1 Year Check Up

Make sure you check out the post after this one. Sorry for the late posting!

It was a much quieter week and weekend for us this week. Grandpa came up on Tuesday so Ryan and him could work on more house stuff. I know I mentioned before we are looking into the option of moving and potentially building. Nothing really has changed with that. We are still trying to figure it all out. We want a house that is going to fit our needs for a LONG time and we also can't go broke doing it. So we are taking our time and really trying to figure it all out. It's still just a possibility and who knows, maybe now isn't our time and we will just finish space in our current house for the new baby. Hopefully we will get it all figured out soon so I can start a little preparing one way or another.

On Friday Jill and Kristi helped me out and brought Spencer to and from their play date with everyone in Eau Claire. It was a Grandma, mom and child play date and the Children's Museum. I heard that Kristi had someone to keep her company on the drive down as Spencer talked her ear off but for Jill he was so worn out that he just passed out. Thanks for your help!

While they were all at their play date I brought Easton in for his one year check up. I was anxious because I had to pick him up early from day care on Thursday for a fever.

Easton is officially our peanut. He was bigger then Spencer at birth but is taking his time growing. In the last 3 months he's only gained a pound (not from his lack of eating) and only grew an inch. He weighs 21 pounds 25% and is 30 inches long 50%. His head is also in the 50%.

We went over all the things he can do and should be working on. He's taking more and more steps and even walked from one part of his room to the other on Friday. He's a big eater! I seriously can't keep up sometimes. He's a great sleeper and he can go up and down stairs by himself, waves and he no longer gets a bottle or formula. His newest trick is blowing you a kiss, it is so cute. We started working on eating with a spoon this weekend. Overall he's our VERY happy little boy.

This must be Easton's favorite place to play at Grandma and Grandpa's...

He doesn't say much for words but even the doctor got to hear him babble. I have a feeling Spencer is going to do all the talking for Easton so we need to watch for that. She said it's very common. I told her how with Spencer I was so focused on all of the milestones and now I just know Easton will eventually figure it all out. I'm less worried about that kind of stuff this time around. Easton played with her, laughed a lot and even showed her that he's getting a new tooth. She thought he looked great... well all but 2 things!

His ears are infected again. I wasn't surprised and have since set up an appointment with ENT. I feel I waited too long to do tubes with Spencer so this time I will be more proactive. We have an appointment at the end of the month but for now we are back on antibiotics.

This weekend Spencer and daddy had some a lone time. This is much needed! Spencer has becoming quite the momma's boy or as he would say "your my mommy, mommy!" There are times he won't let Ryan do anything for him. He would rather sit in the tub after bath with no water and freeze before letting Ryan dry him off. It's cute that he loves me that much but it gets old as I'm trying to spend time with Easton or do other things. Ryan said they went to walk around a sporting goods store and played outside since the weather was so nice.

Easton had his one year pictures taken on Saturday. I can't wait to see how they turned out and hopefully I will be able to post some soon.

Sunday was family fun day. Spencer and I started out the morning going to the Y for swimming. It's become a fun Sunday morning routine. Gavin, Liam, Tate, and Samma who are all Spencer's friends are usually there swimming also. Afterwards Spencer and I go to the grocery store. This time also allows Ryan and Eason to spend some one on one time.

Today both boys decided not to take much of a nap (Spencer not at all) so we kept them busy by going to the park for sledding and playing on the toys.

The hills are hard for Spencer to walk up

After sledding it was time for some hot chocolate

We also made cookies and Spencer thought he should wear his protective eye wear... or his goggles

Baby Update!

There are 2 things that have made this baby more real to me this week.

1st: I was laying on the floor with the boys and realized I can feel my stomach is changing because I couldn't quite lay flat on my stomach. There isn't much of a bump I could just feel it more.
2nd: I'm now driving a minivan! I have officially become that mom who is going to have a van load of kids! I know people who drive them swear they are the best things ever but it might take me some time to get to that point. It has a lot of nice features but to me it's still a minivan. I'm already counting down the years until I can go back to an SUV.

Easton's Birthday Party!

Grandma and Grandpa came up after work on Monday to talk about some house stuff with us. We decided that after work isn't the best time to meet. I'm beyond tired and the boys are hungry and ready for bed. So needless to say we only got a few things accomplished but Spencer enjoyed having them here.

We had Easton's birthday party on Saturday so we spent the week getting ready. On Thursday both boys got their hair cut. Spencer is an old pro and LOVES to have his hair cut. He actually will ask often if I will take him. What I think he really likes are the suckers that he gets when he's all done. For Easton though it was his first time and he was a tired boy. Celeste did a great job with a moving target and he already looks so much older. I've always thought Easton's hair had a little bit of a curl to it and she agreed.

Spencer will often ask to get his hair cut (he knows there is a sucker at the end if he does well.)

By the time Easton was up he was crabby and tired.

Friday morning Grandpa John and Grandma Julie came over to get the boys. They took them shopping and entertained them while I worked on things around the house. Not only did Spencer get up at his normal time of 6:00 am but he also decided he wasn't going to nap that day... UGH! We had dinner with them that night and while Easton and I headed home Spencer and Ryan went to Uncle JB's hockey game.

Grandma told me we would be more help if we didn't come down early for the party. I think she thinks we can be kind of busy with the two boys. Wait till there is 3! Grandma and Grandpa allowed us to have Easton's party at their house. It was a all full house! With 11 kids 5 and under and about 35 people total. There was so much going on you couldn't take it all in but hopefully everyone had a great time. The birthday boy had fun watching me open his gifts and then digging into the cake. A party like that tired him right out and he was sound asleep by 7:15 pm. Thank you everyone who came to make his day so special and to my parents for hosting a great party as always! We are truly blessed.

Here are pictures from the party!

Grandpa and Spencer spending a little time together playing checkers before the party started.

Why use your hands...

This was the cut off. I think he enjoyed his cake!

SUPERBOWL SUNDAY! Well the Packers won the Super Bowl! That means Ryan should be happy until the start of next season and then it will begin again! We had a great time watching the game at my parent's house. We felt like we were in Cancun with everyone since they all had on their Cancun outfits from the playoff game for good luck. Spencer had a blast showing everyone his Lambeau Leap and playing with the fun Packer stuff that Laura and Gene brought.

Ryan hung this up as a welcoming statement. It's the quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was trying anything to help the Packers win. As the game got close at the end, he was buried in the snow.

It seemed everytime Ryan touched him the Steelers would do worse.

We wonder why Spencer LOVES Grandpa Dutch so much....

PACKERS WIN!

Baby Update!

Lets not forget about baby #3.  Every night before I go to bed I sit and wait to see if I can feel him or her moving inside. Feeling those movements are the best (up until about 30 weeks) and I know there will be a day when I will miss that feeling. I think I may have felt the baby move a few times but sometimes it's so hard to tell. Hopefully I will be feeling it more often.
I had my doctor appointment on Thursday. These appointments don't last long. I'm currently 16 weeks. I weighed in 4 pounds less then my starting weight. I'm not sure why but that seems to be a norm for me to lose weight in the begining. I feel like my belly is starting to grow. I have moved into that awful pregnancy phase where my regular clothes are getting a bit tight but maternity stuff is still too big. It's a good thing I only wear scrubs to work so I don't have to worry about it on a day to day basis.

It took the nurse a bit to find the heartbeat and the baby was all over the place. The heartbeat was 156. Dr. Weber came in and asked how things were going. I told him I've been having really bad headaches for about the past three weeks. He gave me a list of foods to avoid. We all know I'm a picky eater and over half the things I will eat are on that list. He felt my stomach and told me my uterus was up to my belly button and growing nicely. That was pretty much it for my appointment and I was in and out in 5 minutes.