Baby Brother

So we're going to have another baby in December!  It's a boy and we are super excited.  Andrew and I both thought it would be a boy.  I told Riley and he seemed excited he points to my stomach when I ask him where his baby brother is, but then he points to Andrew's stomach too. . .  so maybe he doesn't really understand.

The official due date is December 8th.  Which is a week after Andrew's birthday and a week before Riley's.

I had an appointment right after the ultrasound and the nurse asked me if we knew what we were having.  We told her, and then she asked if we had a name.  I completely forgot that I have to think of another name.  That was so hard before!  So no, we don't have a name picked out and probably won't for a while.  Riley was a day old before he had a name.

I've been feeling good.  There were about 3 weeks where all I could eat was fruit and cereal.  Those weeks I also couldn't look at pinterest without wanting to throw up.  But since then I've been good.  A little tired and a little fat, but good.

And incase you were wondering, this is what it looks like to be 21 weeks pregnant with your second baby.  I can still see my feet.

New House!

We moved into our house the weekend after the 4th of July.  A bunch of people from the ward helped so it went really quick.  Also Andrew seems to love unpacking, so that is also speeding up the process significantly.

We basically live in the best house ever.  It's about 50x better than I thought it would be, and trust me I thought it would be good.  I love the neighborhood. I love the backyard.  I love the cul-de-sac we live in.  The inside is good colors and updated and has been taken care of.  There are lots of windows so it's really light inside. We walk to church and the park. We are so happy!

I always forget to take pictures in the day and to be quite honest it's not usually clean in the day when Riley is awake.  But here are some nice pictures of the living room.

And Riley enjoying his first Otter Pop

18 months!

Riley turned 18 months on Father's Day.  It was basically the best Father's Day of my life because Riley went to nursery!  Andrew took him and picked him up.  He didn't want to leave and according to the nursery leaders he seemed as if he'd always been there.

Riley is so much fun right now.  He loves to be outside. He loves trucks, airplanes, motorcycles, cars, buses, and trains.  He is also an animal lover.  He can make about 20 different animal sounds and is always pointing out birds, dogs and the occasional cat to me.

He loves the park.

He likes other kids.  He likes to act like older kids and likes to help little ones.

He loves technology.

Nap time and Bedtime are usually some of his favorite times of day.  (Basically the best thing that ever happened to me)

He likes to help and can understand most things I say to him.

He likes most fruits, vegetables, pasta, crackers, and cheese.  He won't eat any kind of meat (not even hot dogs, which hardly count anyway).

He weighs just over 26 pounds and he's about 34 inches tall.

He likes to tickle and tease me.

He lines up his toy cars like they are in a parking lot.

He likes to point out every Exit sign wherever we are.

He says a few words and is really close on a lot more, we suspect he will be a chatterbox in the next little while.

We love Riley and are glad to have him in our family

Jessica's Wedding in Atlanta

Last Tuesday we hopped on an airplane and flew to Atlanta.  Riley slept on the plane.  He was great.  With his recently obsession with EXIT signs and love of airplanes the airport was a pretty exciting place to be.  We got there in the evening and Riley was excited to see his cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents.

We spent Wednesday at the zoo.

Selfie

Feeding the birds

Cousins

Thursday we went to Legoland.  It was a little hard to know who was having more fun, Andrew or Riley.

Andrew started making a tower and then a lot of kids started to help.  It ended up being about 10 feet tall and he had about 8 kids helping him.  

The wedding was on Friday.  It was really nice.  We only had pictures from the reception.  These were some favorites.

Saturday we went to the aquarium.  We loved it!

Riley bumped his head in the tunnel.  He would have liked the penguins otherwise

It was a fun trip.  I promise I was there, but we didn't have any photographic evidence of it, except for a few backlit pictures in the aquarium.