Easter "eggies" hunt

On Saturday we went to an Easter Egg hunt at Nate's work. Spencer likes to call them "eggies". It wasn't much of a hunt. They had great big boxes of candy and they would just throw it all out on the lawn and the kids would run out and get as much as they could as fast as they could. Spencer was in the 1-3 age group. Nate went out with him and helped him get some candy for us.

Spencer was pretty mad he could just eat the candy as he picked it up.

He couldn't understand why we wanted

him to put it in his basket and try to get more.

This candy wasn't just little suckers and bubble gum either.

Well they did have little things but lots of it was full size and king size candy

bars, bags of skittles, etc. This was good stuff. 

We Spencer got a lot of candy!!

(We are finally starting to see the pay offs for having kids.

Tomorrow we are teaching him to mow the lawn ;)

He was so sweet to share his king size candy

 bars with this 6 month old stranger.

What a good sharer!

Say cheese...I mean tootsie roll.

(not sure why the picture quality looks so poor??)

Dear Savers...I love you!

So last night for FHE our little family headed over to Savers after going to my 16 week check up (info on that to follow). I made a steal on maternity cloths!! I have looked at the DI (and I also love you DI, just not for maternity cloths) and there was nothing!! Well nothing from the last two decades at least. Then I went to Savers and it was a jack pot! I got 8 shirts, 4 pairs of pants and one skirt! Guess how much all of that would have cost me new had I purchased them from the stores they originally came from? Well I don't really know for sure, but I am guessing I would have spent some where between $300 - $400. But I got it all for around $60. And they are really cute things too! I am comfortable again and can breath when I sit down :) It feel so good to be cheap frugal! Okay, I just had to tell someone about that.

My 16 week check up went good. It went fast. We heard the heart beat (a musical sound :) they measured me, weighed me, asked me few questions and that was that. I wondered if the visit was even really necessary. But there ya have it.

So at 16 weeks I am feeling much better for the most part. I still feel really sick if I don't eat every 1-2 hours but now eating actually helps me feel "normal" again instead of just helping me not to throw up. The past week or 2 I have been feeling sick at night right before I go to bed even though I just ate...but then I just go to bed and I am okay. My back is starting to hurt more and I get some weird pains from time to time. And why, may I ask, do my hips feel so raw and sore at night? I usually always sleep on my side...why do they hurt more than usual now? Anyone know? Well, I am happy to be pregnant, even with all it's discomforts.

I have given some thought to waiting until the baby is born to find out the gender. I honestly feel very neutral on the gender so it would be kind of fun. I would love a boy so that I could have two little boys close in age to be buddies (I actually am pretty sure it is a boy...I just have a feeling. I could be totally wrong). But a girl would be great too. Hair bows, dresses, etc...I would love it. BUT in the end I think we will find out at the 20 week ultra sound because I think we will need the 20+ weeks for Nate and I to agree on a name! We have such a hard time agreeing on names. I think Spencer is the only name, boy or girl, that both of use really loved and agreed on. I don't know how we will pick a name for baby # 2.

Well, this post turned out to be longer than I thought it would be. Thanks for letting me ramble on and thank you all for your kind comments and congratulations. Getting a comment is very happy-making for me!

Have a great Spring Day. Don't you just love April?! I sure do!!

{Pretend this post has some really great pictures added to it...

Thanks.}

September 2011

14 Weeks

Nate thinks I am really gross for posting a picture

of the stick I peed on... sorry if that offends anyone :/

My very talente sister has an etsy shop where she sells some awesome hand made crocheted and knitted items. You should go check it out!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/fivelittlemonkeys05

A few pictures

I follow a photography blog that gives tips once a week on how to

improve your photography and other ideas dealing with photography.

Last week she said you should take pictures that tell a story.

So, I gave it a try.

Here is a story that has been happening a lot at our house lately.

Enjoy

I am glad that I can laugh about this now...

And we did get one smile out of all those pictures,

but it has terrible exposure :(



Happy Half Birthday

Spencer is 1 1/2 today!!! Holy Cow!

He is pretty much the smartest 18 month old in the world...

(or close to it I think :)

He can:

 Count to three

Do puzzles like a pro

Knows most animal sounds and body parts 

Get into anything

Figure out how to turn anything on or off

Figure out how to open or break anything

Climb onto everything

and a bunch of other really smart things that I can think of right now.

He has started to attach to things now.

 When he goes to sleep he has to have his cup of water,

 his little blanky and his dog, Scout.

(Well super, while looking up a link for Scout,

 I found out there is a recall. Just what you like to hear)

He is getting his 13th tooth.

He is waking up around 6:30 every morning

That = grumpy :(

(Spenc and mommy)

He does takes great naps

(she typed as her said child started waking up from a short nap)

He loves nursery!!!

Funny side note. I have been waiting and waiting for the day he was 18 months so that he could go to nursery. I mean I have been counting down since he was like 3 months old. Now that he is able to go I am all worried that he will miss me and need me. I feel all worried to leave him. But the good news is, he did just fine last Sunday.
Didn't even miss me...that is a good thing, right?

He is so busy and full of energy.

 Sitting still is a rare happening with him.

 He loves to be moving and doing.

 If I lay on the floor I know I better be ready to be jumped on. 

He is testing limits like never before.

 He looks at me with a sneaky grin when

 he is going something he knows he shouldn't.

 Good think I am a darn patient woman. 

Or something like that.

I am going to have to add pictures later
 because he really is waking up from a short nap.

I was hoping that since we got up at 6:20
 this morning he would take a longer nap.

Oh well.

Happy Half Birthday little guy.

We sure love you!

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss. What an inspirational guy...

• Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.
• Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
• Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.
• You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.
• Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
• Just tell yourself, Duckie, you're really quite lucky!

• I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells.
• You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself, any direction you choose.
• Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.
• You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you will be the guy who'll decide where you'll go. Oh the places you'll go.

http://quotations.about.com/od/bookquotes/a/seuss1.htm