First corn on cob

Loved it!

Hanging out with Jenn

Lots of pictures of hanging out with Jenn for the past few weeks....

Snacks on the front porch in Batman cap.

Smoothie mustache, Bruce Wane face.

Big smoothie mustache. 

Outside (back when it was warm)

Love the hose!

COLD water from the hose.

ROBOT!

ROBOT!

Snack time during Thursday's play date.

BGB Update - 17 weeks

I'm now 17 weeks and am very noticeably pregnant. I'm into my second trimester and the next big goal is 20 weeks, the official half way point.  Unfortunately I'm still feeling sick pretty regularly. I am light headed and dizzy and feel nauseous a few times a day, which is an improvement over feeling nauseated constantly. Things are getting better, just not as quickly as I'd like!

We had our 16 week check up on Tuesday and the doctor said all my symptoms are still completely normal and would be normal even if they lasted the whole pregnancy (lets hope not though). Then she went to listen for the heartbeat but she couldn't find it! We were pretty nervous as we moved to a room with an ultrasound machine and I reassured Alan that I'd just felt her moving earlier that day. When we got setup on the ultrasound, the doctor still had trouble finding a heartbeat... not because it wasn't there, but because our little girl was moving so much the doctor couldn't pin her down! We finally got the heartbeat count but never got a clear enough look for a picture.

I thought I was imagining that she moves more than Simon, or maybe I thought I was just better at telling it was baby moving? Regardless, I wasn't imagining it, she is a little lap swimmer. My Olympic hopeful.

Counting on fingers

Simon is now counting on his fingers. He gets to two really easily, but 3 is much harder. Here he is thinking about three and then showing me that he got it. 

Random train comment

This morning we were playing with the train table, and Simon was pushing the train along then he stopped it and said... "Dingdong. Doors closing. Brown line to the loop."

I just about lost it. So adorable.

New Game: Ready... Jump!

Auntie Amy invented a new game called Ready... Jump! These things always seem like a good idea at the time. Then, after you and Simon have jumped a million times and your legs are jelly but he is still jumping, you finally understand how Simon can eat as much as an adult and stay toddler sized.


Amy started in a squat with her hand on her knees then put her hands up in the air when she jumped. Simon is trying to imitate but his coordination isn't quite there, so the hands go up after he lands. I love it more every time I see it!

Illinois Railway Museum

On Saturday Simon, Alan, Emily, Auntie Colleen and Auntie Amy all packed up and went to the Illinois Railway Museum. It is about an hour and twenty minute drive to the museum and we packed up books and snacks and took off around 9 o'clock. We got there and immediately hopped on a train and went for a quick train ride. Simon was very interested in everything we passed and in the train whistles. It was unfortunately a pretty cold day so we all were shivering and hungry when we got off the train. We found a little cafeteria and had a quick but warm lunch. While we were eating a man walked by and Simon looked at us with a big grin and said 'Santa!'. The man did look like Santa, picture obviously below. We walked through some train barns and played in their play ground before heading back to Chicago. We had hoped that Simon would sleep on the ride home, but they were doing construction alongside the road for more than half the trip. Simon was so excited about the trucks that he never slept.

When/If we go back, we will do a couple things differently. Definitely we will choose a warmer day and we will bring lots of our own snacks as well as a picnic lunch. This was a fun adventure though and we saw tons of Trains. Simon said choo-choo and whoo-whoo many many times that day.

The Aunties and Simon in a train car.