Mini Melt - Slow Melting Popsicles

As a comment of my last post, Jess asked about the Mini Melt - Slow Melting Popsicles and what I thought of them. I have actually been thinking about writing a post about them and encouraging other families to try them. Overall, I think that they are a great product. When I purchased them, I was looking for otter pops for Finnegan to have when he was teething and I couldn't find them. I assume that they are just a summer thing. But I digress... I found the Mini Melt - Slow Melting Popsicles and thought we'd give them a try. The first one that he had, we watched him like a hawk and he liked it and did pretty well. The second one wasn't so successful. He wanted to sit on the couch and then get up and that alone created a mess all over the couch, but he was able to eat the whole thing without getting much on his clothes because it didn't melt that fast. Next time, we'll do it outside, but other than that, I was pleased with how well he did with it and enjoyed it! So if you have toddlers, and want to give them a treat, I'd say give it a try. Although, be aware, that some popsicles have dyes in them that can cause an allergic reaction, so keep a close eye on the kids when you give them the popsicles.

Have a ball, and have a popsicle too!!

Videos of the Boy

Here are a few videos of Finnegan that we took this weekend. This first one was taken during Finnegan's first encounter with a Popsicle. The Popsicle brand has a new "slow melt" mini popsicles that are perfect for little kids. Here he is having his first one.




Here is a second video. It was taken this afternoon at lunch time. Finnegan has a new phrase that he says several times a day.... "Daddy at work". It's really cute! He knows that daddy's at work and that he's coming home later. Today, he kept saying it while eating his watermelon so I thought I'd get some of his cuteness on video.

Long awaited photos

Here are some photos that you've been asking for... The photo above is at 18 weeks. The photo below is at 19 weeks. I'm going to try to take photos like Lacey has to make them a little easier to see the changes. But this what I have so far. No real belly yet. But the baby is just now starting to move at 19.5 weeks along. She's definitely less active than Finnegan was. Finnegan started moving at 16weeks. She's a bit more laid back :)

Smart as Can Be

My little boy, that is! Yesterday morning, I went to wake him up and get him out of his crib and he was just chillin like always. I pulled him out of his bed, and we, together, started to count some toys on his floor. Just then his daddy walked in. I said "one," and finnegan continued, "two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight" I just stood there with my mouth wide open. We've been counting for weeks (since he got his alphebet down) and he's NEVER done this!! I was so excited!! Visibly more excited then Ken, but that is always the case!

Later that night at the dinner table, I brought it back up and reminded Ken that he's never done that before. Ken started counting, and Finnegan picked up around the number four. He got to the number eight, and I thought he'd stop. Then he said "Nine, Ten" and then there was a pause and he started cheering for himself. This is what his little set of Leap Frog Meracas does... Once it gets to ten it starts cheering and says "you did it!" HAHAHAHA I laughed so hard!!

So as review... He's the smartest kid because he knows his alphabets and his 1-10 numbers (excluding the number 1 for some reason) at the age of 19.5 months!! :)

My Baby...

Well, if you haven't heard from Facebook or Email... We're having a....

GIRL!!!

Here are some photos of the sweet little one. She was pretty still during the ultrasound today, except for covering her face (we figure she might be a bit shyer than Finnegan) :)









P.S. Thanks Jess for the new background idea. I just loved this one that you had, I had to be a copy cat!! :)

So what's your guess??

Tomorrow is my ultrasound. I'm 19 weeks today, and we go in tomorrow to see the baby for the first time since he/she was 9 weeks old :) Pretty exciting!!

So what's the consensus? What do you think I'm having??

If your undecided, here's how my "symptoms" have measured up compared to my pregnancy with Finnegan:

• I had morning sickness (just nausea) with Finnegan. I've had the same sickness with Baby #2, but it started at night (around 5pm)
• I had food aversions with Finnegan - mainly for eggs. No food aversions this time.
• I had migraines with this baby, but not with Finnegan
• I can't give you an exact heart rate for when I had Finnegan. This baby's heart rate was at 148, 150 and 155 in the last three visits.
  
• Finnegan moved all the time... This baby seems to be a bit more relaxed
• I crave sweet foods all the time... ice cream, cookies, candy anything! This is with both pregnancies.
  
• I had excess saliva with this pregnancy but not with Finnegan (sorry if that one is gross) :)
• I had bad acne in the first months of both pregnancies.
  

So there you have it... Take a guess. Am I having a boy or a girl? My appt is at 9:30 Pacific time. We're excited to see the baby and make sure he/she is healthy!!

I'll keep you posted. :)

You weight what??

So, I'm 18 weeks pregnant and have gained 8lbs total (so far). I have 22 weeks left, and can only gain another 17lbs to stay within my weight gain goal. What's a pregnant girl to do?? That's less than a pound a week. Oh, man... this baby better come 5 weeks early :) Ok, maybe not. I suppose I need to cut out the ice cream that I've added to my diet for 5 weeks to compensate... But how do you take ice cream away from a pregnant girl?? That's tough one!!