16 Weeks

Baby is starting to swim around in there! I love feeling her move and am looking forward to many more months of her squirming



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Buds

Jackson and his buddy Cole have been having lots of fun together lately. These guys are about 2.5 months apart and have lots of good times to look forward to!

Hopping down to Grandma and Grandpa's

We spent Easter weekend at my parents house. It was a whirlwind but lots of fun! Jimmy was too busy with work to make the trip so my brother and I drove the boys down together. 4 hours in the car with 2 toddlers...was surprisingly not that bad. They did pretty well and had a blast playing with the grandparents for a few days.

The weather has been looking up a little and Jackson loves to get outside and play. He likes to dig in the dirt and he could walk around the neighborhood and look at things for hours. Apparently everything outside is exciting to a 2 year old. Who knew the grass, birds, puddles, airplanes, cars, rocks, etc could be so exciting??

We are leaving for San Diego on Thursday for a mini vacation. We wanted to go somewhre with Jackson before baby girl gets here so we are going down to Coronado for a few days to relax in the sun and play on the beach. I can not wait to get there! Jackson has never been on a plane before so we are all so excited for our little adventure.

When we get back it's train party central for the birthday bash!

14 weeks

Whoa belly!

Sugar & Spice

...And everything nice...a little baby GIRL is on the way. I can't hardly belive that I am having a daughter. It is really sureal. Just the thought all of the little pink clothes out there is overwhelming. We have absolutly nothing pink so I had to run out to Target today and get a little dress or two to start our collection! OMG the little girl clothes are darling!

I'm 14 weeks today and this pregnancy is already going so much faster than the last one. I'll take a belly pic soon and post it so you can see the growing baby in all her glory.

We had a bit of sun, we could use some warmth but at least it wasn't raining, so Jackson took advantage of it with some time outside. He is such a sweet, funny boy. He is talking up a storm and in full on 2 year old tantrum phase. I just adore him, he always has me laughing. I can't believe he will be 2 next month. I am in full Choo Choo train party planning mode. Can't wait to celebrate my little stud muffin (no not you Jimmy).

Here we go again...PART 2

I know I've been a little off the grid the past couple of weeks but I've been working very hard, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and it has been EXHAUSTING!! The project I am working on is sucking the life out of me and even making me sick. Thankfully I'm happy to working so hard and the rewards I will eventually receive from the hard work I put in will be priceless.

That's right folks....I'M GROWING ANOTHER BABY!!!



We did a frozen embryo transfer with one of our 8 little snow babies at the end of January and we got really lucky. This strong little baby nuzzled right in and began growing like a weed. It's been a bit rougher this time around with the nausea and exhaustion. I'm sucking on lemon drops, drinking ginger tea, and wearing sea bands around the clock and I'm already dying for the 1st trimester to come to a close. I'm about 9 weeks right now so I still have a few to go before I can hope for some relief. Baby is due on Oct. 11th.



So there you have it. Other than the baby news we are all struggling with cabin fever and dying for spring so we can quit feeling like we're cooped up inside all the time. Jackson is growing away and a crazy, full of energy toddler who is keeps us both running.

I'll get some pics of the new bean up soon.

Chuga Chuga Chuga

Jackson is OBSESSED with trains. He knows all the Thomas train names and can't get enough of it. He is never without something Thomas in his hands. We are lucky enough to have a train museum about a mile from our house. Last weekend we took him down to walk around and the whole time he said "Wow...Wow". Looks like we have a train themed 2nd B Day party in our future.

We take them to Costco...


We play with them everywhere...


And we see the real thing...







Jimmy and I are just chugging along!