1 Year check up

Payton went in for his one year check yesterday. Poor baby. He got the regular 4 shots, but the doctor also wanted to take blood and run some tests because he's so little. He weighs 15 lbs 6 oz. He gained ALMOST a pound in 3 months. The doctor said that for him to be in the 5th percentile he needs to weigh 19 lbs. He's not on the charts right now. He's been gaining weight, just not very much so he's hasn't really been on the charts at all anyway. So he wants to check for things like anemia. He didn't say what else he was checking for but I know there's other things. So then the nurse at the doctors office tried to take blood from him, but her needle wasn't small enough. So then we had to go to the hospital and have the other arm poked. Poor kid, he got poked so many times. But he's doing good today. We have to just try and bulk him up. Give him lots of fatty food and try and make him gain weight. But besides being small, everything else was great. Developmentally and everything. The doctor doesn't think anything is wrong with him because he's happy and healthy, so the only reason we're doing the tests is because of the numbers. I don't think anything is wrong with him either. I think he's just small. But we'll see how the tests come back.

Sorry Everyone

So I guess I need to apologize to all my friends and family. Yes, we're having another child. We haven't made a big official announcement. We (at least I) feel like people are probably sick of hearing that we're having ANOTHER one. It's old news. Surprise Surprise. We have just told the people who see us all the time because there's really no hiding it anymore. But I didn't feel like I was far enough along to make an announcement. I'm 12 weeks now. I look like I'm 5 months though. At least that's how I feel I look. So here's your announcement everyone. I'm sorry if people felt left out or offended. Now you know. The due date is Oct. 27. Hopefully it will be before that though. Keeping our fingers crossed.

Baby Birds?!

So, the other day was really nice outside. I've been feeling a little better so I decided to clean the house. Since it hasn't been cleaned in weeks. Over the last few weeks, occasionally when I go into our bath room I've been startled by what I thought was a bird in the window sill, but then I just brush it off as our house being so dirty that's it's just leaves caught in the window sill. Ya know how bathroom windows are like foggy so you can't see in or out. So I just saw this pile in corner that I thought was crap I guess. I only saw it at certain times of the day though. Probably mostly evening when the shadow was just right. Anyway, I was going through the house opening windows to air out the house and I got to my bathroom, didn't think anything of it, opened the window, and this bird flies away. Scared me to DEATH. So after I calm down, I looked out my window to see this-

A nest! I was so right! So I got up on my tippy toes to peak in and see this-

It's kinda hard to see, but there's eggs in there, little blue ones! I tries to leave the window open for a while, but the mom wouldn't come back until the window was shut. So now I don't want to open my window because I don't want to give her a heart attack every time I open it. But when those babies hatch it's going to be so annoying. I will hear them all the time, I hope they learn to fly soon. I'll try to get pictures of them when they hatch and show everyone.

That's just what it looks like from the outside. I'm really nervous that my kids are going to pull those branches that are hanging down and kill them. I hope they stay away.

That's the mom. She didn't go too far.

Easter 2010

This is us coloring Easter Eggs. She had on "gloves" when we finished! We have more pictures coming. Were not doing our Easter Egg Hunt until Saturday.