grab a happy meal, one of Kenley's favorite things for dinner! Went home and had a small cake and Kenley opened a couple of small presents from mommy and daddy and one from grandma Sherri and Grandpa Mike. Mommy and Daddy are getting Kenley a brand new 'big girl' room complete with new furniture for her big gift. It's still in the works right now, thanks to broken pieced when the bed arrived, but pictures will come when it's complete!

We celebrated again on November 22nd when we had all of Kenley's friends and family over for a birthday party!! Of course, Kenley wanted to have a 'Princess Party', so that's what we did! I'm kicking myself because I didn't take very many pictures at the party. My camera battery went dead because I forgot to put it on the charger the night before. Here are a few good ones that I got!

Cake made by Tammy! Thank you Tammy for the beautiful and great tasting cake!

Opening a few of the MANY presents! This is when my camera battery died!

Mommy and Kenley before everyone sang happy birthday! Kenley just smiled and loved every minute of being the center of attention!

It's a BOY!!!

We had another ultrasound on November 18th to check the position of my placenta. The good news is that the placenta moved away from the cervix and that I no longer have a condition called 'placenta previa'. That means no more pelvic rest too!!

While we were having the ultrasound, I asked the technician to take a peak and see if she could tell the sex of the baby. She said "buy blue"! Justin and I both had tears in our eyes at that moment. I could tell how excited he was to finally have the son that he's always wanted. Life with one of each is going to be so much fun! So much different too! I have a lot to learn about boys!!! Here's a picture of the very first 'blue' stuff we have. Justin's parents brought over a little gift for us the day after we found out.

It's a little puppy that plays music, a mini football (of course that was Justin's favorite thing) and this adorable little outfit! Thank you Mike and Sherri for the gift!