Well, THAT was anticlimactic

I had my 13-week appointment today. I knew we'd get the heartbeat and planned to ask the doctor if she'd kindly listen to make sure there weren't two buckaroos swimming around in there. I've been seeing Dr. S. for nearly 8 years. She's always come in the room alone. But, of COURSE the day that I want some investigation done, she had a student with her...and let her operate the doppler. Homegirl put the gel on and found the heartbeat quickly. *relief* of course that Baby B's ticker was thumping away (at 160bpm if you want to know so you can try to figure out if it's a boy or girl). But she just stopped there. I specifically asked the doc to listen for two and the student just kept listening to Baby B...she never even approached the left side of my abdomen with the wand. So, we're pretty sure there's just one (even though I'm "huge") -- the world's fastest prod at my uterus by Dr. S. concluded that I'm not excessively large. Dr. S. said "well, I've only been caught off guard by twins once. I guess you'll know for sure when you have your ultrasound at TWENTY WEEKS." Uh, doc...that's like a month and a half away. It would kind-of be nice to have an idea of what's going on with regard to the growth of our family sooner than later, ya know?

I digress. The point is, we're assuming it's one at this point. I'm going to feign absolute offense to any and all people who insinuate I'm larger than I should be and therefore must be carrying multiples. This is my second baby. My uterus and stomach muscles were maxed out less than a year and a half ago. My body has just surrendered to pregnancy a little early this time. I guess the upside is that I look pregnant and people aren't just giving me the "is she pregnant or just fat" once-over...

I've been trying for 20 minutes to upload some photos to distract those of you who were hoping for news of double the fun from your disappointment, but Blogger isn't cooperating. Maybe tomorrow I'll get REALLY motivated and take some video of Lawrence talking. I've been meaning to do it anyway because it's just way too cute and I'm sure I'll regret it if I don't capture the "teeeeeeeease" thing (please) before he learns to say "Ps"...

In my defense, I've been busy growing a human...

So, there's really no excuse for not updating in nearly two months. But, since I can only use it as a crutch for about 6 more months, I'm going to blame my laziness on pregnancy.

I fully intend on updating much more often so I can keep everyone in the loop with Baby B and, of course, Lawrence.

I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow and I'll definitely be asking her to confirm that there is only one baby in my ever-expanding belly. The "it's got to be twins" comments abound and are starting to make me just a teensy bit nervous. A) I know I'm not just fat because I've lost 11lbs. B) At my first appointment, my doc listened for the heartbeat and found it...and she said "I'm pretty sure that's just your heartbeat echoing in the background, but we'll check your uterus size to make sure..." and C) I was listening to the heartbeat the other night in bed with my home doppler and both Mike and I thought we *might* have heard two separate heartbeats. I really doubt it's twins, but I need to KNOW if we have one or two on the way at this point!

What will also be discussed at my appointment tomorrow is my due date and whether my doc will consider inducing me a few days (or weeks...) early if I'm progressing and everything looks good. I went early with Law, so I'm hopeful that I'll go into labor on my own before my due date again, but I'm not even joking when I say I AM having a 2008 baby. It's not really about the tax deduction (though that would be fabulous), but our insurance plan year runs by calendar year and they just upped our deductible and max out-of-pocket and I can't bear to think about paying both twice. Ack!

We won't be finding out the sex of this little one, so we want to have both a boy and girl name ready. We're set on the girl name (and not sharing...sorry), but we could use some help on the boy one. Here's a link to our name poll:

We may end up reposting this later if we add/remove names and we'll definitely take suggestions, too. We're having a really hard time coming up with a name that's as awesome as Lawrence Axel! Ha!


I'll post tomorrow to give an update of the doctor's appointment...and to let you all know if there happens to be twins in there.

So, it's been a little while since I posted last. Okay...it's actually been a long while. I don't really have an excuse. We're totally not that busy. So, I'm going to try and catch up a bit (which means there will likely be a lot of text and even more photos to follow).

A couple weeks ago we went to visit GiGi and G-pa (at least that's what Nana calls them...they're otherwise known as Great-Grandma & Great-Grandpa Schiermeyer). Law had a blast exploring a new place and seeing all his family members we don't get to see too often. I'm pretty sure his favorite thing about the trip was the piano (I think someone has a future in music)...

Law was very sweet and gave lots of cuddles and kisses

The poor baby was so worn out after the trip. He put his lovey like that himself and used it as a pillow. Could he be any cuter??

Lawrence LOVES playing outside. He'll stand at the back door and whine. He cries when we come in. It's a bit ridiculous. Also ridiculous: the number of items the grandmothers and I bought Lawrence from the Gymboree "Construction Ahead" line (as pictured below...and above...) I mean, he *had* to have it, seeing as his Papa works for Caterpillar and his daddy's a construction engineer, right? That's what I thought.

Happy Easter!

A few photos from Easter:

The Easter Bunny brought bubbles

Giving Grandpa nice loves

My little Stud McMuffin

We had a nice -- albeit it very busy -- day. Lawrence was a trooper as always. He was a hoot in church. Not sure if we'll be trying THAT again soon. The service was during his regular nap time. By the end of it, he was a little slap-happy. It'll either be the nursery or an earlier service next time.

We had a HILARIOUS video of him discovering his Easter basket but somehow deleted it. I guess I'll just have to tell what happened, but it won't do it justice...He walked right over to it, checked it out and pulled out an egg. He shook it a bit and tried to open it. He held it up to his ear and shook it again. Then, with no warning, he threw it toward the ground with all his little might. The egg opened and jelly beans flew everywhere. We couldn't wrestle them away, so junior ate the entire egg's worth. Guess that's what holidays are all about...candy for breakfast...

Drama King

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile. I'd like to say it's because we've been soooo busy, but it's really because I've been lazy.

Anyway, last Friday, Sir Lawrence had his first tantrum. My immediate response? To run get the video camera! (I swear I'm not a bad mother, but there was absolutely nothing wrong with him and I found it hilarious -- plus, I didn't want to make a big to-do about it and perpetuate the behavior by giving him attention).

His tantrum, continued:

I definitely find myself wondering what we did for entertainment before Law was born...

Penne Rig-uh-oh

Lawrence is a sneaky little stinker. For real.

There we were, hanging out in the kitchen. I was cleaning his high chair trays and had the water running full blast. Somehow, during the brief time I was rinsing the trays, Law managed to get his hand inside a cabinet, pull out a package of pasta and dump the ENTIRE thing on the carpet without me noticing a thing. He's hell on wheels, I tell you. Good thing he's freaking cute.

I will say he was quite the little charmer after the fact. I couldn't even tell him 'no' sternly because it was pretty hilarious and he was being so sweet. He even helped me pick up all the noodles (in between tasting every other one, anyway).

Speaking of how cute our son is, here are a few photos from today:

"Hey, y'all! Wanna come chill in my crib?"

Okay, so this was actually taken on Monday, but I just love it. I think it's quickly becoming one of my favorite pictures ever.

A look back

The sneak peek we had of Spring the other day brought back a lot of memories of last Spring. It's so hard to believe that it's been just a year since our rough and tumble toddler was just a teeny, tiny newborn.





Since I worked today and didn't take any new pictures or video, I thought I'd post a few "oldies but goodies."






These two pics were taken just hours after he was born. Good thing he had that hat on...he had a mean conehead.





















This is one of my all-time favorite pictures. He was 2 weeks old. I freaking LOVE that hat.




















I love this photo. He doesn't look like that at all anymore. And his poor little face is all slimed up with breastfeeding cream....can't wait to tell him that's why his cheeks were so shiny when he's a teenager!



















This one was taken last year on Valentine's Day. It was his first ever smile caught on camera. Aw.






















These pictures were taken exactly one year ago today. As you can see, Lawrence has had a ton of personality from a VERY early age. (doesn't he look like he's pondering his world takeover in the 2nd pic?!)




















Ah, memories...

I'll try to post some more recent pics of his latest tricks tomorrow.