192 Days...

I added a counter to our blog (all by myself if I might add). After our appointment yesterday things finally started to seem more real. Don't get me wrong, the 24 hour "morning" sickness has been a good reminder , but seeing a baby at 12 weeks and knowing that it already has arms, legs, skin, organs, brain, etc...just makes me think about how wonder God is. I just remind myself of that every day when I am laying on the bathroom floor.

As I was driving home from our appointment I was chatting with Ethan, eating a burrito from Taco Time (mmmmm) and couldn't help but think how perfect the moment was and how blessed we truly are. I am more excited now to find out what we are having. There are a lot of votes for a girl with this baby. Honestly, we are going to be so excited either way. A girl scares me a bit because there is nothing pink in this house....literally....nothing.  Ethan is all boy so I think a girl would be an adventure. But boys...I just love having a boy. Ethan has the best toys, and we have a great time playing together. I am an expert at building tracks, assembling toy cars, jumping on the couch, making forts and all the wonderful things Ethan has taught me. Whatever God has in store for us, I know we will enjoy every minute.

Peanut Thomas

We got to take a sneak peak at Peanut Thomas today. It’s so amazing to see God’s wonderful work right there inside of you. I am 12 weeks 4 days pregnant and measured right on schedule. Our little peanut has two legs, two arms and a great heart beat, 167 beats per minute! Ethan keeps saying that it is a girl and the Dr. said that most of the time the kids are actually right. We find out May 27 if Ethan is right or not.

Easter Fun

Easter was a lot of fun this year. I think every year as Ethan grows it is more and more fun. He is still asking me to go on a Easter Egg Hunt again. Will spring ever come in Idaho...I don't know. It was so cold on Sunday we did the egg hunt inside at my parent's house. But the kids still had a great time and seemed to think it was fun to run around Grandmas house looking for eggs. Here are my favorite pictures!

Hope everyone had as much fun as we did!

What is 39.5 inches tall and 38 pounds??

Why our perfect little boy that's who! Ethan had is 3 year check up and I think the Dr. said it quick good when she said, "Ethan you are a perfect little boy". His talking and motor skills are ahead of where they should be and he is in the 90th percentile for both height and weight. He had his eyes checked and was able to point out most of the shapes and symbols on the chart. I was proud. :) He did get a shot, which was not his favorite. He was so brave and just looked at the nurse and said "that hurt!". I think he forgave her when she gave him a bouncy ball. It was like she knew him. Ha ha.

Did you know that they start screening for obesity at the age of 3 now! I was shocked when they calculated his BMI. Obviously E is nowhere near needing to be concerned, but they said that due to the rise in obesity in children they are starting to track it as early as three now. I just found that so sad that there are kids who are already considered obese at the third year check up. It makes me wonder how many kids out there get a balanced diet everyday and who are encouraged to be active. People are always shocked when they find out that E didn't have a milkshake until February of this year. LOL, I mean we have ice cream and such, but it's more a treat not a food group. And he had his first root beer this weekend...is that bad? I guess I don't think many 3 year olds need to be drinking soda. Did you know that this next generation they are actually predicting that they will not live as long as their parents. So sad. :)

Anyway, his appointment just got me thinking about the health of our kids and what I can do to make sure E lives a long healthy life.

Celebrating Ethan

It's hard to beleve that Ethan is three! We had a very fun celebration at home with family on his birthday. He loves Cars so I made him a Cars birthday cake. He really liked it. Here are some of the pictures. Thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate Ethan's special day.

McCall Fun

This weekend Jon and I decided to head up to McCall for some family fun. It was great weather and we had a wonderful time. Ethan is a very good car traveler. After our 35 hours in the car at Yellowstone a 2 hour trip is nothing. :)

Here is E enjoying some Elmo (you may notice the powder around his lips from his powered donut.)

Then we stopped for a good lunch at My Fathers Place. E had his first milkshake...which he enjoyed.

Then Ethan started making funny faces at Jon.

We played in the snow, looked at the ice sculptures (which were melted and not so good)...stopped at a kids carnival for a quick ride and took Ethan ice skating. With all of the commercials for the Olympics he has been asking to go ice skating and pretends to ice skate around the whole house.

Ice skating lasted about an hour. Ethan did very well considering he is 3 on Saturday. He was skating as good as kids there that were much older. I was afraid that he wouldn't have the strength in his ankles to even stand up. But we made him walk first before skating and it only took him a few times to get it. As I said we were only skating for about an hour....and in that hour we went 3 times around the rink. LOL LOL. But we never fell and Jon was impressed that I could skate well enough to keep me and E up. Ethan was a little frustrated that he wasn't able to skate by himself. He kept saying "okay...I do it by myself" and "I want to be big like those kids". Anyway, here are the pics from our adventure skating. He has already asked to go back...so maybe he will be a hockey player. :)

We are excited to go back next year!

Zoo Fun

Today I enjoyed the company of my two favorite two year olds. One is very soon to be three...but we will have to cry about that later. We had so much fun. I decided to take them to the zoo this morning. I was such a nice morning actually. The kids had hats and gloves on, but I didn't have either and I was fine.

They crack me up when they are together. There was a condor who had his wings expanded and they were huge. The sign said up to 10 feet width...and these were huge. The kids thought it was great. But he wasn't flying so I was trying to explain to them that his wings were broken and that is why he was in the zoo. Maddie thought for sure we needed to call the doctor and "get him some baby tylenol". Ethan said very matter of factly "We just need to go to the store and get him a new pair Maddie". LOL.

The pictures aren't the best quality...but they are pictures so don't complain. :)

Okay, the Lions were the best today. First they were roaring all of the time. I have never heard a lion roar so loud. I can only immagine what it's like in the wild. I didn't really like the fact that the lions loved Ethan and seemed to look at him like breakfast. This one just stood there like this for a while.

Ethan thought it was great. Maddie and I quote said "Crissy...that is a huge lion". LOL  yes, Maddie it was. But then this guy wanted to come over and check us out....

He walked back and forth forever. Then the other lion came back and sat down and apparently claimed ethan as his. I was a bit nervous because it is "only glass" so we left. LOL.

Maddie didn't not like the Lions after they roared very loud. Ethan said "that was awesome". Maddie covered her eyes and said...."I am not looking anymore auntie Crissy". LOL. Don't worry, after I took a picture quickly I held her while Ethan finished looking.

Maddie loved the penguins. They were her favorite. It's a bad picture...but again...it's a picture. :)

After the zoo we stopped by Jon's work (since you can see it from the zoo) and had lunch with him. Ethan was saying "cheese" but he had food in his mouth.

And that was our fun morning!