30 weeks.

100th post at 30 weeks!

My poor second baby! If I wasn't chasing a cutie toddler around all day I'm sure I would have many more posts about this pregnancy. So, we'll just do a recap here at 30 weeks and call it good. :) Poor baby!

• This pregnancy has flown by. I swear I found out I was pregnant, and grew a huge protruding belly over night! Only 10 more weeks to go until we have a baby.
  
• We are soooo excited to meet our boy, but I am a wee bit nervous to see how it will all work out. Rowan has become a bit of a momma's boy and loves to be with me all the time. We have been working on having some alone playtime during the day and "Mommy Mornings" on the weekends (where I get to lock myself in the bathroom for as long as my heart desires and Dan the Man takes over). I love that part!
• I have been craving a lot this time around! MILK!! I could drink a gallon a day. I also have been wanting cereal in the mornings. This really is amazing because I'm typically a steak and eggs....or Chinese food....kinda breakfast eater. :) I have also been wanting a Cafe Rio pork salad EVERY.DAY. Luckily I limit myself... to every other day...just kidding! Maybe one a week, OK twice a week. Baby needs it right!?
• Second pregnancies seems to take a larger toll on the bod. I ache, I'm tired. and have grown an exorbitant amount of veins... :/
• Baby was pretty quiet for a long time, but now has no trouble kicking my ribs and bladder simultaneously. Oh JOY!
• Rowan is in love with my belly. If I ask him where is baby, or brother, or baby J he will lift up my shirt, give my belly a raspberry and hug and love on it. I think he gets it...a little. We spend a lot of time talking about babies and practicing being gentle with them. He loves our little neighbor girl who is 8 months old and will bring her her paci and bottle without being prompted. I think I have a helper. I hope!
• We sure love this babe already and can't wait to meet him. I have a feeling the next 10 weeks are going to fly by.

And for the record here's the belly:
xo

Fall wrap up.

Well that's it for Fall! We had our first snow this morning, which is always bitter sweet. I LOVE the sight of gently falling snow, but it sure is hard to dress a boy (soon to be 2 boys) up so he stays warm. Maybe we can squeeze a few more nice Fall days out of November...please oh please!!

Here is a wrap-up in pictures:

Ro loved scooping up the leaves and plopping right in them.



Some of Provo's finest fall colors!


Punkilins.


My little baby...not so little anymore. I thought he looks 16 in this picture!! :(

Halloween party at GG's (Ro's great grandma...still can't believe Rowan has such a young GG!) with cuzzies Zader Aligator and Owey.


Eating the slimy worms!


Me and my babe on Halloween night....just to prove we still exist! :p Our non-costumes were pretty lame this year. Next year will be better!



Rowan LOVED trick or treating with Daxon and Macie, and we loved being the adults with Chris and Jenna! Ha! Dax would knock on all the doors say trick or treat and Ro would come up from behind and cash in on all the treats! It was SO fun to see Rowan walk up to every house in the neighborhood and grab a stash of candy. He really got into it!! After 2 hours we were glad we had the wagon to wheel our tired babies back home!

Fall Festivities.

Fall has sprung and we love it. I look out my front window to beautiful yellow leaves dancing in the wind all day long. The growing piles on the ground mean it will all be over soon, but for now we ENJOY it!

Here is our Fall so far in pictures...

Lookin' cute and coy with our punkins.


My sweetness roaming the pumpkin patch.


Feeling really silly about the bunnies! Ro kept stealing their food and trying to hand feed them...he has a thing for animals, this kid!


Cheeeeeeeese. Our little scarecrow!


Our handsome boy.


Sometimes we just need our mommas. Tuckered out after the corn maze!


Helping Daddy "scoop" the pumpkins gizzards. Ro wasn't too sure he wanted to get that dirty!


And lastly,

the newest lil pumpkin...
xo

The big 3!

Rowey's bestest big buddy Daxon turned three! He had an awesome party at Kangaroo Zoo (basically a big warehouse with inflatables). Ro loved it until the very end....note mommy had to hold a large screaming baby in the group picture. Haha! Guess he had about 20 minutes too much fun!

We love you Dax! Thanks for being an awesome example for Rowey. You teach him so much!!

Comfort.

See how happy this woman is!? Well every night I wipe this silly grin on my face and snuggle into my sweet pregnancy pillow. I love it. Every woman needs one. If you are pregnant, RUN don't walk and grab one! Thank you so much for letting me borrow my new best friend sis. You are the best!

Video overload!!

I thought our fam and friends who don't get to see Rowey's little personality on a daily basis may like to see a few videos of him in action.

Here is a glimpse into the craziness...I don't think the hubby thought I would post this as he probably wouldn't have recited his rap about changing diapers and certainly would not have made Rowey's favorite burzuuuuurt noises...hehe! Oh well.



Dax and Ro play together all the time! Their little partner in crime is Tiko the kitty. Rowan is in LOVE with Tiko and would play with him for hours if I let him. Free babysitter, right!? p.s. This cough is finally gone...

Ro also loves to watch Tiko eat his food. He has loved feeding Tiko every morning while our friends Chris and Jenna have been on vacay!

This is one of the many AWESOME parks in Utah County. Seriously we have the best parks! Ro was crazzzzzzy about this glider. He wanted to go on it over and over and only wanted to use one hand of course. Little daredevil!!


xo

Newsworthy.

Don't you hate those parents who think EVERYTHING their child does is the cutest/most beautiful/most awesome newsworthy event of the century....well we are those parents. HA! With no further ado, here is Rowan eating a nectarine. :p It really is the cutest thing, I promise. Those chubby fingers are everything. :)

*DOn't mind my unkempt bed...some days we make it :)*