32 week Ultrasound

Here's the latest ultrasound from a couple of weeks ago I forgot to post before. Getting some cute chubby cheeks going on.

holiday greetings from our house to yours

Merry Xmas!

that's George!

A few weeks ago, while the weather was still nice and not so wintery out yet, Alicia and I headed up to the Kohl Children's Museum to check out the new Curious George exhibit they have. It is a traveling exhibit, and it is only there until early February, so if you want to check it out, make sure you go before it leaves! http://www.kohlchildrensmuseum.org/exhibits/curious-george The day we planned to go up, George was to be making a special appearance after the special story hour. That was indeed the highlight of our afternoon at the museum.

Of course, Alicia had to hit the grocery store area of the museum. I think this was our first stop in the museum, even before she got to the George exhibit.










Uhmm.. mom.. I don't think this is the "real" Curious George... (note, Alicia insisted on getting her picture taken with this George, too. It was cute.)
















Besides the normal music area and the grocery store, the construction area seemed to be a big hit for Alicia his time too. Although, she's a busy body and I don't think she stayed in one are for more than a few minutes anyways, this crane seemed to keep her attention span a bit more than some other areas.














Yeah!! It's Curious George finally!! Alicia was very brave this time and gave George a hug and stood all by herself next to George for a picture.

baby #2 progress

Here you go... for those that don't see me in person that often, here's a little visual progress timeline so far of the new baby...
we are moving along nicely. We are at about week 31, and have entered into the every other week doctor appointments now. They are watching me closely this time around for the pre-eclampsia condition that I had while pregnant with Alicia. We go back in next week for another size/weight check for baby. The last appointment a few weeks ago, the ultrasound showed baby was measuring exactly in the 50th percentile for weight and length which was awesome!! We've never really been there with Alicia, even from the beginning, she was behind the chart, so this was a great milestone for us with this new guy. We'll keep you updated on our progress, and here's to a smooth last trimester!

tool time

Alicia helped pitched in the other night while we were putting together our new bedroom dressers. She did a great job finding the pieces we needed and even tried to assemble part of dresser! Too bad Pat (the blue Handy Manny hammer) and Felipe (the yellow Handy Manny Phillips head screwdriver) didn't work the greatest or else Alicia might have been able to finish parts of the dresser herself! ;-) great helping hands, Alicia.

Goebberts Pumpkin Farm

We managed to sneak in our fall pumpkin farm visit to Goebberts this year while the weather was still really nice out. In previous years, it had either been really hot or really cold, but this year, it was just about right. We went with the Haney family and enjoyed our afternoon trip to the pumpkin farm. The kids really enjoyed running around checking out all the different characters and asking "take our picture" and "this is cute" by all the "cool" characters they liked the most. Of course, they had to pick out a few pumpkins to take home for souvenirs, too!

Sam and Alicia posing with all their favorite cutouts! Even Everette joined the fun with the girls and got in for a some fun pictures too.

Look how they've grown!
Alicia and Samantha - 2008

Alicia and Samantha - 2010