seriously?!?!

The preggo belly at 21 weeks (taken a little over a week ago). Mind you, at this point in Alex's pregnancy I was still wearing my own clothes. Oh dear. Any guesses on how ginormous this little man will be?!?!?

And yes, my belly button has already popped. That's the life of a pregnant, 80 year old man with a hernia ;)

oops!

When my sister, my cousins, and I were much younger my grandparents took the 4 of us to the Cincinnati Zoo. My grandma brought along the camera and snaps pics all day. Lots of pics, if I remember correctly, more pics than a roll of film should take. Pics of the animals, the four of us riding the elephant, etc.

I don't remember exactly how it was discovered, but it turned out that there was no film in the camera. This memory may actually be better than the memories that were "lost" on that "roll of film." We all (grandma included) still have a good laugh whenever we remember that story.



Well, Christmas morning I totally brought my "A game." The camera was charged up, ready to go. I was snapping away as the Bugs opened their gifts, capturing every moment. Then I happened to notice that my camera said "no CF card" after I would take a picture. "No CF card," as in, where's your memory card you idiot, none of the pictures your taking are being saved. Oh, fabulous. SOOOO, what I did manage to catch was the Bugs opening toothbrushes and fruit snacks, which were left in their stockings. Now, if you know me you know that I'm the most organized, detail oriented person you'll ever meet (Bahahahahaha!) SOOOO, I'm going to blame it on the preggo brain. Surely that's it. This baby boy must be sucking out every brain cell I have left...

shopping for each other

This year I decided the bugs were old enough to pick out gifts for one another. Grammy was kind enough to "borrow" each bug on their own to make some Christmas treats so that I could take the other bug on a little "date."

Bitty decided to start his morning off with a little OJ from our favorite watering hole.

He also learned that standing in your Starbucks chair and leaning backward will make the chair tip over backwards and the entire store will run to your rescue.

This is the gift he chose for his brother... Umm, sorry kiddo, not quite what mommy had in mind...

In the end Bitty picked out some "Cars" cars for the Bugman, and a toy broom for himself (he shops like his mommy :) We picked up the Bugman, came home to watch a little "Cars" in the basement, and this is what a found a short time later... Shopping sure is tiring!

The next morning it was Bugman's turn. He was lucky that Daddy had a half day off from work (we had our "baby portraits" done that morning too.) We started off at Bob Evans.

Ironically enough, this is what Bugman picked out for his brother... He also settled on some "Cars" cars in the end.

...And we came home to Bitty's sugar cookies with Grammy :) Might I add, GFS makes some mean pre-cutout sugar cookies... just sprinkle and bake!

It's a...

It's a... from Leanne Alldred on Vimeo.

and we couldn't be more excited (except we have NO prospects for names!) OK, so Bugman may have burst into tears and requested a trade-in for his choice of genders, but it was nothing a few Lightning McQueen cars couldn't fix!

Merry Christmas!!

merry christmas!

the flip

Mommy bought herself a Flip camera as an early Christmas gift... or perhaps I should say bought the family a Flip camera. Yeah, that sounds better. I mean, I would never just buy myself Christmas gifts...

I'm posting a not-so-exciting video of Bugman playing with his beloved Pixar Cars toys. I want to make sure I can figure out how to post the big moment tomorrow :) Luckily, figuring this out only took about half of my life...

practice from Leanne Alldred on Vimeo.

ten on tuesday - preggo addition

1. I'm officially 19 weeks 1 day pregnant... almost half-way there! I think this may be the fastest pregnancy ever. At least it feels like the weeks are flying by!

2. We have our 20 week ultrasound next Tuesday. We will find out the sex of the baby, but not until Christmas Day. We're planning to have the ultrasound tech write the gender down and seal it up.

3. For those of you who know how impatient and sneaky I am, (you know, the kind of kid that found all of her Christmas presents) I have a friend taking the envelope from us and giving it back Christmas Eve. Apparently I am untrustworthy (or she is more impatient than me and needs to know that day :)

4. Being preggo for the third time is like being an 80 year old man.

5. The heartburn is ridiculous already.

6. My umbilical hernia is giving me trouble ( apparently a "grin & bare it" situation).

7. All I need is some ear hair and I would officially be an old man ;)

8. Alexander is insistent that we are having two girl babies. Ummm, not so much buddy. Only ONE baby in there. I've tried to explain to him that it could be a boy baby and we would have three boys in our house. His response "Then we need three girls too!" Oh dear, I'm not sure our baby plans include SIX children!

9. This little one has been become more active and could be felt moving from the outside of my stomach last night!

10. Baby #1 - maternity clothes at 22-23 weeks
Baby #2 - maternity clothes at 20 weeks
Baby #3 - maternity clothes at 18 weeks! I may literally be the size of a house by the time this is over :)