Baby Brown: The Sequel

As promised, here is a belly shot of Baby Brown #2 ... finally :)

November 2009 -17 weeks

And just for comparison sake ... here is a picture of Cole at 17 weeks ... just in case you were wondering :)

October 2007 - 17 weeks

So far I feel really good as long as a can catch a regular nap during the day. Everything appears to be fine and the baby seems healthy. I have my next ultrasound December 8th and we should hopefully know the baby's gender at that time.

Cole of course, is living life as usual. He knows plenty of words but uses them sparingly including shapes and colours. He also loves to sing and sway to music. He's generally a happy kid except when teething flares up. Who knew 2 year molars could take so many months to come in?! I think we'll all be much happier when they finally show up!

Happy Halloween

This year Grandma Koudys is spending Halloween with us. In a few days Dave and I leave for our annual District Prayer Retreat - so Grandma will be spending a few days with her adorable Grandson as Mommy and Daddy get some time together.

Our church holds a Pumpkin Patch Party every year, and once again we took Cole. This year he was a sock monkey. He didn't mind the costume other than the hat. We were able to get him to wear his toque and sneak the monkey head on top without him noticing. Here are a few pictures to show you how adorable he was along with the pumpkins mom and I carved and the traditional Halloween cookies.

Oh ... and FYI ... I (Erin) went to Pumpkin Patch as a pregnant lady. That's right ... Baby Brown #2 is on its way and due May 3rd, 2010. I'm almost 14 weeks and I've already out grown most of my clothes and my belly button has already popped. I'll be trying to post some belly shots in the future as well as update the blog a little more frequently than once every 2 months. Come on second trimester energy!

Welcome Fall

Fall is here.

The leaves on the trees are already yellow and falling on our drive to the church.

In some ways I'm sad the summer has already left us. The kiddie pool is packed away and the strong winds are back. On the other hand, I've missed my sweaters and I like the thought of the big pot of soup simmering in the crockpot for dinner. Sipping on a cup of tea is a nice way to spend the afternoon.

See you in another 9 months summer.

The Shed

Now that the basement is pretty much done, we need somewhere to put all the things we had lying around down there. We were able to get this shed for half price at Walmart. It was the display model so it meant some taking apart to get it home. Cole thinks its great. He loves to pick out rocks from the gravel and play in the inch of dirt used to pack in our wooden boarder. I see a sandbox in this boy's future!

Where Did August Go?

So apparently August has come and gone and I neglected to post a single thing. In fact I hardly took any pictures at all.

Cole has been a mixture of busy activity and a teething moody toddler (he got all his eyeteeth this month) ... not exactly the best photo opt.

So here are a few pictures I did manage to snap. Hopefully September will be a better blogging month :)

Look what I found on Daddy's nightstand

A real mouthful ... of teeth that is

Up to something

Books are my favourite thing

Relaxing ... watching a movie