Playing Nicely???!

Here's a nice moment. The Boys playing nicely! We had to bring Logan's car inside to get the Boys inside but then it turned out better than the norm of fighting who gets to sit in it.

Logan's TV Spot

Here's Logan's favorite spot to watch TV. You can tell when he's been there because our little precious then smells like dog. Our dogs don't smell like dog but their beds sure do. Euw.

Another Update

Andrew and his Dad are putting some more mud on our new wall today. They also will be using the left over drywall to finish drywalling part of the garage. After they are done we will only have a 3-4 ft wide section that needs drywall. Not too shabby! This will also open up space on the garage floor. So exciting and ready for the work to be done on the new wall. We still need to prime, add molding and paint the wall. Then we need doors to the new office and a cable jack installed. Lastly, we need to relocate the light fixture in the dining room now toy room. However, the light fixture is the lowest priority. Right now we need to get the new office up and running so we can start on Aidan's Big Boy Room.

I had Andrew take a quick snap shot of me today. One for the memory book. haha...The OB referred me to a cardiologist for some episodes of faintness I have had. They did an EKG in office, an echo in office and sent me home with a portable EKG to wear for 24 hours to monitor if I have any of these feelings. The cardiologist was really nice and said not to worry it all is overkill but he would rather make sure. (As would we!) So, I had Andrew take a picture for the books. I was very happy to take it off. All of the leads were itching me like no tomorrow. Only thing was I had to call Andrew up to help rip them off. I just couldn't do it. I will return it to the cardiologist for review on Monday.

We have chosen a name for our Third Wonderful Little Man. Most already know but for those who don't our third son's name is Daniel Henry. We really wanted to go with the Irish origin names however, there wasn't anyone that stood out. Andrew kept going back to Daniel and I thought of Henry as a middle name. We chose Daniel because we like it and because it is a variation of my Dad's name. We also liked the name Henry and it is a name used in Andrew's Mom's family. So, we figured out last Boy since we couldn't find an Irish name that we wanted needed to have some family type names. Now the hardest part is throwing the third name into the mix. I wonder how confused we get. I often call Aidan Andrew and vice versa. (Hence as why we have to more A, C or L sounding names...) Daniel is a very active boy. I have felt him move for a while now and Andrew has been able to feel him also. With Aidan and Logan I felt them for a good month or so before Andrew could feel them from the outside of my belly. I don't know what Daniel's deal is but I have not yet felt a flutter. Every feeling is a good hard punch or kick. Wonder, if that says anything about his personality. Hmmm...I think we're in trouble. ;-)

Hanging around the house and Numbers!!

Today right before lunch Logan was trying to sit in the Boys Rocker. It was pretty cute. He looks so much like a Big Boy! After lunch Logan went to nap. Aidan stayed up a while and showed us his fascination of numbers. He loves to count and identify numbers. He will ask you to draw numbers too. Well, today he decided to draw numbers on his own. Since he's 2.5 he's a little limited with his abilities compared to us but we were pretty amazed. Amazed enough to want to catch it on multiple videos and write up a blog on it. We sure hope his love for learning keeps up through out his life. The videos get a little lengthy but we want to make sure the Great Grandparents in New Jersey and Ohio and the rest of the family who are not local get a chance to see him "do his thing." :-) (Note: All of the drawing done with a golf club in hand.)

Shake it off...

OK, so tonight Logan needed more to eat before he would fall asleep. Apparently his screaming at the Birthday Party finally kicked up an appetite to override the teething. Andrew was trying to get Logan to "shake it off." Of course he did it more before the camera came on but the first few seconds he does his shake(right around the 18 sec point). The rest is just the typical Silly Logan that we know and love (thankfully it wasn't the screaming monster who accompanied us to the birthday party).

Ansley's 6th Birthday!

Today we headed over to Melanie's again for Ansley's Birthday!! July is a very busy birthday month at their house. The boys are always super excited to pull up to Aunt Melanie's "red door." (Aidan has a thing for colors and numbers. He refers to places by the color of their doors.) The kids bust inside and it's time for partying. The kids had a blast running around together. Logan who was super sleepy, teething and hungry decided to scream probably 95% of the time we were there. Oh well, at least he had some fun! We had dinner and then it was cake time. Cake and present are the kids favorite parts! After we sang Logan decided to make his way upstairs and take over Garreth's train table. This was the happiest Logan was the time we were there. Garreth has TONS of trains. All from the Thomas the Tank Engine series. Logan would just drive the trains on the edge of the train table. I took him downstairs unwillingly so we could eat cake. He ate a few bites and quickly made his way back up their stairs. The kids enjoyed the presents. Tabitha especially liked a pair of shoes Ansley got. They sure are flashy! We took our boys kicking and screaming (like normal) plopped them in the car and home we went. It was a very early night at our house. We ditched nap to head to the party. Kind of nice though, a good bit of quiet time for Andrew and I.

Happy Birthday Ansley!!!!

Aaaaannd Number 3 Is...

THE BELLY AS OF SUNDAY NIGHT:

Baby is quite an active Little Booger. Active enough I can see my belly jump with the kicks. Andrew has gotten to feel Baby moving all around too. So, yesterday we had the screening ultrasound to see how Baby is growing and if Baby cooperates their gender. It felt like we had to wait forever!!! We finally get called back and hit the ultrasound room. We were talking to the Tech and told her of course we want to know the gender but if you tell us the Baby is a girl we're going to be flat on the floor. She starts the scan and there's Baby's Profile with hands near the face. We told her we have two Boys at home and she said, "So you want to know?" Of course we do! We did not really need much help deciphering, but yes there was the money shot and #3 is a BOY!! His heart rate was measuring 151 bpm. His brain looks good, the cord has three vessels and good blood flow. His lungs, kidneys and heart all look great. Right now he is Breech (Logan was too at this point.) Well, he is breech because he is not head down. He is just laying across my pelvis. His head at my right hip and his feet at my left. Wednesday night I when I was laying in bed he got comfortable and I had my hand on my belly and there was a large bump. I made Andrew feel it. Turns out what I was feeling was his rear end. He must be like his brother sleeping with his butt up in the air. He is measuring a little "big" (closer to the dates I had for him being due.) He is perfect. She took some 3D scans of him too. His cord is right in front of his face and he was playing with his hands. It was hard to get good 3D scans of his face because his arms were all over the place. In one his ear looks like a cone. We would see his hand wide open by his cheek, close to a fist, hold one finger up, two fingers up, make a fist, held out his thumb, pointer and pinky (looked a lot like the sign language of "I Love you" and they never stopped moving. Hope you enjoy the Ultra Sound pics! We are so excited. Andrew and I thought we would always have a brood of boys. The little girls dresses are so PRETTY but wouldn't trade our Boys for the world! I am feeling pretty good however, this week had a lot of problems with feeling lightheaded. One time was pretty bad where my vision got dark, blurry and my legs and arms were tingling. I caught myself and sat down. We mentioned it to the OB so they sent a referral to a cardiologist just to make sure everything is fine. The OB said my heart sound fine but just wants to make sure. Her first assumption is that it is a vagus nerve response that can happen in pregnancy. One of the 12 cranial nerves and it when aggravated can case syncope. (Luckily I remembered all of this from college Anatomy and Physiology.Yeah, I am that much of a dork. :) ) I will probably have to wear a portable EKG for 24 hours to see if it picks up an episode so they can be sure it is just that. No worries though. Please enjoy the pictures of our third little blessing.