Anderson goes to the dentist

Anderson had his first dentist appointment today and I'm pleased to say it was a resounding success! He loved it. The dentist was Bri's pediatric dentist, who also coached soccer with his dad. Needless to say there was a bunch of reminiscing going on.

All that aside, this man is a genius. I wish my dentist growing up was half as nice and funny. A listened to him and his assistant, opened wide and didn't get scared. We were really thrilled.

As a reward A got to pick two prizes (a snake and glasses disguise thing) a sticker and a tattoo. It's the little things that make it great.

Big guy!

Prizes are cool!

Remodel has begun

Well, it has started. We are complete with demo and a the proud owners of pretty much a house with a hole in it. I'm excited to see it begin and imagine the finished product.

On a lighter note, I realized a bonus of having a girl - adorable designer clothes. DVF launched a small partnership with GapKids and baby girl Birkett is the proud owner of her first DVF wrap dress, along with another equally cute sundress. I bought older sizes so she will be out of spit-up, blow out stages and walking around. I figured they would look much cuter on her then. Bri tolerated my splurge fairly well.

First day of demo

Babies 1st DVF :-)

A perfect Friday

Work has been challenging lately - that's an understatement.  So it was with great pleasure today that I worked with our LOA resource and calculated my maternity leave and sent a formal notice to my boss (just 10 days into her tenure). Return date - Jan 2, 2013 with leave potentially starting as early as June 15. Yes, I am very aware this will be no vacation, but I'll definitely be looking to travel during that time with the bambino once we're all good to go.

Bon Jovi forever

I was tempted to title this post, whoa oh half way there. Alas, I did so back in '08 with my first pregnancy (or at least something very similar). In my defense, hearing/seeing that I'm half way through something always triggers my brain to the chorus of Living on a Prayer. It's the jersey girl in me, apparently it's never going to die. Tim Riggins once said, Texas Forever, to that I say Bon Jovi forever. BTW, if you find yourself wondering who the hell is Tim Riggins, you should feel ashamed. Google, Netflix and then talk to me. I love #33, QB1 and Tammy Taylor, y'all. In fact don't be surprised if this little lady is called lyla or Tyra. Seriously if you haven't watched FNL you missed out on the best television ever created. Just thinking about the series finale makes me tear up, and it's not because of the hormones either.

I digressed. FNL will do that to me. All in all it's been going well. I had a terrible case of sciatica - crap please never let it happen again. It was painful as all get out and I didn't know if I could put pressure on my leg let alone do any sudden movement. It's gone thanks to some miracle work by a chiropractor and a massage. Cross your fingers it stays that way.


20 weeks



It's a ....

...girl! Anderson is going to have a little sister. We were excited either way, but it feels pretty balanced to say we will be having one of each. I haven't checked out the disk of picture we were given, but I don't think there are many clear shotss. Our kids aren't known to sit still and this proves true to her. It took a while to get all of her measurements because of it.

Heartbroken for a minute

This is the sad story of Anderson on the morning of Feb 15, 2012...

It was a normal morning, getting ready for school and work.  Anderson was playing with a toy and I asked him to come over so I could put his shoes on.  He refused and continued to play.  I told him I wasn't going to ask again and proceeded to do our 1,2,3 countdown.  Usually it works but today no luck, so off to a timeout Anderson went. 

He pouted and started to cry, which is somewhat normal when he's in a time out (it's rare he goes in one). So Bri and I thought he was just upset he wound up in one.  No no, he starts to mumble...I hear whaa waaa baby waaa.  I ask him what's wrong.  He then cries..."i don't want the baby out of your belly" and repeats it again. He looked sadder than I have ever seen him. Broke my heart in two.  I waited until timeout was done (I know I'm cruel), hugged him and told him that he is going to be the best brother ever.  He stopped crying.

Awe man.  We know he'll be fine, but that was a rough 2 minutes.

Bathroom Remodel

I'm pregnant, so keeping with tradition we figured we would do something major in our lives. Last time we moved a month before Anderson was born.  Not stressful at all. This time we've decided that we are going to remodel our perfectly functional, but not quite our style, main bathroom. We figure do it now, not when the new baby is here because we might push it off for some time.  The previous owners remodeled it within the last 10 years.  At first glance most people think, oh it's nice, maybe not your style but still nice.  Yes, they spent decent money on the fixtures but they did the design based only on how they use a bathroom.  Why have a shower, no need. Instead everyone must like soaking in a obscenely huge and deep tub with a hand shower for those times you want to rinse off. We learned quickly that we can fit Anderson and almost all of his 17 classmates for a pool party in our bathroom if we wanted to. Not terrible, since Anderson is still prefers the bath over a shower. No storage - just a pedastal sink and Ikea shelf and some small "boxes" that don't hold a thing. However, not convenient when all house guests prefer to shower in the bathroom in our bedroom.  It's not a master en-suite you see on HGVT, just a practical bathroom addition on a 1940's house - shower, sink, toilet.  I love house guests but prefer to keep our bedroom as our respite from it all.

We've hired the contractor and placed our order for our long lead items.  Now we wait approx 3-4 weeks and the demo will being.  The hope is in 30 business days or less we'll have a new bathroom that is kid and house guest friendly.  A new tub, new vanity with storage, and seperate shower area (due to the size of the room and window we are going back to the original layout from 1941, so we don't have to touch any exterior walls). Hopefully my sanity will still be here too!

Before remodel 2012