Brendan is a whole month old!

Today is Brendan's 1 month update :) He is getting so big and growing every day. A few new things he is doing:

• Starting to lift his head way up during his 'tummy time'



• smiles randomly when you talk to him (it could be gas but I think he really smiles)



• talking to himself before he goes to sleep at night (well he makes little sounds)



• looks at toys, people and other things that get in his face. :)

We have had one crazy fun-filled month. If I wrote everything that went down this month you would be reading FOREVER! I just want to thank our family for helping us! It was so nice! I PLAN on writing more often in the blog to keep you up to date!

Enjoy a new freshly taken pic of the B-man:

and here is another one with Daddy:

He looks thrilled.

Anyways, will write soon:D

Tori

Brendan is here!!! He was born July 17th at 12:03 a.m. He was 6lbs even and 19 inches. A little of a surprise coming 3 weeks early:) Enjoy the pictures!

Go to this link for the pictures: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=253011&id=795280491&l=01e532b032

30 is the magic number

Hellllllllo.

We have had some crazy times here in good ol' Santa Maria. J's Squadron put on a picnic not too long ago. Fun stuff. J was entered in a pie eating contest. He won. His new nickame "Captain Peaches". Enjoy the pics, I enjoyed taking them.

Starting the contest

"The winner"

J has also joined a bowling team with a few guys from his office. He is really getting into the whole bowling thing...he has shoes and a ball now. He is pretty good at it. He is in a summer league and his games are on Thursday. I go down and cheer them on...Im kinda like their unofficial pregnant cheerleader. Quite cute I must say. I've been trying to come up with a name for their team...right now they are known as "TEAM 11" (snooze). Here is a pic of J and his team.

I am now in week 30 people! WEEK 30!! Whoohoo. It is now in countdown status...(okay not really) but for me it is! The belly is cute. He kicks ALL the time. I don't think he sleeps or if he does sleep he might have a twitching leg problem that just constantly kicks me in various places. Either way...he is very active. People keep telling me "oh he is active now, that means he is going to be way active when he gets here" Well I think it means the opposite. He will have tuckered his little self out by the time he gets here he will be sleeping through the night in the first week. Hey, a girl can dream can't she. Anyways, we are excited...J and I will be getting our knowledge on in the month of June. We have signed up for Infant CPR, breastfeeding and infant care. :) We hope it will teach us something

I had to go and do a 2nd glucose test the other day...Those are not too fun. It's not the juice...the blood...it's like a combination of EVERYTHING... I had to fast for 12 hours before the test... FAST...I knew it was going to be a long day when I woke up and I was already hungry...then you have drink a bunch of this orange stuff...not as bad as I thought...I just gulped it as fast as I could. THEN it begins....the headache, your stomach hurts...then you realize it's only been 30 minutes and you have 2 1/2 hours to go! After the first hour I was feeling better and the nurses were all super nice and let me hang out in the back with them. After the fourth time of having my blood drawn that day and three hours later, I was pretty dizzy and out of it. J picked me up and took me to a buffet:) Mm food.

At the lab....2 hours into the test.




Here are some new "30 week" pictures that I made J take of me:) He doesn't like to be my photographer. I tell him it's his duty. I like how I still pose in my "skinny" position even though Im preggers. It's natural now. All of my poses are like that. Makes me feel skinny.

My doctor told me my belly was too small for how far long I am. So I had to do an ultrasound today. Everything is fine! He is right around 4lbs, where he should be.

On to other things...to complete my blog about 30. Jeremy is turning 30 this week!!!! Whoohoo. His co-workers set up a party at the bowling alley for him and Im getting him a cake. Should be good times. On the night of his birthday he wants me to make chicken tacos and have a movie marathon on the couch. It has to be a least 2 movies. I want to watch the first season of true blood but that will be a no go. Whateve.

Anyways, that's all for now.

Love,

Tori

Hmm...maybe I should find something else to do with my time.

Not wanting to clean the bathroom, I thought it would be fun to see what our Brendan might look like...


this is what happened:

I think I'm going to clean now.

-Tori

Dance, Dance

Let's start things off with Brendan, shall we:)

Thank you for all the prayers, they were answered and we got a clean bill of health on Thursday! I am 25 weeks this week!! 25! It is going by so fast. I HAVE to post a picture soon of my belly. I know. This week I have been full of energy and have been getting lots of things done around the house. I want to connect my energy boost in a prenatal workout video I have been doing. It's called Erin O'Brien's Prenatal Fitness Fix. I LOVE it. She also includes a video with a postnatal workout...



Look at this little guy's foot!




Things I have done this week:



Okay, well I really didn't do this but I watched as we had our ugly wood garden wall knocked down and replaced by this new and improved stone wall.



I organized all my crafts and made a little section of the house for all my crafty work.



We went to see Wolverine. Which I really didn't have high hopes for. I was like Xmen...really J. I didn't put up that big of a whine because at the very least I get to see Hugh Jackman with his shirt off. Bonus: Ryan Reynolds - not too bad either. BUT it was a pretty good movie. I was entertained by it anyway:)



I went and bought Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) for xbox this week. I wanted to try it out. For those of you who are not fimilar with DDR it's a game with a dance pad. Arrows come on the screen and you have to match the arrows in sequence...like your dancing. It looks like this:
So...J and I decided to have a dance off. P.s. I'm alot better at this game then he is. WHOOHOO. A game I can beat J in. (okay...he will argue the fact that he is better at ONE song than I am...the song you ask...Gloria Estefan's Conga. lol. )

Oh...look a bonus. A little shot of the belly.

Now for Brendan's room!! Here are the pics of Brendan's little room. It's not finished but it's started. I think you can click the pictures to see bigger versions.






Cute huh. :) I am now going to leave you with a cute shot of Rogue. Sometimes, she can be so peaceful and cute...usually when asleep.