2010 Birthday pictures!

I took the kids to get their annual birthday pictures. We just went to Sears to get them done. I had the whole event planned out from the morning naps to the appointment times so that I would get optimum results. However, the whole thing turned out to be almost a disaster. Brayden cried the whole time and we only got one picture of him. He would not take any with London and when he cried, London began to cry. London did slightly better. We got some cute ones of her however getting her to smile was impossible. Oh well...here's to 1 and 2!

BIRTHDAY BABIES!!!

A couple of weeks ago, we celebrated Brayden 2nd birthday and then 12 days later we celebrated London's 1st birthday. Here are some pictures of the big events... London opening presents in her cute tutu pajamas. We put on of the bows from the presents on her head and it fit perfect!

London didn't really know what to do with her cake. She played in it some but didn't eat too much of it.

"Mom, what am I supposed to do with this thing?"

Singing happy birthday to our Lolly girl.

This year, Brayden was old enough to really love opening presents. He thought that was the best part.

Brayden loved his cake...well he loved his new dump truck that was on top of the cake. I had to dumping out Oreo crumbles on top.

Happy Birthday to my babies, who aren't really babies anymore. Brayden topped in at 28lbs and 33inches tall. He is in the 50% percentile for everything. London weighs 18lbs and is 28 inches long. London is almost crawling. She gets up on her hands and knees and rocks...but that doesn't stop her from getting around. She scoots all around the place. She cant wait til she is mobile like Brayden so then she can follow him all around.

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What does chick-fil-A ice cream...lots of meat...

and doughnuts have in common?

That would be my current pregnancy cravings...

yep...

you are not hallucinating...

Baby Sessions #3 here we come!

Ok, now that you have stopped hyperventilating....well that was me..and you have accepted that we are going to the crazy house....sit back and enjoy our crazy story of how this all came about...

Actually, its not so crazy and it has not been a spontaneous decision...rather the hardest decision I have ever had to make.

All along, we have known that we had to have our children as quickly as possible for medical reasons. Brayden was our honeymoom baby and then 1 year and 12 days after he was born, London came along. I was totally ok with no more kids...at least for a good long time...and then life happened and my plan went out the window when the doctor told me that my only options were to have another child or have a hysterectomy due to medical complications that I have been having. We knew there was another little one for our family and after agonizing over the decision for weeks and weeks, I came to the bottom line realization that I could never live with myself if I did not let this little one join our family. Hence..here we are once again with baby #3!

I have been freaked out about having 3 under 3! My biggest issue was that I was out of arms, we needed a bigger car, and how in the heck was I going to handle my little circus?! While I don't have answers to most of my questions, I do know that we are doing the right thing and somehow it will all work out.

The current due date is November 8th, so, therefore, we are expecting this baby in September. My goal is to make it to 30 weeks! I am guessing it is going to be a boy as these past 2 months have been very similar to my pregnancy with Brayden so far but who knows...I do know this will be our last baby and so I am trying to enjoy the roller coaster ride of being pregnant because I know i will never experience it again. That means i am indulging cravings and trying to take more naps and just trying to enjoy myself.

So there you have it...our happy news!