The Hills 7-20-09

Hi there! Hope everyone had a good weekend... Ours was another nice and relaxing one! I could really get used to this, but I think they will be coming to an end soon! A few more of them at least though. Mason is good - he is moving a lot; or at least trying to. He's getting so big in there that it is getting harder for him to stretch and kick. Plus when those 3" feet get into my ribs I stand up and try to coax him back to the belly region :) I had 2 people tell me that I look like I'm carrying lower than I was; which of course got me a little excited that maybe he'll come early...but probably not. According to the ticker we have 38 more days; but according to the doctor he said to make plans for 39 weeks....so 31 days! If you want to get technical I'm 86.429% of the way there based on the full 40 weeks :) I'm not going to adjust the ticker though; just be pleasantly surprised if/when he comes early. Don't get me wrong....I like being pregnant and am grateful that I am able to have big healthy babies - but Rob, Justin and I are just excited to meet him. I think especially now that we have the house done, the boys bedrooms are finished, baby clothes washed, awesome child care in place, etc. We needed a couple of last things for Mason and we got them this weekend - a baby monitor (the one we had for J broke) and a wipes warmer. I know that some people don't think these are necessary, but I like being able to wipe a baby with nice warm wipes :) Oh, and Justin got him a soft baseball rattle that says "little slugger". He wants to get him a bat too, but I think we'll hold off on that one for a few months :)

I think I figured out what I want to do for my next job.... Just kidding; I'm not quitting the job I have, but I'm thinking about another business. I wanted to get a pre-natal video/pictures of Mason like we did with Justin. As you can see in the last post, it's a much more vivid, clear picture. That one was not done at the OB/GYN office - it was a place that you go into just for fun...no medical license or anything. We got it done in the Chicago area when we lived there. I think it was a 30 minute session and it was around $175 for the session and video. You can get more stuff added onto the package, but we went cheap. I wanted to do it here with Mason, but the closest places are either Chicago or St. Louis! I seriously think that a business like that could survive here. You have not only Peoria, but Bloomington and all of the other little surrounding towns. Pregnant women tend to spend money on a lot of things - and I thought that was one of the coolest things when I was pregnant with J! We have to make a lot more $$ to finance something like that, but it's worth a thought someday :)

Here are a few (okay - more than a few) pictures from the last week!



J at Emack & Bolio's...a new ice cream place by Daddy's office. We tried to go to Emo's but they were closed on Mondays. This place was really, really good - but it was almost $10 compared to the $5 we spend at Emo's. Guess we'll have to wait until grandparents come into town and let them take us there :) J/K!

There was a girl there with long brown hair and Justin kept telling us that she looked like Morgan (which she did!) and he wants to see Morgan. Only 10 more days :) :) :)





J helping Mommy make a cake - stay tuned for a video on the next post!













The best part of baking :)














The monkey on a tree he got from the Riverfront Market Saturday morning. We already lost a few leaves from the tree when we got the camera out...but he's still in his room and not popped!










Throwing sticks into the bonfire to help Daddy















Being a goof ball. We spent a lot of time out by the fire this weekend. The weather was PERFECT - 70's all weekend and cooler by the time we were out by the fire. Mmmmm....smores :)










Being goofy again :)














Out to eat for lunch Sunday at Flattop Grill. He had just gotten his hair cut and she spiked the front. Rob and I loved it, but he kept trying to push it down and would not let me spike it again this morning. He looked like such a little trouble maker boy!









Making chocolate/banana milkshakes with Daddy













I love his hair :)













For all of my mommy friends - you have to get to Toys R Us this week if your store is doing the same sale as ours!!!! I got everything here for $16!!!! It's buy one get TWO free!!!!! A lot of places have markers on sale for back to school, but not many of them are washable....I would not buy markers that were not washable with my little monster :)