We'll Both Be In Diapers Soon...

[Title explained at the end. Don't worry]

But first! Enough about baby girl! Let's hear about that cutie pie who runs this house!

Yeah, Finn...this guy:

This picture makes me happy. He loves him some snow days

That's who this (long) post is dedicated to.

Let me just say that while this child has a limitless amount of energy, it does sometimes work in my favor. For example, he is still taking two naps a day. Which means that I get to take two naps a day. Do you see the winning formula here?

In any case, he's apparently realizing that he's all grown up (for a 16 month old) and refuses to be fed his food anymore by anyone but himself. Mr. Independence, here.

Which means breakfast is HIS business now...

Do you hear that? That's the sound of Finn cuttin' the apron strings. Except for the cleanup...that apparently, is still my business. Thanks:

Who needs a spoon?!

But really, he must see me cleaning an awful lot because if I give him a paper towel, he gets down on his hands and knees, cinderella-style, and starts wiping away at the floor. I don't know whether to be proud or ashamed...

As far as talking goes, his 'words' are getting more consistent. It's still mostly gibberish all day, but he'll point at cars and all the pictures in his books and say the same word instead of just making up a new word every time. Same goes for his words for dogs and books and food and juice, etc.

It's progress. And at least I know what he's saying (but I'm gonna bet you $10 that YOU don't. Nothing personal, you just need to study your Finnish...very similar to the language they speak in Finland, but not quite).

And while I read books to him all day, I'm obviously not the best teacher, yet.

Let me elucidate; a recent conversation went as such: Luke and I are holding a marshmallow in front of him, like you would a dog when you're trying to get it to do a trick, and we told him "If you say 'please' you get the marshmallow...so say 'please'!"

Finn: "gudunchees!"

Us: Eh, close enough, here you go!

As you can see, as parents, we might not be as strict and encouraging in the speech department as we could be.

And finally, if I show him my burgeoning (great word, btw) belly he likes to poke my belly button incessantly. Cute? Yes. A little embarrassing? Also, yes. And also a little painful. I don't know if it's a pregnancy thing, but it hurts to press on my belly button...so that's something to think about.

As far as that belly goes (I can't leave baby out completely, right?) at 21 weeks baby girl is feet-down, as it were, so when she kicks she is always getting me in bladder, making me feel like I am about to pee myself sporadically.

And since I'm still working out at 6am everyday, whenever I start running/moving so does she, which makes me feel like I am going to pee myself in the the middle of the gym at 6am...which is where you want to be when that happens, right?

I'll end on that note...

Debut Take Two!

Sorry for the self-indulgence but I couldn't help myself. Anyway(!), back story: We went and got some more ultrasound pictures taken because, frankly, the first time around I was very much less than impressed with the lady who did it. Yes, I know she was looking around for medical issues and whatnot, but come on, this is the first time we're seeing our baby! Give us more than 5 minutes!

It was legendary. I won't post all of the pictures but, you know, you don't have to look at them if you don't want to, ok? Geez. Let's not get picky, here.

She's a cutie...and this picture is almost identical to Finn's ultrasound picture...same button nose and same lips. My little twinsies :)

Waving 'hi'! You can even see all five fingers :)

You might not be able to tell, but she's putting her foot in her mouth. Yeah, I died.

Making Her Debut...

Welp, here they are. Ultrasound pictures...if you can tell one thing from another let me know, 'cause I need some help. As I said before, she was being stubborn and/or camera shy so this is the best we got.

Despite the blurry, indecipherable-ness of it all, it does seem pretty amazing that there's a growing human inside me. Weird. But amazing.

Can't wait to meet sweet-cheeks here :)

Arm, ear and head

Lil' bum :)

A leg....

And apparently that's her face somewhere in there...I'm not convinced.

It's a...

GIRL!!!

Say whaaaaa??? I was totally feeling 'boy' going into the ultrasound yesterday, but it's a chica! I'm over-the-moon happy about it, even if it took a couple of minutes to sink in. I mean, I have one sibling...a brother...Luke has 5 siblings...all brothers....I have a son...what I'm getting at is I know boys, I get boys. Boys seem easy, less drama-rama. Simple.

But a girl! *Sigh of joy* I'm so very happy about it. Luke is too, if not a little intimidated at the thought, bless his heart.

I'm so excited for Finn to have a little sister to look after and play with. It makes my heart all melty just thinking about.

The only implications I can see regarding this female addition to the family is that I don't have an excuse not go out and buy cutesy clothes. However, I have promised to restrain myself.

I'm saving for a double BOB revolution, so that helps the motivation. Yeah, double strollers...bring it on.

As far as the ultrasound went, we didn't get any super cute 'pictures' if you will...she (she!) was being stubborn and kept her head turned away, but we saw the legs and arms and other various body parts that we ooohed and aaawed over. In any case, we don't have any pictures scanned into the computer to post sooooo...sorry 'bout that.

No pictures? Yeah, blogging fail, I know...all you get is something cheesy like this: