this is halloween

a little nightmare before christmas for you!

and then some spooky silly fun!  somebody was beyond THRILLED to be sully for halloween this year!!

the remaining members of the bad boys club ended up going trick-or-treating together.  they had a great time!  graham was a little hesitant at first, but i think when he realized what happened when they knocked on a door....he was VERY into it!  we were also very good about saying thank you to everyone.  the three boys were quite the hit with everyone too.

and yes...even mommy dressed up this year....a baby mummy tummy!

blanket buddies

you have a blanket?  you have mojo!

open up and say ahhhhhh!

today was our very first visit to the dentist.  and man, have children's dentist offices changed since i was little!  this place has an air hockey table, 4 video game consoles, a movie amphitheater, tree house play area, parent waiting lounge and tv's at each patient chair.  craziness!

the first words out of graham's mouth when we walked in the door.....'woah!'  

he was so good too, momma was very proud.  he let the assistant clean his teeth, floss his teeth, take images of his teeth as well as xrays!  he got to pick out what he watched on his tv, and went with diego.  and of course, it was a dinosaur episode!!  perfect!  he was so good he got to pick out three prizes at he end of his visit too.  and a special treat each child gets when they leave is a big bouncy ball they get out of one of the big gumball machine looking things.  he was so excited!  

bad news though...i had noticed a spot on one of his back molars, and it was worse than i expected.  poor dude has to go back in next week for a pulpotomy as well as a repeat frenulectomy on both his tongue and upper lip.  and i'm freaking out because he's going to have to go under iv sedation.  :(  i know he'll be fine, but i feel like such a failure that he has to go through all of this.  

the words he said to me tonight....'mommy, i have to brush my teeth so i can go back to the dentist tomorrow!'  oh buddy, little do you know.  hopefully this next visit won't make him scared to go to the dentist since he had such a positive visit today.

21 weeks

yup....even bigger!

energy has pretty much come back, and i'm enjoying not feeling like a walking zombie

in addition to being addicted to lime mint sparkling water, i've also been craving red grapes

little miss is ACTIVE!  especially right after i've eaten dinner or drink a lot.

i feel like she's sitting a lower than graham was during this time

only gained 2 pounds so far...so i'm pretty darn happy with that!

apparently when we had our last ultrasound, little miss was measuring 6 days larger than expected.  no, that doesn't mean my due date will be moved up...just means she might be bigger than graham!

i've packed away all my normal clothes and have switched the closet to all maternity clothes

blood pressure was so good at my last doctors appointment, that now i'm down to taking my medicine just once a day instead of twice.  YEAH!!

chalk it up

just a little sidewalk chalkin'

the big reveal

that's right folks....we're thinking pink!  :)

i was convinced we were having another boy, grady kept calling the baby a she, and my doctor guessed it was a girl.  well...guess i was wrong this time!

we're so excited and we can't wait to meet you little miss!

little man!

rise and shine birthday boy!!!!

how has it been three years already?!

three wonderful years at that!

every year so far when i wake up on the morning of 10/22 i recount all the events that happened early in the morning into the early afternoon.  it truly is amazing how these little miracles change your life forever.  it's to the point now where i can't remember life without him!  we love you dude!

here's what you've been up to:

height: 35"

weight: 35 lbs

most nights sleeps about 10 hours and a usually takes a 2-3 hour nap

moved into a big boy bed with no rails and has yet to fall out!

fully potty trained during the day (YEAH!!!!) and pull-ups at naptime and bedtime

still totally into dinosaurs and can even say several of the really hard names

is one of the most animated little boys i've met. something tells me you might have a future in comedy!

got strep for the first time

went to the movie theater for the first time

went camping for the first time

is more of a quiet, solo player and will often spend an hour or so playing with play-doh, blocks, dinosaurs, or other action figures

loves watching movies and playing games on 'his' ipad (no...it's really mommy's ipad!)

it's very common for graham to walk into a room with all or part of a costume and want to dress up (usually a superhero costume of sorts)

likes to help vacuum with mommy

likes to help make english muffin pizzas and eat a handful of cheese

Nicknames: dude, buddy, graham-bo
Favorite color: green
Favorite animal: elephant
Favorite book: no no no
Favorite TV show: madagscar
Favorite movie: madagascar
Favorite song: ho hey
Favorite food: chicken nuggets
Favorite drink: milk
Favorite breakfast: didn't answer
Favorite lunch: dinosaur nuggets
Favorite game: sword fighting game (on the wii)
Favorite sport: didn't answer
Favorite toy: captain america
Who is your best friend: grana
What is your favorite thing to do: play
What is your favorite thing to do outside: play cars
What is your favorite holiday: yeah
What do you take to bed with you at night: sully
Where is your favorite place to go: to the park
What is your favorite restaurant: chicken nuggets and the playground (chick-fil-a)
Where do you want to go on vacation: despicable me
What do you want to be when you grow up: i don't want to grow up
What did you do on your birthday: saturday before we went to chuck-e-cheeses with bella, criostoir, miss colleen, mister cormac and grammie.  sunday we went to a puppet show with grammie, mister bruce and garrett.  on your actual birthday you went to school and then we went to chick-fil-a for dinner, played on the playground and had ice cream!

birthday celebration part II

we headed out west this morning to go to grammie's house.  she's scoped out a puppet show that we'll be going to for graham's birthday (part II).  we got there a little early, so we walked around, played a little croquet and got some plain 'ol energy out.

then it was time for us to head to downtown martinsburg to the wonderland puppet show theater.  the show of the day was the three billy goats gruff.  it was a pretty cute place.  puppets everywhere and little ones for the kids to play with.  when the show started graham even got a special birthday serenade from a puppet doggie, he loved it! (again...he's liking the attention his birthday gets him this year so far!)

we were a little squirmy through the show, but once i got him on my lap he seemed to calm down.  we watched the show and then took some photos with the puppeteer himself and two of the billy goats.  we even got grady in on the action (oh how he loved that!).  :)  

first puppet show was a success.  thanks grammie!

birthday celebration part I

today we celebrated the dude's birthday with the murray's and grammie.  we did things a little differently this year and decided to head out to chuck-e-cheeses for the festivities.  the kids thoroughly enjoyed themselves and graham LOVED having everyone sing to him for his birthday!  

we ate some pizza, played lots of games and ate some cake.  we picked up a whistle, curvy straw and a bracelet using the tickets won from all the games we played.  

good time had by all!

happy (early) birthday dude!

we're grabbing our hats...

...and wishing grampa a texas-sized birthday!!!

18 weeks

getting a little bit bigger

definitely wearing mostly maternity clothes now

energy has somewhat come back...but only to a point since i'm also chasing the dude

appetite has come back for the most part.  although i'm still not 'eating for two!' mostly sticking to smaller meals more frequently.

latest addiction...lime and mint sparkling water!!!

feeling little movements, nothing on the outside yet.

feeling like it's another boy....but we'll see in 2 weeks!

special delivery...

...from the mouse himself!!

graham was awestruck from receiving a postcard signed by mickey mouse!  he wouldn't put it down!

thanks cousin olivia and mason for thinking of graham on your disney vacation!