Scales...

It's kinda sad that it took me getting pregnant with my second child to finally get back to my pre-pregnancy weight...*sigh* I look forward to being able to eat normally again. I've lost 4 pounds in 4 weeks...I really can't complain, though...I haven't thrown up...yet. Came close today. Gross. I am, however, sleeping every second I can. It's ridiculous. I slept 10 hours last night and took a 2 hour nap this afternoon. It's 8:45...and I think I might head to bed :)

Things are going pretty good, though. I think Eli has finally figured out walking. He kinda zig-zags his way around walking from 'thing to thing' to get to where he wants to go. He's pretty proud of himself. He's going to Jennifer's tomorrow, and I'm really hoping he chases the cats. I think that could be amusing.

We've been spending most evenings watching the Olympics...Winter Olympic athletes are CRAZY.

Alright...off to bed :) Thought you'd like a little update :) I have plans for taking photos of the growing belly throughout the pregnancy, so I'll start posting those once I get around to it. It's kinda funny...it seems like overnight, and already I got a little baby bump...

A Perfect 10!

Yesterday we received some very good news. A little over a week ago I started bleeding a little, and so my doctor wanted us to have an ultrasound. A week ago when I had one done, it was too early to see the heartbeat, so we had to go back a week later and repeat the ultrasound. (And I had to try and stay off my feet for a week...Thanks Edgar for picking up the slack while I laid around... :) )

Anyway, yesterday we got to see our little (very little) baby :) The baby is 1/2 cm long...can you see him/her? I'll zoom in a bit...
Still can't see? Here's a fancy arrow to point the baby out...

Yup. That's our baby :) Little, but strong :) The ultrasound tech was a bit impressed with the baby's 140 bpm heart rate-she said that that is a pretty strong heart rate for a baby at this stage. She measured it, and said our due date would be October 10. Yup...that's 10.10.10...A perfect 10 :) It's every math teacher's dream...

There's another ultrasound going on in the family today...can't wait to hear how Randee & Johnny's baby is!!!

15 month appointment

Sorry, no pictures in this post :) This is one of those 'for my own records' posts :) Eli went to his 15 month appointment. He is officially 25 lbs 13 oz (68th percentile), 32.5 inches tall (86th percentile) and has a head circumference 18.5 inches (44th percentile). The Doctor was very pleased with his progress :) Eli is really starting to fight the doctor when he checks him out, though. I had to basically hold him down while the doctor examined him, and he's squirmy! He did get the dreaded MMR shot today...though the doctro assured me that it's safe. We talked a bit about that and a few things to watch out for. Overall, a great visit to the doctor.

Happy Birthday Kaz!

You may or may not remember this post from a year ago...I'm assuming you don't :) But in it, you'll see a picture of us meeting Kaz. Amazingly enough, Kaz turned 1...I can't believe how fast time flies! On Saturday we went to Jared & Bri's house to celebrate. I got to make his cake-Bri got me a cake pan, and I thought it turned out pretty cute :)

I also made some monkey cookies. They were fun to make too.

I think Eli could have stayed in the 'ball pit' all day.

Olivia joined him...but I think Eli wanted it all to himself :)

Olivia trying to push Eli around...Eli wasn't too thrilled...

Creed-his party is next!

And the birthday boy!

I wish this one didn't turn out so blurry...I thought it was funny that Eli was trying to give Kaz a ball to chew on :)

Sooo excited to be at Kaz's party!

Eli was quite entertaining while he was eating...He kept trying to feed me his mac 'n cheese.

'Happy Birthday to you!'

Kaz wasn't too interested in the cake. Wait until next year...

We tried to get a picture of the mom's and their kids...this was the best one we got. Eli wasn't too thrilled with the hat...

I think it's time for a nap...

The happy family.

Looking forward to many more parties throughout the years :)

Valentine's Party #2

Thursday after my class and a quick nap, Eli and I headed to Krista's house for another Valentines Party. I must say...when Krista has a party, she does it up good! Katie always loves a good party!
Eli quite often looked like this...tryin' to climb up on mommy...Actually, he played pretty good with the other kids :)

Some of the cookies Krista made. She had a bunch of different kinds, and a bunch of different food. It was quite the spread!

Eric, Leilani and Isaac came by too.

Isaac is getting big so fast!

Eli trying to check out Isaac...

Eli loves hanging out with his cousins!

Krista had crafts for the kids, and lots of toys to play with. All of the kids had a great time. Thanks for having us over!

This is a little video I took later on that evening...Eli has certainly found his voice! He cracks us up at dinner time-he seems to get real 'chatty' around that time of day :)

Valentine's Day Party #1

Eli and I had some friends over on Wednesday to celebrate Valentine's Day. I had planned on doing some decorations...but I was feeling a bit...well, pregnant, so these cookies are all I came up with :) Thanks to our trip to the Mennonite food store for all the fun sprinkles :)

Eli decided he wanted Olivia's food...

'What? It's not good to steal from girls?'...

Olivia is off and running! I so wish I had gotten a video of her dancing...she was hilarious!

Megan is quite the little walker too! She also loves cameras :) She loved getting up right into the camera :)

Creed is pulling up on things too. He and Eli have so much fun playing together.

Drummin' buddies...

Awww....

Doesn't Olivia look entertained?...

What a great group of pals :)

The boys were enjoying Emily's jewelry :)

We had so much fun playing together. The kids passed out Valentine's cards, and we ate loads of food...fun was had by all!

Superbowl Party at Krista's!

Superbowl Sunday was spent at Eliott & Krista's house. We ate way too much, watched a little football, and had fun hanging out. (We also made the announcement that I'm pregnant...YAY!)Eli discovered Katie's doll...
These pictures made me laugh :)

Dirty diaper?

'What? Boys aren't suppose to play with dolls?!'

It was just too cute to let Eli in on that little secret :)

All three grand kids together :)

Cuties!

Abuela & Isaac

'Ummmm...wasn't today suppose to be about football?'

Yes, we did watch the game, though I can't remember who won. I suppose my football watching days are over for a while. I used to watch it all the time! I have other fun things to entertain myself with now :) And another 'entertainer' on the way!