The Busiest Weekend Ever...

Ok, not really. We didn't do much this weekend. After a nice cool week, it warmed back up on Friday which makes Luke and I both exhausted. (My excuse is pregnancy...) Friday we got lunch and walked around Ikea. We used to love to go to ikea and walk around and talk about what we would do with a house someday. Well, now we have a house, but no money and a baby that doesn't love walking around a store for hours, so the experience has changed. Its still fun to get out, and they have toys set out in the kids section which is half way through the store. Those smart Ikea people! We got a few small plants that were on sale. I feel better about buying plants that cost 2 dollars because I know at some point I will forget to water them and they will die. Its just so nice to have some green plants around the house when the long Minnesota winter hits....

Saturday we drove to Como zoo. It's a great free zoo thats about 15 minutes from our house. Unfortunately, every other person in the twin city area had the same idea as us. After looking for a parking spot for 15 minutes, we decided to go to the mall. Eden loves to ride in the stroller and people watch, and we thought the air conditioning sounded nice.

Luke was gone both Friday and Saturday night for band practice and a concert, so Eden and I got to go to bed early both nights. Today we went to church but left early. Eden has been teething all weekend which means she has not been napping. On top of no naps for 2 days, she got up an hour early. So, but 10 am she was in no mood to sit around. She did fall asleep on the way home and took a 2 hour nap! We had dinner with the Dohertys (the youth minister at our church) and Eden had a great time playing with their girls...they had about 20 dolls so Eden was in baby heaven! Now its back to a busy week of work and then we go to Kansas City on Friday for Ric's wedding! It will probably be our last weekend away for a while, so we are both looking forward to the road trip!

Sprocket in a Magazine...

I have been trying to put this up for a week now, and it looks a little small, but I don't know enough about computers to fix it! Oh well...

I was looking at a magazine which had a collie in one of the ads. I showed Eden and she has become obsessed with it. I took this video about two days after we found it, so some of the newness has worn off, but she still gets pretty excited! She has started to look through other magazines, but so far no more sprocket sightings!

15 months old

Eden just had her 15 month check up and is doing great! She is 21 pounds, some inches (I can't remember!), and her head is huge! She is in the 25% for weight and height, and 95% for head size! Her head has always measured big, so the doctor isn't worried about it...just more room for her brain to grow! I think she got her giant head from her dad.

At 15 months, Eden is:

-saying mama, dada, meow, fly, ball, wow, uh-oh, up, down, bubbles, wo-oh for cars, and signs all done. She also makes herself known when she is worried with lots and lots of "uh-uh"s

-sleeping in her new crib which will soon be converted into a toddler bed!

-sleeping from 8-7:20 every night without waking up.

-still taking 2 naps, unless we are out-then she just goes to bed a little early!

-going to bed without any milk while we rock her! She was getting crabby about giving us back her sippy to go into her crib, even when she wasn't drinking it. We stopped bringing it upstairs and she has been totally fine! I love this baby....

-running!

-loving stuffed animals. She has her daddy wrapped around her finger and he bought her a cat at target after she rode around the store saying "meow" and giving the cat kisses! She has been carrying her cat and any other animals she can find all over the house. They get to sit at her table with her, get kisses and cuddle time, and she even gives them rides on her car.

-finally getting some teeth! She has 8 in front and at least 2 molars that have started to come in!

(watching cookies bake in the oven...yum!)

I was so worried about having another baby so soon, but she is learning so much every day and she seems to understand everything we say to her...I think in 2 more months she will be an amazing older sister!

We went to the Minnesota zoo today and Eden LOVED the petting area with the goats. She even got to brush some of them, which she thought was hilarious!

Baby Belly

So far, this baby has felt HUGE compared to Eden. I think I'm as big now as I ever got with Eden. Unfortunately, photo booth doesn't put dates on pictures (or I'm just too computer illiterate to figure it out), so I don't really know how far along I was in these pictures, but I'm pretty sure this is right...

I now present, a belly comparison:

5 months pregnant with Eden

5 months with baby # 2

32 weeks with Eden

30 weeks with baby boy!

Well, that was fun...

Faulty box of "pop"corn...

These are the two bags of popcorn I made for dinner last night. Both cooked for 4 minutes, with very different results. We thought for a while that our microwave just wasn't compatible with popcorn making, but I'm thinking its the popcorn. I think I should demand a refund.

In other news, Luke is gone to Nebraska for his residency. He goes down for 10 days in the summer and winter. So far we have been able to join him for a few days every time he goes down (having family down there is a good excuse to visit him!) but I don't think we will make it down this time. We have been talking to him on iChat a few times a day, and Eden now taps on the computer and says "dadum?". She also calls for him every time we come home...I think she misses him! We have been trying to have fun girl time and stay busy so that we don't miss him too much. Its day 3 and we're still around so I hope we make it.

Later this week we will have 5 pets in the house. I think Eden will love it, so we will take a lot of pictures. If anybody wants to come visit our free petting zoo, you're invited!

Walk this way...

I never really walked, or should I say waddled when I was pregnant with Eden. She hung out pretty close to my rib cage (probably because my abs were so tight...). This baby is really cramping my style. He likes to take up a lot of room, kick and roll all day and night, and make me look and feel WAY more pregnant than I am! I feel like he should be huge, but everyone assures me that he is just as big as he should be! So far, everything has been going well and besides a few rough kicks, this pregnancy has been awesome.

In Eden news, she is doing great! She is more fun every day and it worries me that the next one will make us pay! She is 14 months old now and is turning into such a little girl! She says mama, dadum, up, down, please, and imitates monkey noises, all done, and a few other random words. She also LOVES to dance, as long as the song has a good beat! She likes to sneak up on people, "wake up" Luke, play peek-a-boo, sing songs, and be outside. Her all time favorite thing to do is carry around clothes. She carries them with purpose too, like she is helping with laundry or something. She just started to go to her room when we tell her its bedtime or nap time. She hands over her sippy cup when we ask and is so sweet about laying down!

She had her first sleep over with Nana and Papa this last weekend while Luke and I went to Duluth to celebrate our anniversary over the fourth. I know it was harder for me than it was for her! She will miss her Nana and Papa so much while they are gone, and I may have to get better at adding pictures to the blog for them! We are going to Milwaukee this weekend to visit Eden's great grandparents and catch a Brewers game...Ill try to put up some pictures when we get back!

We have hit an all time low...

I did something yesterday that I never thought I would do (ok, not in the first 14 months of life at least).

I fed my child ravioli from a can. You know, the kind with surprise meat inside? I got some that was on super sale and told Luke "This is only in case of emergency. If we have to feed her and only have 30 seconds to cook because we are in a HUGE hurry."

Well, yesterday we were not in a huge hurry and I had more than 30 seconds to cook, I just was feeling lazy and I was in the middle of a work project. As I wiped the umpa-loompa orange off of Eden's face and hands, I knew we had reached a new low. Luckily I have an amazing husband who laughed when I confessed what a bad mom I had been. He is the best!

My mom never fed us ravioli from a can, which is probably why we liked it so much when we went to my grandma's house! Luke and I have an ongoing discussion about feeding kids. I never got junk food-no canned ravioli or spaghetti-o's, no kool-aid, no chips, no candy. I can count the times we had Kraft mac and cheese. I didn't even know what ramen was when I got to college. So now, I have NO control when it comes to candy and pop. I love junk food. I even liked the ravioli from the can that I shared with Eden. So, is it good to NEVER have any junk food? The jury is out....

Anyways, Eden seemed to have survived the whole ordeal just fine, and ate cheese and bread without any issues last night, so I guess I haven't ruined her yet!