Free food!

In our house we go through quite a bit of Macaroni and Cheese, so you figure that it doesn't hurt to have it around! It's makes a good meal for both kids and adults here in this house...

Well what is even better is getting it for FREE!

Here we have 16 boxes of Annie's Macaroni and Cheese it's even Organic, lol.

Well, here is what I paid for it!

I paid with coupons, so the TOTAL BALANCE DUE: $0.00! What's not to like about FREE food?

My Little Angry Bird

One of my good friends spontanelously decided she was going to make my baby something...

Well I must say, we know what she is going to be for Halloween this year!

Got to admit that this little girl makes anything look good...

Ready to go "Trick -or- treating".

Although, I must say that our little Angry Bird does not look all that angry and she isn't all that scary either...

Aurelia Mae-Ellyn Larsen

So, I haven't gotten the chance to update this blog for a long while! It's defintely been a little too long, lol! Guess time flys by when you're having a baby...

Since I was scheduled for induction on 9/10/11, we showed up at the hospital at 7:00am that morning, with it being a busy morning and not enough rooms/beds to go around we had to sit around and wait. When we finally did get a room/bed (it was almost 1pm), they came in and checked and I was already 3cm and 50% effaced having contractions (that apparently I didn't even know I was having, lol...). Petocin was started to help my labor process along and when I reached about 5cm I ended up getting my water broken and an Epidural. Since I really wasn't feeling anything as the Epidural worked a little too well, we let the baby labor down on her own, this made the labor process longer, but I only remember pushing 3 times and she was born...

Aurelia Mae-Ellyn Larsen joined our family at 7:54pm on 9/10/11 weighing in at 7lbs 7oz, 18.5" tall and her head was 13.5" in diameter.

She is already 1 week old today, here are some pictures...

It was too hard to just pick one picture of her...

She is being well loved by her big brother and big sister.

Gift from Grandma & Grandpa

During a recent visit to the Big Apple we a chance to see Grandma and Grandpa. Since their visit was a little short and they weren't here for Jerrick's 2nd Birthday, mom and dad were given instructions on helping them select a proper gift...

So we put our creativity to work and started searching high and low for the perfect gift.

After a couple hours worth of work, J Dude needed to do a quality inspection. He found that although this was fun, it was missing something...

So he discussed it with his friends over some cake and ice cream:

And they all agreed, daddy needed to go back to work. So he brought in some help and went back to work...

So, in sweltering 90+ degree heat and humidity (the hottest days of the year so far), progress was slow but steady. Under constant supervision by his two chief executive officers.

The construction project started to take shape...

Our little supervisors slowly checked things out to make sure that highest level of quality was achieved while putting this together...

It's good to know that even Sophie (the dog) approved of this.

Being that J Dude doesn't seem to think that you can have much fun alone, he decided to share this great gift with his sister...

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for such a great gift that is appropriate for years of fun!

2 Years Old

It's hard to think, but my little baby boy turned 2 on Friday May 27th. It's hard to think that he is already 2 years old. Seems like just yesterday he was just a little baby...

It was only just about a year ago we moved from VA to PA and J Dude was about a year old at the time...

Just today he went for his 2 year well baby check up. He weighs in at 30lbs 12oz which has him in the 80th% for weight, Height is 33.5" which has him at 25th% and his head measures at 20.5 which puts him in 95th%...

He got to have some friends over on his Birthday to help him eat some cake and ice cream!

J Dude loves to eat Green Beans, he also likes Strawberry Milk. He loves to play in the water, but hates taking a bath to get clean. You can however convince him to take showers, but the soap is a little questionable to him...

Oh and lets not forget that he is an excellent climber...

He totally climbed up there on HIS OWN with NO HELP! I don't think he thought about what he was going to do with himself once he got up there...

Needless to say, we are ready for the adventure from 2 - 3.

Bella's Room

So recently I decided to paint Bella's Room...

Here are some before pictures back from when we just moved in:

Here are some pictures of her room after it was recently painted:

The colors were picked based off her current bedding set. The wall that her dresser is on was inspired by a very artistic and crafty mama who always has some great suggestions and tips, she painted one for her son's nursery and I decided to try it! It's kind of hard to tell because the lighting isn't all that good...

I still need to hang her curtains, which are pink and match her bedding and the pink on the wall. She also has letters that need to be hung above her bed, LoL!



Boy or Girl?

Boy or Girl? That has been the million dollar question lately...

It is hard to think that I am already at 20w in my pregnancy, since most likely if I haven't already gone into labor on my own I will be induced at around 39w (J Dude was born at 39w1d). That means I have less weeks ahead and more weeks behind me. So, in other words I am already past the halfway mark, LoL!

I haven't really done anything with the soon to be nursery yet, so that will make for a good blog some other time. We have lots of painting to do and a nursery to put together.

Here are some pictures from the 20w scan...

Thumb/Finger Sucking...

And the answer to the million dollar question...

We will be welcoming Maebella Ellyn Larsen into our family sometime around the first week of September...