Happy Wednesday

Just some pictures of my favorite 2 year old to brighten this rainy Wednesday...

Lawn Mower Fun

You have no idea how hard I laughed when I saw Benjamin and Pops coming down the street!  Yes that is Benjamin sitting on the lawnmower, in his pajamas, with his boots on, while Pops pushes!  Nana and Benjamin had been outside looking for Rosemary the cat and when it was time to come inside Benjamin spotted the lawn mower and was pretty determined to ride on it.   He kept climbing up the front and sitting on it and asking to be pushed.  Don't ask me where that came from because it was the first time I have seen it.  Anyway, I kept telling him that we couldn't ride the lawn mower and when I came back outside a few minutes later I saw Pops and Benjamin coming down the street with Benjamin on the lawn mower and the biggest smile on his face!  Then he opted to get off of it and he wanted to push it home.  Too funny.  Benjamin is pretty lucky to have such a fun Pops!

Boots

Nana and Pops gave Benjamin a pair of cowboy boots for Valentine's Day and I can't even stand the cuteness!

Happy Fat Tuesday!

We celebrated Mardi Gras in Lafayette over the weekend and had a blast!  The weather was perfect and Benjamin loved the parade.  We also got to spend time with friends that we don't get to see that often. We met everyone at the parade and they also came over to Nana and Pops that night for a bbq and the kids all got to run around and play together.  Double the Mardi Gras fun!

Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler!

Little Brother

At my appointment 3 weeks ago I was measuring 5 weeks ahead so my Dr. wanted to take a peek at little brother to see just how big he is so last week we got to do just that.  Just to give you an idea, with Benjamin I had gained 40 pounds at this point and this time around I have only gained 25.  Despite what most people think, what the mother eats and the size of the mother has absolutely no influence on the size of the baby.  Some people just grow big babies, and apparently I am one.  At 30 weeks little brother is weighing exactly 4 lbs and is very long!  He is in the 83rd percentile and my Dr. is expecting him to be around 9 lbs at delivery, which isn't too far off from Benjamin.  Benjamin weighed 8lbs 3 oz at birth.  I can definitely tell this baby is bigger because aside from how big I look, I can definitely feel it!  Considering I am the size of an almost full term pregnant woman I feel exactly that way.  But, as Dr. Putterman said, better a big baby than a small baby any day of the week.  So here is a peek at little brother...

Looking almost exactly like Benjamin did at 30 weeks!  Although I think this baby has more of Matt's facial structure with a more prominent chin.  He has a lot of hair just like Benjamin did as well!  We can't wait to meet this little guy and I know Benjamin is excited, too!  When we say our goodnights to everyone,  Benjamin even tells Thomas (his potential name) goodnight and gives my belly a kiss.  Just the sweetest.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!  A day early, I know, but we are headed to Lafayette today to go visit Nana and Pops and tomorrow we are spending the day of love watching the Mardi Gras parades!  Hope your hearts are full of lots of love and your bellies full of chocolates!

Bump

So this happened at school last week...

I know it is the first of many bumps and bruises but poor baby.  His school sent me this picture and called right away and surprisingly said that he didn't even cry.  They said that he was more concerned about putting the ice pack on it and really only cried when they took the ice pack off.