O'Brien's and Baseball

 

 I got another ultrasound yesterday and they say the baby looks perfectly healthy.  It seems like he moves way more than Stevie did already but maybe I'm just imagining it.  I can't imagine a baby being more active than Stevie at this point though. To quote Steve "he is one crazy little dude".

8AM and yelling at me already

 

 

 

 

Here he is! He's so active it wakes me up sometimes and I'm only 22 weeks!

 

 

 

This is my niece Rochelle with us at the Rodeo.  She is staying with us for a few weeks to help out. It's great and we've been getting lots of stuff done and having fun.

 Lauren, the kids and their friend, Taylor are staying in town for a few days and we had everyone over for a BBQ last night. Here are some pics of the festivities..............
 

 

 

 

 

Summer Vacation and a tribute to Fathers and Grandfathers..........

Stevie has learned to walk!! He all of the sudden decided one day he was going to walk around and now he's flying. He is his Dad's shadow and it's so cute to watch.  Everything is a cell phone and he puts phones up to his ears and says hi over and over. He loves any kind of ball and he's developing a good arm.  He can set the baseball on a tee and hit it off which makes both Dad and Granddad proud. He helps Steve at the office and takes out the trash with him at home. Also I finally got ultrasound pics of our newest edition. IT'S A BOY!!! I'm seriously outnumbered now :).

 

In the plane coming back from Kansas City

 

Making dad so Proud

Everyone went on a walk and he held his Aunt Bonnie's hand and pushed her wheel chair.

He's yelling at me in this pic but he's still pretty cute

Batter Up! 

Men of the house

Big day at the office

 Grandaddy Mudd

Grandpa O'Brien

 

 

Chick Magnet already!

 

 

 

Can't wait to meet this little guy!

My Growing Bump and Adventures in Babies Feeding Themselves

 

I haven't taken as many pictures of my bump this pregnancy so I finally remembered last night.  I'm looking pregnant more quickly this time and I'm already feeling kicks!! I don't have as many ultrasounds this time either but as soon as  get another one I'll post it.

Stevie is learning to feed himself now.  It's so cute watching him try to figure it out. I take a lot of pictures of him eating and he knows to pose and smile now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is Stevie with his Grandma Mudd. I'm really bad at taking pictures of him with my family.  I would have had my dad in the picture but he'd just had oral surgery and it looked like he'd been in a really bad bar fight : (.

 

Time Flies

So my birthday just passed. Another year, I can't believe it!! We've had lots of fun lately visiting and entertaining family and friends, fishing and travelling.  Stevie is growing up fast. We've gotten him to walk on his own but he still needs lots of coercion and doesn't like when he realizes he's not holding on to anything. We had Lauren , Grace and Joe over for a few days and that was so much fun. The kids played really well together and Lauren and I cooked a lot, shopped and exchanged parenting advice. I love having other Mom's around so I can pick their brain.  For my birthday we went to Monterey and Carmel and did some serious relaxing.  Monterey was very touristy and cloudy while Carmel is more of a vacation town and seems to get more sunshine. I'm now almost 15 weeks pregnant and everything seems to be going well.  Getting to the 2nd trimester is such a relief and I must say it's nice to have my energy back.

 

Here's some pics of our newest addition.  He or she is about 14 weeks here.

 

 

 

 

Stevie likes to help us all with paperwork, bills, talking on the phone, eating or pretty much anything we are doing.

 

Here's Stevie and I having fun with the camera while Dad was fishing in Hingston slough

 

 

 

Stevie was trying so hard to hit the ball off the tee he didn't realize he was standing on his own for a long time.

 

Stevie is a pretty happy guy!!

 

All of the kids playing together

 

Little Joe learned to stand at my house!!

          At the Monterey Bay Aquarium..................

 

 

 

Watching penguins eat

 

Looking at sea sponges

 

Underwater experience