Weekend

Well, it was a pretty uneventful weekend here. The weather took a turn for the worse Friday night, but luckily Z and I were able to get up to the Maple Festival for some rides and food before the storms moved in. Z had a great time and we ran into one of his friends, Jenna, there. Saturday I got to visit with my sis and my nephew. It is amazing how well he is doing after having such a rough start to his little life. I believe he was in the nicu (the first time) for about 93 days. My sis and her hubby are true troopers. I can not even imagine going through what they have gone through. N is a lovey cuddly little guy now. He is up to around 15 lbs (starting weight was around 2 lb 4 oz) and he is doing great. He's a recent picture of the little guy....he really could be playing for the Browns some day!

Springtime

Well, Spring is finally starting to come around. This weekend was beautiful with lots of sunshine and highs in the 50's and 60's. All the neighborhood kids are starting to come out of winter hibernation to reunite with their summertime friends. It is amazing how we really don't see any one in the neighborhood all winter, but come spring/summer/early fall, we spend so much time together, hanging out in the street, watching the kids play.
We have been taking great advantage of the warmer weather to let Z go run off all the energy he has been saving up all winter long. He loves the outdoors: going on adventures through the woods, riding his power wheels around, riding his bike and digging for worms. I am really looking forward to getting him in the pool again this summer. Hopefully we can make a swimmer out of him yet!
The little bean is doing well. I am getting bigger and bigger by the day, and I know I have many more days ahead. For some reason, I think this one may be a girl. Just my prediction for now. I will be happy with healthy! I guess we'll see come June! That is one of the few doctor's appointments I actually look forward to!

Easter Weekend

Although Spring was scheduled to arrive on Thursday, our weather has been anything but Springlike! Friday night we got another 6-8 inches of snow, but luckily we did see the sun on Saturday and it cleared our driveway for us. I think we have used the snow blower more in the last couple of months than we have for the last couple of years!

Being Easter weekend, Z was more excited than usual. He was overly helpful all day Saturday, helping Mommy clean the house and fix all the dents in the walls. He loves spackling! We spent the day in the house, knowing we had a fun-filled, activity-packed Easter Sunday.

Z was so excited Easter morning that he sprung out of bed and nearly fell down the stairs! He was quick to find the eggs the bunny had hidden for him, but his basket was a little trickier this year. After 45 minutes or so of hunting, he finally found it in the basement! All the goodies in the basket kept him occupied until it was time for Church.

Z's Sunday School performed a little musical number during Easter Service. They are so cute up there, with their stage fright and all! He was screaming this song all week long for me, but get him up in front of the congregation, and he is quiet as a church mouse! Easter Sunday was also a very special day for Z because we allowed him to have communion for the first time. He has been doing very well in Sunday school, loves reciting the Lord's Prayer, and it is actually not a fight to get him to go to Church on Sunday!

We spent Easter day with Mimi, Papa, Papa II, Z's aunts and uncles and cousins. Z had a great time over there hunting for more Easter eggs. Mommy and Daddy were both stuffed after a great dinner and took naps while Z terrorized the household! By the end of the day, we were all exhausted. Z said it was the best Easter ever and the best one there will ever be. Apparently we set the bar a little high for next year!!!

Easter's a-coming...

This weekend, Z's little 1 year old cousin E spent the night. She is so precious and so gentle compared to Z. I got a couple of cute pictures from our time together. My favorite pic is the one of her "mean face." You just say to her "E, do the look" and she makes the most hilarious mean face!

Also, with Easter coming up quickly, Z reminded me that we needed to color eggs this past weekend. So starting at 7:30 am Saturday morning, he would ask every 5 minutes when we would be coloring eggs. I finally gave in and we colored eggs that morning. E got to join in on the egg coloring fun and luckily we only had about 5 casualties (eggs dropped on the table, in the dye, on the floor, etc). Z thought those were pretty cool though because he got to eat them right away. We ended up dying about 30+ eggs, so I hope my family doesn't mind colored deviled eggs on Easter Sunday!

Had my first OB appt today. Little bean is growing so quickly. In today's ultrasound, you could see where the arms and legs were starting to grow! The little heart was fluttering away. After today's ultrasound, they put my due date back to October 27. They also said they would schedule my c-section 7 days prior to the due date. So, we are looking at somewhere around October 20 (unless this one decides to come earlier like Z did!) It seems so far away, but I know it will be here before we know it! And we also got our first baby present yesterday. Our neighbor's gave us a little Brown's outfit, so baby will be all ready for football season!!!
Lastly, I found this really funny website on a chat board I belong to. It is about what not to name your child. The author's sense of humor is great....and I can't believe people would actually think to name their children some of these names!!!

Here's the site: http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/

Snow and Family

I originally was thinking of creating this blog to lead everyone on a journey through our second pregnancy. But I decided that I would really love to focus on the present and our family as it is now: Mommy, Daddy, Z, and Casey the dog. We had a great time this weekend enjoying the "blizzard". We got a couple of feet of snow and Z's newest hobby is brushing off car windows with the snow brush. He is the only person in the world who actually throws more snow on the windows to be able to brush it off! We went sled riding for the first time too! Z loved it!!

And now, without further ado, I would like to introduce the newest member to be of our family...Baby Bean! Our first u/s was on Tuesday, March 11. Bean was measuring 6 weeks 6 days, which gave us an estimated due date of 10/30/08. We figure since Z came 10 days early via c-section, we will probably deliver sometime mid-October. I will hopefully be able to ask these kinds of questions next week when I have my first regular OB appointment....and hopefully another ultrasound so I can see the Bean again! Here is a picture of the little blob of joy!

My First Post

Well, I had told some friend's over dinner that I was going to start a blog so that everyone (like they would want to!) could follow what's going on with us, especially with a new addition on the way. So here goes! I will add pictures and fancy stuff like that later on!