Spring is Here!

It officially feels like Spring this week. Today we have highs in the 70's! The boys and I took this opportunity to head up to Fox Run park. There was still snow on the ground and the roads were pretty muddy but it was still a fun day. After sometime on the playground he walked around the ponds, which were still iced over. The boys had fun looking at the different signs telling about the different tress and animals along the trail. They also had fun looking for crocodiles in the frozen water. Now that nap time is over the boys are back outside. Loving this weather!

Old Friends

One of Justin's old friends form high school, Jenny, has been in Denver finishing up her Fellowship at Denver Children's Hospital. Her parents, the Dillows, also family friends, came into town with her kids for a couple weeks, so this weekend Nana and Bapa come down and we all got together. The boys had a blast with Jenny's daughters and we all had fun catching up, Justin and I hadn't seen the Dillows since our wedding. Carter and Addi really hit it off and played together the majority of the time. Here are the four of them enjoying a picnic snack together. Of course the boys had a great time seeing Nana and Bapa and Max as well. The weather being so gorgeous just made the weekend that much better.

Snow Day!

On Tuesday night we got a nice Spring snow storm. In about three and a half hours we had 8 1/2 inches of snow on our back deck. This equaled to a snow day for all of us on Wednesday! The boys had a great time helping Justin shovel out in the morning and in the afternoon we all went out and built a snowman. Like most Spring storms in Colorado by Wednesday night most of the snow on the roads was already melted away and today our snowman is about to fall over from sitting in the sun all day. We are suppose to get a little more snow this weekend and then it will be back into the 60's on Monday. Spring in Colorado - nothing else like it.

Work Ethic

Tyler has always had a sense to finish what he completes from an early age. He still also gets upset if he doesn't do things the right way the first time. He is slowly learning that it is ok to make mistakes and we just need to keep practicing. When it snowed last week, the wind pushed the fence in our back yard over. About 24 feet of fence was gone in a couple seconds. Justin has been working hard getting out the old posts (with some help from our friends) so we could put up the fence again. Yesterday we were cementing the new posts in and then Tyler helped Justin fill in the rest of the holes with dirt. At one point Justin told Tyler that was enough for the day. Tyler's answer was "but the holes aren't filled yet." Justin then asked him "you aren't going to stop now til its done are you?" Tyler's answer "nope.". So they both stayed out there until both holes were completely filled. Hopefully this work ethic will continue on to his school work in a few years.

Pregnancy Updates

So In the last post I forgot to add all the other parts of the pregnancy that I want to keep documented. So here it goes. I started feeling movement about 3 weeks ago, but it was very sporadic. They are much stronger now and Justin even got to feel a few kicks last Saturday night. I will never get over how wonderful that feeling is! Also at the ultrasound the baby's heart rate was a healthy 160 beats per minute. Size wise I think so far I am the same size I was at this point with Carter, maybe a little smaller. I am sure its going to catch up with me soon however. It will be interesting to see what my weight is now that my morning sickness is pretty much gone - thank goodness!

Ultrasound!!!!!

This morning we headed off for my big ultrasound. The baby was very cooperative and there is no denying that we will be having another boy!!! He looks very healthy, which is what we were most concerned about. He is also measuring a week ahead now. Beside measuring ahead he is also just big. At 18 and a half weeks most babies weigh between 5 and 6 ounces. He is weighing it at 11 ounces right now - which is the average size of a 21 week old baby. So it looks like another big boy is on his way. The only concern was that my placenta is a little low. Most likely it will move up on his own, but I will be having another ultrasound near the beginning of the third trimester or so to make sure it has moved up. I will also most likely have yet another ultrasound towards the end to see how big this guy is. I will be seeing my doctor in about a week and a half where I will find out more, and to see if they will change my due date now or not. The boys are excited to have a brother (although Tyler's first reaction was "but I wanted a sister") and Justin and I are glad that we know whats coming to us!

Home Depot

On Saturday we were running around doing errands and needed to go to Home Depot -always a favorite place for the boys. When we got there we saw it was customer appreciation day as well! They had a fire truck there, free goodies, stickers, and popcorn. The boys also each got their own kid sized Home Depot apron and got to build a birdhouse. We decided we would let them paint them as well. Tyler picked out purple and Carter picked out green and they had a blast painting away. Tyler, being the more meticulous one, made sure every spot was covered. Carter, being more free spirited, has a more splotchy birdhouse. Both of them are very proud of their work. The boys also had fun helping daddy fix our fence that was blown over on Friday. They are both becoming such great helpers!