Tuesday, November 30, 2010

The Haircut Episode

You'll notice that I've skipped right over the event of Thanksgiving in our blog. Not because we didn't have a wonderful holiday filled with family and friends in our kitchen, not because we didn't consume 2 turkeys and a ham, and not because we don't have a million blessings to be thankful for, but simply because I did not take any pictures....on purpose. The reason being......the haircut "episode".

The night before we are about to host 15 people for a big Thanksgiving feast, Jeff comes home from work and recongnizes that we forgot to get Isaac a holiday haircut. For those that don't know, Isaac has the thickest, coursest hair you've ever seen on a toddler. He gets his hair cut every 5-6 weeks on schedule or it turns into a helmet-type look (which you may notice is taking form in the pics from the last post). Oh well, right?!? So, I go about finishing preparing something for the following day while Jeff takes Isaac upstairs for a bath and bed. In no time at all I hear this faint motor sound and wonder what on earth that could be. So, I head upstairs to find my husband, clippers in hand, and my son in only a diaper laughing hysterically in the bathroom. I'm too late. The haircut has begun. Cardiologists go to school to learn to fix hearts. Barbers go to school to learn to cut hair. We wouldn't want a barber fixing our hearts now would we? And we certainly don't want a cardiologist cutting our hair. What presented itself post clippers/scissors/tears from mom/laughter from the boys is what we are now calling the Dumb and Dumber haircut of Thanksgiving 2010 - you know the one.

Oh Lordy. Thankfully our nanny also cuts hair and came with shears in hand on Monday morning to "fix", as best she could, the damage. There's only so much you can do with chunks of hair missing and bangs that barely go past the hairline, but at least she evened it out and we aren't making him wear a hat 24/7 now :) So, take this as my warning that all future posts of the next few weeks of getting our Christmas tree, going to see Santa, etc. will include my son Isaac/Lloyd with a haircut only a father could love.

Monday, November 22, 2010

Celebrating

This weekend gave us lots of reasons to celebrate. We celebrated my 31st birthday, we celebrated the beautiful fall weather by playing in leaves and we celebrated the start of the third trimester (less than 12 weeks to go till baby girl's arrival)!!!


"Helping" rake leaves.

Me and my babies.


Date night to celebrate my birthday.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Boo at the Zoo

In my Halloween post of last week I mentioned that the moment Jeff, Jon, Stephanie and I got to Boo at the Zoo with our little UPS man and little duck my camera died. Steph sent me these pics from the zoo to make up for my poor camera pre-planning!



Friday, November 5, 2010

24 Weeks!!


Yesterday marked a very important stage of this pregnancy and I wanted to share – our baby is now viable! If our little girl were to arrive now she’d actually have a chance at surviving (with some major medical intervention). How miraculous is that?I had always kind of wondered how true that was, but we certainly experienced it first hand this year with the arrival of Chloe Rose (Jeff’s cousin, Jamie's, baby) weighing in just over 1lb. back in May. She is miraculously home now where she belongs.

I had an OB appointment yesterday to mark the 24th week (6th month) and got all good news. My blood pressure is lower at this stage than it was with Isaac, weight gain is on track, baby measures perfectly at 24 weeks. Fab. I have discovered though that even with the easy and fairly symptom free pregnancy I am experiencing this time, pregnancy just gets to a certain point where its uncomfortable. I'm getting tired. This is a different tired than the first couple of months when I found myself letting Isaac watch Nick Jr. with some fruit snacks in the evenings so I could close my eyes for a few minutes after work. Think tired feet and back. Sore-body tired that even lying around on the couch doesn't seem to fix.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Halloween 2010

Isaac's stint as a mini-UPS man was a big hit in the neighborhood. And Mommy, Daddy and Uncle Brad all took turns playing Isaac's giant prop - a package for delivery. Even Molly joined the fun wearing her halloween pj's to the doggy costume parade (her 6th annual appearance) and scoring several treats while trick or treating. Halloween was a blast this year - Isaac really got into the whole trick or treating thing. I wish he hadn't been so good at it and collected so much darn candy though - I can't stop eating it!!



Uncle Brad - what a good sport :)


Trick or Treat

Isaac's neighbor friend, Lauren.



Too much candy ends with treat bag on head.

The weekend was made extra fun by a visit from our friends Stephanie, Jon and Jack from Milwaukee. Jack made a fabulous duck (who can resist a baby in a plush costume?!) and the boys braved our coldest STL evening yet for a trip to Boo at the Zoo (and my camera died the minute we got there). Having a baby in the house again was wonderful and reminded us what life is like before walking and talking and toddlerhood! Can't wait. Jon is a fabulous cook (I still have vivid memories of the meal he produced in our tiny townhouse kitchen to celebrate our college graduation) and made us a feast on Saturday night.


Isaac and Jack Attack first thing in the morning.



Steph and I at the doggy parade.


Dinner!

And just for fun - a look back at Halloweens past!!