It's Not Too Late!!

This Saturday our family will be walking in the South Sound Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund Walk to Find a Cure in support of my nephew Tyler. It's still not too late to sign up to walk with us, or to donate to support Team Ty, just go here and sign up or to support me or Brandon http://walk.jdrf.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=walk.home. We had so much fun last year, we're hoping this year will be even better. At least this year the weather is supposed to be nicer, so that will make things better to start with!!

Here are some new pictures too, it was so nice last night we went on a walk after dinner and then Timothy wanted to get his car out so we let him "drive" around the drive way and front yard.

These are his new Mariners pj's

He figured out that he could turn the screen around on my camera and look at himself, he thought it was hilarious

Happy Birthday Daddy!!

This past Tuesday was Brandon's birthday (I won't say how old, but he does keep calling himself an old man) and I think over all he had a good day. Timothy was excited, as usual, to sing Happy Birthday and to eat birthday cake. We both had to work, but we met for dinner at a Mexican restaurant (Brandon's choice) and then went to watch Tyler play baseball and came home to key lime cheesecake to top it all off! It was a lot of fun, and even though he thinks he's getting old, I know he had a good time.

I went to the doctor last Tuesday and was told that my uterus is measuring larger than normal so we're anxious to hear why that may be. Of course, I came home and looked online and freaked myself out, but I decided I'm not going to worry about anything until they give me a reason to worry! And even then, I'll just pray about it so it's all ok!! She has been kicking away though, and I think she settled in yesterday on my back/tail bone area...I could barely walk my back hurt so bad!

We've made progress on our home improvement projects, we went and bought all new doors and paint for Timothy's room and a ceiling fan for our room and his and today I started priming and painting the trim around his window. I'm so excited about finishing it now, I just want to get in there and paint and finish it as soon as I can...I'm so glad we have Monday off so I can work in there. Hopefully the weather will hold out and be nice so I can leave the window open.

And, I know I've been lazy and haven't blogged about this and I apologize...but my big sister is getting married!! They've set a date of August 1 and we've all been busy helping her plan. Last Saturday all of us girls drove up to Bellevue and found her a dress and shoes and jewelry and they picked a location and it's all official! We're all just so happy for you Heather...and Tyler...and we can't wait to have Kevin be a part of our family. I can't say much more than that or it'll make me cry, but you know how happy we are.

So it will be a good thing if little miss Charlotte decides to come early (a.k.a. before August 1) so I can hopefully wear a normal dress to the wedding and not look like I'm ready to pop!! So far being pregnant this time has not been quite as comfortable but I'm just preparing myself for life with a daughter I guess!

I think that's all that has been happening over here, we go back to the doctor this week so hopefully we'll find out more. Brandon has accepted the fact that he's on the steep downhill to 30 and Timothy is just busy being Timothy. His newest thing is to sing every song he knows at the top of his lungs when we're out in public...how sweet! We're just enjoying life and gearing up for a busy summer, happy Memorial Day!! Here's some pictures of Timothy showing off his "muscles".

Mommy and Me at the Zoo

We had a really fun morning at the zoo, Timothy hadn't been to a zoo in about a year and when we got there it was pretty empty so we let the kids down to run around and look at the animals. They had a blast and we were all exhausted by the time it was over. Here's some pictures...aren't we all cute in our matching shirts?

The Joys of Pregnancy Sleep Deprivation

It's Saturday and I was up at 6am...can't sleep anymore, and can't lay in bed. Boy do I love being pregnant!

Actually, I really do enjoy it, this time around has been so different though. I know they say that every pregnancy can be different or they can all be the same and that's no prediction of what you're having...but with Timothy I had such an easy pregnancy and this time around, while it's been easy and there haven't been any medical problems, I just feel yucky all the time. Hopefully that's no indication of Charlotte's personality! Timothy really was a very easy going baby and he still is today (although he's turned into quite the little drama king lately).

So I figured while I was up I would blog a little. I've spent the last hour reading the LOST blog that I follow and decided I should blog a little too. Yes, I am a nerd and I watch LOST and I record it and watch it like five more times during the week before the new one comes on on Thursdays and I read about all the theories online. Oh well, laugh all you want :)

So what's new in the York house? We're getting ready for our redecorating. I think we're going today or maybe tomorrow to buy all the trim and new doors and maybe new window blinds and paint to get started. Timothy's big boy room is the first project with our room to follow and then the nursery. His big boy bedding came in this week, it's so cute. It's from Potterybarn Kids and it's a cute little quilt with choo choo trains on it. He asks every night if he can go nite nite in his choo choo train bed so I want to get the room all painted and finished soon so he can really move in there!

Brandon and I finally bought a bed for ourselves. We've always just had a mattress and box springs on a bed frame on the floor but we decided it was time for a bed. It's pretty and I got all new bedding to go on it too. I'll get pictures up of everything once it's all finished.

Our dog has turned into the Houdini (not sure if I spelled that right) of all dogs. When she was a puppy, we had a fabric kennel for her to sleep in and she busted through the zipper on that so we got her a metal one. It took her a few years, but she busted through that too about this time last year. When we moved into our new house, we were excited because it had a dog run in the back behind the shed. It's actually a nice set up for her. There is the shed where she sleeps, and it has a heater so she can stay warm and then it has a doggy door that leads out to the dog run so she can get outside if she wants. We noticed a couple of weeks ago that she had a really bad cut on her leg but we couldn't figure out why and then noticed a few nights ago that she had torn a hole in the chain link fence door of the dog run...yep, that's right. Our 20 pound little Boston Terrier has ripped through a chain link fence. There is no containing this dog. Anyone interested in a three year old house-trained escape artist?

Timothy is growing like crazy. He's learning his colors a little better now. Last night we had dinner at the Brazile's house and him and Ethan were playing with some cars and I asked him to bring me a red car and he did. Might have been a fluke, but we've been practicing with m&m's. He also amazes us with how many songs he knows. Bryan and Candice got him a Veggietales CD for his birthday and we were listening to it in the car and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star came on and he just sang right along...hand motions and everything! He also sings this other song that I can't figure out, but he sings it all the time. I'll have to ask at daycare if they can figure out what he's saying.

Today we're going with Candice and Ethan and Lara to the Mommy and Me at the Zoo day. The weather isn't great, but they have some indoor things to do too so maybe we'll stay dry! Timothy is pretty excited to see monkeys though. He's really gotten into the movie the Jungle Book lately so he thinks we're going to see those monkeys...guess he'll be disappointed when they don't sing and dance.

Anyway, this has turned into a pretty long rambling so I'll end it now. Happy Mother's Day!!