Chase in his newly painted room

He's very excited about some color on the walls

First corn on the cob this summer, and oh boy does he LOVE corn on the cob!

Finishing up his chocolate cupcake

Black mail picture for later on in life

No, still no baby. I just thought it was about time that I update our blog, especially since I probably won't have the time to for awhile once little man decides to make his grand entrance. I am getting "checked" every week now, (and those of you ladies who've had kids know what a pleasure that is) and I am dilated to a "tight one" and there's definitely some thinning and effacing going on. She could feel the baby's head, and we will be doing an ultrasound this week most likely, to see how big little brother is and get a better idea of when he'll be arriving. So we'll keep you udated on that.

On other news Chase is going through this knowledge growth spurt. He surprises us every day with new words and sentences he's saying. He understands that I have a baby in my belly now and he'll come and point at my belly and yell, "BABY OUT!" and he loves listening to baby brother's heart beat at doctor's appointments and goes, "baby?" every time we are listening. I think he's excited for a baby in the house. He knows many of his letters now and likes to sing his ABC's. He loves books, he'll go and grab piles of books and just sits on the floor and looks through them and "reads" them out loud. We have a bed time routine of reading him 4-5 books before bed. I'll put a stack on our side table and get him a cup of milk to sip on while we read to him. Well, the other night when I was getting him his milk Kyle came into the kitchen and told me to look at what Chase was doing. He was going mach ten, gathering as many books as his little arms could carry and adding them to the pile. Needless to say we ended up reading A LOT of books that night. We're so proud of the sweet little boy he's become.

We've been very busy this weekend and decided to get some painting done. We desperately needed color on our walls. I've never painted before and I was really excited for the whole process, but I realized about 1/2 an hour into the sweaty, and painfully dull experience that painting is NOT fun. We've painted both of the boy's rooms though and just have little touch ups to do before they're complete. We'll tackle our big rooms over the next couple weeks little by little to hopefully finish before the baby comes. Kyle told me yesterday, and I quote, "Jess, you are a trooper painting alongside your husband at 9 months pregnant!" and to that I say oh so true! There were many times when I wanted to play the pregnancy card, but I just would've felt too guilty.

The prego aches and pains are defintely coming on. I have been so lucky to make it as far along as this and really not have too many discomforts. I've been jogging throughout my entire pregnancy (yes, jogging and yes it's safe according to every doctor and nurse practitioner at my office, and all the research I've done online. As long as you were doing it before your pregnancy and you listen to your body). I've felt great getting some good cardio in 4-5 days a week. Last week that all changed though, my body would get fatigued about 20 minutes into my jog, whereas I used to be able to go for 30-40 minutes no problem, and my hips and pelvis would kill for the rest of the day. So I've relented jogging and I just do various dvds that aren't as much impact and pressure but still give me a great workout. It'll be nice to work out after delivery and just feel good period.

Anyways, this post is long enough and it's story time now, so I'm calling it a day! Here are some pictures for now. Enjoy!