Baby Elsa Rae

Elsa joined our family this Monday here in Puerto Rico. We are glad to be home but very tired. She was 7 pounds 2 ounces and 20 1/2 inches long. She has dark hair like her dad. We'll see if it stays dark or goes light like her brother. So far she's doing really well. Although it took a bit for him to warm up, Rhys likes her. He's already been helpful with her.

Rhys is showing me her nose.

This is me Sunday night. Looks like a basketball under my dress. I'm so glad not to be pregnant anymore!!

Small Acts of Craftiness

I don't think I'm a very crafty or creative person and I'm pretty jealous of other peoples crafty skills. When I do make something that takes some craftiness, I feel super proud of myself.

When I was pregnant with Rhys I lived with Scott's mom, Jane. She's got some skills. Under her watchful tutelage I crocheted him a cute little baby afghan. I needed a lot of help. Well, now we have another little one on the way and I didn't want the new baby to feel shafted. I bravely ventured back into the crocheting world on my own. Luckily the internet has a ton a cute patterns and tutorials so I didn't feel quite so lost. I did have help from my mom picking out the yarn as well. I bought them off the internet and I couldn't tell from the tiny picture what the yarns actually looked like. Luckily she works at a craft store and could tell me which colors looked good together. She's so helpful.

Here are my finished projects. I have to say, I am so proud of me!! The pictures are totally out of order, but oh well. The pink one is a combination of a couple patterns that I found. I did all the squares and sewed them together. I haven't washed it yet because I'm afraid my knots will come undone and it will fall apart. The purple one is a pattern I came up with as I went along. I found a tutorial on how to make the 3-d flowers and I made them into squares that I put together and then came up with a border. I think it turned out pretty cute. So hopefully baby Elsa will like her blankets that I lovingly made for her when she gets here (in 2-3 weeks. Yippee!!)

It's going to be one of those nights....

What is the deal with Puerto Ricans? Someone please explain to me the need to play your music so gosh darn loud? Maybe the reason they're blasting their music so loudly in their backyard (which connects directly to ours) is so they can hear it in the house, where they are all hanging out. It makes me crazy!! Keep in mind these are the same neighbors that were having a party for their 6 year old and were blasting Lady Gaga until midnight. The ones that made me mad enough that I marched Sasha over there (so they wouldn't hurt me) and gave them a piece of my mind. Obviously they have forgotten.... or else I'm just not that scary. It's probably the latter.

Oh my goodness, I can hear their drunken singing, and it's terrible!!!

On a lighter note, we've had some fun. We took Rhys to a animal museum. It's pretty much like a place with stuffed animals in it. For Puerto Rico, it's pretty cool. Rhys liked this hollow log and the really big ants. He likes to watch the ants on the sidewalk now and say "ant, ant, ant" over and over again. It's cute.
Here's a lovely picture of me with my 36 week belly. For all of you who have worn maternity pants, you know exactly what I'm doing. I'm hiking up my pants, for the millionth time. It's very attractive. I'm 37 weeks now so only a few more weeks to go!! So excited!!

Isn't he so cute??!

Sunday Morning Photos

I know I'm quite biased but I'm pretty sure I have one of the cutest kids ever. He looked so handsome in his church clothes and his little bow tie this morning. Plus, I was so rockin' the baby bump that we had to take a couple quick picts for posterity.

33 weeks baby!! Just look at my belly cause I know I have a weird look on my face. I'm getting so ready for her to come! She will be here before we know it. It's amazing how much faster the time goes by when you have a toddler to take care of.

Thirty Weeks/ Easter Egg Hunt

Here I am in all my preggo glory!!! The top picture is how my belly usually looks. Smashed under a little boy who thinks he needs to be held all the time. Not that it's really that much of the time, it's just more than before. Several months ago, this kid would bearly sit on my lap, now he needs to be snuggled and carried. It's weird. The bigger my belly gets, the more he needs to be held. I don't hate it though. I used to get so mad when he would sit and snuggle Scott and not me!!! Now it's my turn to get loved by him. Mommies need to be snuggled by their little boys.

So thirty weeks down and so far everything is going well. She moves a lot!! Especially when I'm trying to go to sleep. I'm also starting to get that restless leg crap at night which feels really weird. We're probably going to name the baby Elsa Rae. Hopefully you all didn't know any Elsa's in high school or wherever and hated them. That's what always ruins names for me. Scott likes that name because it's from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. (She's the Nazi chick. Scott just really liked the name)

I'm starting to get really big and it's beginning to get really hot here. I'm preparing to be a sweaty mess the next 10 weeks. Should be fun. I'm so thankful for air conditioning, and can't even say. It's blowing on my right now and I'm loving it!!

P.S. my shirt is awesome. It's sequencey and sparkly and one of the last few non-maternity shirts that I can still wear. I dig it.

Today was the Easter Egg hunt at the church. Rhys was in a really bad mood at first because I made him leave his Buzz Lightyear action figure in the car. He cried about it until the hunt started. Drama. Anyway, he didn't get that many eggs because he'd get so distracted by the egg he just found and forget to go look for anymore. He had such a fun time though. We're really happy that the primary put on an Easter Egg hunt again this year. It was really fun!!!

He kept holding up the eggs saying "EGG, EGG!!" He's so proud.

Another P.S. Julia gave us this fishing game after the Easter Egg hunt and Rhys has been playing with it nonstop since he woke up from his nap. He gets out the little fish and lines them up in a row on the table or couch in a straight little line and then one by one, puts them back into the game. He doesn't always use the fishing pole but when he does, and he has the fish on the end of the pole, he comes running up to me with it saying "I got it, I got it" in his little Rhys voice. It's so cute!!! He's having a blast, so thanks for the game Julia!

Sleepy Baby

My Beautiful Baby Turns 2!!

Can you believe it? I'm the mother of a two year old, with another little one on the way. I'm getting so old!!!!! It's been a wonderful two years, and man, has it flown by! Rhys is a happy healthy two year old and we are so blessed to have him.
We decided to do something small for him this year, since he doesn't really get what birthdays are yet. We just did some fun activities for him, most of them involving lots and lots of sugar. The day before his birthday we had fun making sugar cookies, and he helped by licking off the mixer beater and getting covered in sugary dough. It was the best. Then after dinner on his birthday (pancakes with maple syrup) we decorated the cookies. He managed to decorate about 3 cookies total and the rest of the time was spent eating the decorations.

After loading him with sugary pancakes and cookies we sang happy birthday and gave him a cupcake with candles to blow out (more sugar!!). He only ate a tiny bit of his cupcake. I think by that point he was in total sugar overload. But the most awesome thing about this kid, is you can pack him full of sugar and he still goes to bed like a champ. He won't nap, but he never fights bed time. I love this kid.

Whenever dad gets Rhys for bed, he likes to have him throw his old diaper away before he puts on the clean one. Well, after he threw the diaper away, Rhys got distracted by his bike instead of going back to get his diaper on. I thought it was so cute. Plus the fact that he has awesome tan lines. Look at that white booty!!

Our friends the Bergs brought this for Rhys when they came to see us a couple months ago. One day Rhys just decided that he wanted to wear it. They are from Alaska so of course it's a moose hat. He was really cute wearing this hat. When he took it off he had the craziest hair cause his head had gotten all sweaty. It's a pretty toasty hat for Puerto Rico.