Lions and Tigers and Pumpkins...Oh My

So last night we ventured out to the pumpkin patch with Kaelen and our brown child (Eliana) for what was supposed to be a fun filled outing!!

Halloween is pretty much on of my favorite times of year and with Kaelen being much bigger this year I was really looking forward to the whole process of picking out a pumpkin, taking it home and getting all the gunk out, making a mess together and carving it with Daddy. Kyle had already helped Eliana with her pumpkin and Kaelen was super into it once it was done and the candle was lit so I was super pumped for our turn.

We get to the pumpkin patch after swooping by Grandma’s and stealing her to come with and Kaelen at first glance is excited. She’s not scared by the enormous inflatable slides or the LITTLE petting zoo, she’s her typical 1 ½ year old self eager to get down and explore. Which made me all sorts of happy! Things were going great, we were looking at pumpkins, Daddy found the biggest one, Auntie Holly showed up to help look, AND THEN the CHOO CHOO. If you have spent 10 minutes with Kaelen you know that she loves all things Broom Broom, she even has a pink toy Choo Choo at home that she adores…but this one was NO GOOD!!! It scared the itty bitty crap out of her and after the first time around I couldn’t let go of her. It circled the pumpkins and drove her to hysterics. Kyle and I didn’t so much understand it and had to laugh at our poor scared little baby.

Look at her body curl backwards towards me at the mere thought of me putting her down…so sad and cute!

Overall it wasn’t soo bad, Grandma found us a super cute pumpkin, Mommy got a cute white and green one for décor and we all got out of the house. Now for the fun part….carving! More to come!

Daddy get me, it's coming again!

All too familiar

Here we are at 11 weeks, for the second time, and everything is right on track.

(it varies in size depending on my blatter and my food intake, funny huh)

The icky morning sickness is starting to subside but, lucky me, I am still feeling pretty crappy half the time. I can’t wait to have the first trimester behind me and be past this stage. I am constantly tired and my moods swing so much I can’t keep up, thank heavens for Kaelen and being preoccupied! So far everything has been the same with #2…except the excitement. Now I know that sounds bad but hear me out…

I never understood it when I would see other couples going through it, I thought it rather strange that they could be so blasé about having a baby even if it was their second or third and now I totally get it. It’s not because I will love Kaelen more then the Nugget or she is more special, it’s just that every feeling I will or will not have this time I have already had with Kaelen. I know what to expect even if they say every pregnancy is different. I know the changes that are happening from week to week and what to expect with each month, now that’s not to say I’m not excited, I just see it coming now. I guess when they say, there’s nothing like the first time, it applies to everything…even pregnancy. I almost feel guilty, like I’m not being fair to #2 but I’m sure those are just my crazy pregnant emotions coming into play. I am almost too busy with Kaelen right now to remember half the time that I am even pregnant and for right now I am thankful of that! I can say this though… I am beyond excited for Kaelen to go through this process with me! I cannot wait for her to actually see my tummy grow, or see the Nugget kick and finally understand that there is a baby inside Mommy. She is beyond smart and into everything, she wants to know how and what everything does and I’m sure that my growing baby bump will be no different…at least I hope not! I hope she is as into the changes that are going to happen as much as I am cause there really isn’t anything like growing babies...even if you’ve done it all before!

P.s. She still says “No” when we ask her if she wants a brother or if she wants a sister and I guess we’ll just chalk that up to her not knowing what’s going on. But, Lord, help us if she really wants neither!

P.s.s. It really stinks that I was just about down to where I wanted to be, got the pre mom bod back and now it's going to be shot all over again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aquarium of the Pacific

So, I don't think anyone would disagree with me when I say, yesterday was one of my favorite days, thus far, as a parent!!! We ( Me, Marisa, Allison, Tiffany & Megan and our offspring) spent the day exploring all there was to see at the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific.

This is Jennifer, she is the cutest little greek girl I have ever laid eyes on!! She belongs to Allison's boyfriend and fits right in with our crowd!!! Plus, she adores 'the baby' and Kaelen just want to hug and kiss her right back!

Introducing Michael, Alli's BF. He's great and I'm glad we got to spend the day with him! What a big help with all the little ones running around!

In utter amazement of all the fish and the sharks and the sea lions and the jelly fish. Murdoch will blow your mind with what he knows!! Incredible!

Auntie Bash feeding (getting attacked by) the birdies. Kaelen had a death grip on my arm but couldn't get enough of them!

I swear, this day was perfect!

Kaelen was not afraid of anything. She stuck her hands right in...until they came to the surface of course, then she was crawling up the first Aunt she could find!

All of our kiddos checking out the Sea Puppies...which Murdoch was so quick to correct them on. It's a Sean Lion girls, duh!

Hers so so big!!!

Bash, look!

Checking out the sharks and the sting reys...

You do it first Mommy!

Totally loving it!

Kaelen's Tia and Eliana!

Then End! Yesterday was beyond awesome. I would have loved to be inside any one of our kids heads!!! They loved every minute of the Aquarium...and totally wore all of us out!

Growing Family!!

So, if you haven’t heard…we’re expecting!!!

Shocked?!?!?!? We were!

Obviously we know how it happens but didn’t really think it would happen sooooo soon! I guess we aren’t too far off schedule; we were planning on getting pregnant in January because I really wanted on October baby and I wanted Kaelen to be 2 ½ years older then her little sister or brother but apparently the Baby Jesus had other plans for us! We found out on 9-9-09 which must be lucky, right??? Well, either way we’re completely excited and can’t wait to go through this process again!

If my calculations are correct, I am 6 weeks, making my due date May 18^th….yeah, I know, another May baby! We have impeccable timing I tell you!

Of course, Daddy, keeps referring to the little nugget as a boy and wants to know right away what we’re having. I can’t say one way or the other what kind of baby I want other then healthy!!! It was so much easier to hope for a boy or girl the first time because it only affected Kyle and I and now all I can think about is Kaelen and how awesome it would be to have a sister for her to be super close with or a little brother for her to protect and teach to be a good man. Either way I am thrilled that Kaelen gets a sibling and Kyle and I get to have a new baby!!!

I am so looking forward to growing another baby!! I loved being pregnant with Kaelen and can’t wait to do it all over again! I can’t wait to feel the hiccups or be kicked, I can’t wait to hear the heart beat and find out what we’re having, I can’t wait till be belly starts to show and Kaelen starts to realize there’s a baby inside! I am hoping for an easy pregnancy, again, but of course it’s not so much in my hands…short of the crappy morning sickness I got the first time it was a cake walk! I was not so much excited when I looked forward to 12 weeks and read the following…If this is your first pregnancy, your belly will be starting to swell right around now (the paunching out happens earlier in subsequent pregnancies), this is crap!!! I was HUGE with Kaelen!!! Let’s just hope I am the exception to the rule!!!

We’ll keep you posted!

Labor Day 2009

What an awesome Labor Day weekend!!! The weather was just right on Saturday to take Little Miss out on the boat without frying her. We got an early start and made it to and from the sandbar in just enough time to miss the crazy croud and get home to relax a little and keep Patri as close to on schedule as possible. Sunday morning Mom took us out for Breakfast for my birthday! It's been a while since she's been out on the boat with us so it was a real treat. Though it was totally rough on the water it was a gorgeous morning so it was well worth it. Now...here's the stuff that melts my little heart. It's official!!! Kaelen Patri has her first boy crush. This is Nick, our friends son, he is most definitely the big brother type and adores Kaelen and boy oh boy does she loooove him. She has never taken to a boy like she does with Nicki and I know that she will forever adore him. He has so much fun with her and if he's anything like my cousin Raymond or Bobby he will always have a soft spot in my daughter little heart.
As much as it kills me, my Doodlebug is getting big and has a personality all her own!!!Monday we were supposed to go boating but we decided to make it an early day and get on the road...but not before Mommy got some quality play time in with Patri!!! I think Daddy was a little shocked to find out that this was all my doing :)

This is her best Kat Von D impression...Daddy, look at me....open this please

Cheers to another great weekend with my amazing little family! Kaelen blows my mind these days! She is so big, so talkative, so interested in everything. She is a pill, she throws tantrums, she says no and she throws things. She gives kisses and hugs your neck when she is tired or wants to hold you. She knows how to say Up or Down or Please and Done. Her laugh and her giggle are absolutely contagious. She has 4 molars and is finally fitting into her 12-18 months outfits. She's my little person and I couldn't be an luckier!!!