1, 2, 3.......... FOUR!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, FOUR!!! That's the number of people in the Wamble Family now!!! James, Taylor, and I are expecting baby #2 in February!! We are all so excited and cannot wait for this little bundle to be here! WE have really talked to Taylor a lot about how she is the "Big Sis" so that she won't be confused when the time comes. She looks at my ultrasound pics and tells us that's the little baby in mommy's tummy.. so I think she understands!! This is one of the real reasons behind me potty training so fast and wanting it to work. I wanted Tay to be good and potty trained before the baby arrives so she wouldn't go backwards. Well, it was a SUCCESS!! She has done so well and we are so very proud of her! She is such a big girl and she knows it. She is such a good helper and I have started letting her help me with things a little more because you know I will definitley need her help when the baby gets here. I had an ultrasound on Monday (9 wks) and we saw the baby and heard the hearbeat which was WONDERFUL!!! We could even see arms, legs, eyes, and nose, which was amazing for this early on! FYI: This baby has the same nose as Taylor, which is neither mine or James'. That's how well you could see it!!
On another note, I have been feeling A LOT worse this 2nd time around. I'm not sure if it's from chasing taylor around, or just being pregnant, but I did not feel this bad with Taylor. Hopefully that will go away SOON!!!
God has been so great to us and has TRULY BLESSED our family. Please pray that everything continues to go well and we have a healthy Wamble baby in February!!!

this is Taylor licking the icing on the cookies after she helped me bake them... they are cake batter cookies and are sooo delicious!!!


Taylor went to school on Monday because I had a Dr. appt, and they read a story about Ants.. and made ant antennas!!! She walked around the house all afternoon saying "I'm an ANT, I'm an ANT" sooo stinkin' cute!!

CCC Pool

We went to Columbus this past weekend for a golf tournamanet that James plays in every year!! We have not been home in a while, so it was nice to be there. My whole family was there(including my mom) so that was great for Taylor to see all of them. We went to the pool on Saturday and Sunday of the trip and Taylor had so much fun. The baby pool there is more shallow than ours in Hattiesburg, so it was more fun for Taylor to run around.... not to mention they have a huge mushroom that sprouts water...and I had lots of babysitters.. so I got to lay out for once!! It was very nice!! We really enjoyed the weekend and can't wait to do it again next year!!

Taylor's First Boat Ride

Cici has been telling Taylor for a while now that she would take her out on the boat when she came to her house. Well, Taylor has been really fired up about this, so the first morning we were in Columbus.. Taylor got to ride on the boat!! When Taylor really enjoys something, she is really quiet.. and sort of takes it all in. This is how she was on the boat.. and she kept telling Pop to show her the fish!! It was a lot of fun to see her enjoy this so much. To Pop and Cici's surprise, she made them take her to sit on the boat every time they went outside.. and she even rode a few times!!! She loved it at the River house!!!!

Catching Up!!!

We have been really busy this summer. Here are a few of the things that have happened in the last week.
First of all I would like to tell you that we have started potty training!! A sweet friend of mine lent me a 3-day training book that guarantees the child to be fully potty trained after the third day. There are several rules you have to follow and one of them is to throw all diapers away and wear only panties.. well we have done that. The other thing is to stay at home for the full 3 days to allow the child to really go to the potty and not be on the go... well we are doing that as well. Today is day 2 and Taylor is posing below with her "special toy" and big girl panties for doing her "poo" in the potty!! ( i know you wanted to hear that:) This is a very stressfull thing, but I think it will all pay off in the end. I guess we will see after tomorrow!! The funny thing is she had 17 accidents yesterday.. but when daddy got home.. she had only ONE!! AND... she slept all night in panties with NO accidents!! (i'm sure that's just pure luck) Say a prayer that we make it through today and tomorrow... and have success at the end!! I will post the results!!

Taylor is really into her baby dolls right now. Cici bought her another one when she was here last week. I bought her a little carrier for the doll and she LOVES it. She is actually reading to Bella below (Cici named her doll, too) FYI.. we are reading thousands of books a day to Tay, which is a good thing, but very tiresome.. she brings one book after another and says.. READ IT!! She doesn't take no for an answer.. wonder where she gets that from?


Last weekend, we fish sat for a sweet friend of Taylor's, Mary Carter. She has three fish and one of them is named Taylor. ha!! Taylor really enjoyed having them, but may have killed them if she had them any longer, she liked to throw lots of food in there!!

Taylor is also really into coloring at the moment.. and she wants someone to color with her!! Daddy came home from work and was so sweet to sit and color with Taylor.. it sure gives mommy a little break!!

She picks up the crayon and says A color, but it is never the right one. But, we are so proud she knows so many different color words!!

Swinging in the big girl swing.. everything is about being a "big girl" around our house these days!!

Tay got her hair trimmed last week and my hairdresser said she was finally old enough for the glitter... she loved it and there is STILL a little glitter in her hair after so many washings. It was really cute. We went shopping that day and everyone commented on her cute hair!!

More Beach Pics

As you can see in the pics, Tay LOVED the sand. I know I mentioned in the beach post that she didn't care for the water that much.. only if her daddy was out there with her :) We had so much fun at the beach and can't wait to go back!!

Beach Trip

my two favorite people!!!

After our beach pics, Taylor was completey covered in sand.... so we stripped her down and sprayed her until she was soaked!! She loved it and thought it was sooo much fun!!

Tay and daddy feeding the fish at the Wharf

Our beach trip was a blast!! Taylor had so much fun playing with Madyson and Lexi. She loved the fact that she always had someone around to play with and she cried everytime we got in the car to go somewhere because she thought we were going back home. Taylor was NOT a big fan of the ocean, becuase the waves were so loud when they crashed. She did love the sand, though. She played for a long time in the sand without ever touching the ocean. Her daddy, of course, made her go out there with him and they jumped the waves together. She thought that was so much fun.. but after that, she was done!! We stayed at the pool most of the trip, which was better for the kids.

We had professional beach pics taken this year, so I won't be able to post them until we get them back! These are just a few of my favorite pics!! Below, I have posted a slideshow with ALL 65 of the beach pictures!! enjoy!!

Santa Rosa Beach 2009