Family Pictures

A friend of mine from college who recently started her own photography business was out visiting her family in the Dayton area (she is currently living in California where her husband is stationed) earlier this month and took these family pictures for us.  Karis and I are determined to marry our children so we can have beautiful blond haired, blue eyed grandchildren.  Plus, we would love our inlaws. ;)  Anyway, our time was limited, it was windy and chilly, and Tyler was in the worst mood ever but at least we captured the moments in time. :)  And I LOVE the look to all the photos. Just wish we would have had more time, it would have been warmer, and Tyler would have been in a better mood. ;)  Here are some of them for you to enjoy! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 See, he was in a horrible mood!

 

 

Its beginning to look a lot like...

 SPRING!!! :)  Actually, these pictures were taken a couple weeks ago.  We had 80 degree weather last week and my daffodils and hyacinths are already dead after blooming!  Can't say I am too sad about winter being mild and us only getting a few inches TOTAL of snow.  The only thing I'm sad about is I had super cute and super cheap snow suits for the kids that they only wore twice!  ;)  Anyway, enjoy some pictures of our early spring days, back when it was only in the 50's. We are enjoying mostly 60 and 70 degree weather now!

 

Tim made Tyler a little wooden gun to which Tyler promptly took into the woods to shoot squirrels. He makes shooting noises and everything. :)

 My blue eyed beauty

 who is also a little goof!

 Megan absolutely LOVES to swing like this!

 

 Though, her face doesn't really show it here...I promise she loves it!

 

Tyler just loves to swing regardless of how he is on the swing! I think it was a few seconds after this picture though that he decided to let go while up well over my head...HEART SINKING!  Thankfully, the ground was soft and muddy and he only ended up being, well, muddy.

And a cute one of Megan too :)

Air Force Museum

Last Friday, we decided to take the kids to the air force museum for a bit.  We knew Tyler would love it but I don't think we realized how much he would love it and how much of a fit he would throw when we left!  He was SOOO cute going from plane to plane saying "lets look at THIS airplane!" (Be patient with me on these pics...they are horrible quality as I was messing with my new camera all day long trying to get the settings just right...that and taking pictures in a dark museum, it didn't go so well!)

I just wish I could have captured his wheels turning!

Sometimes, I don't think he could go fast enough and was usually up ahead of us like the pic below shows. :)

I think Tim liked this part...being able to do a little flight simulator! :)

Oh no!  Looks like Megan crashed the plane! :)

Tyler loved this too...you pull a little lever and it releases a plane.  He would release it, and then bring it all the way back up to do it again.  I'm not sure how long he would have done this. I stopped him when I got bored. ;)

This picture is taken next to the plane that Grandpa Jack actually worked on!

Tim has a picture just like this of him when he was younger. :)

Lets just say that they would have to do some adjustments if Tim ever wanted to be a pilot in one of these! They wouldn't be able to close the hatch! :)

Both kids enjoyed it, I would say.  Though, Megan definitely did more tolerating than truly enjoying. :)  But we lasted 2 hours which is perfect because thats about all I can take too. ;)

My new camera!

 After cashing in our credit card points, selling my old camera, and a little investing, we were able to purchase a new camera!  Its a Nikon D7000. I was OVERWHELMED when I first pulled it out the box.  Its a lot bigger, and has a WHOLE lot more bells and whistles than my old camera. My old camera looks pathetic next to it! :)  I literally couldn't WAIT to take a picture with it!  These were basically the first few I took, other than the ones of the kitchen cabinets and other random objects because the kids were in bed at first. ;)  I know you guys probably won't notice a difference, but I see a HUGE difference in quality!  These were just on the auto setting, with a flash.  The results are SOOO exciting to me!  I love being able to capture my children's lives behind a lens and now I will be able to capture it behind an even greater lens!! :) 

 

 

 

 

 

 You'll have to bear with me now though...its going to take some getting used to! :)

Pregnancy Update

 I had my 28 week follow up appointment yesterday.  I passed my glucose test which is great, and other than having SLIGHTLY increased BP, everything is checking out okay for baby #3.  Because I have been having some contractions, the doctor wanted to do an ultrasound to check the length of my cervix to make sure it wasn't shortening too early.  Everything was fine with that thankfully and we were able to get another view at our little peanut.

Chubby cheeks from Daddy!

 Cute little toes!

 I love this one.  Looks like he/she is blowing bubbles. :)

I am officially at my prepregnant weight. :(  My goal was to not gain any weight this pregnancy because I was so big to start out with.  I lost 10 pounds and was doing great until this past month and gained SEVEN pounds in just one month!  I know its because of my eating but I am blaming it on the baby. ;)  I feel like I am ALWAYS hungry and can't seem to get enough!  Hopefully from here on out, I will only gain what the weight of the baby will be so that immediately following delivery, I can be back down to prepregnant weight again.  I have some big plans for some serious reduction in myself come May!

As I said, I have been having some contractions.  Nothing that I can call painful, but definitely uncomfortable.  I feel like I am in a constant contraction at work and always have a lot of tightening after eating.  I am also measuring big, about 3 weeks, which I remember doing with Tyler.  Makes me a bit concerned that I will deliver early like I did with him, but since Megan came closer to her due date, I know not to get my hopes up.  I have also feared not making it to the hospital in time since Megan came some quickly.  More than likely, though, this baby will come after my due date, after a long and grueling labor. :)  Thats what I keep preparing myself for anyway.

Tyler and Megan (especially Megan) don't really understand that I have a baby in my belly.  Since Tim hasn't even felt the baby move yet, I can't even begin to think I could get them to feel the baby and make them understand a bit more.  Tyler will give my belly kisses but then it always just ends up being a blowing raspberries fest on Mommy's tummy and I end up being tortured by slobbery lips all over my belly. :)

We still have MUCH to do to get ready for baby.  Gotta move Megan out of the "nursery" and in to Tyler's room which involves moving Tyler to the top bunk and putting Megan in a big girl bed.  All that involves Tim finishing the staircase he has been working on for the bunk bed.  Once that is done, all of Megan's clothes have to be moved into Tyler's closet which involves moving around the hanging racks that are already in there.  Then, of course, there is going to be a serious toy consolidation aka garage sale to get rid of some of the junk in Tyler's room so that it is not so cluttered. Then, I am hoping to be able to actually prepare the baby's room with clothes, toys, etc that only they will use.  I have never been prepared like I plan to be prepared this time.  I am excited! :)  Lots of work to be done though and unfortunately, not much time to do it!  

Anyway, I know I am rambling and most of you probably didn't even read this due to its boring nature.  :P For those of you who did, thanks for reading!