1 Month!

Well I made a BIG uh oh yesterday. I didn't not do my part and set time aside to blog. Hey with 2 kids it's kind of difficult to remember these things. So as an apology here are some wonderful pics of the boys. Eli is now 1 month and I can't believe how fast time has gone. Everything here has been going some what smoothly. Zack is doing a great job being a big brother but sometimes he goes a little too far when he tries to pick Eli up. But one of us is always right there to teach him that well Eli is not a toy. It doesn't give me (mama) much time for myself. Right now we are working on a routine with Eli. I nurse him every 1-2 hours during the day and then in the evening he sleeps between 3-4 hours but the other night he slept a good long 6 hours. He is growing so much and we have a well baby appointment coming up real soon. He has also been smiling at us and he loves tummy time. The hardest thing for me right now is splitting up my time. I really need to have a set schedule for things to go smoothly. When it's just me and the boys things can get crazy that's why I feel a schedule helps a whole lot. Also Zack started a preschool last week and so far he is loving it. It gives me 3 hours during the day to get any and all housework done or to just relax. Here are some pics of my boys....enjoy!

31 weeks!

Well here we are again....:) we are down to the final 9 weeks. I have been waiting to say a single digit for quite some time. So here I go...
I HAVE 9 WEEKS LEFT AND NOTHING READY!!!!!!!!!!
Now don't freak out just yet it's not like we haven't bought
anything we have it all from Zack. It's more of a let's get the energy on our much awaited weekend to get our room ready for what's to come. Do you understand how hard that really is? We both do so much during the week. Steven wakes up at 5am, busts his butt at work and gets home around 4pm. I am up at around 6am chasing around a toddler, cleaning a house that seems to get messy within 30 minutes of cleaning it and then making dinner so my two men aren't fending for themselves by eating cereal and cookies for dinner. So I guess it would be easy to say that we cherish our weekends. When Friday evening comes around we are so ready to just become beach/pool bums that I think Steven is wearing his swim trunks under his NWU's. I know everything will be done before Eli gets here but I can't help but worry that I will be fresh out of labor making Steven go home and decorate. I may even have him send me pictures so I can micro manage his work. So I guess I should stop complaining and just light a fire under my prego butt and get the ball rolling. Oh that is easier said than done.

At least last night I managed to knit a newborn baby in hat in get ready for it....3 HOURS! It was actually a very easy pattern and since newborns heads are so small it explains why I did it so fast. I am so proud of my work that I am posting pictures and the link I found the hat right now!
Pattern for hat: http://themakeyourownzone.blogspot.com/2011/03/knitting-newborn-hats-for-hospitals.html
The great thing about the make your own zone is well she's amazing to say the least. All of her posts are pretty much little things you can do at home instead of spending money on them. Like laundry detergent, which yes I will be trying soon.
Back to the hat...since I made it so quickly I will be making many many many more. I plan on donating them to CHKD (Childrens Hospital of the King's Daughters. I will also be revising the pattern in other sizes to fit preemies to teenagers. Since CHKD is a childrens hospital they treat a lot of cancer patients and I think a nice beanie or stylish cap for the kids will be my good deed for this year. Check how you can give back to this wonderful hospital at this link http://www.chkd.org/Giving/

That is all I have for now. Of course I have more to talk about, this is me hellloooo! It's just 11:30pm and as I said earlier I wake up way too early for this none morning person. I love you all and hope your weekend has gone well. More posts coming actually tomorrow. As Z would say it NIGHT NIGHT!!!

Lina

P.S. The picture in our header is my lovely maternity shot. I figured why would I spend hundreds on maternity shots when I have a fancy pancy camera at home. So I made Steven take a picture that I have wanted for awhile and I did some editing. It's purty isn't it?

It's the final countdown!!!!

I always consider the last 10 weeks of pregnancy to be the final stretch (no pun intended) to a very long road. If you thought you were uncomfortable before the 30 week mark then boy oh boy! You are in for a LOOONNNGGGG 10 weeks. That's why I take all my pregnancy symptoms with a grain of salt. I know that it won't last forever and it's all for a good reason to be going through them. I think this pregnancy wasn't that bad aside from the morning sickness at the start things have been going pretty smoothly. They have also been speeding by WAY to fast. With Zack it felt like everyday second of everyday was an hour. I was so anxious to have things done for him and to meet him. With Eli I could honestly wait just a little longer (knock on wood) since I am busy all day doing other things with Zack. But like I said this is the last stretch for things and before we know it Eli will be in our arms. Every week from here on out I will be updating how things are going with the pregnancy. In new updates with things we got our 3d/4d ultrasound today. ELI IS FINALLY HEAD DOWN!!!! Thank you dear Lord our chances of c-section went down today. Unfortunately he is also extremely low already and the tech had a really hard time getting a good shot of his face. Below are the best ones out of the bunch. I hope you enjoy them!

Little chunky cheeks

He looks so much like Zack did when he was born

Yup still for sure a boy.

His big foot! Just like Daddy

Do you see the ear?

This was when he was being difficult but take a look at those neck rolls

Another face shot...so handsome

And here is just a reminder of what Zack looked like in the womb and a few days after birth. I think there are some similarities between them. The U/S pic for Zack was done at I believe 24 weeks. He wasn't as chunky but here you go.

Everyone have a wonderful 4th of July weekend. We will be at Busch Gardens for their firework show and then home. We really don't have much planned but I know we will have a great 4 day weekend. Love you all!
Lina, Steven, Zack and Eli

Come on mom, 5 more minutes!

Is it just me or is time going way too fast lately? I feel like Steven and I were still in New Mexico playing wii with his parents not knowing the next day was going to change EVERYTHING. We really need to get a move on preparing for the baby. I just really feel weird getting things "ready" because it still feels too soon but I am just about 18 weeks. Before I know it we will be doing everything last minute and I really don't want that. I don't think anybody wants that but unfortunately it happens to the best of us. Tomorrow I am going to start packing up things from my desk and all the unwanted books we have piled all over it. These of course are all mine because I have a hard time getting rid of books. I gives all my thanks to my mom for that trait. My nightstand is going to take over as my desk because we will be selling it to make room for the baby. Then I plan on getting all my arts and crafts junk out from under my bed and organizing it in my closet. If you know me and my artsy self you are probably cringing at the thought of the mess I have ahead of me. Our furniture will be rearranged to make room for the changing table, co-sleeper/pack & play, and glider. I think we are going to brave it and put our coffee table back in the living. Let's pray Zack won't hurt himself too bad on it, he has to learn at some point right? Let's just say I want this all done before we find out what were having so I can totally jump into the decorating process especially if we are having a girl. Oh yeah did I mention I am STILL decorating Zacks room.

To put all this simply I have a lot of work ahead of me and I wish I could be that kid again so I can just say "5 more minutes!" in my whiniest voice ever. But in my case I can't because since these first 20 weeks have gone by waaaaayyyyyy to quickly I can only imagine how fast the next 20 will be. Wish me luck! Have a great night!