Baby Update

This morning I went to the OB to check on how the baby is doing. My belly measurements have doubled in size in 13 days. Yipee! Sam and Harrison came with me and got to hear the baby's heartbeat, Harrison was intrigued; Sam sucked his thumb and twirled his hair. The Dr. then let the boys hear their heartbeats. Again, Harrison was intrigued and Sam sucked his thumb and twirled his hair. We talked about inducing and I am schedule for Wednesday July 2nd. This could change as we get closer. I am happy to know that the baby is getting bigger and bigger, I love my big babies and I have a feeling this one is going to be the biggest yet.

More pictures of Sycamore Canyon Beach

Some more pictures of the waves at Sycamore Canyon Beach. Can I just say I love our new camera (Sony DSC-H3)?

Picture Project

This is the quote I have on the boys frame that is hanging in their room. I love it!

A few months ago I had some pictures of the boys enlarged and have been wanting to frame them for some time. I have been thinking about how to frame them, looking at what I already have and wanting to go about the cheapest way possible. I had some frames from Ikea that had pictures of food in them I have hanging in my kitchen. I have been wanting to get rid of them for awhile. Yesterday everything clicked and I decided to scrapbook the empty spaces on the frames. I am really happy with the results. I like it because its like having a framed scrapbook page. I have a few more pictures of the boys to do, so I am now on the look out for more of these HUGE frames. I think a trip to Ikea is in my future, oh darn.....=) It obviously is the only thing that makes the most sense since this is where I originally got these frames 7 years ago. They will still have them right? Well, I'll just have to go look.

This frame hangs in the kitchen. It is of the boys eating grandma's sauce which is famous in our family. Manga means eat in Italian.

Dinner at the Beach

Last night Ben rode his bike down through Sycamore Canyon to the beach for a Young Mens activity. Ben is the Secretary in the Priest Quorum. I met him down at the bottom with the kids and we had hot dogs, chips and smore's for dinner. The boys had a great time, some went surfing and others just ran around eating, getting dirty and talking about T.V shows and Pink Floyd. Sam and Harrison had a great time and loved getting dirty. Here's a few pics. Sam doesnt have a black eye, he's just super dirty.

The boys eating smores

Ben's Graduation

On Saturday Ben graduated from CSUCI with his degree in Mathematics. I am so proud of him and he has set such a great example for our boys. He has been such and great father and husband while pursing his degree, working full time and keeping up with all the other daily tasks he is responsible for. We are so excited to have Ben home at night and available on the weekends for outings, day trips or just hanging out. We had a wonderful day on Saturday at the graduation and had so much fun with family and friends afterwards for a party. Below are links to the pics from the graduation. They are the same ones I have sent out to the family.

http://picasaweb.google.com/ellsworthamanda/20080517_Grad_Party

http://picasaweb.google.com/ellsworthamanda/BenSGraduation

I'm sorry, my baby is how big?

Ben and I went to the Dr. yesterday to have an ultrasound and see our baby! We were so excited and curious about the size of the baby. I have been feeling him all over, but know that he is quickly running out of room. When I was pregnant with Sam I asked to be induced at 38 weeks. At 38 weeks Sam was 9lbs 4 oz. I asked my Dr. if this baby would be that size at 38 weeks. He said probably bigger. Yikes!
So I am currently 31 weeks along. I have 9 weeks left in my pregnancy. My Dr. told me that babies at 31 weeks weigh 3lbs 13oz. Well our baby is 4lbs 9oz at 31 weeks! The baby will continue to grow an average of 8oz a week from here to my due date. I am glad he is thriving, especially since I keep getting head cold, ear infections and the flu this pregnancy. I am excited to have a big baby again, they sleep well, feed well and I dont feel like I am going to break them. Ben did the math, because he's a genius, and told me that the baby will be around 10lbs at 40 weeks. Yikes. I hope my body can handle that. We didnt get any great pics from the ultrasound, this is baby's ultrasound pic when we found out he was a boy. Baby was so smashed in there he had no room to move or wiggle. However we were able to get a few measurements. His head is HUGE, nice round Charlie Brown shape, his thigh bone is 3in long and his spine looks very nice. Kidney's are great, organs looks good, the Dr. said he looks wonderful. I cant wait for him to come. Harrison is so excited and asks me everyday "are we going to the hosbitable to hav a baby today?" He's always very sad when I say no. Sam is in denial or his typical state of I dont hear you, I dont know what you are talking about, let me change the subject. We'll see how that goes. Ben and I are excited and cant wait to have another boy around here.