Our Christmas Present

Curtis and I have decided on our Christmas present this year. It will have 10 fingers and 10 toes, 2 cute little ears, and 1 cute little nose.

Yup.

We're preggers!

My due date is December 18th and I am so excited to have a Christmas baby! With my bday being only a week from my due date, I could be having a baby very close to my own birthday! How much fun is that? Since Curtis's bday is the end of November, it looks like we'll have 3 Sagittarius in the family, to Toby's 1 Pices :)

I am 15 weeks along right now and feeling alright. I thought morning sickness had passed, but the last few days I've been getting bouts again...yuch! I hope it goes away for good SOON! I do have more energy though and that's a GOOD thing when trying to chase around a toddler!

Here is the last picture we took - this was at 12 weeks.

And while I'm posting pics, here are some from our visit to Ohio.

This is Toby at our friend's wedding...what a doof!

And this is the 3 of us at Toby's first Red's game. We went on Father's Day...unfortunantly the Reds lost, but it was still fun (albeit HOT) that day!

This is from the Columbus Zoo - Toby was very impressed with the tiger.

Here is Toby's first carousel ride, again, at the zoo.

Another funny face at the zoo :)

Blowing bubbles

Climbing into the golf cart

And one from home on his pony sporting his new cowboy hat...lol!

So how is that for a picture overload? We will keep everyone updated on the pregnancy!

And PS, No we do not know the gender yet, and yes, we will find out, and no, we don't care whether we have a boy or a girl :)

Chel

Curtis is HOME

After an exhausting three and a half weeks away, Curtis is finally home again! Yea!!!!! Gosh, it is so nice to all be home together. We have a lot to do this weekend, but at least we are all here to do it together.

I don't have much time, but there is a picture of Toby (and please excuse the mess)

Love, Chel

Water water Everywhere!

I found a great little play table at WalMart this week, and we filled it with water today...T had a great time! (As did the dog, lol)

Toby was just soaked when we were done, but mom was smart and had him in an outfit that snapped off in nothing flat. He had a lot of fun :) We went to the park this morning and had fun there. At lunch Toby had grapes, except he calls them "balls" - hehe! Too cute! The last time he had grapes he spit them right out, but today he scarfed them down! Yum yum.

Fun in the Sun (and Happy Anniversary!)

Today is Curtis' and my 4th wedding anniversary. Since he's in Little Rock right now, he did the sweetest thing and sent me 2 dozen roses to the house! I was completely suprised and they are beautiful. Toby loves them too :)

Let's see. Today was busy. We started with playgroup this morning at the park. It's a wonderful park to play at, with loads of soft sand and lots of trees for shade. So we parked the kids and some sand toys and they went to town! And noon, 2 of the moms and I took our strollers to town to grab a bite for lunch, then it was back home for naptime. Toby was SO tired by this point, but he fell asleep in the car, and by the time we got home (a whopping 10 minutes later) he had had enough sleep for one day and decided NOT to take his normal 2 hour nap. Lovely.

So with a tired but apparently not sleepy toddler on my hands, I decided to pull out the baby pool as a nice distraction for the afternoon. It was 45 minutes of fun. Toby laughed and played, the dog had a grand time with him, and I basked in the sun. Then came cleanup.

The pool was a mess since Toby decided it was fun to grab handfuls of sand and dirt, then he would rinse his hand in the water...muddy mess. He had dirt stuck all over his chest. He also splashed the dog, and the dog, being quite wet, did the only thing natural for a dog to do - roll in the dirt and get nice and dirty. So there I was with a dirty pool, a dirty son, and a dirty dog.

First things first, I get Toby in the house in a towel and we head for the bathroom where I strip him down. He didn't really need a bath since I hosed him off outside. Until I got the diaper off and he peed all over himself. Lovely. So into the bath he went.

1 down. Fill the tub again, toss the dog in. The dog who loves baths (insert eyeroll). I get him clean. Of course now the tub is a mess and the floor isn't looking much better. And the pool is still outside and dirty. So I strap Toby in my mei tai carrier (to keep him from getting further dirty outside again) and we clean up the yard, wind up the hose, etc. Back in the house, I get the bathtowel and the bathmat (both soaked with pee) into the washer. And clean the bathroom.

So 45 minutes of fun and an hour and a half cleanup. I haven't decided yet whether it was worth it, but Toby sure did have fun. He refused to sit down in the pool, but kept walking back and forth and would squat to splash in the water. The pool is a lot smaller than I thought it was, so I think he could use a little more room to play in. But anyway, here are the pics.

Here he is drinking the pool water - he's come up sputtering, but he kept going back for more! What a goof!

And yes, Lex was a Mess.

Hope you enjoyed the pics! We certainly enjoyed taking them!

Love,

Chel

My little Piano Man

Toby has a newfound fascination with Mom's piano (despite the fact he has a very nice toy piano of his own). He has learned to open the piano, pull out the bench, and climb on up. And he LOVES to play!


LOL, doesn't Lex look a little freaky in this last one?

But what good are pictures of the boy playing the piano? How about some sound?

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April Showers bring May Flowers

Toby and I took a trip to the botanical gardens today. We had beautiful weather, highs in the upper 70's with low humidity! I'm trying to enjoy it now because by this weekend it's supposed to be in the 90's. :(

Here is Toby making a funny face


Here he is reading the map for mama

Does this need a caption?

We had a really nice time. The whole idea was to wear Toby out with lots and lots of walking, but unfortunantly he wanted to be carried, so my back is complaining now! And every time he saw water he wanted to play in it, lol! We had a nice time though.

Shopping, anyone?

We bought this little shopping care and basket at WalMart today...BIG hit! Actually, we saw it at Playgroup this morning and it was such a hit there that we picked one up for our house! Toby had so much fun taking the fruits and veggies from the cart to the basket and back again...then he started picking up all sorts of things around the house and toting them around in his cart, lol! My socks and his shoes both ended up in there :)

We're trying to keep pretty busy around here, hoping it makes time pass quickly - so far, so good! 1 day down :)

Love to all,

Chel