Arboretum FUN

A pirate and an astronaut go to the Arboretum...

 Cooper at 4 years, 4 months.                                        Cooper at 2 years, 3 months.

Welcome to Sleepytown

We had a most wonderful Wednesday afternoon.  I put Austin down for a nap, turned Jake and the Neverland Pirates on for Coop, and I laid on the couch to rest.  After Coop's show was over, he wanted to play airplanes and pretend they were landing on the moon.  Just as my plane went in for a landing, while I was still laying on the couch, I realized my eyes were getting heavier and heavier.  I told Coop that I really needed to close my eyes for just five minutes and then we could keep playing.  He put his plane down, climbed on the couch with me and said, "I'll cuddle up with you, Mama, while you rest and keep you company."  

An hour and a half later, I woke up, and found my little guy snoozing away on my shoulder.  He must have fallen asleep right after I did.  Luckily, I could reach my phone and snapped a few pics.   

Austin Boo was, also, snoozing the afternoon away.

Sleepytown is kind of awesome.

Baby Lamb #3 is....

a BOY!!!!!

Surprise, surprise, Little One is a boy!  Actually, I was a little surprised.  This entire pregnancy has been so different from the beginning, that I was starting to think baby was a girl.  But, nope.  Definitely a boy.  My appointment happened to be on my birthday (ok, maybe I planned it that way), so it was a really fun birthday present to myself!

Baby looked healthy and strong, moving around just as he should be.  I was 18.5 weeks at this appointment and Little One weighed 9 oz, with a heartbeat in the high 140s.  That seems to be pretty consistent with this baby.  The other boys were always in the high 150s.  One thing the doctor did say was that since I got pregnant less than a year after having another baby, there are a few things they want to watch, so I'll go back monthly for sonograms.  As my due date gets closer, I'll go more frequently.  All this was fine by me because I think it's a great way to bond with baby and I get to see him every month!  How great is that?  (Apparently having pregnancies close together--less than a year--can be associated with slow growth and preterm labor among other things.)

After the appointment, Philip and I put together a little surprise box for Cooper and Austin to open.  We bought a huge box and filled it with blue helium balloons, so that when the boys opened the box, all the blue balloons would come flying out.

Then, we met my family at lunch to tell them the exciting news.  I quickly picked up some cupcakes at the grocery store and asked the bakery to decorate them for me.  After we were all sitting at the table at lunch, everyone closed their eyes, I pulled out the cupcakes and surprise....it's a BOY!!  Annie captured a few cute pics of the moment.

Later that evening, we brought the huge box inside and let Cooper and Austin open it up.  Coop knew that if blue balloons came out, he'd have another brother, but if pink balloons came out, he would have a sister. 

Coop quickly began having so much fun with the balloons, I think he forgot why we even had them.  I reminded him that blue meant he would have another baby brother, and he was super excited...for about five seconds, and then moved on to playing with the balloons!  

 Me and my boys.  Can't wait to have three to wrap my arms around!