10.20.10

We are super excited to be sharing the news that October brings baby number 2 to our family!! I have been meaning to post about this for a little while, but I wanted to make sure that we got the opportunity to share our news in person, via phone, etc with certain people so they didn't end up reading about it first. I think we've covered most of our bases (I HOPE!)...so now I get to blog about it!

I can't believe it, but I am already 14 weeks pregnant, which means that I'm officially through the 1st trimester. Whooo hooo! It has gone super fast. It probably has to do with the the fact that we shared are news about 3-4 weeks later with this baby, so I haven't been talking about it very much until recently, and also the fact that I have little miss Addalyn to help preoccupy my time so I don't just get to sit around and think and dream about my little babe :)

The most common question I've gotten so far is if we are going to find out the sex of this baby, and the answer is no. We already have the neutral sleepers and such for the first few weeks/months and the two will be sharing a room for a while (that is already decorated neutral). We have 4 bedrooms, but only 2 upstairs, and I can't imagine moving Addalyn downstairs by herself already. So, we will keep it a surprise until the day they are born!

For those of you already trying to decide of it will be a boy or a girl, I have no clue. But I WILL say, that there are some similarities between the pregnancies so far:

• I typically don't like orange juice, but for some reason I craved it the first month or so of being pregnant in both cases
• Morning Sickness: UGH! Brushing my teeth was my enemy with Addalyn, and is holding true with baby #2 (don't worry, I still manage to brush them, ha ha!). Although, I do seem to be rounding a corner a little bit on the sickness thing, but not the brushing the teeth thing!
• Heart rate for Addy & Baby 2 were both around 150 at the beginning: borderline for all the myths where high heart rates are girls, low are boys.

So, who knows? Part of me thinks it'll be a boy since we already have a girl, and part of me thinks the complete opposite. I had no clue with Addy :) And really, as it didn't before, it doesn't matter to me! Either one will be a new adventure regardless, since each little baby is so unique and has their own personality, regardless of if you are a boy or a girl!

I could talk forever about this exciting time in our lives, but for now, I'll leave it here, with the announcement finally out there.

Enjoy the pictures of our kids:

Baby 2, at 12 weeks/5days gestation

Huh? What's a big sister? I hope I like being one of those!

Ten Months!

I cannot believe our little miss Addalyn Jane is already 10 months old...seriously, this year is flying by. You'll notice more animals have been added to her monthly bear picture. That is because, sitting by the big bear all by herself is scary right now...so I put some familiar stuffed animals and of course her 'bear/blanket' by her so she'll sit by it without crying!!

She's getting to be such a big girl - she now crawls all over the place, which I've mentioned briefly before.

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She is really good at eating, accept, now that we are on mainly finger foods, she tends to try and by-pass the veggies on her tray. When we spoon-feed her, she'll eat ANYTHING pretty much...but not when she gets to pick and choose (and she much prefers to pick and choose rather than have us feed her). She LOOOVES her fruits - I'd say mandarin oranges and peaches are her favorites!

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She says "uh-oh" with the right context. Sometimes though, she's a little stinker and says "Uh-oh" right BEFORE she proceeds with dropping her sippy or some food on the floor (ON PURPOSE). Seriously, what a stinker. Ha ha!

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She also says mama a lot, but I'm not convinced she's saying it to me yet. We have a baby Elmo book "So Big" where on one pages it says:

Baby Elmo says mamama!

Baby Elmo says dadadada!

Baby Elmo sings lalalala!

Baby Elmo laughs hahaha!

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If you give her the opportunity, she will repeat all four of those, which is super cute. Her "lalala's" always have her sticking her tongue completely out of her mouth and she bobs her head up and down when she laughs "hahaha". Very Fun.

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She has added clapping to her 'talents', and does the motions for "So Big" & "Touchdown" (same motion)...but she only does the motions when she wants to, sometimes she gives me a look that seems to say, "Uh, mom, I'm really not in the mood". She has this one ball popper toy that Aaron taught her how to push the button to make music and push the balls out --- she immediately starts clapping when she pushes the button, or looks around to see if someone else will clap for her - and always has a very "I'm proud of myself" look on her face when she does it :)

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This is definitely a very fun stage, as she starts showing off more of her personality and interacting more. And, it is very fun to play with her right now because she is amused almost 99% of the time!

I LOVE this girl!

Crawling around and playing peek-a-boo with mommy!

Free shipping for anyone who wants this cute little girl (but you can only have her temporarily, mommy & daddy can only stand to be away for about 1 night these days...if at all!)

Oh, how I LOOOOOVE my bear/blankie. It comforts me when I'm sick, or when I'm tired...or really, it just always comforts me :)

Daddy reading Addalyn's "Baby Elmo is So Big" book...I'd say it is one of our favorites!

First Easter!

We celebrated Easter over a few days. My mom and dad had their Easter gathering on Palm Sunday. We started the day out with brunch, then an Easter Egg Hunt, played outside, and then we dyed Easter Eggs :) Well, Addy napped while I dyed eggs with my family...but I made all of them for her! We ended the day with some Easter gifts from G & G Tarara, a quick supper and headed home.

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Easter @ Grandma and Grandpa Tarara's

Finding some Easter Eggs

We just found a few of the little ones and let the older kids get the rest...Addy really liked shaking the eggs!

Then we played on the swing! Check out how she is holding on to the eggs still!

Swinging is really fun!!

Dying Easter Eggs!

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On Easter Sunday, we started off with going to Easter mass. Addalyn was very good in church, seriously -- an angel :) Then we came home and checked out our Easter baskets before we left for Minneapolis to see Jean and Paul.

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Addy & her loot! She got some toys, a swimsuit, cover-up, sandals & sun hat, and a book titled "What is Easter" - which talks about how there is all kinds of fun stuff with Easter, but tells the story of Jesus and what Easter is really all about!

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Addy & her sun-hat & swimsuit!

When we arrived at Jean's house - we had an Easter egg hunt with Mira & Serafina, opened Easter gifts from Jean & Paul (grandma and grandpa Bertucci!), and then had lunch and relaxed for the rest of the afternoon. It was a great day!

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Daddy helping Addalyn hunt for some eggs!

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Opening her gift from grandma and grandpa Bertucci