Want more...

...butterflies. This afternoon found Reed and I, once again, playing in the yard. I spotted the first butterfly of the year and I pointed it out to Reed. Once he saw it, a smile quickly spread across his face. The butterfly left, but then came back in a few minutes so I pointed it out to Reed again. This time when the butterfly left, he started signing for "want" and "more". He loved the butterfly so much he was telling me as best he could that he wanted it to come back! It was just about the cutest thing ever. No pictures of the butterfly moment, but I do have a picture of this rare frog that was recently spotted in Port Orchard.

What the hail?!

There was snow on the ground when I woke up this morning. #$*%!! Then just a little bit ago we got some hail, followed by a mix of rain and snow. Really?? C'mon Mother Nature, it's April! Can we please have spring now??? (By the way, don't look for any snow in the picture, I took it a few days ago, but I thought the expression on Reed's face was appropriate!)

In non-weather related news, Gerry with some help from my Dad, and of course Reed, is making great progress on our new floor. It is absolutely beautiful!

And on Saturday we went to Ecofest in Kingston and froze our behinds off, but still had fun. And of couse, in honor of Earth Day, did a little tree hugging.

Already?

It happened yesterday. I put on a pair of much loved jeans and was inches away from being able to button them! They're the kind of pants that are always snug when fresh out of the dryer (which they were) but there was no way I was going to be comfortable if I tried to button them. I'm still surprised at how much sooner I'm showing!

Reed and I had a fun day yesterday. I took him to our favorite park for a while. Reed likes getting kisses, but isn't the kind to seek them out, but yesterday, he abandon the toy he was playing with at the park, walked over to me for a kiss, then turned to go back to play, but three steps later, came back for another kiss. It melted my heart!!!

Hummus has been a new addition to Reed's diet and he LOVES it! I wonder if this hummus company could use a new spokesperson. I'm thinking this face could sell a lot of hummus!!

Three minutes of Reed

We realized today that it's been a while since we posted a video, and figured we were long overdue. So we grabbed the camera this evening, and captured some moments of Reeds every day life. While editing the video, I was amazed by how well he is communicating, and how much he understands. He's really been quite the helper with our floor project, I figured I probably couldn't get him to fetch tools for me until he was 4, but he's doing it at 17 months! Enjoy!
-Gerry

The beginning of the end...

...of our old carpet. Gerry has started installing our new flooring. The learning curve is proving very steep at this point and so the going has been a bit slow, but I know that things will speed up once he gets a little more experience under his belt! Here he is nailing in the very first board. I just love how it looks. I'm excited to see more of it go in!

Reed was hungry before snack time on Sunday, so he found a box of Purely O's (like Cheerios) on the table, and shook it till he got a snack on his own!

My sleeping beauty. Reed went down for a late second nap on Sunday, so after an hour, I went in to wake him up so he would still go to bed on time. I usually don't go get him till he's awake so when I saw him asleep, I couldn't help taking a few pictures.

Introducing Baby Bun

Well, some of you already know, but for those of you who don't, we've got news! I'm pregnant again. This little one, who we've been calling our Baby Bun, is due in mid-October, which means that I'm about 12 weeks along. I've been feeling great, once again, pregnancy really seems to agree with my body. The only differences with this pregnancy are that I don't think about it as much as I did with Reed (because Reed keeps me distracted) and I'm showing a lot sooner! I think I'm only going to be able to go another few weeks before I have to start wearing maternity clothes. It's okay though, I love the big belly!! You can see from my picture, that I’m definitely in what I call, the “pregnant or fat” stage. It’s that awkward time in a woman’s pregnancy where you look at her and can’t quite tell if she’s pregnant or just packing a few extra pounds! :-)

So without further ado, here is Bun's blog debut!

Okay, I know that looking at ultrasound pictures can be like trying to interpret hieroglyphics, so what you see here, is the baby with head on the right, one arm crossed below head, and legs crossed on the far left.

And in this one we see Bun's head on the lower right and torso on the upper left.

We're making some changes for this baby's birth in hopes of me having a successful natural childbirth this time. I've switched from an obstetrician to a group of midwives and if all goes well, will deliver in a birthing center instead of a hospital. I'll also be hiring a doula to help me through labor and delivery. Hopefully this will all give me the best chance of having the birth experience I really want.

So from now on, Reed is going to have to share the spotlight on our blog, but hopefully he won't mind!

You may have also noticed in my picture, that our carpet is missing. That's because we recently purchased strand-woven bamboo flooring and are starting the installation process. Here Reed is helping Daddy move the book shelves out of our front room. This is just one of several project we want to wrap up before we don't have the time to!!

And just a few March pictures of Reed since I updated so infrequently last month. Here Grandpa Darrell shares his blizzard with Reed Prior to this, Reed had never wanted ice cream he was offered, but a blizzard, well, it's never wise to pass on ice cream blended with oreos!

And Reed with one of his very favorite toys.