Today's conversation with Jorgen on our walk this morning:

Mommy: "Jorgen, when is the baby going to come?"

Jorgen: "Pati."

Mommy: "Patience?????"

Jorgen: "Yeah!"

I was hoping for a "today" or "tomorrow." So funny! I asked Jorgen again later on and he responded the same way. What a boy - he knows his mommy and her problem with learning patience. This baby will come eventually and I am going to enjoy the next few days (or weeks:O) of having only one child and being able to feel the second moving inside me....sounds more convinced than I really feel:D

Uncle Miles & Aunt Siena

This weekend was so fun with Justin's brother, Miles, and his sweet wife, Siena, visiting! Jorgen absolutely LOVES his uncle Miles and simply can't get enough of him! Siena's mom, Dixie, and her husband, Tom, with Miles and Siena came over Friday night and brought some yummy dinner. We were able to spend lots of time with all of them and we played Apples to Apples which was so fun! Saturday, Dixie came over here and watched Jorgen for over four hours so that we could go to the Oakland Temple with Miles and Siena. It was so wonderful and a much needed date! We did sealings there and it was so neat to be there with family. When we arrived back at our apartment, Dixie and Tom had cooked some yummy Papa Murphies pizzas and Dixie had made some chocolate mini cakes for dessert - which Jorgen had so much fun making with Dixie. She is much nicer than I would have been and let Jorgen do a lot of the baking with her. It was such a yummy dinner! Justin was able to watch the Jazz game at Tome and Dixie's home with Miles (it's playoff season for those non-Jazz fans) and I was able to put a very tired little boy to sleep and have a long chat with my lovely Grama, whom I miss so much! It was a wonderful day!

Today, was Joe's, Siena's dad, birthday. We got to play around with Miles and Siena a lot and had a wonderful dinner! Jorgen adores his aunt and uncle. We are so glad we were able to spend so much time with them. We already miss them! We're glad Siena's parents live near us because not only have they taken us under their caring wing, but when Miles and Siena come visit, we get to see lots of them too!

Here are some belly shots - one week to (expected) d-day. Jorgen is giving kisses to his sister:D

Jorgen absolutely adores his daddy!

Jorgen playing his type of pool game with Aunt Siena.

Concentrating on rolling the balls into the left pocket - he got pretty good at getting them in there consistently. Good hand-eye coordination!

The beloved Miy (sometimes he says "Miley" but usually he shortens it to "Miy").

One last squeeze for Uncle Miy.

Satisfaction!

Some may think I am a cruel mother for posting such pictures, (or maybe for even taking them in the first place) but I just couldn't help it! Jorgen had his first self-initiated bowel movement today...meaning he asked me if he could go poop on the toilet and I didnt' have to ask him if he needed to. Happy day for Mommy and Daddy! I asked Justin to mark and record this moment because I was so proud of my son! The pictures might be a little too expressive for some though (not my immediate family, they're used to this kind of stuff with me:D). Jorgen is going to get me back for this one day...but I am just so proud of him!!

Happy to be on the toilet!

Pushing REALLY hard;)

Satisfaction!

The Game Is Over

Can you tell what this picture is?


So for the past week, my little amazing-at-going-to-sleep-in-his-toddler-bed has turned out to be not so good at going to sleep in his toddler bed. He just realized this week that he likes to get out of bed and play - especially if we come in and play with him. Now, I'm not talking about games mommy and daddy think are fun, oh no, these are games that Jorgen thinks are fun because mommy and daddy get sucked in to playing them with him. Tonight the games are ending.

I thought that what I was doing in the past by going into his room and putting him back in bed when he got out (without a sound or cuddle - strictly business) would work forever. He didn't seem to need it much because he would go to bed so quickly - until this past week. He thought that getting out of bed every time we'd put him back in was so fun because every time he got out, like magic, we would come back in his room. The past few nights it has taken him two hours to finally go to sleep, not to mention many moments of me or Justin going in and putting him back in bed. Tonight, after a long fun game for him, I just left him and he fell asleep at the door. This might become the regular for awhile until he realizes that no one is coming in to play. He just doesn't want to miss out - I can relate:D

The cute boy sleeping soundly with Didi right next to the door.

No More Monkies Jumping on the Bed!

One of Jorgen's favorite songs is No More Monkies Jumping on the Bed! For some reason though, I am not taking the opportunity to teach him that jumping on the bed might result in a 'broken head' because I love it when he jumps on the bed. I think it's so funny! He loves jumping on his own bed and gets quite high. Our bed is fun for him too but he tends to jump and sit a lot like in this video (maybe because it's harder to jump on our mattress and he gets tired quicker?). Oh, and can you see what of course is accompanying him as he jumps?...Didi - the one and only blankie!

Peek-a-Boo

Today while I was cleaning, Jorgen had lots of fun entertaining himself and I had to get it on camera - too bad you can't hear his cute laugh while playing peek-a-boo with himself! He is so funny! Oh, and don't mind his short hair in front. I tried to trim his bangs and at first he looked like Jim Carrey from Dumb and Dumber so I tried to make them more choppy but my hair cutting skills just don't compare to my mamas at all! I should have learned from her more when I had the chance. For now, I'll have to stick with clippers and short hair cuts because scissors just aren't my cup of tea!

Flowers

Justin brought me home flowers! Yesterday was one of those days that flowers would make anything and everything better. To really appreciate the joy behind me receiving flowers, you need to know something about us. Early on in our marriage, I told Justin that since flowers are so expensive he couldn't buy me flowers until we make more money (which probably won't be for a long time:D). He has, however, managed to listen to his wife's request and give me flowers anyway. The trick...he finds them for free. He has surprised me with a rose here and there that he somehow got from somewhere. Yesterday Justin happened to drive to work, something he has only done twice in the last nine months, and because he had our car there, he was able to bring home a beautiful arrangement of flowers that Stanford had used at some event that day and they were going to be discarded. Some may think receiving second-hand flowers a joke - but I LOVE IT! It makes the story behind it so much more exciting and charming, I think.

I sure love my husband! Thank you again for making my day!

Shoes

Jorgen has a fetish for shoes! Maybe fetish is too strong of a word...the point is that Jorgen loves shoes, loves to try and put them on himself, put them on us, place them at the front door when he wants to go somewhere, and so on. He has also been known to try on my shoes. The funniest is when he tries on my high heels - he looks so funny! On this day, he tried on a pair of my shoes and managed to walk around the kitchen and then to me with the shoes on. It was so funny! He really wanted me to see his new accomplishment.

Finished Projects

In an effort to clean off my kitchen table which serves as my craft table at times as well, I finished a few blankets I've been wanting to make for our little gal. This project was especially expedited because I really didn't want to have unfinished projects to do when she arrives - and who knows when that could be - two to five weeks (hopefully two:D). I made three blankies - or didi's as Jorgen calls them. One is a simple flannel on flannel that is brown on the back and this cute green/brown/blue on the front. Another is a cute, bright, dotted flannel with channel on the back - oh, so soft and cozy! The last was inspired by Jorgen's favorite blankie -the one and only didi. It is satin on the back and minky on the front. When I ask him who the blankie is for he always says it's for the baby but I know he secretly wants it to be his. He snuggles in it and says, 'didi' oh so enviously! Pink is totally a boy color now, right? Either way, we're saving this for his sister.

Waitlisted!

So we thought April would bring a close to the months of waiting and waiting and waiting to hear back from schools. We were wrong:D Out of the three MBA programs Justin applied to he didn't get into any of them....but on the more positive side of the situation, he got WAITLISTED to two of them. So that is better than a no but still that means the wait continues! I am so proud of my sweet husband for all the hard work he has put in to everything and know the right school or job will open up. Faith in every footstep! So we will be patiently and hopefully waiting for a letter from Stanford and/or MIT. But for now, the job search continues!

Maternity Shots

A friend of mine wanted to take some maternity shots for her new photography website and I was so excited for the opportunity to get some pictures taken. I never had maternity pictures taken while pregnant with Jorgen so this was fun to do. Mallika is such a talented and creative photographer and I highly recommend her to anyone looking for a photographer in the area. I can pass on her information to anyone interested:D

More Maternity Shots & Jorgen

Mallika also took pictures with me and Jorgen. I love my son, he is so precious!!

Jorgen was trying to give the baby a hug - it must be a little bit confusing calling my belly a baby because he knows what a baby is and then we tell him that my belly has a baby in it. We all laughs when he says there's a baby inside his belly too!


I love these park pictures so much! He is so handsome and fun!