Weekend Fun - The year of our 3rd baby :)

I have been waiting to say this for the longest time you guys (ok just the beginning of the year), but yeah, this is the year our 3rd baby will be born (God willing), AHHHHHHHHHHH. Let that simmer for a second. Not only that, if we are lucky enough, he'll be here next month, AHHHHHHHHHHH. Ok, enough screams for one post.

34 weeks with baby #3. I am telling you I have a torpedo belly, this baby is just pushing out and laying so low. Bring on next month, I am so ready to meet our 3rd boy.

The front view of the belly is always so deceiving, I love that my Jbird wanted to be part of my picture though and I am so loving how my hair turned out from curling it.

We got our maternity pics done this past weekend and I swear it was a total disaster. I hope that the photographer did her magic and we end up with a few decent ones. Since we were all dressed up I of course attempted a family pics before we left, not bad if I may say so myself :). Is Tman the funniest or what? Jbird always has that confused look, poor kid is probably wondering how he ended up in this crazy family. I love my family, can't wait to see how our 3rd boy will fit in with our brood.

After the photoshoot I took the boys to visit my family. My cousin S is visiting from England, the last time she was here, Jbird was only 4 months.

 3 generations of awesome women, what what.

My niece turned 3 months old and this little girl is looking cuter by the day. I just love all the bows and matching outfit, I must say I am proud of my sister in law :)

 My mom and my niece, don't they look so alike?

Tman wanted to join in on the fun

I couldn't possibly not add a picture of my beautiful 2nd boy. This boy is so active I tell you and he always does things on the DL; you never see him coming and bam he is on whatever he wants.

Having loads of fun with grandad doing laps around the house in his car. It doesn't take much to entertain kids I tell you

My new favorite pic of me and my first baby, my little mini-me. My first boy is so like me it's crazy.

And of course a picture of my crazy family at brunch. I love that we are all doing something different yet crazy except for Jbird who just wanted out :)

We've had a crazy busy yet fun weekend. I am not going to lie, I am looking forward to some slow days around here. The next few weekends are pretty chill so that should be good. Then it's baby time, woop woop. Hope you had a great weekend too.

Big boys bedroom

We have been co-sleeping with Tman since he was about 4 months. It's what worked for us in the beginning but by the time Jbird arrived I was done co-sleeping but couldn't get this baby out of our bed. We tried everything and I mean everything but ultimately for our sanity Tman would always end up in our bed.

We were smarter with Jbird or I should say luckier, he never wanted to sleep in our bed. YAY. He has been the best sleeper you guys. This kid has been sleeping in his own bed in his own room since he was 6 months old.

So our plan is to put both boys in the same room and get them to sleep together. I am hoping Tman, who doesn't want to sleep alone, will be happy to have a friend and hopefully will sleep in the room. I am praying that Jbird continues to sleep, we'll see what happens. We have not been lucky so far, the boys only slept in their room one night so far and it was a total disaster. Here is to hoping.

I present to you the boys new bedroom

I loved these car beds because they could accommodate a crib mattress and a twin mattress. Since Jbird is still so little, I made his bed a toddler bed and used the crib mattress. Given the shape of the bed, it gives him built -in railing. Score. Tman who is completely into Thomas requested the sheets and blanket and I was happy to indulge.

Jbird's bed with his bookcase set up :)

 Tman is my big boy so we gave him the twin mattress. Tman's bed with his bookcase :)

We opened the room to the boys on Christmas day and they were so happy. Tman was really excited about the bed and told me he needed a book to read

 Jbird can easily get in and out of his bed, YAY

 My boys hanging out in their new room on Christmas morning

Tman is such a smart boy I tell you, reading in bed

 Jbird also wanted to have his book and lay in his bed and read

 Both boys in their room with their daddy

I still have to put some art on the walls but I am very happy with how well the boys room is coming together. I am now hoping that they actually want to sleep in this room and not our bed (at least for Tman). Big boys room almost complete, this makes me so happy. I will keep you updated on how things go with this, I am sure it will be a work in progress.

Ringing in the New Year

My sister in law came to town to celebrate the Holidays with us and of course we had to go out for New Years. I would have been content staying at home chilling on the couch but with my in laws willing to watch the kids it was hard to resist an opportunity to go out without the kids.

We decided to go back to the same place that we went to last year since we had so much fun there last time and it wasn't too crowded. I was not shaking my booty on the dance floor this year, I am just way too tired for that. We left early to beat the rush, enjoyed a nice dinner before we moved to the bar where we spent the rest of the night. My friend C was in town so she joined us for a night of fun without kids too.

My sister in law and her now fiance. Yep they got engaged on Christmas eve, another story for another post :)

Hubby showing off his ring stemming from a joke about the engagement. We got engaged almost 6 years ago, sorry hubby engagements are not relevant anymore for us :)

My friend C and her hubby, they got engaged over 8 years ago and have been married almost 8 years ago, wowzer. Time surely flies

 Me and my friend C chilling at the bar, pregnant ladies in a bar what up?

C and I making babies a few months apart since 2010 :). 32 weeks and 24 weeks with baby #3

Happy New Year kisses :). I always insist on taking these. Good thing everyone cooperated

A pic of all of us chilling at the bar, hello 2014, it is so nice to see you

We were lucky to have babysitting grandparents so we spent the New Years celebrating in style with no kids, woop woop. This is the year my 3rd boy is going to be born :) :) :), I can now focus on his arrival. Hope you had a great time ringing in the New Year too.

The last days of December

It's been fun to have the time to spend with the kids these last days of December. Since we were home with the boys a lot we had to do lots of things to keep them occupied.

My favorite thing to do when it's this cold is always to go to the mall with an indoor playground that way I can not only get my shopping on during nap time but also let the kids run wild and do fun things inside.

My Tman is clearly a fan of such fun activities

I celebrated Christmas at school with Tman and all his friends. It was such a sweet event, best way to end the year. He doesn't go back until next Monday.

We hung out with my BFF C who is visiting from Indiana with her boys. We heard of a train exhibit at the local train station and thought it would be such a fun time for our train loving boys. It actually sucked but somehow the boys were really excited about it still and the day was not a complete loss

Hubby with Tman watching in front of the train exhibit (yeah, that's all it was, not even a train display the kids could play with or anything)

Me and my friend C with our youngest boys. C and I have been pregnant together throughout the years and what do you know, she is again pregnant with her 3rd child :). I swear we don't plan these things

 Our first boys eating some ice cream in the Winter, the beauty of indoor play

My friend Melissa came down to visit too. YAY. I am always so psyched when she comes to town, she has such a great time with the boys. She only lives 2 hours away but she is moving to Austin, Texas next year :(. We won't get to see her as much but I guess that means we'll be going to Austin soon :).

Mel came to visit with her aunt and uncle who used to take such good care of us when we were in College. They wanted to see the boys so they made the trip.

 Reading with Tman at bedtime. She is such a great godmother to my boy.

Our friend A was having a birthday party to celebrate her 30th birthday. She was actually pregnant when the actual birthday happened so we are celebrating 6 months later. Since Mel was in town, we left the boys with hubby and turned this into a girls night. It was nothing fancy, we just went to a local bar and enjoyed some crab dip and a few drinks. It was classic.

The birthday girl and her cake :)

The girls hanging out. A, Mel and I lived together for years and had a blast doing it too. It's good to see things don't change much over the years

My friend D hosted a kid friendly Christmas and New Year's party at her place. I am so glad we were able to go. They just moved into their new house and it's an absolute beauty.

They had 3 trees in total in their house this year, wowzer. I loved the beautiful tree at the front door and of course had to take pics with the boys :)

As soon as we got there, Tman zoomed in for the train table. This kid loves trains I tell you.

Jbird stayed attached to me or my hubby as he does these days.

After he finally warmed up he also went for the trains with his brother. I thought he would just destroy everything as he does but I was really impressed with him.

 A few pics of me and my boys at the party

Before we left, we got a pic of all of us who went to college together with our spouses. The kids did not want to cooperate for our pic but never mind. I can't believe that we were graduating from college 10 years ago. Insane I tell you. Go Terps.

The last days of the year 2013 were well spent. We celebrated the New Year in style with no kids :). Gotta love babysitting grandparents. HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone. See you in 2014.