Since I was so mean yesterday...

I'll post this one first...

yep, we're having another boy! We are so very excited!! We both cried when we found out.
This next one is a 3D one, though it kind of freaks me out. The tech thought it was super cute that he had his hand on his chest like that. Like he's saying "Who me? Oh yes, I know I'm cute...but go on!"

This is one of the many profile pictures we got. He's not really doing anything in this one, but we have a few others that I'll post where he's being a bit more active.

This is his foot - look at his cute little toes!

He's yawning in this one. It was so amazing to see him yawn - he's a real person and he does real people things!

I call this one "The Thinker" - his hand is on his chin like he's thinking really hard about something.

So, that's Roy! I can't wait to meet him!!!!

Ultrasound results...

We had our ultrasound today even though by their calculations I am only 17 weeks 3 days. The ultrasound tech said that if they couldn't get all the measurements then we'd just have to have a second ultrasound a little later. Oh darn! Luckily Roy cooperated and we got all the measurements and stuff she wanted. The baby has 10 fingers and 10 toes. There is a beating heart, kidneys, and a bladder. There's a head with a VERY cute profile. The only thing she was slightly worried about was that the placenta is sitting very low. They might schedule another ultrasound to check on it later. And now, what you've all been waiting for....Roy is a... ... ...













yeah right! Did you think I'd post the answer without the ultrasound pictures? No way! I'll scan them in tomorrow and let you all know if Roy is a boy or girl. s/he was VERY cooperative!

no updates for a long time!

I just realized that I haven't really posted much about this pregnancy. I've been feeling ok for the past few weeks now that I'm in the 2nd trimester. I still get heartburn if I eat too much or if I eat chocolate or tomato sauce. I've been less tired, though, so that's a good thing. I haven't weighed myself lately but I'm sure I'm gaining weight. I have started to round out a little in the belly area - just enough so that people can tell I'm pregnant. I'm not sure if I have felt movement or not, sometimes I think it's the baby for sure but then I question it later. I'm sure that I'll be getting kicked in the bladder and punched in the ribs soon enough!

I've started being able to eat more food, not just bland things. I feel hungry more often and snack a LOT. I try to eat good snacks like bananas or peanut butter crackers but how am I supposed to resist chocolate covered raisins?!?!? ....oh I found out that eating rolaids or tums after a meal can actually make your heartburn worse! Apparently it neutralizes some of the acid in your stomach - which makes digestion take longer. Which means that all that food is sitting there in your stomach for a longer time. I've started chewing mint gum after meals - it makes me feel better.

The weirdest part of this pregnancy is that if I'm not eating or chewing gum then it feels like there is lint on my tongue. I don't know how else to describe it. It is so weird! I've tried brushing my teeth more often and using mouthwash but I guess it's just a weird pregnancy related thing. Hopefully it'll go away when this baby is born.

The baby has aquired a nickname...Roy. It's a long and not very interesting story of how that came about but that's what we call him/her. even if it's a girl we'll probably keep the nickname...yeah, we're odd. So?

another pregnant blogger!

I just found out that Vladimir's mom is 8 weeks pregnant with baby #2!!

This is cool because now all Oliver's "birthday buddies" will have siblings right around the same time!

Daddy and Boobah

Oliver playing, and my tax money treat...

Oliver has gotten really good at putting his stacking rings together. He's started picking them up in order instead of just grabbing whichever one is closest. Of course, putting them on the peg isn't the only use for them!


Here is a tower of blocks that Oliver built. He can usually stack 3 or 4 before he knocks them down. I'm trying to teach him the colors while we play with these. So far he says red and blue but I'm not sure he knows which is red and which is blue.

This is the treat that Bob and I got with our tax refund "fun money". We had the computer on an old (giant) table with a rickety old chair that tried to throw me out every time I sat in it. Now I have this pretty new desk, chair and printer/file cart! It looks so much better and fits better too. The office looks so much more open now!

poor little sick boy...

Oliver is sick. It started out with a fever which, I think, was from the two canine teeth that are coming in. He was feverish and clingy for two days, then he got a cough. A horrible phlegmy cough. He isn't sleeping well, he doesn't want to eat very much. He doesn't have a fever anymore but he's still clingy and so miserable. He kind of lost his voice yesterday so he's all squeaky today. All he wants to do is snuggle and snuggle and snuggle. That's normally ok by me, I love snuggling, but he just coughs and coughs and it makes me so sad! He's asleep now, hopefully he'll sleep for a few hours before he wakes up again. Poor little guy, it breaks my heart. :-(

and then it snowed!

Sometime yesterday evening while I was sitting at work bored out of my mind it started to snow. It was huge giant flakes! The snow lasted a good part of the night and it was so pretty! We ended up getting about an inch I think. It's warm today so it's all melting away but it was nice while it lasted. I'm a little disappointed that I didn't get any pictures of Oliver in it but he's getting more teeth and has a little fever. He's not quite his usual self and so I'm letting him take it easy today.

Oliver with tooooools

This was in the room above where Bob built the fort. I put the toolbelt on Oliver and Bob loaded it up. Doesn't he look handy?

more from the GCM...

Playing with trains. I had to put the track back together but Oliver didn't even care. He just liked that yellow truck...brrrrrooooom!

The ball pit...Oliver likes taking the balls out and throwing them then gathering them all back up into the pit. Luckily we were the only ones in this area at the time.

And the giant legos. This was Bob's favorite part. Bob made a big fort (see below) and Oliver helped by hammering the pieces together and putting screws in them. They were so cute! Unfortunatly some punk kid knocked the fort down before we left. Snotty little brat!

The Greensboro Children's Museum...

We decided to go ahead and get a membership to the Children's museum. We used Oliver's tax return fun money to do it so it didn't mess up our budget at all...hooray! Anyway, we went down there Tuesday and he played for about an hour and a half. He's so busy! There's so much to do there and so many things to play with. Here he is on a rocking horse...

playing with a giant ball...

getting pushed around the track in a car (by Daddy)...he's making that face because he was going brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrroooooooom!

and flying the airplane. He didn't like the plane very well.

modeling a new outfit.

How do you like it Gramma and Grampa?

my latest project

I've been planning on painting jungle scenes on Oliver's bedroom walls since we moved in. The walls are bright yellow with dark green trim. I actually started on it a few days ago with a butterfly a caterpillar and a couple of fern-like plants. Yesterday I finished the first (very small) tree. I think they turned out ok. The next step will be to put in the pond/lagoon with the crocodile in it. maybe some dragonflies and some cattails...I haven't decided. This is going to go on the wall beneath the bookshelves. There will eventually be an elephant and a couple of giraffes, probably a monkey, maybe a toucan or two. Of course there's no telling how long this is going to take. I barely have time to do anything. I worked on what I've done already for a little while every day before going to work. Mabye if I keep doing that it can be done before August. I hope so!

Oliver loves playing ball!

Action shot! Oliver loves getting out all the balls and throwing them around. He has a whole bucket of them (see in the background) that are all different sizes. His favorite are the tennis balls, though. They are small enough for him to carry two at a time, which he often does. He'll say "ball" and then throw it. His aim isn't that good yet so sometimes he hits us. Luckily he can't throw very hard so it doesn't hurt. Anyway, it's super cute!

other preggies...

Since I've been pregnant I have found out that several of the bloggers that I read regularly are also pregnant. Here they are:

Robyn 21 weeks, baby #2
Katherine and Claire's mommy, 6 weeks, baby #3 (K&C are twins)
Adventure's in Babywearing, 9 weeks (ish), baby #4

Also, Laura, who I know from Myspace is due March 6th (?) for baby #1. (although my guess is Feb 23 at 6:22pm) I'd link, but her profile is private so it wouldn't do any good.

So hurray for all of us and our little "buns"!!!

baby!

How big is your baby? Well compare it to food! This is kinda cute, there's a food for the baby's size every week. I have the link to 14 weeks which is what the dr said ours is.

We get to have our ultrasound (3D!!) on March 3rd. I'm so excited that I can hardly stand it!!!!!! Hopefully everything will be where it's supposed to be and growing properly. We will be finding out if it's a boy or girl if s/he isn't shy, too. (Not that it matters, but it'll be easier to pick out a name)

We got to hear the heartbeat again yesterday. Cute little heartbeat. It made both of us cry but Oliver just looked confused. Oh well, he'll get it eventually.

Today is our 41st monthaversary!

Happy Smoochaversary, Sweetie!

I love you!!!!

a few new words...

Oliver now says:

squirell
bear
please
peas (he actually says pea babies)


In other news, I think I ate a bug. I was eating my cereal and there was something bitter so I wiped it on my hand. I didn't see a bug but there was blood on my hand ...GROSSSSSSSS!

Why does Oliver always take his shoes off in the car? EVERY time we go out I end up putting his shoes back on him when we get where we're going. It's not like he has nothing else to do. He has tons of toys in the seat with him! WHYYYYYYYYYY!?

nappytime

awww, sweet sleepy face boy.

We took a nap together yesterday (for two hours!) and Bob took pictures.

Oliver wearing my socks...

I stepped in water in the kitchen so I got a fresh pair of sock to put on. As I took the old ones off Oliver grabbed them up and tried to put them on. I put them on him and he wore them around for quite a while. He's so darn cute!

Oliver, where's your belly?

preggy update...

This pregnancy has not been nearly as rough as Oliver was. I've been nauseous but not as badly, pretty managable actually. I've been able to eat bland foods like cereal and plain baked potatoes. Anything acidic gives me heartburn so bad though. Lately I've been feeling better and have more energy. I actually ate Sesame Chicken and vegetable fried rice yesterday and didn't immediately want to throw it all back up. Hopefully soon I'll be able to get back to normal eating. I can't wait! Oh yeah, popsicles help with the heartburn, especially in the evening. I loooooove popsicles!

potty update and some new words

Since that first victory Oliver has been very stubborn about NOT going on the potty. However, Saturday he POOPED on the potty! It was just a tiny little poop but he did it! Then today he peed in the potty again...a LOT of pee. I've been really trying to get him on the potty every 30-45 minutes but it's very hard. I need to buy a potty timer, that'd make things easier. I lose track of time so easily. Anyway, the point is that we are making progress!

Oliver now says "pretty" and "pants" and he signs "book", "phone" and i can't remember the other one. I was so impressed by book that it flew out of my brain. I'll post it later when I remember.