Sunday Snapshots - Finally, cupcake time.

   This weekend, we finally got a chance to have some family over for Funky Monkey's cupcakes. I felt so bad that it took so long. First, we had troubles getting everyone together, then, twice we were sick with stomach bugs. Funky Monkey was very understanding about it, but since it was his 10th birthday I thought that it should be more special. But we got a chance to have some family over for cupcakes. He wanted them to be Angry Birds cupcakes, so I got them done. In the process, I got a chance to unload all my baby girl clothes, And kids got a chance to spend time with Grandparents and Aunty. Yey!!!!

Sunday Snapshots - Welcome Baby Monkey!!!

   Guess what happened Friday? Friday, the 29th, Baby Monkey's Due Date! At 7:28 am, after 24 hours of labor (5.5 hours of active labor) Baby Monkey was born. He was 8 lbs 13.5 oz, and over 21 inches long. His labor was a hard one, and just like my other monkeys he was stuck in his shoulders so I am pretty bruised up. But we had a wonderful home birth and both Baby Monkey and I are doing very well. We are all so in love with him! Here are some pictures for your enjoyment.

Well hello there Baby Monkey

Meeting his siblings

Daddy and Baby sleepy

Meeting Big Brother

Meeting Big Sister

Meeting Little-Big Brother

Rest time

Meeting Grandma

Grandma and 2 Monkeys

Bath time

First bath

Not liking bath at all

More first bath

Proud Daddy

Breaking into Advent Calendar

Meeting Great Grandma

Sunday Snapshots - better days.

   I hope that everyone had a wonderful weekend and got a chance to spend some quality time with friends and family. This weekend was super busy for us. Since baby boy is not here yet, I took that opportunity to do majority of my Christmas shopping. I say that I am about 80% done. The kids also got a chance to finish purchasing gifts for each other using money they have saved and earned from doing chores. I happy that for the first time since I had kids I might be ready for Christmas ahead of the game.
   On the good note, we are all feeling better now, so today was the first time in a month that we have gone to Girly Monkey's game. It was nice to get out of the house and watch her game. The weather was cold but sunny, so we all got some vitamin D today. Here are couple of snapshots from the game today. Enjoy, while I go and rest my very sore body (walking for hours at 39 weeks pregnant is going to give you a really sore and swollen leg!)

Sunday Snapshots - nesting instinct.

   Hello everyone. I have been trying to post more this week, but it's just not happening. Girly Monkey finally got better (she had this illness for 19 days!), but unfortunately Daddy brought some more from work last week and it has been a disaster. He got really sick at the beginning of the week and couldn't get out of bed. He NEVER gets sick, so that was very unusual for him. And then when he does get sick he goes through it so very quickly, but not this time. Only today, after well over 10 days he is starting to feel better.
   Little Monkey got it next, but it never really hit him hard. He run a fever for one day and then he has a cough, but nothing too bad. Funky Money was making fun of everyone by saying that he is not going to get it. He boasted that he was too healthy and strong. Well, by Tuesday night he was running really high fever and had major body aches and headache. By Thursday he couldn't get out of bed. He is still not well enough, and has lost so much weight since he doesn't have any appetite and just nibbles at the food.
   I was not lucky enough to escape their fate and Wednesday night I run a major fever and had worse body chills ever. It had got a bit better (except for this dry cough that hurts so bad), but tonight I went downhill again and started running fever. I really have to watch the fever since high fever is bad for the baby. On three occasions I had to take Tylenol just to bring down my temperature. So far Monkey In-Waiting is tolerating it all well enough, but I do hope that this bug leaves my house before his arrival.
   Since I felt so much better today I decided to go ahead and go through the whole living room and change things around. With the new baby on the way I had to make room for all the baby equipment, plus Christmas is just around the corner and we will need room for the Christmas Tree. So I started doing all these things only to discover that in the evening my fever came back and I felt awful. Unfortunately, I was stuck with the project until it was done since I can't leave my living room in such condition. It would not be very nice if the midwives had to jump over things to get to me. And since I am over 38 weeks now I could go into labor at any time. So here is a picture of my remodel in progress. Enjoy! I am going to sleep it off.

Sunday Snapshots - boys' room.

Hello everyone. I hope that all of you had a restful and relaxing weekend. For us, this weekend was a little off. Daddy worked all weekend (even Sunday) since he wants to finish the job and get paid before the baby arrives. Our car died in the parking lot of the grocery store, and we had to get someone to jump it. Everyone (except Funky Monkey) is sick, and we have a Home Visit form our midwife tomorrow. I did manage to make 2 wool filled pillows for Little Monkey, and finish rearranging Funky Monkey's room to accommodate Little Monkey's bed. It means that the two boys are in a room together tonight. It took Little Monkey over 2 hours to fall asleep since he was so excited to sleep in a big boy bed in his big brother's room. Here is a picture of the two of them in their beds. Enjoy!

Sunday Snapshots - getting ready for our baby!

   Hello everyone. I hope that everyone had a restful weekend. We spent the whole weekend getting the house ready for the arrival of our baby boy and dealing with Girly Monkey's sickness. We went to the doctor's to make sure that she didn't have Bronchitis, and thankfully she does not. It looks like a viral infection, so we were prescribed some antibiotics to help her get better since she has not gotten any better over the last 8 days.
   We also spent the weekend getting the house ready for our new baby and trying to get everything ready for the home birth. I have a list of things that I need for the home birth and I have almost managed to get all of these. Since I am 37 weeks this Friday, if our little boy arrives at any time after Friday he can be born at home (since he is considered full term at this point). So here is my list of things I had to get and an emergency list that I still have to fill out.

Baby items washed and organized in our dresser. 

Sunday Snapshots - exciting things!

   Happy Sunday to everyone. Hope your Sunday was filled with fun and excitement. Two exciting  things happened today. The first was that we finally got the infant car seat. Grandma and Gramps and Great Grandma have bought it for us as a gift to Monkey In-Waiting. So we finally have a car seat to drive the baby around in our car. The second exciting thing was our trip to a pumpkin patch. Our Monkeys were very excited to finally be able to go and pick out their pumpkins. Here are some pictures for you to enjoy. And don't forget to check out Money-Wise Mondays tomorrow.

New Car seat for our Baby Boy!