Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Countdown time

It's been awhile since I've posted and I thought it was time for an update. We had a really fun Easter, Alex got a ton of toys and candy from the Easter Bunny and really enjoyed stuffing himself all day with tons of candy! He's definitely been helping me out a lot around the house lately to get ready for baby tater-tot to make his debut. It's cute to see Alex try to sweep and pick up his toys and his "attempt" to do laundry.


Alex likes to "cuddle with baby" as he tries to say. He just lifts my shirt up and plops down

Alex started daycare about 2 weeks ago, he goes 2-3 days a week for half days and is having so much fun. It's fun to see the things he is learning and how much more he has to say about things. I really like that he has some thing to keep him busy in between play dates and activities! He's always wanting to be busy and doing something just like the day he was born so this has been a great experience for him. And to be honest for me, since I have a lot to do before this baby comes.

It's starting to feel a bit surreal to know that I have less than 8 weeks until I have another baby at home!! Luckily, Nicholas' room is all set up except for a few things that need to be hung and getting the last few essentials. John got so much done in one week it was almost scary!! I was starting to get worried and he knocked almost everything off my "baby list" in one weekend!!

We painted the baby's room which was a task all on it's own, and I will say that I have no desire to ever take wallpaper off the wall again, paint or anything involving major hard labor while I'm pregnant!!

The office set up downstairs and it's nice to say I have my own working space that I'm not sharing with other stuff. (aka John's shoes/clothes/stuff) It's like my own little place to go down and get work done, and on top of it all it's right by the playroom so Alex can keep busy if I'm on a deadline.

We have this thing about keeping or collecting empty boxes around here and since I order a lot of things online the boxes pile up VERY quickly. It was nice to get rid of a ROOM full of them and have the extra space!!

Also we bought an entire year of food storage, so we had to set all the shelves up in or "cold room" because John is so worried about it flooding. It's nice to feel prepared since before that we had nothing at all.

John set all the furniture and was actually excited to do it. Not that there was much that needed to be done other than assembling the crib and putting a few bolts in the glider but it felt so real to know there is gonna be a baby in there soon! I will say John and I had a horrible time getting the screws for the glider in, and John has made me promise that if we ever buy furniture again we will have them deliver and assemble it. So much for me trying to be right about us doing it ourselves!

Oh^^ I promise to post pictures of Nick's room here soon. I went in to take photos and the weather is horrible and almost no light outside to get some nice photos in there. That and it's still a bit messy. :)

All I really have left is to do the garage and get the cars detailed.. I know sounds lame right? Because I know the baby is going to come home and say "Oh mom, the garage looks wonderful" or "I'm so not getting in a dirty car mom". But there is SO much junk that is ready to go get donated from the garage and I want more room to store Alex's outside toys in the garage! His jeep was in the house for 3 weeks and I just couldn't take it anymore! That and my cars are filthy.

We went and did a 3D/4D ultrasound of Nicholas and were surprised to hear this little guy has a good amount of hair! I don't expect much but something is definitely better than nothing! Oh how I would love to have a newborn to photograph with a full head of hair. We did the 3D/4D ultrasound with Alex and much to our surprise the two look very similar. I'd be so excited to see a little mini me of Alex!






I really loved seeing him smile and his big lips... gosh I can't believe I'll be a mommy to KIDS let alone BOYS! I'm so excited!!

I feel like I'm really in countdown mode now. The next 8 weeks are really busy for us with photography workshops, disneyland trip, a wonderful friend of mine throwing me a shower (I was so surprised when I found out!!), John's birthday and mine! We're also planning to go camping and do two different trips to see the Heber Creeper, and Thomas the train! I'm actually really glad we have so much going right now because I want this time to fly! I just can't wait to meet this little guy!


I've been having some girl's nights lately and a few bunko games and John and Alex have had their "special time" together which I think Alex really loves. This is the court side at the Jazz vs. Suns game

I feel really crazy considering camping and disneyland, but I don't think we'll be making any trips until the baby is a few months old and we really want some special bonding time with Alex before the baby shows up. With me busy trying to get some work done and John who works all the time, I don't want Alex to feel even a little bit left out.

4 comments:

  1. such cute ultrasound pics! what a cute baby! can't wait to see his real pics. also, where did you order your year supply from?

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  2. I love those 3-D ultrasound pictures! We never had one with any of our babies and that makes me sad. I'm excited for you and your countdown--it definitely sounds like you are on top of things!

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  3. Those ultra sound pictures are amazing! You sure are going to be busy for the next 8 weeks! I couldn't do it! You're one tough cookie!
    Thank you so very much for the sweet little outfits you sent with Grnadma and Aunt Carolyn. I don't think having number four really felt real to me until I openend up the gift and imagined her in those cute little clothes. It was very thoughtful. Thank you:)

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  4. Sounds like you are one busy lady and you even got to blog. Where did you get your year supply from? We need to do something about food storage.

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