3 Month Appt - Baby #2

Had my second doctor's visit this morning...not too much to report..

I gained only 1/2 lb (to my surprise) since the last time. I honestly feel like i eat all the time and when i was nauseous, all I did was snack on carbs! I guess since I've continued to workout that it's helped. It's so odd to see my belly so HUGE so quickly this time, I feel like I look like I've gained about 10 lbs already!

As far as the baby, it was the first time I actually got to hear the heartbeat - there's nothing like that sound!! It was a strong 164bpm!!

Farmer Ethan

We really need to retire from the 'city' life and move to a farm...Ethan would be right at home!!

Baby #2 - 10 Weeks

We did this same starting point with Ethan. I've already told Dave that everyone says you do so much more with your first. So, I figured I'd try to at least start out by doing the same for Baby #2. So, here's my baby bump...eeks how your body remembers what to do! I look like I did at 4 months with Ethan. :)

Other Catch Up

Some other random photos you'll enjoy...

This kid loves books!! There are some books that he can literally read to us! Obviously he can't actually read, but he remembers the storyline. Even if you turn it to the middle of the book, he knows the wording related to the page you turn to. Smart little cookie!

We visited Dave's Grandparents a few weekends ago. This was Ethan playing with some toys and with Great-Grandpa Bill!

All bundled up and ready to play in the snow!

Ethan's favorite thing to watch on tv is his tractor/dump truck movie. I was getting dinner ready the other night and noticed him sitting on the arm of the couch to watch...it was the cutest thing! Got a big smile from him!

I don't even know where to begin with a general update on this boy..I swear he's just growing more personality every day. Some funny things lately that I can think of:

*He will come up to me in his most innocent, sweet voice and say, "should we have some M&M's mommy?" or "should we have some chocolate milk Mommy?"

*Most of the time no one besides Mr. Ethan is allowed to turn on/off light switches in rooms anymore. He has his nightly ritual for bedtime. Get's his stool, turns on the light, moves stool back, must twist cap and squeeze the toothpaste himself, must turn on bath water himself and feel the temperature. If you vary from this at all, he is NOT a happy camper. I guess it's good that he's becoming independent and doing these things himself.

*He seems to like getting into our bed lately and pretending he's sleeping. I'm hoping this will work to our advantage to move him into a big boy bed of his own before Baby #2. I talk to him about it and getting tractor/truck sheets and he says he wants that...we'll see once it becomes reality.

I'm sure there is just much more I need to share, but being that I haven't blogged in a month, I can't seem to think of anything else to tell. I promise to try to update once a week or so going forward.

Christmas 2009

I know it's been a month since I've put anything up...forgive me. As you all know now, I'm pregnant and 1st trimester is filled with nausea and sleepiness. So, here we go...

A picture of Dave's marvelous lighting on the house

We went to Grandpa Rochford's karate school to see Santa!

A few pictures to capture the gift wraping excitement...

At our house on Christmas Eve (hosting Rochford side)

At the Hickman side on Christmas Day

At the Hughes side after Christmas

Santa's gift of a mechanical excavator arm and a little stool with a car on it!

Grandpa and Grandma Linda got Ethan a pedal John Deere tractor that Daddy put together so it was ready on Christmas morning.

Christmas 2009 Pictures

Palm Beach Shores, FL

We spent a week in Palm Beach Shores, FL with my mom and family at their timeshare. We had a very relaxing time! We went to a drive thru safari, out to dinner at some very yummy places (Dave and I even had our own date night out for sushi), and a small road trip to another little down down the coast. Here are a few pics, in no particular order..

Ethan helping Daddy drive thru the Safari. You should've seen these animals right next to the car!!
Hanging with Grandma by the pool
The family after the drive-thru Safari. We stopped at the zoo portion to walk around a bit before heading back to the hotel.
Although Ethan didn't care for getting his feet in the sand or ocean, he LOVED when daddy walked out into the water and the waves rushed up on them.
With Mommy by the oceanOn our little road trip, we stopped for some ice cream.
Cool man with his sun hatHaving some yummy chocolate milk by the pool while Daddy grills us some dinner.

Chillin' on the couch
Our GROWN up looking little man!!
Playing on the playground
Ready for take off on our way back home. Doggy is sharing the seatbelt!
It's rough traveling...thankfully mommy and daddy's lap makes a nice bed!

Halloween 2009

Last weekend we carved our pumpkins up. We had a variety of designs. I did just a basic face (I'm not so creative), Ethan wasn't very interested in the whole ordeal, so I just carved a big "E" in his his and Dave went ALL out! As you can see by the picture below, he got out his jigsaw to help him with the mouth, otherwise i think his arm would've been pretty tired from doing all the ups and downs.

We were also invited to a pumpkin painting party @ one of my coworker's house. Ethan had fun with all the colors, but was most interested in the tractor toy (if you can imagine). I'm seriously considering telling Dave we need to sell our house and move to the country and start a farm business. :)

Here are a few pics of Ethan in his costume. Depending on the day, he did/didn't want to wear the hood of the duck. This kid must've grown an inch or two since we bought it a month or so ago, because it barely fit him!! As far as trick or treating, I took him into Dave's work on Friday afternoon, where all the kids were invited to come in and everyone had candy on their desk. Ethan was very timid at first, but before we left, he was running around and playing peek-a-boo with everyone. He was a sweaty little boy once I took off the costume. Saturday, we took him around to a few neighbor houses, but then went to dinner with friends.

We went to a birthday party at a place called GymQuest and Ethan loved the trampoline! He was a bit timid to go thru the obstacle course, but with a little prompting, he went through once.

Finally, just a little upgrade we did this past weekend was planing some trees. Or, actually I should say Dave did MOST of the work!! We couldn't pass up a 70% off sale at the landscaping place down the road. We got 4 big trees (2-Autumn Blaze Maples, 1-Padamore Ash and 1-Autumn Blaze Pear). These trees are 400-600lbs each. We had the delivery guys drop them near the areas we were going to plant them, and then we dug the holes and jointly lifted/pushed them into place this weekend. Thank god Dave is strong!! Actually, the hardest part of the whole thing is after you got about 10 inches down in the soil, it turned into this rock hard clay that basically only Dave could dig thru. So, I was help for the first 30 minutes of digging. Each tree took an average of 2 1/2 hours!! But, come next year, our lot will look very nice...and in the fall, these trees turn very pretty colors!