Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas

So Its December and Lily is excited for Santa and I am excited for Chandler as she will be 3 months old.. Gosh where does the time go with my little ones. So grateful that Chandler is such a good baby. A happy baby :)  She sleeps well and hardly ever fusses unless she is super tired or needs her Acid Reflux meds.On another note Lindsey our elf on the shelf arrived today. I do not think that Lily got it at first but I put together a little video for her and she does understand now. Here are some up-to-date pictures of the girls. They went to see Santa. Lily talked to him and told him what she wanted and sat in his lap which I was very suprised

 Lindsey Drinking Late Night Milk

 The Girls and Santa.

 Their Great Grandmother Made their dresses.

 My Sweet Girls

. Chandlers Morning Smiles.

Thankful For

Day 2: I am thankful for my mother. God put her on this earth to watch over all the people that she does and provides for. She gives onto others more than she does herself. Yes, she was hard on me at times & I now understand why as I am mother now. I share everything with her, my life stories, my hardships and triumphs. She is my best friend & I am proud to say that she is. Most people do not have that, and I am truly grateful for her and all that she does for my family.

Much Needed Update

Well since the last time I posted we welcomed our beautiful second daughter Chandler Reese. Everything went really smooth in the OR and she came into this world on Sept 17th @ 831am weight 8lbs 12oz and 21 inches long. Ever since being home she has been a true joy. Lily is a wonderful help and I am so proud of her being a big sister. I cannot beleive she is almost 2 months old which is just crazy. Seems like just yesterday. We had our annual Halloween party with the kiddos which is always fun. We went as the Brave family which is possibly lilys favo movie. Chandler is not sleeping through the night but she sleeps about 4-5 hours at a time give or take. Which is okay with me. Better than the every 2 hours that we had when we were first born. Anyway- pictures of the girls and the journeys we have been blessed with.

Updates, Updates, Updates

So a lot has happened since I have posted last. Lily has gone one week already for 3 year old pre-school. It was her first time ever and it was a success. She loved it and I can already tell that some of the things that they are implementing in the classroom is carrying over to here (such as sitting at the table till you are finished, which is always a struggle) Our basement is slowly but surely getting finished. Its a long process but it will be finished in time. Chandlers room is completed with the exception of the crown molding in which I am not worried about.

We went through car line today instead of me walking her in, she loved it. I just hope it goes as smooth as when Kevin takes her when I am here with the new little one, which by the way is only  5 days away. I cannot even think what our household is going to be like with 2 kids, 5 dogs, and 2 parents in grad school and the specialist program.  Yes my little ones, I am taking two classes this semester so that I can get finished. It has not been easy as I am getting more tired and having to complete all of my work here for the next few weeks early. :( but it will all be worth it in the end.

Anyway, here are some pictures of lily on her first day of school.

Updates

So we will be 33 weeks tomw :) I am so excited that I only have 6 more weeks and we will get to meet Chandler. Hopefully these next 6 weeks will go smoothly. Lily cannot wait either. She is excited that she will also get to meet her little sister.

 32 Weeks

 First day on the beach.

 Lily and Belle eating outside at panera

 At Chandlers Baby Sprinkle

We have gone to the beach recently and lily just loved it. We went to hilton head where she got to play in the sand and go in the ocean. Chandler is doing good too & so am I. I have gained 9lbs so far and I hope to cut it off around 15-18lbs. Will be a whole lot easier to lose that way :) Lily will start 3 year old pre-school in Sept in which she cannot wait. It will be good for her to finally go to school and be with other kids. My best friend Mariann and her mother just threw Chandler a "baby sprinkle" in which it was absolutely awesome. They outdid themselves and I am truly grateful for a wonderful friend.

24 Weeks

So I am 24 weeks. Getting closer & closer to the big day. We have started cleaning out part of the basement in which we will finish it to make it an office/playroom. We of course since my office is the babys soon to be room have not started, I think Ill paint a wall today. Anyway, miss Chandler is kicking away and I have had the joys of severe acid reflux which is the worst feeling ever. I go to the dr this next week to do my glusose test (fun) Praying that all goes well.

21 weeks

So I will be 21 weeks this Saturday. I can still wear one pair of my regular jeans :) Super excited about that. I am feeling great. My next appointment I will get to drink the oh so wonderful drink.. I had orange last time and this time I have red.... "wonder what it taste like" Kevin had to have a biometric screnning done for his work as a state worker.. Fun that I had to go in at 5 months pregnant and have them measure my belly and weigh me (even though I have still lost 2lbs from my day I found out) no weight gain so far :) Needless to say I made them mark down on all my papers that I was 5 months pregnant.. Lily will kiss my belly and tell her hello which just makes my heart melt, she also has gotten to feel her kick which shocked her at first but she always ask " is Chandler moving?" I think she is going to be a great big sister :)

Almost half way & Lily being Lily

 almost half way there :)

 Lily on her slip and slide

My favo pregnant meal by far.. Individual beef wellington with boursin stuffed cheese, onions, mushrooms all inside a puff pastry... 

 Going to dance class.

 Fun At Chuckie cheese

Fun on Gammi & Gapis boat.

So we are almost half way. This week is my 20 week mark. I go to the doctor on the 3rd for my "official" ultrasound, I hope its still a girl :). She is doing great though. I feel her move around all of the time, esp whenI eat.. she is like thanks for the food... Lily is getting excited too, I told her she was going to be such a great big sister, which I know she will be. We have not started on her room. Its my home office and where I work so its pretty hard for me to just up and move all of my work. First, we have to get the basement walls up and electrical stuff done before I move my computer down there along with everything else. Overall I know what I am doing in her room, I just have to purchase everything, which most is online. It will get done this summer with a lot of help from family. :)

Chandler Reese Hammitt

So we are so exicted that we got to see our little baby "GIRL" on the 7th of April. I just knew it was a boy with the way that I have been feeling but it is a girl. Glad I have 13 boxes worth of clothes and shoes.
Chandler Reese will be here hopefully the weekend of Sept 15th.. I should have my c-section then.. Other than that I am starting to get things for her room. Its going to have a French Couture type feel to it in which I am very exicted. Found her bedding off of ebay by a designer and paid half the price for it.. It came in the mail today and I love it. I have not gained any weight to date 17wks. I have acutally lost 5lbs :) But I know the weight will come sooner than later like it did with lily. I found out I have an Inguinal Hernia, fun huh? So either I hope they do surgery during my c-section or it will not be fun trying to do it after all of that.

New Addition To The Hammitt Family

So our little family is expecting baby hammitt #2 on Sept 22nd 2012. I will go in a week early for a planned c-section which that date has not been established. I let Lily tell Kevin that "she was going to be a big sister" & that is the way that he found out. We are so blessed that we are finally here. All I can do now is take care of myself and pray for a healthy pregancy and baby to meet the world in sept. We are 11 weeks now so just about out of the first trimester in which this first one was way different than lilys. I dont really like vegtables and anything with spicy. Salads wanna make me yack in which stinks becuase I love having a good salad.. Anyway. We will be posting more as our family and friends can keep up with what is going on. Baby pic was at 6 weeks when they took it & I got to hear the little angels heart beat. Lily got to go with me today and hear the heart beat which was really important that she is a BIG part of this.

Lilys 3rd Birthday

Blowing out her candles.

Her friend caleb


the kids eating



kids table

Her cake her Granna made her

all the yummo desserts

Zoe and her(her mother and I were
friends when we were there age)

talking to her granna

having fun

sliding with daddy

waiting on friends

morning of her bday at the house..

good morning birthday girl

So we had Lilys party at Bounce U with all her friends. She had a blast. Our friends and family got to come to see our little girl and spend time with one another. I am so grateful for such wonderful friends. Some are from when i was lilys age and some are from middle school and high school. I am glad that I got to share this day with you all.

Bringing Everything Up To Date

With her great mama
Waiting for Santa to arrive at the Mall

Not wanting to take her picture

Christmas at the Hammitts

Riding her New tri-cycle

Christmas Morning

Baking Cookies For Santa

Santa Came

So I have not posted in awhile so I thought I would bring things up to date starting with Christmas even though it was almost 2 months ago.

We had a wonderufl Crhistmas. It was very different this year with Lily aware that Santa was going to be coming and bringing gifts to her since she was a good little girl. We made cookies and sat out milk which was a lot of fun. Lily was so excited when she came down stairs to see what Santa brought her.