37 Weeks....

Well here we are with less that three weeks from my due date... and if you ask me I dont think he is going to be staying in that long any way! My DR is coming back from vacation tomorrow evening and then I am basically ready whenever! If he follows the same pattern Tristen did he could be born as soon as late this week or weekend... I would be ok with that! The house is pretty much ready... it gets cleaned up and then it also easily gets to be a mess real quickly! We have had a wonderful winter leading up to this past weekend, we got a snowstorm that dropped 11 inches so I guess it was inevitable!

This is my last picture that was taken right before Tristen was born and then my current 37 week picture... Its hard to compare....

Christmas!

This year was so much fun, I think I enjoyed watching Tristen go through and get excited about Santa this year then any other year I can remember....We had a very busy December, we took Tristen to the zoo for a Winter Zoobilee when there was still snow on the ground and he got to ride the Polar Express... he loved it but then got so cold at the end and then it was no fun! Grandpa Marty came up for a visit to spend some time with us and then Grandpa and Ree Ree came up for Christmas.... we baked cookies, watched some Christmas videos and went to the Childrens Museum.... The New Year was spent with two other couples and their kids as a tradition we have done this for the past few years, the kids run around and play then Tristen goes to sleep and the adults get to play!

Lastly... I have been horrible at taking belly pics and updating the progress of the other little guy thats about to come into our family... I will be 33 weeks this weekend and its a little crazy to think I am getting so close.... the weather here has been so warm that I really cant believe its January! So I am still not technically due till Feb 26th but based on Tristens early arrival there is a chance that baby brother could be here by mid February... thats not too long from now.... So I am getting things organized and pulling all the baby stuff back out!

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This is just over 32 weeks....

Back tracking a few months!

October was filled with great fall weather, so..... trips to the zoo before it closed, the pumpkin patch, Tristens birthday and Halloween! Grandpa came up to finish a bedroom down in the basement and now Tristen and baby brother have a nice play room in the back of the basement! Here are a few slideshows to condense it all a bit...

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We had a very simple party for Tristen on his birthday, he had his two best buds from daycare come over for some pizza and cupcakes, Grandpa and Ree Ree came and our neighbors stopped by. He enjoyed it and we decided that next year it will be somewhere other than our house!

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Tristen at his 3 yr checkup...


This was our first stop on Halloween, the football stadium had all the departments handing out candy, Tristen really enjoyed it.


Part of the playroom, still work in progress and easily messed up as you can see!


His "other" costume... he was Thomas one day and then an elephant the next...


Just a random picture, Tristen got into the band-aids and came to me and said in a pathetic voice... I have a boo-boo... so he needed Scooby... HA!

Tristen is going to have a BABY BROTHER!

Well I had my ultrasound earlier this week and it confirmed what Hayden had said from day 1... BOY! I am not gonna lie and say that I wasnt a tiny bit sad that it wasnt a girl, it would have been cool to have one of each, but I pretty much had a feeling it was going to be a boy. I have always thought that I would be the one to have all boys and I am really excited for Tristen to have a little brother to play around with and a few years down the road I can only imagine the destruction they might get into!:) As my Dad said, well just another lil guy for Tristen to go out and pee in the grass with since he randomly does that! HA!

Overall we were really just focused on making sure that baby was healthy and all looked good no matter what the gender and that was confirmed.... its amazing to see all the testing that they do these days esp on the heart, I was able to see all four chambers of the heart, the valves.... its just so neat! So now we are trying to get some name options... we had our girl name and couldnt figure out a boy name but now that its set the countdown begins! Here are a couple of images of Peanut....





He was face down and didnt really want to roll over for a better 3D picture but it was still neat to see some more of his face.... Will he look like Tristen?

Haydens Moment

I am always telling little stories of times that I have had with Tristen or times that myself and Hayden have spent with Tristen, but this one comes from Hayden when I had already gone to work one morning.....

Hayden was still in bed and he heard Tristen get out of bed, close his door behind him and go into the potty and do everything himself... then Tristen tip toed into our room and quietly climbed onto the bed and then on top of Hayden who was laying on his back and then lied down on his chest and said to Hayden "I love you very much" What a way to start the day.... That just made my heart just melt.... as I am sure it did Haydens.

17 weeks

Had an appoinment today, all is good Peanut Perez is beating at 143 bpm. I have gained about 7 lbs and seem to be a bit bigger than with Tristen at this time.... 3 weeks and we will know whether Tristen is going to be a Big Brother to a Baby Sister or Brother, if you ask him he says he is having a baby sister.... :)

Popcorn and Movie...

I put Tristen down to bed tonight and had my evening planned to pop some popcorn and watch the volleyball game. I came out into the kitchen and got the air popper out and once it stopped popping I noticed Tristen was all upset crying in his bed, so I went in and ask him what was wrong and he said to me with a very strong voice "Dont turn on the popcorn and dont watch a movie!" Poor thing was being left out!!! Just for a little background he loves to have popcorn and movie nights so I guess when he heard the popper going he was a little upset at me, so of course he came out of his room a few minutes later because he said he needed to pee pee and when we were in the bathroom he said "We have some popcorn and I watch a movie, then I go to bed" Ha Ha, he was trying to work his way into it so I told him if he was good tomorrow then maybe tomorrow night we will have popcorn and movie night..... he was content....