A little of this... a little of that....

So it has been a month that I have been on bed rest and I must admit it is incredibly boring yet has been so good. I spend more time watching my one year old do things... walk, talk, eat, play, dance, etc. I've taken more notice to how he picks things up and puts them back down, how he investigates new things. If I wasn't forced to be on bed rest, these are the things that I would have just missed- not on purpose, but because I would be doing other things as well as trying to watch him. Having all of my attention focused on him makes these things easier to pick up.

I have been going to the doctor every 2 weeks for checks and ultrasounds. My last ultrasound was last week and I found out that my baby weighs almost 4 pounds. Its great!! I'm sure he weighs a little more this week now that I am at 33 weeks. I'm just happy I am farther along than I got with Baby J!


We still can't decide on a name.... have any suggestions? We want an American/English name that is not popular at the moment. I was thinking along the lines of classic or a little unusual. I feel like I have searched every name website there is and I still can't find a name that both of us agree on. How frustrating! UGH!!

This weekend we got our Christmas tree! We put on the lights and all of the ornaments that were unbreakable- we need them unbreakable because my little one loves to take them and throw them while he says 'ball!'. It's funny and cute but I really don't want him taking things from the tree and messing things up... especially if we go to someone's house!

I haven't given an update on our garden that has been moved completely inside. Well... our herbs like basil, mint, oregano and parsley are kicking butt!!! Our arugula has gone south (it didn't survive during the crazy weather this fall) and we are still growing peppers and tomatoes! It's crazy but we have those in a home made hydroponics system and they are doing very well. Baby J has been waiting to pick the peppers and tomatoes so when a pepper became ripe over the weekend we let him pick it. He was so happy he wanted to grab the others! We did not let him of course because we wanted them to ripen a bit more. So after a little fit and some crocodile tears he forgot about picking the peppers and decided to eat the one he had just picked. Thank goodness it wasn't a hot pepper! We tried to take it away but he refused until he was done taking his bites out of it... then off to the fridge it went!

Going back to Christmas decorating.... I tweeted this earlier but I want to ask it here too.... Do you have one tree or two at home? Some people have two trees- one for the kids and the other is for the 'grown ups'. Other people have one tree and put a combination of all the ornaments (kid and adult) on the tree. Which do you have if you celebrate Christmas? In our house we have just one tree and we have a mish mosh of all the ornaments (we had non breakable ones that we have used since we first got together) on the tree. I guess in a way you could say that our tree is 'baby proof''.

Well, it has been a long day and I must get to bed. Have a lovely evening!!!

Much Love,

-J