Funny Boy!

Mom, Dad, Jillian, and Josh came out yesterday and hung out for a while. Jillian found a laptop at Bestbuy and they came out to pick it up. So, of course, they came over to visit. All the pictures with the weird white things were from yesterday. It was padding for Jillian's laptop. Then, it turned into a super cool toy! Alex was pretty funny with it. He didn't want anything to do with it at first. Then, he warmed up to the idea and had lots of fun. Then, he got tired of it pretty quickly. They took us out to the Brewery and we got some good food.

Today Alex found some keys that I didn't know existed in a coffee table drawer. He has had so much fun with those. He put them in a little slot in his lawn mower toy and thinks it's so cool. He keeps trying to find a spot to put them in his car. Poor guy. Nathan says he's going to cut a little hole in the car so Alex can put them in there. He thinks they are the coolest things!

These are some pictures from the festival and the last is just Alex and Daddy.

Well, first I have to tell everyone about my sweet hubby. On his week off his work called and asked if he could fly some people out to Goodland for some golf thing. He told them he would do it if I could come along. Mom and Dad were going to watch Alex and then at the last minute it got canceled. I was really looking forward to spending some one on one time with the hubby and was pretty disappointed it wasn't going to happen. Well, then Saturday rolled around and I said since we weren't really doing anything that day I wasn't going to do my hair or makeup. Nathan said that he was thinking we could go out to dinner that night. I'm like okay not thinking anything of it. Then, we're heading out to eat and he swings by the Richardsons to drop Alex off so it can be just us. I was like wow this is nice. We ate at Whiskey Creek Steakhouse downtown. We'd never been before and it was really good. Then, Nathan wanted to walk around a bit afterward. As we're walking he pulls me into this doorway to a very nice hotel. I'm like okay this is weird where are we going. He pulls out room keys. I was very surprised. I guess earlier he brought a bag by the hotel and had set up for the Richardsons to watch Alex over night. So then we get up to the hotel room and after looking around for a while decide to go walk around a little more. It kind of seemed like Nathan knew where he was going, but I usually follow him around cause I have a bad sense of direction and he has an amazingly good one. We come down to this area I'd never been before. It was really nice and ooh there's a theater down there. So, like it's my idea I say we should see get smart. Then, Nathan pulls two tickets out of his pocket for a showing in like thirty minutes. Shocked! He had planned out this whole really nice evening and totally surprised me with it! So, after the movie we go to this little cafe and get uber good ice cream. We sat and ate listening to live music and watching kids running through this open water fountain thing. It was so much fun. Everything worked out perfectly to Nathan's plan. Very romantic. He's good at that stuff!

Now on to baby news. We just had my fourteen week check up today. It was very quick. We went in, listened to the baby's heartbeat, set up next appt., peed in cup, and left. Going in to the doctor is not as fun as it was before our miscarriage and Joanne and Jeremy's loss. So, I was nervous. Hearing the baby's heartbeat was so encouraging! We set up an appointment for five weeks from now on the 30th of July. We'll have a sonogram first and find out the baby's sex and then have the normal checkup right afterward. It'll be fun! I'm so glad I'm passed that icky first trimester stuff. I'm feeling so much better now and have more energy. I'm making dinner regularly and keeping a clean house. It's so nice. So far I haven't gained any weight. My stomach is looking lots bigger though.

There's no way I'm posting pictures of our hideous back yard on here, but I'll email them to you Joanne.

The Zoo

We went to the zoo this last friday. It was really nice out and the perfect day to go. If it was any hotter it wouldn't have been quite so fun. The picture of Alex's cereal bowl and tractor is just random and thrown in there. He was being so funny! Nathan and I were just talking and not really paying much attention to him. All of a sudden Nathan's standing up by the coffee table and just happens to look down and this is what he sees. It was sooo cute! He had put them all in there. Anyway, back to the zoo. Alex didn't seem to be as interested in the big animals like the monkeys, elephants, giraffes, and rhinos. He did seem pretty fascinated by all of the little reptiles and amphibians though. He would get up right to the glass and look at them. It was a fun first zoo outing. He'll probably enjoy it even more the next time around.

Well, I don't really have anything exciting to post. There really hasn't been that much going on lately. Just the day to day things that keep me way too busy.

The first couple pictures is Nathan and me being silly and making funny faces. Then theres the one of Alex with mashed potatoes smeared ALL over his face. It was so gross but so cute at the same time. He even had it in his hair and eyelashes. Then, there are a couple pics from the farm at memorial day. Alex loved those little metal balls. Even though they're uber heavy, he would carry two of them around everywhere and sometimes try to throw them at people. That wasn't so good. Those things could hurt. He was also obsessed with the riding lawnmower. He just wanted to be on that thing all the time. It got to the point where he could get up there all on his own and he would ask for the key. He knew the key is what made it go. So, pappa would be nice and start it and ride around with him.

Nathan and I have gone on two dates this last week. Crazy huh. We won't be able to do that when the next baby comes. We've been seeing a lot of movies because dinner is kind of out of the question right now. I usually feel pretty sick at nights still and can't eat very much. We went to see Indiana Jones and the mystery of the crystal skulls. We didn't think it was as bad as you did Joy. I guess probably because you told me about the alien thing and we were kind of expecting it. And, also because I like about every movie out there. We also just saw Sex and the City. For a while it was on tv like every night as we were going to bed. There were two back to back episodes and we ended up watching like the whole series. Well, if you're into that show, the movie was awesome. Nathan even liked it.

The first time I really knew I felt the baby moving around was on memorial day on the drive out to the farm. I felt two very noticeable movements. Since then it's been very active. I'll just call the baby a he since that's what my guess is. Anyway, he goes crazy about every night. It's like he just jumps around all over. I tried to see if Nathan could feel it one night, but I guess it's still those movements that only I can feel. Even though to me they're so strong now I can't believe that you can't feel them when you put your hand on my stomach. It's pretty exciting when you feel those first movements. Especially after having the miscarriage. I am 11 weeks along now. I've been feeling better and having more energy. But, it's still not enough. I feel like I can barely get my housework done. But, at least I can do it now. I felt pretty bad that the house was such a disaster and Nathan wasn't getting any home cooked dinners. I just really couldn't do that stuff. The bathroom was so disgusting by the time I finally felt able to clean it. Oh, I've been getting cravings too. And, of course, they're all of the incredibly unhealthy things. I've been craving cheeseburgers, shakes, slushes, and mainly taco bell. I don't know what the deal is with taco bell, but that was a big one when I was pregnant with Alex.

Nathan was really sweet last night and ran out to dillons for me to pick up milk and nanners for Alex for the morning, then went by Wendys to get me a cheeseburger and a frosty. It was pretty funny how he went actually. I don't go out all that often without Nathan. Just because I don't really have that many places to go to except the grocery store and it's kind of nice to have him there to help. Anyway, the last time I went out by myself I got hollered at and whistled at. When I was getting gas, there was this uber nasty older mexican guy at the pump behind me and he kept yelling nasty things up to me. Then, when I was dropping off a movie at blockbuster there was some nasty white guy in an old hoopdy whistling out the window at me. GROSS! Well, I told Nathan about this and he was like well you just look too good. That was pretty nice to hear. Especially since I had no makeup on and my hair was all scary. So, he decided that he didn't want me to go out last night because he didn't want me to get hit on again. I was more than fine with that since I didn't really want to go out anyway and I got a cheeseburger and frosty out of it too.

We've been playing black hawk down again lately. There aren't like any good shows on tv anymore and so we've been playing every night. It's a pretty fun thing for us to do as a couple. And, having a laptop is nice. I lay on the bed in the office with some pillows propping me up with the computer on my lap. Since I never feel that great at night it's pretty nice.

I'm so excited for when Joanne, Jeremy, and Hayley come out. It's only a week away now! I'll be in my 12th week. So, I'm hoping I'll be feeling a lot better. We'll see. Riverfestival in Salina will be even more fun this year because the kiddos can do some little craft things. I'm thinking that we could make some buttons and get faces painted. I don't know how Alex will feel about getting his face painted though. He's kind of a fraidy cat.

Alex has been so sweet lately. He comes up and gives hugs and kisses all on his own. And, if you hurt yourself he says tay? Meaning are you okay. He says it over and over until you say ya, I'm okay. Yesterday morning Nathan scolded Alex for eating all the marshmellows out of his cereal first. This is something that drives Nathan nuts but doesn't really bother me. I figure he's going to eat all of it anyway so why does it matter what order he eats them in. Anyway, he told Alex to eat the brown ones. Later on we looked in Alex's cereal bowl and there were only marshmellows left. It was the cutest thing ever! Alex has this thing he does that drives Nathan and me crazy though. If we ask him to do something he usually says uhuh, or no, or shakes his head. I guess this is a real two year old thing to do. Anyway, we've been trying to break him of this because it is a very naughty thing. It's so cute sometimes though it's hard to scold him. We'll see how long this one takes.

Well, I could go on and on about things that aren't really all that interesting to most people. I'd better stop now though.