Sunny days, Sweeping the Clouds Away......

Oh yes, we went to Sesame Street. The day we got back from South Africa, we had tickets to take Brenden to see Sesame Street Live and I did not want to miss it! (it was now 2 in the morning our bodies' time and add to the fact that we really didn't sleep much on the plane, we were a little tired, but I had been looking forward to this for 2 months!) It was well worth it! The first 10 minutes, he just stared with no expression, which is exactly what Austin did when we took him at 2 the entire show, not much fun. After that, though, he was the cutest thing. If Elmo, Ernie, Big Bird, or Cookie Monster left the stage, he would ask where they went, non stop, until he saw them again, and then he would yell really loud there is Elmo, or whoever. He danced and laughed. He was really so much fun, and I am so glad we got to see his enjoyment!



And when it was over...

Now you can see Austin is all concerned, trying to comfort him, offering him Ernie, while Jeff and I are laughing and making sure we have plenty of photos. (Some kids I may think this is bratty, but for some reason, I think it is so cute when Brenden does it!)
**sidenote- Shannon notice the double chin...I told you my face was already swollen!!

He got over it (after we turned off the camera and loved on him) and took some more pictures for me.

Austin is booing because he is too "cool" to like Elmo, but he watched the entire show no complaints!



The first video he is dancing....


This second video is his little fit....Excuse the bad video taping!


And lastly, just him talking, not much interest, but I thought my family (the lurkers, as I call them) would like to hear his voice :)

I'M PREGNANT!!!

Okay, so you already knew that....but I am finally posting pics of my cutie and how it all went down (telling Jeff, that is, you probably don't want to know anything before that :)

I first found out February 1st, and yes, we were trying. That seems to be a popular question when you are pregnant with #3. In other words, people are saying, what were you thinking? I was absolutely ecstatic! I took a digital test, which is absolutely the coolest. Gone are the days of searching for the little blue line!



I called my sister right away because I had to tell someone! But then I kept the news from my hubby until the next night. So this is now my fifth pregnancy, and with everyone (except the first) I told him in some creative way. I was running out of ideas here, and in case you didn't know, we aren't really super sappy people. So that's my disclaimer. Anyways, I put a hamburger bun in the oven, and when the timer went off, I asked him to take it out. He said, what is this? I said, "It's a bun...in the oven." He told me I was weird, then I said, "you know like a bun in our oven." Then he was pretty excited, and said the funniest thing to me, "I can't believe it worked." We then told the boys, and Austin was super happy! He has been wanting me to have another baby for forever. Of course, the first thing he said was, I hope it's a girl! He kept it a secret for a whole month! He is so sweet with this pregnancy. He is constantly kissing my belly and telling me how much he loves the baby. He told me one day when I was dancing pretty crazy to Guitar Hero, that he didn't think that was good for the baby :)

Here is our cutie pie at 8 weeks!


Then at 9 weeks!

S(he) grew legs in one week! Isn't that crazy! Let me tell you when I saw that heartbeat, I was the happiest woman alive. I had a good feeling about this pregnancy from the get go (unlike the ones I miscarried), but still I have never had a successful pregnancy from the beginning. I miscarry, then everything goes well. I just couldn't believe I could have this miracle without experiencing my heartache first. God is so good!

And here is me at almost 3 months.

My waist has already grown 3 inches (the same as when I was FIVE months preggo with Brenden!) and I have gained 10 lbs!

So there goes the whole story! Whew, that was long! But I feel better now! :)