birthday boy!

an old post which never got published in March!

Jamie turned 2 on Sunday and he is very excited about it. Events started the weekend before when we went down to Nanna and Grandad's and visit Drucilla's Zoo with them and Uncle Sam and Aunt Sian. Jamie loved all the animals, which you can see some highlights below. The Zoo also had a Thomas train which of course Jamie loved. More photos can be found on our Flickr page.

Riding Thomas!

Thomas! too excited to stand still!

Imitating the flamigos!

We had a BBQ on Saturday with our friends and we had the most beautiful day for it. We all hung out outside for the afternoon and the kids ran around the backyard having a blast. Our train obsessed son, got his very own Thomas cake for his birthday which he had to wait to eat until all his "friends are here." So everytime the doorbell rang, he shouted "friends are here!". It was a 3 evening challenge which I enjoyed very much. I found some good tutorials on the internet to guide me through the process, which was easier than I thought it would be. Below are some photos from the big day and the rest can be found on our Flickr page.

snow day!!

So we didn't realize, but apparently it was supposed to snow on Saturday night with some accumulation, and that it did. We got a few inches. And it was the first snow of the season, unlike last winter where it snowed in November and a lot in December too. But like last year, we had one who loved the snow and one who wasn't so keen. It's not hard to guess which was which...

We did manage to stay out and play a little, including building two snowmen as someone destroyed the first:

did you guess right?!

Jamie is going to have a little sister!!

We had our ultrasound this morning and it all went well. She (still weird to say that, I actually wrote "it" first) measured pretty much bang on average for everything they looked at. Sweet little thing weighs 13 ounces right now. We're halfway through the pregnancy but definitely not halfway through the growth, crazy to think about. Jamie was 6lb 13oz when he was born. So potentially 6 or more lbs to put on (for her) (and a lot more for me-on average, I should now be putting on a pound a week!)

We are all pleased, if not a little bit in shock. Over the last week or so, I've thought she was going to be a girl. Most of my friends are having boys this time round (when they had girls the first time) and everyone, apart from one, is having the opposite of what they had first. And so the pattern continues.

I can now ask Jamie where is his baby sister and he will point to my belly and give it a kiss. So cute!

Here are the photos from the ultrasound:

She is sitting breach at the moment (head up) and she had her hand up near her face most of the time and was waving or sucking her finger/thumb. You can see her waving fairly clearly in this last one.

We haven't picked out any names yet, Paul wanted to wait until we knew the sex so we'd only have one to contend with. Don't get any big ideas though because like last time, the name will remain a secret until she's born.

Some good news is that the fibroid is measuring 8cm at it's largest point which is 4 cm smaller than it was at this point with Jamie (it also didn't grow after this point). We have another ultrasound scheduled for 32 weeks and we will be meeting with the ob/gyn in February to talk about the fibroid and see what he says about the birth. But for now we will all get used to the idea of a she and are thankful that everything looks healthy and normal.

Oh yes and here's a belly pic taken yesterday (21 weeks). You can see me at 19 weeks with Jamie here. As you can see I'm already much bigger than I was around this point last time.

guessing time

So it's been nearly a month since I've posted. We had a lovely time over Christmas celebrating with family. We didn't take too many photos this year sadly, but there are some from our time in the States, including some cute ones of Jamie paddling in the ocean on New Year's Eve. See the link to the right or go straight to our Flickr page. We are back in the swing of routine here which now seem to involve more tantrums and also obessive train playing.

Next week is my next ultrasound where we will find out how the little one is growing and also if it's a he or she! You can cast your vote on the poll on the right, and we'll reveal the results next Wednesday...if you're lucky!

jamie loves the bath

Last night I took this video of Jamie in the bath. It all started because he was trying to drink the water from the cup and I told him it was yucky, but it just turned into a game...

oh dear!

Jamie is talking more and more everyday. He hasn't said much that is funny yet as mostly he just says one word at a time, sometimes two. We haven't filmed him much (or at all yet) talking but we captured this tonight which was just too cute. If you can't tell what's going on, the cover to the iPad has come off...

Some photos

Here is a photo of Jamie in 'the' t-shirt. This was taken right before bed tonight and he was very tired, but it ended up being quite a funny shot, which is what we used to announce the pregnancy on Facebook:

We entitled it: We have some news. Some are more happy than others.

Jamie actually doesn't really understand what's going on. He went to the ultrasound and we explained about the baby in mommy's tummy, but who's going to understand that about a black and white moving image. We'll try to explain more as time goes on, particularly after we find out the sex.

Here is a photo of my bump from this morning, which is much bigger at 15 weeks than last time.