Babies

Above are pictures of my newest niece and nephews. Aren't they cute? Each of my siblings have had a baby in the past year and we decided we could not be left behind. In case you are unaware, we're having another baby in January. I'm officially in the 2nd trimester now which means happier times for me (and the rest of my family). It also means that the baby is roughly the size of a lime.. cool, eh? My morning sickness has been relatively mild, but I have this painful condition where I'm hungry every 20 minutes but nothing sounds good to eat. Because I feel like I've been obsessed with what my next snack will be, I will provide a list of foods that have kept me and the baby nourished over the last 3 months as well as foods that I hate to even mention because they make me want to barf.

Good Food

1- Cheerios

2- Bananas (must be on the green side) as well as most any other fruit-- especially grapes, nectarines, watermelon, strawberries... whatever I have on hand will do.

3-Grilled cheese dipped in ketchup (Thanks to Christy for this one)

4- Colby jack cheese (served with ritz crackers and some grapes)

5- Multigrain toaster waffles with Adams crunchy peanut butter

6- Smoothies- Aloha Pineapple from Jamba is especially tasty but more regularly I make them at home with vanilla yogurt, milk, oj, frozen blueberries, banana, strawberries, etc.

Bad Food

1-Hummus (this one is the worst.. blech)
2-Salsa (usually on the top of my favorite food list... sigh)

3-Any other food with too many onions
4- Hamburgers (even the good ones off the grill have no appeal)

5- Leftovers, even if it was delicious the 1st time around

On a non-food related note, I usually love to read, but haven't been able to stay awake to read anything in the past 3 months. Instead of my evening reading, I've been setting the DVR so I can watch So You Think You Dance and The Next Food Network Star. Quality. There was also a phase where my blog made me sick, but I guess I'm over that now. Allright.. I'm off to make myself a snack.

The boy can swim & I sewed something

Check out Josh in his stylish hooded beach towel-- I broke out the sewing machine(for the 2nd time in 5 years) and made these towels for the boys (with guidance from my seamstress mother, of course). I was so proud of myself. But enough about my domesticity, the real reason for this post is that Joshua has been a champ in his swimming lessons. He can actually swim underwater all on his own, and jump into the pool and sit underwater & hold his breath and float on his back. I'm so proud.

My baby is 2

Oh, how I love this boy. How did he grow up so quickly?
Highlights of Neil's birthday including chocolate cake and his new radio flyer wagon: (Yes, that's a handprint in the side of his cake)