Pomegranate face

Thanksgiving AM

Helping daddy make pumpkin cake.

Books

Keira loves books and will often sit on the couch for up to an hour just looking at books. This am Israel climbed on the couch and joined in. Its so cute to see him copy his sister.

TP anyone?

We try and keep the bathroom door shut at all times because besides the splashing in the toilet Israel is fond of throwing things in the toilet. Things like the tv remote. He is also a fan of TP. He followed Keira into the bathroom yesterday and came out looking like this... I turned around and almost fell off my chair laughing.

Is he cute or what???

A few more

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Look at that toddler belly!!!

Cuteness

Teeny Tiny feet.

Israel has ridiculously tiny feet. He still fits into 6-12 month shoes. He is a size 3 foot. The smallest boot I could can find in a store anywhere is a 5. That's where Ebay comes in handy! I was able to find these size 4 foots for a reasonable price. They are still a bit big but we can wear them and walk in them pretty well. And we know we will be going outside to play in the snow so boots are a necessity! The boots go all the way up to his knees though. Time to grow kid!

Getting to that point...

Where sitting on the couch becomes not that comfortable. Out comes the birth ball. The kids love to bounce on it with Mike. Its a nightly post dinner ritual.

The house that won't sell

Yup that's ours. The house is officially off the market for the Thanksgiving and Christmas at least. We are going to re-look at things in Jan-Feb and see what the market is doing. We may end up listing it then or wait till after the baby arrives or maybe not at all. Not sure at this point. We know we need more space despite my constant cleaning and getting rid of stuff there simply isn't much room. We are thinking about renting the house as well but prefer to just sell it and buy something else.

The never ending laundry pile.

This is my pile of laundry to fold and put away. How much bigger is this going to get when we have 3 kids???

Pre-natal 2/ 20 weeks

20 weeks
Baby HR- 140's-150
Mama's BP- Normal
Weight gain-18 lbs
Mama's complaints- Still nauseous, less throwing up though!
Name decision- None!!! And its going to be a while....
On mama's brain- 140ish days until I have 3 kids under 4. MAJOR YIKES!!!!!!!!!

Boston Children's Museum

So much fun. Love love love this place!!!

Good Bye Peanut Allergy!!!

Keira passed her oral peanut butter challenge today with flying colors. No signs of any problems whatsoever. When I first rubbed some peanut butter on the inside on her lower lip she said " hmmmm I like peanut butter. Can I have a teeny tiny peanut???" And then "Can I have more peanut butter??" No more reading labels to check for "made in a facility that produces peanuts" or toting the Epi Pen around. Hmmm peanut butter bars and peanut butter granola bars sound so good right now!!!
Her asthma is not doing as great though. Keira has pretty much been coughing non stop since the fall and she does not have a cold. She coughs every time she goes from inside to outside and outside to inside, every time she has increased activity ( aka running around, jumping on the bed etc) Her cough is a deep, hacking cough and turns heads whenever we go anywhere. We are going to increase her inhaled steroid that she takes twice a day and see if that helps.
Israel so far has done great. After 3 colds with wheezing last winter so far he has had 2 colds and no wheezing so Im hoping that he shows no further signs of asthma.

Bits and Pieces

Our blog has been boring lately... for a reason. Monday we spent the day in Boston at the Children's Museum with the kids. We had a blast. I love that place. I could say that over and over again. Its just such a fun and cool place. Israel, being a walker now had so much fun. Last time we went it was on a weekend and it was busy busy. This time being a Monday it wasn't crowded at all. Anyways between watching the kids like hawks as they run, walk and check everything out we had the double stroller ( for the walk back and forth from the parking garage), lunch, the diaper bag, the camera, jackets... you get the idea. We got home and realized we were missing the camera. Luckily after a few calls to the museum we were able to track it down! Thank you St Anthony!!! We are going back down on Wednesday to retrieve the camera.

On Wednesday we are also taking Keira for her oral peanut butter challenge and will find out if we still need to tote an Epi- Pen everywhere with us. Hopefully the answer is no! Both the kids have asthma follow ups as well.
We had showing number 15 ( on the house) last Monday as well. We were disappointed yet again when the feedback was "buyers didn't like the layout" Major letdown. We are preparing to take the house off the market next week and I'll admit we are both extremely disappointed that we can't seem to sell our house. We have done everything we possibly can to make it sell. Clean out stuff, store stuff off site, keep clutter non existent, lower the price, lower the price again- and yet again. The "important" rooms (bathrooms, kitchen) are all updated ( heck the whole house is updated). We really wanted to get this thing sold before baby number 3 arrives as the house is only going to get more crowded as we add another crib and dresser and baby gear into the house. Not to mention that all our Christmas decorations are being stored at Mikes brothers house. We aren't sure what the plan is at this point. Re list after the holidays, re list after the baby arrives or stay put until the housing market improves. Why does God's plan never make sense as you are trying to live it?
I still can't believe the baby is a girl!! So excited that Keira will have a sister. Even though they will be 4 years apart I hope they get along! I'm trying to come up with some names but Mike's veto power is ridiculous and like trying to name Israel it seems next to impossible to come up with a name we both like, that's unique, and that goes with our last name. I have no idea why naming a child is so difficult for us. So many people have names for their kids before they are even conceived!

Baby is a

GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes I am psyched!