Busy, Busy, Busy

So I've been slacking a bit on updating this, but I have been extremely busy at work lately. And by the time I get home, little PoBi has me exhausted and I just want to sleep. But, I'm here now so it's time to catch up. First, William's right upper tooth (that I mentioned in the last blog) came through shortly after my last post and it's really gotten big in the last few days. It's so cute! AJ's birthday was good. He got a Chris Johnson jersey from William and I and then the evening plans were his pick. William went to Addyson's while we went to Dave and Buster's for some food and fun, then on to the movies to see Role Models. It was a funny movie. We liked it a lot, although it was stupid humor and not recommended for everyone. Also, as part of AJ's birthday present, Lynn took AJ to the Texans vs. Titans game in Houston. So he took off and left his family behind this past weekend. Hmmm... did that sound dramatic? I'm just teasing. William and I had so much fun. Little Liam was a happy little camper and even found out that he could entertain himself for a bit, while I cooked or cleaned up. He walked around the house humming and even learned to stack some blocks. We did a little shopping and attempted to see Santa at the mall. The line was way too long and I decided not to put myself through that stress alone, when William doesn't even understand who Santa is yet. And, I even made a pair of pants for William (straight from a real pattern) and a burp cloth. AJ seemed to have had a great time with his family - although the Titans did lose that game. Booo!

For the new baby update... If we call this one PoBi, and William was BiPo, what will we call the third (if there is #3?) Anyway, yesterday I had my 12 week check-up. I was able to hear the baby's heart beat through the Doppler monitor. It such a beautiful sound to hear your baby's heartbeat in the womb. The doctor said that everything with the baby sounded great. I feel so blessed to have another little miracle growing in my belly. I'm starting to gain back a little of my energy, but it seems that all that energy is being taken up by eating. I really don't enjoy being hungry all the time, especially since many foods gross me out right now. Oh well! It's really not so bad, considering what's to come at the end of all this.

That's it for now, I'll try to write some more this weekend and post some recent pictures of William. No promises though since I need to finish Christmas shopping and do some baking and grocery shopping in preparation for hosting my first Christmas in Nashville. If I don't get back to this in time, Merry Christmas to everyone! It is bittersweet since we will miss all our friends and family that won't be with us. On the flip side, we get to start our own family tradition in our own home. And Debbie will be here so we'll have some family to celebrate with us... Yay! Merry Christmas!!!

Our Thanksgiving

I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving and ate lots of yummy food. We had a very nice day - we went to our friends Jon and Brandi's house for Thanksgiving. They just had a baby a couple of weeks ago and don't have any family around either, so we all got together. They made the turkey, stuffing, rolls, and pumpkin roll and we brought the mashed potatoes and green bean casserole. First, my apologies (to myself really) for not getting any pictures. I brought the camera, but taking pictures was not even a thought in my mind. Why you ask? Because our dear sweet mobile little boy was getting into EVERYTHING! Oh man! This was the first time we'd taken him to a non-baby proofed house since he's been able to walk. They had nice glass decorations on their tables and a very inviting staircase for William. They had some great toys for him to play with, but do you think he cared? Nope. He wanted to explore! Well, I can't blame Jon and Brandi because we did the same thing just over a year ago. So, I'd like to take this opportunity to apologize to anyone who had brought their toddler to our un-baby-proofed house. It was no bother to us to have your child there, but it must have been a pain for you to have to supervise and make sure they didn't break anything.

Enough about that. Their little baby Owen is so cute! He has lots of hair and is so tiny. I can't believe William was that tiny - it really went by so fast. Well, on the topic of William, he has officially broken another tooth. It's the upper right tooth with the upper left getting ready to break the surface soon. I don't recall the exact day that this tooth broke free, but I would have to say a little over a week ago. It's so cute - his big ol' smile with a top tooth! It will be strange when his mouth is full of them, since he's been toothless for so long.

Also, this weekend we drove to Birmingham, AL to meet up with AJ's parents. They were driving back from Florida and drove several hours out of their way to spend some time with us. We went out to dinner for AJ's birthday and played games in the hotel most of the evening. It was a fun time. Now it's back to work and business as usual. It's actually going to be a very busy next few weeks with AJ's birthday, Christmas parties, finishing up work, shopping, and preparing for our first Christmas in Nashville. I'm looking forward to it all!

Big Brother

It's hard to read, but the shirt says 'Big Brother'

BIG NEWS!!!

For those who haven't heard - we're having another baby!!! Right now, I'm 9 weeks pregnant and VERY tired! My due date is June 28th, 2009. We found out about 4 weeks ago - the day after the Jack Daniels BBQ festival. October 26 at around 3pm. AJ was in denial about taking the test, but I just didn't feel right. So, I took the test and not believing that the faint little + sign meant YES. I came out of the bathroom and looked at AJ, the expression on my face must have been enough for him to go see for himself. We were so happy. Although, I will admit that I did have a brief freak-out. What am I going to do with 2 kids under 2 years old??? By that evening I had gotten all that out of my system and we are so excited to have a little brother or sister for William.

Overall, I've been feeling good, but did I mention I'm tired? This morning (and all day) I had a bit of nausea and felt like I had a hang-over, but without the crazy party the night before. That's probably the worst I've felt to date. We had the 8 wk ultrasound this past Monday and I've included the picture. I will say it's not the best view, but we did get a great shot of the baby's heartbeat and got to hear it. It was 141 bpm. And don't worry, that old wives tale of the heart rate determining gender won't work for us. William's was 167 bpm and clearly he's a boy. Well I hear a little one crying for his mama downstairs so I best be going. Love to all and Happy Thanksgiving this week!

More sewing...

I've decided that as part of my new soon-to-be role of stay at home mom, that I wanted to make some items to sell. I am still perfecting my skills, but I have made a few items that I've included pictures of. One set of burp clothes and a bib is a gift for our friends new baby Owen. The cloths are made of birdseye fabric along with cotton and some ribbon. The bib is made with a terrycloth backing. The others (monky pattern and stripes) are just other burp clothes I've made that are flannel with a soft quilting layer in the middle. With more washings the border will have a nice fringe to it. I plan to make more items soon, including baby girl dresses, baby overalls, and more bibs and burp cloths. To be honest though, this new baby is taking a lot out of me and I barely have enough energy to sleep. However, this shall pass and I'll be on a roll with my new sewing adventure.

Halloween Pictures, etc.

Well, I don't have too much else to say about Halloween since I covered it in the last post. Everything went pretty much as planned. I decided to dress William as a pumpkin this year since I tried it on him and he was way too cute. Besides, I call him my little 'punkin' anyway so it's only fitting. I'm only a couple weeks after the fact, but I've finally included some pictures from the big day. It was lots of fun and William just loved walking up to people's houses. He didn't get the whole candy idea - he just liked walking up to people!


Also, the poll I had is over now. Thanks for all that voted, it's fun. I'm stuck on a new idea so I'm up for suggestions. Well I do have one idea, but I can't say just yet ;-)You'll have to stay tuned...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Happy Halloween everyone! Well this has been a very busy week in the Porfirio household. With AJ working up his haunted house in our garage, our nanny being out for 2 days, and our animals getting sick and making messes everywhere (sorry if that's too much) we've just been going non-stop. Well today is the day for it all to come together (and tomorrow's the day I get my garage back, hee hee.) William has 2 costumes to chose from this year. A pumpkin costume that my mother made for my cousin a few years ago, or a superman costume that AJ bought when William was 6 months old. AH, I could have used that as a poll - oh well! I'm kind of leaning toward the pumpkin, but we'll see.

Our plans for this evening are to get everything and everyone ready for Trick or Treating. Whitney, Jay, and Addyson are coming over and we'll do some light trick or treating with the kiddos. They will look so cute together. Then after we go early with them, we'll head back to the house and hand out candy to all those who dare go into the "True Fear" Haunted House (I think that's what it's called this year. I think it should be called the Por FEAR io House, but AJ doesn't like that.) Jonathan and Kelly are coming over and Jonathan's making his yummy chili for us too! They've helped AJ with this house every year and it's a lot of fun. So that's it - I'll hopefully get to post some pictures this weekend. I wish everyone a Safe and Happy Halloween!