Excited?!?

To say that David and Carly are excited about Baby Orr #2 would be an understatement.

Evidence

• Carly points and says "baby" very happily to my stomach when asked where the baby is.
• Carly loves to give my belly (which is starting to bump out, especially in the afternoon and evenings) hugs and kisses.
• David has begun reading to our new baby nightly, and is working hard on trying to get Carly to sit still for the special baby story too.
• David announced very loudly to our friends that we were pregnant again during a quite moment of our tailgate. (I'm just a few days past 11 weeks, so this was slightly shy of exiting the 1st trimester.
• David encourages Carly on a regular basis to hug, kiss, or point out Baby Orr.
• After we got home from church today, David and Carly played outside. One of their activities was sidewalk chalk
  
  
• During nap time today David decided to post a subtle photo on Facebook, just to see if anyone got it!
  
  Our subtle photo

I love being able to see how excited they both are on a daily basis! It makes these last days of my first trimester so much fun!!

Football Buddy!

Carly is David's little football buddy! On Thursday night she was randomly standing with her hands on her hips, so he decided it was a great time to teach her a few football official signals. She already knew touch down, but along came off-sides, illegal procedure, safety, and field goal. She practiced these signals on Friday and woke up Saturday morning signally for a touchdown when David entered her room to wake her up.

Our little family then piled into the van and headed off to Clemson. While there Carly continued to perform the signals on command, impressing one random viewer enough to get his wife's attention and then ask us to do it again. Carly lasted the first half of the Clemson game and used these signals on occasion when she heard the announcer or anytime someone pointed out that it was a time to us it. Carly also really enjoyed waving her new Clemson hat while she cheered (just like the boy in front of her).

Carly may never play football, but she sure will understand it - especially if it makes her Daddy's Little Football Buddy!!

Photo Shoot!

Baby Orr #2's first photo shoot was today! His/Her heartbeat was 168 bpm, and he/she was quite active. David and I thought I was 9 weeks and 6 days; however, we were slightly off. Our little baby measured to be 10 weeks and 6 days and was very actively kicking during our ultrasound. I think we may have a soccer player on our hands.

Here is a link to how Carly and I told David about our little addition to be: August 26th.

Chili

We are slowly adding more foods...

Carnival

One of the local preschools hosted their annual fundraiser carnival today on the greens in Davidson. Carly's best friend's mom told me about the carnival, and we thought it would be a great time for the girls. We arrived a few minutes before Carly's friend; however, that did not stop Carly from immediately finding the fun she wanted to join. Our plan was to make a quick loop around to price out the different games and activities prior to me going to buy tickets; however, Carly was quickly side tracked by the large moon bounce and willing to stand in line and watch until it was her turn. So, she stayed with my mom (who popped up to help since David's flight home from China was delayed 24 hours) and I dashed off to the ticket station. Two tickets later we were set and Carly was still waiting patiently in line. After a few moments it was finally her turn to climb in. During her first turn she was not real sure about how to stand up among all of the commotion; however, she loved sitting and just bouncing on her bottom.

Once her time was up she was immediately attracted to the large inflatable slide. At first she was very slow and cautious while climbing up the stairs to the top. However, she did hold her ground about not letting the 4 and 5 year old boys push around her to get ahead. Once to the top, they were able to sneak around her. She watched the long line of children go down the slide before deciding to go down herself. She then proceeded to slide down 3 more times.

First Time

Second Time (video)

Third Time (video)

Fourth (and Final) Time

Carly wrapped up her amazing time at the Carnival with another trip in the bounce house. While in line with her best friend, we also so Carly's music teacher from Toddler Tunes. She was there with her preschool aged daughter, whom Carly knew from music class. This was a huge HELP in the bounce house because she helped Carly get into a standing position when she first entered the bounce house!

Carly did decide a few moments before her turn was officially up in the bounce house that she was hungry and all done. So, like a very big girl she walked to the exit and slid out. Carly liked my suggestion of going to get pizza at a local pizza spot in Davidson for lunch, so walked to the car very willingly.

Tea Party

This morning David, Carly, and I had a tea party this morning. While this was not our family's first "tea party," but it was our first "virtual" tea party. David is still in China, so while we were chatting through the computer Carly went and got her plastic stacking cups. She handed out the three smallest cups to us. She got the smallest, I got the middle sized, and David got the largest. After all three of us took a drink she was off to get us more water from the sink and facet in her play kitchen. Once our cups were all filled up, we all took sips again. One day our tea parties will look more like a tea party with a tea pot and small little cups, but I really enjoyed our virtual pretend water party today. :-)

Sorting

Carly, her Aunt Julia, and I have been working on Carly's 2nd birthday party over these past few days. One of the tasks we needed to accomplish was the sorting of red, green, and white pom-poms. Thankfully, Carly was very interested in this task and sorted two large bags for us!