Cole's Christmas

Cole got very spoiled this Christmas. Not that he understood that, since we're pretty sure he had no clue as to what was going on. He had absolutely no interest in unwrapping any gifts. Our large tree was set up in the play room this year and when we brought him down to open presents he simply wanted to do and play with all the things he normally does when he's down there. Of course once mommy and daddy opened something he had great interest in playing with it. Oh well, maybe next year he'll understand the concept a little more. Here are a few pictures of Cole playing with a few of his toys Christmas morning.

It's a GIRL!

Here are Baby Brown #2's first pictures. She was rather cooperative and the tech was pretty confident in the gender ... of course there is always a chance they are wrong :) I think the best part was seeing her moving her arms around and at one point she let out a giant yawn.

Guess we'll need to buy some pink sleepers ...

Anticipating Tuesday

Baby Brown has his or hers halfway point ultrasound on Tuesday morning. I must say I'm probably slightly more excited about this ultrasound than I was about Cole's. With Cole we were just excited to see first pictures of our baby. This time around I've already had an ultrasound of this child and seen him or her kicking away. What I'm really anticipating is finding out whether this baby is a boy or a girl. We found out what we were having with Cole too, but since he was our first, we were super thrilled either way. This time we already have a boy. Of course we will once again be overjoyed with either outcome, but it will be exciting to know if its a girl because then we'll have one of each (which would be wonderful). If its a boy, I can hardly wait to start pulling out all of Cole's old clothes to sort through them for his new sibling and reminisce about when his brother was so tiny.

Of course I'll post Baby Brown's first pictures next week and let you know the results :)

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!