"Tickets Please"

Had to give a quick mention on this one. Monkey walks around the house saying "tickets, please" in a super deep voice. If you repeat after him, he will tell you "No, I the conductor." So yeah, we've got a train conductor on our hands. One who thinks he will see dinosaurs when he rides the train, and he may or may not go through a time tunnel to get where he wants to go.

Update on us

So...we bought a new house and we're moving! Oh yeah, and we're having a baby here in about 5 weeks. The move won't happen until sometime late summer, so it's not too much pressure now with baby's impending arrival. We're going to be working on fixing it up over the summer, so we will have an almost-brand-new home to move into. Yippee!! I'm very excited about the move. It has a big yard that Monkey loves to run around in, and it's in a great neighborhood!

Spencer is in full on potty training mode. He started it on his own. Well, we have been putting him on the potty for a long time now before bath each night to get him used to it, and having lenghty discussions about which undies are the coolest (right now it's Lightning McQueen, FYI). But one night before bed he asked to go on the potty, we went, he peed, and he's been pretty good ever since. Yes, we have had some hiccups along the way (like the 5 pairs of undies he went through in a 2 hour time span over the weekend). But for the most part, he's doing really well with it! At only 2 years and 4 months, that's pretty good. He has to be trained by the time he moves to his new room at school in August, so this is all good news for us!

In other Monkey news, he is talking up a storm. You can understand almost everything he says, and he says random things out of the blue. As we were driving to school the other day he busted out with "Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!" He also sings along to the theme songs from Thomas and Friends and Dinosaur Train (notice a transportation theme there?!). This also comes with some bad - last night he told me to "leave me alone." He didn't want me putting on his PJs. He also says "I do it" when he doesn't want my help. I think my favorite saying of his right now is "I need..." He uses it instead of "I want." So, he NEEDS his milk when he gets home from school. He NEEDS his Percy train to take in the car with him. It cracks me up.

Baby is doing good. We had her 34 week visit today, and are still on scheduled for her arrival May 24. She is apparently a big baby, as the doc mentioned today. Otherwise, nothing exciting there to report.

Monkey Sings the Monkey Song

Monkey is very adament that the Monkey's are NOT to jump on the bed. Watch for yourself:

Baby Leach #2 Pictures

Here she is, in all her funky, inside the womb cuteness :)

Down for the count

After the last post, we have been dealing with the sickies in our house. First, it was Monkey. He had a constant "booger nose" that he would tell you about. He also had some bad tummy issues, and just was NOT feeling good. He seems to be over it for the most part, but still has "booger nose," which will probably last until summer is here.

Then Mommy got hit. Ugh! I'm still on the mend, but doing a lot better.

Baby girl has been growing and moving around like crazy. Apparently my sickies don't affect her in the least!

On a sadder note, we lost Travis' grandmother this weekend. She was loved dearly and will be missed by all of us!

Hopefully our next post will have more cheery news :)

Muscles

It's been a while since you've seen the Monkey. He is doing great! He's expanding his vocabulary so fast. Today he asked me, in a complete sentence, "where are we going?" Granted, we were on the way to school, where we go every morning, but it was a good sentence! He also likes to have me "watch" him, tells me to "come on, mommy, play" and other fun stuff. Here here is showing off his "muscles."

Baby Update!

We are 23 weeks into this pregnancy. She's been moving around like crazy lately, and I love every minute of it!

Monkey is adorable with my belly. He keeps telling me "baby sister" and points to my belly (and sometimes his). He also knows and says her name. It's too cute.

We have an official birthdate now too - provided she doesn't decide to come early. As it stands, she'll be here May 24, 2011. Another Gemini in the family :)