2 year pictures

A couple of weekends ago we got the boys looking all handsome and headed to Old Town Spring to take their 2 year pictures. I bought a Groupon from a husband/wife team of photographers. They were really nice and did a great job of taking pictures of two very active 2 year olds. Some of the pictures are a little bright, but all in all they turned out great!

The best family shot we could get.

Happy Jack.

Playin' in the hay.

I love the look on Jack's face here.

Blake loved this gazebo.

Heaven on earth...railroad tracks. Sweet brothers!

Does it get any sweeter?

He just saw a huge truck pass by.

Absolute sweetness.

Pure happiness.

Good things happen in 3's

Ok, I stole Mary's title, but I couldn't think of anything better. She nailed it!

It is said that things happen in 3's, good or bad. In this case, it is great!

Our best friends live in the same neighborhood as us and I would be lost without them. They watch my kiddos, get my groceries, and are an amazing shoulder to lean on. Right now, especially, these two girls have been amazing with our house being on the market. They allow us to come over at the drop of a hat or drop Buster off in their backyards. I am one lucky girl to have friends like this.

My mom had the absolute best friends in the world and I always prayed that I would find girls just like she had. I can now say that I have found friends that I will never let go of.

The three of us are all expanding our families and are all pregnant. We had to hurry up and get a picture of the three of us before Mary and Georgia delievered. I just hope I look as good as they do when I am 9 months pregnant.


Mary (37.5 weeks), Me (10 weeks), Georgia (36.5 weeks)

Two years ago we were all pregnant together once again. I was the one about to pop in this next picture. The funny thing is that the picture above was taken on 5/20/11 and the picture below was taken on 5/21/09. Two years ago almost to the day. Crazy!!


Me (35 weeks), Georgia 24ish weeks), Mary (21ish weeks)

It is ok to say that I am HUGE in this picture!! Going back and looking at me pregnant with the boys, I am in shock and awe of my size. Holy cow!!!

We are also so blessed to have so many other friends that are pregnant right now as well. Our kids are going to have the best friends whose parents have the same values as us, which makes it an even bigger blessing!

10 weeks

I can't believe how quickly this pregnancy is moving. I thought that since we found out so early that it would really drag, but just the opposite has happened. I think chasing around to little monkeys has something to do with it.

Let me just add that those two little monkeys will be TWO YEARS OLD in less than a week!

Anyway, I had Garrett take a picture of my belly today. 10 weeks is when I started documenting with the boys. It will be interesting to see how the pictures compare in the coming weeks/months. So many women get bigger faster with their second and third pregnancies. So, I am wondering how a pregnancy with one will compare to that of two. Only time will tell...

Here I am on the top with baby #3 and with the boys on the bottom. Clearly I am starting much smaller in general this time around; however my belly is bigger.

Growing like crazy

I got to see our newest addition again on Monday. I had to go to my specialist for a 9 week check-up and he finally released me! Everything looked perfect!

This pregnancy has been much different than my first. I was not showing nearly this much at 9 weeks with the boys, that's for sure! I'm still feeling great but still completely exhausted!

I go to my normal OB on Wednesday for the first time and I will get yet another ultrasound. I can't wait to see my precious baby again!


You can see the head and body now. I was able to see little hands and feet kicking.

Sleeping arrangements

I was talking with some friends the other day about the best invention EVER and realized that I hadn't blogged about it. As you all will recall, Blake fell out of his crib and busted out his bottom tooth. I refused to put the boys back in their cribs in fear that something worse might happen. WE discussed going ahead and switching their cribs into toddler beds but we decided that we weren't ready for that. We will make that switch once we are in the new house and they are in their own rooms. So, we invested in two crib tents.

Best. Invention. Ever.

We were afraid that the boys would not like them or be scared to be inside them, but they think they are great. They love pushing their heads against the mesh and giving kisses through it as well. We don't have to worry about them now and I was even able to put the decorations back on their nightstand since they can no longer pull them off.

Jack's bed. The part that is lying against the front zips up. Luckily the boys haven't figured out how to unzip these yet.

Blake's bed.

It is like they are camping every night of the week.

Just when I thought these tents had solved all of our problems, Jack climbed out of his pack n' play the other day. I put them down for a nap at Georgia's house so I could go see a friend that just had a baby. All of a sudden we heard a door slam. Jack had climbed out, opened the door and then slammed it. AGH!!! Finally he went to sleep, but when Georgia went up to get them out of bed Jack was in Blake's bed.

I'm not ready for all of this!! I know my babies will be 2 in a week, but I'm just not ready for them to grow up!!!

Baby #3

I now see why I, as the second child, have far less pictures than my brother did. Here we are a week after my very first ultrasound and I am just now posting the picture. I guess chasing after two boys is a good excuse for not being on top of other things.

We went last Monday and got to see our newest addition. I asked if the lady was using her super-dooper powerful ultrasound machine to see if it was a girl, but sadly it was just the normal machine. :( How cool would it be if that kind of machine actually existed.

I digress. The heartbeat was 133 and the baby was about 10.5mm long. That is about 1 cm. So the fact that I told Garrett yesterday that I felt like I was starting to show is probably a result of the pizza we had last night.

Here is a picture of our little nugget. You may think that the round part is the baby, and you would be wrong. That is the yolk sack that is holding all the intestines that will be pushed into the baby as the umbilical cord and placenta are fully formed at 12 weeks. Anyone who says that God isn't amazing needs to experience the development of a fetus.

If you look closely (you may have to click on the image to see it better) there is a long skinny thing that has a dotted line across it, that would be the baby.

I am still taking estrogen pills and on my daily progesterone shots. Hopefully after my appointment next Monday the Dr. will take me off of all of those. The shots are really starting to bother me. Other than that and pure exhaustion, this has been a wonderful pregnancy so far!

Black eye

I am finally updating this dang blog. I am over a week behind.

Poor Blake has had yet another accident. Last Saturday, we went to the zoo where Blake was running around and playing. He lost his balance and fell, eye first, into a bench. Bless his heart, he was screaming like crazy. I was practically in tears because he was in so much pain and I just felt awful that all of these things keep happening to him. Luckily, the skin didn't break so there wasn't any blood. It didn't look too bad on Saturday but as the days passed, it kept getting worse and worse. It has been well over a week now, and finally the blues and blacks around his eye are fading.