Snow Time Fun

A couple of days ago it was nice enough to go outside and play in the snow. I want to say that it was a stunning 35 degrees outside. For us Minnesotans that's close to bikini weather:) I'm not a fan of cold weather (go figure I live in one of the coldest states)but I thought that we should bring Ethan outside to decide if he is . He didn't mind the snow but he didn't like getting his hands wet or cold. He did however LOVE jumping in the puddles. He had fun until it was time to go in..you can tell in the last picture he wasn't too happy to be leaving his puddles .


Watching him walk in his big boy boots made me laugh uncontrollably. I said he looked like Frankenstein. Drew said he looked like Darth Vader when he gets his legs ...haha

Look at that squishy little bottom.



I love his long eyelashes. How come the boys always get the lashes? Makes me jealous!







LOVE.

Air time!!

He has found a purpose for his jumping.





More air time!

Taking after daddy .

As you can tell he was NOT happy to be going in.

Look at his sad face. This picture is way out of focus ,but I had to put it on her to show Ethan what he looked like when he was throwing a 2 year old tantrum.

Ehhh, we still love him.







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Ethan is 23 months old!!!

Since I'm so late in posting this I thought I would just share Ethan's Valentine in his 23 month post. We love our sweet little Monkey Doo. Next month we will have a 2 year old!!! WHAT?!

Ethan is starting to say two word sentences and his favorite thing to say is "Aoul Bord Choo Choo!!" Which means "All aboard the choo choo" . I would say that he has about 15-20words right now and is a very good listener and follows directions pretty well. I'm so proud of him and he is such a great son. Love you boo boo.

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!

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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.

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 .

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 :)