Winter or Spring?

Two Days Before "Spring"

(according to the calendar)...

Flowers began to bloom in our front yard.

Eden wore short sleeves and no jacket, went outside, and played with leaves.

The "1st Day of Spring"...

Dressing in WINTER clothing again.

Where'd our flowers go?

And look at the icicles...

But on the up-side....its bright and sunny outside once again. The snow is beginning to melt.

Unfortunately, yesterday Eden was so excited to play in the snow (but we're recovering from a sickness) and today she looked outside and said, "Where'd the snow go?"

And Tyson's feeling a little gloomy now a days....but not cause of the weather, but because of the passing of the health care reform...

The Last Week of 2nd Trimester

I'm pretty sure that 27 weeks counts as the last week of your second trimester...correct me if I'm wrong.

So, while looking through some pictures of Eden on Tyson's computer I ran into a little blast from the past...
This is a picture of me, pregnant with Eden at 29 weeks. This is my ONLY "standard, lots of people do it pregnancy picture" of me.

The story:

My brother, Nate, has lived a good distance from where I live for quite some time. He begged for me to take a picture of my pregnant belly so he could see (and probably mock knowing all the uncomfortableness and struggles that come with pregnancy since his wife has 3 kids of their own).

I finally gave in. While Tyson was at school and I was about to go to work, I took this picture of me in the mirror with my camera phone. Put it on Tyson's computer (cause it was up and running while mine was not). Sent an email to my brother. And deleted the picture...not telling Tyson that such a picture was even taken.

A while later I heard Tyson "What's this?" He apparently decided to clean up his computer and saw the picture in the trash. And he took it out of the trash...and I don't think I'd seen it since...

...until now.

So, in comparison...this is me NOW at 27 weeks. I think (and FEEL) like I'm bigger than this picture portrays....but I think it depends on what I'm wearing.

Eden Faces

Eden's has so many facial expressions...
this is only what I caught within a few minutes.
One day I'll have a camera with video.

"Happy!"

Crusty Face (she can give some mean crusties)

Monkey Face

Whining, Sad, Crying Face

Nose Scrunchy

"Hiding"

"Peek"

"Surprise!"

There's a Party in Eden's Tummy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMUqM12W0i4

Eden loves this video.

Some give Yo Gabba Gabba a bad rap
...but it sure helps Eden eat better.

Occasionally Eden won't eat certain things on her plate or she'll get sick of eating...but then you'll hear her say something like "Oh no. Beans sad! Want to go to the party. Party in tummy!" And she'll eat her food. FABULOUS.

If there is something that Eden seems to understand well...
its when something or someone is "sad".
She OFTEN tells me things are sad or crying.
She's a very emotional child.

p.s. Eden loves to sing this song on occasion...her favorite party being "So yummy! So yummy!"

My Excuses and My Apologies

Just as a warning...my blog may suffer from a lack of posting.

My Excuses:

1. Tyson's sister's wedding

2. My camera has ceased to work

3. I'm on vacation

Though this blog may suffer (or at least suffer from lack of pictures) I do keep my edenisms blog (click here) updated because she continues to do funny things everyday. Its ok...she probably has better things to blog about than I do anyway. :)

So....my apologies.

Birthday and Valentines

Drew is the closest Eden got to having a "Valentine" this year.

Granted she ONLY hangs out with boys and she DID kissed a boy in nursery (not Drew)...

But Eden has been doing a lot with Drew this past week and she loves Drew as a playmate. Drew has tried to hold her hand a few times while in the car...but she hasn't picked up on the signals. This is the only picture I have of them together.
But I had a Valentine this year....

(These are my Valentines Day pancakes "T + B" if you can't tell. I'm cheesy at times, I know.)

Basically what it comes down to is...

I love my husband.
And he loves me.

This year's birthday and Valentines day were AWESOME. Granted we celebrated both on my birthday because Valentines was on a Sunday...but it was still awesome.

It was strange because we didn't mean it to happen the way it did.

Tyson and I often dream of "when we have money..." or "someday I'd like to...". Recently Tyson has been saying "You know, one day we're going to wake up STILL saying those things and NOTHING will ever have been done." So, I decided to take a step at DOING the things we talk about doing. Side note: It scared me.

So, I woke up on my birthday with the idea "let's do something about not doing what we want to do". For my birthday, Tyson gave me money to play with and we went shopping.

We bought this CUTE ottoman to put Eden's toys in and keep our living room a little less like "Eden's large playroom".
I bought some other things to help our house look a little more "soft" and "homey" such as the vases with flowers, the shelf, and picture frame. (I hope you all like it cause this is my first attempt at really "decorating"...I've never been good at adding a "feminine touch" to things).
Tyson bought some wood and put his handyman skills to work making shelves for extra storage.
Tyson came home and for my birthday he also spent the whole time mounting things on walls, figuring out where things would go, etc. Once again, I love my husband.

We still want to add curtains and pillows. My mom is helping make some pillows and maybe curtains. We're excited about that.

Then we went out to eat. Eliza and Chuck took Eden for a few hours while we went to Olive Garden (definitely a place I would enjoy more than Tyson). The best part of the night was that we talked and laughed so hard that I can honestly say "I haven't laughed that hard in a LONG time."

Basically....it ROCKED.

The Mind of a Child

This is Eden. Isn't she adorable?

Everyday she plays with her dolls house and I get to hear and see all sorts of thoughts going on in her head....or wonder "What in the world is going on in your head?"
Eden: "Mommy. Daddy. Looking out window. Looking at MONSTERS! RAWR!" Eden is afraid of monsters and many, many other things (such as her fan light in her room, the clock downstairs, nusery, etc.)
I'm not sure why...but she always makes the little people sleep with their legs in the air...
Eden: "Mommy. Eden. Eating cake." OBVIOUSLY daddy's not eating cake...its definitely something that MOMMY and EDEN share enjoyment with (sweets).
Eden: "Go potty. Stay there." Hmm...maybe she's ready to start potty training? Hmm...no, don't think she's ready for that hoop.