A Fun Visit!!

Laura came in town from Atlanta for a short visit this week. We miss her already!! C and Aunt Laura had so much fun!! We kept Miss C with us most of Laura's visit. One night we did have a sitter, so we got some adult time in. Much needed!! Below are a few pics from lunch one afternoon. C was a sweetie at lunch so we could eat in peace (for the most part). Laura left Saturday, and that evening Jonathan and I headed to New Orleans with a group of friends for dinner at Commander's. It was so yum!! But I consumed enough calories for the week!!:(

Aunt Laura took me outside to pick flowers

   

 

Trying to feed Aunt Laura...

Music Enthusiast!!

Our sweet girl LOVES music. She dances and shakes it ALL the time it which is so hilarious. I'm 20 weeks pregnant and don't make it a habit of walking around the house shimmying or dropping it like it's hot. Soooo, where does she get these moves from? Her daddy??;) Mother's Day Out?? This morning when I dropped her off, her teacher said "we have music at 9:30 am, and we know Cecilia will be excited. She's our biggest music enthusiast in the class!!" She does a super cute shimmy, she drops it, she shakes her hips and more... oh, that girl!!

I have GOT to get her fabulous dance moves on video soon!!

 

C enjoys music in any form!! Daddy has taught her a few things on the piano, and she loves it! We were having fun this morning before MDO.

Oh BOY!!

Our family had an exciting Easter!! Cecilia had a fun time hunting eggs (and eating candy!!), and we also found out Saturday afternoon that our new family addition will be a little boy!! We are using Jonathan's name - Jonathan Lester Duhon (Lester is a big family name) and will call him "Les." That name has been on my mind since before we even had Cecilia, so I'm glad we get to use it.;) I will be 18 weeks on Wednesday. So far, so good!

I haven't blogged much about this pregnancy; Cecilia keeps us SO busy that it is hard to focus on anything else!! But for the record, this pregnancy has been completely opposite of Cecilia. I was very sick, all day every day, until about two weeks ago. Thank goodness I feel better because chasing around a toddler and taking time to vomit multiple times a day wasn't very fun!! As expected, I also started to show WAY earlier than my first pregnancy. I remember being at a work conference at 16 weeks along with C wearing the same size work slacks I normally wore! This pregnancy, I felt like the minute I took the pregnancy test, I was huge. Maybe I was already too fat, but my tummy did start expanding immediately. Immediately!!

We feel very blessed and are excited to welcome a little boy. Let's hope Cecilia welcomes him too.;) We are leaving everything in God's hands and give Him all the glory for our lives and blessings!!

Our first Easter egg hunt at the Pennebakers!!

Got it, Daddy!!

I'm not giving these back!!

A fun group!!

Ready for the big reveal... We didn't do anything grand. We just had a gift wrapped to intro the addition. I'm so impatient that I'm surprised I was able to have a gift sitting at my house overnight (Jonathan took the sealed envelope to get it wrapped, of course. I SO couldn't have done it)!!

Playing around with Papa before we got started...

Eeeek!!

Daddy, please don't let it be a stinky boy!!

We were letting Cecilia do the honors but that was taking a bit long for me...

A blue bunny!! Little does Cecilia realize what that means right now...!

At least she is happy for now!;)

Look Mam-ma, I got another Easter gift!!

Maybe she did know what it meant. She threw it down.

Done with this bunny!! Bring me back outside to play!!

Aunt Sarah had made this before we opened the gift! This and a "Baby D" egg. I had no clue which name direction we were going with a girl, although I would have been MORE than happy with another little girl.:)

Ready for another hunt...

Ceci & Baxter Lee!

Let's eat some crawfish, Aunt Leah!!

Aunt Leah & Aunt Sarah are so funny!!

What a fun and exciting weekend!!

A Time-Out (And Fantastic Moms)!!

Well, Cecilia was put in time-out for the first time last week. And she isn't even 16 months old!! This was at our Mother's Day Out program. I walked up to find her standing in the crib peering over and I asked "oh, did she just wake up from a nap?" "No! She is in time-out!" Of course, I asked "why" - although I made it clear I was supportive of the teachers in their efforts to maintain a productive, calm classroom!! Miss Cecilia was obviously not contributing to that! Ms. Lisa told me Cecilia was following the teachers around, holding onto their legs. Then, when the kids had to sit down and play (teachers sitting with them), she was shoving kids out of the way to get on the teacher's lap! UMMMM, is it coincidence that my Mom had been in town the entire week prior, catering to C's every whine!? Jonathan's Mom also keeps C quite a bit (understatement), and she also finds it difficult to let C cry things out. Thus, I fully blame our Moms for this time-out! HA! But, do you blame them? C is the first grandchild on both sides, and I figure this type of treatment comes with that position. Fortunately, our family has a little brother/sister on the way, so C might begin realizing other babies are just as important as she is. Let's hope.

I meant to blog about my Mom being here... She came for a week and it was AWESOME. Of course, she has stayed with us many times before (especially the year I worked and our Moms rotated keeping C each week). My Mom had been sick recently, so she hadn't visited in some time though. I picked her up and told her I was now "on vacation." Vacation in my own home - which was still just as nice! Since we have the baby monitor in our room, as soon as I'd hear C wake up in the morning, I'd call my Mom's cell phone and tell her "she's up" ----- click! And Big Momma here would go back to bed. My Mom is THE BEST!! I was spoiled. Instead of being really productive like doing laundry, cleaning or cooking, I decided I would read a book. I borrowed it from my friend Maurie (Greg Iles' Turning Angel) and finished it before my Mom left. It was a page turner!
My Mom always gives me wonderful tips on child rearing and ensures me I'm doing a great job. Since the majority of the time I feel like I'm doing a horrible job at being a Mom! I can't wait for her next visit!!!!!!

....and in the meantime, boy do I have help from Jonathan's Mom!! She is a LIFESAVER and allows me to maintain my sanity. She keeps Cecilia ALL THE TIME, and I am so grateful to have her!! I'm looking forward to many visits to the fish camp in Bay St. Louis this summer.

MOMS ARE THE BEST, aren't they!?

Fun Pics!

After church a few weeks ago, we came home to absolutely gorgeous weather and our lawn in full bloom. I grabbed my camera for a little photo session. Cecilia was having so much fun.

Artists at Work!!

Cecilia and I went to visit Maurie and Ella for a Sunday afternoon paint fest!! C had SO much fun!! This was her first full-out painting experience, and she couldn't get enough. Sweet girls had a blast!! Can't wait until we do it again. Maurie and I won't have Mother's Day Out this summer, so I see many more creative days to come...!

Just getting started...

Of course we have to paint with our feet too...

In deep thought about what to paint first... Hmmm....

The artists... Ella, Elleigh & Ceci

The rascal grabbed my iced vanilla latte and wouldn't give it back!!

Ella & Ceci getting clean before our ride home. Maybe Ceci will have as much hair as Ella one day.;)

Who is who?!

I realize these pictures are a bit late (...taken during the Christmas holidays).;) But I had to post the twins. The first picture is Jonathan as a sweet baby (who knew he was ever this sweet!! ha), and his Mom still had the outfit tucked away!! We thought it would be cute to put Cecilia in the outfit for a quick comparison. Poor, Cecilia!! You look just like Daddy (including the 97th percentile head size!!:)).