Our Happy Independence Day!

We had such a great day yesterday. We went to Uncle Doug and Aunt Sue's house after naptime. They have a great pool, but lately, Jason has had this fear of water (except bathtime). When we were walking out to the pool, he kept saying, "No water! No water!" and holding on to dear life to me. However, our nephews, Alex and Christian were in the pool, and there are about 4 or 5 balls in and around the pool. So, within a half hour of "No water no water!", Jason and Daddy had their bathing suits on and Jason was splashing around with the boys! After dinner, we all headed over to the local lake and listened a fun little band called "The Party Dolls" and watched fireworks. I was afraid Jason wouldn't like them b/c he gets a little freaked at loud noises. However, he LOVED them! Here are some pics from the day :)

OK Dad, I'm not too sure about this:


But there are balls, so I'll even put my whole face in the water to get them!


I like this so much, I think I"ll spash Daddy!


Pinwheels and pretzels. What else is there to life?


He would take the pinwheel to all of us and let us blow on it to make it spin.


Ahh... bear, binky, pinwheel, and fireworks. NOW, my life is complete.


Oh yeah, and a glow necklace. This scene occurred about 10 minutes into the ride home. He was an exhausted little monkey!


Thanks for looking!

A post not about Jason!

I got my hair cut today... and I wanted to show you my ever growing belly :) Enjoy!

A "before" picture and belly shot:


Another "before" picture (this is how much I love you guys, that I would show you a picture of me w/ my hair down like this)


After:




And of course, after a drop of water hits it, it'll be curly again! But I'm really happy with it curly too, she cut a lot of length as well as thinned it out immensely. It's been a LONG time since I've been happy with a haircut :D

Corny stuff

I know I'm terrible at keeping this updated. However, I had to share a picture of my cutie. This week he discovered corn on the cob. :)


Yummy.

Love to all!

Earth Day 2008

The local community park hosted an Earth Day event today. The weather was unbelievable, and the park was packed! There were lots of displays about being "green" and fun other activities. There was even a little petting zoo! Here are some pictures from the day :)

Checking out the DARE! police car: (Hopefully the ONLY time he'll be checking out the backseat of a police car!)


Trying to hula hoop, w/o much success:


Blowing bubbles:


Petting the goats:


Trying to pull him away from the bubble machine was next to impossible!


Daddy and son:


And finally: these were taken in the car in about 10 seconds. This is how fast we change our moods in this house:




Thanks for looking! Go for Green!!
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Karen

It's A....

BABY!!!
Tee-hee! We held strong and didn't find out the sex. But it's a beautiful baby, with all 4 chambers of his/her heart, both arms, legs, and all the fingers and toes! That's all that matters to me :)
Here are some shots :)

Profile:


Hand:


Foot:


Thumbsucking :)


Thanks for looking :)

And I hope this blog appeases those that said I needed to update it *cough* Keiser *cough*

A Day of "Firsts"

That looks like a funny word, doesn't it? Well, today was a day of many of them. My first OB appt, my first ultrasound, and Jason's first haircut!! It was a very good day.

My OB appt went well, he said everything seemed normal, and that my due date would be 8/17, and they would do a r-c/s the week before. He also said they would tie my tubes if I wanted. But I'm not too sure about that. That seems all to final for me. So, anyway, that would have put me around 8/11 having a c/s. Then I go to the u/s later in the afternoon. She had a hard time finding the little bugger, but we could see the little heart beat flickering! She measured me 2 weeks earlier, which put my due date at 9/1. I'm not so thrilled with that answer! So, we'll see what happens in the coming weeks. I go back in 2 weeks and talk to the doc some more about genetic testing and the bloodwork I had done today. I'm so all about 8/11 rather than 9/1!!!

In between the doctor appt and my u/s, we took Jason to get his first hair cut! As much as I adore his curls, it was getting really ratty looking. So, we took him for his haircut. And he did relatively well, only cried a little.

So, without further ado: some pictures for your enjoyment.

This is just a fun pic of my boys and little fur-child


And this is a good example of what he looked like before the hair cut today:


Hey! Whattya doin' to my hair?


I am not really happy with this!!


Oh? There's a balloon? Ok, you may proceed with the cutting.


I do NOT like this hot air on my head!!


Ah. I feel so much better! And, I can see now!! There's no hair in my face!


And finally: the new baby B. I'm sorry to disappoint you, but there is not much to see. You can see the sac, and the some of the white cloudy part is the baby.

In the midst of sorrow there is JOY

This has been my favorite phrase the last couple weeks. And for those of you that don't know, this is the reason why:



By the dates, I'm due around August 26th. And to answer the most popular question, I don't know if we'll find out the sex ahead of time!! :)

Love to you all!