It's a baby......

When I was pregnant with Anders, Jeff and I decided not to find out the gender of our baby.  I loved this decision.  In the nine months leading up to Anders birth, it was fun to speculate the gender, to play guessing games, to pick out a boy and a girl names, and to finally make the "big"  announcement at the hospital when he arrived.  With this pregnancy however, I decided I really wanted to know the gender ahead of time.  So after much persuasion and a little help from a sweet lady from our church, I was able to convince Jeff that this time around we needed to find out.  Jeff did agree, but made a few stipulations- he would be the one to find out the gender first and he would decide how to make the big announcement.  So last Saturday he revealed the results from our sonogram, Jeff style.

Everyone loved the surprise announcement, and the ice cream cake.  We are so very excited about our baby girl on the way.  Pink....bows.....lace.....and frills- here we come.  We are very blessed.

2nd Semester is OVER!!! Just 2 more to go.

Turned in my last final today of my 2nd semester RN program....and let out a big HOORAY.  Here are just a few pictures from this past semester (promise to do better and take more in the future).

 Matt checking for nasogastric tube placement during skills lab.....way to go Matt.  We are officially done with skills lab.....Mr. Ima Hurt we will miss you.

 Everyone needs a little reminder of hyperthryoidism...Anna sporting Michelle's thyroid presentation handout (it is in the shape of a thyroid....very funny at the time).

My Little Monkey

I went to grab something from the kitchen, only to come back and find the little man standing not ridding on his truck.  I think we have reached the "climbing" stage.

Anders- you are so funny!

Anders has just recently discovered that he can make people laugh.  Here is his most recent funny face.

Thanks Uncle Erik and Auntie Yuriko for the great pictures.

Happy Mother's Day

Spent most of the day with my guys.  Jeff and Anders were sweet and made me some "mommy" t-shirts.

 At 21 weeks...the t-shirts won't fit much longer- maternity clothes here I come.

14 Months Old- my baby is a little boy!

Anders is really moving now.  Besides walking...his new favorite thing to do is ride on his "mater".  Seeing him on his truck, makes him look like such a little boy.....wow, what happened to my baby?

What's New with Anders- 13 months

It has been busy around here, with nursing school starting up after spring break.  You see, I always have the best intentions of getting "caught up" with life (caught up on reading, school work, house work, with friends, with my blogging,  etc), but in a blink my "catch up" week is gone and I have a big school project and test staring down at me, with a to do list that is just as long as before....sigh....if only we didn't need to sleep at night- what we could get done (smile).

So here is my "catch up" on Anders.  We took him in for his 12 month appointment in February to find out that he had lost 2 lbs since his 10 month check up (see his stats below).  So for the past month we have been trying to fatten him up by giving him whole milk mixed with carnation, along with his normal diet.  Unfortunately, when I just took him back to the doctor last week, he had only gained one oz.  So we are stepping up his diet to drinking Pedisure (Ensure for babies), which thankfully he loves, as well as giving him the foods he really likes (bread, yogurt, cheese, and muffins) or anything he will eat with a lot of calories. I just need to be careful not to enjoy those high calorie foods along with him.

12 months check up

• weight- 20.14 lbs (25%)
• height- 30.2 in (75%)
• head- 18.8 in (90%)

Besides his special high calorie diet, Anders is a busy little boy.  His walking is progressing.  Last week he took a total of 8 steps walking between Jeff and I; but it seems that he realizes that his knees and hands can get him where he wants to go faster, so he still prefers the crawl.  Though, I think he will be walking soon, because one of his favorite past times is walking behind anything he can push, including our kitchen chairs. 

He also loves the dog we have been watching, Scout (Karin and Ryan's black lab).  In fact his first word ever spoken, and his first word of each day is typically Scout. Anders will feed her, crawl/chase after her (poor Scout), and loves going on walks with her...a little boy and a dog- so sweet.

Anders also has some great curls growing- I love them.

Something else new with Anders, is he is going to be a big brother come September 23rd- Surprise!  Yes, I am 15 weeks pregnant.

FYI- Jeff made the back of his t-shirt.