365 Challenge #212

Joel loves my phone. He calls it "Hi Daddy".

Nate was talking to Joel on the phone.

365 Challenge #211

Then this is what they do with the cushions....Nate makes a "daddy sandwich"

Making the sandwich a "double decker"

Mmmmm.....so delicious!

Helping daddy make the sandwich again

365 Challenge #210

This is what Nate and Joel do every night as soon as Nate gets home from work....they take all the cushions off the sofa and use the sofa and cushions as a gymnasium

Playing hide and go seek.

Nate also rocks the sofa back and forth....Joel loves it!

365 Challenge #209

8 Weeks.....32 more to go!

Well, he/she looks a little more like a baby now and is an inch long! The head makes up more than half his/her weight and look at those fingers and toes!

The puking has started full force. I was hoping to avoid it this time, especially since the nausea waited this long to show up. But after throwing up approximately 30 times in the last three days, I've given up that hope and have (sort of) resigned to my fate.

Joel is very sweet and sits next to the toilet with me, making sympathetic gagging and throwing up sounds with me. He thinks it's the new thing to do and shows Nate how he "throws up" when Nate gets home from work.

I spend my time between frantically running for the nearest sink, toilet, or bowl, sitting on the sofa reading Joel books (because moving too much makes me throw up), and nibbling constantly on whatever I think I might be able to keep down.

I keep reminding myself that this baby is MORE than worth it...but it's hard to remember right now. It will be better in a couple weeks when I can hear a heartbeat.

365 Challenge #208

He REALLY wanted to go in the water.

So we let him :)

It was SO cold.

But he didn't seem to mind....just kept going deeper.

365 Challenge #207

haha...he dropped his bippy and really wanted to get it himself.

365 Challenge #206

We walked out the lighthouse in Ludington

"Umm....guuuuys....my stroller is a little too close to the water for comfort."

I love how he's sitting "Filipino style" here.

365 Challenge #205

 Climbing up the dinosaur

365 Challenge #204

The park in Ludington had so many fun things for Joel!

"Ummm....guys.....I'm falling off the seat!"