Last Trio Easter

Next year I will do more! This year, I didn't realize Hank was old enough to enjoy Easter egg hunts, and probably would have like a basket. So next year we will do more, but this year we made it to Sunday service, and enjoyed a picnic in the park with our church afterward.
Hank, did get to hunt for eggs with his Sunday school class, and really enjoyed playing. He played so hard that he crashed and took a 2.5 hour nap when we got home. Sean and I are trying hard to enjoy our last couple weeks as a family of three and parents of only one child to focus on.
Thanks to Carina, last night we were able to go on a date to watch the playoff game (at a bar not live), and have dinner. It was really lovely being out alone for a couple hours. Gave us some time to regroup, discuss baby names, enjoy each others company... Very rare these days. I wish we were better at committing to date nights once a month.
Two more weeks to go before we add a new little one! Not knowing the gender is giving me the push I need to get through these last few weeks of work and pregnancy! I am so excited, it took some time to get here, but I really can't wait to meet this new little person who will no doubt radically change our family for the better!

8 feet high and rising

i have that song stuck in my head, lets hope it's not a premonition. 17 more days to go, sometimes i wish i could take that last few weeks of pregnancy off work, and other times i am grateful that it makes the weeks pass quickly.
Hank woke up and started talking, a lot, last week. It is funny to hear the things he says and realize that is what we must sound like to him. So far I have heard him say, "so annoying," a few times, and he constantly makes a statement and follows it with yeah!?! such as, "mom, have a piece of candy, yeah?" I never realized that I often ask him a question and end it with yeah. like, "Hank, want to watch a movie, yeah?"
Walking through target this weekend, he asked if he could have everything, followed his request with yeah, and then looked up at me with those big charming blue eyes. Now I can see how kids get spoiled!
Ben Keeling did our lovely family photos, it is so sweet to me that we were able to get some taken of our family of three before we become a family of four!
Now, I am off to bed!

the end, my friends....

Almost there, 22 more days to go. This pregnancy never lagged for even a minute. I feel like somewhere between September and now we hit a time warp and showed up in April trying to make ourselves feel ready for another baby.
I just looked back over my mixed up blog of Hank pregnancy, where I understood infinitely less about the risks and complications I was facing than I do now, oh to be so blissfully unaware of what is coming our way again. Maybe a little fear is what second babies are about. I feel a small (sometimes large) amount of guilt over my reluctance to give up my little family of three to become a family of four. I keep trying to savor my last weeks being just Hank's mom, and having only him to focus on. I also keep telling myself, surely this time will go much smoother, if for no other reason than we already have gone there and made it to here.
It is amazing to me all that our family has done in the last two years. When I was pregnant with Hank, we were newly weds, living in our little high rise studio apartment planning all sorts of things that did and didn't happen. I never thought at that time we would make such a leap and move three more times, once across country or at least northern hemisphere, change jobs, change schedules, change everything.
I think I am now rambling for no good reason because I should be in bed, or at least in the shower on my way to bed. Family photos to come soon I promise!

Hank's Room/Nursery

now the nursery is the best looking room in the house! Hank loves his new big boy bed (photos of that to come later), but still calls the crib Hank's bed to. We'll see how he deals with a baby in his old bed!

31 week photos, almost 33 weeks pregnant

we are trying our hardest to get ready! turns out this baby will be a little early, we are looking at the 5th of May. why two weeks makes a difference, I don't know, but it has sent me reeling. I don't feel nearly ready enough for this second little one. I wish I could stay pregnant just a extra month or so! This has to be the most often ultrasound photographed baby ever! I now have had to go weekly for checks, so here are some new photos! still can't wait to see if it is a boy or girl! but i know it totally has seans nose.

27 weeks

I don't know if i should appreciate or be worried about what a fastidiously clean toddler Hank is! He has never like to have dirty hands (truly a child after my own heart!), and now insists on bathing a couple times a day. It's more than enough trouble holding him off til his evening bath, I can't wait for warmer weather so we can fill the pool up outside again and let him have at his water play! Packing is coming along, though I know by this weekend we are going to end of with boxes and boxes of odds and ends that are such a pain to unpack. I wish we had more time to sift through and clean out, guess we will do that after! Baby is getting bigger and bigger, moving more and more. I spent 20 minutes just looking at how chubby the arms and legs are getting on the ultrasound machine. Now you can see the baby sucking, sticking its tongue out, and making faces. Amazing that babies born at this stage do survive. The nurse in me makes milestones at 25 and 28 weeks, taking consolation that babies born that early make it, but also fully planning on getting to 40 weeks! I am in intense nesting mode, but can do nothing about it til we move. I think that is one of the reasons I am so eager to just get it over with. I want to settle Hank into a big boy bed and set up the crib, wash the baby clothes, etc...
Well, this week is half over, and next week will fly by, so I guess it will happen soon enough!

26 weeks and counting

I am really overwhelmed at how fast this pregnancy is flying by. I feel like we still haven't fully absorbed the fact that we are having another baby, and May is just around the corner! Here are the new pictures, the baby is sitting breach now, a relief for my pelvis, but giving me a lot more nausea and heart burn. i am amazed how flexible little ones are as the baby had its feet all the way up to its nose most the ultrasound. we are getting ready to move a the end of this month, i am looking forward to getting settled again and getting baby stuff ready! Hank is growing in leaps and bounds and seems to be learning so many new things every day! i love watching him grow. now to get some sleep!

hank loves his train and his tent that he got! he didn't leave the tent for a couple days!

Hanks Second Birthday Party

We had so much fun celebrating Hank's 2nd birthday with all our friends. It was fun to have 5 other little ones running around playing with all the toys. Sorry it has taken so long to get photos up, its been a busy kind of month around here and only promises to get busier as we prepare to move and try to settle in before this new little one is born!

Hank turning two

I feel like Hank has been turning two for a whole week now, but having his party really made it official. I cannot believe my baby is not a baby anymore, he is such a boy. We had such a good weekend with such good friends around us. It was really a good time having 5 little ones here to play. I promise photos are coming within days! maybe even a video or two!

THE GREAT FLU OF 2011

It started last Friday and has managed to beat us down all the way through to the following weekend. Who knew the Flu would get us down so!?!
Hank came home with a fever and snotty nose on Friday, and by Wednesday Sean was feeling awful and I was in the hospital. Worse than being admitted, was being away from Sean and Hank while they were sick. Luckily, Sean managed to care for the kid and the house with a 102 temperature and the chills, while I laid in bed and let nurses bring me meds around the clock and provide breathing treatments.
I was so happy to be home yesterday, but unfortunately Hank has still had a fever, and we are all still feeling wrung out. Here's hoping that we can get back on our feet by Monday?

Bremner Baby on Board 21 weeks

I am tired, too tired to sit here and write, but also aware it's a now or never kind of thing. My body is sore this pregnancy, I don't remember feeling round ligament pain with Hank, at least not like this, and I feel like I am contracting at the end of my shifts, though, when I check usually I just need to sit down and have some water. I am amazed at how quickly this pregnancy is flying by! I keep waiting for it to start dragging, but really it is dragging me forward faster than I can keep up. I was given a lovely set of swaddling blankets for the new baby, so i keep looking at them and feeling that desire to see this baby and wrap it up snug and tight! I especially can't wait to find out what we are having!
Now that I have rambled or complained through this entry, I think I will head to bed! More soon enough I am sure!
Here are the promised ultrasound photos! baby had it's arms up a lot and is securely head first in my pelvis!