25 weeks

25 weeks, yikes! Little miss Eve thought she would jump in the photo with me, she tells people how she has a baby sister in her belly. When I try to tell her that it could be a brother, she just says, very nonchalantly, "Nope, its my sister." When I was really trying to prepare her for the possibility that she could have another brother, I said, "Eve, what if we come home from the hospital with another brother?" She looked, puzzled, and then she replied simply "We can take him back to the hospital, and maybe get my sister." I love her, she just wants another girl in the house. But after that comment, I figure I will just let her think it's a girl. Why burst her bubble if I don't have to? There is a 50% it's a girl anyways.
 Honestly, this past few weeks has gone by really fast. Luckily, I got almost a whole week with just Eve and I. Thanks to a friend of Braden's getting married, he took a trip out to Utah to attend that with Graham. So just the girls and baby peanut were at the house. We got to relax, watch movies, do our nails, and just play. It was so nice, we got our much needed girl time.
The situation with the hernias has changed a little, due to more stretching they are becoming more of a problem. I will spare the details, but essentially my insides want to come out through the hernias. So now, the doc has me wearing a "compression tube" to keep things nice and tight, and where they are supposed to be. Just when I thought pregnancy couldn't get more attractive ;) just kidding, I am really cherishing this pregnancy. I love every movement, kick, and craving. Speaking of cravings, they are staying pretty constant. Still craving grapes, spicy chicken Ramen, Guacamole, and the newest addition cherries.

First Time Bowling

We have a first time bowler! Our good friends invited us to go bowling with them, and we are so glad we went. I had no idea they even made bowling showed for little kids, let alone the ramp for the ball to roll down it. I was impressed how prepared they were for little ones. We had a blast! In my current state, I wasn't much of a contributor, but I was able to be the cheerleader. 

10 months

 Graham is the funniest little thing these days, he is so happy and just so sweet. He is still my snuggly baby boy, but the mobility has stirred up this new independence in him. He now just wants to climb all over everything, including myself. He's a typical busy busy boy. Luckily he is still my great eater, never says no to food. He has uncovered his mischievous side, that he definitely gets from his dad. He likes to follow Eve around, right at her heels until she goes crazy, he take her things, he goes straight for the things he shouldn't. Which are all things any baby his age would do, but he does it with this funny little smile, that I can't help but wonder if he's doing it on purpose...He finally got teeth this past week! After weeks of swollen gums, fevers, rosy cheeks, and a runny nose, he cut a tooth. Just one. Hopefully the rest will follow soon. Although, I'll miss his gummy smile.

22 weeks

I took this picture thinking it was only 2 weeks since my last pregnancy documentation. I thought, "2 weeks, not my goal of doing it every week, but it's not that bad." I was a little shocked that it had been 4 weeks, time is really escaping me! I have mostly been feeling well so far. The hernias are still quite uncomfortable and painful, but mostly just annoying. But now that Graham has found a sense of independence, it's gotten a little easier.
Since we found out we were pregnant, Braden has been adamant that we wait to find out the gender until the birth. The idea was great at first, you know, sounds so exciting. But at the anatomy scan, I was definitely having second thoughts. I was thinking "If I don't find out, how will I mentally prepare? How will I prepare the nursery? How will I have clothes washed, folded and ready to go?"
After much deliberation on my end, I decided to let Braden get this one. I have no idea what's in there!!!! And since we had the scan and didn't find out. A small part of me is glad, because I have no reason to stress about the little things.  This baby won't care if it comes home to a decorated nursery, or perfectly folded clothes, it just wants some love, food, and warmth. This lets me just focus on the two little things I have at home already, all my "nesting" gets taken out on them, and I don't think they mind :)
As far as cravings go, they are staying quite similar. I am still craving those spicy chicken Ramen noodles, but I limit them to about 1 a week. Lately I have been eating tonnes and tonnes of grapes, but only the green sour ones,guacamole is still high on the list as well.

Mobility, at it's finest.

This little guy is really determined. His crawling now is so funny, it's a mixture of as assisted army crawl with a few side strokes thrown in there for speed. He refuses to lift his stomach to properly crawl at this point, so he improvises. I have to say, it's rather creative. But it works for him, he can get wherever he wants. Great for him, not so great for his easily irritated sister. He likes to get into her things, for obvious reasons. And she just can't seem to get away from him. 

And every now and again, he just wants to crawl to mommy :) This always warms my heart. 

And he's off!

 Well all our efforts paid off. Little guy has been mobile for a few weeks now, it didn't take long. Turns out, he had everything physically he needed, just needed the right motivation. And we tried it all, I tried the attention thing, where I would play with Eve just out of reach to see if he would attempt to join us. Nothing.
So then we tried putting his favorite toys just out of reach, to see if that would work. Nope, just sat there looking at them. We tried putting his pacifier just out of reach, and no reaction. Then, it hit me. Food. Those little Gerber "puffs" were placed out of reach. And VOILA! He suddenly wanted to get going. He started out doing a little move we call the "side stroke". It really looks like the swimming side stroke. He would roll on his side, extend his arm, and shuffle up with his foot. I sadly did not get this on video, it's much funner seeing it in person. But he only did this for about a week, then his method of transportation evolved.