20.5 weeks

This boy wants MEAT! He's already a meat head like his dad. I am hungry ALL the time & what I normally eat just doesn't satisfy, like my delicious pb&j's...they just haven't been doing it! And his dad is not so crazy about pb&j's. I had a headache & felt really out of sorts for 2 days, I had been craving a cheeseburger. So at 8:30pm I was hungry so I grabbed Gracie & we went to Wendy's, the closest place for a burger. It wasn't that great & it didn't do it, all night I felt empty, the next day still was headachy & felt off. For lunch we went to Burger King, I ate 2 Whopper Jr.'s, oh my! I felt better, but Todd says, "you need to go to Five Guys!" Never been but hear it's the place for a good burger. So we headed there for dinner! Delish, I know it was coincidence but he was kicking me like crazy halfway through saying, "Way to go mom, finally, that's a real burger!" :)

I have always loved the name Zachary, it's my favorite boy name, until I found out I was having a boy & then thought Grayson would be a good name, but it's too close to Gracie. I feel like when I look at baby names I'm wasting my time, this little voice saying, you've already got the name! I've been praying about his name and know God speaks to us through our husbands and Todd says last night, "I really like Zachary, it just makes sense & sounds good when I say it." And it does make sense, it's the one name I've always loved & now my husband says it's the one name he really likes! So I think his name will be Zachary! And to think he has a name just makes it more complete & I get so choked up. I was looking at Gracie's ultra sound pictures of her in my tummy and am just amazed. Wow. God is amazing with how he creates each one of us, the personalities & their characters. You just don't know what you're gonna get but each one is so special. I can't wait to see what this little boy is going to be like!

Dancing Queen!

We went to a wedding & she danced her tooshie off! First one on the dance floor & last child to leave the dance floor! I tried to upload this other video that is better but I think it's too big. Don't you just love the ladies dancing with her? There's always a few of those at weddings!
They passed out fans at the ceremony because it was a little stifling hot!

Mama & Gracie at the ceremony


This is her new pose, don't know where she got it from, how it started, she just started with this funny expression, putting her left hand on her left hip & sticking out the right hip as far as she could go with as much sweet sass as she could possibly give! She'll do it over & over.


These face expressions of hers crack me up.



"SO BIG!" Yes, daddy still asks her how big is she & she still raises her hands up to show how big she is, too funny.

Boy oh boy...IT'S A BOY!!

A little man in our house...a little Todd running around...the thought of this melts my heart and I haven't even laid eyes on him yet. Funky little shirts, little Vans, how cute!

Gracie has been so set on a sister that I almost wanted one for her, but ever since my Old Navy experience I just couldn't help feel like it was a boy. This morning when I woke up, I thought, "it's a boy!" Todd went into Gracie to wake her up & said we were going to see the baby and as I walk in she says "It's a boy." Very matter of fact. I asked, "really, it is?" "Yes, it's a boy!" Todd even said the other day he sort of felt it was a boy.

And here he is! And his little thingy to prove it! I asked our tech, "Are you sure you're right? Is it really a boy?" "I'm 100% sure that is a penis," she says. "Girls don't have that between their legs!" :)

He was very active. Kicking & moving his arms & fingers. His hands looked so pronounced & I'm thinking, does he have his daddy's strong hands? At one point he had them folded.
Todd called me after he'd been at work an hour & said he'd been looking at room ideas for a boy. I thought that was so cute of him. He said he wants it to be cool, artistic & musical with jets. So he can have at it!
I'm off to get his shirt at Old Navy that I said I'd buy if I have a boy! YAY! I'm very thankful he is growing perfect, healthy & strong.

Guess what?

Guess what? Chicken butt! Guess who? Chicken poo!
So daddy taught her this...and they say it ALL the time...and she cracks herself up. I tell her not to say it to other kids, only daddy, or their mommy's won't be too happy! But isn't she so stinkn' cute when she says "poo"? Ah, well, could be worse!

Ballerina

This is the year for Ballet! We had our first official class today, she really enjoyed it. If Gracie could dance naked she would, instead she puts up with her Ballerina outfit because she thinks it's so cute, however she says it's too itchy & asks to dance naked!

When we went to find her an outfit, she pranced around the dance store when she got this one on & this is the one she chose. She went to go potty & told me she was a Ballerina, then she looked down, saw she had her regular clothes back on and says, "oh, I'm not a ballerina anymore!" Then puts her hands out and says, "I'm a princess."

She was so antsy today in class, trying hard to pay attention but it's at a slower pace since they're learning different ballet moves, so in between watching her teacher she'd have these moments of twitches, or fall on the floor, or start jumping, it was hilarious, she couldn't contain herself. I said, maybe she needs to go to Hip Hop!

She has definitely come out of her shell this year. She loves to make people laugh & loves to be silly. When we went for her trial there were 7 year old girls there with ballet outfits on & she just walks up to them and says, "look at me! I'm all dressed up! I look like you!" The girls giggled and smiled and she says "What's so funny? ME?!" And they all start laughing and she does her Wall E impersonation & acts like a dog & then a cat and she thought she was being "cool" with the "older girls".

16 weeks & 33!

Well, it's not so bad being 33 and pregnant, never imagined I'd have babies this late but that's okay. At dinner our waiter said, really, it's your birthday today because I just had a pregnant lady whose birthday is today and she's 40! Wow! He gave me free dessert!

We had a great day, family came over & we hung out. My mom & sister made such a fresh, yummy lunch and Sara brought a box of Godiva pumpkin truffles, talk about feeling pampered. Gracie wanted me to have an Eva birthday so bad, that's all she talked about, Eva for my birthday & Ella was coming over! So my sister made an Eva cake, turned out so cute. And had my favorite peanut butter & chocolate icecream! Wow, I was spoiled.


I put these photos up because of the girl's faces, they were so excited!

These two girls are so cute together. They were lying under the bed snuggled next to each other whispering secrets & giggling. Two peas in a pod!

Later that night...Gracie got into her new Wall E P.J.'s Look at this sassy smile!

What a poser! Never seen her do this before!

Flexn'!

Mad Skilz Flexn'!

She is just giggling away.

Here's my girl!

Going out on our date!

Our first crop from the garden!

I've been wanting to grow a garden for a long time, especially this past year since we've lived here a while and I SO miss the farmer's market up in Minneapolis. My heart aches for that farmer's market (but we won't tell Todd that) I didn't have too much faith in myself because I kill every house plant & that's why we have all fake flowers & palm trees in our house. The one thing I do have is our lucky bamboo and Todd waters it! So anyway, I decided it's time especially after a few of my friends started and were really enjoying it. So far everything has started in pots & I'll be making a raised garden on the side of the house to transfer everything once it's bigger. We planted green & red peppers, tomatoes, an avocado tree, which just sprouted last week. Cayenne Peppers, banana peppers, cilantro and oregano. I tried romaine lettuce & Todd found caterpillars eating all the leaves, he literally watched their mouths moving, chewing away at the lettuce, they had a feast! So no more lettuce. The cilantro flopped, that has been a bit of controversy in our house. I had it under our patio for shade & every time I went out, Todd had moved it sitting in the sun. I asked him to please leave it in the shade, and I kept finding it out in the sun. I'm thinking, whose garden is this anyway? So I gave up, left it out in the sun and he came to me a few days later and said I killed the cilantro! Can you believe the nerve? He said it's all dried & frizzled up & that the cilantro didn't like me! So we're starting the cilantro over & we made a compromise where it will go. And we're also going to plant zucchini.
Gracie absolutely loves the garden, waters it & checks it every morning. She was so excited about watching our first Cayenne Pepper turning red. A few days ago she woke up and said, "It's red, it's red! Come see, mommy! I'll show you!" So we go outside and there it is! Bright red! She says "see, God made it red, mommy!" Oh she's so cute. So we picked it & she's been carrying that pepper around so proud & excited.