Baby on Board

Henry in his Big Brother shirt

As usual, I am so far behind on updating my blog that it is just ridiculous! As it turns out, we have some exciting news! We are expecting baby #2!

This time around I was definitely more sick and generally "pukey" feeling during the first trimester. And because Henry was early, I have all kinds of warning signs for having another preterm baby, so the pregnancy hasn't been perfect. However, I am feeling fantastic (except for an aching back and my tendency to catch every single cold and bug around). And baby seems to be doing well!

According to Henry, he also has a baby in his tummy and has been stuck on this notion for quite some time now. We thought for sure he would forget about it, but now we are hitting that point where we've had to start delivering the hard truth that boys can't have babies. I feel bad crushing his dreams like that, and especially because it's so darn cute to hear his progress reports. At one point, his baby was the size of a donut! (with pink frosting)  :)

Because of all my "high risk" issues, we've had several ultrasounds and decided that it would be fun to know this time around if we were good to go with baby products, or if I could start buying pink! As it turns out, it seems Hahn and I have broken the "Ainsworth Y chromosome curse!" because it's been confirmed at THREE separate ultrasounds, we are having a girl! I always hoped I would be lucky enough to get one of each and it seems my dream has come true. I just know this little girl is going to love and get along with her brother just like I did with Grant!

The due date is June 20th and this photo marks me at the 100 day countdown. I feel gigantic already and I still have a ways to go! We are taking weekly progesterone shots and doing other things to hopefully keep this baby in there for as long as we can. So hopefully my next big update will be sometime in June when baby arrives and I can share her photos!

Train Museum

Sam and Ed's little guy Jack is obsessed with trains! Henry has a love of them too, but not like Jack. So when Sam had heard about the Greeley Freight Station Museum and invited us to go along, we figured why not!

I really had no idea what to expect, but it was actually the coolest thing! A gigantic warehouse with the biggest collection of model trains I've ever seen! There must have been a dozen volunteers that ran the trains and the displays. They also had a collection of train memorabilia; signs, lights, tools, hard hat, etc. as well as an actual train car you could walk around in.

To add a little fun, they have a list of things to find in the displays as well as 5 dinosaurs that are hidden throughout as well. We had so much fun finding everything and exploring the museum!

Denver Museum of Nature and Science

Henry's best smile all day, he didn't quite get the whole 'look scared' idea

Over Christmas break we took Henry to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science to see the animatronic dinosaur exhibit. I think Henry was actually a little scared when we first went in, the dinosaurs moved around and the sound effects made it sound like we were in a jungle as soon as we walked in. But after we explained that they weren't real, he thought they were pretty cool.

We also spent a lot of time in the taxidermy animal exhibits, Henry just loved pointing out all the animals he knew and asking the names of others. We were thinking how even at the zoo, it's not uncommon for the animals to be hiding towards the back somewhere, where here they were all right up front and holding still so it was easy to spot them!

We were right in the middle of potty training Henry during this visit and we were so proud of him for warning us every time we had to make a quick trip to the restroom.



Henry was also pretty stoked about the dinosaur bones and we spent a good amount of time wandering around this area.

We ended our trip in the Mission to Mars area, and Henry absolutely loved the astronaut pretend area. He looked so darn cute in the tiny jumpsuits and backpacks! And of course there was lots of buttons to press, so he had a blast!

I Love Bzzing!

As many of my friends know, (they hear me talk about it enough) I'm a BzzAgent! And I love it, because reviewing free stuff is the best!

Today I was super psyched to hear that the Daily Bzz was the Star Wars Complete Saga on Blu-ray! Um.. YES PLEASE! And here's why I would be perfect for it.

• It's my Mom's all time favorite movie and I've seen all of them (especially IV, V and VI) more times then I can count. It was just a part of growing up at my house to break out 'A New Hope' and see Mom's favorite scene with Luke watching the pair of setting suns.
• My husband is also a big fan and we've already converted my 2 year old! He has a Star Wars ABC book and already knows that 'Y' is for Yoda! And last year he was an Ewok for Halloween!
• As a reward for his first teaching job, my husband got himself a new 52", flat-screen TV and it is just plain wrong that we don't own these movies on Blu-ray yet!

So here's hoping that Jono and the people at BzzAgent think that me (and my family) are worthy of this Daily Bzz!

Air Show!

Hahn and Henry went to the Airshow with Doug and Kate. It takes place at the Air Force base up in Cheyenne that Doug used to serve at. Henry has been interested in airplanes lately, so Hahn thought he would like it, and man, did he ever! He got to sit in many of the planes, and pull on levers and gears. I think this is something we'll be doing again next year!

Henry and his very own (LEGO) airplane!

Henry's First Baseball Game!

  We took Henry to his first

Rockies game this Spring! It unfortunately was a cold and rainy day, but at least we had seats tucked back out of the rain.

The Wranosky family joined us and I think, overall that we all had a good time. Not sure that the boys actually even noticed that there was a game going on. ;) Henry's favorite thing to do during the game was to "clean" the peanut shells off the ground under our seats. **ick**

Children's Museum

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Sam and I were determined to get the boys to the Children's Museum this year. They had both turned 2 just a couple months earlier and it couldn't have been a better time. They LOVED it!

The fire truck in the beginning was popular, as we would have assumed, but the boys really like the old school pay phone (that showed how 911 worked) - they are so used to our flat rectangular iphones, they thought the big metal buttons were the best!

All us adults were a little disappointed to find out that the grocery store, which we all have fond memories of, was closed for renovations. But they certainly didn't realize that the temporary space wasn't as cool.

The bubble lab and painting room were also big hits! We ended the day with a picnic outside before heading back home for nap time!

Henry just loved this firefighter! It was lucky that I got a picture of him in the gear, it only stayed on for maybe another minute! :)