24 Weeks

So it has been a couple of weeks since I last wrote and all is still going well!  We have been trying to get a little ready for our new boy to come so we painted our bedroom which has been on the list of things to do for quite a while now.  It feels so much bigger now that we have a lighter color in there and well worth the work... now we just have to get to painting the ceiling.

Daniel was teaching Lola to golf this week,  It was so nice with the cooler fall weather that we had a ton of fun playing in the backyard and picking up apples with Lola.  She loves to compost the apples, a true Portlander :)  

Daniel is starting back on a regular Monday through Friday work schedule this week, no more nights (yay!).  That will help us get back into our normal schedule with Lo and maybe I will get a little more much needed sleep.

For the first time I think Lola really understands that she has a baby brother coming, she put her own baby inside her shirt this week and was walking around like she was pregnant.  When she pulled it out she said it was her baby brother, and now she wants him to come out of my belly... but I told her she has to wait a bit longer.

Love from all of us!

22 Weeks

I am 22 weeks today and so excited for are boy to come in January.  We have been painting our room this week to get it ready for the new baby.  We have been in our house for almost a year now and thought that maybe now would be a good time to get it done before we have an addition to our room.  Once we are done painting we will set up the crib to see how everything fits.  The baby will be in our room until he is old enough to share with Lola in her room.

Lola has been learning more and more words every day.  She is moving on to small sentences now, and a lot have to do with the exciting big girl bed that hasn't lost its intrigue yet.  She will go up to her bed and say "big girl sleepy here, " she is so proud!

Daniel and I had a nice dinner out the other night just the two of us while a friend watched Lola.  She has a son Julian who is only 3 weeks older than Lola and they just love playing together.  She had so much fun she didn't even miss us, which is a good thing :)  They are in the picture above.

Other than that all is well and moving along.  

Love from all of us.

21 weeks...

We had a major milestone this week... Lola is now sleeping in her new bed!  We put it together as a family the other night and weren't even planning on having her sleep in it yet.  Lola was so excited and yelling "big girl" that she basically forced us to let her sleep in it.  Well three nights later she has slept in her new bed as though it were her crib and the crib is gone.  I think it was the easiest transition into the bed that we could have asked for and she was obviously ready for it.  I don't think potty training will be the same, but no complaints here.

I am doing well, growing and growing.  We are excitedly looking at baby boy things which is a fun change from all the girly-ness that has filled our lives for the past two years!  Sleeping is getting more difficult as our little boy likes to kick all night long, and he is definitely strong. He kicks much more than Lola so I think we will have an active baby!

Love from all of us, 

Jennifer, Daniel, and Lola

It's a boy!!!!!

So I went to my 20 week appointment and ultrasound today and we are having a boy!!!  We are so excited that Lola will have a baby brother.  It will be nice for us to have one of each and we couldn't be any happier.  On top of it all the baby is perfectly healthy so far and all of the measurements and blood work look great...I hope that it keeps up!

Daniel has had to go onto a new schedule for work for a couple months of training, which means night shifts.  It will be a change for all of us, but it is only temporary and will be done before our new little boy comes.

We love everyone and wish the best of luck to Arlene and Jen who are both due with their little boys soon!

Love from all of us!