New Baby Pics and New House Talk

To start out, here are the latest pictures of the little one from today's ultrasound. It was so cute to see the baby sucking his thumb. One May 22 (I think I had the wrong date on a previous post) we will get to find out the gender (hopefully) and will have more pictures, hopefully some 3D ones to post.

A very exciting thing that we have been talking about and researching for a long time looks like it will be a reality for us. We are going to start building a house on the lot behind my parent's house. Hopefully building will begin in May and the contractor said 4-5 months. So it may even be in time to bring the baby home to. I know how building can go, so I don't want to count on that, but definately the sooner the better. Our floor plan is 3 bedrooms 2 bath 1600 square feet. Not a mansion by any means but plenty big especially compared to the 1 bedroom 600 square foot apartment we are living in presently. We are so excited to get started. I feel like we are actually becoming adults - 2 kids and our own house sounds too good to be true.

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Happy Birthday Payton!

Wow! I can't believe its been a year. When Payton was born I didn't think it could get any better, but it is. He has grown into such a fun, loving, adventurous little boy and I am in love with him. Here are a few pictures from his birthday party. I didn't take a ton, but Uncle Kyler has more. These are just some of them I took.

I frosted his cupcakes green so we could see him smear it all over his face. He just kept dipping his finger in it and eating the frosting then once the frosting was pretty much done, he crumbled the cupcake and smeared it around the tray. It was funny, I had taken off his shirt so he wouldn't get it dirty and after we sang, Gregg was trying to get him to blow out the candle. The cupcake fell over and burned him a little because the candle was still lit. It didn't really hurt him but he screamed at first. As soon as Gregg took out the candle and let him dig in, it didn't seem to bother him though.

He loved openning presents, but he didn't understand why we kept taking them away after he opened them. He just wanted to sit there and play with whatever he got. He kept picking up his books and going over to someones lap to sit and read. He is such a blessed (spoiled) little guy, but in my opinion he deserves it for being so cute.

Lets see if I can sum up what he does and loves now

Loves loves loves dogs and will repeat "dog" over and over when he sees (or thinks he sees) one

Blows kisses when people leave

Runs and climbs everything

Really enjoys writing/drawing. He got a magna doodle for his b-day and will carry it around all day.

Figured out how to put the different shaped blocks in his sorting toy. Its so cute to watch him work to fit it in the wrong space and then keep trying until he finds the right one.

Loves seeing all the kids and the elementary school everyday (and they love seeing him)

Starting to follow directions really well. When we want him to get us something we can ask him to go and get it and he will look for it.

Has 8 teeth and is working on his molars.

Recently has become more picky about food, but all fruits and most veggies are always a go. We have a harder time convincing him to eat much meat.

Always tries to get people attention until they make eyecontact and smile at him. He definately likes to be the center of attention at all times.

Here is a belly picture at 13 weeks. I am already showing more than I was with Payton at this time, but I guess thats what happens when you only have 9 months to recover between pregnancies :)

Vacation, Professional Pictures and a Date is set!

We have had a busy few weeks! For Spring Break, my mom, Payton and I flew to California for a week. Payton experienced his first plane ride, first BART (subway) ride, his first A's game, first Easter (egg hunt and all) first time walking in grass and many other firsts.

Behaving on the plane
Resting before the big game

Go A's Too much excitement for one night
This is fun!
Are there anymore over here?Meeting friends at the parkCheese!Wrong way!What a cute little boy!

It was so great to be able to be barefoot
Hottubbing with my cousins.

Another first he had was his first time getting his pictures professionally taken. These are very high quality scans because my scanner screen was dirty and I did it on the lowest resolution so it wouldn't take forever to download. But you get the idea...He is really cute! The experience was interesting...They didn't start the pictures until over 30 minutes after his appointment so he was so antsy and the lady who told me "Oh I can handle mobile one year olds. Thats what I do all day. Wasn't as good at posing him as she claimed to be. Actually I was the one who did all the posing and they didn't really have any great props, but the pictures turned out cute, so I just chalk it up to another interesting experience with having kids.Packing up

Ready to get home to daddy!

We also have a date set for the gender ultrasound for the new baby. May 21st we will find out if Payton gets a brother or a sister. I went to my first OB appointment yesterday. The baby's heartrate was 172. They say over 140 for a girl but I think its mostly a myth. Everything checked out great. I am 12 weeks along, so I am almost out of my first trimester.