Baby Update

My oh my how time flies.  I can hardly believe I am now in the THIRD trimester of this pregnancy.  Time has certainly gone by extremely fast.  Our baby boy is growing fantastically and so far everything seems fine.  I did fail my 1 hour gestational diabetes test, but I passed my 3 hour test with flying colors.  A huge thank you goes out to my mom who happened to be visiting that week and was willing to hang-out with my boys while I got my blood drawn 4 TIMES during those 3 hours!!!! The last time the boys insisted on coming in and watching, so with Nana's help they got to watch me get stabbed.  I think it was good because then a few weeks later Tucker got his booster shots for kindergarten and we talked about how Mommy was brave and he could be too.  Which by the way, Tucker did a fantastic job being brave and didn't even cry after he was stabbed.  He did much better than I did at that age.  Way to go Tucker!

Here are some pictures of me and baby during the 6th month of pregnancy.  I will take some 7 month pictures shortly, hopefully.   29 weeks down 11 to go!

 

It's A...

BOY!!!

I am completely thrilled to have another boy to love and cherish.  Aaron is a little sad he isn't getting his daddy's girl, but I guess there is always next time.  Three for three with boys...count me in! 

Cutest Baseball Game

I've made no progress on being able to upload the videos of Tucker playing baseball, but here are some pictures to tide you over until I can figure it out.

The sweet supportive brother. 

 

Tucker received a jersey and a hat today.  His jersey is HUGE, but hey it has his name on it.  

 

Tucker's 1st Baseball Practice

My oldest has officially started playing baseball! I know, I'm old or rather he makes me old. I was really nervous all week leading up to his first practice.  Tucker is either amazing meeting new people or he has a melt down and hides and won't become comfortable.  I wasn't sure which he would be.  I think this pregnancy was also playing havoc with my emotions that week.  I felt so nervous and anxious you would have thought I was the 5 year old about to play baseball for the first time. It was ridiculous. 

Tucker did amazing at practice.  He warmed right up to people and followed what his coach instructed him to do.  I was and am really proud of him.  On the way to practice I told him that we would watch and cheer him on.  He replied with, "Not too loud mom or my coach will hear you." So apparently we are suppose to cheer quietly. Tucker enjoyed practice so much that he was the only boy at the end of practice to loudly say, "let's do it again." Mind you, it was getting dark and there were no lights over the field. Apparently that didn't matter to Tucker. :) It was a nice surprise that Aaron had enough free time to come out and help out at the practice.  It turned out that most Dads went out onto the field with their sons for the practice. I'm sure the coach appreciated all of that wonderful help.

 His "ready" stance. 

 He caught the ball!!!

 When I went to take this picture through the fence, Tucker said "Mom I don't have time for pictures." His comment is even more funny because I didn't try to get his attention, but when he saw me he stopped trying to hit the ball and instructed me.

I think he kind of looks like he is golfing in this picture.  Maybe when he is older we will get him into that too. Isn't he just adorable?!

Thanksgiving Spread

This past Thanksgiving was my second year hosting Thanksgiving.  I realize it was forever ago, but I didn't get to blog about it then because our camera battery died and we didn't get a replacement for it until recently.  We stayed home again this year, but had some AMAZING friends over.  They have since moved and we miss them dearly.  I feel like everything on Thanksgiving turned out beautifully.  My turkey was nice and browned, but juicy and moist.  I'm really proud of my pumpkin pie.  I made it completely from scratch! Our friends Jessica and Eric brought cupcakes and stuffed mushrooms...yum! All this food talk is making me hungry.

Ethan's 3rd Birthday

Lately I keep looking at my boys and wondering, "when did you get so big?"  They really are growing up way to fast for my liking, but I can't hold them back because that would serve my selfish needs and not there needs.  Before I know it they will be grown married men, at least I'll still have the love of my life...that would be my husband.

Any who, enough blubbering from me, here are some pictures of Ethan's 3rd birthday.  We took the boys to the Transportation Museum to celebrate the occasion.  What boy doesn't love cars, trucks, and trains right?  They had a blast and Aaron and I left tired.

 Mini train ride!!!

 

 Ethan even got to see Santa on his birthday! What a lucky dude!

 A Curious George birthday cake to fit the boy that is very curious. Don't judge the cake too harshly.  I ran out of icing bags and had to improvise with zip-lock sandwich bags.  I had icing popping out of the bags and oozing down my arm, but I finished his cake.

Halloween....BOO!

 I took this picture at the end of trick-or-treating.  Perfect look for a Halloween night!

 Enjoying the first of their candy from the Ward trunck-or-treat. 

Tucker is the HULK!!!! Ethan is Buzz Light Year!  Ethan is adorable when we pretends to be Buzz because he does a funny voice and pretends to shoot the laser from his arm. 

 They couldn't wait to go trick-or-treating.

Tucker got sick of the mask and just wore it on top of his head, but then through out the night he got sick of it on his head.  Aaron ended up wearing the mask on top of his head.

 Tucker was faster, so he always got to knock on the door.  Ethan was OBSESSED with the door bells!!!! He would often ring them after Tucker already knocked.  Those poor people probably thought we were desperate for candy. :) 

The result of Tucker's hard work! The kids got glow in the dark vampire teeth and a finger with a long nail and we had fun with them. 

 Ethan enjoying icing on a cookie.

Ethan's hard work.

My oldest is....5!

Tucker's  5th Birthday

 ARRrrgg! There be treasure a foot and here be our Capm. 

We did a pirate theme for our fun loving 5 year old.We were at Aaron's parents house in South Carolina for Tucker's birthday and thoroughly enjoyed our trip.  I would like to send a special thank you to Grandma(Debbie) and Aunt Rachel for all of the fabulous pictures!

  

 Here be the first mate ready to fight for him treasure!

 A beautiful picture taken by Grandma depicting the treasure map, sword, semi-homemade pirate captain hat, treasure map and the LOOT! 

 

 Sorry for the angle of the picture.  The pictures are from a CD loving Grandma sent us and I can't figure out how to edit them unless its on my computer.  Oh well. :) Just tip your head to the left. :)

 I love the look on Tucker's face!!! Totally worth the time I put into researching, shopping, and creating his special cake.  A special cake for my favorite Tucker in the whole world!

 Cake, Ice Cream.....

...and Laughter!

 His real birthday loot! Thanks to everyone who thought of my awesome Tucker on his birthday.

 Enjoying his pirate loot!

I had a lot of fun authenticating his pirate birthday party.  Our South Carolina family were awesome about contributing and going along with this kid fun party.  I tea stained all of the clues and the map.  I also made up the clues and had them rhyme.  Tucker enjoyed it so much he wanted to do the treasure hunt over and over!!! Once was enough for all the adults, including me, so I made a modified hunt for the rest of the week.  We still do these hunts today.... 2 months after his birthday. :)