Wednesday, September 16, 2015

August: Rodeo, Zoo, ER oh my!

I guess August went by faster than I thought.  I am into my third trimester of pregnancy.  The second trimester went well.  I had a lot of pressure the first half of it and my energy was up and down.  We found out at the end of August that we are having another boy!   I was half and half on girl or boy.  A girl would have been nice to do all the girly things with and play dress up.  Andrew having a brother to play with, wrestle with, play catch, trade baseball cards with and other brother things is going to be awesome to watch!  They will be best friends!





Baby brother at 25 weeks old!


At the beginning of the month, Dodge City had it's annual Dodge City days week long festivities.  We went to a couple of things like the charity peddle race, classic car show, Kids Fest, and to end the week Andrew and I's first rodeo!  The Kids Fest was a lot of fun but it was very hot!  We played a couple of games, got a snow cone and got a whole bunch of free stuff.

Andrew and I at the peddle race.







First rodeo.  Lots of longhorn cattle.







Andrew also had swimming lessons for a couple of days.  He did really good at kicking and picking up objects off the ground in the pool.  Didn't really like jumping into the pool.  He doesn't like getting his face wet.  The instructor told me that was very common at his age.




We also went to Freddy's to eat and went to the zoo a couple of times.  Andrew loves watching the elephants.  Too bad our zoo is getting rid of them.  They don't know when but it will probably be before fall/winter hits.  Andrew is going to be very sad but hopefully the other animals will make up for it.




Watching the giraffe

Another one of our favorite things to do it get a Frosty at Wendy's.  Mom has a serious ice cream craving during this pregnancy.  Good thing for Andrew lol. He loves his ice cream like mommy!

Playing outside.


Loves eating corn on the cob.

Daddy's birthday was in August and this is what Andrew got him.  Daddy's favorite candy bar!


Andrew drew daddy a lovely picture.

He said he was talking to daddy.  That phone is a play phone.  Very cute!

Playing in his sand box.  One of his favorite things to do!

Me at 24 weeks (I think)

Swimming in his pool since the local pool was closed for the year.

We had our first trip to the ER.  Andrew was running from the kitchen to the family room and tripped over his own two feet.  Smacked his chin right into the coffee table.  Busted his chin open and we decided he needed to go.  It was 8:30 pm at night when we went and had to drive to Dodge.  Andrew was very good but didn't want to sit still.  I thought he was going to need stitches but they used glue.  It has healed over and we are putting Maderma on it so it doesn't scar.  He was such a big boy at the hospital.  Mommy was worried but proud of him!

Such a big boy!

Andrew officially turned 2.5 years old on August 22, 2015.

He loves to color, play outside, anything that has to do with water, play with his animals, tractors or cars.  Also loves to read and calls it story time! Loves to eat anything except grilled chicken (like daddy) and will try anything that mommy makes.  Even though he is rough and wants to wrestle all the time, he does have a loving, caring sweet side to him that I adore!  Stop growing little man!!!!  He is going to be a great big brother and I can't wait to watch him be one! Love you Andrew Joseph!!!



Sunday, July 19, 2015

Family and Fourth of July

Well, we've been in the house for almost 4 months now.  We pretty much have all the rooms put together except the spare bedroom across from Andrew's room (which is now going to be the nursery), and the spare bedroom downstairs and the office.  My parents came here for the fourth of July weekend and helped with things around the house.

As most of you know, Matt and I have decided that I will be a stay at home mom.  My last day of work was June 30th.  It was bittersweet because I liked what I was doing but I am excited about staying home with Andrew and the new baby when it comes in December.  For now, I will just prepare the house for the new baby, spend time with Andrew by going to the library, the local pool, the parks and there are a couple of moms in the area that stay home too.  So we will have play dates with them and their kids.

Andrew's last day at daycare


He loves playing in the water

The group of kids at his daycare

Pregnancy has been going good.  In the second trimester and wearing maternity clothes.  I have actually been wearing them for a while now.  Doctors were right, you do show earlier and you do feel the baby earlier.  We had a baby appointment last week and they did a sonogram to check out everything.  The sonogram lady was trying to get the baby to move their leg to look and see.  The baby wouldn't move SO we have to wait another 6-8 weeks before my next sonogram.  I will be 20 weeks this Tuesday so halfway there! Overall the pregnancy has been going pretty well.

Fourth of July
My parents came up fourth of July week to spend a couple of days with us.  We got a new play set for Andrew, so my dad helped with that most of the time they were here.  My mom helped me clear out the new baby room, set up the crib and start making a garage sale pile.

All the pieces of the play set out in the garage.

My dad showed me how to cut Andrew's hair short.

Before

After


One day I took my parents to Garden City and we went to the Zoo.




For the fourth of July, we went over to Mark and Kathy's house (neighbors and Mark is Matt's boss) We grilled out, my mom made her yummy potato salad and I made some desserts.  We watched the Royals game till it was time to go outside and shoot off some daytime stuff.  Then around 9:30, we started shooting off the good stuff.  One of the nice things about living in a small town, is watching six other firework displays while shooting off yours.  The next day my parents headed home and we relaxed.  Matt had Monday off and we enjoyed having some family time.






Enjoy some pictures of little man!

Mowing with daddy

Taking a bubble bath, one of his favorite things to do.

Playing in a bounce house




Enjoy his doughnuts

16 weeks pregnant


Met up with the daycare group to see a fire truck

Sitting in a boom truck

 Met Grandma and Grandpa Harris at Dairy Queen


Playing at the park after Dairy Queen

Climbing like a big boy!





Helping mommy with the dishes.