asher's date

September 10th was the day we found out that I was pregnant with #3. We were really excited and shocked and happy! And then a small part of me began to worry about how having another little baby would affect Asher. I have heard more than a few people (who were the oldest kids in their families) say that each new sibling was hard on them. It divided their parents time & attention even more.

So I took comfort in the idea of having regular mommy-daddy-child dates. We took Asher out on a date that same night to the movies- his first ever in a theater! We saw Toy Story 3 and ate popcorn and red vines. The part Nate and I loved the best was watching Asher watch the movie- he was completely enthralled and sat still for the entire thing. Asher now asks to go see "toy movies" quite often. A sign of a good time!

We look forward to taking Collin out on a date as well. And we look forward to loving on all THREE of our babies. :) For those of you who wanted to know, I am due in May. (Yes, I know. I am not that far long. It's hard for me to keep happy news a secret!)

i can't tell...

if we should have another baby...

...or buy a horse.

I guess we'll go with have another baby because horses are stinky!

We are thrilled that #3 is on their way!

Collin gives you the bird

This afternoon Nate and Asher took Collin to Urgent Care after he cut his fingers pretty badly on a fireplace vent. I arrived just in time for the fun part- holding him down while they numbed his middle finger and put in 3 stitches. Collin is one STRONG little boy! It took 4 people to hold him still. My attempts at bribery only worked for part of the time. :) I hated having my little baby in so much pain...he was such a trooper and now has a pretty funny bandage! (Sorry for the quality of the pics- they were taken on my iphone.)

goodbye summer

We're trying to soak up the final days of heat, garden yummies, staying up late, sleeping in & short sleeves.

Asher, being a very observant little boy, has already memorized where the community pool is located. Anytime we are near its vicinity he asks to go "swimmin". He will certainly miss the water.

And Collin has developed a LOVE for tomatoes. I sometimes pop a cherry tomato in his mouth during diaper changes- just so he'll hold still! While I am a little sad summer is ending, Fall is my hands-down favorite season. In fact, I intend to dedicate an entire blog post to the many reasons why I love Fall, so stay tuned. :)

Oh, and Nate created a new game for the boys. It's called "Run up and down the hall until you seem tired enough for bed!" I believe my parents had their own version of this...it was called "Go run around the block a few times!" haha!