I love that Beck is old enough to play little board games! Our favorites are The Letter Factory game and Memory. He is so smart and so good at both of them, it's just crazy he's such a little person now. He also gets very excited every time he finds a match. It's so funny and cute, I just had to take a video! :)
Yes, a little GIRL! Crazy, huh?! We were both kind of thinking boy, so we were surprised! But so excited! Yaaaaaaay! Good job on getting the poll right, everyone! ;) We can't wait for our little girl to get here! A lot of bows and things to make and prepare for before then, though! ;) Here are a few pics from the ultrasound!
We find out if we're having a boy or a girl this Thursday!!! We did a poll on our blog when we were expecting Beck and thought it'd be fun to do again. :) So cast your vote! We will reveal the fun news on Thursday!
Christmas was so fun this year! It is especially fun with a little toddler, we have so loved Christmases even more with little Beckster! So I'll just cut right to the videos!
The night before Christmas
Beck has been obsessed with Frosty the Snowman this year, and the night before Christmas he was totally hyper and excited for everything, and couldn't stop singing about Frosty!
Christmas morning
Opening presents
We had a great Christmas! Thank you everyone for everything! Especially the gifts to Beck, he was obviously in heaven!
Yes! We are expecting baby #2! Reading that sentence still seems crazy and unreal to me! But we are very excited! Here are a couple fun facts: :)
Day we found out: Wednesday, November 2
This pregnancy came as a surprise too (even though it was definitely wanted, I just don't have a regular periods to tip me off, so all our pregnancies will probably be "surprises," haha). But I found out in the morning, so I held my secret in until Adam got home from work for lunch and had Beck tell him--it was really cute and fun, and I even sneaked a little video of it!
Due date: Friday, July 6 (but since I'm having a c-section, it may be late June)
How far along right now: 16 weeks today
Morning sickness: Just like with Beck, it's more like all-day sickness and throwing up, every day, Which has proven to be even more fun to deal with when you have a toddler to take care of... I actually have felt slightly better the last few days (like only throwing up once or twice a day), so I'm holding out hope that it won't last the entire pregnancy like it did with Beck, but we shall see!
Weird symptoms: Dehydration cramps from throwing up so much, but other than that it's been pretty regular. One weird but nice thing is that I don't get the burst blood vessels around my eyes when I throw up like I did with Beck.
Still fitting in my clothes: Yes! Thanks to all of my throwing up, I'm still 5 pounds under my pre-pregnancy weight. But it's coming!
Cool fact: When I am full-term with this pregnancy, I will weigh less than I weighed before I got pregnant with Beck (since I've lost 50 pounds since last Christmas)--yay! :)
Also, this baby's due date is exactly on my BFF Lindsay's b-day! Couldn't have even planned that if we tried to! Haha
First person to know besides us: I think Lindsay! And then we ended up seeing my family the weekend after we found out, so we went ahead and told them! We told Adam's family within a few days as well, since they're all across the country and couldn't tell anybody we knew anyway! :)
Boy/girl: We find out on February 16, so only a few weeks away! I keep thinking it's a girl, and if you ask Beck, he'll usually say it's a girl as well. Adam isn't sure. So we'll see! I would be relieved with a boy, because the thought of raising girls kind of scares me :) , but we would obviously be thrilled with a girl as well!
Beck's thoughts: Most of the time he is excited! And some of the time you can just see the little wheels turning in his head trying to make sense of this "baby in Mama's tummy." But he gets really excited to talk about it, and I know he will love being a big brother. :)
Names: We have them picked out, but I will save that information for after we find out what we're having!
Yay for babies!
My bff Lindsay Witt's brother needs new lungs asap. He is now on life support and in a medically induced coma, just waiting for a transplant. Most importantly, he needs prayers. Also appreciated would be any donation for any amount you can spare, as he lost his job due to his situation. Please remember David in your thoughts and prayers.
(Sorry, you'll have to copy and paste the link.)
http://www.absolutelylovinglife.blogspot.com/2011/12/transplant.html
Happy Halloween, everybody! I'm going to hurry and post before an excuse comes up not to, so here I go!
Pre-Halloween: We grew our own pumpkins this year! SO fun! I think we're going to do it every year. We got a bunch of medium-sized white pumpkins, and a lot of ornamental, tiny-sized white and orange pumpkins. Then we got one weird alien pumpkin that sucked all the nutrients from the other ones, haha. There were a ton of blossoms, but only one actual gigantic pumpkin. Kinda creepy, but Halloween-appropriate!
Halloween carnival: Our local elementary school has an annual little Halloween carnival type thing we attended for the first time this year, and loved it! So fun and affordable and enjoyable for the whole fam! For $5 worth of "punches" Beck got to play at least 10 games and we all got bowls of yummy chili. Fun and frugal= my favorite!
Walgreens photo and park photoshoot: We went to Walgreens for a quick free photo, and then while waiting for Adam to get off work, went to the park to snap some pics, or at least attempt to. It turned into a wrestling match, as do most activities involving this certain 2-year-old now a'days...
Actual Halloween: We went trick-or-treating with the Talbots and had a blast! This was the first year Beck has been able to go, since he was sick last year. And it was Blake's first year as well, so it was extra fun and special! Beck always has a natural high (even pre-candy!), so he was a few feet ahead of us the whole time. He got so excited at each door, and couldn't believe complete strangers were just giving him candy--amazing! ;) It was so fun to watch the little boys trick-or-treat together! They got the hang of it really quickly, and were so sweet and polite--besides Blake stealing multiple pieces of extra candy from each house... ;) After making the rounds in our neighorhood (at least 30+ houses!), we were all tuckered out and freezing. So we came back to our place and ate snacks and watched football and Ghost Hunters with some friends, and then called it a night. Whew, what a Halloween!
