Conversation

Our Lil Boo is quite the talker these days, well for him anyway. It's so cute to hear him say Schlitterbahn and gymnastics. And up to this point, I've really been having to feed him the lines to say when people ask him a question or in just giving an appropriate response for things like mama giving him a glass of milk, etc.

BUT, this week...his responses are more spontaneous...and appropriate.

When I give him his blueberries and fresh nilk in the morning (yes, nilk...still working on that one) he now just says, "Thank you Mama" on his own.

He was having trouble closing the back door today and was staring to whine. Usually, I tell him that he needs to ask for help. Well, today my response was, "What do you say?..." and he said, "Help you mama..."! Okay, so we're still working on the pronouns too, but you get the idea. HE was asking for help. And, the miracle of it all...he stopped whining when he decided to ask for help! Woohoo!

And furthermore, this afternoon I burped and he said, "scuse you, Mama"!

Just more evidence that my Lil Boo is growing up!

Sniff...sniff! :)

Dinosaurs

There's been an exhibit here in San Antonio at one of the museums in town called Dinosaurs Unearthed. Back in March, our Mom's club had scheduled a time to go down and check it out. But, it ended up being right after the exhibit opened and it was during spring break. So, when we drove up to the museum there were at least 150 (am I right Carrie?) people in line outside the museum. I thought, "there's no way we're standing in that line!" I mean, Boo didn't even know where we were or what we were doing. So, after talking to my friend who was going to brave the line (she had a 4 yr old who wanted to stay and see them), Boo and I decided to drive around to the zoo and ride the train. He was happy as a clam to do that! We even tried going once after spring break, but again the line was super long and again we opted for the train ride option.

So, we decided to try it yesterday. I figured that people have had all summer to go, so I was hoping the line wouldn't be long. I wasn't entirely sure Boo would enjoy it either. I mean, he was scared to go in the Alamo when Aunt R came b/c of the noise of all of the children inside.

So, we pulled into the parking lot and started selling the idea of seeing the dinosaurs bigtime!
Me: "Do you want to see a dinosaur, G?"

Boo: "Okaaaaaaaay!"
Me: "What does the dinosaur say?" (hoping to prepare him for the roars)

Boo: "Roar!"
Daddy: "RRROOOOOAAAAARRRRR!" (really preparing him for the noise level) ;)

So, we headed up to the entrance and there was no line! We got right inside. Boo was definitely scared at first, but quickly got over it and became a little mad man running around all over the place.

You might get a little scared and put your finger up your nose too if you were watching this guy below.

He is a little scary, huh?

So we moved over to the pit where you can unearth dino bones.
He l-o-v-e-d it there and it was a great distraction for him while he got used to all of the ROARS!

Then, he was ready to go and loved looking at the rest of the dinos.

He would say "hi dinosaur" and "bye dinosaur" as he made his way around.

He was having so much fun that I literally had to hold him down to get a picture!

The Witte museum also has a science treehouse area out back, so went to check it out.

Here's a pic of Boo and B-man on the self pulley thingy! :)

It was a great little outing and I'm glad that B-man got to enjoy it with us.

24 Weeks

I went to my 24 week appt this week. Lil Bitsy is doing well and she looks good according to the ultrasound report. They didn't discover anything wrong with her kidneys or urine collecting system either! Yay! They did say however, that my placenta was a little low. I don't have placenta previa at this point but they will need to do another ultrasound in six weeks to make sure it has moved out of the way. And they felt like it probably would move. My blood pressure was great at 110/60 and I don't know what my weight was (I do NOT look at the scale while prego) but the doc said, "Your weight is good". And that is good enough for me. I figure they'll tell me if I'm gaining too much...no need for me to stress over the numbers.

With Boo, I had some groin pain that cropped up at about 6 months that made excercising and sometimes walking quite painful. I've been experiencing that groin pain at a very low level off and on already throughout the pregnancy, but it was accompanied by some pretty intense SI (sacroiliac) joint pain earlier this week. In fact, I was standing and put my foot up on the coffee table to stretch, and got stuck! B-man had to come over and help me down. I'm happy to report that it is much better now, but still comes and goes. It's all related to my pelvis shifting on that side. Lovely! :)

So, I thought I'd join the senior ladies at the gym yesterday for water aerobics to give my joints a break from weightbearing exercise, but they were acid washing the whirlpool at the gym and suggested I not go in the pool area b/c of the chemicals. So, maybe next week.

We still haven't decided on Miss Bit's name. We've decided to try each of them out for a couple of days and see if that helps us decide. Let me also just add that Lil Bit is very active. She's a fiesty one for sure!

So, that's the report! Here is my 24 week photo. The books say my uterus is about the size of a soccer ball right now. And I'd say that's exactly how I feel...like I have a soccer ball rolling around in my belly.

Date Afternoon!

We usually go out to eat after church on Sundays. While Brian was on TDY, after church I would ask Boo if he wanted to go on a date with Mama and he would say, "Okaaaaaaaaay"! And go on to say, "I go date with Mama" the rest of the afternoon, even after the date was technically over. Anyway, I had a coupon for a $1.50 slice of cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory (yeah, can you believe $1.50???) that was good for today only. And since we had to pay rent in that part of town, I asked Boo to go on another date with Mama. Again, his reply was "Okaaaaaaaay!"

So, we enjoyed a HUGE ole piece of Reese's peanut butter cup cheesecake. The layers went something like...a peanut butter frosting, caramel, chocolate cake, and cheesecake with reese's in it. And there were about 3 layers of each. It was yummy!

Sitting like a big boy in the booth all by himself!

I've never had a date play trains at the table before.
I'm pretty sure that won't stop me from going on more dates with this handsome guy.

Yumm-o!
Do you see his finger in the photo?
He was reaching out to touch the cheesecake and was saying,
"I want that one please!"

It was good and huge. I mean, we could have shared with all of you too!
It was a great little date and you can't be the price of $1.50!

Storytime and lunch with Dad!

We're super happy to report that B-man is home! He got to come home a couple of days early from his TDY trip and we couldn't be happier! I know one little boy who was especially happy to see his Daddy! And now, we can really get to work on a name for Miss Bit!

Friday morning Boo and I went to storytime at a bookstore downtown called The Twig. It was our first time there and we got a special treat. They had a child entertainer performing...singing songs and reading books. Turns out, the entertainer was at one of Boo's friends Z's birthday party back in the Spring. So, this was our 2nd time seeing him. Boo loved it and was a bit scared all at the same time. He sat there so enthralled with the music and stories...in my lap, of course. He wouldn't move...at all. I tried to move his arms to the motions and he wouldn't budge! Here are a few pics.

I cracked up when I saw this picture, b/c I was trying to take it myself of just Boo.
Look at how hard I'm concentrating. ;)


Take two :)

Mr J singing and reading!

I absolutely had to stand up after sitting on that concrete floor with a 30+ pound Boo in my lap for over 30 minutes. So, I took my chance during "If you're happy and you know it".
As you can see, Boo was participating in "if you're happy and you know it, don't make a move!"
I really do think he enjoyed it, but he was so enthralled, he couldn't do a thing.


After storytime, we picked up Daddy for lunch!

My two favorite guys!

Aren't they cute in their camou pants?

Our sweet Boo!

Giveaway!

Hi y'all!
I just wanted to share info about a giveaway for a free Miracle Blanket over at Loving My Life!
We used the SwaddleMe wrap with Lil Boo and it helped tremendously when it came to sleeping. That being said, he did figure out how to get his arms out and would wake himself up often. I heard about the miracle blanket from some friends who LOVE it and am eager to try it on Lil Bit. Anything to keep those arms in the swaddle and keep baby and mama sleeping at night:)