Happenings and Announcements!

I have some big big blog news to announce! And without further ado..... We are expecting again! This little guy is going to be a big brother late March 2011. That makes me officially at the start of my 2nd trimester. I have been feeling great, absolutely no different than when I was pregnant with Eli and I am still running which makes me happy of course. I aim for 3 days week and have been keeping my pace at a respectable level. One thing to note with this pregnancy is that I am not nearly as tired as I was with Eli that first trimester. I am a bit tired at night after we put Eli down to bed but I am able to eat dinner without falling asleep that is a huge plus compared to the first go around! My "mothers intuition" makes me believe we are having another boy, plus I have always felt I was going to have all boys. The first week of November we will know for sure what we are having. Lots of people have said why are going to find out? What if this is your last child and you never get to feel that element of surprise? For a quick minute I began to think maybe I could wait it out....well here is why we decided against trying to wait:

1. I am impatient. Period.


2. If we are having a girl then I need to make some adjustments to Eli's bedroom since they will be sharing a room for the first 3 years. I would like to make one side a bit girly and Eli's side would probably remain the farm/barn theme. I would really put some work & creativity into making the bedroom as fun as possible for both kiddos.


3. I will have to start getting fun baby girl clothes! I can't lie, I am always quite jealous of the huge section the girls have in the stores and all the ruffles/bows that come along with that!

We have always wanted to have our kiddies close in age and this is definitely going to achieve that goal! Eli will be 18 months older - yes I typed that correctly. They will be a year apart in school too. When I was growing up I always wished my sister and I were closer in age, we are 5 years apart but growing up it was extremely difficult to get along. Not until I was graduated and in college did we find we had lots in common. Of course today my sister is my best friend and I could tell her anything but growing up was rough! She was a second mother to me and did her job quite well I might add!

So onto some Eli news...here are some pictures and videos of what he has been up to lately. Eli acquired a fun table for the beginnings of his "play room" and he loves sitting like a big boy at the table. He is starting to hold crayons and scribble quite a bit, it is so much fun to watch him.

Here is Eli really enjoying a spaghetti dinner, he continues to love to feed himself which is not so great when he refuses food coming from us in a spoon! Lately Eli insists he feeds himself cereal, or soup, etc...this makes for a challenging situation! He is getting pretty good at holding a spoon though so we have to keep him interested in feeding himself!

This is a new toy from Auntie Tammy & Co. for his birthday, when Eli is not hitting the ball he is running around the house with the bat and reminds us of "Bam, Bam" from the Flinstones!

And lastly,today my friend Sylvia invited us up to her parents beach house in Rhode Island to enjoy this Indian Summer we are having here. Eli really enjoyed riding on the boogie board with Sylv's little guy Jack on the beach! It was such a nice way to take in this beautiful weather we having up here this time of year.


Tommorow we are going to the Big E :) Can't wait to eat some fair food and watch Eli enjoy the animals and maybe some rides!