Pictures from Christmas 2008

We had a WONDERFUL Christmas this year surrounded by friends and family! I had Christmas Eve off from work and got to spend the entire day with Addison (which is something I rarely get to do - so I loved every minute of it) Erik was off at noon that day as well! We went to church for the 5pm service and it was lovely. We go to Southeast Christian in Parker and really like it there! Then we came home and had David (Erik's friend) over for Christmas Eve dinner and just had a relaxing night.

Here is squeaky on the move! She was on the hunt for some presents.

This is about the best I could do at getting a picture of her standing still. She was knocking on the door looking for her Dad.

Christmas morning - sporting the lambie slippers :)

Here is Addison checking out her loot - the little lady got so many wonderful toys!

Santa brought her lots of books, crayons, coloring books, Lego's, a Backyardagains sing-a-long guitar, a little people zoo (that makes WAY too much noise) and some play food for her kitchen. Needless to say, Addy Shea will NOT need any new toys for a LONG time. Check out the dogs in the background - Santa brought them some chewies.. but I think they would have rather had Addison's toys.

Opening up the baby Elmo from her Aunt Carla & Uncle Cletus. Carla, by the way - is going to be induced Monday - January 5!! Riley is measuring over 9.5lbs (at 38 weeks) and her doctor said they will induce on Monday. Hopefully my next post will be about the safe arrival of my niece!!

My little Civil Engineer in the making. This is the one toy that will keep her occupied for at least 30 minutes. If you know Addison - you know her attn span is more like 5 minutes long. Yahoo for the Lego's!!

Possibly her favorite item - the box the firewood came in. Total cost - $0.00 Its the little things that keep her happy ;)

Christmas night was spent at my Mom & Daryl's house. It was a great time, and my younger brother Craig was there as well to celebrate. My Mom bought Addison her first doll house, a pink wagon, Dora & Boots dolls (which she LOVES), a car seat for her babies and even got Avery a couple items too. It was VERY thoughtful.

Hard to believe my 29th Birthday is on Friday... where does the time go?!?!?!?. My plans are to hang out with Addison, have lunch with my best friends, do a little shopping for the girls, and then go out to dinner with Erik to the Melting Pot. I am so blessed to have had a good year, I know that this has been a hard year for many people. Here is to hoping that 2009 is a great year - filled with happiness for everyone.

Addy Shea "somewhat" working on her animal noises

Please ignore the pears thrown everywhere - I can assure you she did manage to get a few into her mouth!

Congrats to Sarah & Russ

Congrats to our friends Sarah & Russ who are expecting their first baby June 9, 2009!! Sarah and Russ live up in Fort Collins- and we miss them very much! (We don't get to see them half as much as we want too.) Sarah is due 5-6 weeks after me - and we are exciting to add another baby to the group! Maybe she will break the girl trend we have going here and have the first boy!! They find out in late January.

Congrats to Sarah & Russ!!

By the way - this is the way she told all our friends she was expecting. She showed up at our Annual Christmas party with this cute shirt!!

Addy Shea got to meet Santa!

Our awesome neighborhood had Santa come to Stonegate for the holidays and we were able to have Addison see him. We were not sure if she would be scared, but she did awesome!! She wouldn't look him in the eye which was pretty funny - but she sat there as we tried to get her to face the camera. Santa asked her what she wanted for Christmas, and then told her she is one of his little "deer in the headlights" kids :)

This is pretty much the face I got in most of the pictures.

Once she saw the bowl of candy canes.. she was pretty excited!

Santa was trying to tell her Merry Christmas - and she was still eyeing the candy cane bowl :)

Here she is with Santa's reindeer. She kept yelling "DOGGIES".

Here is Daddy & Addy Shea posing in front of the reindeer.

Last but not least - here is our little dog Barrett.. showing off his Christmas spirit. He was such a good sport!

I know he looks pitiful here.. but he really didn't mind wearing the antlers ;)

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!!

Miss Avery makes her blog debut

I had my 21 week appt today and Miss Avery is measuring right on track. She is 11 oz, and was in the 40th percentile pretty much across the board with the exception of her legs - which were measuring closer to 80%! Heart beat is 153 bpm and she was moving all around. The doctor said she is going to call the hospital and schedule my repeat c-section for 4/28/09 or 4/30/09 first thing in the morning. She asked me which day I would prefer, but I told her as long as I can be the early surgery, I am okay with any day. They are supposed to call me sometime next week and let me know which day Avery will be born! Yahoo for April babies!!

They did find that I have placenta previa which means that my placenta is lying low in my uterus. They said its covering my cervix by 1.3cm and should hopefully move up & away as the baby & uterus grow through pregnancy. However, since I am having a c-section there is really no delivery risk to Avery or I, and they will just monitor it for the rest of my pregnancy. Sometimes placenta previa can lead to pre-term labor - and my doctor will just keep her eye on that as well.

I am down 7lbs from pre-pregnancy weight, BP is 112/70 and so far I am feeling great! I only get sick once in awhile now (thank goodness) and I have officially started to get excited about my little princess. I was having dreams that the ultrasound tech told me they were wrong - and Avery ended up being a boy - THANKFULLY today I got the reassurance that she is in deed fact a girl!

Here are some pictures from my ultrasound today. Sorry for the poor image quality. I have fairly low amniotic fluid due to being sick so much the past month, and I guess the pictures turn out better when your fluid levels are higher.

I am sure someday Avery will not be happy about this gender shot posted for everyone to see ;)

Happy Friday

Have a great weekend!

Tate & Jack Camel Back Riding

Here is Tate & Jack riding a camel in Dubai. That poor guy doesn't look to happy in his muzzle :( I am happy to report they have adjusted really well, and are loving life in the U.A.E. My parents are hanging in there, but I know they miss their life back in Colorado and will be happy when they finally come home. We miss them all very much!

Recent pictures over the past two weeks.

Here she is getting ready on Tuesday morning. Addison started a new daycare last week and has done so well! She has a new little buddy named Van, and they play together and get along great! We were sad to hear that Barb was closing her doors to get ready for her move to Ohio, but thankfully - Kim's house has worked out great and Addison has adjusted so well. She is really happy and took to Ms. Kim immediately. My only complaint is that its quite a bit out of the way from my work. With that said, Kim agreed to take Addison 1-2 days a week when I am on maternity leave, and we are HOPING that she will take Avery & Addison in the fall when I have to return to work. She is a very nice lady, and had a nice family. I am so happy things have turned out so well.

Addison got this reindeer from her friend Savannah that lives in Indiana. She held it in a death grip for about a hour until I had to pry it out of her hands so she could go to sleep. It was pretty cute though :)

Eating some cheerios - sporting her "elf" outfit :)

Check out those cute boots ;) - Gotta love Gap Kids.

Thanksgiving Pictures

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with family and friends and TONS of food. We had our friends Erin, her BF Brad & mom Paula over, one of Erik's close friends David and my brother Craig & his girlfriend Leah. It was a total relaxing day -and I am proud to say Erik did the turkey all by himself (because honestly - it barfs me out) and he did a great job!! Addison turned up the charm after dinner and proceeded to sing & dance for everyone and put on a little show. She is a total HAM, and loves the attention. Here are some pictures from our nice relaxing day.

Our Thanksgiving table before the festivities started.

I was trying to get some good pictures of Addison for our Christmas card (they are going out in the mail this week) and Erik picked up Addison and I snapped this cute picture! I got that dress from Hanna Anderson, and I love it! I am so thankful to be having another little lady - so I can get more use out of Addison's wardrobe!!

Here is Brad, Erin & her Mom finishing up dinner. We had a lot of food to begin with - and they brought a ham, yams, 2 kinds of mashed potatoes & cookies (I am sure I am forgetting something). Thank you for everything you brought! It was so good! Erik even made up a little song about the "yams". ;)

Craig, Leah & Miss Addy Shea - she thinks Uncle Craig is so funny ;) Craig has just turned 20 and is living in a house in Littleton with 3 of his good friends. He is working at Costco and doing well!! I cannot believe my little brother is so grown up!

This picture was taken before David took the most graceful fall I have ever seen. He was coming up from the basement and was going to get him and Erik another drink and tripped over Addison's baby gate. He fell pretty hard, but it looked really graceful and he SOME HOW managed to keep both whisky glasses from shattering all over the floor and he didn't even spill one drop. Atta boy - David ;) David is originally from Rockford, IL and went to HS with Erik. I know Erik is so thankful to have him here in Colorado.

A couple pictures of the girls rooms

Here are just a couple pictures of the girls rooms.

Addison's crib

Looking into Addy's room.

At this point -we just put her name on the wall behind the crib. Oh and I added those little lambs ;) I think they are super cute!

Jack's Big Music Show

New pictures coming this week.. also a Baby Landgren update.....

Sorry for not updating the blog with Thanksgiving pictures. Work has been really busy - and I haven't been able to find the time. I will upload them this week for sure though.

After some thought - Erik and I decided we were not going to keep our daughters name a secret any longer. We really wanted to decorate her room w/ her name above her crib and didn't want to worry about hiding it for the next 4 months. So without further adieu... we are naming Addison's little sister:

Avery Sophia Landgren

Our second "runner up" was Rowan Sophia.. but in the end Erik decided he liked Avery more.

So that is our big news for the day!

I promise to update with pictures soon. Addison started a new daycare and has caught a bit of a cold.. and now I am lucky enough to have it... so I haven't been feeling too hot :( I guess its that time of year though.

Hope this finds everyone doing well - and getting ready for the holidays!