baby #2

Sun Mar 24th- We found out the best news today! I knew it was true, but the test on Friday was negative (my secret plan: we had an awesome date night planned for Saturday, so I thought it would be fun to find out and tell Brandon then). Didn’t work out quite the way I had planned; instead we found out together on Sunday. The test came back with two lines (!) but one of them was really faint… so I ran downstairs and dragged B up- did he see two lines? (maybe). So even though Brandon makes fun of those digital tests (“It’s something you pee on!”), we got one, and a final answer of “pregnant”! So so excited to add a little one to our family.

Tues. Mar 26th- Blood test this morning to confirm what we already knew to be true! Even more excited now.

{Charlie occupied himself with my phone while we waited}

mid-April- We went in for first appointment (which is basically, “let me draw a whole bunch of blood” and also “how do you plan to pay for this?”  not the most fun visit.)  I am feeling a little more nauseous with this pregnancy (Charlie definitely spoiled me, I was hardly ever sick when I was pregnant with him).  And for whatever reason the nausea hits in the evening and dinnertime is the worst.  Brandon has to handle Charlie, because his food = eww.  And even days when I’m home I don’t really feel like cooking, so we have soup or grilled cheese for way more dinners than I would care to admit.  Brandon’s a champ. 

Sat. April 27- We went to South Carolina for the weekend and told Brandon’s family our big news.  On the way we stopped at the outlets and picked up this really cute “Big Brother” shift for Charlie to wear.  He was adorable, not that I’m biased or anything

Sun April 28th- We stopped by my parents on our way back to tell them- in the same way, we had Charlie put on his cute shirt.  My mom said she already knew!  Which I sort of figured, because I can only not drink wine at so many family meals before its obvious

Thurs May 2nd- I’m sort of forced into telling a few people at work because I needed help during a difficult day.  (Stupid x-rays, really.)

Tues May 7th- Our first true OB appointment.  It’s actually a CNM appt; we are seeing the same midwife who delivered Charlie.  She is part of an MD practice, but I liked seeing the same person throughout my pregnancy and then having her deliver the baby too.  She is really encouraging.  This visit we actually saw a different midwife but it was perfect, I went in sort of dragging (tired and tired of feeling sick) but left feeling like “this is the worst of it, it should gelt better from here!”  (Which of course is a total lie and I know that- 7 months from now, that’s the worst part!)

{more occupying Charlie in the waiting room, at least we had Daddy too this time}

May 31st- We posted a cute video of Charlie that Brandon edited to tell our “big news” on facebook last night, and woke up to a ton of congratulations messages.  (That’s why facebook is awesome).  It somehow feels more real when everyone knows.  Plus I’m starting to show, wearing my maternity clothes a little bit even, so it was about time! 

Here’s the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcDsvAP1CQo&feature=em-upload_owner#action=share

May insta-style

May was donuts, graduation, strawberries, and more than one picture of my feet (for which I apologize!)  May was good.  I’m surprised looking back on these photos at the long sleeves, long pants and jackets.  I already feel like its been hot forever!  We are spending a lot of time outside/at the pool lately, which makes us all a little happier I think.  Just need to find Charlie some water shoes so the pool deck will quit beating up his feet!  (We tried teaching him to “march” instead of walking, but as soon as he gets excited he breaks into a run, and as a result he’s had a constantly scabbed toe since the pool opened!  Poor kiddo.)  That’s about it for May… can’t believe the year is flying by.  (I say that every month!)

 

around here.

We’ve had a good few weeks around here- its warming up, the pool is open, there were strawberries to be picked, and the grass needs to be mowed about every other day…

It’s a good thing I have two handy helpers for that job.

Working with daddy is more fun than riding with mommy. He actually really likes his new bike (and so do I! so much easier to push!), but I caught him with a funny face, I guess.

We went to the pool one afternoon. We were having so much fun, I asked Brandon to just bring pizza up there for dinner. It was relaxing, Charlie was happy, and there weren’t any dishes to clean. LOVE IT!

Naked baby alert.

Friday afternoon we went to pick strawberries. It was the cutest little place, they had goats the kids could pet and you rode out to the stawberry fields on a tractor so C was in heaven. Before I put him in bed on Friday night we talked about all of the things we did that day. Then just before I laid him down he said, “Mimi’s car, mommy tractor”. I’m not sure why I get assigned the tractor, but I’ll take it!

You have to try at least one, right?

Strawberry jam, strawberry smoothies, chocolate dipped strawberries… YUM!

more donuts and sunshine.

It’s Friday!  And I’m off until Monday like a normal person!  Yesss.

He woke up asking for donuts, and it’s impossible to say no to this face.  We even convinced Daddy to come.  I’m really loving this new tradition we have.

It’s 84 degrees and sun-shiney.  My flowers are happy.

He’s pretty happy too.

Getting brave enough (and big enough) to try the slide by himself. I’m proud of him!

Yup, licking the playground equipment. He thought it was such a funny game.  Boys are gross.

And trying to kick the camera.  I was just trying to remember how five minutes before, I had been so proud of him for going down the slide by himself… boys.

just what we needed

Charlie and I had a donut date on Friday morning.

I’d had a rough day at work the day, he woke up early and was cranky… it was was one of those days.

Fortunately this put us both in a much better mood.

The big trucks going by outside and a big cup of coffee helped too

{I’ll let you guess who liked each of those things}

Then we went to the park where they were mowing the grass and I let him run wild.  So in the end it turned into a pretty nice day!

April insta-style

So I’ve been absent around here for a while.  Life has been busy!  April included our first trip to the dentist and our first trip to the emergency department (eep!  just glad everything is a-ok).  Fortunately April also included lots of sunshine, outdoor playtime, and an awesome trip to SC to visit Nana and cousins.  I’m hopeful that May will bring even more sunshine and (please!) fewer colds/allergies/constant runny noses.

Old phone pictures

Old phone pictures, a set on Flickr.

I uploaded all of the pictures from my old cell phone the other day. They came through in a completely random order (don’t know what that was about), but it was so much fun to look back through them. I realized a few things:
1. There is drool on Charlie’s shirt and/or chin in almost every single picture. Its ridiculous!
2. Those newborn pictures (especially a few weeks later when his hair started to fall out) barely look like him! Chunky, round face and hardly any hair… that’s not my C!
3. I miss the ringlets we had last summer- they were adorable. (He may get some curl back this summer with the humidity, but his hair is so much thicker now I think it will be wavy rather than ringlets).

Here’s a few of my favorites: