Nate practicing for new baby brother

So I borrowed a baby doll to help Nate practice for his new baby brother coming. He has given him so many kisses. I showed him today how you feed it a bottle and now he is hooked. He kept feeding it to him and then giving it pretzels. Then he had to try a water bottle. It was so cute. We shall see if he is this helpful with the new baby brother.

Daddy and Nate chillin

Daddy and Nate like to lay on Nate's new couch and chill. I had to get a couple of shots. They look like 2 peas in a pod. Love it!

Tater tot's furniture has arrived

Finally it has arrived. It is really beautiful. I have been waiting so I can start organizing. Only 5 weeks & 6 days to go! Had a check up this week and everything looks good. BP came back down from last time so that is good news. The only thing is my hip. I am having very painful hip problems (from my bad hip) and by the end of the day I can barley walk. My bursitis has flared up and I can't stand on my right leg. I even have to sit down to put on pants. The dr said there isn't anything I can do about it because I can't take the required meds. I could go to Physical Therapy but I know all that would do would irritate it. He said it is from the baby dropping. I will just have to suck it up for another 5 weeks OR less:).

20 months and new things with Nate

Nate is getting to be so much fun. He does the cutest things that just melt my heart. I still can't believe he is going to be 2 in April! So many changes coming his way and our way!

1. Spitting has gotten better. He does it only when he is really mad at someone. But now I am catching him banging his head on things when he gets upset. I have no idea why he does that one.
2. When he gets all excited he stomps his feet and laughs.
3. When someone leaves the room he will say "where are you"
4. When he doesn't want something or we tell him "NO" he will say "no no no no no". He will even do it when we try to feed him food he doesn't want.
5. He now can ride his push car. He always went backwards but now he knows how to ride it forward.
6. He moved into his new room and loves it! He really loves his own bathroom.
7. He climbs on anything he can. He discovered that he can now climb on the coffee table. He is so fast that I can't catch him most of the time
8. His ABC's is sounding so much better. "A" "G" "P". You can catch some letters when he sings with us.
9. I always count going up the stairs and he will say "2" "3" "6" "13". Now we just have to fill in those other numbers:)
10. He will just come up to me to give me a hug
11. He is really into kisses. When he goes to kiss you he says "mmmmmmmMMM". I do this with him and thought it was so funny that he started doing it. So he will just start "mmmm" and he will give me his cheek so I can kiss him. Sometimes he will kiss me on my lips. Too CUTE!
12. He is obsessed with Mickey Mouse. He will now hand me the remote and say "ickey".
13. When he watches Mickey mouse he will sing the theme songs with them and you can understand some of the words.
14. He is also "getting" what they are doing in the show and will laugh. He got Bambi for Christmas and when the thunderstorm comes on and the rain hits Bambi's nose he will crack up laughing.
15. He is more and more into books. He will point things out all the time. I gave him a Mickey Mouse book for Christmas and Toodles is in it. Every time we turn the page and he sees it he will say "oh Toooodles". You can even hear him in the morning reading it to himself and say "oh Toodles".
16. We are trying to give him plates with his meals. It is going well but we noticed if we cover Mickey's face he pushes the food off so he can see it. The food ends up off the plate just so he can see all of Mickey. I have been told that his father use to do this too!
17. When we are in the car and we stop suddenly or we go over a bump he will say "uh oh"
18. When we drive on 400 and pass the cow pasture he will say "cow"
19. Every animal that comes on TV is a Cow. I correct him and he will argue back to me a "Cow".
20. Also whenever he sees an apple he will point it out on the TV or any of his toys or books.

Tater tot at 31 weeks

Tater tot is growing strong. I had 2 appts during Christmas. One with the specialist and the other with the regular Dr. I am excited to say that the specialist has released me due to I have no more placenta previa! What a great Christmas present to us! At that appt (30 weeks) he was 3 lbs. The 2 ultrasound pics above are his profile and his private parts. I just had to make sure one more time that we were having another boy. We got to schedule the C Section date for Feb 23rd at 6:45 am!! We have to be there at 5 am. I am sure I will get no sleep that night--that is if that is when Tater Tot actually comes into this world. He could come earlier like his big brother Nate. But I am leaving it into God's hands. He has already answered all our prayers for everything else. Whenever he wants him to come--I will be waiting with open arms.
The regular Dr appt went OK. When I went in I wasn't feeling very well because I got the sickness that Nate had before Christmas. My blood pressure was high for me 130/70. Normal for me is like 110/64. But she did not see protein in my urine. She did give me an antibiotic and I feel so much better. So I hope during our next appt (Jan 12th) that it is back down to normal again. I am now going every 2 weeks.
Tater tot is really moving around. Feet are kicking up in my ribs all the time. But I am not to the point where I am too uncomfortable. I just have to make sure I rest my back during the day or I pay for it the next day.
During Christmas vacation we moved Nate out of Tater Tot's into his new room. Also the window in Tater Tot's window is leaking and we need to get that fixed ASAP. We are still waiting on the baby furniture. I hope it comes soon so I can start organizing. I will post pics once we get it.

Varsity Trip

When Erin and Jimmy were in town Jimmy never experienced the Varsity before. He saw a show on it and wanted to try it. So we all drove to the original Varsity downtown and had very delicious lunch. Nate and Jace shared some french fries. We also got them to try on the famous Varsity hats.

Hanna Christmas

We celebrated the Hanna Christmas a little later this year due to Erin, Jimmy, Kendall and Jace came into town December 30th. I am little disappointed in my pictures because our battery in our camera died and I didn't have backup. So I only got a few shots of the beginning of our opening gifts. Nate got so many things. His big gift was a blue couch for his size. He loves it. He got lots of Mega block toys, clothes and a dump truck. We all had a very nice Christmas.

There is one picture where Kendall and Nate had there first "fight". They kept tugging back and forth on the toy. I am sure there are many many more to come.