A day at the park and the departure of the swine flu...

We never need an excuse to go to the park and we recently discovered the perfect park walking distance from our house. We love that there's no sand or bark but instead the ground is padded underneath all the slides and swings! Perfect for little kiddies who are just trying to get their footing. And all the equipment is separated by age group. A park trip is just what we needed as this has been a LONG week for the Tees family. Sophia was diagnosed with H1N1 on Tuesday. She's now finished her dose of Tamiflu and although she still has a bad cough she's doing MUCH better. They tested her on the spot at our pediatrician's office( we LOVE them) and she was positive for Influenza A which they tell us the only strain of influenza A going around this season is H1N1(the other test takes 10 days of growing out a culture etc and they don't want to take any chances. We're happy to report things are looking MUCH better and Sophia is in great spirits...as you can tell from these pictures!

There was a Party in our City!!

Wow...what a Saturday we had. We drove downtown to The Shrine to see Yo Gabba Gabba Live and we're happy to report that it was the real DJ Lance Rock and Sarah Silverman, The Coldwar Kids, and Biz Markie all made cameo's. They gave each of us DJ Lance Rock glasses to wear and Foofa made her entrance right down our aisle(Foofa is mama's favorite!) Sophia spent most of her time on Daddy's shoulders bopping her head and singing "yooooooo gabba gabba" a few times. They had balloons and streamers drop out of the sky. Nana even came along for the fun. Here are some pictures of the Party!

8 month belly "bump"!!

I definitely think I've "dropped"!! It's gotten easier to breathe but harder and harder to sleep and waddle around. Lot's of insomnia for mama this week. Our lil' monkey has hiccups regularly and they're pretty low so we're hoping that means he's head down. We have another ultrasound on Dec. 4 so we'll see exactly where he's at. Baby is most active at night still and BT and I LOVE to watch him karate kick all over in my tummy. I got my results from my anemia blood test last week and while doctor says I'm still slightly anemic she says I'm doing better...yay!

Sophia Lillian our lil' Ladybug:)

It's official...Halloween is 100 times more fun when you have kids!!! We had the BEST Halloween weekend and are so sad it's over. We started off the weekend at a carnival at Sophia's school. She dressed up in her bug costume and played games, was guided through a haunted house, and ate lots of goodies. Nana and Grandpa joined in on the fun and Sophia was of course so happy to see them. On Saturday we headed to the pumpkin patch and petting zoo. Sophia loved drumming on the pumpkins! Halloween night was time to get back in her costume and greet all the trick or treaters at the door. Sophia loved all the visitors. We took her out for a stroll in the neighborhood and it was so hot we had to take off her tights(the cutest part of the costume next to the bug slippers!) What an awesome weekend. We can't wait for next year when we have Sophia's little brother with us!
PUMPKIN PATCH TIME:

30 week doctor visit...and we've got a squash!

Weeks 29-32 (Month 7): Squash

We had our 30 week doctor visit today and nothing but good news here! My belly is measuring just a little small but the doctor says it's all good:) I've gained 2lbs in a month which I was very happy with considering I scarfed down mucho chocolate cupcakes last week at our baby shower. I was slightly anemic a month ago at my last visit so the doc put me on extra B-12 and folic acid and retested me today. We'll get the results next week. We've got a busy weekend ahead of us with a Harvest Carnival tonight at Sophia's school and a visit to the pumpkin patch and trick or treating tomorrow...lots of pictures to follow.

30 weeks preggy today!

Sleeping is getting harder and harder and the insomnia has officially set in! With Sophia insomnia didn't set in until the final 2 weeks so I've got a long road ahead of me. Our lil' monkey is kicking(karate style)like CRAZY! He kicks most when I just settle in to bed around 10pm. Can't believe we only have 10 weeks left...we're in the homestretch!!

Surprise...it's a baby shower!!

So apparently I'm VERY hard to surprise! I made it very hard for the party planners who put so much time and thought into such a special baby shower for our baby boy. BT was in charge of getting me there on time which turned out being a full time job for him. I had NO idea everyone was decorating at our pool while I'd decided to take a short afternoon nap. After waking up BT dragged me out of the house to "get a sandwich" and we ended up at our pool being surprised by all our family and close girl friends!!! What an amazing day. We feel soooo blessed to have such great friends who are so thoughtful. I teared up when we saw everyone...I was so overwhelmed and surprised! Thank you thank you thank you for our monkey themed party...it was truly perfect!