Sunday, February 19, 2012

Hamburger or Hot Dog?

20 weeks.  It was time.
We had our ultrasound for Baby Q on January 18th.  I was both excited and nervous.  The tech examined this baby from head to toe (healthy! healthy!), leaving the best for last.  Then we caught a glimpse of some little legs.  And a hot dog.
Baby Quong is a BOY!!!
Hot dog shot
I was, well, shocked.  There's no question about it--he's a boy--but I truly believed this baby was a girl.  And honestly, that's what I wanted and that's what I thought so I was completely surprised to find out I was dead wrong.  Of course I am happy to be blessed with a baby and of course I want any kind I get.  I think G and new baby will be best buds and I love that idea.  We do have a lot of boy stuff already, but they will be born in opposite seasons so clothes-sharing won't work out so well until they're older.  It will be wonderful to have another little man in our lives.  And Greyson is so stinkin cute, this baby is bound to be completely adorable.
Left foot (on left side of pic)
Right arm and hand (top of pic)
Profile of our little man
Bring on the football team.
 20 weeks

Monday, February 13, 2012

Sweet little nothings

Best smile
Greyson was asking for cake and I told him he couldn't have any because I was making dinner.  I decided to make muffins and I got the muffin tin out of the cupboard.  Greyson saw it, yelled, "Cakies!" and started jumping up and down shouting, "Yay!  Yay!  Yay!  Yay!  Yay!"
Sometimes he won't eat dinner, but his cars will!
At Ashley and Kendall's house, we were all sitting in the basement watching TV.  Greyson went upstairs (it's a split level so we could kind of see him still) and climbed up on the piano bench.  He started playing piano and singing to his heart's content and to our great delight.  He entertained himself for a good five or ten minutes.
Car love
G probably learns at least one new word a day.  I am so impressed by how smart he is.  He tries to repeat what we say.  I heard him say "Woody" for the first time (he's already got Buzz down pat).  I was pulling food out of the fridge for dinner one night and said, "and we need the pickles" and Greyson copied me and said, "pick-le?"  He knows how to say colors (blue, red, green, yellow, orange, brown, white, black, pink) but still has a little trouble distinguishing which color is which.  He says "please" like "peas".  He says thank you without us reminding or asking him to.  It's kind of a "ank oo" but we know what he means.  Horse sounds like "herse" and helicopter is "copper".  When he wants you to hold him he says, "hold you".  Nose is "news" and because snow kind of sounds like nose, it's also "news".  His favorite Cars are "Mer" and "McCean". 
Shaving like daddy
A few weeks ago we were shopping at Kohl's.  Greyson heard a baby crying and he turns to me and says, "Baby?  Sad?" and then talked about this "sad baby" for the rest of the night.  The next day he remembered the sad baby and started talking about it again.  Now, even weeks later, we still have talks about the sad baby.  If you ask him what a sad baby says, he leans his head back and says, "waaaaaaa" with a sad look on his face.
Cuddled up
I was changing Greyson's diaper and gave him a dinosaur to keep him entertained.  He was playing with the dino on his tummy and I said, "Dinosaur, you do not bite Greyson's buttons!  Don't bite the buttons!" Greyson thought I was scolding him and burst into tears!  I felt so bad!  It was the funniest and saddest thing!
G and Mom