not to worry - we haven't gone anywhere. ha! almost literally. most of my days are spent laying on the couch, not moving. i'll get to that in a minute. so many things to update! we'll start with little t-bone...
can you believe little is 3 years old?! we had a wonderful birthday party. let me rephrase...we had FIVE birthday parties. we spent the weekend before her birthday in michigan where we celebrated three times - pics of most of the cakes to come. then we came back down here and i made cupcakes for her day care class, and then dinner with some great friends. it was a busy week, but we felt really blessed to be able to celebrate with so many special and important people!
we took thalia to the doctor this week for her 3 year check up:
i HAD to be the dorky mom taking a picture of her kid...just look at how adorable the little blood pressure cuff is!! she was such a big girl - did everything the MA asked her to, even answered questions from the PA. 3 going on 13 i swear. chris and i had been betting on if she would hit the 30lb mark. the official verdict - close but no cigar. 28.8lbs and 36" tall: about 25% for both. guess she got my genes :o)
i HAD to be the dorky mom taking a picture of her kid...just look at how adorable the little blood pressure cuff is!! she was such a big girl - did everything the MA asked her to, even answered questions from the PA. 3 going on 13 i swear. chris and i had been betting on if she would hit the 30lb mark. the official verdict - close but no cigar. 28.8lbs and 36" tall: about 25% for both. guess she got my genes :o)aside from birthday parties and check ups, t-bone is nearly fully potty trained! just like everyone said, after all the time and methods we tried, one day it just clicked. we still put her in pull-ups at night, but i think most of that is because we had just bought a ton. she usually wakes up dry.
we've also been spending a lot of time with our friends greg and jacquie and their boys andrew and ryan (ryry). they finally got relo'd and are settling in to a great house that is almost right around the corner from us. we went over there for dinner the other day - thalia had a ton of fun playing with the boys...and being a goofball for mr. greg and his iphone app.
the following weekend we took them to the museum of life and science in durham. this place is so cool...i've posted pictures before.
one of thalia's favorite activities is this volume exhibit. she loves putting the beads in the different containers and dumping them everywhere!
one of thalia's favorite activities is this volume exhibit. she loves putting the beads in the different containers and dumping them everywhere!
then we went outside to the farm and thalia and ryry held hands. it was so adorable!!other than that, i got a new job that i started on february first in gsk's epilepsy marketing department. i really like my new team and i get to combine what i was doing before with some really new and innovative fun projects. it's been going very well and is usually less stressful than my previous job, which is a good thing.
oh yeah...and there's that little thing about FINALLY being preggers again! it took us so long to get here - and no time at all for me to feel worse than i did with thalia. for those of you who were around then, you know that means no fun. hence the laying on the couch most days. i am 16 weeks and due on my birthday (just like stephie)! i have my next check up on thursday, and should schedule the ultrasound to find out the sex of the baby after that :o)
ps...i definitely "popped" way earlier this time 
this is from a few weeks ago during a first trimester screening. look at it kicking its legs out!! by the way, this fetus' nickname is coco. thalia still wants to call it sarah, but i told her we needed to name it something else in case it is a boy. her response: "how 'bout chocolate milk?!" so aunt stephie shortened it to coco and that's that.alright, that's enough for now. more pics and more frequent posts, i promise. much, much, much, much love!!
c, c, t, and coco
