Exploring with Hayden & the dogs!

Another walk around the neighborhood - Hayden wanted to show me a nest of doves he found in the greenbelt behind our house! Yes, believe it or not, they're doves - even though they look like turkies! It was really neat to see them and watch their mom jump from the nest and try to distract Hayden away from her babies by flopping around on the ground! Moms are wonderful! Hayden is the next Jeff Corwin, for sure!

Luckily we're ALL skinny enough to slide through the edge of the emergency gate....for a little longer anyway!



Hayden's excellent photography work!

Waiting for the dogs to come back......

Heading back to the house....

A Very Happy Mother's Day!

Not only do I get the blessing of creating a new life this Mother's Day, but I also was treated like a queen by Albert & Hayden! Albert surprised me with some early gifts which were very unexpected (and more than I needed) and then today made me breakfast and dinner! My sweet little Hayden did the breakfast dishes, took the dogs for a walk and returned with a hand-picked bouquet of wildflowers! They were so beautiful! What a wonderful Mother's Day!





Even Ellie liked them!

Another Ultrasound Video!

This is the one where he's apparently showing his stuff!! ;)

Ultrasound Video

12 weeks & 2 days - this is where you can see hiccups and the baby sucking its (his?) thumb! So amazing! We are already in love with the little one! Hayden's just happy it's probably a boy!

More Baby Pictures!

Albert & I had such a great time getting this ultrasound done today! They really took their time since it was a screening test as well, so it lasted over 20 minutes! We got to see so much - fingers, toes, a yawn, hiccups, possible thumb sucking and what looks to be.....little boy parts! We can't be sure just yet, but that's what they're thinking! We'll wait and see as things grow a little more!

Here are some pictures! We also took some video clips that I'll be posting later!


No THAT is not the little boy part I was referring to - that's the umbilical cord!! :)

12 Weeks!

Not to sure how I feel about posting a picture of myself like this on the internet, but I'm doing it anyway! I had Albert take a bunch and none of them were exactly beautiful to look at (especially with that large vein tracing across my side), but it's all part of the miracle! The little one inside me has definitely had a growth spurt lately and it's really true that you get bigger faster the second time around!

All is well at 12 weeks along - feeling great! At the start I couldn't get enough sleep and was feeling a bit nauseous, but all of that is long gone and now we just get to watch the belly grow!

San Antonio Botanical Gardens!

A couple weeks ago we FINALLY had a chance to go to the San Antonio Botanical Gardens. It's only minutes away and we can't believe we waited so long! It rained just a little, but the rain made the day that much more beautiful! We saw so many beautiful plants and flowers and even some wildlife we weren't expecting! What a great family day!