More Ultrasound pictures!

I am so fortunate with this pregnancy to see my little guy once a month. Everything is looking great, and yes, he is still a boy. According to the ultrasound technician, "he isn't shy and likes to let it hang".

And for an added bonus today my ultrasound tech took some 3D pictures just for fun. I was just in awe of the 3D pictures. Its amazing how much detail they can see. I loved seeing his precious little face and his very cute little nose. I just can't wait to see him in person!

Here he is giving a peace sign on the left and a thumbs up on the right.

For fun the technician decided to put some cool shades on him.

22 Week Comparison

When I was pregnant with Carson I didn't take very many belly bump pictures. I'm trying to be a little better at it this time around. I noticed that one of the few pictures I did take when I was pregnant with Carson was at 22 weeks, and since I am currently 22 weeks along I thought I would take a comparison picture. I'm even wearing the same shirt to see if you can tell any noticeable differences.

How do I look? I think I'm pretty much the same what do you think?

What a Pregnant Woman does when She is Bored

I was going through some of my old blog posts from when I was pregnant with Carson and came upon this post. I laughed thinking the picture was funny and remembered my first impression as being "this baby looks like a bully". So I thought I would compare a picture of Carson to the picture the "Make me Babies" website came up with.

Its not an exact match, but I was quite shocked to actually see some similarities such as the nose and eyes. So I thought I'd try it again to see what they think our Baby #2 will look like. Here's what they came up with:

I think the picture is hilarious! He almost reminds me of that E-Trade baby on commercials. I guess we'll see in another 4 months!

Backyard

Ever since Carson has been mobile, I have been wanting to get our backyard done so he can run around and play. Our backyard (its really more like a side yard, because its so small) was just covered in rocks. However when we first moved in, doing the backyard was not high on our priority list of things we needed or for projects to do for the house.

For the longest time when I would get the inkling to fix our backyard, I would tell myself that we live by plenty of parks that Carson can play at to his hearts content. But in reality it would be so nice to have Carson go into our yard to play by himself, without constant supervision.

So two years later the backyard has moved up to the number one spot on our to do list. With Brad having work, school, and two MAJOR tests to study for this coming fall; Brad has absolutely no time to do it himself so we hired someone and they finished the job in less then 2 days!

I never took any before pictures, because really it was just a bunch of rocks, but here is a glimpse of what it looked like:

(Picture taken last year)The After Pictures:

Our beautiful view:Oh and can you tell that the grass is actually artificial turf (aka fake grass)? Before all you Utahans freak out, artificial grass is actually quite popular here in Tucson and is really nice looking and very durable (not the cheap-o stuff). Plus it requires zero maintenance.

To Carson everything is a train track.

Its only been one full day, but I can't tell you how Amazing it is! We love it. The evenings are absolutely the perfect time for us to have dinner/popsicles and to watch Carson run around in circles. Next on our list is a little pool for Carson to go skinny dipping in.

One Fish, Two Fish, Pink or Blue Fish?

We are excited to announce that Carson is going to have a little brother! It was so wonderful to see him! He is weighing in at 11 ounces (at this stage Carson weighed 12 ounces) and is expected to arrive on (or around) October 21.

It was a great birthday present to Brad. We had such a fun day filled with going to the zoo, shopping, and a wonderful birthday lunch. We are just so excited to meet our new little guy in October!

His "I'm a boy" picture:

The soon to be Big Brother: