Uh Oh!

Well, it didn't take long, my first fender bender in our new tank. Not even two months old and I already hurt our car. While trying to pull into a parking spot at the hosptial before my nonstress test for the baby, I hit another parked car. Shane is being very supportive, but I'm pretty upset. I know it could have been worse, but my poor new car! Luckily the owner came to his car while I was there and he was extremely nice. It is his work car, so it didn't seem to bother him too much. Although the damage on my car looks worse than his, I managed to break his brake light, back bumper and side bumper so I'm sure it will be pricey to fix his car. Then with our car's damage on top of that, ughhh, looks like we will be claiming it on our insurance, sigh.

Besides this incident, we had a relatively good morning. Both boys slept until 6:30 and woke up in great moods. There was no whining or fighting this morning. And a big surprise...Ethan made me take off his diaper so he could sit on the little potty. He was just playing like he always does, but while he was doing this, Chase came into the bathroom and made peepee on the big potty and immediately Ethan made peepee in the little potty! I was so excited! Potty training may be coming soon!!!

At my doctor's appt, everything looked great. No more bleeding, still only 1 cm dilated and I am having fewer contractions now than I did the past several weeks. Doctor said I can come off bedrest, but I still have to take it easy and no strenous activities with the kids. I think I can handle Chase, but my little Ethan is a bit more difficult. Counting down the days until we meet our new little monkey!

Ice Cream Man

Last night after dinner, just as we were about to throw the boys in the tub, we heard the Ice Cream Man making his way down our street. Shane immediately grabbed some money out his wallet and said, "Who wants some ice cream"? A nana-second later, two half naked boys were immediately running after him.

Five minutes and five dollars later, all the men happily had some ice cream in their hands but somehow the pregnant lady got none! Oh well, I guess I was too busy snapping pictures because they were so excited. And it doesn’t sound like I missed much. Two minutes later, Shane walked in the house saying, “The biggest rip off in America”! The ice cream was so melted that after just a few licks, Chase’s entire popsicle fell in the grass…something he reminded us about first thing this morning! Waiting for the ice cream man: Picking out what he wants

Waving bye to the ice cream man

YEAH!!!

36 weeks and Counting....

Bike Videos

Big Boy Chase

Chase getting ready to go for a ride on his big boy bike...no training wheels! He's so excited! (I'm just realizing from this picture that I might have his helmet on backwards, oops!) He actually can go pretty far by himself, he just needs a little help getting started.

And Chase now officially makes poop on the big potty all by himself, he even did it at school today (you can imagine what his bottoms looked like when he got home since he doesn't quite know how to wipe yet, ha)!

So many accomplishments in one week, he's growing up so fast!
Today I made 34 weeks pregnant, only about a month to go! Here's what's happening with baby:
Your baby now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds (like your average cantaloupe) and is almost 18 inches long. Her fat layers — which will help regulate her body temperature once she's born — are filling her out, making her rounder. Her skin is also smoother than ever. Her central nervous system is maturing and her lungs are continuing to mature as well.

By this week, fatigue has probably set in again, though maybe not with the same coma-like intensity of your first trimester. Your tiredness is perfectly understandable, given the physical strain you're under and the restless nights of frequent pee breaks and tossing and turning, while trying to get comfortable. Now's the time to slow down and save up your energy for labor day (and beyond). If you've been sitting or lying down for a long time, don't jump up too quickly. Blood can pool in your feet and legs, causing a temporary drop in your blood pressure when you get up that can make you feel dizzy.

More Birthday Pics Plus....

Ethan really loved being sung to and blowing out the candle, so Chase & I ended up singing the Happy Birthday song quite a few times yesterday. It was a great day and both boys slept past 6:00am and were well behaved all day. I felt like I received a birthday present!

Breakfast candles in pancakes

Evening candle in cupcakes

It's not all wrestling and fighting, they DO love each other after all

Where's Ethan?

Happy 2nd Birthday, Ethan!

Ethan's 2nd Birthday Party

Today we celebrated Ethan's 2nd birthday with a small party at the park. It was the perfect day to have an outdoor party, the weather was beautiful. We kept it small (after all, how many friends does a two year old actually have) mainly because I knew I would be 33 weeks pregnant and not up for a big party. It turned out great and I can't believe our little man is two years old.

Happy Birthday Sweet Ethan

Back to Square One

Well, although we were able to get Ethan to fall asleep in his new toddler bed pretty easily, getting him to stay there all night and into the morning was a different story. After a very difficult week of everyone in this house losing sleep (Ethan would even wake up poor Chase), we decided that this would not be the best route for when a newborn is added to the family.

After another horrible night/morning with Ethan on Saturday, we realized that Ethan's crib could lower one more level. We tried that last night and Ethan is no longer able to climb out his crib. He slept all night back in his crib in the nursery.

So today we purchased another crib for Ethan's new room. The baby will take over the nursery and Ethan will have a new crib in a new room. His crib converts into a toddler bed and then into a full size bed once we're ready, so hopefully it was a good purchase. My plan is to NEVER take Ethan out of the crib again, ha!

Here's a pic of Ethan's new crib:
This is the crib converted into a toddler bed:

This is the crib converted into a full sized bed:

This is the 6 drawer dresser that matches his crib so the furniture will be able to grow with him. Fingers crossed this works for a while, we all desparetely need our sleep over here!

Pics to go with the post below

Ethan & Chase playing in Ethan's new bed in his new "big boy" room
Chase happily making poop on the little potty and Ethan taking notes

The boys playing in the rain yesterday afternoon after dinner. This picture was taken right before Ethan went down a little slide we have on the porch and brushburned his little tooshie

Ethan fell asleep during one his rides. Tell me, how can he sleep like this but refuses to take a nap in his bed?