The Sweet Family: Summer's Come and Nearly Gone

Wow, REALLY?? My last post was in April?! Hmm...I guess time flies when there are birthdays, barbecues, weddings, baby showers and...ultrasounds :)

Shall we go in order then? Nah, didn't think so.

We're having our third baby who's due on January 5th, 2013 :) I'm really curious as to whether he/she will really wait until the new year, though, seeing as how the siblings arrived two weeks early! We found out about our nubbin in April (or was it May? Honestly I used to know these things...and then the pregnancy fog kicked in) and had our first ultrasound in June. We weren't surprised to see him/her or to hear my OB say there was just the one, but we were surprised that I was barely 10 weeks along when I thought I was already 12! No wonder it was still such a...nubbin!

Ultrasound #2 was taken at 12 weeks (for those typical anatomical tests), and at this point our "single fetus" looked like just that--a BABY! I love how clear these 12-week ultrasounds turn out because you see the baby's features so clearly! Look at that neck and nose!

Ultrasound #3 is up next week--just seven more days!!--which is when we find out the baby's sex. Funny how that ultrasound is meant to test and measure more important things, but knowing the baby's sex is all that makes sense to my husband and me ;) Finally, my daughter and I will be able to buy things for the baby instead of having the same conversation at every store:
Aislin: "Mom we need to buy things for the baby."
Me: "Not yet, sweetie. We still don't know if it's a boy or a girl."
Aislin: "I know!"
Me: "Oh, really?"
Aislin: "Yeah! Oh, this is cute!"
Me: Sigh... "I know."

In other news, Des turned TWO in May!! (And I turned 29....)

Cutest birthday boy ever :D When he woke up that morning, we immediately told him happy birthday and started singing to him, and the above was his reaction. He was bashful and happy, and I watched him in adoration. Interesting thing is...he seemed to inherently know what turning two meant because, after that day, he became...a 2-year-old. He's still sweet but he's also more curious, more defiant, more vocal and more...experimental! Let's just say I have more messes to clean.

Just a few days before his birthday, though, we celebrated his and mine...and my dad's (May 21st)...and my mom's (May 22nd) at my parents' house.

Mmm...cake and fingers...(and hair, pre-Avatar look).

In honor of my personal tradition of documenting my first day--of being one year older. And with chubby cheeks :)

Moving on from the May birthdays brings us to our only other summer birthday: Aislin's :) Yes, my girl--my first--is now 4-years-old; and yes, she has finally stopped asking me if it's her birthday yet. And if she can have a bike, with a bell. And a princess dress.

We decided to celebrate Aislin's birthday the following day so that her grandparents and uncle could celebrate with us, so we got ice cream cones in lieu of a cake. Both days, however, made for a great weekend :)