Times like these

We inherited three crabapple trees with this house and in the fall I curse them over and over again.

but in the Spring their bright pink flowers are a nice treat.

Things are popping up all over...such a season of life.

Enjoying evening walks

and zoo trips

and on the occasional cold day...The Aquarium.

And of course Easter

We hosted at our house this year

It was a small group of us

It was nice weather and a yummy meal

All this Spring time play makes for good sleeping!

4 months Down

I was looking back at the photos I took while I was pregnant with Mason (there aren't very many) and all of them are chopped off head and leg shots. I was so self conscious and insecure about my body. Not saying I don't feel that way this time but I am trying to just be in the moment. I am 16 weeks in this shot. I feel like I look pregnant in real life but in this picture I just look plump:-) Hard to tell completely how I am going to carry this baby but I think I am carrying wider and less popped out...we will see.

This is me at 17 weeks with Mason....Headless pregnant Lady!!!

Feeling good, almost like myself. Enjoying my workouts and having my energy back. Really enjoying not wanting to yack every 5 minutes. Baby is doing good and I have felt little Ostrich Hawk moving a handful of times.

We find out the sex the first week in May. This has been much more of a decision for me this time. At first I really didn't care but lately I am really hoping for a girl. I love my Mom so much and would love to have that bond. So finding out is a "I want to know but I don't want to know" kind of thing.

"Que sera sera...whatever will be will be, we will love that baby no matter what...even if it has a pee pee!"

Love,
Crazy Pregnant Chick

P.S. Matt I know you will read this and don't worry you will only have to hear me sing that song every day until our next Ultra sound....you are welcome.

Directions to Disneyland-retry

I wanted to blame Blogger but the video issue was the privacy settings on our Youtube. We should be up and running now!

I hope this works, I always have problems when posting videos. This video cracks me up! Three year old have SO much personality. We will have to break the news to him that the Matterhorn is under renovations, Although I think there will be plenty to occupy his attention.

We are pretty excited for our upcoming Disney/California adventure.

3 months down

I decided for this pregnancy I am going to do a month to month recap/photo. Every week isn't going to happen, which brings me to the topic of second babies. We were just at my sister-in-laws house for her first born's 16th! She has some lovely photo books of him through the years. I asked her if she had done this for subsequent children and she laughed, nope!

So I am going to try to do sweet baby #2 justice but I am not promising anything.

12 week Ultra sound, all is good in my hood. Baby was moving and stretching a lot. The sound of that sweet heartbeat did a number on me just like it had with Mason.  For those Old Wives tale believers, baby's heartbeat was 158 and anything over 140 is believed to be a girl. No scientific evidence supporting this.

At 3 months, I feel:

• Elated to have another baby and every baby I see makes me more excited to do this again.
• A little guilty that my one-on-one with Mason will no longer be, its hard to imagine loving another baby as much as I do him.
• Fat but finally starting to look pregnant (which is a lot earlier this time!)
• Turned off by almost every food except eggs, toast, oatmeal, and grapefruit.
• I feel different than with Mason, with Mason I threw up a bit and the worst symptoms I had were carpel tunnel and swelling (which REALLY SUCKED). Those happened later in my pregnancy so we will see. With this baby I have a lot more of the common pregnancy symptoms. My boobs hurt, I am exhausted, sick to my stomach, and have frequent headaches. I feel best from 10-2 every day and when I am exercising. As I start the second tri I am hoping a lot of those will go away.

At 3 months Mason feels:

• Excited to have "his baby" who he refers to as "she" most of the time.
• Has named "his baby"; Ostrich Hawk, Allan, Baby T-rex, and Wolly. We are leaning towards Ostrich Hawk.
• He asks a lot of baby questions. We struggle to answer with truth without saying too much. One of those questions involved how long I would be at the hospital after the baby came out? We told him a couple of nights. Now he tells me "Mom my feelings are hurt because I will really miss you when you stay at the hospital overnight without me!"
• He is convinced I will feed the baby from my belly button and has tried more than once to get a swig for himself...awkward. Looks like I have some breastfeeding discussions in my near future!

                                  

At 3 months Matt feels:

• Like this isn't his first rodeo, so he knows how to just love me and let me be.
• Doesn't care if its a boy or girl but if he could choose he would like a girl.
• Likes having a designated driver on the rare occasion we go out.
• Won't rub my feet but gives one hell of a back massage.

Oh Baby!

We are pregnant! Or I am.

and I am already showing at 11+ weeks (sorry the photo quality on my iPhone stinks.)

and we really think this silly kid is going to be an awesome big brother.

My Due date is September 20th but because at this time, I am electing to do a scheduled C-section, we will have baby a week prior, at 39 weeks.

What does that mean? I will be a humungo pregnant lady in the heat of summer!!! Hello to sleeping naked, shaved ice, and constant bitching for my husband to endure :-)

We are so excited for another baby.

I don't care if its a boy or girl. I am going back and forth about finding out the sex but am leaning towards finding out.

I think its cool that both of my kids will have been born in a presidential election year and summer Olympics year.

I feel like I have had a hangover for over a month now. No, I am not drinking, its all these darn hormones!!!

BUT 

pregnancy this go around is so much easier because I know this season of my life will come to a close and with it the most wonderful blessing will arrive!

Homemade

Aren't homemade gifts the best, especially when they are food? Eggs fresh from the happiest chickens on earth, canned items;peaches, green beans, salsa and applesauce. And than there is the infused Vodka; Huckleberry and Crabapple...sounds bitter but trust me its lovely.

When I grow up I want to have my own farm where I can grow things. I will have my own chickens, pigs, and cows. I will name my Milk Cow Leche de Pepe and will milk her daily. Oh the things I will make when I grow up.

Snow days

It makes me laugh when I hear fellow Coloradans complain about the snow, its kind of part of the deal of living here.

We inherited a snow blower with the house, god bless it although I kind of like the "shoveling" workout!

We put them to work early in this house!

Snow makes me smile, and so does this CRAZY dog. 

Fisher loves his snow and we have received a nice piling of it this February

our Hunter dog still can't figure out why these balls disintegrate when he catches them.  As Mason often states "Hunter is a genius:-)"

Matt and I had conflicting visions for our snow creature. Matt is so bossy sometimes, WHATEVER Matt I still think my idea was better and now you will have to watch the 3rd Twilight movie with me, so Ha!

Update: Matt did watch the third Twilight Movie this weekend with me and managed to not throw up during the movie but did almost throw up last night during the news piece about communal breast milk.

But your penguin-alope is kind of cute, especially with you two handsome dudes standing next to it!

And of course one of the best parts of snow, is coming in to warm up, with a nice cup of hot coco and some finger painting.