No extra estrogen around here...

20 weeks pregnant

Happy birthday

I know it's difficult to gauge the theme of the birthday, so I'll let you all in on the secret- my boys REALLY like spiderman and venom.

Yes, this year we decided to celebrate MaveLic's birthday.

Using the cake topper as a hat.

Opening more spidey gifts.

Getting fingerfuls of frosting.

Awww, we CAN all be friends.

Snow day. This is Keenan's daddy hat.

Apparently Maveric does NOT have my snow hatred gene.

But Keenan has it!

Well, in case anyone doesn't know, we won't be adding any estrogen to the household any time soon. Unless it's in the form of a dog. But we won't be getting another dog any time soon either. Baby is officially a BOY and we are all excited. Looks like Barbies and My Little Ponies will be sent to my brother's house. I'm doing a bunch of pictures (I hope). Some are Mavi's birthday, some are more spidey shots and some are from the snowstorm we are currently having. Enjoy!

Belly shot

Here's a shot of me at 19 weeks.

Twice in One Week!

Eric and the kids went to the zoo yesterday, so I figured I'd do a little post on that and on how the boys are doing. I've seen some blogs that do a little snapshot of their kids likes/dislikes/achievements at certain ages, so I figure I'll try that.

This is Keenan (at age 2 1/2) :

He loves loves loves spiderman.

He is very picky about his clothes.

He only wants to wear his "tie shoes".

He does just about anything Mavi does.

He will sit and do watercolors for an hour at a time.

His favorite show is Caillou or Spectacular Spiderman.

His fave songs are Thriller and Pick another Daisy, which he performs awesomely.

He thinks he should be in preschool.

He throws HORRIBLE tantrums, complete with flailing limbs.

He is a terrific sleeper.

He will always eat chicken nuggets.

He doesn't eat fruit (much) or veggies.

He is a snuggly, lovey little bug.

Mavi (at almost 4!):

He loves spiderman, of course.

He picks out a venom pic every day to color (he only uses markers).

He plays in the sandbox daily.

He loves school and loves his teacher, Amber.

His fave song is "Apple Bottom Jeans".

He randomly makes up stories for us.

He LOVES the game Operation.

He likes playing with Keenan and is trying to teach him to share.

He is likes having friends over (our neighbors).

His fave show is Spectacular Spiderman.

He still loves books, but doesn't read quite as often.

Still needs a nap, but hardly ever takes one.

Is not a terrific sleeper.

Asks a TON of questions!

Is a sweet, gentle, imaginative boy!

So there's the boys in fall of 09. They are both very excited about the baby and seem to be genuinely interested in this whole pregnancy process. I took a cue from my beautiful SIL, Cari, and decided to do a belly shot which will be posted next. Here's a few zoo pics.