Great Weather and Great Family Time

We are having great weather here in Texas. We had sunshine today with temps near or at 80 degrees. After church, we came home and got to work cleaning up the backyard. We are trying to get the backyard back to a great spot to hang out since the best weather season is upon us.

However, we had to watch how much we did with Stephen today. He woke up with a fever that came up last night. He seems to be Okay, but we need to watch him all the same. So, we did a few things in the backyard & then decided to take a break and go see a movie. Stephen and I have been to one movie (if you don't include the"Reel Moms" I went to with him as an infant.) This was Sean's first movie to go to with Stephen. We made it through the whole movie! We watched Jerry Seinfeld's "Bee Movie." It was great to share this time with Stephen. So-maybe he's old enough to watch movies now...great! Just in time to have another baby! LOL! This would be the strongest reason I only want two children...so that we don't miss doing things because we can't do it with a baby. I want the baby phase again. I look forward to going through the baby phase again, but I don't want the rest of my life to be in the baby phase. For now, however, we are looking forward to the Dr. Seuss movie to come out in mid-March.

A Great, Great Valentine's day

It's a beautiful day here today. We have perfect weather. We have had the perfect day.

As you know, today was the big ultrasound day to confirm the gender of this baby. So, after we dropped the car off at the shop and took a good cardio walk this morning, Sean, Stephen and I headed to The Inside Story to get our 3D/4D ultrasound. The place was great. They had a big room with a couch and chairs in it. They had three monitors in the room to watch the baby on. They had toys for Stephen to play with while we were there. It was a great experience.

AND-

We found out-for sure-that we have another BOY!!!!!

Here is a profile of our little guy:



Here is the little guy with his hands in front of his face. For us, this 3D experience was a Deja Vu of the one we had with Stephen. At these places, they really try hard to give you a great picture of the face. This baby liked to keep his hands in his face. Just like Stephen did. The lady also said "big cheeks" again, which is what they said with Stephen. However, the lady said this baby has long fingers. I don't remember that being a comment with Stephen.




The 2D picture is clear about the boy part...



Another cute face shot:




And-the position the baby was in most of the time we were there....arms resting on legs....




After the ultrasound, we all went to PF Changs for lunch. I thought it was a risk with Stephen, so, I loaded up the diaper bag with everything that might entertain him that was in the car. He did really well at lunch & even ate a lot! That's really good considering they don't have a kids menu. He really liked the rice and the honey chicken, but seemed to prefer my shrimp from the candied walnut dish. Now, I have to give a huge kudos to PF Changes. I think this idea is BRILLIANT. They have small desserts now. They make the desserts in over-sized shot glasses. So, after you have stuffed yourself silly, you can still opt for a dessert. I had a strawberry cheesecake and Stephen had a chocolate something. The best part? It only costs $2! I think it's brilliant!

So-we're off and running with the boy theme! My next thing-to-do is buy fabric to make a new crib bumper, quilt, and maybe a skirt!

My son's not-so-cute side

Stephen tried something new today. He tried it in public.
Today we went to Sam's club to get some supplies for the playgroup I am hosting at my house tomorrow. They had some food samples today. So, I helped myself to a cupcake portion and gave Stephen a cookie. They were good. By the time we got to the register, Stephen had cookie all over his face. Usually he is pretty clean, but he is congested, so, he has to mouth breathe while eating, which creates drool. I wiped up his face and then went to clean his nose. He did not like that at all. In fact, he started trying to hit me while saying, "bad Mommy."

Well, that was lovely. But, for Stephen, it wasn't enough.

He was still frustrated and still had anger to vent. So, he proceeded to tell the cashier, "bad lady." Oh yeah. That was FUN for Mommy. I got in his face and told him that was "not nice." Then I told him he would get a timeout if he did it again. Thankfully he stopped and proceeded to chatter on about timeout.

I have been busy today and Stephen has just followed me around. I am not surprised he got frustrated and stayed that way for so long. We are going to have to settle down and just do Mommy and Stephen activities pretty soon to make sure he's practicing being nice and having fun. He's still so cute though...I just love his little face.

Forgot the Cup

I had a pregnancy brain moment.
But, first, I have a cute picture of Stephen:


My story.

On Monday, the roof of my mouth hurt. I thought it was an odd sensation, but didn't think much more of it. Then, I went to teach bassoon lessons. I started my warm-up with my first student and just about died. I had a sinus infection. The pressure that is in your head when you play bassoon really emphasized what was going on. after three hours of teaching and playing, my face was throbbing.

The timing on this situation was good, though. I had an OB appointment on Tuesday and knew I could get some help. It was all I could think about. My face hurt. I couldn't smile and my left cheekbone felt like it was going to burst under the pressure. I got called to the back and was asked to do the standard urine test. So, I went into the bathroom, sat down, peed, and blew my nose. I completely forgot to catch urine in a cup! OOOPS! I had to come out and tell the nurse what I had done. The whole point of going to the bathroom is to do the urine test! I have done this countless times, yet totally forgot this time. Oh well. No one seemed to to worried about it. I even forgot to try again on the way out.

The doctor did give me some antibiotic to use. He asked me to wait a day or two to see if it would solve itself. By the time I got to the next thing, I decided that I couldn't wait & filled the prescription. Good thing I did. I did not sleep much at all on Tuesday night because of the pain. I didn't feel sick and I could breathe-but it just hurt & tylenol wore off after 5 hours, so I had to wait 3 hours before the next dose according to the directions. I would have been taking more had I not been pregnant....

But! I am healthy now and am thankful for my health!