November already!?

Hello all! Isnt this weather wonderful? Above is Ness with his "girlfriend" Evie. They have been able to hang out together since they were practically newborns, but they are just finally starting to play together. Its fun to watch them. They will also BOTH be getting new siblings at the SAME time (due date is separated just a few days). Evie gets a sister, Ness gets a brother. Evie's mom and I talked about switching our babies since she wanted a boy and I thought a girl would be fun but then we decided that our kids look QUITE a bit like us and people may notice...hehe.
Uh OHH. Ness and Daddy playing games! Ness literally sat on Mikes lap for 10 min (until I took him to take a bath) with that remote! Anyone that knows Ness knows that sitting still is not something he EVER does...so sort of scary right?
My helper! I was making shepards pie and got him to "clean" the spoon..yum!
Cheese face!
This is my homemade sushi! It wasnt bad at all.
I cant believe how big Ness is getting...sniff sniff. He was eating peanut butter (his fav) and carrots.
Ness enjoying taking apart Pumpkin Man and Pumpkin Boy....Pokey and Ness played quite a while like this...it was fun.

So how is everything else..hmmm... I am now 5 months pregnant! Its amazing, and it has FLOWN by. Next week is Thanksgiving, next month is Christmas! Yikes! After all the Christmas/New Years stuff is over I will have 2.5 months to get ready for #2, man...time goes by way to fast. We have been busy around here as usual. We have stayed home quite a bit due to sewing and stuff..but this week we went to a few activities (bible study, play date, park), and that was nice. I am caught up with my sewing and that feels good. I know once Thanksgiving is over I will be busy again but its nice for a few days off.
Oh, my sister let us borrow her video monitor and it is the BEST thing! We use it to "spy" on Ness while he is sleeping. It is really cool, especially since I dont think I have ever got to actually watch him sleep. He moves constantly but never cries. And we thought he was taking 2 naps a day...we realize now that he takes one nap and for the other he "plays"/rolls around/kicks his legs/changes pacifiers but never makes a peep! It is kind of a stress reliever bc now we can look at the screen to see if he is awake (if we need to go somewhere or something). It is really fun to watch...we may have to consider getting one for baby #2...I feel like life would have been a ton easier had I had this all along.....

Anyways, of course I will leave you with some SUPER cute-Ness

SUPERMAN!

Sooo..this was Halloween week! We did trick or treating, went to the fair, and all sorts of fun stuff! I also made Ness's Thanksgiving and Christmas outfits (the christmas one has pants but I didnt get a picture). I am VERY proud of the turkey...VERY proud...so proud I may make him start wearing it now! For the christmas one I thought about getting "Merry Christmas" monogrammed on the bottom, I will see today how much that costs (when I go to get a bag monogrammed).
Ness trick or treating from a guy in a robe . He just doesnt understand why they are giving him candy..although he does like to eat the candy (dont worry, we limit it big time). He feel on his face in the very beginning which threw of the "air" of the entire trip but it was still fun. The neighborhood was PACKED with kids. Next year will be more fun for Ness I am sure though.
Getting ready to head out, check out charlies costume! I made it for pokey, but we forgot pokey...so charlie wore it long enough for the picture...it kept falling.
SUPERMAN! He was being goofy (imagine that) and let me get this picture which I LOVE.
The start of his "muscle" face.
This is at the fair. They had a really nice petting zoo (although it may not have been nice a few days into the fair..lol). Ness enjoyed petting the goats.
Sheep! (right?)
And he LOVED the carousel, after he rode it and would see it again he would point to go back. And just as we were going back they closed it for a little while...sad. Maybe next year!?



We are enjoying life with a 15 month old/aka Ness. He is so funny sometimes, and I am learning that he has no problem being the center of attention and might actually enjoy it. He is also passive, if a friend takes away a toy, he finds another. Non-aggressive and super silly. And he is still tactile, LOVES to play with small things, just pick them up, put them back. He is not destructive, and although he "reads" books all day he has never torn one up. Sweet kid.

Speaking of sweet kids...we went to have our ultrasound last week and we found out its ANOTHER BOY! I was shocked out of my mind, I made her check again and again. This little boy didnt give us any good shots though (ness was giving cute pictures) and made it difficult to see all his little parts. I thought I might be a little sad, but really I am excited. I dont have to buy ANYTHING and I Ness will get a new bed-set (that I make) and room for christmas (we plan to paint it and decorate). The new baby will used Ness's old set. We found another bed on craigslist for $125, its just as nice as Ness's and his was $400! We also found a $125 stroller for $15! I cleaned it up and it will look like new! AND it holds a carseat, that is the best feature, I always wished that I had a stroller to hold Ness's carseat...there were times we would strap it on with bungee cords (not the proudest moment as parents..lol). But I am glad I waited, bc had I bought a single I would have just had to buy a double a few months later.
Anyways! I think I need to eat some breakfast before the family wakes up and demands food.
Adios!


I leave you with Cute-Nesses for everyone!

Our Week

Welll...maybe its been more than one week. But still progress! Better than no posting in a month! This week we tried out a "vegetarian" diet. I am trying to think of ways to save money AND be very healthy. We had multiple vegetables every day. It was quite nice. Above is "roasted veggies"..and they were just as wonderful as they look. Mrs. Cindy (my mother-in-law) makes this all the time..and it was so easy we will definitely do it again. We did have some meat. I had a REALLY good roast that I had made last week, I froze the leftovers and we had that over rice one day (along with the roasted veggies).
Above is a vegetable soup I made, it has about 5 vegetables in it. I cooked them all, blended them up, added some whole milk and cheddar cheese and WALA, delicious soup! I pulled out my bread machine, made some homemade bread and we called it a meal. It was great. And we didnt get hungry later. So that was nice. And Ness LOVES bread and vegetables (I kept his whole so he could pick them up and eat them) so he was happy too.
The two "men" in my house are chocolate nuts. And I found this AWESOME blog (www.themuffinmyth.com) that has all sorts of healthy ideas. This was one of them. These are zucchini chocolate muffins. They were supposed to have quoina (darn! cant spell it!) in them but instead I put pureed sweet potatoes, butternut squash, and pears (leftover baby food). It was good, although Ness liked them more than Michael...
And last but not least, this was my attempt at making "cheese-nips". They tasted fine to me..but good old OCD Michael didnt like them. I told him had I cut them into squares and dyed them orange he would have eaten them (and he would have!). Oh well, old habits die hard...hey, maybe if I put a carrot in them...hmmm.....

Ok, before you get worried. I KNOW I need protein. We all do. And we do eat some meats. But next week I am going to try hard to make sure we get protein other places as well as in the little meat we do eat. Like beans, nuts, eggs...I will keep you updated.
But on the plus side, Michael and I had our blood tested for life insurance and we are both as healthy as horses! yay!
Above is my little helper. We got this pumpkin from the pumpkin patch. The website I mentioned above told us how to "process" it..so that's what we did. We now have 4 bags of pumpkin in the freezer. I am not sure what I will do with it (besides muffins and soup) but it will be something delicious!
This is the parade we went to. Ness was sleepy but did well. He had to be held tightly during the loud parts but he loved the beads.
Look at these cute sneakers! I found them in a box labeled "boys shoes" in my shed. I didn't think they would EVER fit him...so cute!
Ok, so Ness's hair was getting a little bit out of control. I had been putting off cutting it (for the 4th time!) but then I thought of a brilliant idea! This is what I came up with. It worked like a charm, he didnt even look up while I cut his hair, no mess-ups!
Afterward he took a dunk in the Halloween bin, he thought this was pretty fun too. Then he ran around the yard naked for about 15 min.
Last picture! Healing Place has this super park open to the public! Ness (and Michael) LOVED it! It was very clean and wonderful. We will go again.

Soo..what else. Next Thursday is our big "anatomy scan", yes, we will find out the gender then. I am more nervous than excited. BUT I did start to feel baby move last week so at least I know her/his heart is still beating! I guess whatever news we get we will be able to handle (gender, anatomy issues, etc) but keep us and baby #2 in your prayers!
My business is doing well still...I had a few weeks off but its picking up now..so thats good!
Well, thats all I can think of at the moment....have a great weekend!

Of course I wont forget the "cute-ness"!

Busy Weekend

Above is the pie I am so proud of. I thought pies were really hard to make, and was kind of dreading it BUT it wasnt bad at all! I did everything from scratch including picking the pears at my grandmas house. Pretty cool eh?
So I was going to type this blog yesterday BUT I sliced the top of my finger with a knife and that made typing difficult. SOO I am doing it today, the only problem is that I now hear Ness waking up....gotta hurry...
We had a very busy yet fun weekend. Ashley came down and we carved pumpkins, it was nice, and we hope to do it EVERY year!
Ness slept through the carving but woke just in time to get his picture taken with Ashley's pumpkin.

We took Ness to the pumpkin patch in Hammond and it was really fun! The weather was pretty hot (and next year we will be SURE to go when its cool) but I still think he enjoyed himself. Even though his face was a red as a cherry..that boy is not good at handling the heat....
Family picture!
Ness spent a lot of time on Daddy's shoulders...

This was a fun game where you pump the water to make the duck move.
This was his favorite. It was a giant bouncy pillow type thing. He LOVED it!
Daddy loved it too...
Merry go round...
It was fun! Ness is getting so old and is enjoying things like this..man, I love this age!
Ness has been sleeping wonderfully, I think its because he plays outside at least once a day (he loves the outdoors). Ok, Ness is officially awake and since he has now slept 13 hours I'd say its time for him to get up...but before we goooooo:
here are some cute-ness videos!

Husband Brag Wednesday!

I couldnt think of a better title..sorry!
This past weekend/weekend has been very nice. I am pretty sure that the weather has something to do with it but there is a happy feeling in the air! This past weekend we went to New Orleans and it was nice, the weather was super. (this is where the brag comes in). We went to a baby fest to drop off a box of stuff that I had made for a boutique in New Orleans. It had been about 2/3 hours since eating (as much as I could eat but it wasnt much) and I was feeling a tad hungry. Hunger pains in pregnancy for me arent normal, I just feel gross and sick (this feeling usually doesnt make me want to eat unfortunately). Anyways, I was picking up little candies at the tables trying to fill the void in my stomach and make the nausea go away but it wasnt working. I got to my friend Hannahs table and she had some candy corn in a little basket. I ate two, and about 3 seconds after eating I literally felt like I was going to hit the floor. My head was spinning and I felt the need to throw up...mid conversation I told my friend and Michael "I need to sit down"....I walked as fast as I could to the recliners (for the daddy's! what a good idea!), not sure if I was going to make it or not, and sat down. After sitting I felt a bit better but still had cold sweats. As I did some nice breathing and told myself that I wasnt going to puke and that I just needed to sit and rest I see my lovely husband coming with a giant pretzel and a glass of water in hand. I never asked for anything! I was so happy! He was so sweet! After taking only one bite of the pretzel I felt 100% better...ahh...what a nice husband eh?
So there you go, husband brag!

Ness and I have been going outside quite a bit, he gets so excited when I say "lets go!" and head for the door. He can walk around and dig in rocks forever in our backyard. He is such a happy boy, we are so thankful for him!

This weekend we are invited to a party...we, of course, COULD bring Ness but its at Blakes apt and it is NOT baby proof and he would only get tired and grouchy and cause a fuss..SO we have a babysitter AGAIN! Twice in two weeks! I almost feel to lucky! Mikes mom has graciously offered to watch him again.....he is so good for her, he also loves her a great deal and doesnt even cry...could be because she spoils him rotten.

Anywayz! I would post some pictures here but I hear the child awakening so I had better go. Here is a link to our newest facebook album:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2746928&id=23442110&l=e0e0192329

Just a little update!

(Above is Ness taking a bath with his girlfriend...Ness thought it was the coolest thing ever and spent the whole time splashing her).
Howdy! The weather today and yesterday has been AWESOME! I leave the doors and windows open and Ness AND Pokey enjoy it quite a lot. Ness likes to throw things over the babygate onto the back steps..Pokey likes to watch. We have gone for several walks and hope to the weather holds out so we can continue that!

Lets see, Ness has progressed from "walking" to "running". That child is FAST, I have to keep all of the doors that he cant get in (like bedroom and bathrooms) closed because he will be in there in .5 seconds..literally! Yesterday I couldnt find his sippy cup anywhere, well when I went to take a shower..guess where I found it..yes, in the tub! I didnt even know he went in there! Scary! When Evelyn came over to play (pictured above) Ness introduced her to a game he calls "playing in the toilet"...we found him splashing and her watching...I need to get those doors to close automatically! But he is so silly now, he is the happiest baby I have ever met and loves to tell everyone hi (especially older men..not sure why). Now that hes back sleeping good for naps and 13 or 14 hours at night he is insanely happy 95% of the time. He just runs around, smiling, and chatting to himself. I have noticed that he is a wanderer and has no problem playing alone. If you dont keep tabs on him in public you will most likely find him talking to himself and pointing at stuff while being 1.3 miles away (how he moves that fast we will never know).
I have also noticed that he really likes cause an effect, yesterday we went outside to play and he figured out that he could put the rocks in the bird bath and splash them around, then take them out and put them back on the ground...he thought it was a very fun game.
He is IN LOVE with wind chimes, when he hears it or sees he he makes this giant cheesy grin. If he hurts himself Mike will take him outside to see the wind chimes...it always makes him feel better.
So far Uh-Oh is his mostly used word. He uses it when he hurts himself, when you hurt yourself, when you drop something, when he drops something, and when he knows hes about to drop something... He has looked at Pokey before and said "Buggie"...but that was only once. We cant wait until he grows us so we can ask him what "Dibbles" means..because he says that alot.
A video for you!


We went back to the doctor because they were worried about his non-weight gain. And in 6 weeks he had gained 1 pound and grew 1 inch! I am not surprised though, he has started to drink more whole milk and eat more food (although he is picky and doesn't like to eat in loud situations like parties and restaurants)....he likes "home-cooking" like rice and gravy, baked chicken, steamed carrots and mashed potatoes, and of course he still loves spaghetti.

Michael put in his first bid last week! He was excited about it, since then I think he has done a few more. He doesnt know yet if they got it but I think it was still nice to accomplish something pretty big. He says he likes doing bids, its not mind-less and the time goes by very fast. So thats good!

Our exchange student is still here (until December), I think she likes it. We are going to New Orleans this weekend to look around. (Thanks Mrs. Cindy for babysitting!). Ness will stay here in Baton Rouge, I cant even remember the last time we had a babysitter for him (well, I think it was the day of his birthday). So it will be hard for me to part with him but its good for him, and will be good for me....he doesnt like long days with no naps...

I feel better finally! No more morning sickness, it stopped around 13 weeks, I am 15 now. We will hopefully find out the gender on October 28th (thats the day of the "big" ultrasound). I am nervous for some reason...I know I will be fine if its a boy, I love boys! But there is a part of me that wants to see what a girl is like...and I feel so strongly that it is a girl...anyways, we will find out soon enough!

With the fall weather here I can finally plan on fall activities like going to visit the pumpkin patch and Halloween events. Cant wait!


This is the wonderful dessert I made for our Homemade Pizza Party on Saturday. It was (and is) delicious. But this morning when I went to get some half was gone! We must have a sneak on the loose! And Mikes not a fan of strawberries so I have a good idea of who it was....lol. I might have to make another..it was that good.
Ness enjoys playing the drums at a family b-day (they always play music).
The family "band"..notice their drummer is only 3..lol.
Me and Robin dancing it up at Boutins...Ness refused to let anyone else hold him and would not let me put him down..so...this is how we danced...
Cheese!
Visit to BREC park on Sherwood.
Ness really enjoyed himself.
And daddy did too!
Hi!
This is one of my recent bags. I have been making around 2 a week, plus other stuff..so staying busy!
I LOVE this bag...to bad I have to give it up for money...sad sad.