28 weeks 4 days pregnant belly

Here are my most recent belly shots. I am 28 weeks and 4 days pregnant.

4th of July Weekend

4th of July weekend was hot and miserable, BUT our neighbors/friends let us use their pool all weekend so it made the hot miserable weather more tolerable. Being pregnant in the summer is not fun. We spent the weekend in the pool, grilling out, and watching fireworks on the river. Cohen was a little scared of the fireworks, but after about 5 minutes he got used to them. Oh...and we got him a new pair of Toy Story shoes and a new Woody doll. Toy Story is his favorite thing in the world right now.

Rag Quilts and Burp Cloths

One of my best friends back home (Indiana) is having a little girl a month before me so I have been sewing up a storm for both our girls. I made Katie's little girl a rag quilt and some burp cloths. I'm in the process of making a few pillowcase dresses which I'll post pictures of later.

We have raccoons

According to Parker Wildlife we have a "den" of raccoons in our attic. When i asked how many I was told at least 5. The company has been out here for two weeks trying to trap all of them.

Flashcards

 I have been doing flashcards with Cohen on Monday's for months now and it's so exciting to watch his progress. He knows 30 flashcards. He can't say all 30 but he knows what they are if you ask him. His favorites are boat, apple, call, and girl.

Cohen loves our shoes

Cohen has an obsession with shoes, which i'm sure you've seen in some of the other videos on my blog. 

First Taste of Cake Batter

I made vanilla cupcakes with lemon icing for Stu. I let Cohen lick the beaters....he loved the cake batter and it was fun watching him eat it and his eyes light up.

Destin Trip with Gramps and Mimi

This was such a fun trip! Hopefully we get to do a similar trip next year. We went in a day earlier then expected so the extra day was really nice. Our condo was fantastic and more than I expected. You never know what you are going to get sometimes based off of pictures you saw on a website and i was very surprised at how nice our condo was. The weather was great...the beach was great...the pool was amazing, and the company was great. The best thing about the beach was they allowed tents so we bought a great big tent and put that up on the beach everyday to sit under.

Don and Teri went grocery shopping before we arrived so we ate most of our meals at the condo, which kept it cheap.

The view from our balcony

Cohen made a friend at the pool....they took turns throwing a ball

Riding his motorcycle

Our family

Gramps and Mimi

We ate crabs at Pmpano Joe's and cohen was a GROUCH!

Ketchup kept him happy for a little bit

Gramps was Cohen's best friend the entire trip

Gramps, Mimi and Cohen

All 4 of us....I'm about 25 weeks pregnant with Cohen's little sister

Mimi and Cohen playing in the ocean

Isn't the water pretty

Cohen was a wild man at the beach....he wore everyone including himself out. He took a nap at the beach every day 

Playing with Daddy in the sand

Someone else dug the hole, when they left we claimed it =)

We had such a great time with Gramps and Mimi. 

Cohen first real hair cut

I had been telling Stu I was going to cut Cohen's hair for about a month and he always responded with a "you better not"...sooooo...i waited for him to leave for work on day and I put Cohen in his highchair, got stu's clippers and buzzed his head. I wanted to make sure he got a hair cut before we went to the beach where it would collect sand. It looked pretty good, but it made me sad because he looked like such a big boy. It's so sad how fast they grow up.

Baby #2 - 23 weeks 5 days pregnant

Here are some photos of my pregnant belly. I am 23 weeks and 5 days pregnant.

Memorial Day Weekend 2011 - With Nana

Nana came to visit for Memorial Day weekend. I hadn't seen my mom since Christmas so I was beside myself with excitement to pick her up from the airport. There's nothing better than your mom!!  We did all kinds of fun things with Nana while she was visited. Of course we went to City Park...my obsession. I had never been to story land in City Park so i decided to wait for Nana's arrival so we could take cohen together for the first time. Storyland has all the characters from the nursery rhymes i remember as kid such as Little Bo Peep, The Old Lady Who Lived in a Shoe, Hickory Dickory Dock, etc. Cohen was more obsessed with the wandering ducks than any of the cool stuff in the park.

We also fed bread to the ducks....not all of the ducks were nice. 

We went to the Zoo!  We ate suckers and rock candy and got sticky!

Nana came with gifts so we played dress up and ran around the house. 

We played on the deck in the pool and in the house.