My baby brother is approximately 12 inches in length and weighs 14 ounces. Mommy feels the little guy especially at night. He is a mover and a shaker! During the ultrasound, he moved the entire time, but was very cooperative and photogenic.
Here is his profile, which Mommy says looks just like me (round head, little features, cool hair... I made that part up!) He is waving his hand out towards us. He already can wave, "Hello!" Quite advanced for a 21 week old.
This picture is a bit scary... he is looking right at us in the picture. During the ultrasound, he made swallowing movements and almost looked like he had hiccups too. I think he looks like a little alien here myself. I hope he is cuter in person :)
Our baby is a thumb sucker. This is new, since I never leared to suck my thumb in Mommy's belly and I have never to this day, sucked my thumb. Mommy thought that breaking me from my pacifier was tough. Wait until she has to teach the baby not to suck his thumb. They are going to wish I was an only child!
The ultrasound tech found out that Mommy was a scrapbooker and since my brother was such a good little guy during the scan, she gave us lots of photos to scrap and keep. This picture is also kind of funny/strange. He did a great big yawn in the middle of the ultrasound, so we captured it in time to print off. The ultrasound shows Mommy's due date as June 23rd. The calendar due date was June 20th, early ultrasound said June 26th (which Momy disagreed with) but the 23rd is exactly the date that Mommy thought it would be. So, we are going to keep the 26th as the due date, with hopes that June 23rd is the actual arrival of my brother.
In the meantime, we are thinking of boy names, trying to decide what the nursery theme/decorations will be, and my parents already ordered my bedroom set this past weekend. I won't transition until mid-April, but the furniture was exactly right, so the order was placed. We are also going to decide on my bedroom theme... tractors, construction, or trains are what come to mind right now.
Backing up a week and a half ago... we went to the Sullivan's to have a dinner and playdate on Friday night. Mommy and Heather rarely get to do "fun stuff" since they mostly are dealing with job-share duties. We decided our families should get together more often! Finley has super fun toys at his house and we did a good job of sharing. His parents are nice enough to let him keep his John Deere in the basement, along with a ball pit and metal firetruck. I love new toys, so I was a busy boy while there.
Finley is showing me how to use his CAT. This dumptruck made sounds and I quickly became obsessed with it. It will most likely end up on my "list" of wants, although we don't have a nice playroom to store all of these fantastic toys.
It was my turn to ride the CAT. Finley was a good sport about letting me use his toys around the house. I seemed "fine" all night while we were there... played well, talked some, ate a lot of pizza, strawberries and a cookie. At 2:00 a.m., I woke up throwing up everywhere. All of the delicious foods I ate for dinner were all over the crib. Mommy and Daddy came to my rescue and let me stay in their bed the rest of the night. I threw up for four hours on and off and then it came out the other end the rest of the weekend. Mommy felt queasy, and feels she probably had a slight flu bug. Luckily, the flu didn't put her in the hospital this pregnancy, like it did when I was in her tummy. Daddy then got the flu on Sunday. Mommy was ready to go bananas. She disinfected the house, washed a million loads of laundry, and tried to stay healthy, which she did. We had to tell the Sullivans that we had the flu and fortunately, no one at their house got sick! Whew! Mommy did not take a lot of pictures for about a week. We were all resting and taking it easy since the recovery was a bit longer than expected.
This past weekend, we made a little jaunt to the cities to see family for Valentine's Day. Daddy and Mommy left me with Grandma and Grandpa (oh darn.... ) and they went shopping. They found my bedroom set and bought a few items they have been wanting for the house. I am not an easy boy to take shopping, so I am glad I was spoiled with cookies, hugs, and lots of attention at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Mommy and Daddy went to Buca's for dinner and finally went to see Blind Side at the movie theater (they loved it!) This was the extent of their Valentine's Day, but both said it was a perfect date! On Sunday, Lexi, Sam, Uncle Bruce, and Aunt Stefanie came over to have a Valentine's breakfast. Grandpa made some awesome blueberry heart-shaped pancakes and we had lots of other yummy breakfast items too. We attempted to get a photo of the cousins together... Mommy isn't sure why the lighting is so off and of course, I wouldn't smile for the picture.
I love to say, "SAM" when I see him and just before he was leaving, we had to blow a million kisses to each other. Sam is 5 years old and he likes to show me the ropes. I wish we lived a bit closer!
"Mmmmmuh!" Right back at you Sam! I get to see Sam again next weekend when we return to the cities to visit family and friends.
When we returned home, I gave my parents a special gift that I made with Jenny (daycare Mama). I had my hand stamped and I colored the middle section of the heart for 15 minutes! Mommy cannot believe this story because when I color at home, I mostly just bite the tips off of all my crayons. Mommy is quickly learning that I am better behaved at Jenny's than at home. Funny how kids figure this out so early!
I helped Daddy open his gifts... we gave him Reese's Peanut Butter Hearts (his fav.), Marley and Me DVD (reminds him of Liberty), a new book to read, and a photo collage for his office. He sent Mommy roses to work on Friday and he had her diamond band fixed for Valentine's Day.
It was my turn to open my Valentine's Day gifts... I am quite good at opening packages and have this whole thing figured out. My first gift was a pair of shoes. I LOVE shoes and I LOVE to wear shoes around the house. Mommy thought I needed a new pair of blue ones, so she wrapped up a pair, knowing I would think this was a completely normal Valentine's Day gift. She figures she has a few more months before shoes become a not-so-fun gift for boys.
Yup, they fit me alright. I am now wearing a size 5 shoe. My feet seem to be growing like weeds these past few months! Both my parents have smaller shoe sizes, so they told me to not plan on needing big honkers for my feet.
Next gift... new crayons! Mommy decided to give the jumbo crayons a try, hoping I wouldn't bite the ends off like the cute little round, animal crayons that we have bought in the past. Did it work....
Nope! I had to taste the green crayon first, and then, Mommy took my crayons away for another day. I had green crayon all over my face and green chunks in my mouth for a while. 
One of my last gifts was a travel aqua doodle. This is a pad that I can draw on with a pen that you fill with water. Uncle Matt and Jill had a huge floor mat at their house for me on Thanksgiving, so Mommy thought this would be a perfect gift for the car and for home. I love to suck the water out of the pen, but I still do pretty good with drawing.My last gift, no pictures yet, were cute little construction eating utensils. Heather told Mommy all about them, so Mommy and Daddy went to Creative KidStuff to buy them last weekend and ironically, so did Grandma! So, now I have TWO sets of construction eating utensils. They are a lot of fun. Of course, other family members sent me candy, books, a McDonald's giftcard, some dollars, and a Life is Good t-shirt. I really like Valentine's Day because it reminds me of how loved I truly am! Of course, it also reminds me of how much I love my parents, extended family, Liberty and my new baby brother, "Lilly."
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Oh my gosh you got such GREAT ultrsound pictures! I don't even want to post mine because no one would have any clue what they were looking at. The baby was so curled up into a tiny little ball the whole time and kept trying to hide in a small little corner they didn't get any good shots. The same thing happened with Pete. They were glad we didn't want to know the sex because they wouldn't have been able to tell anyways! Congrats on two boys!
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