Things have been a little crazy the past couple of weeks...or at least it has felt that way....maybe it was just all the anticipation leading up to our ultrasound. I'm not really sure. But, things are going great! Jon has just started a very busy week of working at the Scottrade Center. He is working Monday Night Raw tonight, Celine Concert Wednesday, and Blues games both Thursday and Friday. He is going to be exhausted, but then he only has to work one more Blues game towards the end of the month. He knows it will be pretty miserable but at the same time he will probably make double this week what he would have made valeting for a whole month. It will probably be a rough week for all of us, but we know it is all worth it.

Anyways...the boys are doing well. Justus is getting so good at repeating words and has now mastered most of his animal sounds. His newest phrase he says is "I yah you"...which of course is "I love you". It melts my heart almost every time he says it. The other day after having a pretty rough day with the boys (they were both super cranky all day), Justus was playing and I was eating a bowl of cereal and he climbed up next to me, gave me a kiss, and said "I yah you". I almost started crying! It was unprompted and much needed. Other than that he is really good at repeating the alphabet and sometimes even knows the letter that comes next before I even say it. We are trying to work on numbers, but that isn't going as well because he has had his own little way of counting to 3 for quite a while, and isn't wanting to change it. So when I say "1" he says "do dee" but will never say one..it's all like one word to him. Oh well...maybe we'll move onto colors for the time being.

Matthias is talking a little more as well. He knows no, thank you, duck, nose, ball, and banana. He may know more, but these are just the ones I have picked up on. He is doing pretty good with switching to a sippy cup, but it is still going to be a while before he uses one exclusively. We bought a new sippy cup..the Dr. Brown's one. He really likes it, which is good because he wouldn't really take the ones we already had. Hopefully we can switch him to the ones we have once he is used to not taking the bottle.

The pregnancy is continuing to go well. I am almost 20 weeks. It's crazy to think that I am halfway done!! Jon and I are pretty excited about a baby girl. We are looking forward to the change. I think that Jon is a little more stressed than I am about raising a girl, but he's more excited than stressed. One of the fun things I have got to do is make Charley a blanket. Side note: Now would probably be a good time to say that we've decided on a name...Charley. Thanks to my parents I now am the owner of a sewing machine. My first project was a baby blanket for our baby girl. It turned out pretty good...not perfect, but I'm okay with it. Next up I am going to make a baby sling. I'm pretty excited about that as well. Eventually I will tackle a bigger project...like a quilt, but I'm starting small.

I have a bunch of pictures to post, but need to get some stuff done before heading to bed. I'll try and post them later this week!!