Happy Mother's Day GG!

We went to GG's to celebrate Mother's Day back in the first week of May. They always have yummy cake and nice music to celebrate all the moms/grandma's living there.

 We picked up Arby's along the way so we could have some dinner before our cake. Linnea enjoyed dancing with her grandma and papa and sitting on GG's lap, and she even got a balloon to take home!

Bryce Harper or Chris Meyers?

Last I checked I married Chris Meyers and became Amy Meyers...however lately he looks an awful lot like the rookie baseball player Bryce Harper....

 dont mind our disastrous room in the background!

Chris has been so impressed with Harper's 1st season that he wanted to share a haircut. We worked on it together in our living room...we realize it looks quite ridiculous but it was something fun to try!

20 Weeks

Well I am happy we finally took some belly pics but sad that we really didn't start until now, midway through the pregnancy. I don't even think we have one of before :( We did so well taking them monthly and then weekly with Linnea. Oh well! We will do better from here on out as I grow more and more.

20 Weeks!

  

It's hard to believe we are 20 weeks already! Linnea came to my appointment this morning and everything is looking great! Linnea helped push the button on the machine that allows us to hear the heartbeat. We heard that and we heard the lil guy/gal kicking and punching. L was beaming the whole time. What a good helper! 

I am feeling good but pretty exhausted by the end of the day. I hate that I have so much energy at work and then next to none when I get home with my own family. We still do our best to make our way to our Monday night storytime at the Roseville Library and parks a few times a week tho. I had been running twice a week until recently...it has gotten too uncomfortable so I am trying to find prenatal yoga  DVDs that I like and I do those a few times a week and walk a few times a week.

20 Week Ultrasound!

Last Thursday April 26 was a special day for us!

The three of us had a quick, fun dinner of homemade pizzas (we are trying to not eat anymore frozen pizzas for a variety of reasons which I am sure most of you can figure out) and then headed to St. John's Hospital to see how our second baby is doing. He/she is doing very well! We saw the lil babe moving around quite a bit and it even had hiccups! He or she is about 11 oz which is right on track for 19 weeks and also has a very healthy heartbeat.

Linnea was excited to see the baby on tv and she did so well! She was very curious about the gel on my tummy and kept reassuring me it won't hurt. When she looked at the "tv" she thought the baby looked like a monster! I have to kind of agree...

The ultrasound tech asked if we wanted to know the sex...we explained that we had a bit of a dilemma...I want to be surprised and Chris wants to know. Her idea of how to handle this was great...she wrote the gender down on a sheet of paper and closed it in an envelope and gave it to us after the ultrasound and said we could decide what to do. Well Chris opened it, so he knows. I do not and don't plan on finding out until the big day in September. I don't know why I don't want to know this time, I just don't. I have heard the feeling of finding out right after birth is just amazing so I want to try it. Hope my hubby doesn't spill the beans to too many people who then spill the beans to me! I knew I wanted to know with Linnea and was happy we found out but this is a whole different pregnancy in so many ways and being surprised is the way I want to go. 

I am thinking it is a boy...
There will be a picture of my belly very soon! Because it has arrived!

Weekend Fun!

Linnea and I found a community center that was showing the movie Hop this past Friday night. Chris was working some OT again so Linnea and I had a mommy/daughter night. I picked her up from preschool and we headed straight to the community center which is also a library and we looked at books until it closed and then played at the playground until the movie started. She thought it was funny that we were watching an Easter movie when she knew Easter was over but oh well. We enjoyed it! We bought some popcorn and I had packed a small picnic dinner of PB sandwiches, apples and grapes for us to munch on with the popcorn. 

Saturday we had a family date to the MN Zoo. I really wanted to go see the baby farm animals before they weren't there anymore and this was the last weekend to do it. The weather was terrible but we braved the rain and wind anyways and I'd say it was worth it. It is hard sometimes to find time to do things just three of us but we always enjoy ourselves when we do. Yes we get to the park on weeknights and eat dinner together and watch some shows or play at home but it ends up being only for like 2 hours at a time if that. So when we have a whole day of no major plans we try to take advantage and do something fun, even if it means leaving the house a mess and the laundry piled high.

The otters were so cute and swimming all around!

checking out a worm!

 the most active we have EVER seen the grizzly bears! They loved the rainy weather more than us!

 Brrrrr! Frozen on our "wagon" ride out to the farm.

ducklings!

 a one week old piglet! sooo cute! Linnea liked the piglets but the HUGE pigs because they snorted at her and she thought they sounded like a monster.

Fun on the tractor!

A not so rainy ride back but still cold!

We have never seen the moose this close!

Linnea loves to "follow" the penguins!

Sunday I sadly didn't take a single picture. Chris worked some more OT in the morning so Linnea and my mom and I went to a kids consignment sale where I got Linnea some summer clothes, new puzzles and books. Linnea had fun looking around for herself and did so well! My mom found some clothes to keep at her house for her grandkids. We then headed to my parents church, played at the church playground afterwards and then had lunch at my parents. Linnea went down for a nap and I tried to get some stuff done around the house and went for a walk...there is still plenty to do but we made a dent.
The month of May is pretty busy most weekends so it was nice to not fill up every minute of this weekend.

Earth Day and a Play!

Earth Day weekend was full of fun for us! We headed to the Harriet Alexander Nature Center on Saturday morning for a small event they were having. We got a few free renewable bags, put our names in some drawing, got some recycling tips and looked at the animals. We bought some popcorn on our way out and then headed to a park before it started raining. 

Sunday our family of three celebrated my dad's birthday on the evening of his actual birthday. After a busy day of visiting GG with donuts for breakfast and going to church with her then going to Sam's Club, we brought my dad to the play Giggle Giggle Quack at Stages Theater in Hopkins. 

We enjoyed the play but not quite as much as the Christmas one we went to.

We went to Baja Sol for his bday dinner followed by dessert at our house.

 We will be celebrating more on Sunday May 6th with the whole family and some friends.

What a week!

Well another almost two weeks has passed and I havent updated the blog! I don't know where the time goes and I don't think I took any pictures this week! Boo! I hate it when I do that. Chris worked a bit of overtime last week and I had a few bus routes to sub on so our evenings were even more rushed than usual but we managed to either get to the choo choo park or do something else fun in between home and preschool. I think we made it to our Monday night storytime too. Something else fun and new one day was playing at a train store and then having an ice cream treat with mommy all before dinner. Don't judge, it was rainy, there were plenty of challenging behaviors at work and I am almost 20 weeks pregnant so naturally ice cream before dinner was just fine :) Last Friday was beautiful and Chris didn't work OT and I didn't ride a bus so after stopping at a new park on the way home we had a picnic of grilled hot dogs, mac n cheese and then watched some L's fav new show, Caillou before calling it a day and hitting the hay.