Thursday, August 28, 2008

Happy Birthday Riley!!


Today is my nephew Riley's 6th birthday. Now I have one nephew's birthday on the 27th of August and one on the 28th!!! Should be easy to remember!


I hope you enjoy your day buddy!

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Congratulations Danielle & Brian!!!


Danielle had her little baby boy tonight, Brian Christopher at 6:19pm. He weighed in at 8.5 lbs. Everyone is doing well, we saw her shortly after. More pics to follow tomorrow!!!

Monday, August 18, 2008

Alien in my belly?!?

I am so glad that I got the 4D ultrasound done a few weeks ago. I swore from the previous 3 ultrasounds and the various body parts poking through my belly at different times that there was an alien from another planet trying to escape from my body!!!!! It was nice to see a cute face!

It's funny because a lot of people post their moving bellies on YouTube but every time I try to record it stops.

I'm sure all you moms out there know what I am talking about as far as the belly movements!! It is so incredible to feel those first movements but once the space starts getting tight you start seeing knees, elbows, butts, fingers - you name it poking though. The entertainment value on a random night is the best though!! Just the train ride with my mom to NYC 2 weeks ago was the best - she didn't stop talking and poking little little baby Quinn the whole time and he/she LOVED it!! It's incredible how they respond to sounds they recognize.

NYC was fun, we got to stay at the Ritz Carlton thanks to some gift certificates earned through my old job at Mars. We saw the Jersey Boys show on Broadway and it was the best - what great music!!

As far as the "morning sickness" or "any time it wants to strike sickness" goes, it still comes and goes once in awhile. I was just in the ER twice for kidney stones, once at 28 weeks and again at 33 weeks - I guess that is just another pregnancy thing - but PAINFUL!!!

The nursery is almost put together, we have the furniture and our baby shower was last week. Thanks to everyone who was so kind to John and I and the baby, and especially to Grammy Jones and Mom-Mom Quinn for organizing everything (and hand-making my invitations)!!

"Aunt Danielle" is due with her little monkey this Saturday so we are hoping that she doesn't go "late" and everything goes smooth!

Sorry its been so long since I last posted but it has definitely been a crazy 3rd trimester for John and I. We just can't wait to meet this little baby!!!

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Baby Calendar

In addition to my previous post about the "baby boom" I would like to recognize a good handful (or two) or our friends/family who just had or are about to have babies

Sean & Kris - baby boy Sean born 6/08
Marc & Amber - baby boy Jackson born 7/23
Brendan & Aimee - baby boy Brendan born 7/24
Danielle & Brian - any day now!!!
Kristen & James - due 9/12
Maureen & Brian - due 9/21 with baby girl
Shannon & Kip - due last week of September with baby boy
John and I, due 10/03
Jim & Nicky - due last week of November with baby boy

Anyone see a trend here?? Lots of boys!!

Crazy, huh?!? These are all people we see pretty often and are pretty close with. It will be so fun to have kids all around the same age, especially with John and his sister having kids so close together. These will be the first grandkids for Jack and Pat (John's parents) so they are super excited!!! They will definitely be broken in quick!

Friday, August 01, 2008