Had my appointment for the baby today. Things are still looking great. My belly is measuring right on where it should be, and her heartbeat is nice and strong. She's head down still, like she's been since basically day one. Not that it matters I don't think with a C-Sec, but oh well, news is news. Got a tour of L & D today, so we know what to expect, where to go, and were parents will be waiting until I'm out of the OR. I can't believe that I have only 4 short weeks left. It's just crazy to think that we're going to have two kids. I'm nervous as all get-out, and Bryant is the calm one. Completely backwards from 3 years ago when I was pregnant with Austin. :) My next appointment is June 1st. Thereafter, I will be going in every week until the c-section. That oughta make things move right along!
Bryant left this afternoon to go camping with a couple guys. He will be back Saturday afternoon. Austin was NOT a happy camper when Daddy left. He cried and cried for his daddy, I felt so horrible. He got over it after I promised him McDonalds for dinner! :)
I have a friend coming in tomorrow afternoon that use to live here. She's back in Washington now, but decided to skip on out here to see me for the weekend. So we should have a fun time. Downtown Mountain Home is doing Crazee Dayz again already. It's a mini-carnival for the kiddos, and downtown is set up with booths and things, kind of like a fair. It's always fun, so we'll more than likely head down there Saturday.
My sewing projects are multiplying lately. I made Austin a pair of PJ pants, as I'm sure you saw in an earlier post. I've started Sydney's curtains for her bedroom, and actually am almost finished with them. I made a pair of "baby legs" the other day (which are basically glorified leg warmers for lil miss when she arrives.) and have bought material to make a baby sling so I can "baby wear." I could just go buy a sling, but who really wants to pay $50 or more for one when I can [hopefully] make one myself?! We'll see. I'll post pictures of my projects as I get them completed. I don't have a picture yet of the baby legs, but I'll get on that soon.
Anyways, it's late, and Austin is always a consistant alarm clock, so I'd better hit the sack.
xoxoxo
k.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
A good day
Today Austin and I went to my friend Amanda's house. He was thrilled that he was going to get to play with Noah.
He was even more thrilled when he walked in, and Amanda had McDonald's waiting for him. Score TWO for Austin!
Noah just got a new swing set from his grandparents. So that was definitely the highlight of today. Austin had a blast!
He was even more thrilled when he walked in, and Amanda had McDonald's waiting for him. Score TWO for Austin!
Noah just got a new swing set from his grandparents. So that was definitely the highlight of today. Austin had a blast!
Just thought I'd share.... enjoy!
xoxoxo
k.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Picture Post.... just to catch you up!
Blog Post #3 for today. I think I need to start blogging more.... I feel like there's so much since last time! And I'm leaving tons out...geeze!!
Austin with his Gramps. Thought this was a cute picture :)
Austin was tired of prepping for the yard sale.... poor boy!
Putting on Brayden's overalls. (Brayden is ONE, Austin is almost THREE...haha)
WATER GUNS!!! YEAH!
The moon was beautiful this night. I don't have a big enough lens on my camera to zoom in any closer, but it was ENORMOUS! This is over the golf course
Austin took a spill on his bike. Poor kid :)
This is the popsicle that Austin started off with.......
But Daddy's looked better!
Austin hiding behind his ball, taking cover!
Cool shirt huh??
Riding his jeep to the Mail box
Austin with his Gramps. Thought this was a cute picture :)
Austin was tired of prepping for the yard sale.... poor boy!
Putting on Brayden's overalls. (Brayden is ONE, Austin is almost THREE...haha)
WATER GUNS!!! YEAH!
The moon was beautiful this night. I don't have a big enough lens on my camera to zoom in any closer, but it was ENORMOUS! This is over the golf course
Austin took a spill on his bike. Poor kid :)
This is the popsicle that Austin started off with.......
But Daddy's looked better!
Austin hiding behind his ball, taking cover!
Cool shirt huh??
Riding his jeep to the Mail boxEnjoy!!
xoxoxox
k.
I got smart!
A few pictures to start it off right....
The above two pictures are how the bike ride ended (first picture) and the promise of an easy walk for daddy.... (first picture). After we hit a slight incline, Austin was done. He got off his bike and took off on a mission. His mission? To kick rocks back where they belong if they were on the walking path. :) Daddy got to carry his bike for him the rest of the way :)
Nesting has done my household LOADS of good. This is the laundry room. It was an absolute disaster, and had been since we moved in. It was one place I thouroughly neglected. I finally got in there a couple days ago and cleaned it all up and organized. I just had to post a picture for those of you who had seen my incredibly cluttered laundry room. I know! Take your hand and close your mouth now. :)
I sewed Austin a pair of PJ pants! This was a project started during Christmas time. While home, my mom helped me cut out the pattern, but we didn't ever find the time to sew them. So I finally pulled them out and takled the project. They turned out fabulous, and I am uuber proud of myself!
Austin has loved having daddy home. He's been following him everywhere and wanting Daddy to play with him non-stop. He's not happy that daddy had to go back to work today, but he will be home SOON with the promise of water gun fights! This picture was just too sweet not to share!
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The above two pictures are how the bike ride ended (first picture) and the promise of an easy walk for daddy.... (first picture). After we hit a slight incline, Austin was done. He got off his bike and took off on a mission. His mission? To kick rocks back where they belong if they were on the walking path. :) Daddy got to carry his bike for him the rest of the way :)
Nesting has done my household LOADS of good. This is the laundry room. It was an absolute disaster, and had been since we moved in. It was one place I thouroughly neglected. I finally got in there a couple days ago and cleaned it all up and organized. I just had to post a picture for those of you who had seen my incredibly cluttered laundry room. I know! Take your hand and close your mouth now. :)
I sewed Austin a pair of PJ pants! This was a project started during Christmas time. While home, my mom helped me cut out the pattern, but we didn't ever find the time to sew them. So I finally pulled them out and takled the project. They turned out fabulous, and I am uuber proud of myself!
Austin has loved having daddy home. He's been following him everywhere and wanting Daddy to play with him non-stop. He's not happy that daddy had to go back to work today, but he will be home SOON with the promise of water gun fights! This picture was just too sweet not to share!***********************************************
So I was really getting sick of all my blogs being jumbled together and not having any type of separation what-so-ever. Everything was just one, long, run-on paragraph. I'm sure you didn't notice, did you? :) Anyways, I decided to take a peek at all the settings, and found something in there that I thought may change the format of the way things were layed out. It looks like it's fixed my other blogs, so we'll see when I post this one if it will do the same.... let us hope it does!
On to regular topics! AUSTIN! Are you shocked? You should be. :)
He's been having FUN the past week or two. Bryant has been off for a good solid 3 weeks following his surgery. For the past couple weeks has been able to do things with Austin more. Austin has been in heaven. This week, the weather has been B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!! We have the perfect backyard this summer, so daddy and Austin have been outside every day for the past week or so. Austin LOOOOVES playing with sidewalk chalk, so we have quite a few "beautiful" portraits drawn on the concrete out back. I got him some water guns, so him and daddy have been having water gun fights. Then just the other day Daddy took Austin down to the BX to buy one of those hard plastic pools. He's been in it every day since! Not to mention his tri-cycle that he's finally gotten the hang of. So he's been riding it around the block every day with Daddy. I tagged along yesterday to watch him and take some pictures. He just loves being outside.
It's so peaceful to sit outside and watch him play. He just amazes me every single day. I'm trying my hardest to cherish these last few weeks with him as my only baby. He's been the light of my life, and I couldn't have asked for a bigger blessing than he has been. I often wonder what I laughed at before I had him. His antics are just hilarious; and things that come out of his mouth, most of the time stun me, but never fail to make me hysterically laugh.
For instance, his newest, most used phrase is: "Okay, okay, okay! FINE! WHATEVER!" It doesn't matter if we're asking him to stay out of the bark in the backyard, or to be nice to the cat.
He repeats EVERYTHING these days. While eating lunch at the table yesterday, Bryant and I were talking about something, and I said "totally disgusting." He looked at us, all dramatic, and said "it's tooooooootalllly disgustic!!"
He also repeats other things, but I won't go into detail on that. I'll just blame it on Bryant. :) I can do that since I'm the moderator of this blog! (and he VERY RARELY reads it.... HA!)
On another note. Sydney's room is almost finished. I can't believe it! I think really the only thing I have left to do is get the quilt for the bed and sheets. I think after that, we will be done. It's crazy! I can't believe that in only 4 1/2 short weeks, we will be a family of 4. Two kids. Not one. That means a lot of things. Double carseats. Double doctor visits. Double clothes. Double discipline.
Double the laughs. Double the kisses. Double the loves. Double the smiles. Double the joy.
We. Can't. Wait.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Oh geeze....
I figured I'd better get busy on a blog since it'd been so long. Won't be much longer and I'll be getting in trouble for not posting!
A few updates.
Bryant is back to work today after being off since his surgery. (24th of last month) He's healing well, although still quite sore. We go back June 4th to see his surgeon for a follow up, so we'll see then how things are doing. He's able to use it more and more every day, but is having problems with the left side of his right hand. The ring finger and pinky finger area are still sore, and very very weak. So we will just have to wait and see I guess!
Bryant put in for two different jobs awhile back. One of them being Tacoma, and the other being a year tour in Kabul. (Afghanistan) There was only one position for each of those jobs, and hundreds of applicants. He did not get either position. Just wasn't meant to be I guess! Year Tour jobs (called Short Tours.... meaning he will be gone for a year, without the family, with one or two leaves in the middle to come home) opened up again about a week and a half ago. Honduras was on the list again, so he's put in for that again. We have really been trying for him to go on a Short Tour for the past year. Not because we want to be seperated, because God knows it will be very hard on us, but because if he doesn't go on his Short Tour soon, he will more than likely be pulled to Korea for a year. Which is NOT good. Korea isn't a place anyone wants to go, and dreads being. So pray that Honduras will pull through this time, finally, after a year of trying.
Pregnancy is going alright. Painful, but alright. I am definitely ready to be done, and I think Bry is ready for me to be done as well. :) I'm sure Austin is ready to have his mommy back so we can play like normal too. T-35 days.... and I'm counting down BIG TIME! I can't believe I only have 4 1/2 weeks left. It's went so fast.... yet so slow at points. I will be having Sydney June 22nd sometime in the a.m. Unless she decides she wants to make an earlier debut, that's what has been schedualed. Keep us in your prayers!
I blogged awhile back about numbess in my face and arm. It's come back a couple times since then, so I brought it up again to the doctor. My holter monitor (heart monitor) that I wore came back normal, so she decided that she wanted to send me to a neurologist. I will be going on the 27th of this month to see him/her. Hopefully we will get something figured out.... because something just isn't right. So I'll update you all on that once I know what's up.
Well, I think that's about all for the updates. I'll post a blog on Austin a little later today. He's been pretty cute lately. I've got a few pictures to add to that blog as well, so be on the lookout.
xoxoxo.
k.
A few updates.
Bryant is back to work today after being off since his surgery. (24th of last month) He's healing well, although still quite sore. We go back June 4th to see his surgeon for a follow up, so we'll see then how things are doing. He's able to use it more and more every day, but is having problems with the left side of his right hand. The ring finger and pinky finger area are still sore, and very very weak. So we will just have to wait and see I guess!
Bryant put in for two different jobs awhile back. One of them being Tacoma, and the other being a year tour in Kabul. (Afghanistan) There was only one position for each of those jobs, and hundreds of applicants. He did not get either position. Just wasn't meant to be I guess! Year Tour jobs (called Short Tours.... meaning he will be gone for a year, without the family, with one or two leaves in the middle to come home) opened up again about a week and a half ago. Honduras was on the list again, so he's put in for that again. We have really been trying for him to go on a Short Tour for the past year. Not because we want to be seperated, because God knows it will be very hard on us, but because if he doesn't go on his Short Tour soon, he will more than likely be pulled to Korea for a year. Which is NOT good. Korea isn't a place anyone wants to go, and dreads being. So pray that Honduras will pull through this time, finally, after a year of trying.
Pregnancy is going alright. Painful, but alright. I am definitely ready to be done, and I think Bry is ready for me to be done as well. :) I'm sure Austin is ready to have his mommy back so we can play like normal too. T-35 days.... and I'm counting down BIG TIME! I can't believe I only have 4 1/2 weeks left. It's went so fast.... yet so slow at points. I will be having Sydney June 22nd sometime in the a.m. Unless she decides she wants to make an earlier debut, that's what has been schedualed. Keep us in your prayers!
I blogged awhile back about numbess in my face and arm. It's come back a couple times since then, so I brought it up again to the doctor. My holter monitor (heart monitor) that I wore came back normal, so she decided that she wanted to send me to a neurologist. I will be going on the 27th of this month to see him/her. Hopefully we will get something figured out.... because something just isn't right. So I'll update you all on that once I know what's up.
Well, I think that's about all for the updates. I'll post a blog on Austin a little later today. He's been pretty cute lately. I've got a few pictures to add to that blog as well, so be on the lookout.
xoxoxo.
k.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Biggest Picture post in HISTORY! (beware)
Readers, or rather, viewers, beware. There are a zillion pictures in this post. I'm not joking! It's pictures from almost the past month.... and I had a very hard time deciding which pictures to post and which didn't make the cut.... enjoy :) Descriptions are under the pictures.
Mommy and Daddy got the cradle that Austin slept in when he was a baby all gussied up. Bry, his dad, and Uncle Paul got it all put together with bedding today. All ready for the Lil Miss!
One of my favorite pictures. Austin was outside playing with bubbles for awhile last night and I captured this.... I just love it.
Gramps and Austin playing with Bubbles
Uncle Paul chasing the bubbles.... I hope he doesn't see this, because he might kill me :)
Austin is thiiiiiiiiis big!!!
Austin chasing after bubbles
Had to get a photo of the bubbles.... the colors are crazy!
Austin wanted to do it all by himself....
Chasing bubbles.... not realizing there was one right behind him
Getting bubbles...
Austin at the Train Depot sitting with his favorite number. Number 6!
Family picture at the Train Depot
Daddy and Austin checking out all the facts about the train
Dad Hines standing with the "Big Mike" train facts....
Running down the train tracks
Boise Train Depot. Which, for those of you who are interested.... is closed most days of the week. The only days/times it is open is Sunday and Monday from noon-4pm. WEIRD
Austin with the cool train
The "Big Mike"..... built in 1920!
Austin talkin' to his Papa on the phone
Austin calls these his SuperStar glasses. He got them at Brayden's birthday party
Daddy and Austin in their superstar glasses
Meet Dr. Austin. We stole Bryant's cap he wore during surgery to bring home to Austin. He likes to pretend he's a doctor, and he loved this
Just SOME of the clothes that we've washed for Sydney. She's SOOOO spoiled already!
Austin with his sissy's pacifiers..... it's already starting....eeks!
Austin got his much awaited "Emily" train from Nana and Papa for Easter! Boy was he EVER excited!!!
And he got the Pinocchio (sp?) movie from Uncle Nic and Auntie Jen
Unc is helping him get his tools out of his new tool box
Opening all his Easter presents.... you'd think this was an only child, and the first grandbaby...AND first nephew! GEESH! Spoiled boy!
Opening his new book from Gramps and Grams Hines.... Bearenstien Bears.... I loved these books!
Tear it open buddy
His little cousins kinda like him! :) He's pretty fond of them too!
Austin with his Nana and Papa on Easter
Both my grandpas talking... they even got their fingers a-waggin!
Grandma Mona with [almost] all her great grandbabies
Austin and [my brother] Uncle Nic
Finding Easter Eggs. The only time you can get pictures of my brother with him smiling and NOT flipping the camera off are when he's with Austin....
Austin on the hunt for Easter Eggs!
Score! I found one!!
Austin and all this girly cousins! Poor boy needed cousin Skylar for help!
Austin at his Grandma and Grandpa McUne's lining up his Easter Egg finds
Sitting with his daddys old big blue bear
Kicking the big ball.... he loves these kind of balls!
Austin and his Grandma Dee coloring Easter Eggs
We've got one silly little boy!
Austin coloring his eggs
Watching the eggs turn colors....ohhhhh!!!
He's really wanting to dip his hands in and pull them out
Austin opening up his "big brother" gift (a Thomas the Train knot blanket) from Auntie Jen and Uncle Nic!
Riding on Papa GG's tractor... he loved it!!
The three wonderful, beautiful women who threw me my Baby Shower. Thank you & I love you!!!
Me and my beautiful Momma
Gorgeous flowers for my shower
Decorations for my baby shower! Loved it!!
Austin showing off his finished product of Easter Egg dying at Nana and Papa's
A very impatient little boy!
Stirring his egg
He wanted to put all the stirring spoons into one color.... which was fine, until he moved ALL of them to another color.... and then another color....and another....
Papa is helping Austin with the egg coloring
Austin has a suuuuuper nice Nana.... she gives him Ice Cream every night! :)
Austin LOOOOOOVES his Jeep that his Unc and Auntie got him.... he's sooo stinkin spoiled! He closed his eyes half the time while driving this....what a weirdo!!! :)
What a ham!!!
Playing in his Jeep with Nana and Papa
Losing all the money that Nana made on the Poker game.... he's good at that! :)
Thanking his Unc for his new Jeep!
Unc loves spoiling Austin.... he's a lucky little boy to have such a great Unc!
Opening his present from Uncle Nic and Auntie Jen.... look at the smile on his face!
We've got such a handsome little boy!
Playing with his new Fishin pole with Auntie Jen
He loves that fishin' pole! Thanks again Unc!
Easter 2009 Family picture.... even including little miss Sydney :)
Finding Easter eggs inside Grandma and Grandpa McUne's house
More eggs! And are you shocked to see Trains in the picture?? haha!
This kid loves his Papa!
Mommy and Daddy got the cradle that Austin slept in when he was a baby all gussied up. Bry, his dad, and Uncle Paul got it all put together with bedding today. All ready for the Lil Miss!
One of my favorite pictures. Austin was outside playing with bubbles for awhile last night and I captured this.... I just love it.
Gramps and Austin playing with Bubbles
Uncle Paul chasing the bubbles.... I hope he doesn't see this, because he might kill me :)
Austin is thiiiiiiiiis big!!!
Austin chasing after bubbles
Had to get a photo of the bubbles.... the colors are crazy!
Austin wanted to do it all by himself....
Chasing bubbles.... not realizing there was one right behind him
Getting bubbles...
Austin at the Train Depot sitting with his favorite number. Number 6!
Family picture at the Train Depot
Daddy and Austin checking out all the facts about the train
Dad Hines standing with the "Big Mike" train facts....
Running down the train tracks
Boise Train Depot. Which, for those of you who are interested.... is closed most days of the week. The only days/times it is open is Sunday and Monday from noon-4pm. WEIRD
Austin with the cool train
The "Big Mike"..... built in 1920!
Austin talkin' to his Papa on the phone
Austin calls these his SuperStar glasses. He got them at Brayden's birthday party
Daddy and Austin in their superstar glasses
Meet Dr. Austin. We stole Bryant's cap he wore during surgery to bring home to Austin. He likes to pretend he's a doctor, and he loved this
Just SOME of the clothes that we've washed for Sydney. She's SOOOO spoiled already!
Austin with his sissy's pacifiers..... it's already starting....eeks!
Austin got his much awaited "Emily" train from Nana and Papa for Easter! Boy was he EVER excited!!!
And he got the Pinocchio (sp?) movie from Uncle Nic and Auntie Jen
Unc is helping him get his tools out of his new tool box
Opening all his Easter presents.... you'd think this was an only child, and the first grandbaby...AND first nephew! GEESH! Spoiled boy!
Opening his new book from Gramps and Grams Hines.... Bearenstien Bears.... I loved these books!
Tear it open buddy
His little cousins kinda like him! :) He's pretty fond of them too!
Austin with his Nana and Papa on Easter
Both my grandpas talking... they even got their fingers a-waggin!
Grandma Mona with [almost] all her great grandbabies
Austin and [my brother] Uncle Nic
Finding Easter Eggs. The only time you can get pictures of my brother with him smiling and NOT flipping the camera off are when he's with Austin....
Austin on the hunt for Easter Eggs!
Score! I found one!!
Austin and all this girly cousins! Poor boy needed cousin Skylar for help!
Austin at his Grandma and Grandpa McUne's lining up his Easter Egg finds
Sitting with his daddys old big blue bear
Kicking the big ball.... he loves these kind of balls!
Austin and his Grandma Dee coloring Easter Eggs
We've got one silly little boy!
Austin coloring his eggs
Watching the eggs turn colors....ohhhhh!!!
He's really wanting to dip his hands in and pull them out
Austin opening up his "big brother" gift (a Thomas the Train knot blanket) from Auntie Jen and Uncle Nic!
Riding on Papa GG's tractor... he loved it!!
The three wonderful, beautiful women who threw me my Baby Shower. Thank you & I love you!!!
Me and my beautiful Momma
Gorgeous flowers for my shower
Decorations for my baby shower! Loved it!!
Austin showing off his finished product of Easter Egg dying at Nana and Papa's
A very impatient little boy!
Stirring his egg
He wanted to put all the stirring spoons into one color.... which was fine, until he moved ALL of them to another color.... and then another color....and another....
Papa is helping Austin with the egg coloring
Austin has a suuuuuper nice Nana.... she gives him Ice Cream every night! :)
Austin LOOOOOOVES his Jeep that his Unc and Auntie got him.... he's sooo stinkin spoiled! He closed his eyes half the time while driving this....what a weirdo!!! :)
What a ham!!!
Playing in his Jeep with Nana and Papa
Losing all the money that Nana made on the Poker game.... he's good at that! :)
Thanking his Unc for his new Jeep!
Unc loves spoiling Austin.... he's a lucky little boy to have such a great Unc!
Opening his present from Uncle Nic and Auntie Jen.... look at the smile on his face!
We've got such a handsome little boy!
Playing with his new Fishin pole with Auntie Jen
He loves that fishin' pole! Thanks again Unc!
Easter 2009 Family picture.... even including little miss Sydney :)
Finding Easter eggs inside Grandma and Grandpa McUne's house
More eggs! And are you shocked to see Trains in the picture?? haha!
This kid loves his Papa!
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