Big Boy Blue

We painted the boy's room last weekend "Big Boy Blue". I also finally got wood letters painted for their names. The room is small so I couldn't get the beds and names in the same picture. I put the names up pretty high in hope of them staying there.

Fun Outings for Next Year

I keep hearing/thinking about places I'd like to take the boys, but then I never actually make the plans to take them there. For example, I just couldn't wait until A Little Surprise opened up. Well, it's been open for about 3 months now and have I taken the boys there once? No. So I brainstormed some places I'd like to go and decided to come up with a calendar. I have outings planned for every Friday ranging from local park days to fun destinations (the Children's museum, pumpkin patch, etc.) I also put down going to story time at the library on Tuesdays. We did the baby story time last year and loved it. Now it's time to move up to toddler story time - we'll see how it goes. :)
Anyways, I put all of this down on a Google calendar so that I could share it with you all. I would love for you to join us on our outings. Just email/call me so that we can look out for you guys and also let you know if we can't make it at the last minute. It seems like whenever I plan anything it either rains or one of the kids is sick. :(

I hope that you can join us!

Mei's Family Outing Calendar

New Plates

I found the cutest plates at Target. They are up front in their $1 section. They also have a cute "girl" pattern. Besides these they also have regular plates, cups, silverware, water bottles, and place mats.

Big Boy Bed

We went out last Saturday and bought Johnny a Big Boy Bed. I'm afraid that any day now Jacob will decide to climb out of his crib. We were lucky with Johnny because his crib converted into a toddler bed so it was not big deal when he decided he was too big for his crib. We had toyed around with the idea of getting the boys bunk beds, but I'm just not ready to deal with ladders yet. So we just bought Johnny a basic twin size bed in a plain metal frame - no head board. Then we will move Jacob into Johnny's toddler bed. I found the cutest sheets online at Target that come in twin and toddler sizes. So Jacob and Johnny will have matching sheets and comforters. Yea! Before Johnny was born we had painted his room half green half yellow and put up a border with baby animals in the middle. Well that is just too babyish for my "big boys". So last night I started taking down the border. It was easier than I thought. I went out to Home Depot today and got some paint samples. So looks like we'll be painting on Saturday. I'll post more pictures once we get the beds set up and the walls painted. Next project - turning the play room into a nursery.

Bathtub Art

Yesterday at Target I discovered crayons for the bathtub. The boys had fun with them this morning. The only bad thing is that one of the crayons fell down the drain. The crayons come with a plastic cover and you can push them up to "sharpen" them. But they aren't very secure in the cover so they kept falling out. Hopefully it'll just dissolve and not end up clogging the pipes. :)

Eating Lunch is so Exhausting

I was cleaning up the kitchen after lunch, looked over and Jacob was asleep! I told John about this later and he asked "what did you do"? I said "took a picture of course". :) He hardly woke up while I scrubbed the ravioli sauce off his face and hands. Then he went down without a fuss for a three hour nap.

It's a Baby!

I had my first OB appointment yesterday for Baby. I'm at 9 weeks and 3 days. That means only 9 more weeks to go and I can have my ultrasound and find out if it's a boy or girl. I can't wait! I hope that I'll be able to go out and buy pink and purple clothes with lace and ruffles. :)

Everything was normal. On the scan you could see the heart fluttering, but it's too early to hear yet. I think next month I should be able to hear it. I did have to switch doctors from last time. My doctor with Jacob moved to Wisconsin. I went to the same practice and just randomly picked a doctor. I lucked out! I really like her. I'll be delivering at Banner Thunderbird again. That's at 59th Ave and Thunderbird. It's only 10 minutes from my mom's house.

One troubling thing that did come up was that this medication that I was one during both Johnny and Jacob's pregnancies has now been listed as one that you can't take while you are pregnant. I had normal pregnancies and deliveries with both of them, but now I'm worried about any long term affects. I'll have to do some research. The doctor switched my to a new medication, which I hope works as well as the old. One good thing is that with this new medication I can breast feed. To be honest, when I was told that I would not be able to breast feed before, I was relieved. At that time I knew no one who breast feed and it seemed a little weird to me. Now that everyone I know seems to breast and not bottle feed I'm more comfortable with the idea. I am still pretty confused by the whole thing though:

How does the whole pumping thing work? If you pump then doesn't it take awhile to fill back up? Won't the baby get hungry? I just don't get it.

Also they sell all those special clothes to make it easier to feed. Are those really necessary?

Do they really want to eat like every 2 hours? If so how on earth will I get any sleep?

Are Johnny and Jacob going to freak out seeing me breast feed?

I know that I'll end up trying to do it, since I've decided that it is better for the baby than formula. I just need to figure this thing out. I think I'm going to take a class at the hospital. I also want to find a "breast feeding mentor". Someone who would be willing if needed to come see me at the hospital and then come over when I'm back home if I need help. It's been my experience with Johnny and Jacob that sometimes you get really nice and helpful nurses at the hospital and sometimes you get ones who make you wonder why they ever chose nursing as a career. Neither my mom or sister breast fed their kids so I'm out of luck there. I just have horrible visions of my baby starving and no one there to help me out. Dramatic I know.

Anyways, I'm really excited and I can't wait until 3/5/09. :)