Birthday and Baby

I celebrated turning 34 years old this past week...and while life has been so insanely busy lately with work and the nightly extracurricular activities for the kids, I was able to celebrate a little with Josh and the boys. It just so happens that I was born on the greatest non-holiday holiday ever: Groundhog Day. A day where the next 6-weeks' worth of weather is determined by a groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil. Because I despise winter, I put a lot of stock into what Phil has to "say." Generally Phil disappoints. But this year Phil pulled through and didn't see his shadow!!! It has only happened some 17 times in a 100 year span, or something like that (don't quote me on that...but the point is it is rare for Phil to call an early spring). With how bad I have been feeling from pregnancy/strep throat/SI joint problems (yes, I am whining...it's been rough!) and then my annual winter blues, I needed this good news!

Once I learned Spring would most surely come early (Phil is always right....right?!) I had a little pep in my step as I readied myself for the day's events. After working way more than I have bargained for lately, I decided I was taking the day off. Josh was off too. So we started the day with a doctor's appointment and an ultrasound to see the baby! I haven't documented "the bump" with this pregnancy, so we snapped a picture right before we left.

At 16 weeks pregnant, I have finally started coming out of the all-day, every-day nausea. I still get icky at night and in the mornings. As I am getting less nauseous, I am getting more belly! People have started asking me if I am expecting and I am now in full-on maternity pants! I am feeling the baby move every day, the movements aren't huge but it is obviously not gas! ;)

The boys are loving the growing belly, but it spurns a lot of funny questions and commentary from both of them! Some of my favorites are:

• "Does the baby have toys to play with in there?" -Finn 
• "I wish the baby would come out soon." -Keagan (also written on my birthday card!)
• "Did the baby taste that?" -both
• "Does the baby wear diapers? Where does it peepee?" -Finn
• "Your belly is getting soooooo big!!!! AND it's hard!" -Keagan (thank you, son...)
• "Are those your boobs?" -Finn, while patting them (who is lately obsessed)
• "Is it gonna hurt? Are you gonna get a band-aid?" -Keagan, on the baby being born
• "What's he doing in there?" -Finn

Luckily, we've only been asked once how the baby got there. And the answer of "God put it there," which was merely a stall tactic until I could come up with something age-appropriate, seemed to quench that curiosity. Maybe that answer is age-appropriate. At some point we are going to have to follow up God's miracle with a biological answer, but so far it hasn't come back up!

After my doctor's appointment Josh and I did a little shopping and then ate lunch at Moe's burrito place, then picked up my ice cream cake and headed home to take Keagan to basketball practice.

After practice we enjoyed my cookie dough ice cream cake from Baskin Robbins. YUMMMMY!!!  I wanted a picture with my boys and that was basically impossible. In a span of 2 seconds this is what I got! 

Birthdays have changed a lot over the years, but I wouldn't change a thing! This birthday was a wonderful and relaxing day with the people I cherish most. And a delicious birthday cake!