Third trimester

We've reached the third trimester!  In 12+/- short weeks, Brock's sibling will be arriving to rock his world.  Our friends loaned us some great books about becoming a big brother.  He really likes the books.  Let's hope he is as inviting to the new baby as he is to the books.

In the meantime, our little baby boy is growing up.  No longer are we allowed to call him a baby, he's a BIG BOY and we adore him, even when he's a bit unruly, as many toddlers can be.

Brock loves being outdoors.  He is quite the adventurer.  If he's not the parks nearby causing raucous on the play structures, he is in the backyard playing until we drag him in for the night.  I predict this summer, he will practically live outdoors!  For his 2nd birthday, he received this baseball bat and tee.  Check out his moves!  Go get 'em, slugger!

Brock also likes to be doing whatever Mommy and Daddy are doing.  If we are in the kitchen, he's pulling out all of the tupper ware and salad spinner (seriously, who knew this was going to be a hit with toddlers!?!).  Here's a couple pictures of Brock helping Daddy wash the car the other day.  It took twice as long to wash since he kept re-washing areas Brian already rinsed, but well worth it to see Brock so focused and excited to help.

93 days left to vote!

Don't forget to cast your vote on the tab to the right...

Is it is BOY?  Maybe a GIRL this time?   Hmm, your guess is as good as ours.  In approximately 93 days we will let you know!

Six months pregnant - already!?!

I hit week 24 today - 6 months!  In addition to this pregnancy going by waaay too fast, it is also extremely different than my first.  For starters, I had more nausea (fortunately still not too bad) and am always hungry.  For anything and everything.  It's so hard to not eat but I am trying my best to keep the weight down.  The other most significant difference in this pregnancy is the pain.  Oy, the pain.  I was able to work out every day with no issues when I was carrying Brock.  Not this time.  Three months ago my sciatica started acting  up and it's to the point where I am in physical therapy but treatment isn't relieving the pain.  My doctor suggested cortisone shots.  Feel free to chime in on this one - I am trying to resist going down that path.  The good news is that since we can't figure out what makes me feel better or worse, I am still hitting the gym - just not as hard or as often as I'd like. 

But onto more exciting news...

Brock.

He is so funny.  The other day he decided to pull his table (we use this for arts and crafts) outside.  He said he wanted to move his "office" outside and went to "work".  Where does he come  up with this stuff?

Later that day, we took him to a park nearby where in addition to having a normal playground, there is an area for children to run around and water shoots up from the ground.  He calls the park "Bear Park" because there is a play sculpture of a bear.  He loves Bear Park.  It's one his favorite parks. We love taking him there on warm days to cool off.