Telling the Fam

After my doctor confirmed the pregnancy in the middle of December,  we told my parents. They were very shocked but excited for a new grandchild. We told Justin's parents and siblings on Christmas Eve in Montrose - once again people were very surprised. On Christmas morning we told my brothers as well who are also excited for us. We have also told our close friends who have been praying for us and this baby and are hoping that we have a girl. We won't tell the boys or many more people until the 2nd trimester, but it has been fun surprising people and seeing their reactions!

Ultrasound

On Thursday I finally had my first ultrasound. It was actually great timing as I started spotting some the day before, so I was happy to see all was well. The little peanut was dancing all around, moving the arm and leg buds and wiggling around.  The heart rate was at 176 beats per minute and according to the ultrasound the due date would be 8/12/11 - Nolan's first birthday! I have my first ob appointment tomorrow and on Sunday I will already be 10 weeks! I am so happy that so far all is going well with this pregnancy. I get some morning sickness when I don't eat enough, but so far not as bad as it was with Nolan - thank goodness!

5 Months!

Nolan you are 5 months old and have grown so much this month! Not only can you roll tummy to back, but now you can roll back to tummy. You love that you can do this because now you can get yourself onto your tummy to fall asleep. You also sleep longer because of it, taking up to 2 hour naps and going 12 hours at night without a dream feed. We put you to bed between 7-7:30 and you are not up for the day until 7 am! You do wake up once for your pacifier, but it doesn't take you long to fall back to sleep. Hopefully that will soon pass as well since you can now also put your own pacifier in your mouth when you want to.
Besides rolling you also learned how to sit up all on your own! You love playing with this new perception on the world. You love to play with your taggy elephant, any rattle, books, and your sitting up music toy.  You found your toes as well so you love to grab at those. You love watching your brothers play and giggle whenever they come by and talk to you. You also love to jump up and down with mommy and daddy's help and pull on mommy's hair. Your favorite thing to do when you are tired is to hold onto some of my hair with one hand, while digging your face into my chest or shoulder.
You love to eat your oatmeal. You get that one or two times a day and get 4 bottles of 6 ounces of formula everyday. I am excited to start you on fruits and veggies in a few weeks.  It seems to me that you have filled out some since starting on your oatmeal. You now have rolls in your legs and are starting to get bigger checks like your big brothers had. You are such a happy, easy going baby. Only getting fussy when your tired or hungry. We are so blessed to have you and love you soooo much!

Some Updates

Some updates since we have been back from Montrose:

• On Wednesday we went up to Denver to see the Roses and the Kasks before the Kasks headed back to Korea. We had a great time hanging out and the boys behaves great. This had more to do with us letting them play their Leapsters than anything else. 
• We finally got a pretty big snowstorm in Colorado Springs, where Justin actually ended up working from home. The boys loved all the snow once again. I am not loving all the mud that the snow left in our yard and is now all over our house. Today the boys had a snow day from another snow storm last night. Its about time, we need the moisture. 
• The boys started back at school and were so excited to go back. I love that they love school and have NEVER said that the didn't want to go. Every night I get asked if they get to go to school tomorrow. I think I need to get a calendar for there room just to avoid the question. I am already dreading Spring Break. 
• Nolan has grown so much this month its unreal. However since he turns 5 months (that went by quick!) on Wednesday I will wait til then to do his update post.
• Since Tyler is reading Carter wants to as well. He reads the books Tyler has already mastered. He seems to get the concepts but gets confused on some of the letter sounds. However since he has heard Tyler read them to us, he usually gets the words right anyway.
• We have less than a month to decide if Tyler will go to our home school for Kindergarten next year or if we will choice him into another school. Both schools are good schools and he will do all day regardless. I am still not ready for this big step however.

Tyler Reads!!!!!

One of the Christmas presents we got Tyler this year was the first set of Bob Books. I highly recommend these books. I had Tyler start reading the first one right away and he started sounding out each letter and reading the book. Each book gets a little more difficult with more sight words and more sounds, but he has been progressing along beautifully. He is remembering the words from the previous books and getting better and better with each new book. I LOVE this. Hearing him read for the first time was just awesome! I am so proud of my little reader!

Christmas in Montrose

Sorry it has taken me so long to update this! On Wednesday night the Chicago Pedersons came into town. It was nice to hang out with them some before we all headed to Montrose on Thursday when Justin got off of work. We were worried that the mountain passes would be bad, but they weren't too bad and we still made decent time. We didn't even stop until he hit Gunnison where we met with the Gunnison Pedersons and Nana and Bapa. We had dinner there and then us, Nana, Aunt Dana, and Zac headed to Montrose while everyone else stayed back to ski on Friday.
The boys had a blast playing with their cousins. We went on nice long walks, watched movies, played games, and just hung out. On Christmas morning the boys were so excited to see what Santa brought. However they waited patiently for everyone to make it downstairs before tearing into their stockings.  The rest of Christmas day was just hanging out, lots of lego building for  Tyler, and puzzles for Carter, and a very yummy Christmas dinner.  All the grandchildren took family pictures with Nana and Bapa one day and we went back to Ouray's hot springs, which once again the boys loved. We ended up leaving on Tuesday afternoon because of a snow storm that was headed into town. Once again all the kids did great on the ride home and we made good time missing the storm. The Chicago Pedersons stayed one more night at our house before we said by to them the next morning. It was really great seeing everyone and letting all the cousins play together, just wish it could happen more often.