20 Weeks....HALF WAY THERE!

Yippee!!! Hit the halfway mark today! So exciting! Feeling pretty good too. I've been working full time now for 2 weeks and I can see how it can really wipe me out by the end of the day. It's so hard to get home and want to cook dinner, so I've been planning things that are on the "easy to prepare" side. I've noticed my feet and legs get tired/sore more quickly while I'm on my feet as well.

On the home front, the boys got their report cards on Friday. Both did extremely well! We are so proud of them and how they are doing with their new school that we let them pick where we would go to dinner as their reward. They picked a place called the Amazing Pizza Machine which is an all-you-can-eat pizza/pasta/salad/dessert buffet plus an arcade/rides/games type of place. They had a blast and won a ton of tickets to buy their prizes.

Friday night Kevin took Harrison to his first NCAA Basketball Tournament games. They saw part of the Perdue vs. St Mary's (Perdue won) and Kansas vs. Detroit (Kansas won). They both had a great time! They decided to leave at halftime of the second game since it was about 10:30pm. Harrison really wanted to stay up and watch the end of the game so he and Kevin finished out the night on the couch. They were in bed around 11:20pm (pretty late for Harrison considering he still goes to bed at 7:30pm!) Kevin said he thanked him at least 5 times for taking him to the games. We are so happy he is as into Carolina basketball and March Madness as we are! Oh and don't worry....Emerson didn't want to go to the games so we had a nice date night consisting of ice cream from Cold Stone Creamery (he chose Cotton Candy Ice Cream with Reese's PB cups and Gummy Bears mixed in....sounds gross to me but he loved it!) and a Red Box Rental (Puss 'N Boots)

We also bought a new basketball hoop for the driveway. When we told the kids we might be moving to Omaha last June, we asked them both what they would like at our new house to make it really exciting to live there. Harrison's answer was a basketball hoop in the driveway. (Em's answer was a hot tub.....we'll have to keep working on that one! lol) Kevin and Harrison spent several hours on Saturday putting the new hoop together. Harrison LOVES it!! He played as long as he could that afternoon and then asked what time he was allowed to go outside in the morning on Sunday to play again. I told him it was okay with me if he went out when he got up and dressed.....so yes, he was up and dressed at 7AM this morning and outside shooting hoops! We can actually hear him dribbling the ball from our bedroom which made me smile despite wanting some more sleep. He was out there for about an hour before he came inside for breakfast. When he came in he asked me if I got his note (which I had missed) on our night stand. It read "I'm shooting hoops. -Harrison" SO CUTE. He's been out playing basketball with any of us that will play with him, and even on his own, off and on for several hours today, before and after church. Talk about money well spent!

Other exciting news of the week, Kevin's brother Skyped us to tell us they are pregnant with #5! Congrats Jason, Karry & Kiddos! The more the merrier!!

Here's a pic of me at week 20....half way to having another sweet little one in our house!!

18 & 19 Weeks

Yup, didn't have time/forgot to post last week so here are my pics for the past 2 weeks. I started my new job this past Monday and it's going really well. Lots to learn and time on my feet has taken me the week to get used to again, but I think it will be well worth it. I did have to switch over to scrub pants with stretchy bands at the top instead of my old scrub bottoms (thank you,growing rump!). The good thing is that I still fit my scrub tops.....at least for now. Once I out grow those, I will just start wearing long or short sleeve t-shirts since we wear embroidered lab jackets on top anyway. I'll try and get a pic of me in my work "get up" and post that some time too. New also this week: realizing that I can't bend completely over and reach very far because of this growing bump. I went to wipe down some metal carts at work the other day and realized I could reach the back of the very bottom shelf. Guess I won't be cleaning these for but another month or so! Lol. Another new development?? I actually felt 2 tiny baby kicks with my hand on my belly last night! I can't wait for them to get a little stronger so the kids can feel it. Kevin already says he feels #3 moving around at night when we are in bed. Love this! I feel movements a lot more now, even though the movements don't all feel like "kicks". Best. Feeling. Ever. Well....here ya have it.....

Week 18


Week 19