27 weeks!

I finished my 27th week on Wednesday. It's gone really fast but I’m definitely feeling it and looking it lol. I had my dr's appointment on Thursday and everything looks good. I had my glucose test and we got to hear the baby's heartbeat which took her awhile to find since he is so active and is all the time kicking and punching and doing somersaults :). It's hard to believe that after my next appointment i will start going every two weeks. I know these next few months will go fast with all of the holidays but needless to say i am starting to count down for the big day. It's definitely much harder this time around chasing a toddler and not getting to rest as much as I should. We've started making progress on the boys room and had Gavin's big boy bed delivered on Thursday. We probably won't transition him until closer to his birthday after all the holidays but he is excited about his new bed and I think that will help make the transition easier. Just don't want to do it too soon since he sleeps so well in his crib now. Enjoy the new belly pic, it's getting bigger :).

Happy Halloween!

Hope everyone had a great Halloween! Gavin was a cow this year and he looked so cute in his costume and actually did a good job trick or treating… much better than we expected. We were in Des Moines on Saturday for the ISU game so we took him to a few houses in Ryan's parents neighborhood and he did great walking up to the houses and picking out candy and saying thank you... wasn't shy at all once he got the hang of it. He also got to experience a tootsie pop for the first time that night and loved it. We had our trick or treating last night so we took him to a few of our neighbor’s houses and he made sure to pick out his favorite the suckers whenever available! Enjoy the pics below from Halloween and there are also a few from a few weeks ago when we took Gavin on the Pumpkin express train ride and had a quick visit from my aunt Marla who finally got to meet Gavin for the first time. We are getting ready to head up to Iowa tomorrow for Election Day and spend the night with my mom and watch the votes come in. Should be an exciting night!

23 weeks

Here is a new belly pic at 23 weeks. As you can see my belly has grown quite a bit! I feel huge but at my doctor's appt this week she said I was measuring on track and maybe even a little behind so i guess i'll take it :). Last weekend we had fun taking Gavin to the pumpkin patch and he had a blast looking at all the pumkins and petting the animals. We also started moving Gavin into his new room and making his room into the guest bedroom and as you can tell from the pictures below he had a great time playing in all the pillows/blankets from the bed as we were rearranging.

20 months!

Hard to believe that Gavin is now 20 months old and will be 2 in a few months. He is one active little boy and keeps us busy. He loves being outside and taking the dog for walks. He is still a little chatterbox learning new words and phrases everyday and can now count to 10. He also loves music and will start dancing anytime it comes on which is so cute! We had a great time in Iowa over labor day weekend celebrating Avrie's 2nd birthday and had fun spending time with Ryan's family this weekend for the ISU - K-State game. Gavin loved getting to play with all his cousins. Enjoy some new pictures from the last few months.

20 Weeks

It's hard to believe that i am a little over 20 weeks and already past the halfway mark. This pregnancy has gone so fast! We had our big ultrasound a couple of weeks ago and Gavin is going to have a little Brother!! We are excited and know that he is going to love having a little brother so close in age. The baby looks great and he is measuring right on target for my due date. The last few weeks I have been feeling great and really the only difference is just my belly getting bigger and bigger and the baby has been really active moving all the time. The next big thing is coming up with a name so if anyone has any good suggestions please send them our way!!

17 weeks

I'm officially 17 weeks tomorrow. We had a dr's appt today and it was pretty quick but did get to hear the baby's heartbeat which was 153 bpm. Overall i'm feeling pretty good. I have my off days every once in awhile and have been more tired this time around but i'm sure that's because i'm chasing a toddler around :). My biggest struggle right now is just finding something to wear each morning. It's amazing how quickly i started to show this time around and right now i'm in the stage where i'm starting to bust out of my belly band but most of my maternity pants are still too big. I've felt the baby move a few times which is always a great and reassuring feeling. The fun news is that we have our big ultrasound scheduled in a few weeks so hopefully we will be able to find out what we are having!! I added a poll in the meantime for everyone to add their guesses to if baby #2 is a boy or girl. I also added a cute video of Gavin singing his ABC's if you click on the picasa link.

Exciting News

Hi all! In case you haven't already heard thought we would share the exciting news that Gavin is going to be a big brother!!! Baby #2 is due around February 2nd. I just started my 14th week and am excited to be getting my energy back. The first trimester was a little stressful with several scares along the way but thankfully the baby looks great and is measuring right on target so we're hoping for smooth sailing here on out. We went back and forth forever on whether or not we wanted to find out what this one is and finally landed on yes so it's kind of exciting to know that in a few months we will know if Gavin will be getting a little brother or sister. Below is a picture of Gavin in his big brother shirt.