Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Growing Babies


Our babies are growing so fast! The littlest monkey is the size of a navel orange, according to the baby book, and Benjamin Bear is starting to push up on his hands and knees and keeps wanting to pull himself up on things. Augh! He also has some teeth coming in! I can see tooth shapes through his gums but nothing is poking out just yet. I'm sure it won't be long and he'll be crawling around chewing on the furniture.

Last week's doctor appointment went well. It was just a quick check up but we got to hear the baby's heart beat! Strong and healthy. :) We have two check ups in May, one regular and one to find out whether baby is a boy or girl! So excited! And then we'll know how much we need to save. More if it's a girl, less if it's a boy. haha!

We got to spend this past week in Caldwell! Poor Benjamin definitely got his daddy's allergies (can those be inherited?) and he loves to watch animals! He shrieks and laughs when the dogs come near or lick his feet. He did not get that from me! I was terrified of animals at his age. We also got some super cute pictures of him in the bluebonnets with his cowboy hat on (thank you, Dana!).

This is a cute video from the other day. Chris was providing Benjamin with some after dinner entertainment! Chris would juggle for a minute and then stop and start again. Every time he stops you can see Benjamin opening and closing his hand, his way of saying he wants more!




Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Happy Easter!

Hope everyone had a great Easter! Ours was pretty good. We went to New Braunfels and got to see everyone but Carl. That's ok, though, because he was in Pittsburgh proposing to his girlfriend, Lauren!! So excited for them! What's really cool is our family was good friends with Lauren's family while we all lived in Japan. And now we're reuniting! What's really funny is Lauren has 4 sisters...Carl is marrying into a family full of girls! hahaha! He never saw that one coming.

We are 14 weeks along in the pregnancy now. Yay for being in the 2nd trimester! There is still a little nausea but most of it has subsided. Now the exhaustion is kicking in. I'm paying today because I didn't take a break or nap yesterday. Still feeling little flutters every once and awhile, which is neat. I have a doctor appt. tomorrow so I will update again if there is any big news. It should just be a regular check up without an ultrasound or anything. I'm excited because in another month or two we should be able to find out whether the baby is a boy or girl! I'm convinced it's a girl. :)

The weather has been so nice lately that Benjamin and I have been able to take lots of walks. He loves to be outside and feel the breeze blowing through his hair. There is a fountain in front of the main office in our apartment complex that he gets excited about every time we see it, so we usually stop and watch it for awhile. I've also started taking him to look at the pool because there are a couple waterfall/fountain things there and I want him to get excited about swimming this summer! We bought some little swim trunks for him this past weekend. They have Hawaiian flowers and Elmo's face on them. Hopefully they fit him for most of the summer! Next step is to buy swimmer diapers. Don't want to be the cause of the pool being closed!

Here are some pictures from the past week or so...



He's started eating Cheerios and LOVES them!


The Moses Family


Watching Daddy out the back window of the car. :)

Have a blessed Divine Mercy weekend!