Easter Pictures

I wanted to post these before I forgot. They've been in my camera forever but I finally downloaded them. Just some of Nicolas at Easter, he loved hunting for eggs!

This weekend the weather was wonderful so we went to an art festival in town and had a wonderful meal and wine tasting, (I didn't get to taste since I'm pregnant but Oz enjoyed it.) On Saturday we bought a small ugly pool for our patio so Nico could get in to cool off. He and his Dad played in the pool all afternoon until Nico started to turn a little too blue for me. We had to force him to come out, it wasn't pretty but the child was shivering and turning into a little raisin so I had no choice.

Sunday after church we picked our strawberries that were ripe and washed the cars with Nico's help; then headed over to our friends for a BBQ. Nico absolutely loves to go to their home and play with their two little boys. It's always a good time when we can all get together.

Sping has Sprung

Here is a rare family picture we took at the Botanical Gardens, notice Nicolas is trying to get down and managed to flip a shoe off in the process; family pics are to come by these days since he just can't sit still for the picture.
Our time with Oz's parents here was great, Nico thoroughly enjoyed playing with them and was not so happy when they left and I couldn't just sit and stare and him play with trains all day like they were able to do. I need a maid and a chef and then maybe I'd be able to just play all day with Nico; that would be wonderful!
We are enjoying the first spring here, I love that I just put some strawberries and raspberry plants in the ground and already have fruit almost ready to pick. We are NOT enjoying the allergies in the area, all 3 of us are suffering and I can only take Claritin since I'm pregnant. I'm hoping now that everything is done blooming it will get better.
It's suppose to be in the mid 80's all week, I can't wait to get Nico outside to soak up some sun.

Chattanooga Trip

Now that Nico's Grandparents are here visiting, we decided to head over to Chattanooga for a day trip at the Aquarium and Children's museum. I guess we are doing an Aquarium tour since we just got back from the one in Atlanta. Nico loved the fish in the big floor to ceiling tanks the best.
After lunch we headed to the Children's museum, it was rated as one of the best in the country and I could see why, it was a lot bigger than the one here with tons to do. Nico was so tired by then but kept going so he could see all the fun things. One of his favorites was the dinosaur dig. He tried to put one of the big archeology hats on another boy who wasn't having it and then when that didn't work he decided to just fill the hat with sand instead.
It turned out to be a nice day trip, we'll have to do it again.

Funny Words Around The House

Nico is cracking us up with the way he says certain words. I love hearing him talk in more and more sentences and how he decides the way words sound.
Yesterday he said, Mommy, Mommy, Strawbabies please please Mommy, strawbabies!! He loves strawberries or babies as he calls them :) We make him excuse himself before he is allowed to leave the table after dinner, he says Accuse Me Peas, I love it!
I'd love to freeze this time with him, I love this little stage that he is in, between baby and little boy. Time always flies by so fast and if I could just slow this part down a little before the baby is all gone and the big boy is here I would.

Nico's Abuelos come to visit from Brazil Friday, he will love spending the week with them. We are hoping to go to another aquarium in TN since he loved the one in Atlanta so much. We really want to explore the surrounding area here since we are still so new to the area.

An update on Yzma, does anyone want a dog? She's free! The tranquilizers did not work at all so I guess Oz and I will have to start taking them to sleep at night with her storm phobias :) Now she is on phobia medication that we give her daily, it will take a month to tell if it's working so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Yesterday we came home to a smelly present right at the back door and another present in the kitchen, she also pulled all our coats off the coat rack and opened a cabinet door and pulled out a wooden basket and tore it apart, it wears you out to worry every time you leave the house and it's raining; you never know what you will be walking into when you return.

I'll try to post pictures of our time with Nico's Abuelos next week.

Yzma spent another night scared out of her mind during one of the many thunder storms that pass through here. She ended up jumping in our jacuzzi tub for safety; crazy dog! Any storms that roll through mean no sleep for Oz and I since Yzma is so loud and crazy even after the storm is gone.
I called the vet and tonight we will give her a tranquilizer to help her stay calm during a rough patch of weather that is suppose to come through overnight. I'm really hoping it helps her! If not I may have to take it to get some sleep :)

Big Boy Bed!!

This weekend, Oz painfully spent the entire 2 days putting together Nico's furniture from Ikea. Nico LOVES his new bed, he doesn't want to get out of it. The only problem is that it's turning into a place to play not sleep. We will see how this goes. I'm trying to nap him in it today, it's been an hour since I laid him down and although he took an hour to fall asleep, he hasn't climbed out at all so that's good.

I've added some pictures of the new furniture. We had to move furniture all over the house, the guest room moved to the old playroom and it's old room will become the nursery. The playroom moved to the office, I've put a picture of that as well, the office is now in the sitting area of our bedroom. Lots of shuffling around to make everything fit!

Office Visit

All went well for the 10 weeks check at the Doctor's office. They had trouble finding the heartbeat with the Doppler so I lucked out and got another quick ultrasound. The baby's heart was indeed beating at 166.
I'm feeling really good too, I've really been fortunate to have easy first trimesters. I hope it stays that way!!