TAGGED

Tag...you're it!
I've been tagged...here's the rules:

1. I have to post these rules before I give you the facts.

2. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.

3. People who are tagged need to write a post on their own blog (about their eight things) and post these rules. (If you don’t have a blog, email me)

4. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.

5. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.


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Here are my 8:
1. I love to organize anything and everything (even when I am not pregnant- although I can say it does get worse...or is it better... when I am pregnant).

2. I love to run! It's getting a little bit hard right now.

3. I don't care for chocolate that much.

4. I thouroughly enjoy making and decorating cakes.

5. If I can't remember if I put deoderant on, I ask my husband to smell my armpits.

6. A big pet peeve of mine is when people are beside me when they are eating and I am not. Don't chew food in my ear, you sound like a cow!!

7. I grew up with organic food before "organic" was a title. We raised our own veggies, some fruit, and most of our meat.

8. My grandpa never called me Serena; he always called me Molly.

I am tagging: Luke, Colette, Priscilla, Aimee Jo (if you're not busy having a baby)...I am still trying to think of more people.

HIDING and BUILDING

Tyson absolutely loves two things right now. He loves hiding and he loves building towers. He can and will make a hiding spot out of anything...if he is in the HIDING mood. The most common thing he likes to do is hide under a blanket under the table or between the couch and the ottoman.
My parents bought him a caterpillar tunnel last year before we moved so that we could have something fun for him to do on the trip (it collapses). He loves it right now. He uses it a little differently this year than last though. He has to have part of it on the ottoman so that he can climb up and down into it.


He does a very good job building towers. He loves to make them as tall as he can. But, the best part of the whole building experience, for him, is the knocking or falling down of the tower. He just giggles so hard when the tower comes down and then wants to build more and more and more!

YEAH!!!

It's a GIRL!! My dream turned out to be correct. We had our ultrasound yesterday (I am 17.5 weeks). The baby is healthy and growing well...and moving a lot! And the most exciting thing was that it is a girl. We definitely would still have been happy with a boy, but I wanted some more pink in my life!
We don't have any names picked out yet. But, I will let you know as soon as possible!

Excitement

So, wow it has been a long time since I have blogged! Sometimes, by the end of the day (the time I usually have to myself), I am so tired that my brain can no longer think of what to blog. But, here I go...
We have a lot of excitement coming up in the next few weeks. I have only 3 weeks left of nannying (YEAH!!!) unless they find someone sooner to replace me. Right after that we are leaving to go up to Portland for about 1 1/2 weeks. When we get back my parents will be here for about 1 1/2 weeks. So all in all...very exciting!
Also, right before we head up, we get to find out what we are having (if the baby cooperates). This child moves so much, we will have to pray hard that we are able to see that area clearly. I started feeling the baby last week (at 13 weeks). It is amazing to be able to feel the soft little movements...that I know will soon turn into painful ones (or at least annoying at moments). And yes we have an active one in our hands...well at least until it runs out of room.
I still just have the bloated look going on. I feel like at any moment I could pop out. I do pop out more at night...but by the morning it goes right back in. I guess that is what happens with the second one. The stomach muscles are just more used to relaxing and letting it all hang out.
Looking forward to seeing everyone up in Ptown.

THE NEW BABE

So, we had our first ultrasound this week on Wednesday. I am nearly 12 weeks now. The baby (hopefully a girl) was so cute and just bouncing around in my tummy. The baby moved so much. Tyson never moved much when we had a ultrasound with him so it was very exciting to see! Very exciting especially because I can't feel it yet of course. It just makes everything feel more real.

It is so amazing to me that some people won't call it a baby when almost everything is formed now, babies just need a little more incubation time to become perfect little beings. I can tell you it was definitely a baby!

We took Tyson with us to the ultrasound. The first few minutes he was very naughty! He just wanted to lay beside me on the bed, but their obviously wasn't enough room for the both of us. Finally he settled down and started watching the baby move. Then he started laughing so hard.

We do have pictures of the baby. I put them on our fridge to make sure nothing happens to them. Tyson woke up this morning and went over to the fridge and said, "Baby. Oh, Oh!" I have no idea why he said the "oh oh" part but it was quite funny. He seemed so concerned about something.

CRAZY DREAM!!!

A dream is the experience of images, sounds, or other sensations during sleep. The events of dreams are often impossible or unlikely to occur in physical reality, and are outside the control of the dreamer.
With that said, her goes my crazy dream from last night. I was in the hospital delivering the baby or should I say babies. The first baby was a girl and she was more than 9 lbs. She was so hungry when she was born that I had to feed her before I could deliver the next baby. Unfortunately Tyson woke me up at that time, so I couldn't see what gender the next baby was.
Luke and I would like to have twins. I still think it would be fun to have twins. I know that it would be a lot of work, but it would be great at the same time!
While pregnant with Tyson, I only had one dream about his gender. We were in the delivery room and everyone was in there (not like that would ever be the case). He was born a boy and everyone was simply irrate. But, the dream was correct. We had a boy.
So you never know. I have my first ultrasound next week and I will be more than 11 weeks then. I am hoping the girl part is at least right!

TYSON'S 2nd BIRTHDAY

So, I have been meaning to blog forever. I created my blog in November and haven't blogged since. So, here I go.

Tyson turned 2 on May 16th, which doesn't seem possible! He, back a few weeks ago, was obsessed with CARS (the movie). He wanted to watch it every day...I think I have the whole movie memorized now. So, we decided to do a CARS themed party because the stuff is everywhere. So, closer to the party his new favorite changed to Monsters Inc. and then to Shrek (he loves ee-haws). But, I wasn't about to change the theme.

Here is the cake I made. It turned out pretty cute, but I think that it was my most frustrating cake to date that I have ever made. The frosting, for some reason, was very soft. I had to keep putting it in the freezer so that I could attempt to star tip it onto the cake. At least it tasted good!! Yum.

Tyson is also very infatuated with blowing out candles. For his birthday (the day of) I made him cupcakes...I believe we lit the candles 6 or 7 times, just so that he could blow them out again.

The party was last weekend and Luke's parents, sister, and sister's kids were able to come for the party. It was fun to have family to help celebrate his birthday. This is Kenzie. She is the cutest!