Just some pictures...

Sammy and her new piano from Auntie Janice & Uncle Brian

Reading her Sale papers with Mommy while she ate some lunch.

Craziness as Usual

I haven't posted in a while.. we are doing well.
I have really popped out forward now. Not just outward. : ) A few people at work just are "noticing"??? One girl said "I thought maybe you just gained a little winter weight"... HA. And all of you that have gained 2 or 6 pounds at 15-16 weeks. Ha... I wish! I think I am up to 22 pounds already at 24 weeks. YIKES. But I am actually gaining slower than I did with Samantha.
I will probably take belly picture soon. I am not so into them this time. I have been definitely getting the crazy emotions lately. I cry at everything. I am emotional anyway and you add the hormones to it and there it goes... I also decided to stop teaching dance so I am sad about that. But I know its for the best....

Samantha has gotten "kicked" by her baby sister and was so cute. Her eyes got huge the first time it happened and now she asks to feel her all the time. On Sunday she was sitting on my lap and said she wanted her baby sister to kick her in the back--which she did. This was a cute idea until right before bedtime Samantha very calmly was talking to my belly and then tried to kick her baby sister back....

We took Sammy to the Chicago Autoshow and she still LOVES VW beattles. She calls them Cute Cars and for the last 3 or 4 months she tells us when and what color the cute car is that she sees. She had a great time with my Dad getting in and out of LOTS of cars and telling everyone to put on their seatbelt! And yes we were looking at our options for a bigger car. I am not thinking my 2 door Alero is going to be any fun with 2 kids in car seats. Andy still refuses to look at minivans. : )
My Dad is obviously the car nut and a few weeks ago I had to call him cause while we were driving home one afternoon Sammy spotted a cute car and then started asking me what EVERY car was that we drove by. My dad loved it!

My cousin Kelly had her 4th baby on Valentine's Day--in a big hurry! Garrett Lee Herst was 8.5 pounds and looks almost exactly like his brothers. She was only in labor about 45 mins.

We have been doing a lot work around the house. We updated the kitchen. Next (once we get out of this tundra weather) we are getting new siding and a roof due to damamge and so I decided to have them do a new front door as well. That project got put on delay when I realized the door they were putting in already was the wrong color. So now we have a half finished front door... I am not good with work in process and I feel like the house is a disaster of dust and piles of stuff that has been moved from one room to another. Next is Sammy's new big girl room. We have already gone from her wanting Nemo to her wanting a Princess or Ariel Room so who knows what we will do?

BEFORE

AFTER

Sammy loved the boxes from the new appliances and even understands that we got a new front door and now always wants to go in it instead of through the garage.

I love catching up with everyone on their blogs! Becky I hope you are feeling okay after your fender bender. THAT IS NOT FUN!

We had an OK Valentine's Day. Andy and I 'celebrated' early by going out on one of the iciest nights that week to a Bulls Game to watch Ryan Bowen from Iowa play for the Hornets. It was fun--and I got to eat stadium food and ice cream! But the weather made me a bit nervous being on the roads. On Valentine's Day we had the cotractors out on two projects so it was a bit stressful. Sammy had a great day with her friends at daycare. She loved her balloons, bears, and candy from Nana and Papa!!! My Mom came back from South Carolina so Sammy got to see her Grandma after 6 weeks of being gone. And she got a Flounder and Ariel Card that she loves.
...My Roses from Andy : )



Well this is a book now so I should be going.

Update at 21 weeks...

I had my Ultrasound today and we found out it is a girl! The tech said everything looks good and the due date is still the same (June 9). The Heart Rate was 142-145. She did say my placenta is low. I am not totally sure what that means yet but I have read a few things that say it may just lead to a C-Section. The C-Section is pretty much scheduled already so that wouldn't be a problem. It might explain why my tailbone has been killing me! At my last appointment on Thursday I measured right on at 20.5 so I hope all is OK.
When we found out it was another girl I was just relieved to know one way or the other. I had figured it might be another girl with how big my rear end has gotten and how sick I was at the beginning. Andy was a little disappointed and is scared to be so out-numbered! I do feel bad that he won't have a boy to carry on the Anderson name and do Scouts with and all that stuff he did with his Dad but he said he is excited to get involved with whatever the girls do! Andy said "oh..2 boyfriends..."

We won't have to repaint the nursery and hopefully most of Sammy's clothes will work!
Sammy was with us and she got a little bored during the U/S but she actually seems excited to have a sister. She even waved at the baby on the screen. It was cute!
She had originally said it was a boy and we had to name him Fido but for the last 2-3 weeks she has said it is a princess sister. She was right.
She was more excited about talking to my belly tonight so that was cute.
My belly has expanded quiet a bit this week but I am not up for a belly picture to be posted...

The tech gave us actual x-ray looking films so they didn't scan very well. But here it is. Baby Girl Anderson #2!



Wow 2 girls... 2 weddings... : )

Gladiator Ready

This is just a little funny story about Sammy. I have no pictures but video would have been great. Last night Andy had the TV on in the background while he was playing picnic with Sam in the family room and American Gladiators came on. Well Sammy and Andy ended up enthralled in the show. Next thing I know I hear Andy yelling Sam you can not kick Daddy in the head. She is laying across him--up on his neck practically. So I mentioned we may not want to let her watch anymore. She then yelled, "Tackle Daddy"....Well it continued. Sammy would say "awe" every time it went to commercial and she was so excited when it would come back on. Andy let her stay in the family room with him to watch it until 8 pm. We try to get her in bed at 8 usually... So we finally got her to head upstairs after the show. As she started up the stairs she said something about "the pyramid" and then laid down, went limp, and proceeded to slide back down the 3 stairs she had climbed... Then she got to the bathroom to get her vitamin and her teeth brushed and Daddy asked her to go get the wash cloth to wash her face. She looked up at him and said tell me go. Andy said On your marks get set go... she didn't move. She then looked up at Andy and said, "Say Gladiator Ready." So for the next 30 min we played Gladiator get past the Mommy to get to her room and everything we wanted her to do had to be proceeded with "Gladiator Ready." OH BOY! And this is my princess!

Christmas with the McGinnis Family

Auntie Laurie and her Family came in on the 23rd. It was a crazy week but so much fun to have all those people in our house! Sammy loves learning from her older cousins JP and Chase. And yes Trey even puked in her "pretty shoes".

For those of you that don't know we must match every year for the McGinnis Christmas Eve Celebration. Christmas Eve at Aunt Janet's was good. We got to see the newest McGinnis--Baby Owen. I found out from my Nana that my baby-to-be will be great grandchild #25. I think there are now 76 of us in the Mike McGinnis III Family.

Grandma McGinnis made Sammy's Dress, Coat, and Hat this year. She looked so cute!




















These are my McGinnis Cousins that were at Christmas Eve this year.







Andy got to Jam with my cousins Timmer and Adam. He loved it.











Sammy and Charlotte in their pretty dresses.








Sammy even made it all the way through Midnight Mass and sang her own song during every song at church. At one point the choir was done and Sammy was still singing at the top of her lungs--" Jingle All the Way".




Christmas Morning was fun! Sammy got lots of great gifts. And I have to give JP (8 years old) credit for not waking her up until I gave him permission at about 8:30 AM. She was not crabby at all. Chase and JP ran into her room and said there are presents and she said I'M UP. And yes we have to match our Jammies too every year!

White Elephant with the Gang

We hosted the White Elephant Christmas dinner at our house this year. We announced that we are expecting in June. The kids (including our husbands) got to play together while we chatted and ate. The white elephant was a success and absolutely hilarious.

Christmas with the Anderson Family

We have been celebrating Christmas in the middle of December for a few years so Auntie Amy can work on Christmas if she has too. It also helps that there are no family conflicts on actual Christmas. Amy came in on Dec. 11th and her new boyfriend Brian came the next day. Sammy loved the new Brian and so did we! It was a crazy week and a good Christmas. I was a little hormonal from the pregnancy and having trouble finding things to fit but it was a great time!

My Picky eater!
Samantha liked her Christmas Dinner this year: Cranberry Sauce, Mashed Potatoes, Applesauce, and of course dessert! She takes after her Uncle Brian and loves Chocolate!

This is Brian--Auntie Amy's new boyfriend. Sammy loved him and he was great with her.

He read her a book before bed the first night he got there.

We went to Lunch at the New Flattop Grill in Lombard and Sammy loved trying to eat with Chopsticks!

We made Cookies with Cousins Brooke and Lexi. The cookies were terrible but the girls had fun.

Sammy LOVED opening her presents this year!!! She is very into Animals! She loved her doggy from Auntie Amy that came with a Kennel and grooming stuff and ESPECIALLY her Rocking Horse from Nana and Papa.