Growing Baby #2

11 weeks until due date. (sorry, i haven't done any close up pictures)

Mary in San Antonio at the Alamo
....fingers and ankles swollen as big as ever due to the heat, another reason for no close up!

We are again waiting to find out the sex of baby #2 until his/her birthday.
I did have a funny dream while on vacation last week that I went home over lunch (12 wks early), had a baby girl, nursed baby, left baby with my mom and went back to work as if nothing happened....but when I got to work, I remembered that I needed my pump.
Baby #2 is healthy and growing well, and has a heartbeat consistently around 140. Boys theoretically have lower heartbeats (150 or less)... but I guess we will see in a few months.

I have a lot to do to get prepared for baby #2....but certainly not as much as getting ready for Benjamin. Thankfully I have almost everything I need (even all the diapers), I just need to get a bed for baby #2 (going to get from friend) and do lots of unpacking.

hopefully in a few weeks I'll have prepared a little more for baby #2. I'll keep you posted!

First professional haircut

Benjamin has had a million and one "daddy haircuts".... but the older B gets, the more ticklish he gets when we cut his hair, which has resulted in some less than stellar haircuts lately. So, last week, while I was in KC for an OB appt (all is well by the way), we stopped by Shear Madness for Benjamin's first real haircut. He did great, but how could he not...he had an awesome jeep to sit in, and Elmo to watch on TV.

Before: scraggly hair

very serious and focused on Elmo

Tada.. one handsome little boy.