Isaac's 2 Year Photo Shoot

A sneak peak from Isaac's photo shoot the other night. He was a total ham. We wanted to capture him in all his 2 year old glory to forever remember his love of trains, his obsession with his frog boots that no longer fit but he doesn't care, his security blankie and his "backback" where he keeps all his most prized possessions. I'll always remember when I see this pic that we was singing us "wheels on the bus." What a little love. More pics to come in the next few weeks!

Baby 18 weeks, Isaac 28 months, Mommy 30 years.

Pregnancy Yoga

On Sunday I started pregnancy yoga. I wanted to do it when I was pregnant with Isaac and just never got around to signing up. I wasn't sure what to expect since I wasn't very good at yoga pre-pregnancy and surely my ever expanding tummy wasn't going to be much help in the balance and stretching department. I was pleasantly surprised. The class was so relaxing and calming and since there are ladies in all stages of pregnancy its really tailored for your individual abilities. Love it. I think what I enjoyed most was an hour and a half to myself to just focus on baby. With crazy work schedules and never ending laundry and dishes and cleaning and toilet training and dog walking and the endless energy of a toddler to contend with day in and day out its hard to take the time to really focus on a new member of this family. Regardless of whether I leave this class any more "bendy" than I was before, I'll be thankful for that time for just me and our new addition!

Summer Vacation 2010

It took us all summer but we finally got to take a little family vacation together the last week of August. We spent our first day exploring the City Museum here in St. Louis.

Isaac was the only kid on the train ride. He went 3 times in a row.

Then he rode the tiger 3 times in a row.

And he and Daddy spent an hour exploring all of the caves.

A wonderful time complete with a green slushie to finish it off!

The next day we took off and drove to Kentucky to Lake Barkley for some sun, sand and swimming.

We stopped for gas in Metropolis, IL, home of Superman.

After a long afternoon at the lake, we piled back in the car and continued our trip south to Nashville for a long weekend with our friends the Collins family. Three 2 year olds in one house makes for a fun-filled adventure! Good thing Alicia's parents let us stay in their giant house for us to have plenty of room to spread out!

Sam, Will and Isaac in a rare still moment.

Just for fun, a pic from the first time all three boys were together, Isaac 3 months and Sam and Will 6 months.

Worn out after a super fun day.

Ike, Will and the kiddie pool.

All in all a fabulous vacation. Given Jeff's schedule it will be awhile until we get away again!

Hello second trimester, I've been waiting for you.

One would think from the looks of things that Baby is due in the next month or so, but no, 2 more trimesters to go.  Apparently when my doctor said I'd pop with #2 a lot sooner than last time she was not kidding!

Go Cards Go

This weekend we took Isaac to a Cardinals game. Isaac has developed quite a love for the Cardinals since this season began. If we try to turn anything else on the TV in the evenings he stands in the living room shouting "ball! ball!" to turn the game on. He likes to sit with Jeff and watch. It's a bit of an issue when they happen to have a night off! He has lots of Cardinals shirts and shorts and a hat and points to the little Cardinal patch saying "ball". And yes, of course, he stands in the living room with his bat flung over his shoulder and makes us pitch a ball to him over and over and over again while the game is on. Jeff is overjoyed by all of this :)

So, we knew how excited he would be when we walked up to Busch Stadium in person on Sunday afternoon. He was also quite excited to hand his ticket to the ticket lady himself. He loved every minute of it - watching the batters, watching the players run off and on to the field, playing in the toddler section, ice cream, hot dogs, fireworks.....you name it. It did happen to be about 100 degrees so we didn't last the whole game, but it was certainly a memorbable day for all of us.

Too excited by the sight of Busch Stadium to smile for the camera.

Watching patiently for the players to take the field.

Pointing out where Pujols hit his home run.

Taking a little break from the heat in the toddler play land.

A little fun in the gift shop!

Baby Brown #2 !!

At nearly 12 weeks pregnant, I'm staring down the start of the 2nd trimester! Today I went for our 2nd prenatal appointment and had an NT scan done which involves an extra long ultrasound to take some measurements to test for Downs Syndrome, Trisomy 18 and neural tube defects. Man I love to catch glimpses of baby! I was a little worried that I wouldn't be as blown away by this experience as I was 2.5 years ago when we had our first glimpses of Isaac. I'm happy to say I was just as awe struck. A baby the size of lime has fingerprints and chubby baby legs. What a miracle. Initial results of NT scan look excellent, but we'll have to wait for blood work to come back to give us actual odds of any issues. I'm finding myself more curious about this little person this time - I haven't been spending every ounce of energy I have trying not to throw up with this pregnancy so I have more energy to ponder things like this. Who is this little soul?! I told Isaac the other day that I had a baby in my tummy and he promptly lifted up his shirt to show me his tummy......perhaps he won't get this until we bring his brother or sister home from the hospital! And if he's like me when my parents brought Kristen home, he'll ask for the next year when the baby is going back ;)