Its potty time!

Well, Dylan decided he'd try peein' in the potty this weekend.  I think he finally decided that our bribes were enough incentive.  He went twice and got Boost and Snotrod (from the movie Cars) as his prizes.  He also got pizza for dinner and ice cream for dessert.  Now, we know that this is a step in the right direction, but he is no where near getting it down and keeping it that way.  Baby steps though, right?  In this picture, he's mad at me for taking a picture of him in the bathroom.  Come on, D!  Like I wouldn't take a picture of you after your first pee in the potty! ha ha!  Truth be told - I probably would have taken a picture of him GOING potty if I had had the camera upstairs.  Its just that he's sat on that darn thing so many times and done nothing.  He's the boy who cried potty!  

Here we are in Garrison this morning after having our fill of the excellent Mexican omelettes.  Getting a picture in front of the big fish is tricky when:  a) there's no one to take your picture,  b) you have to leave your car in the middle of the road (it was the "tripod"), and c) the only person who knows how to run the timer on the camera is the pregnant lady and she's not too fast of a runner at the moment.  So this is the picture of Dylan and Daddy by the fish.  To see the other pic - visit our Shuttercal site.  I did the best I could. 
And here are the pics of Dylan's new room.  The "Cars" are decals that can just peel off when he has grown tired of them.  The pile of blankets are a "must have" for him at the moment.  He loves to lay on them and hide under them. They also work well in our favor for getting him to take a nap or stay in his bed at night.  "Stay in here or I'm taking away the blankets away!"  "NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!"  ha ha!  Gotta do what ya gotta do!

Here's his lake view!

 He will also have 2 storage "lockers" at some point that match the dresser.  

And here is where I am at with Avery's room.  I painted it yesterday, so I'm getting there.  Now I get to decorate it with accessories.  I ordered her name letters for above the crib and I have high hopes in re-creating a couple of Pottery Barn Kids art pieces for the walls.  I'm just relieved to have the painting done now.  Is NOT fun with a big belly.  And it's putting my world record painting times to shame.  

Milly says, "Its juuuuuuust right!"  

Well, I think thats it for now.  Thanks for stopping by!  

Baby Avery is still a girl!

Yep, we had another ultrasound today and it looks as though Avery IS a girl - not that I had any doubts anyway.  We had the ultrasound to check her growth and make sure that she wasn't getting too big, too fast (because of the gestational diabetes).  She is weighing in at approximately 3 pounds, 3 ounces which is right on target for her gestational age.  She was in a sleepy mood, so she didn't do much when we were there.  She is head down and had her hands up by her mouth.  She still has a little button nose like her brother too!  The tech only gave us one pic since this visit was only to check her growth.  I'm too lazy to post it (aka - dig out the scanner, hook it up, and upload).  Its not much different from the last picture we have of her face, so just refer back.  Ha!   But anyway, everything looks good!

Nothing else to report on today!  Wish I could think of a fun April's Fools joke to play on you all, but I guess I'm not feeling very creative today.  Oh well!

Bump Watch!

First, a pic of D modeling his new Crocs (a size bigger than last year with super cool "construction" jibbets).  We thought they completed the no pants look quite nicely.  He has recently started outgrowing all of his 2T things.  We're finding that his pants are too tight and too short for comfort - hence, the reason for his no pants dance.  

And here is your bump watch update.  I am 30 weeks today!  Today also marks something else -2 months from today we will have our baby girl!  So 9 weeks to go everyone!  Woohoo!  Will probably go fast for all of you - not so much for me.  Oh well.  

Here is D napping on the couch.  Again.  He was refusing to nap and eventually fell asleep on the couch out of pure exhaustion.  "I'm not tired Mommy!"  HA!  Mom was right!  As usual!  

In other news, Dylan moved into his new room on Friday night.  It took about an hour to get him to stay in there, in his bed, and actually sleep.  Saturday for nap time - no go at all.  I think we kept him up too long and he got overtired.  And then Saturday night it only took a 1/2 hr or so to get him to sleep in there.  Hopefully tonight he just goes right to sleep!  We can dream anyway.  He likes his new room but must have been just a little nervous.  Just like us!  I'm still pretty nervous about him being away from us at night, but I supposed I'll get used to it.  I would have posted pics, but Eric has not yet replaced the super ugly vertical blinds with Dylan's curtains - so I'll wait to take pics of his completed room.  I'll be starting Avery's room one of these days, so there will be pics of that soon.

Well, that's it for now!  We'll have another post on Wednesday with updated pics of Miss Avery after our ultrasound!

Springtime at slippery, sloppy, and squishy Sullivan Lake

Oh hello, loyal readers!  Sorry there was such a long gap between updates!  I was left alone to fend for myself while my hardworking husband left the house to bring home the bacon for 2 weeks.  And what a LONG two weeks it was!  For all of us!  We're happy to be together again - even if our surroundings are kinda gross at the moment.  Spring has arrived at Sullivan Lake.  The geese are here.  The robins are flying around (much to Millicent's delight).  The snow has melted.  Lake Dylan has returned.  The ice on the lake is starting to recede. And the yard looks like crapola.  So we had to get away for a weekend.  Eric was in the cities for the Final Five college hockey tournament, so Dylan and I drove down to join him for a game.  Dylan was more interested in walking laps around the Xcel Center than watching the game.  So that's what we did.  Here are a couple pics from that: (we were using the old camera and all the pics turned out like crap as a result - hence, the reason why there are so few to show here)

For the record, Eric was VERY hung over!  ha ha!  

Dylsie enjoyed watching the cars and the crowds outside.

And here we are back home again.  Dylan the duck was in rare form!

These two pics are from when Daddy was gone.  Dylan was being extra cute (much better than the "extra crabby" kid that I spent a lot of time with during those LONG 2 weeks!)

And finally, here is a glimpse of the loveliness that is springtime at Sullivan Lake.

What is that - OPEN WATER!?  WOOOHOOO!!!!!

The house.  We have to get there by boat.

Dylan sporting a hat from Gma Puppy.  See, I told you it was too small Mom!

Lake Dylan at its deepest.  For now, anyway.  We are expecting more rain and snow.

Looking out towards the lake.  Lovely, isn't it?  The grass doesn't look as brown in this picture! Maybe its all in my head?  I dunno.  Today while I was busy uploading pics for the blog, I noticed a large bird out in the tree.  Had noticed him the other day out on the ice and we've been trying to decide if he is an eagle or an osprey.   Eric is not sure either.  He looked at it with the binoculars and can see yellow on his beak, so who knows!  I ran outside with the camera and snapped a few photos of him before he gave me a look that read, "get outta here!"  and flew off.  I will probably post it on our Shuttercal for today if the pic is decent.  Think I might need a larger lens for that purpose tho.  It seems like I'm always trying to get pictures of stuff like that and having them not turn out worth a crap (remember the otter?!?).  Anyway, if anyone has forgotten our Shuttercal address - this is it: www.shuttercal.com/calendar/dylansmom/

And for your baby baking update - Avery is doing well.  Moving around like crazy - much more than her brother ever did.  I will be 30 weeks on Sunday, so I suppose we'll take some pics.  9 more weeks to go then!  We have an ultrasound on April 1st.  Eric said, "Oh good!  That way we can confirm that she is a boy!"  HA HA.  The c-section is scheduled for May 29th.  Woohoo!  I have a lot of work to get done in those 9 weeks tho.  Mainly, get her room painted.  (Any helpers out there?? anyone?? Its a small room!)  First we have to move Dylan to his big boy room tho.  And truth be told, I'm nervous!  I'm sure it will take a lot of getting used to by both us and him.  We'll keep you posted.  

Well, I think thats about it.  Hopefully it wasn't too much of a boring update for ya! 

The Weekly Weekend Wrap up!

Well, Gpa Danny and Gma Kim were here this weekend.  Gpa needed to wrap up the cupboard project and he did just that.  Dylan had fun helping him with it.  Gma helped me finish up some painting.  The pics of us doing that were NOT cute, so I will not be posting them.  

Here I am making use of the extra kitchen storage! Sweeeeeet.  Thanks Danny!
We went to a lovely new restaurant this morning in Garrison (it has a weird, unmemorable name, so I can't throw out a plug for them) that everyone must come visit.  The Mexican omelette was excellent.  As was the bacon, according to Kim.  They also have a giant walleye in Garrison.  All excellent photo ops for our ShutterCal and of course, no camera was with.  An excuse to go back, I say!  After Gpa and Gma left, we went outside to play.  Eric had been saying he was going to make a Mommy snowman to go with the Daddy and Dylan snowmen.  She, of course, had to have a pregnant belly.  It wouldn't have been right if she didn't.  So I posed with her.  I am 27 weeks today, so am in the 3rd trimester.  
And here is yet another attempt at a family photo.  Eric just had to ruin it by turning around at the last moment and Dylan stood right in front of his snowman.  We took another one, but of course by that point, Dylan had flown the coop so the 2nd pic didn't turn out either.
And finally, we walked down to the bridge in search of the otter.  As we were walking up, we saw him on the ice so I turned on my camera, zoomed in and took the pic.  We took a few more steps and he jumped back in.  Jerk!  So this is the zoomed in pic courtesy of iPhoto.  Best I could do.  
Thats it!  Have a great week everyone!