Two Under Two!

We found out in December that we are expecting baby #2 in August of this year! Last week I had my first doctor's appointment, and today I had my first ultrasound. Based on my last period, I am 9 and a half weeks along, but according to the ultrasound today I am 10 weeks, 6 days. Whoohoo! Baby #2's adjusted due date is 8/13/2010. I am having a scheduled repeat c-section though, so baby will most likely be due around 8/6/2010. Just shy of a month of Philip's 2nd birthday! Holy moly!

It's taken some time to get used to the idea but Phil and I are getting more and more excited. It'll be pretty crazy in our household for a while but I think having a sibling so close in age is going to be wonderful for Philip. A built-in buddy! I'm sure they'll have so much fun together!

You'll have to forgive my lack of updates. "Morning" sickness kicked in with a vengeance a few weeks ago, but I just got a prescription for Zofran, the most awesome anti-nausea drug in the world, and life is good again! :-)

Goodbye, 2009!

Another year has come to an end. Oddly, not too differently from how 2008 came to an end: with Philip snug as a bug in a rug in bed, while his two tired parents struggle to keep their eyes open until midnight for the sake of ringing in the New Year!

This New Year's Eve we're not only saying goodbye to a year gone by but also to a decade. Which is probably why it feels all the more important to at least stay awake to commemorate the event. So many great things have happened over the past 10 years, far overshadowing the bad. It has definitely been a time of change for Phil and for myself. We graduated from high school, went to college, graduated from college, traveled, started careers, got married, had a baby, bought a home... all in all an awesome decade. It's hard to imagine the next ten years could possibly top the previous ten years but, somehow, I believe that they will. In fact, we're already off to a great start!

Happy New Year and best wishes for love, health, and happiness in 2010!

New Favorite Toy

Nope, it's not one of his Christmas presents. It's the lazy Susan and all of the fun and intriguing treasures it holds! This is how Philip kept himself busy yesterday while we put away groceries.






He's just so darn smart! He never ceases to amaze us.

Christmas 2009

Christmas has come and gone and I think we're still in recovery. Figuratively, and literally! On Christmas Eve, Philip came down with a cold. We put him to bed that night with a 101 degree fever and a rough night for all of us followed. Philip was up bright and early Christmas morning and in better spirits so we went downstairs to see if Santa had visited. And did he ever!

For only being his second Christmas, Philip made out like a bandit. Apparently, either Santa had a hard time controlling himself this year or Philip was just an especially good boy all year. Maybe it was a little bit of both.

Among some of his favorite presents were his play kitchen, complete with stainless steel pots and pans, his My Pal Scout puppy who he loves to snuggle, and his Plan Toys push walker to replace the popping lawnmower that was about to give Mommy a brain aneurysm.

Mommy and Daddy didn't too badly either! Our shared gift to each other was a Nintendo Wii, and we also gave each other a few small gifts. My favorite gift from Phil was a pink heated throw blanket. We've been inseparable since Friday! Phil would probably say his favorite gift was the large bottle of Jack Daniel's Santa left for him under the tree, which he wasted no time in opening!

After opening presents we had breakfast, a cheese and potato frittata, and lounged around in our pajamas for the rest of the day at home. It was a fun and relaxing day!

O Christmas Tree

I'm so proud of our first tree in our own house, I wanted to post a picture of it here. Of course, it would have been perfect to have had a picture of Philip posing adorably in front of it, maybe in the cute little Santa hat that I bought him (that he hates), but, after many futile attempts to make said picture a reality, I've realized that's just not gonna happen. Oh well. There's always next year!

"Sleep in Heavenly Peace"

Digging Out

The snow finally moved out around 9:00 last night, much to our relief. But after a full 24 hours of snowflakes, there was (and still is!) quite a mess to deal with:



Phil got to work right away on shoveling our driveway which was a JOB. Thankfully, it wasn't completely backbreaking as our wonderful neighbor used his snow blower to clear our driveway from the back of our cars out to the road, alleviating a lot of hard manual labor for Phil in the morning. After a couple hours of shoveling, Phil finally dug us our car out of the driveway and we ventured out into town around 1:00. Much to our dismay, the major roads through town were a complete mess. They seriously looked as though a plow hadn't even touched them! Oddly enough, the only priority area seemed to be the parking lots at Wal-Mart and Target.

Upon returning from town we found that the plow had finally made its appearance. Unfortunately, it also threw a three foot wall of rock hard snow completely across our once snow-free driveway. Needless to say, Phil definitely got our money's worth out of our snow shovel today!

Here's a picture of our house all lit up against the winter wonderland!



We didn't get to do any playing today as the snow is still so thick. Apparently, a two foot toddler isn't much of a match for two feet of snow!