27

I have made it through my first week of being "27!" For my birthday Bobby (and Mason!) brought me home a cake and balloon, along with a cute new sioux hockey sweatshirt and taylor swift tickets! I am one spoiled girl! It was so nice celebrating my birthday with my favorite boys! Not a lot to write about - we have just been busy with work, hockey on weekends (mason & I didnt go tonight because apparently it is supposed to blizzard- although so far not one flake, go figure!!), and not much time for much else!

Our first week of POTTY training has gone remarkably well! Mason has started thinking that it is funny to try to "aim" at things other than in his potty (for example, "aiming" into the air, or on his mom). It probably didnt help that I laughed hysterically the first time he did it!

He has been talking more and more lately - saying more and more actual sentences (not just 2 word phrases)... tonight it has been a lot of "sioux ya ya!" while watching some past Sioux games one of Bobby's friends put on DVDs for us! Also a lot of "Mommy, no, my [insert name of toy here]"

Love how he is developing his own personality more and more each day! Will be interesting to see how different he and baby B might be!

randoms

made these two layouts last night - not really happy with #1 but not every page needs to be my favorite I guess!


yesterday was our 2nd baby appointment - after waiting over an hour past our appt time (!!!) our actual appointment took only 5 minutes! Everything checked out just fine - Baby B's heart rate was 146. So crazy to think that in just 29 days we find out if we have a baby GIRL or a baby BOY heading our way in August!

Went for a quick trip to Target after our appt - even on a quick trip I still can't leave without spending at least $100. I got so excited when I walked in - they completely rearranged to put all the "convienience" things towards the front (diapers, wipes, toilet paper, laundry stuff, etc.). Loved it so much that I signed up for a target credit card! Yikes, thinking that might be a regret one day! But so far am loving the 5% off each visit and another 1% going to a school of my choice. And did you know you can print coupons for Target right from their website? who knew!?! This too will I will probably one day regret discovering! :)

Nothing planned for this weekend. Excited to just lay around. AND I am thinking we are going to really go crazy with potty training this weekend. Bought Mason some sponge-bob "big boy" underwear at Target (he wears them over his pull-ups) - but I dont want to force it on him either! Sad that my little boy is growing up so fast!

So so so relieved tomorrow is Friday - it has been a tiring week!

scrapping

Needed a few hours tonight to spend scrapbooking - it's only Monday and feels like it should be Wednesday! So while Bobby & Mason played hockey in the kitchen this is what I did! Love watching those two play - we picked up Mason a "real" hockey stick at REA this weekend - best $10 we have ever spent, I think -- it has kept him entertained for HOURS already!

"MOMMY, BALL NO, HOCKEY!!!"

I really cant even remember back to the begining of February to really say what we have been busy with this month... but it surely has been BUSY! Can't believe we already to in for my 4-month checkup next week! Seems like just last week we were @ our first appt! Been doing much better now that the 2nd trimester has started- Im still sick every now and then but not several times every day like I was earlier! Things are looking up!

We have both been pretty busy at work - Bobby is gone to Fargo tonight-tomorrow for training.

Valentine's day Bobby & I went to the Bronze Boot to eat (it's where we met!!!); he wrote me a beautiful poem! Not only did we get to see a lot of our old co-workers but also fan into some of my cousins, and two of our very good friends M&D!

Last weekend we went down to St. Cloud for the Sioux hockey game - we got to see my grandparents who live down there too. We had been planning on spending the night and then going to watch the Daytona 500 @ our friends' the next day, but since they were predicting such a terrible storm we ended up leaving St. Cloud at 11:30 that night and Bobby drove all night - we got home at 4:30AM Sunday morning!

Tuesday night we went to watch the ND State Basketball Tournaments at the Betty. I had never been to see a game @ the Betty before... When we got there, Mason was NOT impressed that we were not there for a hockey game. He was yelling "MOMMY, BALL NO, HOCKEY!!!" Once he got his box of popcorn and the game started though he calmed down and now wants to watch "Ball" on TV whenever we flip through channels. (and ps: he ate the ENTIRE box of popcorn himself!)

Off to watch re-runs of Friends and then to bed!

12 weeks

On Friday, we hit the *12 week* marker with baby b! Had our first dr. appointment on Thursday, everything checked out OK! Got to hear the heartbeat for the first time - 158 bpm - not sure if that means boy or girl?!?! We will find out March 31st!. I am sure ready for this first trimester sickness all the time to be over. Hope it is very soon!!!

We have been homebodies this weekend - Mason hasnt been feeling the greatest (and neither have I for that matter...) I did make a new strap for my camera yesterday; Im so happy with how it turned out. Today after church we might try to venture to Grand Forks to pick up some needed things at Target (and maybe some not-so-needed things too) and groceries. No plans for Superbowl tonight. Not really that excited about it - maybe for the commercials, but it seems like the past few years none of them have really been that funny. Or at least not funny enough for me to remember. I do like the new red bull commercial though - makes me laugh every time!

I am in love with this picture of Maosn and Bobby - melts my heart! I just love watching the two of them play together. Well, it is 8AM - I think I hear Mason singing away in bed!

Mason's bday party

Here are a few pics from Mason's birthday party that we had last Sunday. Bobby & I gave him a "dance along" Mickey - Mickey "moon walks" and moves his hands up and down. It was so fun to watch him dance along! I have a video to post too but will have to do it another day...

Tomorrow is our FIRST baby appointment! I am super excited, and a little nervous. Not really sure why I am nervous - we have been through this all before! Hopefully after tomorrow I can be done with being convinced we are having twins... I remember the first time we heard Mason's heart beat - how I teared up at the realization that there was a little person growing inside of me. Can't wait to experience that again tomorrow afternoon!!!

before/after

This week we got our new kitchen countertops installed! We are LOVING them and wish we wolud've done it back when we first bought our house! It makes me feel like I have a brand new kitchen - maybe I will even get the urge to start baking actual meals again rather than whatever I can whip up in 15 minutes! Here's a little look before/after (not sure why the "after" photo is so big). Thanks mom and dad for the Christmas gift to help us pay for them!

Today Mason had his 2-year checkup. He continues to be our "big boy!" 85% for weight, 68% for height! We were going to run some errands and get his 2 year pictures taken after his appointment, but after being at the clinic for over 2 hours, we BOTH were ready to go home!

Time to give Mason his bath and then hope to get caught up on laundry tonight - I'm starting to not feel sick all day long so trying to do all I can while I'm feeling better...