Candy Grab!

Yesterday, they had an Easter "Candy Grab" at Soldier Field. They spread a bunch of candy out on the field and then let the kids go out and fill their buckets. They do it in age groups to avoid little ones getting trampled but the age group was 0-5 years old. So they said "Go" and the 4 and 5 year olds rush the field picking up all the mini candy bars and good stuff, leaving tootsie rolls and hershey kisses for the little ones. Whatever, not that big of a deal, except that it was about 32 degrees out so all the tootsie rolls were hard as rocks. Micah was able to sprint a head and at least get 1 mini candy bar, funsize-if you will, which Elijah enjoyed. And seriously amazing how fast kids can clear of football field full of candy.

First snow and Christmas

Not on the same day, but I had not gotten around to posting the snow pictures yet.  There was snow on Christmas eve, but it was relatively warm on Christmas day so not much to play in. 

Merry Christmas!



It's the Great Pumpkin!

Elijah has been trying to say "pumpkin" since we got one a couple weeks ago. It kind of sounds like "pupl;kj". But there were lots of holiday activities this weekend. Friday they did a little Halloween party at daycare where Elijah refused to wear his costume. So Saturday, Micah tried to wear it and then Elijah put it on. We went to the library where they were having a little celebration with Halloween crafts.

Then we went to the Obama rally in the neighborhood. After an hour or so of bands, we decided to head home because little monkeys do not like to wait for dinner. Good thing we did, we heard Obama didn't speak until close to 7pm (it started at 4:30).

Sunday morning, Elijah and Mama rode the bus downtown where there was a Chicagoween party. At first it seemed pretty lame but then there was a cirucs act. Acrobats, jugglers, hula hoops, jump rope and music.  Needless to say Elijah thought it was pretty cool.  He alternated between having me hold him so he could see and then wanting to get down so he could dance, and then wanting me to pick him up because he couldn't see, etc. Below is him enjoying "Thriller".

Sunday night we went trick-or-treating with some other little kids and Elijah enjoyed pointing out all the "pupalsfd" at each house.  He also loved putting the candy in his bag.  Luckily, he didn't really know what it was until later.  He also got some apple cider which he promptly inhaled and then had a dinner of mostly cheese and candy. 

How Many More Days?

Happy New Year

From the multitudes of books and websites, I am officially in the 3rd trimester this week at 28 weeks (that's 7 months). That means 3 months left, 12 weeks. Which seems like a lot but then not nearly enough time, considering we still have to move and buy everything for the baby, who currently would not even have a place to sleep if he came tomorrow (although my husband keeps insisting that a shoe box will hold him just fine). So the plan is to do baby registry this weekend and move by February 1. Lots of changes for the new year.

Baby B is now able to open his eyes and even has little baby eyelashes. He weighs 2 and 1/2 pounds and is almost to his birth length, I don't have a fruit or veggie comparison this week so you'll have to use your imagination. I can feel him flip over sometimes which is very weird and makes my whole stomach move.

We had a nice quiet Christmas with presents, homemade donuts, movies and ham for dinner. Then Micah passed out in a food coma at 9:00. It was good. Thank you to everyone for the lovely gifts and I'm sure Baby B will enjoy the new clothes once he is born. Thank you also to all our friends who sent us pictures this year. We had good intentions of sending holiday cards, but it didn't happen. We promise to send pictures of Baby B after he arrives. That makes up for it, right?

Happy New Year!

Me, made out of icing

So, 27 weeks. Some of the books and websites say this is the beginning of the 3rd trimester, others say it officially starts next week. It's a holiday week, so it doesn't matter anyway. Baby B is working on developing his gray matter this week. Apparently neurons are firing away in there. He weighs about 2 pounds now, so he is getting big and strong. Mama took a prenatal yoga class on Sunday and that seemed to help her aching back a little bit.

As you can see, Sophie was helping put lights on the tree a couple weeks back and she did a fantastic job. We got our first, real Christmas tree and it smells great. It also seems to be pretty easy to take care of, but I think because the water resevoir holds like 2 gallons of water, so if we forget, it's no biggie. We are going to have a relaxing Christmas here in San Diego. I'm glad to say that we will not be traveling in this mess of storms this year, but we will miss everyone.

Oh, and here is what I look like made out of icing. We had a baby shower at work for the 3 pregnant ladies and we each had a little cake with a figure made out of fondant icing. Awesome.