Monkey In The Middle: January 2011

January 25, 2011

Its a ......

BOY!

We found out today that Ethan is going to have a little brother.I know no matter what we were having it was going to be a new fun experience and a challenge. Let us pray that this little one is just a bit opposite from his older brother with his sleeping habits and colic.

I wonder what he'll look like and if he will have a lot of comparison to Ethan. I can't wait to get his room all ready and painted with a new crib and all sorts of fun baby stuff. We already have so MUCH stuff for a boy that it will be an easy transition for us.

Man, there is going to be a lot of testosterone in this house pretty soon!

18weeks today!

Fun Times!

A couple weekends ago my mom, Grace, Ethan and I all went to the Children's Museum. There are always so many people there ..sometimes just too crowed, but we managed to let the kiddies have some fun!

ugg i hate when blogger cuts my pics off!

This was the bubble area!

This past weekend we wanted to introduce finger painting to Ethan.

Ethan is a lot like Drew in the way that he doesn't like to get messy/dirty so this wasn't the best time :( He touched it and tried to eat it and neither was working for him. Maybe when he gets a bit older he will start to show some of my traits too like the "free spirit" I inhibit.

He just wanted to get the paint off his hands..what a silly little guy:)

We did however do a quick project that we plan to frame soon. I love the prints of all of our hands.

We went to the sink to clean him off and he didn't really like that either as you can tell.

I think he must of been getting tired cause he was being cranky pants Nelson.

Daddy and E's hand.

Mommy, Daddy and E's hand.

Gosh, it looks like I have man hands?! ha!

After the paint was off and he was dry he was a happy camper.

Look at his poor little checks..they get so rosie when he's teething.

Sweet little guy.

January 17, 2011

Baby Bean Update!

I just wanted to do a quick update on our growing baby . I'm almost 17 weeks along and the baby is growing at the right rate. We get an ultrasound done every two weeks from 12-24 weeks then every week until 40weeks. I had cervical cancer at the age of 20 and I had to have a couple different kinds of surgery done to remove the cells to prevent me from actually having to do chemo . Along with that they had to cut a piece of my cervix off so I'm considered a high risk pregnancy. Each week they do a tummy ultrasound and a inter vaginal ultrasound..ick i hate that word! Anyways, they look to see if my cervix is shrinking . If it shrinks to much then I would have to have a cervical cealage, which basically is like a hammock to keep the baby "in" . We had no problems with Ethan, but each child we have its necessary to have these every two weeks. And hey, who am I kidding I get to see my baby all the time and get paid to leave work and spend some time with my hubs:)
I'm about 85% better in the case of the HG ( hyperemesis gravidarum) . I only feel icky at night sometimes now. I'm not sure if its from the excessive throwing up but I've only gained 12lbs and that's good for me considering at this point in the game with Ethan I was over 30lbs...yes I know WOW! I also exercises on my treadmill frequently. I also can feel the baby move/kick . Little flutters started around last week or so:) Last Tuesday we tried to tell the gender of the baby but we couldn't tell 100% was it was so next Tuesday( 18weeks) we hope to find out . I think its a girl and Drew thinks it a boy, so we shall see. I keep having dreams that someone tells me "Your having a girl". It could just be that I may want a girl, but I will be happy with whatever God blesses us with .
* I do have pics from 14 and 16 weeks that I have to put on here but our scanner is broke so I have to take a picture of the picture and upload it .

January 11, 2011

Belly kisses

When we say" Ethan, give the baby a kiss" This is what he does...

For some reason he wont do it unless he actually sees my tummy. He will grab the bottom of my shirt and pull it up. He's so funny. Most of the time he just yells at my tummy. I say some sibling rivalry already. Of course all in love :)

Christmas Day and Eve

Don't you just love his bow tie!? Such a stud!

Instead of having Christmas dinner at Drew's grandmas we had dinner at my Aunt Jill's house. This is Grandpa Larry and Ethan's back hahaha. He was such a good boy ALL DAY but didn't want to be held for pictures as you can tell:)

Daddy and E.

Mommy, E and the choo choo:)

This was taken Christmas Eve. I didn't get a lot of pictures from Christmas Eve because I was busy watching Ethan and he was very very active that night. We weren't too sure how Christmas was going to pan out after Christmas Eve but it turned out to be great.

Drew's mom trys to get a picture of her kids and grandchildren every year on the stairs. Not an easy feat at the end of the night, but it worked out. Ethan was really the only one who didn't want to take a picture as you can see. What a silly little guy.

G.G, Drew and Ethan. Grandma Shannon is such a classy and beautiful lady . We had tons of treats for Christmas dessert this year the table was full of ginger bread men, cookies and pies. I made Oreo Balls which people seemed to of liked. I know I like them..yumm! I wish I would of taken a picture of them.

Gloria is very good at the piano and was giving Avery and Ethan some good pointers.

Here's a picture of some of the goodies at G.G's table!

Jeff and Eloise.

Daddy and daughter. I like this picture of them.

Avery is Drew's cousin daughter(Bri) . They also have 2 more beautiful children that I didn't get a picture of:(

Christmas Morn

Christmas Morning was fun this year . Drew, I and Ethan woke up about 7:00am and went downstairs to see what Santa had brought us. We looked to see if he ate his cookies and drank his milk. Santa must of been stuffed form all the sweets he had been eating that night because he only had a bite of the oatmeal chocolate chip cookies we left for him :)

Ethan loved opening his presents! When we found something that he really liked he paid no attention to the rest of the gifts and would just play with the ones he had already opened.

He loved the remote control car that Santa brought.

But most of all he loved the "Choo Choo" that daddy picked out for him. He brought it with him all day, wherever he went the train went to.

After we opened our family's gifts we went over to spend some at Grandma and Grandpa's house with Bill, Amy, Gloria, Violet, Lukey and Isaiah.

These are Ethan's cousins. Eloise was at home with her mommy and daddy(Becky and Jeff) on Christmas morning this year to have a special Christmas at their house:)

Amy and I snapped about 50 shots of this picture just to get one that was good. These kiddos are pretty active especially Lukey Boy and Ethan. Next year we will have a 6 month old for Gloria or Violet to hold for the picture! This family is growing fast!