Busily growing

 (Taken at Great Wolf Lodge)

I can not believe there are only about 5 weeks left of my pregnancy. After much discussion with our Doctors we have decided to schedule a Cesarean birth for Jasper. He will be born on April 30th. It seems like it has flown by. Not only will Jasper be born soon, but Kevin is turning 2 next week. We went to Party City yesterday and let him pick out birthday supplies. We are planning on having just a few people over; a couple who Ken and I are friends with and have a little boy just 4 months younger than Kevin, the woman I work for and her little boy (who is definitely Kevin's best friend) and then a woman Ken works with who occasionally watches Kevin and absolutely adores him. He is into Cars lately. I knew it would be a toss up between Cars and Mickey Mouse and Cars won. We are planning on just having cupcakes and ice cream and letting the kids play for his birthday party. His vocabulary is starting to take off and he is trying to repeat more of what he hears. He still has problems with communications and his lack of, which results in frustration and screams but we try to be patient and get him to use words. He has a hard time with words that end in a consonant sound (p & t being the hardest). We are still constantly on alert for food allergies and have learned what things he can try and what things he can't. We've also learned what restaurants are safe and which ones to avoid. It's almost second nature now to read labels and we are a lot more comfortable with it then when he was first diagnosed. I am getting really excited to see how he is going to adapt to being a new brother. He loves babies (or Naynays as he says) so maybe that mixed with the fact that since he was born he has constantly been around other little people he will adapt really well.

( Helping clean up after making pudding) This is is "Smile" face.

We have really been  enjoying the weather. We are lucky enough to have Spring weather (high 60's, low 70's) but not have the horrendous humidity yet. We have outside play time on the little hill by our apartment, complete with balls, bubbles, and the occasional Popsicle.  Oh and plenty of kisses for Mom and Dad.

I feel a lot bigger and more uncomfortable at this point in my pregnancy than I ever did with Kevin. My hips, back and pelvis hurt more than ever. It's hard to find a comfortable positions either sitting, laying or standing. I am carrying very low which is nice for breathing and heartburn relief but does nothing for the pelvis and lower back pain.

(All taken with my phone camera so they are a little blurry)

I'm getting excited to meet this new little addition, see how our family will adapt and continue to grow. My Mom is coming up on the 21st to be with us for a few weeks and my little sister Bre will be coming up the Friday before and staying for a week to help us with Kevin. It is important to me to have someone here that will be able to devout all the time and attention towards Kevin as possible. He absolutely loves his Auntie Bre so it will be wonderful to know he has a great playmate at home while I'm in the hospital. Ken is able to take 10 days off for convalescent leave (doesn't count against his leave days) when the baby is born and then because he has almost 30 days built up he plans on taking an additional 10-15 days. I'm excited for our time alone as a new growing family. Trying to figure things out together, work together, and grow together.