Being a boy

"Who takes the child by the hand takes the mother by the heart"

-German Proverb

Cleaning ears

Here's Austin's way of cleaning his ears with q-tips! I asked him to get a couple q-tips so that I could clean out his ears and he brought them to me like this!

Playing Play Doh

All of these pictures were too cute not to post! It amazes me that he has the attention span at two and a half years old to sit at the table and play with Play Doh for 45 minutes to an hour! He had a blast making shapes and worms, evident by all of his goofy faces!

A little fun...

Some of you might have seen it and some of you may not. If you look under our picture on the right you'll see a little poll that I'm conducting! Make your choice and vote! If you just want to see the results make sure boy or girl is not checked and then select the Vote tab. (That makes me feel like I'm at work...instructing people on where to go on a website to do certain things!) I know we have a few more weeks until we find out what the sex of the baby is, but I wanted to have a little fun to see what people are thinking. After you've voted, leave a comment for this post letting us know which one you picked! I don't know who has voted so far, but after you vote you'll find out which sex is in the lead...

Ear update!

Daddy took Austin to see Dr "R" yesterday for his 1 year post op appointment. Finally after the third attempt at this appointment they got to see Dr R. He told the guys that Austin's right tube is still in place but the tube in his left ear is about to fall out! Austin has to go back in 3 months to determine if just the left tube or maybe both have fallen out by then!

Everything is going good down here lately. We've had a little bit of a break from the 100 degree weather this week! It's only been in the 90's most of the week! Today was a little chilly when we left for work and "pool" (translation: school), it was only 67 degrees outside! Sounds nice to some people, but it's usually around 80 degrees when we leave the house around 7:15 in the morning!

This week marks week 15 of 40 in my pregnancy! Only 5 more weeks until I have my second ultrasound and we can find out the sex of the baby! 2 out of the 4 pregnant women at work are having girls, maybe I'll join the trend, or maybe I'll go against the trend! We shall see, 5 more weeks to wait!

As I write this update, Austin is sitting on the floor next to me singing "Happy Birthday to me..." and playing with his weed whacker. He has become quite the singer since going to school (daycare) full time! He is constantly singing a song whether it's his ABC's, the Bumble Bee song, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, BINGO, Row Row Row your Boat, or his choice tonight, Happy Birthday to Me! He is quite the character! Here's some cute pictures of him really concentrating on playing Thomas on his Leap Pad!

Hope Uncle Duane is feeling better, we're thinking about him!

One year ago...

Today is Austin's one year anniversary for his tubes! He's going to the doctor later this afternoon to find out if they are still in his ears or if they have fallen out. I don't beleive that they have fallen out yet. He's had some drainage from his right year the last couple of months indicating that the tubes are still doing their job!

Good (grouchy) Morning Austin!

Watching his morning cartoons! He gets so mad when I have to turn Little Einstein's off in the morning!

Those of you who know Austin really well know what he's asking for in this picture! "More juice please" with his little demanding voice!

The Bird-day Party

Sorry it's taken me a while to put pictures on here. For some reason I couldn't upload photos!

Here's Austin after playing pin the number on the car at his friends birthday party!


Here's Daddy playing pin the number on the car!

Swinging for the fence...I mean swinging at the pinata! It's pretty bad when your kid is 2 1/2 and your teaching him to keep his eye on what he's hitting! I'm sure he will one day be a baseball player!


Riding with his friend in his new car! Austin thought he was a pro at driving a power wheel since he has his tractor. He wanted to drive rather than ride!

Saturday morning

Saturday morning I decided to do some laundry and cleaning upstairs. As you can see, Austin found plenty of things to play with while I was accomplishing this!

Not only did he decide to get out all of his toys, he wanted to get out his tent too! I was putting some of his clothes away and he saw all of his stuffed animals. Not only did he want to get them out, he proceeded to dump all of them on the floor. Dumping all of his toys on the floor seemed to be a trend yesterday, noticeable by the picture above! In this picture he's playing cars with the Monkey! After playing cars with the monkey he piled animals in his tent an then dove into the tent! I don't know where he came up with that one but he thought it was pretty funny!

Smiling for the camera while he's playing in his tent. I tried to get him to take a nap by putting his pillow and blanket in there by he didn't want any part of going to sleep. He thought it was pretty funny to lay down in there and even invited Mommy to join him, "Lay down with Austin Mommy!" It was a little tight with both of us laying in there!

Peek! Austin posing for a picture with the Monkey again! He's so silly! After this I made him get ready to go to a birthday party. He'd been talking about the birthday party for a week, he was so excited. I'll post some pictures from the party at a later date! All of the kids got to play pin the number on the car (it was a Cars themed party), including the Daddy's! They were pretty silly! Anyways, we will talk to everyone soon! Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Something to make you smile

Not the greatest picture because I cut his head off, but what can you do when he's right there in your face all the time!

Doesn't he make you smile! I love him...

How tall am I?

He wasn't standing up as tall as he can, but you get the idea...

Just add an inch!

Anybody need their weed's trimmed?

What a great smile! He has a little bit of a cookie mouth! Isn't he funny! The bottom part lights up and spins when he pushes the button on the handle!

Austin's brother or sister...

Side profile. Head on the right, an arm in the middle and the belly on the left.

The best image. Front profile. Face is on the right, arm, belly and foot on the left!

Side profile again. Head on the right, arm, belly and foot on the left.

Oh the life of being ten weeks old! Front profile. Face with eyes, nose & mouth on the top right, belly on the bottom, and yes, that is an arm covering the face!

So my due date is officially set for February 20th, 2007. Could end up being on may people's birthday's or other events! We shall see! Only 10 more weeks until my next ultrasound, then we'll know what the sex is! I'll have to take a poll of what everyone thinks it's going to be! Oh, and my doctor is the greatest! He has perscribed me some medication to curb the morning sickness! So far it's working! You better beleive I went directly to the pharmacy to get it filled after leaving the doctor's office yesterday! And heartburn, I feel sorry for the people who get that all the time when they're not pregnant. It sucks! Hope everyone has a great Friday and a great weekend!

Climber!

I can't remember what this climb was for...I think maybe for a marker? He thinks he can just climb on the computer chair to get on the desk! Oh, the joys of a two year old...

"Fwimming in our baby soups!"

Translation of the title of this post:

"Swimming in our bathing suits"

What's your favorite?

The cute Austin...

The ugly Austin...

Future biker guy?

I took a few pictures this weekend so look for more pictures this week! Can't put them all on one post, then you wouldn't have something to look forward to!

Update

So, you're all wondering where the new pictures are! Frankly, I haven't felt the greatest lately and picture taking is not on the list of things to accomplish! I did manage to get a couple pictures of Austin eating his popsicle last night!

Not the greatest pictures but what can you do when you get out the camera and your kid says "cheese" and stops smiling by the time you actually take the picture!

I went to my new doctor on Monday and my due date has been pushed up to February 20th, 2007. He thinks I'm only 8-9 weeks along. We'll know more in a couple of weeks when he does my ultrasound! Other than the horrible "day" sickness, I've been doing all right! Hopefully that will die down pretty soon!

There's a new link on the side of the page. Riley now has her own blog! I can't believe how big she's gotten since we've seen her! She's so cute!

Anyways, I'll try and take some more pictures of Austin this week/weekend. What kind of pictures do you want to see? The cute ones or the ones of him jumping on the couch, throwing a fit because he's mad, you know, the normal 2 year old stuff! Well, I better get around for work! Hope you enjoy the update!

It's official

Well...Austin is going to be a big brother. I went to the doctor today and they confirmed what the three positive pregnancy tests said! We're not exactly sure of the due date yet, but as of right now it's estimated at January 27, 2007. My guess is that it will be in February sometime, but I'm not sure when. That will put our children almost exactly 3 years apart! It should be interesting. Hopefully I will be referred to the doctor I've heard a lot of good things about. He does an ultrasound at 10 and 20 weeks so hopefully... I'll let post more information once I know more!!!!!!

Bowling fun

Alright Austin!!!!

More pool fun

For those of you worried about Austin not having anyone to play with...he wasn't lonley swimming by himself this day...the neighbor girl came over and swam with him!!!!

This is one of my favorite pictures! Cheesing it up like the ham he is! He was saying "Cheese Mommy"

This has nothing to do with swimming but I've been telling people about the wild sunflower's in our backyard. Here's a picture of them, not the greatest, but you get the idea. Oh, and the rental company is supposed to be getting some bids on our grass this week. I'm not going to hold my breath...

My John Deere Lover!