Ok, I haven't died...

But my computer did!! The screen of my poor, cherished Mac is broken and has been for months now!! And it's not a cheap fix. If we go to a Apple store nearby it will be close to $800, and with everything else we are doing around the house and in preparation for the new baby, that just is not happening! So Mark found someone to do it out of state for MUCH less then that. But still, money is money and while other things are getting done, I'm stuck with this little Netbook. At least its something. But since I'm so obsessed with my pics, I hate posting them on here without tweaking them to my liking before hand. This computer has no editing software. Ugh, so I have been trying to keep up with the word part of my blogs, I just don't post them until the corresponding pics are ready to go with them! So if all of the sudden I have posts all the way back to Labor Day, I'm sorry!! Its a bit of a journal for me, so I'm sure you understand!

But in the meantime, all is good on the family front. Mark's great, Cam's great and the little baby in my belly is doing great as well! I'm doing pretty good, too!! (Kinda great, but I don't want to jinx anything!) We are starting to work on a bunch of things around the house in prep for the extension of our family! We are re-doing our kitchen and our first project was adding a dishwasher, not only a new dishwasher, but our FIRST dishwasher since we bought this house!! Can I just say I'm never going back to hand washing dishes again?? Sigh, what took us so long :)

I'll be back soon, just hope my computer gets fixed soon!!!

Then and Now

I can hardly fathom the fact that it has been a year since I took my first Fall pictures of Cameron. When you look at the pictures of him last fall, he actually looked like a baby. He was 7 or 8 months, depending on the pic. This year, he is so not a baby. He's a little boy. And an awesome, adorable one at that!!

So, with that in the back of our minds, we decided to take Cameron to the Big Apple for caramel apples and Adams Farm to pick our boy a pumpkin. Last year we went with our best friends, The Kenney's so we had to go with them again this year. They are even expecting their second baby about 3 weeks before us!! We seriously did not plan this or the last ones! Cam and Ash are a month apart. Maybe this is the start of a tradition?

So here are some Then and Now pics of the kids.

Sigh. Pregnant hormones suck!

Then: 8 months in the Baby Borjn

Now: Running around at 20 months

Then: trying out Mommy's apple

Now: Having his own apple, with Mommy

Then: Watching the cow

Now: Mooing at the cow

Just had to add this one in!

Then: Sitting in the pumpkin patch

Now: Sitting ON the pumpkin patch

Then: Pulling himself up on a pumpkin

Now: Trying to lift up the pumpkin

Fall Weekend!!

We had some beautious Fall weather this weekend!! Started out able to wear pants and break out the long sleeve shirts, but by Sunday, the temp was in the mid 70's so back to shorts sleeves again. But who cares? It was bright and sunny and hardly a cloud in the sky! Saturday, Mark work int he am so my sister Tina and my nephew came over for a play date and to do some baby clothes trading. After Mark got home, we took a ride around town and Mark found what he had been looking for for months now! A Cozy Coupe! It was on the side of the road with a "Free" sign taped to it. It looked like they had just finished up a yard sale. So home we went and after a quick "car" wash, it looks like new! Cameron LOVES it! We don't have that huge of a driveway, but the car is still a bit heavy so he isn't able to move it very far at a time. But regardless, it is by far, his new favorite toy in his little world!! And Mark was pretty proud of himself for finding it, I might add!

"Vroom-Vroom!"

Sunday we decided to go to Lookout Farm in Natick, MA. It's huge orchard that has everything to pick from tons of types of apples, peaches, pears, pumpkins, plums and strawberries. The place is so big they offer "train" rides to get you from point A to point B. This was loved by Cameron! First we took the train to the playground/petting zoo/concession stand for lunch and to play for a bit. He loved seeing the animals!

After that we took the train to the type of apples that we wanted and picked a huge bag of apples. Cam loved the picking, until we let him have a bite of one. Then that was all he cared about!! At one point he had two huge apples, one in each hand, taking turns eating them. He is my son, but i must say, he's freaking adorable! The farm was pretty stunning, too!

After that, he was super tired so we grabbed some cider donuts and came home, oh with a stop at the in-laws for a Cammy visit! It was really a great weekend with not to much going on, just how I like it!!!!

Caroline's Big 0-1!

Last weekend we took a ride up to NH to celebrate our friends Casey and Shawn's baby girl Caroline's first birthday! Everything was adorable, from the cupcakes, to her smash cake, to decorations, to her adorable birthday dress. They rented the Clubhouse at their development, which turned out perfectly. It was GREAT weather out, so the sliding glass doors were open the whole time, and wouldn't you know, my son wanted to be outside! But along with Caroline and Cameron, two other little girls were their, sisters 15 months and 2.5 years old. Adorable, or course, and the older one was in love with Cameron, giving him kisses and holding his hand the whole time. Pretty cute! We had a great time and Cam was pretty friendly to everyone. That's a bit of an understatement. He was quite the ham actually, making people laugh and such. Hey, nothing wrong with starting early, right?

So Happy Birthday Caroline!! Hope you loved all your great gifts! And try not to grow so fast this next year! Your mom may have a heart attack!!

Labor Day Weekend

I haven't been much of a great blogger this summer! I've been feeling pretty gross most of the time actually! I can't eat much of anything without feeling naseous. I'm about 16 weeks pregnant now so hopefully that means this will stop very, very soon! I'm ready to gain a little wait and start looking as pregnant as I feel!

Regardless of my sicky feelings all the time, that hasn't kept me from having fun with my little family! We have spent a ton of time at the Cape House and just being outside. So instead of re-caping all of the things we have done, how about I post some of my favorite pictures since the last post? Sounds good, right? Here goes!!

Sleeping on the boat

Drinking on the beach

Being a boy

He did this on his own, I swear to God!!

Family pic on the Vinyard

Daddy starting him early

My sisters family having fun

My handsome nephew, Ryan

Claming?

Working on his tryke

Baby Update!

Ok, I need to think up a nickname for the new one, since we still refer to Cam as the baby. And it will be that way for as long as we can!! In ultrasounds, it's kinda looking like a Teddy Graham, so maybe? We'll see!

Anyway, last week I went in for the precautionary cerclage that we are hoping will keep me off of bed rest this time around. With Cameron, they didn't notice anything wrong until the 20th week, at which time he was pretty much getting ready to arrive. So they stitched me up and put me on bed rest for the last half of the pregnancy. Due to the surgery, pregnancy and bed rest, I developed DVT, or a blood clot, at week 22 and was put on blood thinners. So we started those this time around to be proactive. Hopefully all of these precautionary measures will help to keep things going well! Now, I'll do anything it takes to get a healthy baby, don't get me wrong! But giving myself the shots kinda sucks and recovering from the surgery wasn't that fun! The spinal took a real toll on my stomach and I was sick for a few days after, not to mention my back! But I'm not complaining. Just not the funnest few days! I did get to hear the heart beat before and after and things sounded great. I am 14 weeks now, and the babe is about the size of a lemon. I have an ultrasound at 16 weeks to check the cerclage and I'm hoping they will be able to tell me the sex. If not, I go in on Sept 22nd for the Big One!

Any predictions??

So that's all the new news with that! I haven't been doing much of anything besides recovering, so nothing exciting to report! Hopefully this weekend well have some late summer fun with some great pictures to post!!

Guess what??

So here's our new surprise:

We found out back in June, but being the superstious person that I am, I've been waiting to tell for ever. I'm 13 weeks now and we are due in February, the 20th to be exact! Mark's birthday is the 21st, so that was pretty funny!! We told my family by making Cam a "Big Brother" t-shirt. Of course, he has no idea what's going on, but we like to pretend that he is excited to be a big brother! See, look how happy he is??