Big Boy Room

We've decided to put the boys together so that we can keep our toy room until the toy room is no longer needed. So for a long time!
The furniture is all new from JC Penny's of all places! The Aiden Group on super sale made perfect sense and fit in the room like a glove! It fit all of our bed requirements which were dark wood, a bed that could be trundled, and it couldn't break the bank. It allowed us to get the night stands, which the boys love having a drawer all to themselves and underneath I put baskets to hold books.
I love John's bedding (Christopher Construction by Pottery Barn) and both boys LOVE construction, however, it's no longer made and PB can't find any quilts anywhere. So, I'm searching ebay. I've founds the sheets and the sham, but am still waiting on the quilt. So for now Colin is using a gray or blue blanket, which he doesn't mind at all.

I painted the pin board using colors from the quilt, and added trim to bulk it up a bit. Now they have pictures of their friends and family to look at all the time! Above their beds are their custom frames with their names and birth stats on them, with pictures from their first year. The Go Diego Go stickers on the wall are a much loved (by the boys) Christmas present from Aunt Christine. If they come down they won't go back up, but until then the boys love looking for animals before bed.

The pictures above the dresser we painted by Aunt Courtney and match the bedding perfectly!

We also added a lower closet rod so that they can reach their own shirts and have room to store all of their things! The hamper in the closet is holding all of their stuffed buddies that never really had a home before and now are much happier!

The boys are starting to go to bed quickly (usually) and have nights where they sleep all the way through. They don't wake each other up as much as I thought they would, and I can see it will get better! We are very happy with how the room turned out and once I find the navy Roman shades I'm looking for (and the quilt) the room will be complete!! Now on to the baby girl nursery!!!

20 Weeks

I can't even believe I've reached the half way point! I still have SO SO much to do!

How far along: 20 weeks or 5 months

How big is baby: A week ago she was 9 ounces, and 6 inches head to bum. The emails I get say the length of a banana, 7 inches and 11 ounces this week. She had measure a little small, which would be a nice break from her "huge" brothers!!

How big is momma?: At what doctor's considers my pre-pregnancy weight. So at zero. This is par for my pregnancies, John I didn't gain until 19 weeks and Colin it wasn't until 25 weeks.

Gender: Still a girl:) 7 ultrasounds with 3 different techs, I don't think we've missed anything!

Movement: Yes! ALL the time! I'm not sure she ever sleeps! Big movements like Colin, shy when others try to feel like John.

Sleep: The boys are now in the same room and are kinda sleeping through the night (knock on wood). I am still up a few times a night but it isn't too bad, plus I'm so tired I'm just passing out at night!

What I miss: Can I say drinking without sounding like a drunk? It's been a tough week, a Richard's marg sounds SO good right now... It will taste so good at my birthday dinner in June!

Cravings: Not sushi anymore:) I went and had some cooked and a few steamed pieces, Emerson did not like them at all. Still loving the steak tacos! Most days it's just anything that I don't have to make!

Symptoms: I guess the sleepiness, cravings, and general crabbiness are all pregnancy related.

Best Moments: We had a really good "big" ultrasound with our office last week, in fact they said she looked perfect! My blood clot had shrunk so much that I don't have to go in for an entire month, something I haven't done since my first trimester with John!!

Worst Moments: We had a fetal echo done because once you have a baby with a heart defect your chances of having another child with a defect goes up by double. Overall, she looks perfect (love that word) but (hate this one), she has a leaking tricusped valve. It doesn't look like she has any of the usually related defects, so the doctors aren't too worried. However they are having me come back in March just to be on the safe side. I am super grouchy right now and am really ready to be done with that!

16 Weeks

Pregnancy Highlights:

How far along: 16 weeks, or 4 months

How big is baby: About 4.5 inches and a little over 3 ounces

How big is momma? Down 2 pounds from first appointment, up 1 from what I consider my normal weight, in mostly maternity clothes or flowy tops. Big enough strangers comment in certain shirts.

Gender:

Emerson Anne is set to join our gaggle of boys this May, we can't wait for the arrival of our daughter! When we found out, I asked numerous times where the penis was until the tech calmly explained that girls don't have penises, Seth just giggled. We even checked a few days later and she was still a girl. We saw the 3 lines, and not just the absences of a penis, so we are 100% sure she is a she!

Movement: I have an anterior placenta(between the baby and my tummy), so nothing much yet, but I am REALLY looking forward to feeling her!

Sleep: I'm sleeping okay, I'm super tired at night, probably from the P17 shots, but I still wake up a lot, to turn over and to go the bathroom. I already have the pregnancy pillow out which helps some. Not as much as John sleeping through the night would;)

What I miss:Sushi!!! SO SO bad!! I'm trying to figure out if there is anything I can have because I just want some so bad!

Cravings: Steak and canned pairs, weird I know! I have been eating a ton of steak tacos from Chipolte, like way more than I should admit, but they are just so good!

Symptoms: I am still a little gaggy which is gross, but with J and C I was actually throwing up multiple times a week (or day) until 18 and 25 weeks. This is WAY easier comparatively. I have a horrible rash on my face that I can't do anything about, I had it after I had John a little, but not during. I guess when they say girls steal their mother's beauty I can nod in agreement.

Best Moments:Finding out the baby was a girl last week was huge, but really every time we see a healthy wiggly baby on the ultrasounds is monumental!

Please continue praying for my Subchorionic Hematoma to resolve itself and for our baby girl to be born at term, healthy!

Happy Birthday Coli Bolly!

On Thursday we took Colin to have a blood blister drained from under his finger nail. It sounds much worse than it actually was. While we were there we had his 2 year well child appointment. Here are Doo's official 2 year stats!

Height- 37.5 inches (abover 100%)

Weight- 30 pounds 12 ounces (75-80%)

Head- 29 inches (90-95%)

Practically perfect, which we knew!!



On Friday Colin turned 2!! We had a birthday breakfast at home and then celebrated on Sunday with our families.



It was a wonderful time especially if you were 2!! Hot dogs and pink cake!! And two presents (or more:)



Happy Birthday Doodle we love you so so much!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us!!

I had to go dark these past 2 months so that I didn't spill the beans :0) Well that and I've been too tired to do much of anything. Baby Haley #3 is due May 2011!!

As with each pregnancy I'm learning that each baby is so different, I've already had two new things happen. 1. I had low progesterone, which made me take supplements twice a day, causing the most severe tiredness I've ever experienced. And 2. After a very scary evening in the ER 10 days ago, it was discovered that I have a subchorionic hematoma, which is a blood clot in my uterus. Our hope is that it will be reabsorbed into my body and not detach, which would take my placenta with it, causing us to lose the baby. I KNOW this won't happen and in a few short months we will be bringing home our final member!! But having a few more people out there praying can't hurt.

So there you are what we've been working on these past few months, and really what we'll be working on these next few:)

Buff Family 2010

One of my favorite family traditions we have is to take a picture in our Buff's gear on the first game of the season. This year we missed the game, but had a good day of family fun in the mountains.

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A quick August post

With August being almost gone, I thought I'd share a few pictures:



The big news of the month, J started preschool!!

The first day all by himself:)

The OFFICIAL first day of school picture!

Driving the boat at Dillion

Everyone can do it!!

We finished the summer at the activity pools:) Nice hair J!