Santa...

We took Colin to see Santa!  He has always done so well - no tears at all =) 

I thought it would be fun to look back at all his Santa pictures:

 

2010 - he was almost 3 months old 

 

2011 - He was 1 year and 3 months:

 

And this year.... he is almost 2 years and 3 months!

 

This Santa gave him a little Thomas the train he could hold!
What a sweet little angel we have =)

It's a...

GIRL!!!!!

We are sooo excited!  We went in on Thursday morning - at 18 weeks - and saw our precious, perfect baby girl! 
My parents are here, so we were able to go without Colin.  This was nice because the ultrasound takes quite awhile... they measure everything (arm bones, leg bones, head, stomach...) and they look for all the organs (heart, heart valves, bladder, diaphragm, brain...), so we got to see our girl for quite a while.  It was great!  And she sure was excited!  She kept kicking and kicking!  Then when the ultrasound tech tried to show us some 4D pictures of her face, she kept her hands up... like she was a fighter blocking herself =)  then she would throw some punches!  haha  It was amazing.
I am so excited to have one of each, but a little nervous... I'm used to being a boy mom!  What kind of girl mom will I be????  Will I dress her in all the frilly, pink stuff???  I doubt it, but who knows =)  Can't wait!!
We feel so truly blessed with this little miracle! 

The zoo...

Sunday, we went to Asheboro Zoo!  We went with another couple and their little girl (who is only a couple months older than Colin).  Colin was very excited about it =)

 

It was a little overcast at first, but by lunch it was nice and sunny!  We saw tons of animals, and this zoo is really good about keeping a natural habitat for the animals.  They had tons of room to roam, so I was glad we saw all of them!  Here is the rhinoceroses. 

 

Then we saw some monkeys.  They had just finished cleaning their area, so when they came out it was like a herd!

 

Abby and Colin were a little more interested in the little chipmunk that was hiding in the rock in front of them than the monkey's.  =)

 

There were statues that the kids could sit on too.  Here is the rhino

 

We got a good view of the elephants!  Colin really liked seeing them.  He is good at imitating an elephant.... he will throw his arm up like a trunk and make the noise.  It's really cute.

 

There was a spot where the kids could "fly" a helicopter.  This was a HUGE hit!

 

Then they got in the back and Garet "flew" them around.

 

There were giraffes.

 

Colin did awesome, I don't think he whined or cried once.  He even walked most of the time!  And it was a lot of walking!  He mainly liked to kick the dirt on the side of the walkway though.  I got a close up of my handsome boy!

 

When we got to the chimps, there was one sitting next to the glass eating.

 

And then when we got to the gorillas, this big guy started heading out way!

 

He also stopped in front of us to eat.  And Colin was really excited about this!  I couldn't capture it in the picture, but he was jumping up and down!

 

We saw tons of other animals!  Fox, some weird pig, ostrich, zebras...
One of our last stops was the bird atrium... and if you know me, you know I do NOT like birds.  So I was a little freaked out in there.  But I found shelter under some overhang and snapped this of my boys...

We had packed picnics so we grabbed lunch.  Then we headed back towards the parking lot to leave.  And look what happened....

 

Aren't they cute?! 

We had a blast! 

Fun day with my boy...

Wow, Colin and I had a super fun day!  I am going to warn you... there are TONS of pictures! 

Garet is at his sisters house this weekend, so I wanted to do something fun with Colin today.  We decided to head to The Children's Museum.  Our day actually started rough... Colin slammed my finger in the door.  I mean SLAMMED!!  I was in tears!  And he was at my leg saying, "Mommy... okay mommy?", "Ice mommy?"  So, my fingernail is blue and I feel like I can barely use that hand.  Oh, it was bad.  Luckily that was not how the rest of our day went!

 

We got to the museum and Colin quickly found a car to drive around =)

 

And then he made a friend and they went on an airplane ride...

 

The way this place is set up is there are lots of different "rooms", like a grocery store, a bookstore, construction zone, house, theater, hospital, dentist, oh so much more.  It was so neat!  And Colin was soooo excited!  He was all over the place!  It was awesome!

There was a space that he could climb in all these vehicles... the mail truck...

 

He got in a fire truck, a police car, a camping tent, a big tractor trailer truck...

 

a race car...

 

Oh, and he got to pump gas =)

 

We found the "construction zone" which had tools and blocks inside.  And, of course, "dirt trucks"...

 

In the middle of the town was a slide... this picture shows in the background some of the different rooms...

 

The grocery store was a big hit!  Colin was adorable!  He grabbed a cart and got to it...

 

He grabbed some eggs and asked me for help to make sure they were laying flat in the cart.  Wouldn't want to break any eggs!  I said, "Colin do we need anything else from the refrigerator?" and he said, "oh!  Milk!"

 

He even put everything away when we were finished pretending.
Then we ventured into the hospital...

 

Colin took all the babies blankets off...

 

Then we found one of the most awesome parts... the train!

 

He loves trains!  He got to hit a button that goes "Choo choo!" 

 

Across the room was a plane... Up one side, and down the other!

 

There were crafts...

 

And Santa came to visit.  Colin gave him a high five =)
When we got home, we had lunch and it was down for a nap!  Afterwards we headed outside, it had stopped raining and was actually really nice out!  Leave it to Colin to find a tiny hole of water in the bottom of his basketball goal.  That's where he spent most of his time...

 

Then he played some with the neighbors cat...

 

On a side note... my husband has a sweet tooth.... he must have a dessert after every meal.  I realized that we didn't have anymore desserts, so Colin and I made a chocolate cake!

 

When it was done, I got a little too excited and took it out of the pan before it was cool enough... so it was a big mess!  But we had fun with it =)  I cooked it in two round pans, so the first one I flipped out had some cake stuck to the bottom... I let Colin enjoy that while I tried to make the cake look better...

 

(I told him to look at the camera so I could take a picture of his messy face!)  He had chocolate everywhere!  Oh, and I didn't have enough chocolate icing, so the middle of the cake was vanilla icing.  If you look close at the picture above, you can see a ring of vanilla icing around Colin's face where he tipped up the icing to try and eat it.  Colin doesn't get sweets, so I was a little worried that it would keep him up, but I guess our day was too busy!  He went right to sleep!

The cake wasn't that pretty, but it sure was good =)

 

And now, I am exhausted.  This baby is rolling all around - guess all the chocolate woke him/her up!  Off to bed for me!

Christmas time...

Christmas is going to be so much fun this year!  Colin is starting to "get" it =)  We pulled out all of our Christmas totes soon after we got back from Charlotte for Thanksgiving.  I say "all of our totes" we definitely don't have that many decorations especially compared to some other people I know!  But I am not one to do a bunch of decorating anyway.... so when I started to open the totes, Colin decided to help me of course.  He got so excited when I got out his Little People Nativity Set!  I only hope I can find all the pieces after the holiday!  We also have an Elf on the Shelf, but I only just have the Elf sitting out on a shelf this year.  I felt like it was going to be too much to try and get a 2 year old to understand exactly what to do with him...

 

We went to get a tree last week, and that was a BIG hit!

 

We got it from a Boy Scout lot (of course!)  Colin had a ton of fun running through the little rows of trees!  And he was amazed when they loaded it on top of the car!  I kept telling him that we were going to bring it INSIDE the house! 

 

On the way to the Christmas tree lot, we had fun looking at the Christmas lights that were out.  Colin got so excited when he would spot them: "LOOK MOM!"  Oh... Garet also had fun running through the rows at the lot =)

 

Anytime we spot a Santa, Colin starts yelling "Look Mom!  Santa!  Santa Claus!"  We were at Walmart the other day and there was a big blow up Santa and reindeer's on top of one of the aisles... so every couple minutes Colin would rediscover it and remind me =)

We are going to celebrate with Santa this year.  But we are careful to keep Jesus in the spotlight!  Colin has his own little interactive advent calander this year.  Every day we put a new figure on this little set.  We have been doing it before his nap every afternoon.  And every day when we go in his room to get ready for nap, he reminds me to do it.  So far we have put a star, an angel, a cow, and a rooster in the set.  When we do, I talk to him about what's going on and the birth of Jesus... and every day so far he has asked where Jesus is.  "Jesus go?"  Baby Jesus is the last figure that will be added to complete the set, but it's really cute to see him trying to understand the story. 

And it has been amazingly in the 70's outside!  Many people are complaining (it's December, it should be cold...) but I couldn't be happier!  I do not like the cold weather - so it's been great to just go outside with Colin to burn off some energy! 

Baby #2...

I realized that the only thing I've posted on this blog about being pregnant is the fact that I'm pregnant... so now that I am 16.5 weeks, I figured I will do a short update =)
We am so beyond grateful that God has blessed us with another precious angel!  Just to be honest, I had a hard time deciding when to tell people.  With this being my 4th pregnancy (which is still hard for me to say/write/type) we had been cautiously very excited.  This had been our little secret for so long now that was almost hard for me to let everyone in on it =) 
I actually got to surprise Garet with the news this time!  And I found a doctor here that I love!  God has really worked on me and I have learned that when worry comes into my mind, right then and there I pray and give it over to God to handle.  It has been great. 
First trimester, I felt pretty okay.  I was nauseous and super tired!  Nothing to complain about though.  When I hit 14 weeks, I started puking.  I honestly thought I was sick... I didn't realize that it was the pregnancy.  Until after 3 days of only getting sick in the evenings, I called my doctor and without a doubt they said it was the pregnancy.  Evidently this isn't unusual (to be sick in the 2nd trimester).  So, I got some meds, which I haven't had to take very often, although I am taking vitamin B-6 daily!  Then I did get sick - with a bad cold!  So 2nd trimester has been rough so far! 
As mentioned in the earlier post, we are due May 16. 
It is amazing to see God in all that we have been through.  He definitely is in the miracle making business =)  Thank you everyone for your prayers!  We are trilled to welcome another Beane baby!  And soooo excited to see Colin in his new role of big brother!  He's going to be great! 
This is a reason why my posts have been pretty rare recently.  I just haven't felt like being on the computer.  And A Beane A Day has been mostly iPhone pictures!  I will get better!  I promise! 
So here is a picture, because what's a post without a picture??

 

Funny how much bigger I feel than I think I look!  My belly definitely popped earlier with this baby than with Colin!  And just to compare, here I am at 17 weeks pregnant with Colin:

Thanksgiving...

I am still here, I promise! 

Baby #2 is keeping me sick through 2nd trimester... so I haven't been up to taking many pictures, or blogging about them! 

So, for Thanksgiving we traveled to Charlotte!  My parents had a FULL house!  It was Mom and Dad, then my family: Me, Garet, Colin and Suzi, and Eric's family: Eric, Kailey, Morgan, Macy and Biscuit!  We had a blast!

 

Colin and I actually developed a cold soon after we got there (which we are both still trying to get over!)  So, even though we still had a great time, we were feeling pretty bad.  On Thanksgiving day, we had a pretty low key morning.

 

We had the entire family over to my parents house, and had tons of good food! 

 

I did get out in the craziness of Black Friday.  There were a few items I wanted to get as Christmas gifts that I had to get.  It was definitely crazy, and I am NOT a shopper... so I will probably rethink that strategy next year =)  But I did get what I wanted to.  (I also took advantage of "Cyber Monday", which is such a better idea!) 

Garet and I got to have a date, which is always sooooo nice!  Colin and Morgan had a good time playing together too!  They are exactly a year apart.  They were so funny together!  Morgan isn't walking yet, but boy she is a fast crawler!  If she wants to get somewhere, she just goes!  And she has sooo much to say!

 

I love this next picture... look at how they are making the same face =)

 

We had a great time!  And when we packed up the car to drive back yesterday, it was so nice to get back home in less than 2 hours! 

Colin-isms...

Here are some more:

- Colin was helping move clothes from the washing machine to the dryer.  He pulled out a pair of my undies, and said, "Mommy diaper". 

- It is so cute to see him repeating things we say... like I tell him often, "I'll be right back" when I go into another room or something.  The other day we were in his room and he wanted to go get more of his cars that were in the living room ("more cars...") so he looked at me and said "be back". 
I must tell him to "come on" when I want him to come with me somewhere, Colin has started saying "...mon" for me to follow.  "Mommy 'mon"  =)

- Colin has a car that says something about "Superman..." so randomly now he will say, "Super-Daddy!"  Precious.

- I was changing his diaper and he was clean, so I said something like, "what a clean little booty" - he cracked up so big, and then kept saying "boo-tay!"

- He is learning numbers... right now he says "un, two, eight, two, eight, two, eight, two, eight" ... close.

- I pulled out my phone to take his picture the other day and he said, "no phone Mommy" 

- Colin thinks it is hilarious to talk with his hands.  He will just "blah blah blah" and wave his hands all over the place, then crack up laughing. 

- At the table when I am finished eating Colin will say "Mommy done" and the same with Garet - "Daddy done"

- He is obsessed with Papaw!  He will point to the chairs at our table and say: "Mommy seat, Daddy seat, Papaw seat" then to the floor "Suzi seat"
When Garet asked him the other day "Colin who's your favorite singer?" Colin said "Mommy Papaw!"
I flipped through the channels and there was a race on, Colin loved it!  "Race cars!"  Then every minute or so he would say "Papaw likes race cars"
I could go on and on about this obession =)  It is really cute

- He doesn't get sweets (it's one of those do as your parents say, not as they do kinda rule), so at the Halloween festival he was throwing a ball into a hole, when the girl running it said, "nice try," and handed him a piece of candy... Colin didn't even hesitate... he threw it in the hole.  What else do you do with candy?!